CHAPTER I

(THE HEROINE’S FAULT)

‘DEATH.’

The word that I am looking forward to right now. The fate that I am about to face with the crimes that I have committed. 

“I Skylar Reed, Alpha of the Silver Wolf Pack sentence you to death by beheading. Due to the crimes that you have committed. For the attempted murder through the poison of the current Luna of the pack, the assassination of the son of the beta, and being the witch who brought the curse to the entire pack.”

I clutch my hands into a tight fists. Bite my lower lip and couldn’t even look up to see the face of my older brother. The current Alpha and once that loving brother who changes overnight as I become the witch that they claim I am. 

“For these crimes, you shall now receive your punishment.”

Head down as a hand forces me to be. I can only picture the soles of their feet, and hears the cheer and curses of everyone, as I am being dragged right now unto the little stage where everyone will see my bloody end. 

“Remember this Lilith, you are special in every way. You have your destiny that you needed to fulfill. Be strong and be brave, for you are my daughter.”

Damn! I wanted to scream and curse. Cry everything of the lingering pain and disappointment inside my heart. But my eyes couldn’t shed a single tear anymore. Everything that I have been holding from the past is now gone. Including the tears that I once shed from the death of the late Luna and the only person who truly care for me. 

“Kill her!”

“Eradicate that curse!”

“End that hateful witch!”

They all cheer, anticipating my death and the crime that I have committed. 

“I will be covering your head with---”

“No need. I do not want to.”

I protested, the last thing that I could do and the last request that I can have. Looking at the eyes of the pitied gamma and once that I can say became my best friend. 

“I apologize for not being able to stand beside you. I am a coward and now I am the one who will end your life, Lilith.”

I didn’t smile, nor even care for those words that are all nonsense to me. The apology that will not save me to this end and death. But with his choices and defense, I couldn’t blame him. 

“Daniel Knoxfort. Let’s just say and think that you never met me in this life. We never became friends, and you didn’t betray me even once.”

“Lilith, I ---”

“You do not need to say anything anymore. I know that what you did is for your safety, and your future, and that future that you are holding right now, is my demise. Just a little exchange, and that’s all into it.”

The last of my disappointment and probably my anger towards him. For I have no strength to fight back, I never had the chance nor a voice to have that chance. 

‘DANIEL KNOXFORT.’

How fleeting it is to think and a bit remanence of the past when I first met him. The person whom somehow, I foolishly fell in love and once. The one who once pledge his loyalty to protect and take care of me. 

“From now on, I will be your loyal knight, your warrior, and protector, Lilith.”

Damn! My death is really in front of me right now, for I am seeing my life and worst that fleeting memory that I wanted to curse, but I couldn’t. My first love, the son of the lowest rank in the pack, but with his intelligence and strength. After he receives his wolf, he became one of the rivals for the position of the beta and my brother’s trusted man. 

If I have known it then, I wouldn’t have let myself be drawn to that promise. Put my trust in him or anyone, and maybe just maybe, I didn’t become this pack’s witch. 

Yet. 

“You criminal! You are a witch! How could you do this to the entire pack!”

“I-I-I didn’t mean to-”

“You are indeed a witch just like the prophecy said.”

The wolf that is inside me. The silent one that somehow had been asleep ever since I woke her up. My world that the prophecy said to be a curse, me to be a witch. My black fur and red eyes, condemn me in this destiny. 

“Any last words?”

Finally. 

“Tsk!”

I smirk, looking up, and finally got the chance to see the people that betrayed me. Skylar, the current alpha, and my older brother love me dearly then, but when he sees my wolf everything changes and he turns his back and walks away from me. 

“Before your death, I hope that you will find in you to apologize for what you have done until this time.”

“Apologize? Tsk!”

“You!”

“Will that suffice your wrath and curses towards me? If I apologize right here, right now. Will you listen to me even once? I do not think so.”

I do not want to say anything anymore. I do not want to cause any scene or boil their anger towards me. Yet, as I see them sitting comfortably on that seat. The family that I thought will keep me safe. The ones I sacrifice so much to protect. Were the ones who put me in this place. 

