LYLA'S POV
"That smell—what is that?" I said slowly getting up from the floor. I tried to look around, but everywhere was dark. "Where the hell am I?" I asked again. My head hurts. I winced as I tried to remember what happened. "I was drinking with..." My brain went into a frenzy mode as I tried to recall what I was doing before all of this. The more I tried to remember, the more my head hurt. I finally decided to switch the light on, and then what I saw made me puke. I threw up all over the floor as I looked at the horror right before my eyes. I remembered a young girl killing a lot of people on the first day she wolfed out. I wasn't ready yet; I still have a few months before I finally wolf out, but here I was, in the pool of blood with my kills as I believed it to be. "I can't...it is not possible." I fidget with the words. I looked at my white clothes, and I saw they were soaked with blood. With trembling feet, I walked towards the corpses, trying to see who they were I froze. "What? I am dead!" I shouted seeing their faces. "Oh god!" I winced again in pain. The throbbing in my head was getting more painful, and my eyes were nearly popping out of their sockets. I tried to clean the blood off my hands and body, but the more I tried, the more I stained my clothes. "Open the door!" I heard a loud noise at the door behind me. The loud bang at the door made my heart race. I stood as I looked at Thorn. "Listen to me, babe. I didn't...I...I.." I stammered with the word, trying to leave my mouth, but I couldn't find the right words to justify what I had done. At least that was what I believed since I was standing in the middle of the crime scene. Thorn rushed to his father's side and looked at my face. "What did you do?" he shouted at me. My face pales as the blood all over my body convicts me of murder. I know there was nothing I could say that would make Thorn trust me. His father was the one that had arranged the marriage contrary to what he wanted. Alpha Derrick believed in the old ways of marriage, and he believed an Alpha should marry a lady CHOSSEN by the moon goddess. I had no reason to kill a man who wanted me to be his daughter-in-law, but I might need to convince the soon-to-be Alpha of that. With tears and a croaky voice, "I didn't,Thorn. I would never harm your father. He is... is like a father to me." I said with tears. "Believe you? Take a look at yourself!" He shouted at me. I looked at my hands, my feet, and back at his face. My prints were all over the crime scene, and there was nothing I could say that would prove me innocent. I looked back, and the door flunged open. Georgina ran towards me and grabbed my hands. "What did you do, Lyla?" She screamed " Georgina, It is not me. Please believe me." I said breaking down in front of everyone. I looked around, and I could see their gaze fixed on me. Convicting me of a crime I didn't commit. "Get her out of here!" Thorn barked in anger. "Thorn! Thorn!! Please, I can explain all of this. I don't remember; please give me the chance to tell you what happened. I can find who did this." I pleaded "Didn't you hear me?!" Thor shouted at Brian, who was standing looking at him. Brian looked at me and knew there was no way I could have killed the Alpha, who was stronger and more ferocious than any beast in the kingdom. Alpha Derrick was known for his ferocity and brutality. He was the most feared Alpha in the four kingdoms, but funny enough, he was nice to me. Brian came back to his senses and immediately ordered his men to drag me to the dungeon. The pain I was feeling now was greater than anything I have ever felt. I knew what happened to anyone convicted of murder. The penalty was death. My wail was heard throughout the kingdom as I was dragged by my hair. I could feel the scalp of my head like it was going to be removed as I was dragged. My skin tore as I tried to resist having an audience with Thorn. I looked around, and I saw the servants whispering among themselves. "I didn't do it!" I kept murmuring the words as I felt the strength slowly leaving my mortal body. I was thrust into the damp cell. I rushed towards the gate as it was about to be closed, but then one of the guards clawed at my stomach. I landed with a great thud as blood oozed out of the wound. I cried with bitterness in my voice. For the very first time in my life, I cursed my fate, the moon goddess. "Why does this have to happen to me when I was having it so good? I was having the perfect life I had always dreamed of." I lamented hitting the floor with my bare hands. I wailed like a deranged woman, but suddenly I stopped. All I needed was to remember what happened the night before. I closed my eyes. "You can do this, Lyla. Think." I said slowly, trying to concentrate. I could not remember anything the more I tried. It was like the day had been wiped out of my memory. Like a computer missing a memory chip. "Oh god!" I said with a sigh, falling to the cold floor. I knew what this meant for me, but the fact that my mate didn't believe me was killing me. Thorn never liked me before, and this was the only way to get me out of his life completely. As I lay on the floor, I heard footsteps approaching. I quickly got up and grabbed the gates. I heard the sound of footsteps walking toward me as the sound of her sharp claws against the wall. I looked up and saw a smirk on her face. She looked at me. "Do you honestly think I was going to let you have him?" She said with a disdain look on her face. My face went pale. "Did you do this?" I asked almost out of breath.LYLA'S POV Georgina looked at me and she Iaughed. She had managed to play the good friend, No, the best friend actually. I was so gullible that I didn't see through her. Georgina had always had eyes for Thorn since they were kids but she was surprised when Alpha Derrick chose me over her, ignoring her feelings for Thorn. Georgina has always dreamt of that day she will become the Luna of the Silver moon pack. I even heard that she had a dress made for the coronation and here was a lowlife like me stealing her spot. She looked at me again and smirked. " I am not going to let you have him. Over my dead body." Georgina spat with venom in her voice " Please Georgina.I am sorry. Can you tell me what this is all about." I pleaded " What? You killed them. Your finger prints are all over the crime scene and it is only a matter of time before your head is chopped off. You should have known your place,Lyla. You are a nobody and you will always will. Nobody is going to remember you."
