06

Sonya~

I dropped to my knees, my head lowered. 

At that moment, one wouldn't even believe that I was Luna. At least, despite how much they all despised me, I had never knelt since I was crowned to rule the pack with him. But now, I looked like I didn't matter, not even my defensive words that they wanted to hear meant a thing to them. 

Each of his steps forward caused a chill to run down my spine. I kept twisting my dress, my heart palpitating. 

“Get the file!” I heard him command, and the footsteps came forward from behind me. 

A brown file was dropped before me, so I managed to raise my head, and the words left my lips before I could get it together, "What's here, Alpha?”

“Take a look at the proof of your crime,” he said, crossing his arms against his chest.

My hands were shaking as I opened the file and began viewing the stuff in there. Photos, and then a Mcard. 

“That Mcard contains the footage from the crime scene. If you can, insert it right now into your cell phone and confirm. You already saw the photos and how there's no other person there but you.”

I bit my lower lip, picked up one of the photos again and stared intently. 

How did it happen? How come I was here and never knew?

I looked up to him, tears welling in my eyes. “This can't be me. You have to investigate thoroughly. Check out the time and date it happened, then confirm that I wasn't in the palace before it…

“Everything is already confirmed, Sonya. Stop getting on my nerves,” he said curtly, and my heart sank into my belly. “On that noon, you weren't in the palace, and your headmaid had confirmed it.”

Impossible! I needed to see for myself.

I quickly inserted the Mcard to my cell phone and was able to access the footage. Lo and behold, that was me who stabbed the woman from behind. The time and day rhymed with when I visited the pawn shop, so what was going on? How did I get there after being at the pawn shop without knowing?

‘We were impersonated, Sonya. That's not us, don't you think so?’ my wolf whimpered. ‘His father's Luna is dead, so are they going to execute us too?’

I shook my head, raised my face to meet Alpha Seth, still waiting to hear from me. “To be honest, I know nothing about this. I must have been in my office, and my headmaid wasn't aware. I haven't left the palace recently.”

He snorted, “You must think that I'm a joke…”

“Seriously, Alpha!”

“The palace surveillance shows that you left the palace.”

So I couldn't even hide that I went to the pawn shop? Nothing was doing me justice. What do I do now? I can't admit to this, nor can I mention being at the pawn shop. 

“You can't seem to prove that you're innocent,” he said, and I pressed my lips together. “And that means you will face your penalty.”

“I was impersonated. This isn't me, and because you have never loved nor trusted me, you will never believe me. What else will I say for you to believe? You could have just overrode me like you always do instead of bringing me out and still not believing my defence.” I lashed out at him, and he stood frozen, staring at me with his gaze narrowed. “Someone did this, and I'm sure everything here was edited. You know how much I do not cooperate with the head luna, so why should I visit her when I have nothing to do with her? I am innocent, and I do not care if any of you here believes it or not.”

He said nothing more, just watching as hot tears streaked down my face, but there was still no mercy in his expression.

At least, if I was worth something to them all, especially him, I was supposed to be given time to prove my innocence if I were one, not just presenting all those to me and expecting me to believe them.

His lips moved, but the creaking sound of the door caused him to shut it, and then I turned to see my father-in-law walking closer and his face drained of blood. 

“What are you still waiting for to have this wench imprisoned?” the man yelled before he even got closer. “She murdered my wife, and you're hesitating?”

Seth said nothing. Rather, he walked back to his throne. 

Alpha Deacon turned to me, “You daughter of a bastard…!”

A lump rose to my throat. 

“After all the love I showed you? Is this how you pay it back?” his voice cracked midway, and he gasped for air. “I will never forgive you, Sonya. You will pass through worse than my luna.”

Tears streamed down my face amid my clenched teeth. He was indeed the only one who showed me a little love and made me feel comfortable around him. Now would he believe that I didn't do it when he could snap me to death?

I wanted to speak, to try telling him how I was innocent, to beg for time to back up my words, but my lips were so heavy to move, and my wolf had crawled back into my mind, whimpering. 

When he couldn't stand the sight of me again, he turned to Seth, “What are you still waiting for? Ain't those proofs enough to make you act? Or do you think the pack will want to have a murderer as their Luna?”

“I will take over from here, Alpha Deacon,” the Minister of Justice said, and the man nodded, shot me his last glare before backing out of the room.

The Minister of Justice walked forward and bowed before Seth, then he turned to me. “Luna,” he started, his palms slid into the pockets of his trousers. “...regardless of whoever it was, but the penalty for murder is execution amid torture. That being said, you will have to be imprisoned and tortured until death takes you. The alpha king will agree or amend this code.”

“Nothing more to amend. The guards should take her out.” 

My eyes shifted to Seth instantly, my heart wavering. 

This couldn't be happening. I was going to pay for a crime I didn't commit? Is this his way of getting me out of his life so he could have a good life with his mistress?

Not good! It was never good!

Seth couldn't do this to me. We were mates, so at least he should consider it.

As he was about to walk past me, I held onto his leg, yet no word came out of my lips, no matter how much I tried. 

He kicked me hard and roared at me, “You brought this upon yourself…”

I shook my head, panting as tears gathered and ran down my face continuously.

“Throw her into the dungeon!” he commanded and continued leaving while I knelt there with my chest about to burst in pain. 

This was too much for me to bear. 

My pup! 

If I told him I was bearing our pup, would he give me a chance?