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AESPIA’S POV

"I Alpha Enzo Draig of the Forestmoon pack, reject you Aespia Black, Daughter of the fallen MoonGrove pack, under the eye of the moon goddess. With the witness of everyone present here today, I strip you of all your titles; Luna, Wife and Mate and I revert you to what you formally were. A slave. This is the title you'll have when you are executed right in this same throne room tomorrow for the sins you have committed.." Enzo announced and I gaped as a lone tear fell from my cheek.

I wanted to argue, to tell him that I didn't do anything. That I didn't deserve to be killed but the moment I opened my mouth, I let out a broken scream.

Pain like nothing I had ever felt - and that was saying a lot considering what I went through - engulfed my whole being.

I shook like an epileptic patient before I screamed and collapsed to the ground where I curled into a fetal position while I clutched at my heart that felt like it was being put through a grinder.

Tears blurred my vision as the pain was immensely unbearable. At a point, I was almost sure I would even lose consciousness but it seemed like it was my punishment as the darkness I desperately craved didn't claim me. Instead, i was wide awake throughout the whole excruciating period.

After a while, the pain seized like it was never there but I felt empty. Like a part of me had been severed off leaving a gaping wound that would never close no matter how much I tried.

“Z..Zyon.” I stuttered through my mindlink but I didn't get any response. The tears fell faster as I realized that my wolf, Zyon, was gone too.

This was one of the side effects of being rejected, especially by an Alpha. One's wolf would disappear, and for some people, it never came back.

She was the only one I had. Now even she had abandoned me in this hell.

A black boot appeared in the line of my sight and then before I could react, I was grabbed by my hair and then pulled up in a rough manner.

I groaned and whimpered in pain as I came face to face with my husband.

No, my ex husband.

The same man who had promised me the world when he bought me from those slave traders all those years ago. I remembered that I had stumbled into those slave traders when I was escaping from my pack that had been destroyed. I thought I was done for but this man had saved me at my darkest moment because I was his mate and then he had fought against all odds to make me his Luna.

We were so happy. We loved each other, so where the hell did everything go wrong?

No. I knew the answers to all my questions and those were not it. Things were never right from the beginning so how could it suddenly go wrong? I had deluded myself into believing that Enzo was my perfect prince charming and I had loved and adored him with everything. That was the reason I was in such a state now.

Enzo suddenly slapped me hard across the face and my face was swept harshly to the side as I felt blood trickle down my chin from the cut that had now appeared at the corner of my lips. “Slave. When your Alpha is addressing you make sure you answer promptly.”

Dalia suddenly rushed forward and held his hand pulling him back from me. Without the support of his arm, I found myself falling straight down and I was too weak to catch myself so my head hit the floor and I lay there staring back at Enzo. She hugged his arm coquettishly and kept rubbing herself against him while a gloating smirk played at her lips.

“My Alpha, I object to killing this murderer.” She suddenly said and Enzo turned to her sharply, confusion written all over his face. I was also confused but I was mostly panicking as I knew that Dalia must have a fate worse than death for me.

She was the devil herself with her schemes and white lotus nature.

The whole hall descended into silence as Dalia bent and whispered into Enzo's ear for a long period.

His expression changed into surprise and then excitement and then his gaze locked on me, his lips curving into a smirk.

I was already shivering in fear and I would have stood up to escape from here if I hadn't found it hard to move my limbs.

After a while, he finally separated from Dalia with a pleased smile on his face. He then walked towards me slowly and then crouched when he got to my front, a mix of tears and snort streaming down my face.

“Aespia” he called out, his fingers tracing slowly on my wounded lips.

“You’re going to be of importance. You will be doing a great service for your Alpha. You should be proud and happy.”