Seraphina- The Alpha's Murderer

Seraphina.

A dark hooded figure dove out of the high window in a flash. I squinted my eyes, still trying to hold up my weak body. It felt like my life was slowly draining out of me, but I wasn't sure what was happening to me. I only knew I had to prepare a bath for the Alpha by this time of the night, and there was something about that figure that jumped out... It felt all too familiar, but still very strange.

"Alpha Zen? I'm coming in to prepare a bath, for you," I tapped softly on the door to announce my presence so he could open the door, but the door gave way under the palm of my fingers.

That was strange. The Alpha always locked his room. My mind flashed back to the figure from earlier and my heart jumped to my throat. No, it wasn't possible. No one would dare! The Alpha was a strong—

"Sera... Seraphina," I heard the low rasp of his voice call out for me. His voice was weak, and my wolf sensed a tinge of copper and iron mixed with wolfsbane in the air.

I pushed the door open immediately and rushed into the room with no time to think. My eyes were met with the most horrific scene in my entire life.

"ALPHA!!!" I screamed at the top of my voice with all the strength I had left in me as I rushed to his side.

His blood was sputtering fast from his neck and I didn't know what to do or how to save him. His hands caught my little ones in a strong grip, catching my attention. My pulse raced when I looked into his eyes. He didn't have much time left. He needed the doctor!

"Alpha! I need to alert the pack doctor! I need to—"

"Listen, Seraphina," he ground his teeth together, his eyebrows drawing together, showing the pain he was going through. "Forgive him. He doesn't know what he's doing."

His eyes glistened with tears and I couldn't understand what he was saying. Forgive him? The person who tried to murder the Alpha?

"Forgive him," He kept on repeating more than six times with tears rolling down his eyes, each time his voice went lower until his hands turned cold and his eyes closed peacefully and I felt the bond I had with the Alpha snap.

He was dead.

*

"Murderer! The Omega has killed the Alpha!"

I didn't know how long I knelt beside the Alpha's body, his hands still in my hands and his blood had soaked my sky blue uniform. His hands were still cold.

"Look at her! She is holding the ceremonial knife! She killed the Alpha! Someone, arrest her!"

My mind was a haze even when I heard the shouts and screams of the pack mates. They had felt their bond with the Alpha break, too. They knew he was dead. All I could wonder was... who did this? Why? Why would the person do this?

My head was bent low, sobbing over the body of the Alpha. My shoulders were shaking in pure and undiluted anger. Alpha Zen was dead.

"You witch!!" My back was hit with a large wooden branch which snapped me back to reality. The pain radiated through my lower back and up to my neck, so much that my body crumbled over the Alpha's dead body.

"Be careful before you hit the Alpha's body!" Someone yelled.

It was then I realized that the Alpha's bedroom was slowly filling up with people— members of the pack. The smell of burning wood hit me and I knew torches had been burned for light. There were yells, screams, and cries. Not normal cries, but one you could hear the torment and agony of a snapped bond from the Alpha, the only person who was powerful enough to unite an entire pack.

I looked up and tried to raise my hand in surrender. My whole body was weak from the broken bond.

"It wasn't me." I coughed out painfully, spitting out blood in the process. It was surprising that I hadn't passed out after I was hit with something that strong.

My body was suddenly yanked off the ground, away from Alpha Zen's motionless body and I could feel a cloud of fresh tears forming over my eyes again.

Just like that? Alpha Zen was gone just like that? Omegas often complained about the inhumane treatments meted out to them by their Alphas, but I never experienced that with Alpha Zen.

A heavy slap landed across my face and someone spat on me.

"What do you gain from killing our Alpha, huh? TELL ME NOW!!!" He screamed so hard that his wolf surfaced and his irises changed colours.

"I didn't kill the Alpha. It wasn't me," I cowered weakly away from them. Why were they accusing me of doing something so terrible? Why would I try to kill my own Alpha?

"Liar!" Another woman from the mob shouted at the top of her lungs, her voice so loud that it drowned the shouts and screams of other pack mates. "You think we don't know that the touch of an Alpha burns the skin and plants hateful emotions on Omegas? How dare you kill our Alpha you witch! Are you the first Omega to be given to an Alpha? How dare you—" she choked loudly in tears. Her eyes were red and her nose was running with catarrh.

The air was sorrowful, and no matter how much I tried to plead my case with them, they didn't believe me.

"The Ceremonial knife was in your hand!!"

"You were kneeling in front of the Alpha!!"

"There is blood evidence all over your clothes!!"

"The guards were all stationed outside and no one saw anyone fleeing from the window like you said!!"

"Why are we still having this discussion with her?" Someone pushed his way out of the crowd and stood in front of the mob. "Kill her— no. Burn her alive!!! Make sure she feels the pain we feel a thousand times over!"

"I swear on the Moon Goddess'—"

Another slap landed on my face. "Shut up! You don't get to use that unholy mouth of yours to call our goddess!!!"

"Throw her down from the balcony! Tell the warriors to gather the sticks! We will burn this traitor tonight and avenge the death of our Alpha!"

People were moving into action because I felt strong hands gripping my shoulders, and my body was lifted from the ground.

"No!" I felt the bile rise in my throat, the fear of being thrown down that height is overwhelming. I wouldn't even survive it. "Noo!!!" I struggled so hard against them, but they didn't budge until we were at the edge of the balcony.

"Have a nice trip!" The man by my left leered at me with hate in his eyes before they set me on the railing of the balcony and took their grips off me. I felt wei

ghtless as the wind rushed past me. I was falling fast, and it was only a matter of time until my head will hit the ground.