★BETA ADRIAN'S POV★“Finish him!” I said to Gaius before sauntering out of the cell block. “Please Beta!” Elias yelled at the top of his lungs. “Please spare my life, I have a family. ”Despite his pleas, I didn't turn back. Instead, I kept on walking. He should have considered the fact that he had a family before making a business out of selling poison. How can you profit from other people's pain, grief, and sadness? I could not imagine the number of people that died from those poisons. Even if he didn't administer it to them directly. He was solely responsible! Stella died in the cell, Alanna died in court, and Tania died at the infirmary. All of them went through an agonizing, excruciating pain before dying. They didn't deserve it. Neither of them did. And for Gamma Genevieve, what? How? Why? What warranted such a despicable action? “No!” Elias's voice echoed through the four walls of the dungeon. Then silence followed soon after. He was dead and gone. I hope he rots in hell
★ELAINE'S POV★I had finished packing with the help of Amy, so I went to the dining table to have dinner, then sleep and prepare for the journey tomorrow. In the dining, Amy was the one serving me herself. Since Tania died and she became my maid, I noticed she was extremely careful with everything she does. If I was about to go somewhere, she'd follow behind me, scrutinizing every direction for danger. If I was about to taste anything, she tasted it first. I liked that she was looking after me. But still, no one can replace Tania in my heart. The atmosphere surrounding the dining table was gloomy. Alpha Damon sat across the table while Beta Adrian took his position at my far right. I noticed no one was speaking and a part of me began to wonder if something happened earlier. Was there something Adrian wasn't telling me? I thought. Pressing my lips together into a grim line, I didn't utter a word. Perhaps, they had something bothering them in their respective ways. But then, Alpha
★ELAINE'S POV★Lurching backward, I scoffed. “You are in love with me? You, the great lycan king so full of himself.” A sad chortle left my lips. “Well, I am not in love with you. You might as well let me be!” “Elaine, I —” “You what?” I fired back. “I don't want to know when you started developing feelings for me. I don't care about anything. When I came here as a weak, pathetic she-wolf. You showed me no respect. So please let me be and if you can't take it, you might as well reject me right now!" Alpha Damon sighed. “I can't. I am no saint but I am ready to make things right." Just as I was about to say something else, the words of the soothsayer came crashing into my brain all at once.Nonetheless, I shoved it to the back of my mind immediately. Alpha Damon can never be a part of my life. Just the way he has forsaken me when I hoped he would be my solace, so have I. Even if I wanted to fall in love with him, would I abandon Beta Adrian who had been there for me? Right from th
★ELAINE★“How dare you speak to my mother like that?!” My stepsister, Lilian raised her hand to smack my face, but I caught it mid-air. “Do. Not. Even. Dare!” I snarled. With a disgruntled noise emanating from the back of her throat, she tried to yank her wrist free from my grip, yet I didn't budge. They had to know that I was no longer the same Elaine they treated as a tramp. I was no longer a pushover! That weak and pathetic Elaine is gone. Forever. “Let me go!" She shrieked and I smiled at her discomfort. “Why don't you try setting yourself free?" I spat. A small mocking smirk lifted a corner of my lips. “Or perhaps, you are now weak?” She scoffed. Making use of her other hand, she attempted to hit me again. This time, I grasped her arm and twisted it without remorse and she let out an agonizing cry. “What?" I laughed. “But I am just playing with you!” My stepmother wanted to step in, but Amy stepped in her way, stopping her from reaching us.With that same smirk on my lip
★ELAINE★As soon as Amy and I left the palace floor, we arrived at a dark, long passageway. It led to a far-fetched corner and we didn't know where to head from here.“My lady, should I go back to the palace floor and ask for directions?” Amy inquired and just as I nodded in approval for her to do so, a tall heavily built guard joined us. “Greetings my lady.....I was asked to show you to your dorm.” He declared and I felt the tightening in my stomach eased. “Yes, please do so," I responded and the guard led the way, so Amy and I followed right behind him. After rounding up a few corners in minutes, the guard finally stopped at a brown door. I saw my name inscribed on it amongst others. Instantly, I knew that was my room. “My lady.... ” the guard opened the door and motioned for us to go in. Then he left. Amy closed the door shut right after he walked away. Afterward, she turned to me. “What do you think of your room, my lady? Is it comfortable enough?" Taking a quick survey, my
★ELAINE★“And why can't I participate in the competition?!" I fired at Joanna. My blood was starting to boil. Maybe because of the inferiority complex of always feeling like I'm not enough. But I wanted to defend myself. I wanted to prove that I am more than enough! “Why?" The Alpha queen asked too. Joanna narrowed her gaze at my face as she spoke. “From her introduction, she is the Luna of the Lycanfrost pack. And from what I have gathered, her Alpha won the Alpha male competition years back, meaning he is part of the jury. Don't you think there would be some sort of prejudice in this?" My heart skipped a beat.Truth be told, I wasn't aware that Alpha Damon would be part of the jury. I didn't know he won the Alpha male competition either. So why should that be my problem? “Yes, she is right.” Someone muttered.“I agree." Murmurs emanated from the high-profile females seated, making me feel wary. “I don't think that is the point here!" Another chirped and my head snapped in her
★ELAINE★“She is nothing, Lady Elaine. Don't let her bother you." Gamma Genevieve said to me and I waived it off immediately. “Of course not. She is just fighting for herself like you said, perhaps I should do the same too.”Amy briskly walked ahead of us just so she could open the door. I trudged into the room, straight to bed, and lay down with my head propped against my elbow. Gamma Genevieve entered too. Then, Amy closed the door shut as she returned to my closet to organize some of my stuff half attended to. I watched how Gamma Genevieve scrutinized the whole room before stating. “Wow, this is so beautiful. It is almost like your chambers back at the Lycanfrost pack, only smaller." “Yes, it is.” I gestured at the lone couch. “Please sit." She took her seat and then leaned her back into the arm of the chair. Just as I was to open my mouth to discuss some of the things bothering me with her, Adrian's words flooded my head. I remembered he instructed me to be careful of Gamma
Joanna gave it a second thought before inquiring. “what's the offer?" Gamma Genevieve looked around to be sure no one was watching them or eavesdropping. When she was sure the hallway was clear, she muttered in a low tone. “I think you'd have to invite me inside your dorm first." Joanna stared at her as if she had grown a horn, but then she agreed. “Fine, come in." She stepped aside for Gamma Genevieve to walk in. After Gamma Genevieve entered her dorm, Joanna closed the door shut, then she leaned against the door with her arms folded neatly beneath her breast in akimbo. “I still have to pack and my maid went to repair one of my gown zippers. So get on with it before she comes back."Gamma Genevieve kept a straight face this time. “So tell me, Luna Joanna....do you want to become the Alpha Female?"“If I don't want to, will I be here in the first place?" She scoffed, wondering what sort of question that was. “Good. And I must say you are right to be worried about Luna Elaine fro