Chapter 4: Love to kill

Dane’s Pov

The hardest thing to do was move on from love. The love that betrays my heart and kills my soul without mercy. 

Never in my life did I expect this kind of betrayal to happen. I always envy those who were victims of a love affair but never thought it could happen to me. 

“Moon goddess! Why me?” My mind run with thoughts as Miles, the rogue and I make our way back home. I know I can’t automatically switch my feelings and move on easily. I mean I am going through the hardest time in my life. 

However, I can’t help but keep asking myself what I failed to give to her. Did I ever make her never feel lonely because as long as I can remember I never made her feel insecure and unloved? 

I gave her my everything, even the title that she desires the most.

 ‘Luna.’ 

Look at how we turn out. After so many years of loving her, she ended up tossing me in the land of rogues like trash. Like I don’t deserve an explanation and a goodbye note. 

At least give me something I deserve. Not a fucking affair, rejection, and a dagger to the heart. 

Fuck her for making me love her. Fuck her for taking all of me and for wasting my years. I feel like crying but for some reason, I couldn’t. 

Maybe because the moment she walk without looking back was the moment my heart died, my tears drain and my love was viciously killed. There is no more to give. Who am I going to give it to when all these women and mates are the same? 

The tug of the ropes in my hand brought me out of my thoughts. I look at the source of disruption and see the little rogue struggling to free her wrists. I grip the rope and pull her close to me. 

“Runaway and I’ll kill you with no mercy,” I warn her. 

She shrugs her shoulders. “I wasn’t trying…but believe it or not Alpha the reason I was pulling the rope was that my wrists are hurts so bad while you are on a zone-out mission,” she reasoned with me. 

“Are you talking back to me?” I narrow my eyes at her. 

She heaves a sigh. “No, I was only saying the truth,” she whispers. 

“I don’t believe you,” I say, standing my ground. 

“Then you should ask your Beta,” she argue. 

Ughh this woman is only irritating me. I look to my right for Miles but he is whistling and glancing to the other sides. The jerk is avoiding me and I am sure he is thinking of taking her side. 

“Miles” I growl. 

“What Alpha?” he pretended to act dumb. 

“Miles, don’t” I said. 

He run his hand through his hair before replying, “don’t ask me I was only admiring our nature….Look were home” he said and quickly walk towards our border securities. 

Bastard. How dare he betray me? 

I look back to the little rogue, warning her with my eyes not to play with me. Moon goddess I don’t even know why I am trying to prove my point here. 

Straightening my back I walk towards the border while pulling her behind me. We enter my territory and I could see the curious look from my warriors. 

No one asks me or utter a single word through our pack link. We walk through the forest and made it to the open field of our pack. 

Since, its midday and everyone was taking leisure from after our pack work, they all stopped and look at me before averting their gaze to the rogue. 

Majority of my pack members were on the open field. Like my warriors at the border everyone was looking at her curiously. 

“Alpha, we thought something happened to you?” an old lady in our pack ask me as she held a basket of fruits in her hands. She looks worried. 

“I am fine” I simply answer and look around the field. 

We were in the middle of the field now. I let go of the rope that tied the little rogue to me and look around. I open up our pack link. “I want everyone, to be here in the open field, except for our warriors on duty,” I said.

 “I have a special announcement to be made. So be here by four minutes” I added. 

I stand there waiting and in less than five minutes everyone made it to where I stands, surrounding me. Again, their eyes roam between me and the rogue. I wanted to do this but now I don’t know how to start. The pain that I lose for a while revive and made me feel weak. Holding back my tears, I bravely held my head before clearing my throat to speak. 

“I am sorry to gather you here on a very short notice. However…” I pause and look around. 

“Where’s Luna Melissa?” I heard someone whisper from the back. I shut my eyes and clench my fist. 

“It is important to note, from now on…” I pause again. Once I find my voice and strength I continue “we won’t have a Luna.” 

Today I will kill that love I have for her and kill her if I ever see her again.

Everyone began to murmur.

 I feel a hand on my shoulder. I look aside to find Miles looking at me with concerns. I know he has questions but he won’t ask as he is only trying to comfort me. 

“Alpha, what happened to our Luna? Oh moon goddess bless her soul” one of the pack member asks and she look sad. 

“Is it because of this filthy rogue?” the other one questions and move forward to slap the little rogue but I held her hand in the air. Everyone look shock because of the way I am protecting the rogue. 

“No, your Luna is well and in good health. As for the rogue she saves me” I said and everyone look at me in confusion. 

“Alpha-“ 

More questions were heard and I grew tired to hear it. 

“Be quiet” 

Boom! The whole crowd went silence. 

“Today marks the day that your Luna is officially dead. She is no longer welcome in our territory. The pain you felt was your Alpha on the brink of death. Stabbed and left to die in the unknown territory by Melissa Woods,” I explain and I could hear gasps from everyone. I wanted to tell how she betray me in another way but I decided to keep that detail to myself and only exposed her treason move. 

“She is a rogue as of now and if you ever find her I want her head on a platter. And if one of you is seen with her you will be banish and branded forever as a traitor.” 

“Alph-“ 

“No more, questions and if you are curious with this woman” I gesture to the little rogue. “She’s my business, alone” I strictly told them before dispersing them. 

Miles gave me a comfort hug. “You are going to be fine dude,” he whispers before letting me go. I smile at him before turning back to the rogue and see her huffing in exhaustion. 

“Come on,” I said and drag her to our prison’s dungeon and threw her in one of our cell. “Keep good eyes on her” I order the two guards and they both immediately say ‘yes Alpha.’ 

On my way out of the prison I collided with Shanna. “Where do you think you’re going?” I held back Shanna’s arm when she was about to move past me. 

“Nowhere” she patted her long eyelashes to me. 

“Why Alpha, do you need me?” she say biting her lip. Gosh, may heaven save this woman, thought. Too exhausted to deal with her flirtation I let go of her arm and walk back to my office at the pack house.