**Elizabeth's POV***I hesitated. Do I have to prove myself as she did? I stared at Jamie for a full minute, and she showed no signs of being infected.Why?"Do you dare to try?" Jamie asked with a sarcastic smile.I bit my lip and finally made a decision, "No, I won't try. It would be irresponsible to myself and to others."I chose to believe Carolina. I had no idea why Jamie wasn't infected. Just like I didn't know how she was able to come up with that white powder that could cure the maddening virus. She seems to be hiding a lot of secrets.Because of my refusal, people totally believed all of Jamie's words! They all think I'm the chief culprit."Get out of our pack! Get out of the Poison Mist Forest!""You don't deserve to be our Luna! Get out!""Simply expelling the outsider won't do much good anymore. The Moon Goddess is already furious with your previous disobedience. Only by burning this evil outsider will the Moon Goddess save us!" Jamie completely revealed her evil purpose.
**Elizabeth's POV***"Yes, you can." My face was hot and I answered in a small voice.I didn't dare to look at Caleb's eyes after I said that, lowered my head and turned around to push the door open.**Austin's POV ***I was drinking water when I felt the mate bond.The water kettle fell to the ground. Instead of picking it up, I immediately stood up and looked around."Elizabeth!""Elizabeth!"Turning my head, Brandon and I met eye to eye. His reaction was exactly the same as mine. He also seemed to feel the mate bond with Elizabeth.Does this mean that Elizabeth is near us?But the feeling only existed for a second before it disappeared. It was as short as an illusion.If Brandon hadn't called out Elizabeth's name as well, I would have thought I was hallucinating from missing her to the extreme.Now I'm finally sure that Brandon and I are both Elizabeth's mates, but that doesn't matter anymore.Elizabeth has disappeared from our lives forever. I will never have the chance to reuni
**Elizabeth's POV***Sometimes my heart raced when I thought of Caleb. I felt like I could hear my wolf's voice. But each time I tried to carefully feel my wolf's presence, it completely disappeared again.Maybe it's the palpitations and tinnitus caused by my staying up late doing experiments. Time was running out and I had to race against time.Carolina tried very hard to play the role of my assistant. She keeps a close eye on everything but the experiment for me to keep me focused."Meow..."A young cat's cry came from under the window."Looks like there's a cat out there?" I said without looking up.I, out of the corner of my eye, saw Carolina walking toward the window, but I didn't care.I was staring intently at the changes in the petri dish until I heard a shrill cat cry.I raised my head and saw Carolina fall backwards to the ground. Her arm was oozing blood, and the cat that had scratched her had fled the window."Carolina!" I dropped everything I was holding and ran to Carol
**Elizabeth's POV***Without waiting for Jamie's reply, I immediately counted down, "5,4,3,2...""No! No! I'm telling you! It's in my necklace! My necklace contains the powder that can cure the infection. Only a little bit. That' s the only thing I have!"I noticed a small seashell necklace hanging around her neck. I took it off and found that the shell was openable. Inside it was pink medicine powder."Get off me. I've given you what you want. Don't disfigure me!"Instead of letting go of the whip right away, I bent over and said to Jamie, "You better not lie and cheat me. I'm going to try this powder. If it doesn't work, I will punish you in a very horrible way."I don't have a lot of experience with being a bully. But I grew up living with abuse. Those bad guys taught me a lot of ways to torture people.If Jamie tricked me, I wouldn't mind teaching her all the tormenting techniques I know, because she hurt my best friend Carolina.I ran out of the jail just in time to meet Beta,
**Elizabeth's POV***My heart was pierced by her from behind and I felt my whole body temperature drop to a minimum while my strength was completely drained.I could clearly feel Jamie pulling the knife out of my heart but was powerless to stop it.A stream of blood shot out of the bloody hole in my chest. It was at least a meter high.Blood splattered on the branch in front of me and dripped from the leaves to my head.Another sharp pain came from the heart.Jamie drew the knife and stabbed me in the heart again.My eyes dulled and I fell to my knees weakly. My body slowly slumped to the ground.Finally, I saw the face of Jamie, who had stabbed me. She was looking down at me with the expected mockery and smugness on her face."I already told you. I'll kill you! How dare you mess with me! How dare you whip me! How dare you threaten me with disfigurement! You ugly bastard! You deserve it!"Jamie stepped on my bleeding chest, proudly flaunting her victory.My life was draining fast wit
**Caleb's POV***I didn't hesitate to follow everyone out. I can't rest. My heart was pounding out of my mouth with anxiety. I had to find Elizabeth!Carolina rushed up and tugged on my sleeve, "Take me with you! I'm going to find Elizabeth too!"I didn't object. I knew it would be torture for Carolina to leave her waiting in the room.My Elizabeth, please be safe. All along the way, I prayed to the moon goddess. However, all I got was bad news from my subordinates."Alpha, we have found a body up ahead!""Take me there now!"When I saw the charred corpse, burned beyond recognition, my legs acted like they were filled with cement, and I couldn't move a step forward.I was afraid they would tell me it was Elizabeth."Did you guys ever destroy the scene? Was there only one body?" I heard Beta inquire in an anxious voice."We came to inform Alpha as soon as we saw the corpse. We didn't move anything. Yes, there was only one body.""But look at the marks on the ground. There's obviously
**Beta's POV***I was furious. But the priest's reply was as I expected. He was old enough that he wasn't afraid to die. He would not be easily threatened by me.But I have a way of making him threatened by me."Old geezer, I know you're not afraid to die. But aren't you afraid to see all the poison wolves die in front of your eyes? To tell you the truth, the two infections that appeared in the pack were caused by my poisoning. I am the only one who has the antidote!""Traitor! Traitor!" The priest's eyes widened in shock. His beard was trembling with anger."The prophesied destined savior you were counting on has already been killed by me. Now only I can save those infected poison wolves. If you don't agree with what I just requested, I will kill you immediately and then let the entire pack of wolves be infected. By then I will take out the antidote and they will surely accept me as the new Alpha. It will just take a little longer. It won't change the outcome."The priest's lips qui
**Caleb's POV***Looking at my former close friend and right-hand man, I suddenly felt very unfamiliar with him. He didn't look anything like the Beta I knew."I want to know where Elizabeth is, can you make an exception and help me?"I asked in a tentative manner. He had been my father's right-hand man and then my most trusted Beta, and I didn't believe he would change completely."No. Elizabeth is dead. There is absolutely no point in using the Mirror of Witchcraft to see where she is."After rejecting me, he added, "Leave the Priest's residence at once. For the safety of the Priest, ordinary people are not qualified to come here at will."I stared into his eyes for a long time, and there was not a trace of friendship or loyalty in them. I vaguely realized that I probably never knew the real him."As ordered, Alpha,"I said sarcastically, and led Carolina away.Carolina did not want to leave. She was extremely angry."How could the Beta treat you like that? He's so rude and mean! Why