Maeve’s POV
The ugly stench lingered in my nose as the water dripping rang in my ear, I was trapped somewhere in between consciousness and unconsciousness. It was a weird feeling as I smelled roses with a feeling of gutter water in my nose. My eyes were slowly opening up when the creaking of the door suddenly made my eyes fling wide open.
“I see your finally awake”
I was surprised to hear that familiar voice once again. I thought I had run away from him. I was running to a place I had no idea when I passed out. Somewhere in my head, I wished someone else had saved me. I will never have to return to this pack and face him and my step-sister.
“What am I doing here? Let me go and set me Free?” I dragged on the shackles around my hands and feet.
“You know I've been looking for so many ways to get rid of you, and so many times I keep asking myself. How do I do it? So many things keeps running through my mind, I thought at first it might be heartless to do it, but then after your behavior last night you gave me no choice”
“What are you talking about Alphonso?” I was desperate to be released from captivity. There was nothing that I hated the most other than being bound by chains and not being able to move. It was awkward and annoying, the last time I had seen it was during the coronation of Alphonso and the Alpha. Some women had stolen from the pack and had tried to sabotage his name. They have equally poisoned some of the guards who have come for the coronation. They were held on chains like these ones; long and strong and were being dragged around by the guards.
After Alphonso had them executed that way, he would Instill fear in the hearts and minds of all the other pack members. He was one of those Alpha's who cared so much about looks and image. He will never want his image to be tainted by anything and loves to keep up to pretense. Alphonso was good at putting on a show in front of everyone, and everyone thought he was a good person.
No one knew that he was nothing but a devil.
“You still don't get it, do you? You still don't realize that you cannot be released from that shackles. You're here, away from the pack right in the dungeon, underground”
“Why am I here? If this is for my act of disobedience I am sorry. I swore I would apologize, it will never happen again”
“For your act of disobedience? This isn't for your act of disobedience, this is for your deceit, lies, and betrayal. How could you leave me for another man? How could you cheat on me after I gave you everything?”
What was he talking about? What exactly did he give to me? What does it mean to cheat on him? I was not the one who was cheating, it was him who was cheating on me with my step-sister. How can he look into my eyes and lie to me?
“Cheating on you? I never cheated on you, what are you talking about? You know I will never do something as despicable as that. I will never cheat on you no matter what you say”
He smiled sinisterly and took steps closer to me. “You still don't get it, do you?”
“Get what?” I was terrified but I knew that I had to get a grip of myself.
“You know I will never do that to you. I will never cheat on you. I was not the one who was cheating, it was you who was cheating on me with my sister. How can you say that? How can you do that to me?”
“You should know that it was your sister who came up with the idea and I saw it was brilliant”
My sister has always been a selfish and wicked person. I knew all that but somewhere in my heart, I wished she would not go this far. I had no idea she was this heartless. I would want me to suffer in here so that she can become Luna. It wasn't enough that she was already trying to take away what belonged to me and now she wanted to kill me as well. There was no way I was escaping from this place. The punishment for Luna cheating on the Alpha has been determined by the Alpha. I know that he will not want to do anything other than harm me.
“Both of you wanted this, didn't it? This is all you're doing!” I screamed so loud that I lost the will to scream.
What did I ever do to him, what did I ever do to her? I have been nothing but a good woman. I saw the eyes that made most of his bodyguards throughout me. When I walk past them, I don't bother to look at any of them because I have eyes only for my Alpha and yet he was conniving with my sister to hurt me.
“It doesn't matter, no one will believe you, that was the truth. There was no one who would believe that story because most people don't even know the Luna. All they know is that I got stuck up with some bitch, who I can't get rid of and they maidservant to never attest to you to the truth. They will say whatever I tell them to say otherwise I will slit their throat and kill their family”
“Don’t do this Alphonso”
“You brought this upon yourself, you are the one who decided to crawl into my bed, isn't it? I never asked for this”
“You should have rejected me when you found out that we were mates. She shouldn't have gone this far, I would have accepted it than putting me through this pain and torture”
“And be that bad one, please I can't do it, say one last prayer to the Moon goddess because by tomorrow, hell awaits you”
Laurent's POV The walls were cold, it wasn't even winter yet everywhere was frigid cold. I wasn't sure if I was the only one who was feeling this or what.“Open the gates”The guards quivered as they opened up the gates and I stepped into the dungeon only to see Riley leaning against the wall glaring at me. She was just the same as last night when I visited her, she was hell-bent on not eating as if I cared. I was only telling the maid servants to bring food to her out of courtesy and goodwill. It was only out of her friendship that his father had with my father when he was alive other than that I would have had her executed the moment I found out that she had tried to poison me.I thought she was different from the rest of the people in the pack but she was still the same as them, always looking for ways to try and attack me while hiding in the Shell. But they had no idea that Laurent O'Neil was not the same man that he was ten years ago. I was nice and good to people but I was that
