2

April 

He tilts his head at me, inspecting my face as he loses his trust more and more in what I’m saying.

“What does that mean?” My mother asks, looking at me with a shocked expression, making my heart beat into my throat.

“I- I don’t understand,” I say lowly, my eyes jumping back and forth between him and the screen. “What is this?”

He scoffs. “Of course you don’t. It’s the message you sent to Hailey where you ask her to meet you at the pack’s border.”

I can’t believe this!

A thousand thoughts run in my mind, my brain trying to make sense of this absurd situation.

This has to be a nightmare!

“No, no!” I shake my head, directing my eyes back up to him.

He clenches his jaw, making me fear he will crush the phone in his hand, my mother increasing the grip on my arm.

“What did you do, April?” she whispers, making me go into absolute panic.

“No! I never sent her a message. Goddess, I didn’t even have her numbers. How did this get into my phone?” I screech, seeing Alpha Kelvin and my mother lowering their heads as Scott’s disappointment seems to be more convincing than my defence. 

Their avoiding behaviour truly let my heart break into pieces. They didn’t believe me either; I was the girl they had looked after for years.

I lost my love, and now I will also lose my family.

“Mom,” Her eyes redden, but still doesn’t look at me.

“Alpha,” I turned to look at Kelvin, a father-like figure for me. In his eyes, there is so much upset and sorrow...and disappointment.

Oh, Goddess, this must be a nightmare.

“Don’t play dumb, April,” Scott snarls, making my breath hitch in my throat.

“No, Sc… Scott, I swear. It’s not me who sent that text!”

He just lowers his gaze, shaking his head as he sighs exhaustedly. Lowering his gaze, he leans onto the foot of the hospital bed, clasping the metal bar at the end of it.  “We found her blood and pieces of her clothing, April. Just a few steps away from where you were pretending to have fainted. How could you do this to me? I thought you were my friend!”

I gasp as tears shoot into my eyes. “I didn’t pretend… What? No! I didn’t hurt her! Scott, I am your friend! I was there by chance. I-”

“You were seen together, April.” His eyes are full of sadness as he lifts his eyes back up at me, as his father speaks.

“What?” I ask lowly, my chest squeezing as I feel like he physically reached out to wrap one of his big hands out to strangle me. “No… That is impossible.”

“Someone saw you two walking towards the place you were found together, April. What the fuck did you do? Who helped you in this,” my eyes widen as I shake my head.

“No!” I scream, desperation now taking over. “How long have you known me? I could never do this to you! You should know that!”

“I don’t know you at all, April,” Scott mumbles, throwing my phone onto my bed. “You are just a nuisance who has been scurrying around me since we were kids. You are insane.”

“I’m not!” I try to defend myself, but he just looks at me annoyed.

He puts his hands back into his pockets, his gaze holding so much disappointment as he glares down at me.

“I’m not…” I repeat in a whisper, making his face twitch again.

With a swift movement, he grabs my phone off my bed, turning around to smash it against the wall with a loud roar, making us jump.

His father closes his eyes while Scott drives his hands into his hair and pushes out a shaky breath.

After turning back around, he speaks with a voice as void of emotions as his eyes, “April Foster, you will be taken into custody for the possible murder of the future Luna of the Blue Amber Pack, which you caused out of stupidity and jealousy.”

“No, Scott… I-” I start, but he shuts me up by growling at me.

“Don’t you dare interrupt me!”

I whimper as his Alpha command wafts over me and I fall back into my bed.

“You will be interrogated about what you have done and your accomplices,” he continues as two warriors are already walking towards me to pick me up and bring me to the dungeons.

I look at the people standing around me pleadingly, but they all have lowered their heads, avoiding looking at me.

My desperation expands in my chest as nobody helps me, and hurt pierces through my heart because Scott does not believe me.

How could he ever think that I would do something like this to him?

As the warriors step close to me, grabbing me and dragging me out of my bed, I fight against them even if it tears at my wounds, making pain shoot through me.

I sob as I get brought out of the room, only halting shortly in front of Scott who glares down at me, his eyes filled with rage and sadness.

“And you will pay for what you have done.”