The Night of Betrayal

Isabel Haelyn's POV

"Alexandria, I hereby sentence you to death by beheading..."

It was the worst night of my life.

I stood in the shadows, my eyes wide open, and the fear that I was feeling inside me was enough to make me scream.

So I cupped my mouth with one palm and tried to keep it shut.

The guards dragged my mother and dropped her at the feet of the man I knew as my father, and his wife. His name was Alpha Roy, and she was called Luna Freya.

She had always hated my mother and I, for some reason that I couldn't figure out. Maybe it was because of jealousy.. Maybe it was something else.

"My lord, give your order and let the guards take this filthy woman away from my presence," said Freya, as if the mere sight of my mother irritated her.

What order was she talking about? My mother had certainly done nothing wrong to deserve what she was getting.

"What is this, my lord?" my mother asked, as she raised her head to look at both of them.

"Tell me something, Alexandria," Alpha Roy said, as he leaned forward a bit. "How many sexual partners have you had in the past few months?"

My mother was silent for a minute there. Then she answered, "Sexual partners?"

"You heard me!" Alpha Roy snapped, making her flinch. I even felt myself jump at his outburst.

The man called Alpha Roy was my father, but he never really showed much love towards my mother and I.

I was his child, but that happened when mom had a one night stand with him. So she wasn't fit to be called his Luna. Instead, Freya took over that very position. Since then, we have lived apart from him. And my mother had raised me, not to hate Alpha Roy, but to understand that men of his status always did things like that.

"I haven't had any man, my lord. No one apart from you," my mother finally said.

"Are you really sure about that?" Alpha Roy asked. He didn't seem to believe what she was telling him.

"Yes, my lord."

"Do you know what the consequences of lying to me are?" Alpha Roy asked, and I didn't like his tone. It sounded as if he really didn't believe my mother and was already convinced that she was telling him a lie.

"Of course, my lord. Why would I lie to you? I have never slept with another man apart from you, my lord. No one else!"

I believed my mother. I knew that she was telling the truth.

At that point, Luna Freya whispered something into my father's ear.

I couldn't hear what it was that she said to him but when he looked at my mother again, his face was firm.

"Alexandria, I have found you guilty and hereby sentence you to death by beheading!"

"Guilty of what? What crime have I committed?"

"The crime of adultery!" Alpha Roy said.

"I have already told you that I haven't had any other man since you, Roy!" my mother said, and her voice was breaking in tears.

"But it is a lie, isn't it?"

My mother threw herself at his feet and her body shook with sobs. I couldn't even hold myself anymore. I ran out from my hiding place and went straight to where she was.

"Mom!" I cried out.

I got her attention and she caught and held me close as we made contact. I didn't really understand what was happening. I was only seven years old at the time.

"Mom, what is happening? Why is father angry?"

My mother was crying so much that the only thing I heard her say was, "Be strong, Hae."

"Get her out of my sight!"

"No! Leave her alone!" I shouted at the guards. But they just shoved me aside as if I weighed nothing.

The guards dragged my mother out of the Silver Pack hall. I knelt before my father and Freya. "Please, don't hurt my mom."

But they both looked at me as if I didn't even matter. Soon, they both stood up, holding hands and followed the guards. I had no other choice but to go with them.

Outside, in the courtyard, I saw my mother kneeling at the feet of the terminator. Her face was stained with tears. She mouthed at me, "Be strong, my moonbeam."

He gave one look at Alpha Roy, who raised his hand and brought it down in a chopping motion.

I watched at the blade fell, and my mother's head rolled off her body.

I had never seen anything like it, but I had a feeling that my mother was gone and that I would never see her again. That very feeling of loss and the scent of her blood brought out my wolf.

"Restrain her!" Alpha Roy commanded.

The guards were all around me in seconds and there was nothing more my wolf could do, as they were all stronger.

They dragged me out of the courtyard. I didn't know where they were taking me to. The sun outside was already going down. My wolf was screaming inside of my head but I could not do anything. Soon, I calmed down.

By the time I realized it was the dungeons they were taking me to, I knew that my life had suddenly taken a wrong turn.

"Open the door!" one of the guard shouted at the jail warden.

"Are you deaf? I said open the prison gate!"

I looked. Surprisingly, the warden didn't move to open the gate. Instead, he moved towards us. Next thing I knew, the guards were crying and rolling on the floor.

The warden knelt before me and said, "I have saved you, do one thing for me."

"Who are you?" I asked.

"Someone who cares."

"What should I do?"

"Live and make then regret this. Now, go! Run away from here and don't you look back!"

"What about you?" I asked.

"Don't worry about me! Save yourself!"

I took a different way and ran out of Silver Pack castle, and out of the pack for good.

It was getting dark but when I looked at my hands, I saw the blood of my mother. Maybe my eyes were playing jokes on me because I hadn't even gone close to her.

Either way, it was enough to remind me of what I had left behind. And of what I needed to do.

To live and make them regret.