“You can’t do that!” I growl at him. “This is a set up!” but he just left, dragging Lexie after him.
“Just a moment,” she says. “I need to ask her something.” she excuses herself.
“I am not leaving you alone with a criminal” Adam says and let me tell you. He is the criminal here, because he is killing me with his actions.
“She can’t hurt me anymore” Lexie tells him and gives him a nod . “Not now when I know the truth. Please” she begs him with her fake fucking soft voice.
“I will give you five minutes and if you are not in bed, Lexie, I swear to the goddess that I am going to beat you.” he commands her but she just smiles and kisses his cheek.
“I promise, my Alpha”
“Fucking bitch!” Kelly growls “She is doing it on purpose!” and she would like to transform and kill Lexie , but she can’t even heal me.
“So?” Lexie asks me as soon as we are alone. “How is it to lose everything?” and she starts to laugh like crazy.
“Why are you staring at me like this?” she asks me, mocking me. “You were such an easy target,” she says, wrapping her arms at her chest. “
“You framed me out!” I told her while I supported myself on a wall so I could sit on my feet. “This is your work” I say and I know that I am right and for the first time in my life , my heart is full of hatred. I hate Lexie Banks. At this moment I even hate Adam for not believing in me, for hurting me so badly.
“Of course it was my work. I saw Adam three years ago, on the day of your wedding and I knew he was my mate, but I couldn’t just show up so I waited. It is said that whoever waits until the end will receive his reward, well I waited and planned everything.”
And she laughs at me , looking at her nails.
“Were you even pregnant?” I can’t stop myself from asking but that made her stop.
“Of course I was” she says “With a rogue.” and she turns around and leaves but right before she exits she looks at me and says.
“Now everything is right how it should be. Adam will give me your Luna position and I will get what I was looking for.”
“You are crazy” I said more in a whisper, but that remark made her laugh.
“Oh, my dear, you have no idea what I have done to reach this point” and turning around she comes to me again and places a hand on my womb.
“I must confess to you. Anyway you will die tomorrow and at this point no one will ever believe you again.”
Confess me what? What the hell does she mean?
“You, not being able to procreate…that is my work too.”
And my blood is boiling in my veins. She did something? But we have been trying for three years to have a pup, and she showed up months after our wedding. How could she…?
“Rosie!” Kelly whispered. “They worked together”
I must be like an opened book for her, because she started to laugh even harder.
“You figured it out, didn't you?” Lexie mocks me, but I am not in the mood to hear her again and I jump on her and grab her by her neck.
“You fucking bitch! Was it all because of you?”
She ruined my life! I could have been happy. I could have had my happily ever after but this bitch showed up and robbed my life!
“I will kill you!” I growl trying to elongate my claws and rip her head, but Lexie pushed me and made me hit the wall with my head.
Everything is spinning around and I fall on my knees again and lean on the ground, without being able to support my own weight.
“You are so pathetic!” Lexie laughs. “Look how weak you are!”
Oh, Lexie…If I get up you will be so dead right now, but you made them give me wolfbane.
“I am leaving, sorry for not being in the mood to see your weak and ugly face right now” she says. “I am going to my mate and who knows , maybe tonight we will conceive a pup!” and she leaves me there laughing her heart out.
“Over my dead body!” I tell her more in a whisper.
“Yeah…yeah..” she says as if she ignores me “And that will be right tomorrow. I will fuck Adam over your dead body!”
He won’t do it? Isn’t he? Adam will not kill me…he is my mate, my husband… but no matter how much I repeated this in my mind in the morning when the doors opened I knew that whatever I thought that I thought I knew about Adam was gone.
“Take her!” Bill commands his warriors as they push me out of my cell.
“Where are they taking us?” Kelly asks me scared, trying to take the command but the wolfsbane intoxicates her.
