Saved by the Guest

Ava saw stars of different colours and shades, the sound of the hot slap still echoing in her ear seconds later. Her mouth hung open in surprise as she stared at Sarah.

Sarah walked over to the chair beside the bed and sat down. She threw Colton’s shirt to him.

‘How dare you seduce our alpha? Huh?’

Ava could only shake her head vigorously in denial.

But I did not seduce him, he was the one who assaulted me.

She thought inside her but did not dare to say anything because of the vicious look in Sarah’s face.

‘Tell me what happened. On your knees!’

Ava quickly fell to her knees and explained the events of that morning to Sarah. She knew Sarah was a good friend of the Alpha and should be able to reason with him. Sarah had also been nice to Ava in the past, and should believe her. After Ava’s narration, Sarah turned to Colton.

‘You were mated to this thing?’ She pointed at the cowering Ava.

‘And I rejected her immediately. It must be the joke of the day for the Moon Goddess.’ Colton said as he finished buttoning his shirt.

‘Why did you reject her?’

Colton moved to Sarah and drew her up gently.

‘Because I have my Luna right here in you. Who cares for the Moon Goddess choice when I have a goddess by my side?’ He drew her closer and kissed her. Sarah hugged him and kissed him back.

‘My father the Lycan king must not hear any bad rumour about you, if you are to succeed him as the future king. All dirts must be thrashed.’ She said this and looked at Ava.

‘What if she tells the story about you being her mate to others? The council must not hear such things.’ She played with a lock of her as if in deep thought.

‘Let’s get rid of her.’

Colton shrugged his shoulder, took the bottle of wine by his bedside and strolled out of the room.

‘I’ll leave it to you’.

Ava started begging Sarah as Colton closed the door.

‘Please Princess. I’m sorry. I promise I will not tell anybody. I will take this to my grave.’

Sarah snarled at her. ‘That you will surely do.’

Shocked at her changed voice, Ava looked up to see that Sarah’s eyes had changed and her nails elongated than before.

‘I was waiting to be mated to Colton and you stole my shine?’ Sarah lunged at her and pinned her to the ground. Before Ava could come to herself, Sarah had broken her leg with her wolf strength. She cried out in pain, as she tried to understand all the calamities befalling her. Why the sudden cruelty? They just did not make any sense.

Sarah returned to her human pretty self, touched up her makeup and with a last glance at Ava, said, ‘prepare to say your last prayers.’ She went out of the room.

Ava tried to stand up but could not because of her broken leg. She sat down and shook in fear and pain. Things were indeed getting worse for her. Who could help her now? She heard the gong sounding. It seemed the pack was being summoned for a meeting. Ava wished someone could come and carry her to her room and maybe summon the pack doctor to attend to her. She had been visiting the herbal clinic on her days off, she just loved the smell of herbs. If she was not working as a maid in the alpha’s mansion, she would have willingly worked as a maid for the pack doctor. If only she could get her hands on some morphine….

The door suddenly opened and two pack enforcers barged into the room.

‘There you are.’

‘Ava Winstons, you are under arrest, for seducing our Alpha.’

‘What..?’ Ava was cut off and dragged out. She saw that other pack members had gathered in front of the alpha’s house and Sarah was standing at the front, accusing her. Ava looked at the faces of her fellow maids, who were always friendly to her before, they all frowned at her, accusing her of what she did not do. She looked for the elderly doctor, but he was not at the meeting. No one was on her side.

‘This wolfless thing dared to seduce her alpha. She got wounded in the process as you can see.’

They all nodded in approval and Ava heard various version of ‘serves her right’, ‘good for her’. How could they all be against her? It was as if the whole pack changed in one single day. She did not hear what Sarah was saying with her screeching voice until she heard others’ voices.

‘Yes, tie her to the stakes and let her burn!’

Ava knew that the end had come for her. The whole world was against her. They wanted to burn her alive, for a crime she did not commit. No wonder Sarah told her to say her last prayers. She prepared to start praying. Tears rolled down her cheeks as her heart cried ‘Help’ deep within her.

They were all waiting for Colton’s approval before carrying out Sarah’s verdict. Colton hesitated, probably he felt a little guilty? He was about to nod his head in approval to the persistent Sarah when a car drove into the yard. Ava saw Colton stood up from his seat and went out to welcome the guest.

‘That’s Alpha Sebastian, the Alpha of Prime Pack’. One of the pack members told another.

‘Really? I hear he’s the richest and most powerful alpha around.’ The other member responded.

‘Exactly. And he doesn’t have a mate yet…’

Pieces of dialogues floated to Ava where she was seated on the ground. Other pack members moved away from her as the guest alpha entered Colton’s house.

He glanced at Ava and asked what her offence was. Sarah was the one who answered.

‘Alpha, please don’t bother yourself about the useless girl. She has committed an unpardonable offense, worthy of death.’

Sebastian smiled at Sarah and shook his head.

‘A Luna should protect and defend her pack members. Princess, you should know this, though you are yet to become one.’ Ava saw Sebastian winked at Sarah and wondered if he had also fallen for her tricks.

‘Why stain your pretty hands with blood? Just banish her.’

Sarah nodded her head to the enforcers as she followed the alphas into the house.