My accusations

   

       

   "Luna, are you alright?” By now people had surrounded us, but I could not hear anything. All that was ringing in my ear was the fact that my mate had gotten her pregnant

  

  Anna was quickly carried away, but I remained on the floor in a daze until I felt a smack on my face. I gasped as I came to my senses and looked up to see two royal guard's standing over me and looking down at me with a hostile gaze.

   I knew them from when I used to visit the palace, they were Paul's guard, and they always gave me a little smile, but they were now Anna's guard. 

   "The Alpha King wants to see you"

   Then they grabbed my both arms and hurled me up from the floor. They dragged me with them to the palace and threw me at Paul's feet, and that was when everything finally registered in my head. Anna was pregnant with my mate's child, she was pregnant with his future heir which might be in danger because I bumped into her.

    I immediately crawled up to him and grabbed his feet ready to plead for him to spear me "I didn't mean to bump into her, it was a mistake"

   "What mistake?" Paul raised his head and threw a slap to my face, the second slap I would be receiving today "you were trying to kill my child you worthless thing. Everyone knows that Anna is pregnant, you did it deliberately"

  Everyone knows? Except for me. Have I been so lost in my grief that I did not hear such important news? 

   "Just pray to the moon goddess that nothing happens to my child, if not, you won't see the light of the day” Paul glared down at me, hatred evident in his forest green eyes that I loved so much

   I flinched and felt my wolf curl up in agony, "I didn't do it on purpose. You have to believe me, I did not see her coming” I refused to let go of his leg even when he was kicking and trying to shake me off.

   "Grab her and take her away. Lock her in the dungeon"

  "No.. no, you cannot do that” in all of these I had refused to cry, but I could not hold it back at the mention of me being locked up in a dungeon. I knew just how bad the state of the dungeon in the palace was because I had sneaked in there before to set a werewolf who had been wrongly accused free.

  "No!! I didn't do it purposely" I screamed as I felt arms grabbing me from behind and trying to drag me away. I held on to Paul's leg and refused to let go. I was not going to survive in the dungeon. What if he locked me there and forgot about me? What am I to do then.

     I was too weak to fight the royal guard's as they were able to quickly and effectively force my hands off Paul's leg. I continued to scream and beg, praying that Paul would have mercy on me even if it was because I was his mate, but he turned around and walked out.

   

   My knees hit the floor with a thud and I felt pain spread throughout my body as the guards flung me into the cell, but I was up immediately, ignoring the pains in my legs and rushing to the iron gates. It was already too late as the guards had locked the gate and walked away.

   "Let me out” I screamed as I grabbed the iron gate and shook it but the only reply I got was the echo of my scream.

       I don't know how many days have passed. Four days? Or was it a week? I didn't know, as the cell I was locked in had no windows. It was cold and there was not even a bed to lay on. I have been laying on the hard cold ground to sleep. I have not been served water, not good since I was locked up. Not only that, but I was so hungry and thirsty, but that was the least of my concerns.

   There has been no news. No one came to visit me, not even my parents. I knew that they preferred Gloria to me, but still, I was their child. My father was the royal Beta and could plead for me to be released, but he did nothing. Was Anna's child fine, or did the baby die? As much as I wanted the baby to die I knew that the only way I could be released out of this cold cell was if the baby survived.

 I struggle to my knees and bow my head as I offer a prayer to the moon goddess on behalf of Anna and her child. I was not even done with my prayer when I heard footsteps approaching. I wanted so much to get up, but I was weak from starvation.

   It was the guards that brought me here. They opened the door and walked in and without a word, they grabbed me and dragged me out of the cell. The sunlight was blinding, and I shut my eyes to block it out. I wanted to cry with joy at seeing the sun again but with the way that the guards was treating me I knew that it was bad news.

   I opened my eyes wide when I heard loud voices, and I was dragged to the pack ground. The same place where all our ceremonies were held and also where criminal cases were judged.

   They forced me to my knees in front of all the elders. Paula l was seated on a large throne – like seat and Anna was there, nestled at his side and his arms were wrapped around her.

   Anna looked weak and pale, and I did not need anyone to tell me that she lost her baby. My heart sank at the severity of the situation that I was in, but still, I allowed myself to hope. Maybe he won't kill me, as I was his mate. I looked around and saw that my parents were also there, maybe they would plead on my behalf, perhaps other wolves would also speak up for me as I have helped almost half of the werewolves population in my pack.

   Quickly, they began to list out my offenses and the only one I could recognize was the fact that I bumped into Anna unintentionally, so what was it they were saying about me trying to kill Anna countless times?

   Witnesses were brought out and they testified against me. People that I have helped, and in all of this no one came out to speak up for me, not even my parents. When my eyes found my sister, she was seated among the regular werewolves and was too busy whispering to her mate and flirting with him.

    When my eyes met Anna's eyes, I could see the smug look in her eyes, and it did not take long for me to realize that it was all her plan. She must have pushed Paul into doing it, but I was surprised at this fact. Anna was supposed to hate our Alpha king because he had wrongly accused her father and had him killed. Anna has always been a quiet girl, making her the subject of bullying and more than once I had stood up for her, so I could not understand why she was doing this.

    When I looked at my mate, I flinched at the look of hatred in his eyes. No doubt he hates me for trying to kill his mate. I was not even provided an opportunity to redeem myself as they immediately sentenced me to death by execution for killing the heir of the Alpha and in all of this, it was never mentioned that I was Paul's mate.

   Then I was being hurled back to my cold cell and locked away waiting until I would be executed in three days time. 

   In the next three days, I sat huddled up in a corner of my cell thinking about everything that has happened in my life. I have never offended anyone before and all I ever did was spread love around, but why did my life come to this?

   My parents had really warned me that doing good in a wicked world like this never pays. After I was sentenced to death by execution by my mate, I could no longer feel my wolf. My wolf had retreated to the back of my mind and was silent, making me all the more lonely.

   I only knew that three days had passed since I was sent back to the cell when I heard footsteps approaching again and this time around it was two different guard's, but they acted in the same way as those first ones

  I knew how execution works. I was taken to a room and given a bath. The omegas scrubbed my body harshly, but it had nothing on me as I was numb. I couldn't feel the pains in my body, but it was there in my heart, hot and intense.

   Lastly a white and beautiful gown was placed over my body, and I was pushed outside. Everyone was there, they were loud cheers as I was pushed out and forced to my knees.

   I refused to close my eyes as I felt the executioner pick up his long blade and gripped it in his hand. My parents were there, my sister too, and the people who, I thought, were my friends. The people I have helped in one way or the other to get out of trouble.

   Then there was my mate and Anna kissing each other's sweetly as the executioner raised the blade up and in slow motion began to bring it down aiming for my long white neck