GREAT WHITE RAGE

‎"No. No. No."

‎'This can't be happening.'

‎I stepped forward. The guard tried to stop me, but I pushed him to the side. The guard fell to the floor.

‎"Liam, tell that crazy woman that she should get off you. Everything she said was a lie, right?" I said with a desperate smile on my face.

‎I moved to throw her off him.

‎"Liam, protect me!" Olivia screamed.

‎Liam stepped forward and put Olivia behind him.

‎Then he pushed me down.

‎I fell to the ground with disbelief on my face.

‎"You are the crazy woman Morning.

‎I'm so fucking sick of you for the Moon Goddess' sake!"

‎"What?" I asked in a daze.

‎"You heard me right!" Liam said. "You and your stupid anger issues! I've been bearing so much for the past few weeks. You keep on acting like a bipolar maniac!

‎Why the hell would I choose you over my Olivia!" Liam shouted. “I reject you as my mate Morning White!”

‎"No. You can’t." I whispered to myself.

‎The murmuring of the crowd became louder. And Elder Octavius began to look around frantically.

‎Liam turned to the restless crowd with Olivia still in his arms and he addressed them.

‎"It's common knowledge that Morning is unstable and unfit to be heir. That is why I bore so much. So that I could follow tradition and become the rightful ruler of the pack! A stable and strong leader is needed in dangerous times like this, not an unstable maniac!"

‎The crowd murmuring became louder.

‎To my surprise, no one came forward to dispute his allegations.

‎My body began to tremble.

‎"Alpha Liam, maybe I should end the ceremony." Elder Octavius said.

‎But I barely heard his words or the words of anyone else as my body shook.

‎Olivia turned Liam back to her and kissed him with a huge smile on her face.

‎My vision turned red.

‎"I'll show you crazy." I growled.

‎‎It happened swiftly and suddenly.

I began to shift.

‎I could no longer distinguish words from each other as my muscles expanded and became covered in thick white fur.

‎I heard Olivia scream as my teeth elongated.

‎My white ceremonial gown shredded as I fully transformed into a great white wolf, seven feet tall.

‎My red-colored vision focused on Liam.

‎He had betrayed me, after I sacrificed so much for him. And he had rejected me for another woman.

‎I could form no coherent thoughts, but his betrayal was still fresh in my mind.

‎I felt an all-consuming rage as I charged towards him.

‎Liam looked panicked as Olivia hugged him and she screamed.

‎Liam shouted something.

‎I jumped into the air and opened my jaw wide, showing him my array of huge white teeth.

‎A force hit me from the side and my trajectory was thrown off completely.

‎‎I landed on the floor as Liam's guard from earlier tried to bite my neck. He had shifted and came to Liam's aid.

‎Unluckily for him, he wasn't of my bloodline. His wolf was half my size and his attack felt pitiful.

‎I quickly pinned him with my hind legs and ripped out his neck.

‎The taste of blood was now fresh in my muddled mind and I looked up for my next prey.

‎The reason for the anger that now permeated my entire body was lost to me, but I was going to let it out regardless.

‎Seven wolves of Liam's guards lined up between me and him. They cautiously inched closer and growled at me.

‎I heard screams from the crowd and words that I couldn't understand as they all fled.

‎I moved quickly and jumped into the midst of the wolves in front of me.

‎They were completely taken off guard. I was outnumbered, so I was expected to be cautious. Unbeknownst to them, no such thoughts crossed my mind.

‎All I wanted was their blood to quench my rage.

‎There was a tussle of fur as they all tried to get a piece of me. Most aimed for my neck, but they were too slow.

‎My white fur was painted red as I ripped out the arm of the last wolf.

‎More wolves came towards me. My mind was now too far gone to even count them. But they smelled familiar, and I knew they were from my pack, not Liam's.

‎But that was not enough to stop me as I pounced on them.

‎‎They put up more of a fight than the last group. Some managed to get their claws on me and left deep gouges in my hide. While others bit me at any point they could.

‎They still weren't enough and soon all of them were down.

‎I turned with a blood-covered snout to see who was next.

‎My red vision went into the crowd. Many of them had run away, but some were left in the corners of the hall whimpering.

‎I saw a mother and child hiding behind a chair.

‎I snarled and got ready to pounce on them.

‎'No. This is wrong.'

‎A part of my mind chided me and I paused in my tracks. What was I doing?

‎What had I been angry at?

‎My momentary distraction was enough for the guards and I soon felt a chain wrap around my neck from behind.

‎Two guards held each end and tightened it. I tried clawing at the chains, but they already had purchase.

‎I slowly felt my vision go darker as I suffocated.

…

‎I woke up some time later.

‎I tried to move my hands, but the chains stopped me.

‎Then I looked around. I was in a large cell room.

‎Both my arms, legs and neck were chained to the wall like some feral beast.

‎I tried to move but noticed that my energy was down.

‎"What is this?"

‎"Wolfsbane poison to slow you down."

‎I recognized the voice. It was Liam.

‎He was standing behind the bars in front of my cell.

‎He smiled at me.

‎"Don't worry about it. Thanks to your tantrum earlier where you killed and maimed over twenty pack members, there was a unanimous decision to execute you tomorrow evening."

‎"Now you'll be gone, and I'll have the pack all to myself."

‎Liam walked away, leaving me to my imminent fate.