Chapter 5

Maeve’s POV 

The ugly stench lingered in my nose as the water dripping rang in my ear, I was trapped somewhere in between consciousness and unconsciousness. It was a weird feeling as I smelled roses with a feeling of gutter water in my nose. My eyes were slowly opening up when the creaking of the door suddenly made my eyes fling wide open.

“I see your finally awake”

I was surprised to hear that familiar voice once again. I thought I had run away from him. I was running to a place I had no idea when I passed out. Somewhere in my head, I wished someone else had saved me. I will never have to return to this pack and face him and my step-sister.

“What am I doing here? Let me go and set me Free?” I dragged on the shackles around my hands and feet.

“You know I've been looking for so many ways to get rid of you, and so many times I keep asking myself. How do I do it? So many things keeps running through my mind, I thought at first it might be heartless to do it, but then after your behavior last night you gave me no choice”

“What are you talking about Alphonso?” I was desperate to be released from captivity. There was nothing that I hated the most other than being bound by chains and not being able to move. It was awkward and annoying, the last time I had seen it was during the coronation of Alphonso and the Alpha. Some women had stolen from the pack and had tried to sabotage his name. They have equally poisoned some of the guards who have come for the coronation. They were held on chains like these ones; long and strong and were being dragged around by the guards.

After Alphonso had them executed that way, he would Instill fear in the hearts and minds of all the other pack members. He was one of those Alpha's who cared so much about looks and image. He will never want his image to be tainted by anything and loves to keep up to pretense. Alphonso was good at putting on a show in front of everyone, and everyone thought he was a good person. 

No one knew that he was nothing but a devil.

“You still don't get it, do you? You still don't realize that you cannot be released from that shackles. You're here, away from the pack right in the dungeon, underground”

“Why am I here? If this is for my act of disobedience I am sorry. I swore I would apologize, it will never happen again”

“For your act of disobedience? This isn't for your act of disobedience, this is for your deceit, lies, and betrayal. How could you leave me for another man? How could you cheat on me after I gave you everything?”

What was he talking about? What exactly did he give to me? What does it mean to cheat on him? I was not the one who was cheating, it was him who was cheating on me with my step-sister. How can he look into my eyes and lie to me?

“Cheating on you? I never cheated on you, what are you talking about? You know I will never do something as despicable as that. I will never cheat on you no matter what you say”

He smiled sinisterly and took steps closer to me. “You still don't get it, do you?”

“Get what?” I was terrified but I knew that I had to get a grip of myself.

“You know I will never do that to you. I will never cheat on you. I was not the one who was cheating, it was you who was cheating on me with my sister. How can you say that? How can you do that to me?”

“You should know that it was your sister who came up with the idea and I saw it was brilliant”

My sister has always been a selfish and wicked person. I knew all that but somewhere in my heart, I wished she would not go this far. I had no idea she was this heartless. I would want me to suffer in here so that she can become Luna. It wasn't enough that she was already trying to take away what belonged to me and now she wanted to kill me as well. There was no way I was escaping from this place. The punishment for Luna cheating on the Alpha has been determined by the Alpha. I know that he will not want to do anything other than harm me. 

“Both of you wanted this, didn't it? This is all you're doing!” I screamed so loud that I lost the will to scream.

What did I ever do to him, what did I ever do to her? I have been nothing but a good woman. I saw the eyes that made most of his bodyguards throughout me. When I walk past them, I don't bother to look at any of them because I have eyes only for my Alpha and yet he was conniving with my sister to hurt me. 

“It doesn't matter, no one will believe you, that was the truth. There was no one who would believe that story because most people don't even know the Luna. All they know is that I got stuck up with some bitch, who I can't get rid of and they maidservant to never attest to you to the truth. They will say whatever I tell them to say otherwise I will slit their throat and kill their family”

“Don’t do this Alphonso”

“You brought this upon yourself, you are the one who decided to crawl into my bed, isn't it? I never asked for this”

“You should have rejected me when you found out that we were mates. She shouldn't have gone this far, I would have accepted it than putting me through this pain and torture”

“And be that bad one, please I can't do it, say one last prayer to the Moon goddess because by tomorrow, hell awaits you”