Chapter 6

Meanwhile, the search for Athena was proving futile, but Travon wouldn't give up, her scent lingered and so he followed it, out of the palace walls into the deepest and darkest part of the woods, with his guards struggling to keep up with him.

Suddenly the scent disappeared with the cool forest breeze and the forest became till, broken by the crunch of leaves under their feet. The air shifted, something seemed off and Travon and his men could sense it.

“I sense strangers, rogues!” He growled. Before they could react, a trio of rogues appeared from the shadows, their eyes furiously glowed in the darkness and their mouths foam.

Immediately, one of them attack Travon while the rest went for his men. Travon immediately shifted, these low- lives were no match for him. As he wrestled with all his strength, Athena scent returned once again, distracting him.

With one powerful strike, the rogue sent Travon tumbling down the hill. His head swam, his limbs weakened as Athena’s scent grew stronger.

Frantically, he searched for the source of the scent, only to spot something that made his heart pound in his chest.

“No.” he murmured as he got closer, his gut twisting with dread. It was a Athena’s clothes, ripped and drenched in crimson blood.

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Athena was running through the woods when she heard a  crunch behind her. She paused and turning, holding her breath and praying it wasn’t rogues. Just then, out of the dark shadows, a figure emerged, she watched in horror as it came to sight, it was William.

“Hello Luna.” He sneered..

Athena’s eyes widened in horror as she took off, but she was no match for the Beta and so he caught up with her. William grabbed her arm, spun her to face him and then sent a lethal blow to her abdomen. Athena fell to her knees, coughed, retched and threw up blood. But William wasn’t done yet.

He dragged her up, pinned her to a tree held her neck.

“I didn’t think you’d take your duties seriously, getting pregnant!” He said through his gritted teeth “…You should have just ended like your father.!” He spat while Athena struggled to free herself from his grip. He released her and once again she took off.

William scoffed, “Lets play cat and mouse shall we?”

He followed her,Athena kept running, looking over her shoulders. She wasn’t looking and didn’t realize when her leg got caught in a root and just like that, she tripped and fell.

“Fuck!” Athena swore, her ankle hurt, she struggled to the back of a tree and that’s when she realized she was bleeding from her leg. Quickly, she tied it with a cloth.

Meanwhile, the Beta followed her blood trail and found her.

“Mm, not so good at this game ,huh, Athena?” He crouched down to her level.

“Stay the fuck away from me, you psycho!” She retorted, her heart racing with fear and tears streaming down her face.

Williams scoffed, then without a word, he ripped off the clothes from her leg.

“W-What are you doing--Fuck!!!” Athena screamed as he dug a claw into the wound. The wound spluttered and the pain increase, she was sweating, panting and gasping for air.

“I didn’t want to have to do this myself, those stupid elders should have ended your pathetic life, along side with your father.” He corked his head.

In the pain, her eyes widened in surprise, she couldn’t believe her eyes.

“Oh yes, Athena…” He said with an evil glint in his eyes. “The Nightshade elders..Murdered your father--”

“Fuck you!” She screamed and kicked him in the crouch with her good leg, buying her a little bit of time to get away from him.

Athena hopped away with all her strength and a trail of blood following behind her, only to end up at a cliff. The cold breeze slapped her face, beneath her feet were wild waves crashing against the rock. She turned and found William charging toward her. There’s no place to run, this is the end. She thought as tears streamed down her cheeks.

“Please don’t kill me.” She found herself begging in between sobs, “Just let me go and I’ll never come back here, no one will hear of me again…Please.”

But all her pleas fell on deaf ears as William stepped closer to her. “I wish I could believe you, Athena…I really do.” He whispered in her ears. Her body trembled with fear.

He continued. “Long live the Luna.” and with that, he pushed her off the cliff, watching till the ocean swallowed her.

He returned to back of the trees, took the ripped clothed and threw it down a hill, “Rest in pieces, Luna.”