The New Alpha

"Get up! Your time has come." Brenda woke me up with a slam to the bars. I have fallen asleep after I felt like dying from the lack of food. At this point, I was feeling so miserable that if anybody asks me for my last wish, I would say a drop of water.

As I rubbed my eyes to clear my sight, Brenda dropped a white dress in my feet to get ready. Sadly, every time I was asked to wear a new dress, it was because I was being prepared to take one step closer to my ending,

"Hurry up! The coronation ceremony is about to start and I don't want to miss out on anything," this woman sounded ignorant to my situation, she didn't want to miss a ceremony while I had to get ready for my execution. I ended up silently changing into that dress, there was anyways no point in having an argument with her.

I couldn’t even fight back because I knew they would drag me to the punishment ground by any means possible.

Once I was ready, she spun around to stare at me and then a chuckle managed to heave her lips, "What is the use of this beauty if you are going to die a virgin anyways," she scoffed loudly and then dragged me out of the cell to tie my hands together in front of my body with a rope and then hold onto to it to drag me along.

She took me towards the exit where the whole ceremony was going to take place in the garden so big that our entire coven could start living here even build houses there.

It sucks to know that I was the only unlucky person, who got caught in their cage. Not that I wanted others to suffer, but it would have been much better if I was a free person as well.

The bright sunlight penetrated my eyes into squeezing them shut when I was pushed outside by Brenda into the crowd of the people.

I had my eyes partially squeezed open due to coming in contact with the light after a few days of isolation and being restricted to the darkness.

Everybody had been dressed up for this occasion. I had kept my head lowered while being escorted towards the small wooden box placed in the middle of the ground. I knew eyes were glued to me in disgust and hatred, they had never liked us.

It sucked to see that they were desperately waiting to feast upon the delicious cuisine right after they have burned a human down to ashes.

I climbed the box and stood under the cloudy sky like a guilt ridden person. I could now see the entire ground if I raise my face even the people who were cherishing expensive wine while whispering slurs at me to each other.

The freshly made food and its scent made my stomach to growl. I was going to die on an empty stomach, not that I was worried about it but it was one of the many things adding to the torture. I thought food will be my last wish, no! my last wish would be for someone to ask for my last wish.

The guards had tied my hands behind my back to a huge tree that I was resting my back upon. A huge stage was all set to welcome the not so almighty Alpha King and his son Prince Conrad.

The two were accompanied by Kruz and some other guards that I didn't know the name of. As they reached the stage, everybody went silent to pay them respect.

Prince Conrad was wearing a blue suit with a royal long tail coat to make it look classy, and same with his father.

Once the cheering and the greetings subsided, King Uziel came forward on the stage very elegantly to announce the new alpha king, "Today you all have been acquired to witness the crowning of the new alpha king, I hereby, step down from the position to introduce my powerful, strong son Prince Conrad to your service." as his words were appreciated and celebrated, my heart did a flip as my death was facing me in the eye.

Now that I've my face lifted up, I was able to see the crowd glaring at me once in a while and hoping that I meet my demise soon. I even

"I announce Prince Conrad as the new Alpha King of The Dark Shine Pack." Uziel declared and the chants echoed through the surroundings. Conrad stepped ahead and then stood beside his father, who slowly took a whole round around his son in slow steps and then stopped right when he was facing Conrad.

It was the official ceremony of making a pact. Kruz stepped ahead to drop on his one knee and offer Uziel the silver dagger, the dagger laced with magic that they have taken in possession when they first banished us.

Prior to this, the eldest of the witch coven would offer the lord the silver dagger, but they took that opportunity from us as well.

Uziel lifted the dagger for the eyes to see and after everybody has taken a good look of it, he cut his palm with the dagger and then handed over the dagger to his son.

Conrad repeated his father's action and then handed the dagger back to Kruz. The two came closer, Uziel held his hand out and Conrad placed his hand on his hand, mixing their blood together.

The clouds suddenly started to rumble in the loudest way possible. Where everybody cheered at the signs, I as a witch knew it wasn't a good sign.

Now that Conrad has become an Alpha King, his nightmares and suffering was going to intensify from this point onwards.

"Now my son will declare the punishment for this witch for her treason against us by practicing magic." Uziel pointed in my direction and everybody's attention was diverted to me now.

My body shuddered when their eyes scanned me with the little beast staring through their eyes.

The revulsion on their faces was apparent with no mercy in their eyes for me. It was like they had never been around witches before. We had lived in unity together for a longer period of time until the lord decided that we witches were too toxic for the innocent world.

I had to squeeze myself together and not show any weakness at the last breath of my life. I can't pleasure them with my fear as they have already expressed that they grow on other's misery, they feed on other's pain.

Conrad, after hearing his father's declaration, stepped ahead with a deep eye contact with me to announce my death to his people.

"I, the alpha king of The Dark Shine Pack, declare this witch to be forever imprisoned in my castle as my personal maid to - -," as he has only submitted half of his words, the murmuring from the crowd began along with a frown across his father's forehead. I was able to let out a breath full of relief when I recalled his words,

I will do it my own way,

“To use her expertise to lure her coven in and finish the creatures called witches for once and all." once he had finished announcing, it took everybody some time to stare at Conrad for more explanation.

"What are you saying? We cannot leave her free, she will run away the moment she gets a chance." Uziel was against me taking another breath in this world. There was much more than just hatred in his tone, he was more afraid of me than showing dejection towards me.

"She wouldn't be able to get away from me, as I've found a perfect way to cage her into being my slave for the rest of her life." Conrad wasn't whispering like his father, he made sure everybody was listening to his plans. It even baffled my mind when he said he had found a way, what possibly had he found against me that will restrict me from ever leaving him?

"What is it?" Uziel asked on behalf of everyone. The silence engulfed the surroundings once again as Conrad took a deep breath and prepared himself for an explanation that was going to answer not only the concerns of his father but to comfort his pack, who now had their eyes on him for safety and justice.

"Her birth certificate!" once the words left Conrad's lips, not everyone picked up the horror of such a thing but my mouth was left hung open at his revelation.