“Nat!” she calls me but I can’t utter a single word, he is going to do it. He is going to keep his word. The warriors throw me ugly looks and push me to walk, and I would do it but I can barely stay on my feet and then the doors open and the sun rays hit me hard. Everything hurts. My eyes are hurting because of the strong light, my skin that is all wounded feels like burning under the summer heat and my ears…oh my goddess! Is this really the pack I loved with all my heart? Is this a Red Blood Pack? Are those the same werewolves that swore faith to me or is some kind of a nightmare?
“Kill her!!!!” everyone yells “She killed our pack heir! She doesn’t deserve to live anymore!” and they started to throw things in my direction. Tomatoes, shoes, rocks... and none stops them.
“Criminal!!!!” someone screamed from the crowd. “Kill her Alpha! I can’t stand to look at her!”
Well I can’t stand to look at this pack either.
I put so much effort in the last three years. So many nights without sleeping. Everything I did in the last years was for this pack and they want me dead? And why? Because I wasn’t able to offer them an heir? I thought that working hard will compensate for my inability to convince but they just dumped me as soon as they had the opportunity to do it.
I was their Luna but at the same time I was their Alpha because Adam never cared about the pack, but about the power that comes with the Alpha position.
I did everything in my power to keep this pack united. I attended all the meetings he skipped. My life was only at the service of this pack and now it is more than clear that it was all for nothing.
I understood Adam in the past. I knew he was not a very social person so I took the lead and I held the reins of this pack by myself, but I would have never expected that this would be the way he would reward me.
He dumped me as soon as he found his fated mate, even if he said he wouldn't do it. She became the center of his ambitious plan to have an heir and even slept with her.
Oh, Adam , you are so fucking stupid! This bitch is going to bury you. She fooled and played you on your fingers, just as she did it with me.
After everything you have done I am just sad that I will not have the opportunity to watch your fall. Will be greater than mine.
I wanted to run away hearing that Lexie is pregnant with your child. You killed me that day so now that there is nothing left I can see it clearly. Now everything was revealed.
I was so stupid to will to accept that pup in my life just for you, I should have stayed for myself and ban her out of this pack. But you know what ? Red Blood Pack deserves Lexie as its Luna.
This will be my revenge.
I walk through the crown and their insults are not affecting me anymore. They would better trust an omega than their Luna. They are just some opportunistic cowards. They are taking revenge on me for demanding high training standards, but it was all to protect them from the rogues.
They really think that someone like Lexie would be a better choice for them? Just wait and watch Red Blood Pack! This woman will perish you! Maybe I exceeded my skills by taking Adam's duties but it was only for your own good.
“Nat!” Suddenly Kelly whispers “The council is here!”
And dad is here too. And I can see his panicked gaze, and I can see the tears that he is trying to hold. He was Adam father's beta for years and he always looked strong and unstoppable but now he looks so human, as if seeing me this way killed his heart.
“I love you dad,” I mindlink him and give him a straight look into his eyes, so he would know that I mean every single word I say.
“Be strong,” I whisper. “ Be strong for me. Don’t cry for me, dad. Just be the man I know you are” and would give him a smile but I can’t find the strength to move my facial muscles. I can’t even utter a single word.
“This is not right, Natalie” he tells me and I see him coming in my direction, but I move my eyes and command him.
“No dad, let him do what he puts in his mind. I can’t escape from this” and I let Bill and his warriors drive me in front of the council, even if I feel my dad eyes watching me. In this crowd he is the only one who is on my side. Everyone else wants me dead.
“Natalie Williams” one of the elders of the council announces. “We found you guilty for crime against you alpha and your pack”
Guilty? Oh, elder, you are so wrong here! If I wouldn’t be drugged I would prove to you who the real culprit is, but I can't continue talking about your nonsense.
“The punishment for your crime is death!” he utters so damned sure of his words and I stare at the crowd that started to cheer at his words as if he just announced that they will receive more money.
I turn my head and look at Adam. Adam the love of my life and also the executioner of my life. He walks in military steps and lifts the sword that the council brought for my execution.
He is not even flinching. He is doing this by conviction. He wants to kill me. His inner spirit longs for my blood.
