Chapter~4

IRIS 

"You piece of shît!" Bennett slammed my small body into a series of trash cans. Loads of dirt fell on me but he still didn't leave me. He grabbed me by the hair and dragged me to the house. 

I knew I was done for. Bennett wasn't a merciful man. He abused his strength whenever it got to my case and tonight, it was either he killed me or I kill myself out of frustration. 

I was bothered about what the outcome would be. The fact that Fenrir rejected me made me forget all my sorrows. It was as though I had become numb to the pain. The one way I thought I could exert my revenge on the people who treated me badly had just flashed before my eyes. 

"He knew I was his mate," I muttered to myself. "All these while, he knew and yet, he didn't say anything." 

I was pained, hurt, and broken. The thought of Lyra taking my place wounded my heart severely. The worst part? I had no friend to turn to. I was more or less a lone wolf.  

"I'm going to treat you like the trash you are, Iris," Bennett growled. "You think you can embarrass my household and go scot-free? Did you really think that I'd let you take the prince from my daughter? You scumbag!" He yelled and pushed me to the ground. We had arrived at a cliff that indicated the ending of the community. 

"He's my mate, not hers. He even said it himself." I yelled back. "Do whatever you wish, it doesn't change the fact that your daughter is taking what doesn't belong to her and you supporting her makes you a lying and cheating bástard! You're the scumbag here, you vile man. You're evil and that's why you and your daughter will suffer till the end of time. You will know no peace and you will both die miserable deaths." I cursed him. He deserved a much worse fate than that. He deserved to bow at my feet and beg for forgiveness. 

"Fine, I'll show you what a vile man looks like." He smiled devilishly and kicked my stomach. He stomped all over me till it was getting difficult to see. The rain that had begun falling made it even worse as my wounds felt hot and itchy. 

I grabbed hold of my neck and suspended my body in the air. 

"Goodbye, Iris. I hope you never see the daylight again." He let go. I didn't feel my body landing on the ground immediately. Instead, I was falling. Before I could realize he had pushed me off the cliff, I landed inside the water, and everywhere had become dark. 

*****

FENRIR 

The slap from my father stung a lot as I held my cheek. The most embarrassing part was that he did it in front of Lyra, her father, and some other council members. 

"How dare you, Fenrir? How dare you reject the Moon goddess's gift to us?" He yelled and slammed his fist on the table. 

"I did what I had to, father. I don't like her and I never will." I pouted. 

"Can you even listen to yourself? Who are you to alter what the goddess herself has planned? That girl left her pack and came here just for you to be mated to her and you think it's a mere coincidence? And who did you choose? This vain girl?" 

"Father!" 

"Shut up!" He thundered, making my wolf submit to his order. 

"She might be the daughter of a beta, my beta, but she is not fit to be queen. I have monitored her life and someone who lies against her own sister just to have everything is someone who wouldn't hesitate to sell the pack to our enemies. Why can't you see beyond a pretty face and flirtatious smile? Is this how I raised you?" He moved away from me and walked to the balcony. He stared briefly at the bubbling town before speaking. 

"You will go back to that lady, take back your senseless rejection, and apologize to her. That's not a request, Fenrir. It is an order. And take his vile girl out of here." 

"Your highness, you disrespect my daughter too much." Beta Bennett said respectfully. He dared not get mad at the Alpha even though they're very good friends. 

"Is there a lie in anything I've said? You defended her so much that you don't see the atrocities she has committed. Mind you, I have eyes and ears everywhere and I know the deeds she has done, even against you." He said. I looked at Lyra to see her trembling with fear. 

"I don't understand." Bennett said. 

"Of course you won't. You've been blinded by fake love. This daughter of yours here killed your wife and your son because you were giving too much attention to them. She poisoned them and put the blame on poor Iris." He exposed her. Lyra immediately fell to her father's face and began begging. 

"I'm so sorry, father. I had no choice. They were taking you away from me and from my mother." She cried. The shock on Beta Bennett's face was unexplainable. 

Lyra was capable of doing such? But she looked so innocent and kind. How was that possible? And she wasn't even trying to deny that fact. 

"Lyra… You killed her and Jordan?" His voice cracked and a glint of anger shone in his eyes. He kicked her away from him and was about to attack her but was stopped by some guards. 

"I better not see you anywhere near me or else, I'll kill you!" He yelled in anger. The guards took the crying Lyra. 

"Where is she?" My father questioned Bennett. I knew he was asking after Iris. 

"She ran away. She couldn't bear the pain of being rejected and so, after I pulled her out, she cursed me and ran away, never to be seen again." He replied. 

"What an elder sits down to see, even if a child climbs the taller mountains, he can never see it." He then turned to look at me. 

"Find Iris, Fenrir. Or else, you can never be Alpha." 

"What? Find her? How am I supposed to do that? Besides, you don't have any sons beside me." I defended myself. 

"I will pick your beta and bestow my power and grace on him. Don't test my patience." 

This old man was just so impossible. How did he expect me to find someone who doesn't want to be found?