“You are---”

“Bother.”

That voice, that soft and gentle one that everyone loves and adores so much. The stride of her elegance, sophistication, and nature. Hair that is as pure as silver, being swayed by the gentle wind so much so for being the blessed one, of the moon goddess. 

My twin, the very opposite of who I am, is the perfect one, Elysia. 

“It wonders me more the more I look at Luna’s twins. They resemble something good and at the same time a sinister one.”

“What are you talking about? Do you want to be punished by saying such nonsense?”

“Why? I am not the only one thinking about this. Just look at the twins, while the other owns the pure silver hair, gentle and beautiful that is like the warmth of the blooming spring. The other on the other hand had jet black hair and eyes, like a looming darkness of the night.”

“Tsk!”

Damn of me to remember those words. Foolish of me then to not reprimand those tongues who only gossip how different am I to my twin. The twin that is perfect and pure, the start when everyone treated me differently, but slowly. Since my hair turns into black and my once silver eyes became a jet-black hue like the darkness of the night. 

“For the pack that is known for the stride of their silver hair, and the family of the Alpha who only had that greyish eyes. I am indeed a curse one.”

“May have my final words to my twin. After all, she is my irrepressible sister.”

 My ears tingle and I clench my hands tight once more. Holding back the mixed emotions that are circling inside of me. Having doubts and losing the trust of the twin that at the back of my mind more than betrayed my trust. 

“I do not think that is a good idea, Elysia. We do not know what could she do to you if you get closer.”

Skylar’s defense. Seeing me only to be the threat even if I am all bound and tied, without even any strength to do anything. 

“Do not worry about me, brother. I am still Lilith’s sister she is still my twin no matter what she did and what happened. Besides, I trust Daniel to protect me.”

“You are such a blessing and good-hearted, unlike someone else.”

I look down, once more forced to do so. Where I could only and again see the soles of everyone’s feet. With the footsteps that echo towards me, the screams and cheers of the crowd are being blocked away from me. I smell the spring flower scent perfume that I made. 

“Dear sister.”

The gentle voice they praise. A hand that touches my chin and lifts my face to see her face. With the looming death just across the corner. My eyes widen and my entire body drops cold, upon hearing Elysia’s words. 

“Such a fool. You are easy prey that I didn’t even need to exert much effort to use and blame for everything that I did.”

Sinister smile, an expression that resembles a devil in disguise. I was then and there frozen in shock, disbelief and slowly burning in wrath. 

“Such a pleasant expression you got here. Well sister, since you are going to die anyway, I decided to confess everything and gave you this one last torment. I fooled everyone, and I perfectly get used to you, my dear sister. You who is to blame for everything, you who took that curse, was all my plan all along.”

The perfect princess that they all adore is the real witch after all. Whispering those words that shake everything of my existence. Yet. 

“How, how could---”

“Hush, my dear sister.”

I couldn’t do anything anymore. 

“The prophecy. The blessing and the curse. With knowledge, I manage to switch our destiny. Just how easy it was to fool you to do that binding spell, but in reality it was a switch.”

Damn, I wanted to kill her in that instant. Scream all those words and make everyone learn the truth. But before I could do a little and a single thing. Elysia’s sinister smile draws while hiding it away from everyone. 

“Goodbye, my foolish sister.”

A light reflected beside me. A reflection that only a sharp sword can do, and when the three seconds of the clock tick, the world as I see it turns three hundred sixty degrees around. My hair falls and perfectly cut from my neck, with my blood that is pooling and everything became blank and dark. 

My wrath screams. 

‘DAMN, DAMN, DAMN! I DO NOT WANT TO DIE LIKE THIS! I DO NOT WANT THAT B*** TO WIN AND CELEBRATE MY FOOLISHNESS’.

“So, if you can hear me, anyone, any God and even a devil from the underworld. Help me, I’ll gladly give everything. I need my revenge.”