“I will miss you dad” I whisper, giving my dad a last look, and I see him falling on his knees.
“I will miss you Kelly” I whisper and I would like to hug my wolf if I could, to tell her that I am not mad at her for not being able to defend me , but this is above us. This is a betrayal I could never imagine that I will face.
I see Adam in front of me but he is not watching me. He just lifted the sword and pierced my heart. He kicks me with his foot and makes me fall on the ground while the crowd cheers in madness , and my father collapses for good.
“Kelly” I whisper, feeling dizzy. “This is it. This is the end.” and my eyelashes started to flutter as I was not able not even to keep my eyes open for a few more seconds.
All I could see was my blood flowing on the ground.
“Stop it!”
Someone said stop it? Am I hallucinating? I opened my eyes just a little bit and I could see a handsome man running in my direction. Do I know him?
“Stop this madness!”
Yeah…stop it, but it's too late, handsome guy…is….Why is it so cold?
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Because it is way too late to change anything.
“Natalie!!!! Natalie , please wake up!”Who is calling me? I know that voice…“Please, Nat, open your eyes! Open you eyes woman, and help me exist this fucking tornado or dark hole or whatever it is because I am going to vomit!”Kelly? Kelly is calling me? But it can’t be. I just…holy crap! Adam killed me…why can I still hear Kelly?“Open your eyes now!” Kelly growled at me and as if her command was mandatory I found myself opening my eyes just to become perplexed.Where the hell am I?“It’s a dark hole, I am telling you. We are in another dimension!” Kelly said and I can feel her emotions. She is confused and scared for having no idea what is going on.Maybe I am in heaven, but heaven can’t be so cold and lonely. If this is heaven I am in big shit. I lived my life doing good things for nothing.“Can you walk?” Kelly asks. “Can you see if there is a secret door that we should open and escape from here?”Escape from here? Is she kidding me? This is a fucking void. I have no idea where
And as soon as I said that Adam’s face rolled on the floor.“What did you say?” he asked with a perplexed voice, as if he couldn't believe his ear that I just said that.Suck it sucker!I didn’t come back, or better said, I was forced to come back to this horrible world just to be killed again. If the goddess forced me to be here, I need to stay alive and to do that I need to keep that bitch as far away from me as possible.“You can’t be serious, Natalie!” he says trying to refrain himself from showing me how pissed off he is about my reaction.“But I am, Adam. I am your Luna and here is my statement.” and squinting my eyes at him I point with my index finger in Lexie’s direction.“If she stays here, I am out and you will need to explain a lot of things to our pack and to your family about that! It’s me or her.” I say as if it is nothing and turn my back to him ignoring Lexie’s presence and making her boil for sure.“Babe, look” Adam whispers and I feel his arms wrapped around my wais
“Natalie!” Adam called me and I could hear him running after me. Just tried to stop me, you fucking jerk! Just try it.I ran outside the packhouse and in one jump in the air I let Kelly take control. This is our first shift after I came back from death's arms. I need this like air. I need to calm down or I am going to kill every single person that hurt me in my past, and by past I mean my former life.“Natalie! Stop it right now!” he shouts but I don’t care.“”Take us to our place, girl!” I tell Kelly and she runs directly into the forest, jumping from cliffs and giving me the ride of her life until Adam’s voice can’t be heard anymore.I can see her white paws hitting the ground in her attempt to exhaust herself to the point where every single cell of our system will be so damned tired that we will just rest and close our eyes, and stay there in peace.I can see her reflection in the water while she stops for a second to lick some water from the river and she is so beautiful that I wa
