Chapter 1: Accused

Beatrice's POV

Head spinning as I opened my eyes the moment that I recovered from being unconscious. It was so quiet in the place that I was into, not until I realized that I was exactly in the forest, surrounded by tall trees. I tried to stand up on my feet, however, those footsteps coming from the dark side of the forest rang like a doorbell to my ears.

I gasped. It was like I was seeing a ghost. Not just literally a normal ghost, but an evil one.

His smirk gives me chills and hope to vanish in the air. He walks slowly to my direction, which makes me move backwards until my back hits something.

“Trying to escape?” His deep voice makes me freeze and all the things that happened to me before I get in the forest flashes into my head. Now I remember why I am here.

“A-Alpha S-Sebastian…n-no…” I was about to cry but I did my best to control those tears because this is not the time for crying. It won't help me in any way. 

“Beatrice,” my wolf screaming for pain deep inside of me.

“Calm down, Trisha!” I uttered through a mind link. She's agitated because she can smell the scent from our mate. Alpha Sebastian was our mate but he's evil! 

We don't want him, but my parents… They sold us to him instead! They're evils.

“You think you can escape from me like that?” He asked, grabbing my wrist like a thing. I grimaced in pain while forcing myself to calm down.

“Alpha Sebastian… We don't want you. Please leave us alone!” I was mad, but fears in me still rise because this Alpha is not easy to handle. He's ruthless. He's a son of a devil. All that he wants from me is my body. I am just a toy to him and that face. It's not what we wanted. We wanted a mate who will respect us, love us, and not to torture us.

“You're mine, Beatrice. You are only mine. I will make this night so memorable for the both of us. You don't want that?” I gasped, swallowing my saliva with my eyes filled with fears as I looked at him.

“You don't have to force me, Alpha Sebastian. We both knew what you wanted from me, from us…”

He smirked, “Now I like you a lot. I love your courage to resist a dominant Alpha like me, huh.” 

And then he pushed me. His men approached us. They held me both to my arms and legs, so that Sebastian would have the chance to do his plan. His plan of taking me without my permission.

“Alpha Sebastian! Please, no!” I screamed and slowly, tears started to fall from my eyes. Deep within me, I could hear my wolf's screams. The goddess knew how much she wanted to feel our mate's heat, but she knows that everything is not right. She knows that Alpha Sebastian will only make our lives in hell if we allow him to have us both. He uses us for his selfish intentions and not because we are his mate.

I have already used my strength to escape from their grips but they were too strong. Alpha Sebastian will probably succeed on his plans to us and I already lost the hope. He's forcing us to make up with him even though we didn't want to.

I don't want this. Not even my wolf, Trisha, wanted this. We didn't want a wolf who would disrespect us this way. But what else can I do about it?

He started to kiss my neck and I am here, resisting and just crying as if he will listen to my cries. Alpha Sebastian was already deaf to listen to us. But not until I heard three gunshots. His men's grip to my arms and legs loosen as well as Sebastian. 

“W-What just happened?” Trisha asked, but I froze as the event didn't want to sink. But after a couple of minutes, I have digested everything. Alpha Sebastian was shot dead while he's on top of me. Someone had killed him as well as his men. As I realized that, my body started quivering in fears that I might be the next target. I moved his body away from me and then using my shaking hands, I covered my mouth.

“H-He's dead… Someone killed him, Trisha!” I told my wolf and narrowed my head at the surroundings to find out who did this to Alpha Sebastian. But no one's there. I have no idea who killed him and whoever he is, he just saved my life. 

My eyes went back to Alpha Sebastian who's lying on the ground lifeless and is covered with blood. Tears fell to my eyes not because I pity him, but in fear that someone might accuse me. And before everything was too late, I did try to stand up.

However, I was already too late. The pack guards had arrived and they were stopping me.

“Don't move!” 

“You're under arrest for killing Alpha Sebastian!” 

At that moment, I couldn't believe that this was even happening. That I would be accused of killing my own mate as well as his men. They thought that I was the one who did those, but they were wrong. A mysterious killer did those to them and it is not me.

I kneeled in front of them with tears falling into my eyes in hope that they would listen to me. My heart is still pounding so fast like it will come out from my rib cage any time soon.

“Please… I didn't do that. I didn't kill them.” I tried explaining but those guards walked in my direction, and they forced me to lay down.

“You're capable of doing these because you're just the one who is still alive in here.” One of them stated, which makes me bite my lower lip.

“And if you keep on resisting, we will be forced to end your life. So, Shut your mouth.”

Crying is not my cup of tea but not this moment. I was caught off guard and there's no way that I could defend myself for the crime that I didn't do because they found me guilty. But there's no way that I will give up that way, that I will just accept it easily. 

“Y-Your alpha tried to rape me and—”

Just before I could finish my words, they hit me with their guns and then my sight turned dark.