1. Release

I was the daughter of an alpha of the Silver Moon pack. I was happy and content. Then he came into my life. He destroyed my family. He was my mate but he put me in prison for a year. He killed my father and brother. I swore to kill him with my bare hands. I may not be strong enough for that but I was angry enough to do it. My father warned me but I didn't listen and I paid the price. Everything I had was stripped away from me.

I thought I would never survive but I did. Now the time has come for my revenge. I won't stay silent and let him go free. He will face the consequences for his actions and I won't rest till that day.

"You are released", said the sneering guard. I felt my eyes blaze at his tone. He would be dead if my father was alive. I looked at the hard marks of chains on my hands and legs. Those chains were made of silver and put on me by human labourers I cried in pain the first time the sliver touched my skin. Now it doesn't hurt me. It only fuels my anger. I would soon kill him. But I have to know where he was.

"Why am I given a release?", I asked him.

"Alpha had decided that your suffering inside the cell isn't enough for him. He wants to see you punished right in front of his eyes. The guard was right even though he didn't know the complete truth. I was the mate of his lord but he will never be my alpha. Since I was Luna I know it will hurt me to watch my mate yet not receive his love.

We all females are burdened by the sad reality of mate bonds. We are forever forced to serve our alpha even if it is against our wish. We will be in unbearable pain just to watch them flirting with others. It is the same on their side too but never like us. We are women and far more bonded to the moon than them. I thought back on that fateful morning when I brought him home. Now I think back I know what kind of an idiot was I.

He said he was an orphan hurt by the rogues. I was a stupid fool who believed the story and took him with me. My father didn't buy the story but still, he kept him with us because I wanted him. He even agreed to our marriage. On my seventeenth birthday, I realised that he was in fact, my mate. I thought the moon goddess gave me a blessing. He launched an attack on us the night of our wedding. We were too unprepared that the fight didn't last a single day. He took over the alpha position from my father and ordered the death of my father and brother. I didn't watch it happen right in front of my eyes. That was the only saving grace he had done. He commanded me to be locked up before that. I was being led away in my bridal dress. It still lay on my body but in tatters. He wants to take further revenge on me probably by making me his slave. I didn't imagine my time would come this soon but I was glad that it did. I wouldn't disappoint the rest of the pack who were under the cell. They refused to give him the oath of fidelity. At least he spared their life or maybe he was saving them for his sacrificial entertainment much later. I wanted to save them. I wanted to end my mate's life. That goes against the principles of my kind. I'm also sure that none of the wolves before me didn't have to go through the fate of me. Moon goddess forgive me! I'm going to kill my mate and assume the throne. I will be the first Luna who would dare to attempt such a crime. It was a sin that I'm going to commit against the moon goddess and I'm sure I will be punished for it. But I don't care. No matter what happens I will go with the plan. I felt the sunlight warm my face. I'm no longer going to worship the moon goddess. My mate had taken away my faith in the goddess when he butchered my family.

I blinked my eyes and stared at the sun rising above my head. I was no longer cold and alone wuthering away in a cell bound by silver chain. I'm outside free.

"Move on. I haven't got all day", said the guard waking me from my bloodthirsty thoughts.

I noticed that I was being constantly shadowed by two guards. So I'm still in a cell well that is not going to save you. Your end is near. I screamed in my mind.

"You have to get changed before presenting yourself to alpha", he said.

I stayed silent. It is only a matter of time. I had been training inside the cell. I have already made the plan in my head. Soon I'm going to secure a silver knife and drive it through his heart. I walked to the palace that once belonged to my family. He hadn't changed anything just switched the flags. Instead of the bloody moon, there was the silver moon waving in the sky. I was pushed to the entrance by the guard and I growled out loud. I was hit by a silver chain for my Defiance. I crushed my lips in pain. I refuse to let out any more cry.

I was taken to a room that belonged to the chambermaids. A human woman came to stand before me. I was surprised to see that major of the people around me were humans save the guards. The humans were working under my mate. They never worked while my father was in here. Maybe he made some treaty with them. I was plucked inside her. She was a little closer to my age but chubby while I was slender and tall she was chubby and a brunette.

"Your hair colour is nice", she said. Then immediately clamped her mouth shut as though she had said something offending.

I absently touched my red hair. I had blue eyes and a flaming red bush for hair. I was hardly considered a beauty back then. That could be the reason why I was floored by his flattering words.