Chapter 5

 5

Taking the vial from the nurse Vera gulped the liquid in a single swig. 

"I've got several more dosages for you, Luna. I heard one is not enough to revive one's wolf put to sleep by the Elixir of death. Just make sure there’s a two-hour gap between each dose, alright?" 

"Thank you, ma'am. Your help is appreciated. I won't forget this favour." Vera gave her a pained smile as the elixir was starting its work on her body. 

"It's my duty, Luna. It's afternoon. Take a rest now. I'll switch the lights off for you." 

"Thank you." 

"Rest well, Luna. I'll come back with your dinner in the evening."

"D-don't bother. I want to be left alone."

"Understood, Luna. You will need time and space to let the elixir work. Take your time, Luna. I'll make sure that no one interrupts you."

Vera couldn't reply to the kind lady. She felt pain like she hadn't experienced before. It was like someone was clawing her on the inside. Her belly, chest, shoulders, skull, and even between her legs... She got the sensation like someone was scraping the walls on the inside of her body with long pointed claws. The sound of chalk on the board erupted in her ears too. 

This was exactly how Elixir of death made her feel. But this was more painful. 

Sweat drenched her. The room was air-conditioned, and she still felt like she was in a stuffed closed room. However, with passing time the pain lessened. In the next eight hours, Vera took four more bottles of Elixir of life. Her wolf was no ordinary. She was with Alpha king's blood. She needed more potion to revive her than she had consumed to put her to sleep. 

As the night folded over the day, Vera could hear her wolf's anguished and angry heaving. She was trying to recollect herself. After all, it was after seven years she was waking up. In the other two hours, Verity, her wolf, was able to growl maddeningly and talk. 

'You ungrateful bitch! How dare you put me to sleep?' Her howl made Vera's head throb. 

She clutched her skull in her trembling hands and heaved like she was about to die. 

'Aarghh, I'm hungry. I need meat! Lots of meat!!!' 

"You can't have anything now." 

'What do you mean that I can't?! Who do you think you're saying no to?' 

"I'm sorry, Verity. But to our mate and everyone in the pack I showed them that I'm a human."

'Bitch, I recall that much! What I want to know is why you woke me up if you were so happy with your good for nothing mate?!' Verity snarled. 

Well, unlike other wolves, she wasn't happy to meet her mate. She was dissatisfied. Verity thought that Fred was unfit for them. That he was too weak and unimpressive. 

But love and mate-bond did Vera bad. She was hopelessly in love with Fred. And no matter how much Verity attempted to convince her to reject Fred and look for their second-chance and compatible mate, Vera put her to sleep. 

'It's not because you missed me, is it?' Verity scoffed. 

Vera was about to reply to her wolf when it happened— She felt the excruciating spasms in her belly. It was as if someone was twisting the muscles of her belly in a fist. 

"AAHHHH!" Vera screamed and quickly covered her mouth. 

No one must know she consumed the Elixir of life. She still wanted people to assume that she was their wolfless human Luna. 

"W-what is this pain, Verity? I... I.. I c-can't bear it. Ahh!" Vera clutched her mouth tighter while her wolf went insane in pain. She clawed Vera's mind and chest. 

Vera squirmed and sweated in pain. Her wolf was experiencing the same assault within her. This went on all night. It stopped somewhere around sunrise. Crying mutely, Vera laid limply on the bed. Verity was cooing in pain. Both of them were battered. 

The old nurse came back to see Vera around 6.30 am.

"Luna?!" She gasped and ran towards the bed the moment she flicked the lights on.

Vera looked like she was assaulted. Holding her breaths, the old nurse wiped her forehead. Then with shaking hands, she lifted Vera's shirt and a mock smile along with tears flashed in her eyes.

"T-the bruises are deep, Luna. Guess I wasn't wrong when I said Alpha Fred might be cheating on you. Men always fall for vulnerable young girls! And to say, this little bítch he's seeing is so young and has a 5 year old daughter." As she went on ranting, Vera and Verity breathed in sync, their hearts thudding violently.

They shed thick tears now. But they weren't of pain or for getting cheated on. They were of anger and remorse for falling for a díckless man.

'This is the man you put me to sleep for! You feel the pain from his infidelity, Verena? How long has it been since you two got married?' Verity asked, still sobbing. 

"S-seven years. We also have a son."

"Seven years!' Verity growled. 'You stole seven years of my life, Verena! I could've done so much. But thanks to you, I'm here feeling this pain.'

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." Vera sobbed. 

Her wolf sighed and tried to compose her emotions, 'I'm sorry too. It's not your fault alone. I kind of got carried away by his scent when we met. So what you felt seven years ago wasn't your feelings alone. They were ours combined.'

Vera laid there quietly shedding tears while the nurse sought after rubbing cooling ointment on her belly. She was still ranting, saying things like how Alphas ignored their mates and Lunas for a young-looking woman. How they insulted their relationship and how it was a cycle every second Alpha was a part of. 

'What now? Will you co-exist with your Alpha husband's whóre like other Lunas or do you want to break the cycle?' Verity was healing faster than Vera. 

Beside having an Alpha king's blood, she had no attachment with the man who cheated on them. Hence, it was easy for her. 

But for poor Vera, it was difficult. It wasn't just their relationship crumbling. It was all those things she did in those seven years for him and for his pack as his Luna beside him. 

'I want to know your answer, Verena, so I can prepare myself accordingly. One thing I know is that I'm not letting them see tomorrow's sunrise. I'll kill them even if it's not what you want to do.' Verity growled. 'So tell me, Verena. Which one is it? Choice one or two.'

Vera didn't reply until the nurse left. In the five minutes that followed, she had not only healed the claw marks but also the bruises from Fred's infidelity. Sitting up straight, she wiped her cheeks while her eyes blazed in the promise of revenge. 

Verity cooed excitedly at the fire she felt blossoming in her human counterpart's chest. And when she spoke, Verity laughed wickedly. 

"Not just the cycle, I will break each and every bone in his body and his whóre's. I'll rip them apart and set this pack ablaze and leave with my son. Alpha Fred, you're so gone."

What happened next was a nightmare turned to reality for Vera. 

Tbc...