Life or Death

Emma’s POV

I try to hold my breath not to let it come out but it was too much, I vomited right on her legs and the next thing I receive is a hard slap right on my face.

“You worthless piece of shit” she shouts at me as I crawl on the floor, grunting in pain.

“Youre going to clean it out with your face” he holds me by the neck pushing my face right on my own vomit on the floor but suddenly other females burst into the room.

“Whats going on here Emma” One of them asks as I try to free myself from her sharp nails.

“See what this piece of trash has done to my new shoes” Emma cries out to them.

“Take it easy on her, she doesn’t look okay, that’s no reason for you to mess up her shoes anyway” she says and hits me too, grabs me and pulls me back to my cage.

“She’s cursed! We should banish her right Away!”

“Yes! She must be the reason why we still don’t have an Alpha heir.”

“Let’s just burn her alive or sell her to the Slave Traders. We can’t let someone like her live in our pack any longer!”

“I agree!I agree!”

“Banish her!”

“Sell her to the Slavers!” I could hear their cold voices loud and clear, echoing repeatedly in my ear. It was words of disgust and hatred where everything pointed directly at me, going brutal every passing second. I was on the trial ground, but I felt like I was on the execution ground where everyone stood there not to judge me, but to stone me to death with their heavy curses.

I could feel my legs shaking, ready to collapse, at any moment. Their words pierced my heart like an arrow, giving me no room for voicing out my feelings. I had no one with me, not my friends, not even laura who has always been with me in thick and thin, not the Goddess, not even myself I was so alone that even I had betrayed myself, loneliness eating deep in my empty heart, cursing my very existence seeing no reason why I was ever born without anyone to lean on. They all accused me for being cursed just because I didn’t have a wolf but I know very well that it was just an excuse to harm me.

“Scratch her face off! make her unable to seduce men again!” A familiar angry female voice rang out, I come to a shock knowing I didn’t seduce any man, I just said thank you to her mate and her reaction is out of control, she is boiled in anger ready to kill me.

“Just cut her head off! What’s wrong about Killing a lowly orphan like her?”

“Yes! Kill her!”

“Kill her!”

Their curses raged on, but what rights did I have to say no? On that cold platform, I only had one thing. I wanted to voice out in which no one bothered to hear. “Oh Goddess, why have you forsaken me?” as a mere orphan, I knew my boundaries, I never dreamt of anything more than a simple life, having something to eat and a shelter was already more than enough for me I had never even dreamt of a mate since I knew that someone like me didn’t deserve anyone. I gave up thinking about anything that could give rise to my desire. not even once I became proud. I humbled myself so low that people would spit on my face without me getting angry. I even had the guts to smile in all these, thinking that I deserved such kind of treatment for I thought that by bowing myself so low, I could avoid getting on someone’s nerves and avoid trouble, I would easily live my life and go through everything quickly.

“So, what’s your decision, Alpha Lawrence? It seems like everyone here wants to banish her.” One of the high-ranked members who seemed to be an elder suddenly asked, she was always at the frontline leading any discussions that needed critical order. All the People there had their gazes filled with anticipation. They directed their gazes to the highest platform where the Alpha was seated.

“What banish? Let’s just kill her right this instant! A whore like her doesn’t deserve to live” A voice of a woman filled with hatred screamed. If not for the Alpha, she might have done the deed herself right now.

“No! Don’t be such a fool, you brainless woman, your reasoning is pathetic we should just banish her and sell her to the humans, that way they will decide what to do with her!”

“What did you just say?! Do you wan….”

“Silence!” Before the crowd could get any crazier, Beta Miguel immediately cut them off, his cold voice was laced with high authority that none among the crowds dared to defy, everyone went quite as mule. Looking through  the silenced crowd, Beta Miguel nodded his head in satisfaction, he turns to look at the highest platform where the Alpha is seated as he stands up and bows his head deeply and then he asks with utter respect, “Alpha Lawrence, please let me speak, allow me express my honest opinion.” Alpha Lawrence stared at him expressionlessly for a moment before he nodded, “Go ahead.”

Beta Miguel took this chance to speak as he explained, “Kilian Mondragon, if I were to judge here, I would rather not kill her.”

“So, we should just spare her life and free her, is that what you are suggesting?” Alpha Lawrence asked calmly, still expressionless at that moment, a ray of hope dawned upon me, I could almost start breathing comfortably however, it didn’t last for too long as I heard the Beta’s reply the next moment.

“No! A cold response escaped the Beta’s mouth. His eyes flashed with a cold glint and a trace of greed and avarice was concealed deep within, “We will not kill her, but we will not free her as well. Instead, we will sell her to the humans  although it’s risky due to our sour relationship, but I still think it’s worth taking a risk.”