That’s it! I made my mind. I need to divorce him. Staying in this relationship it’s like deja-vu. Even if he rejected her this time, that is not helping me at all. She is still here, isn’t she? She will push herself over him until he can't live without her anymore.His stupid wolf wants his fated mate.So, yeah, there is no need for me to make the same mistakes again. Old habits die hard... I guess. She will frame again so why not take care of my safety by myself? Why not show them what it means to work against a woman who love with all her heart a fucking traitor husband.Adam will never control me over life or death. I will be in control of my actions!“That’s more like it, girl!” Kelly says and I can almost imagine her waving her tail but soon she asks me a little bit confused.“But how are we going to do that?”Oh, Kelly! What I am going to do with you. You are so pure that you won’t like this.“I will take his Alpha position!” I tell her as if this is nothing.“WHAT?” and I guess
Natalie’s POV.“Thank you, Alpha Brown” I say and almost jump from the happiness I feel right now. He will support me to take the Red Blood Pack from Adam. One more alpha on my side means one step closer to achieving my goal.“Yes, we will talk at the Alpha’s party, of course we will. And thank you one more time” I say and end the call.“How many said that we can count them?” Kelly suddenly asks me and now that she said that I am even more happier.“Thirteen” and I close my eyes and enjoy the moment. “ With Alpha Brown, I have thirteen Alpha wolves on my side. Do you know what that means, Kelly?” I ask and I rub my palms with excitement.“Does that mean that Adam will kill us if he finds out what we are doing?” she asks, laughing, but I know that she doesn’t care about his actions anymore. Is not like he would surprise us if he chose to act against us again. I am already expecting that. I told you. It’s Deja-vu.“That’s too, but it means that he will die of a heart attack when he wil
Natalie’s POV.“Try this!” Judy says and my eyes are ogling at the dress my best friend holds in her hands.“Are you nuts, Judy?” I Ask her and I am sure that I am already blushing just imagining how I would look wearing something so sexy.“She is right, you know?” the designer of the dress shop tells me. “I have known you for some time and every time you chose conservative clothes. Do you know how good looking you are?” the designer asks me and I just look at her.“Is not that” I tell her looking at all the dresses she chose to present me today. Some of them are damned sexy but I can’t show up like this at the Alpha’s Party.“You know that I have responsibilities.” I tell them and continue to search for the perfect dress.“And this dress will stop you from doing your job?” Judy asks and points to a beautiful but damned tight and short draped-effect dress from Versace.“I can’t show up like that, Judy! What will people think about me? I need to prove myself that I am capable as a Lun
Author’s POV.“You should have seen her face” Judy said as she entered with Natalie in her bedroom.“She is just an intriguer, a liar and a dissimulator.” Natalie says.“And a criminal!” Kelly growls in Natalie’s mind, reminding her why she needs to put Lexie in a corner.“We should have made her cry louder “Judy starts again, “I can’t believe that you just watched her while she was trying to take even your dress not only your man” and Judy cursed Lexie in her heart for interfering with Natalie’s life but Natalie just looked relaxed about that.“ Don’t you care about what she tries to do?” Judy asks , looks at Natalie in disbelief. IN her place she would have cut Lexie’s eyes and make her eat them with salt and pepper.“She wants Adam?” Natalie says with calm. “She can have it. Is not about her, here. It is about Adam proving himself as a real mate and he failed with that again and again. Cheating it is a two persons affair. Is not only about Lexie Banks, it is a bout a man who made
Author’s POV..“Nat” Kelly whispers as they are heading to the stairs. “Don’t be sad”“Sad?” She was a little bit taken aback but in the next second she realized that her spirit was tormented.” I am not sad” she whispered, trying to deny the reality.“You are my human, Nat. I know you.” Kelly said. “And even if I am with you in this madness, and I know that you are right , also I want you to know that it is alright to be sad. To feel betrayed.”“It is only about our revenge” Natalie denied again, but Kelly laughed sadly.“It is more than that and you know it. I am sad, you know?” Kelly tells Natalie, making her stop in her tracks for a second.“He doesn’t deserve our sadness, Kelly. Adam is a jerk.” and she continued to head to the stairs, looking like a Victoria’s Secret model. Her long strawberry blond hair is arranged in an easy long boho style. Elegantly messy, with a crown of two chunky braids.Her smokey makeup gives her a mysterious appearance and the dress is the cherry on th