His Betrayed Mate Is A Famous Healer

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Isobel.

A painful groan tore through my lips as the last lash landed on my back once again.

When they bruised my arm, made me stand on a hot plate, and made me struggle to breathe in the well, I thought it was all. Not until they began lashing me.

For the first time in life, I was whipped and had to take fifty strokes of the lash just because of my good-for-nothing sister. I felt my soul leave my body as the pain was so unbearable. My blood seeped down my legs while they dragged me back into the cell.

All these just because I tried tarnishing the image of a healer? It would have been better if that healer weren't my sister. Passing through this hell just because she showed up again instead of dying as I hoped was something I wouldn't forget so easily.

They pushed me into the cell and locked up the gate, then no one showed up again, not even with a drop of water until the next three days. If not for my wolf, I would have passed on, because I was more than weak. It felt good not being wolfless as Annette, but I still didn't find it easy going through this hell for her sake.

On the fourth day, my wolf had completely healed me, but I was still weak from starvation. But the guards showed up and took me out. They pulled me with them as though I were a criminal, and I didn't even happen to see any of the royalties as I was taken to the border.

So does this mean that none of my family came for me? Even the alpha's family that pushed me into this? Or weren't they allowed to see me when they came?

I didn't want to conclude yet, but I just boarded a cab that would take me back to the pack's palace. I had no strength to speak, so I mindlinked my headservant to wait at the roadside for the cab, so the driver could be paid.

Along the ride, I dozed off. And when I woke up, the cab had already stopped, and the driver wasn't saying anything. He knew more than waking his Luna, so as a delta, he just needed to wait till I woke up.

Once I alighted, my head servant paid him off and helped me back into the palace building. The first thing I did was drink a cup of water twice, and then I got some strength to freshen up.

My meal was already served by the time I was done from the bathroom, and I began gobbling on them for someone who hadn't eaten for days.

“Is alpha awake?” my headservant asked, and I nodded. “What happened to you then? Why isn't he back with you?”

I didn't respond to her until I was done with the meal, and then decided to ask her myself, “Did my parents ever come after me in the lycan clan?”

She sighed and shook her head, “They weren't even here for once.”

“Really?” I scoffed and shook my head.

They'd been caring all through, and now they were acting cold and distant? So what if I were to be executed there, they wouldn't care to come see me one last time if there was no way to save my dying soul?

Maybe I shouldn't blame them that much. They wouldn't have known what happened to me and only thought I was with Alpha Samson. It was also good that Samson was awake, so the whip I took wouldn't be completely in vain.

“I need to take a long rest, so don't let anyone in,” I said to my headservant before excusing myself from the dining.

In my bedroom, I lay so comfortably, staring at the roof.

Everything that occurred in that hospital room flashed back to my mind, and all I did was breathe out.

What about the prince's mate? What could have been done to her?

There was no way the lycan king would punish his son's mate, so they must let her go, and I, who took everything seriously because I didn't have to lose to Annette, became an animal in the blink of an eye.

If I were a human, those people could have butchered me.

I hated that the one they were fighting for was wolfless. What healing power does she have that others didn't have? No way she didn't use a spell on those people to respect her to the last, and attempting to spill the truth just landed me in trouble.

Well, I couldn't even sleep in the next two hours; just drifting from one thought to another…until someone banged on my door and unlocked it themself.

I jolted from the bed once I smelled my mother-in-law's scent, and I bowed to her as she showed up.

Honestly, I felt so ashamed of myself that I returned with scars and not their son, whereas it was expected of the wife to win over her husband easily.

“You’re really pathetic…” she said once, her gaze turned cold towards me for the first time. “...and I fear an incompetent female like you doesn't suit the position of Luna.”

I quickly lowered my head, my heart throbbing in my chest.

All through my life, I hated it when someone looked down on me or used swear words at me. But here I was, trembling before her, that she would do to me what I didn't want to get a taste of. She had the power to dethrone me as the alpha's mum she was, just like my parents said.

By the time she reached closer to me, she raised my jaw and snorted, “I trusted you to return with my son, but you came back all by yourself. Who cares if the lycan king punished you? Lunas are meant to swallow pains and not give up. You shouldn't have returned here without my son, so know that your position is shaking.”

My heart skipped, and I got to my knees.

She shouldn't do that when a lot of people were waiting to mock me. Even his son will be happy that I finally lost him.

“Give me more chances, and I will prove to you that I am fit to be Luna.” I pleaded, sweat concealing my forehead. “I was so damn weak and needed to get more things ready before returning. I paid for a whole week in a resort, and it hasn't expired yet, so please understand that I am working towards bringing home my alpha to his pack and not let him dwell in the spells of that wench.”

One would see my fear through my shaky voice, one thing I hadn't ever experienced before.

After so much silence, she finally said, “Seventy-two hours to prove your worth to the pack and me, so let's see.” and then she left, and I flinched as she slammed the door hard behind him.

I crumbled to the floor that moment, my lips hung open.

Seventy hours? How would I do that all by myself in three days?

I thought I finally needed the help of my parents and should go see them.