CHAPTER TWENTY SIX LEONA'S POV

That I am the one who was rejected by Alpha Kane all because of my disability which was all his fault.

I wanted to tell him; that I am Leona Kazan!!!

I said none of that even when the urge to say it was so strong, I remained quiet. Not because I was scared of him, what do I have to be scared of? I'm already lame, and disabled, and I have nothing to lose, life for me ended years ago; when I lost my legs and my sister.

Zane kept staring at me, or should I say glare. Someone said people cower at his feet whenever he looks at them. Was this the look they were talking about, it's not as scary as they pointed it to be. But I still needed to play the pitiful card. I sighed, how I hated pretending. We kept on staring at each other, neither of us looking away.

"Should I get the Royal guard here?" He asked again, this time in a more calm but dangerous tone.

"Would you hurt a disabled girl?" I held my chest, feigning hurt.

"You would proceed to hurt a lame, harmless young girl because of your paranoia?" I asked, sobbing.

I know I should probably choose my words carefully, but, nah, I need to tell him the truth- unfiltered.

"Choose your words carefully, girl. And who said you are innocent, you are from innocent." He spat. We were just a few meters away from each other. He could probably hear my heart beating in my chest as I could hear us. Not that it's a good reputation, but once you've been through what I suffered, you will learn the art of lying, and controlling your heartbeat. Whenever wolves lied, their heart did a double skip, I had control of my breathing and it only thumped twice.

We were still caught up in a staring competition when we heard someone clear their throat.

Alpha Zane adjusted his posture before he turned to stare at who it was.

"Alpha." His beta bowed.

"What is it?" Zane barked immediately, he's still pissed. Just a little action of mine has got him this angry, by the time I was done, he would probably die from anger. I couldn't stop myself from scoffing. How he answered his beta was disrespectful.

The beta stared at me in shock. I was probably the only one bold enough to do that in Zane's presence.

Zane glanced at me quickly, before turning to his beta. "What are you doing here?" He asked again.

"Natalie is here to see you." His beta said.

"Didn't I tell you I wanted no disturbance?" He asked and the beta bowed his head not daring to look at him.

"Coward!" I muttered, immediately busying myself with staring at the beautiful flowers in the garden.

"I heard voices, Alpha. I thought you were having a meeting or something." The beta answered.

Zane glanced at me, before replying to his beta.

"I'll be there, tell her to wait in my room." He said and immediately the beta bowed, leaving.

"Let me guess, your whore is here? Is she a therapist or just someone you-"

"Shut up!" He shunned me before I could finish and I folded my lips.

I shouldn't have said that and I have no reason why I did that.

"Learn to mind your business." He warned me and I looked away from him. I'm starting to get the urge to murder him.

"Maybe if you minded your business, you would still have your two legs." He said, staring at me in disgust.

I frowned. How dare he? Does he have any idea that he's the cause of this?

"It was the opposite, Alpha Zane. I was on my own when this happened." I stated. Tears were threatening to fall and I blinked repeatedly to not let it. He doesn't deserve to see me cry.

"Yeah, right." He rolled his eyes in disbelief.

"You're dismissed, you get to keep staying anywhere in the pack but stay away from this garden. It's off limits to people with disabilities." He spat and turned to leave.

I scoffed, wiping my eyes clean. I've been told worse, but why did it hurt so much coming from him? He's the reason for all this.

I take back everything I said to defend him in the presence of Kane. He deserves everything Kane and I are about to melt on him.

I grabbed my crutches and prepared to leave. I hadn't taken up to three steps when I felt a presence. I stood, knowing fully well it was Kane's men.

"You failed in making him trust you." He said and I quickly dabbed my face again. If he knew I was crying he was going to report it to Kane.

"I'm not done trying," I said.

"Of course, you're not done trying." He said in an ominous tone, I had to turn to look at him.

"You know, Kane predicted you would say something like this and he sent me to show you something that might motivate you." He said, bringing out his phone and showing me a video. I took the phone from him, hitting the play button. In the video, Fiona knelt on pieces of broken silver and she was being flogged with a whip.

"No!" I gasped covering my mouth, and the tears I kept at bay flowed immediately.

"He said he wouldn't touch her. " I said as I handed him the phone.

"No! He said he wouldn't kill her, big difference." He stated and I covered my mouth as I cried, the video still playing in my head.

"I believe you are already motivated. Get to work, Leona." He said, before turning, disappearing into the dark.

I cried as I left the garden. I decided to rent out an inn to sleep for the night before I cooked up another plan to get summoned to Zane's presence.

I found an inn, but I didn't find sleep. I just can't stop the video from replaying in my head.