Chapter 11

The tub filled with the liquid glared at me and my eyes widened in pure fear, my legs instinctively stumbling back as I shook my head vigorously.

"Daughter, I am sorry you have to go through this, but it is necessary to vindicate you." I could hear my mother's calm voice from behind trying to console me, but it did nothing at all; instead, my body shook harder with terror.

I would have passed the test and only go through the scorching pain, but in the end, the baby would cause a different result. I will be found to be a vampire.

Two guards approached me, their faces cold and unfriendly.

"Please. Please. Don't do this to me." I begged even though I knew it was nothing as the men grabbed me with their strong arms, forcing a loud, shrill cry from my wolf, who knew what was about to go down.

My eyes watered, legs wobbling as I pinned my eyes to the bubbling liquid waiting to destroy me.

I thought of telling them the truth about the baby inside me, but I knew the Alpha better. That was definitely going to be an easy kill for him, as he wouldn't have to go through this time-wasting process to finally drag me to eternal hell.

Having a baby for a vampire and being one of them, I have no idea which is better because they all have the same ending.

Death.

My brown hair was scattered and fell all over my face, fear choking me as I raised my head one last time to plead. "My king, you can't do this to me. You watched me grow; you know my parents and how loyal our family is to this pack. I..."

"Shut the fuck up!" Jaden cut in and faced the guards. "What are you morons waiting for!"

I could tell he only wanted to watch me drown in pain. He doesn't care about anything else than my suffering and anguish.

One of the guards pushed me in, and my whole body sank in, sending an unbearable pain all over my body, deep into my bones. It was as if I was being skinned alive, and in a split second, the lid was covered, leaving me in the thick darkness of hell.

My bloodcurdling scream was muffled, reverberating back to me as I struggled to keep my head up.

"No!" Somebody save me. Take me out of here, please! I will die!" My fading voice continued, strength sapping out so quick, and I could feel the change in my heartbeat, a new kind of energy roaming through my veins as though a strange beast was emerging.

My eyes burned. Blood running through my veins painfully like it was poison writhing on my own self.

The pain was so intense that I couldn't move anymore, but what scared me most was the odd reaction I was feeling deep in my body, as though I was about to shift into something different.

What I feared to be the vampire part of me.

As I shut my teary eyes in defeat, I felt the heaviness in my heart. Guilt and disappointment twisted inside my chest as I wondered how foolish I had been to be blinded by love.

I did all that for Leo when he wouldn't even attempt to rescue me. He saw I was gullible and obsessed with him, so he used me. He tricked me like the brainless bitch I was, and I fell so easily.

In silence, I prayed to the moon goddess for a miracle. At least a second chance to right my wrong and abide by my pack rules.

And just then, the lid was opened, and I found my body being pulled out immediately.

As if that wasn't enough of the sudden miracle, I was given a medicine to reduce my pain.

"Is this a dream? It isn't even half the time I should be left in there. Did my prayer just get answered for the first time in my life?"

These questions rang in my head as I roamed my eyes around, peering back at the same people who had watched me get buried in there, including the Alpha.

"We are very close to catching the vampire, and we need you right now to trick him out. This friend of yours just reported with your phone that he used to chat with you, and she had deceived him enough to think you were set free and can't wait to meet him." Alpha Kane said to me with a stern face, gesturing at a girl at the corner.

I turned my gaze, and my eyes narrowed, confusion hitting me as I saw the strange female who I had never seen before staring back at me with a little smile.

"Leo proved he was the vampire and sent an apology for transferring his scent to you. He didn't know I was the one with your phone. I made him believe you had escaped and that he is your only hope to survive, so right now he is waiting for you in the woods." The young lady explained with a gentle voice, blinking her eyes as if she was sending a sign to me.

I didn't understand anything until she rubbed her hand on her stomach and made a secret nod to me.

Then it clicked to me that this may be Leo planning my escape since he was the only one who could get hold of my phone that I forgot in the hospital. And this lady just rubbed her stomach, signifying my unborn baby.

"Thank you for giving me the chance to prove my loyalty to this pack. I would have done everything to help get Leo captured, I swear." My lips quivered, and fake tears filled my eyes.

"I will be joining in the hunt this time!" Kane said coldly, rising to his intimidating height and aura that could easily bring anyone down to their knees.

"Your Highness, you don't need to stress yourself. He is just one man, and we..."

"Shut up! You couldn't get hold of him in that hospital, so how sure are you that he won't slip away again when you all are brainless and daft?" Kane spat, stepping down with eyes red in anger.

"Sorry, my king." Dad apologized immediately with a bow.

"That so-called Leo snuck in as a teacher in that school, and I know why. He will find out why I am called the devil! Let's go and get that asshole because I can't wait to pull out his eyes and feed them to him! He will regret stepping into this pack!"