Chapter 4 - Leo

My Beta Aiden had two sisters. 

Kelly and Merry.

I have known Kelly for the longest time. She was also my girlfriend, Mate, and my future Luna. Everything had been going well between us. 

Until one day, I saw Kell tying her sister Merry to a tree. At first, I thought that they were playing, so I didn’t mind them. Until I saw Merry still tied up on the same tree, but Kelly was no longer there. 

Still, I didn’t do anything because I thought it was part of some plan that the two of them were working on, and I know that Kelly wouldn’t do anything that would hurt another person. 

But when lunchtime arrived and the sun was high in the sky. Seeing that Merry was still there, looking like she would faint any moment without Kelly in sight, I rushed to help her. 

“Are you okay?” I asked even though I could see that she was not. 

“No,” her voice was weak and harsh. 

“Why are you tied up in this tree?” I continued to ask. 

“Kelly tied me,” she replied, even though she was having a hard time speaking because of how dry her throat had become. 

“Are you two playing some kind of games?” I asked, hoping that it was some kind of prank or something. Because I know that Kelly wouldn’t tie her sister and leave her there.

“No,” Merry replied as he slid down the tree after I had untied her. “Kelly hates me. She said that I don’t belong here and that I should just die and disappear.” 

I looked at her, and for a moment, I felt something close to pity. She seemed vulnerable, rattled, but I knew Kelly. And the Kelly I knew would never do such a thing.

One of my guards approached us with a water bottle I had asked for earlier. I took it and placed it on her hands.

“Don’t play dangerous games,” I warned softly. Then turned and walked away, leaving her under the tree, staring at the water bottle like it was the best thing she had ever had.

Her words lingered in my mind like a parasite, gnawing at everything that I knew. But I didn’t let it win. I have known Kelly since we were young, and the Kelly I knew would never be so cruel.

But then, there were more. 

I started to doubt what I know about the woman I love whenever I see her doing things that could hurt Merry. That’s when I realized that this was Kelly’s true colors. 

As I continue to save Merry, I am slowly becoming closer to her. 

One night. I woke up after getting drunk and found myself lying in bed with Merry, both of us naked. Not long after, I found out that she was pregnant. And being the only man that she was with, I know that it was my responsibility not only to her but as her Alpha to do what is right. That’s why I proposed to her. 

What I didn’t expect was for Kelly to be so driven by jealousy over Merry’s pregnancy to actually push Merry down the stairs. We lost our baby, and to make it worse, what happened to Merry made her unable to have a child ever again.

I wanted to give Kelly a chance. After all that we’ve been through, she deserves it. But when she didn’t show any remorse after I asked her to beg Merry for forgiveness, and even went so far as to say that everything was part of Merry’s plan.

My disgust toward Kelly had reached its limit. 

After I banished Kelly from the pack, my mind was a mess. My mood was out of control. And I was having a hard time functioning well.

Oftentimes, I found myself walking towards our secret spot, hoping to see a glimpse of her. I wanted to remember her smiling face or hear the sound of her voice as she sang while doing her chores. 

But I could no longer do that because she’s no longer here. 

I thought I had cured myself from missing her when I stopped visiting our secret spot, only to become so much worse. 

In meetings, she would wander in my head and stay there until I no longer knew what we were discussing, which led to having the meeting adjourn because I could no longer think straight.

As much as I don’t want to admit it, I know that the reason this was all happening was because I missed her. 

And just when everything in my life was turning into shit, the door to my office was kicked open — it was my Beta, Aiden. 

“You know that what you did is a sign of disrespect to your—.” 

I wasn’t able to finish what I was about to say because my face met his fist.

“What the fuck, Aiden!” I shouted. As I rubbed my jaw. 

“Why did you banish Kelly from this pack?!” He demanded, shouting. 

I sigh heavily. I know that this conversation would come. I just didn’t expect he would punch me for it. 

“She deserves it,” I replied as I sat in the chair behind my desk. But Aiden moved towards me again and pulled me up by the collar so tightly that I was having a hard time breathing. His eyes were bloodshot with fury as he screamed. 

“How could you forget your promise, Leo?!” His hand loosened against my collar as he continued.  “After you banished Kelly, she was attacked by the rogues. My men knew that, so they followed her to protect her until I arrived. But when they found where she was initially, there was blood everywhere.” 

“There are no rogues in the forest,” I said as I pulled his hands away from my neck. I know that Kelly did something wrong, and I know that the forest would lead her to an allied pack.”We have made sure that there are no rogues in that forest.” 

She can’t be dead.

Aiden got it all wrong. He had to be.

Aiden looked at me, he raised his hand ready to strike again, and I was prepared to fight back this time. I already had a lot of things to think of, and I wouldn’t let this nonsense distract me. I waited for another punch from him, but it didn’t come. 

Instead, he opened his hand, and a pendant fell. Aiden was holding a necklace with a pendant I knew so well. It was the necklace that Kelly had worn. There was no moment that she didn’t have it on because she said it was so important to her, just like how important the person who gave it to her was. 

I know the quarter-moon pendant so well because I was the person who gave it to her. 

I felt like a punch to the gut, leaving me hollow. I just need her to understand the weight of her actions. I just want her to repent. And when she realizes all the wrong things she has done, I would take her back.  I never meant for her to die.

I placed my face in my palms, unable to look at my Beta and bestfriend. 

What the hell have I done?