LYLA'S pov " Really? I have been too lenient with you!" Thorn shouted with anger. " Do you think I don't know what to do to a lowlife like you? You killed my father and after getting caught, you decide to pin it on her,my best friend!" " You need to believe me. I have no hands in your father's death." I pleaded once more. I was beginning to grow tired of pleading. My eyes were sore,I barely slept all through the night in the dungeon " What do you have to say about this?" The servant said thrusting a knife down at my feet. " This isn't mine. I would never kill the alpha with a sword." I said with pain " Is that your way of saying you killed him?" Georgina's voice ran through the dungeon and she kept quiet again " You are going to be trial and when found guilty, I am going to have your head on a spike." Thorn said and turned away without looking at my face Thorn was pained,pissed. The only man that meant a lot to him was dead. It was only a matter of time before the nei
Brian Pov I looked at Thorn and I knew he was in pain but he was taking it out on the wrong people. I watched Georgina and saw evil in her eyes. She was different and not the same girl I had grown up with. The hall was quiet and nobody said anything. " Now back to why we are here." Thorn said,taking a seat on his father's throne. " She killed my father and I have the evidence to show you all. Get that off my sight!" he roared as the guards walked in to clear the carcass of the dead elders. " What do you want to do,Alpha Thorn?" Another elder asked from the crowd. " It looks like you made up your mind anyways." " My best friend here was with her all through the night before she disappeared. I am sure she wanted to kill the Alpha and rule the kingdom." Thor said with disdain in my voice " We follow the rules. Anyone who kills a member of the pack must die!" Elder Hardy said looking at me Georgina walked toward him and said some words into his ears. I wonder why Thorn was
Billy's Pov " I told you to look after her! She is the only daughter I have in the whole world." Alpha Carlos shouted at his Luna " I don't know if she was going to the club house with her friend." Luna said with tears. The doctor walked in and met both parents in a sober mood. " Talk to my doctor,what is going to happen to my daughter." Alpha Carlos asked with fright " I am sorry, Alpha but I need to tell you the truth. Billy's heart collapsed. I am sorry to tell you this but she is just having a few minutes left to live." The doctor replied and walked away i opened my eyes and saw my parents with tears on their faces. I wanted to talk, tell them I regretted my actions but all that I could do was shed tears. I suddenly felt my heart collapse and life flew from my body." ****************************************************************** I opened my eyes slowly and I looked around. I grabbed my neck like I was just waking up from a bad dream. " Are you alright princess?" I
LILY'S POV I looked at myself in Billy's body. A part of me felt sorry for her, but I was happy that the moo goddess had given me the chance to avenge my ghastly death. I was going to make Georgian and Thorn pay for what they have done to me. I remembered how Brian had given his life for me. I wasn't going to allow that to go in vain. I wonder why the moon goddess had picked Billy's body. I stood in front of the full-length mirror and looked at the body I was going to be in for the rest of my life. The fear of Billy's parents knowing the truth about me gnawed at me. How do I make them believe I was their daughter? I barely know who Billy was. I was a nobody in the Silver Moon pack, but here I was in the body of one of the prominent packs in the kingdom. I heard a gentle knock at my door, and I wondered who it was. "Princess," the voice called out slowly. The word "princess." was foreign in my ears. Back at the silver moon pack, I was nobody. I was only respected by Thorn's father
LYLA POV I looked back, and I saw that it was my handmaiden. "Sure, but promise me you aren't going to tell my father whatever happens tonight." I said with a stern look on my face."Can you please tell me what is going to happen?" She asked back, and I could see she was scared. "You can go back if you think you don't have the stomach for it. What is your name again?" I looked at her face. " Keira." She spoke slowly with fear. "I am not asking you to come with me, Keira. You can stay back if you wish too." I replied and walked straight towards the guards. Keira strolled by my side as I walked fast. "Slow down, princess." I heard Keira calling to me. I was stopped by one of the guards who was stationed just outside the door into the silver moon palace. "This place is off limits." One of the guards said, blocking my path with the torch he was holding. "Do you even know who this is?" Keira shouted at them, raising her voice. I was shocked. I looked at her and wondered what had come o
THORN'S POV I was mesmerized by the woman standing right in front of me, but I dare not show it. Not with Georgina beside me. I could feel my inner wolf drawn to the lady right in front of me. " Mate!" My inner wolf shouted out loud.I had never taken Bradley seriously. I wasn't going to be like my father, who was just married to a Luna. I wanted as many beautiful women as I could find. "Who is she?" I looked at Georgina, who sensed something might be wrong. "This is Billy, the daughter of the Crescent Moon Pack." She replied, her gaze fixed on Thorn. "What is she doing here?" Thorn asked still, his gaze not leaving Lyla, who was having a scared look. "She came to give you your Alpha coronation gift." Keira said with a smile and looked back at her. "Where is it?" She stretched out her hand to receive it, but the look on Lyla's face made her face her front. "If you are not here to give me my coronation gift, then what are you here for?" I asked with anger. I looked at my wristwatc
LYLA POV I looked at Alpha Carlos face, and I could see the anticipation in his eyes. I bit my lips, and I gave Keira a stern look that meant I was going to kill him if we ever returned home. "Will someone tell me what is going on?" Alpha Carlos said again amidst the noise of jubilation. "She has wolfed out, and I think her mate is Alpha Thorn." Kiera said with her head bowed to the floor. " What? Are you saying Billy is mated to the crowned Alpha?" Luna asked with a glint if happiness in her eyes Kiera nodded her head without looking at my face. She knew I was angry. "I can't believe you have finally found your mate after several years. I think we should start to plan your marriage with Alpha Thorn." Alpha Carlos said with a smile on his face. "What is this? After everything I went through, how do I explain any of this?" I, soliloquy to myself. "Was this the Moon goddess plan yet again? I had managed to come back to life only to be mate to the same man who had me killed in my p