Chapter 5

~~ HAZEL ~~

I was dragged to the backyard and tied to the tree over there. The ropes were hurting my skin and it began bleeding.

"Fifteen strokes of cane." One of the guards muttered and pulled out the cane at his side.

"Why not let me go please? I did nothing, he's cheating on me." I referred to the guard who was about to use his cane on me.

He stared at me for a while and sighed. "I'm sorry, it's an order given to me by the king… and I might lose this job if I don't obey him." He replied politely.

I could sense that what he's about to do isn't from the depth of his heart, but he had to because there's no other option left for him.

He stared at his cane and moved closer to me, then gave me the first slash on my arm.

I groaned in pain as he gave me the second and third slash. Taking a look at my arm, it was bleeding profusely.

The cane is so sharp that it pierces into one's skin.

He was about to give me the third slash when someone held his arm upwards.

I adjusted my head with the tears that had gathered in my eyes to see that it's Earl. I had thought that he left the palace out of anger.

"Aren't you ashamed of yourself? Isn't your conscience judging you for what you're doing?" He asked the guard.

He turned and bowed to him. "Greetings, Alpha Earl."

"Get out of here." He ordered the guard.

The guard left the backyard immediately and Alpha Earl moved closer to me.

He stared into my eyeballs and then wiped the tears on my cheeks.

"I'm so sorry for the pains you're passing through even as the Luna. Just be strong enough, don't let your fellow female take away your position." He referred to me.

I nodded in agony and watched as he began losing the rope on me. If only he wasn't beside me, I'd have fallen to the ground when I was fully untied.

He glanced at my bleeding arm and hissed.

"I'll treat the wounds, just wait here for me." He uttered, and I nodded.

I moved to the brick at the side of the building and got seated on it while waiting for him, and he arrived after some minutes just like he assured me.

He held three different types of leaves in his arm, then he began squeezing the first.

"Ouch! It's painful." I groaned in pain when he dropped the liquid on the wounds.

He squeezed the second and used it on the wound too, then the third.

"Go back to your room and freshen up, I'll advise you to stay away from him for today." He advised.

I nodded and left after him.

When I passed by the chamber, I glanced inside of it to see the king with Selah and Nykon interacting. I didn't mind, I just walked straight into my room to meet the queen sitting on my chair.

"Greetings, your majesty." I bowed down in greetings.

She stood up and walked to me while her gaze focused on my arm.

"What happened to you? Were you flogged?" She asked me.

I nodded. "Yes, he ordered the guard to do it because I yelled at Selah." I replied to her politely.

Everything about that lady pisses me off, and so I'll have to report her to the majesty that hates her too.

When I replied to her, she left my room instantly. And the next thing I did was lock up my room.

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~~~~ ONYX ~~~

There's something about me that I don't understand any longer. I can't believe that I ordered the guard to punish Hazel, and then I was feeling pity for her again.

Why? I shouldn't be feeling that way when I hate her so much. Everything about her makes me sad to the last.

The moment she approached Selah, I felt like strangling her to death. But after I laid a punishment on her, I felt pity for her again.

No! I'll have to discard this feeling from me, because I'll never love or cherish her for any reason.

She's wolf-less and a cursed female wolf, and so I'll never welcome her into my life fully.

That she's in this pack is because I can't afford losing the throne to someone else, but then, Earl has been acting strange towards me which I don't care about.

The voice of my mother from behind drew me out of my thought, I stood from my throne and walked some feet away from it.

"Mother, you called me." I uttered politely.

She bit her lower lips. "Onyx, how dare you? Who gave you that guts?" She shrieked at me.

I could see how annoyed she was at the moment.

"I gave myself the guts."

A heavy slap landed on my cheek and I felt the ground rotating.

"She's your Luna, and you have no right to do that to her. No matter what it is Onyx." She scolded me.

My mouth was agape as I was staring at her. "Mother, you just slapped me because of that mother fucker."

"And I'll do it countless times if you dare it again." She roared.

The anger in her was damn vivid in her eyes, they were glowing like fire.

She walked to Selah who was shivering at her presence and held her ear so tight, she squeezed them heavily and pushed Selah that she almost fell to the ground.

"I have warned you several times to stay away from my son but you wouldn't hear. Maybe I should teach you a lesson." She warned her, then turned to Nykon. "I don't know the benefit of you being his friend when you support his stupid act, maybe you'll stop coming here."

I shook my head in disagreement. "Hazel will leave instead of them, besides she's the reason my sister is on the sick bed right now." I bit my finger. "I'm not done with her." I added, and my mother dragged my cloth.

"That wasn't intentional and Cherry will be fine again. Don't ever speak ill of Hazel to Cherry or you'll regret it." She warned me.

But I don't care, I hate that female so much, and I'll make sure she regrets ever meeting me.