Chapter 4

Athena Blackstone pov

I watched Veronica wave her personal guards at me as she rushed to face me.

“Take this insolent bitch to Alpha’s office; as for you, Athena, we will see if you're spreading falsehoods about the prince,” she hissed.

Being whisked away by her two guards, I was feeling conflicted.

“Did she just call Gavin a prince?” I questioned my wolf.

“Yes, she did, this is getting very interesting,” Bria growled in my head as I was forced to the Alpha's residence and shown to the office.

“Sit there, Athena Blackstone, while I get Gavin on speakerphone, and we will see exactly what happened,” Veronica snarled.

I watched her as she went around the desk and sat down in the Alpha’s chair.

The two guards stood at my sides and I side-eyed them both. I didn't know these two and figured that Veronica brought them both from her original pack.

“I wonder where the Alpha is?” I thought to my wolf while she pushed out the numbers on her cell phone.

“Hello?” Gavin's recognizable voice answered

“Hey Gavin, this is Veronica. I have a kitchen worker who is saying that she was marked by you on my wedding day, is that true,” she questioned.

There was a long pause before he answered, and when he did, my heart dropped.

“I have a fiance and will be wed in six months,” he replied. Veronica gave me a sinister grin causing me to swallow uncomfortably.

Feeling ill, I lowered my eyes in confusion, wondering why he would mark me if he already was engaged.

“Why would he lie?” I thought sadly.

“Maybe he didn't expect to meet his real mate,” Bria offered and I chewed on the inside of my bottom lip.

“That's what I assumed; thank you, highness, give my regards to your parents and intend goodbye,” Veronica mumbled.

After ending the call she tilted her head while she studied my sullen face.

“Jacob, fetch the Alpha and inform him that I have an issue that needs to be resolved, immediately,” she ordered as she tapped her nails up on the desktop.

Seeing Jordan step into his office I narrowed my eyes on him. He was pathetic compared to Gavin and I felt only animosity toward him now.

“I want her banished from the Harvest Moon pack!” Veronica's shrill voice asserted, and I eyed her in disbelief.

“My mom died protecting the former Alpha and Luna, his parents! You can't kick me out,” I spat bitterly as I gestured toward Jordan.

There was no way that I would be forced to turn rogue, and without a pack, it would surely happen.

“Your mother made the sacrifice, NOT YOU, Athena,” Veronica exclaimed, and I growled.

“You're just jealous because Gavin wanted me and not your bitchy ass,” I retorted.

Seeing her eyes shimmer in anger I was startled when Jordan roared, " Enough, you two!"

“Athena, your mom was a high-ranking warrior and sacrificed herself for the safety of my parents, but you, on the other hand, are not her and nothing like her. You will never be at her level,” Jordan asserted and I pinched my lips together as I glared at him.

“I'm her prodigy and WILL be a Great Warrior!” I proclaimed, then added, “This is where I was raised, where all my memories are, and I don't want to leave the pack!”

“Banish her Alpha; she's nothing to us or this pack,” Veronica snarled, and I shook my head in defiance.

“Fine, if you will not leave willingly then you can rot away in the pack jail. Guards! Lock her up without any meals. We shall see how much of a warrior prodigy you are without sustenance to feed your body,” Jordan roared.

Getting manhandled by the Alpha’s guards I was devastated.

“She will starve to death in a week or two,” he chuckled under his breath as I was forced to the brick building on the outskirts of the pack and tossed into a dank cell within the dark building.

My nerves shattered hearing the metal bars close and I glanced at the Alpha's guards.

“Can you please inform the kitchen that I am here, it's the least you could do for a once fellow associate,” I mumbled softly and the guard nodded before he turned and left me all alone in the cold filthy cell.

After shutting the building door, the light dimmed to near in nonexistent, causing my eyes to glow to see my surroundings.

Not wanting fleas or a snake bite, I kicked at the straw-covered floor to rid it of pests.

“There's no water or a place to do my bodily functions, ” I groaned.

“Squat in a designated corner, I suppose, “Bria whimpered in my mind.

Clearing a small area I sat on the dirt ground and exhaled deeply.

My life just continued to get worse with each breath I took.

“I must keep my mind preoccupied, or I will grow insane,” I muttered, and Bria suggested that we figure out who Gavin was.

Rolling my eyes I shook my head.

“Why, he is getting married and probably wanted to bust a nut before the vows. He's probably just a player and marks every female he beds,” I growled.

Tsking me, Bria sighed, “ But he can only impregnate his real mate. Remember that you're carrying the prince's twins.”

Studying the cage, I was locked in, I furrowed my brow.

“Then I better break out of this and regain my freedom,” I asserted and stood up to examine each corner of the prison I was put in.