Laurent's POV“What are you doing?”When I heard that familiar voice behind me I turned around only to see Zander running up to us. He pushed me away and I staggered backward looking at him as he quickly held the knife that was stuck in Riley's stomach and drew it out. Blood trickled down and he held her. She smiled looking at him. I wondered what was wrong with Zander, even though he wasn't my very good friend he was still my Beta. I don't care much about him, but he has a duty to the pack and to me. He must be forgetting that, by pushing me out of the way and moving over to this tramp. I wonder what he saw in this woman. She was the only one who could make him act so stupidly and out of control.“You are here”“Are you alright? Are you hurt?”She rolled her eyes. “Get out of here, I don't need your help, this is between the Alpha and me, you shouldn't get involved”That was what I was expecting Riley would never look at him the way he wants. She has always been in love with Nobert
Riley's povI laughed and looked at him. He was so stupid to think that was just enough to get me to cry. He has done worse to me so what makes him think that I will cry. I wasn't going to cry at all.“Is that the best you can do? Or maybe I can tell your uncle here to fuck me or your father once I cross over to the other side”Zander's eyes darkened, I was hitting a nerve really hard and he knew that. I wanted him to be the one to break me since Laurent was hesitating because of that old man, Silas. I wonder why he thought that he can always bring out the good in people.There was no good in me, the little that was once me, Laurent took it away from me, after Zander robbed me off my happiness and smile. I curse the day that I set my eyes on them. The day that I let the three of us form a special friendship. That cost me my family, and I can never forgive Laurent and his entire family. I will spend the rest of my l hating him, but I wasn't the one who tried to kill him. Although I wi
Riley's Pov“What are you doing here, who are you?”“Is that how you talk to me after I try to save your life? You should be grateful, you know?”“I never asked you to save my life, how the hell are you here?”The last thing I remember was Silas holding me in his arms as we walked out of the dungeon. I thought I would wake up with him still by my side so that I could taunt him even more for releasing me from prison. I wanted to stay there a little bit longer. I needed to stay there so that Laurent could give me the death that I had been waiting for.I was angry that Silas was always getting in the way each time I was this close to death. He pulled me back the last time I jumped into the pool. He hurriedly jumped into the pool as well and dragged me out and as if that wasn't enough he performed CPR. I never wanted it, I only wanted death, nothing else.“My Uncle called me to come over and take care of you, said you are going to need a lot of food when you wake up”“You don't think I am
Zander's POVI was surprised to see her rolling down the stairs. The first thing I wanted to do was jump right into it and save her. But then something made me halt.Staring at my hand, I looked at the locket in my hand. It was from her neck, but that wasn't what caught my attention, it was the fact that the locket was the same locket that I had given her years ago before I left for my mother's Pack. I have no idea she held on to it all this while.“Riley” I yelled out her name and rushed up to her. Suddenly, the entrance door opened, and My Uncle Silas entered the house. Silas knows about my love for her and although he feels that it was becoming rather obsessive. I just don't give a shit about it. I was in love with her. I will do anything for us to be together. His eyes widened as his lips curled up, he must be wondering what I had done to her. It wasn't intentional, I wasn't hoping that I would make her fall down the stairs. If I had realized that earlier, I wouldn't have even st
Zander's POVI was confused and at the same time concerned over what my uncle had just said. Riley had a child . How come I did not know about this? When I left the pack, I entrusted her to my brother to take care of her. He should have said something but he did not do anything. Jason has always been with her but I did not hear anything at all.“What child are you talking about, Riley was not pregnant”“Stupid boy, who told you she wasn't pregnant. How can she not be pregnant when you are always fooling around all the time? If you know that you leave her after getting her pregnant then you shouldn't have started anything in the first place”“I did not know she was pregnant. No one told me anything about it. Riley did not even write to me all the times I was away”Uncle Silas shook his head disappointed at me. Everyone, especially my brother Jason, was acting weird. After I returned from my mother's Pack, he did not speak with me for a long while.It took much pleading for Jason to fi
Riley's PovI glared at him. He was asking me the very same question that I hated to be asked. He was aware that that was a delicate part of my life, one I hated anyone asking me, not even my best friend would dare ask me such a silly question.“Why the hell are you asking me such a stupid question? How dare you ask about my child? How dare you ask about a child who is not related to you?”“That child you're talking about is the daughter of my nephew. I am asking like I should have asked you years ago. That child needs his father as well”“She doesn't have a father, she will never have a father. I will never let him take my child away from me, whatever we had died years ago. He has no right to my child, you have no right to ask me such silly questions”“I have a right to my child” I froze as I heard him say as he stood outside the door. I don't know if this was a trap, and if Silas has done this on purpose just so he can get his nephew to finally figure out that we have a child togeth
Riley's POV “How am I sure she is my daughter when you have already involved Nobert”I squeeze my face in disgust. Somewhere in my heart, I knew telling him was a big mistake yet I wanted to trust my instincts and believe that he would be different or at least would help me find my daughter. If it was because of that, I wouldn't have told him anything at all. I have kept this secret for many years only to be revealed now and it ends up being a colossal waste of time.“What did you just say?”“Zander, watch your words, don't talk nonsense”“Do you think that I'm talking nonsense? I am only telling the truth. I have been back for many months. Why didn't she tell me anything? Why didn't she say so earlier? Why does she have to keep quiet all this while except that the baby isn't mine? Perhaps, she was the one who was cheating on me with Nobert. I have always doubted their friendship”My adrenaline rushed up, I clenched my jaw and tried to suppress the rage that burned through me but cou