All Chapters of Claimed by the alpha heir: Chapter 1 - Chapter 3

I was picking up some herbs from the forest and laying them in my basket, when I felt a blade pressed against my throat. The basket I was holding with all the herbs and flowers crashed to the ground. Panic flooded my limbs, and I stood at the spot terrified. I tried to struggle against the attacker, but then they pressed it tighter to my neck.“Please,” I whispered, my voice barely audible against the roar of my heartbeat sounding in my ears.“You witch,” a voice snarled, cutting through the air like ice. I recognized the voice instantly. My limbs went slack.“I haven’t done anything wrong,” my voice came out like a squeak, eyes wet with tears.Marcus’s laugh was as cold as steel. “You killed my mother. And now that she is dead, you will die too.”His words made me gasp. She died? I tried to save her. Damn, I did all I could to save her, and yet she died.“I didn’t kill her,” I coughed, the blade pressed viciously against my skin making it harder for me to breathe. “I tried to help he

LYRIAI wish I hadn’t come here. I tried my best to be invisible as I floated among the crowd towards the ballroom, but everywhere I perched I heard fragments of whispered conversations;“I can’t believe he brought her here…”“…heard she killed the Beta’s Luna…”“…what is he thinking?”Each comment added to my insecurity but I forced myself to keep walking, to hold my head high despite their judgmental looks. The ballroom was even more magnificent than the foyer. Long tables draped with white silk stretched across the polished floor. Servers moved around with tall glasses of champagne.“Lyria,” someone whispered. The voice was familiar.I turned around.Then I saw her. My Aunt Mira. She was dressed in an expensive gown, her weathered face covered expertly by a dark shawl. She also didn’t belong to this gathering, didn’t associate with this circle. She has been my guardian for the longest time. The only family I had left. I walked up to her surprised.“Aunt, what are you doing here?”“