CHAPTER 1
BETRAYAL
ASHINA
My eyes drowsily opened, and blinked multiple times before I saw Jenelle. Her devilish smile curved her red lips. Jenella was looking at me, grinning, and raised her left leg and used her stiletto to lift my chin so I could face her.
I was in this depressing situation weeks ago. I looked at my lower body and sobbed as I saw myself bleeding. I definitely lost my child. My limbs were still locked, and the mice and cockroaches became my companions for weeks. I was so weak, and I couldn't fight Jenella anymore.
Jenella is my cousin, her father and my father are brothers. I treated Jenella as my sister from the moments she stayed in our family. She became my sister…. My older sister… I felt sad, with the memories flashing through my mind.
Regrets. This is all I feel.
Mostly, I regretfully think of those days I was so foolish for trusting this vixen before me.
“Look how miserable you are b***h!” Jenella said and followed with her crispy laugh.
I just stared at her and didn't react to what she said. I hate her! I hate her so much! Much more when she proudly told me she killed my father. How devious she is!
“Garth is dead!”
My eyes were shocked, staring at Jenella at what she said. Garth…. He's my last hope, and now he's dead?!
“Until now, on one's collecting the remains of the poor alpha whom you once rejected.”
I felt tears forming in my eyes, but I won't make Jenella feel the satisfaction of my defeat boosts her happiness.
“Charles and I will soon tie the knot. He will be the new alpha for defeating Garth, and I will be his Luna.”
I still had no words to say. I will let Jenella talk. But Garth…my heart is aching for him.
Garth was my mate, but I rejected him a year ago because of Charles. I believed that Charles and I were bound to end. I was convinced by Jenella that I should reject my true mate, the alpha of warpaw keepers, the alpha I was destined to be, but I refused because I was so foolish. And now…he is dead. How could someone like Charles, a weakling, defeat Garth?
“Garth was strong and undefeatable, but Charles is wise and brilliant. Charles traded your safety with the poison that would slowly kill Garth. And luckily you, Garth took the poison that caused him to get weak, and Charles won their fight and became the new alpha. Isn't Charles so amazing?”
“Amazing, my ass!” I angrily reacted to that. I feel sorry for the moon Goddess for contradicting the fate she gave me and Garth. I feel sorry for being so stupid and trusting Jenella and Charles.
Jenella slapped me, and being hurt was now longer in my mind. After almost a month in this damp and stinky basement, I became numb as I felt no pain. All I feel now is remorse for Jenella and Charles.
But nothing I could do aside from praying. I kept praying, but my prayers were answered tragically as I learned Garth was dead.
“And last words!” a taunting smile appeared on Jenella’s lips as she asked me. The smell of gasoline succumbed to my system.
Gasoline?! She's going to burn me alive!
“f**k you to hell and back!” I screamed those words, but it was worthless. I will face death and nothing I can do but feel betrayed. Badly betrayed by the ‘sister’ I had trusted all my life.
“Do you remember how you refused Garth's mark?” She asked me with a grin.
I do. I do remember that night. The ceremony of our bond, but I rejected Garth and the start that weakened him. The moment when I saw how a strong alpha had been hurt. I hurt Garth. Multiple times I hurt him…and now, I am the cause of his death.
Forgive me, Garth. forgive me, please…if I have another to correct my misdeeds to both of us, I will accept fate to be your mate wilfully. I'm sorry…. I'm Sorry for being so weak and stupid.
Moon Goddess, help me…please…help me… Don't let these devious people lead the two packs that belonged to Garth and me.
“I told Charles to kill you with poison just like Garth, but he wanted to burn you alive, princess. He wanted to see your ashes on the ground. Like your nickname ‘Ash’. You will end as ash.” Jenella's crispy laugh again vibrated the corners of the basement.
I am scared. I truly am. But being scared could no longer help me. The gasoline made my weak body nauseous. It made me want to close my eyes and wait for my death.
“Once I leave you here, the fire will start. One command to Charles’s men will make them do what they are tasked with. So this is about goodbye, my precious dear sister. Please guide Charles and me in your afterlife.”
“Guide you? I promise I will deliver you to the devil himself, Jenella! You and Charles will face the karma you both deserve!!! Afterlife will not have me! I will be a curse that both of you wish for your own death before I will take both your lives with my claws and fangs!”
“Claws and fangs?” Jenella laughed again.
“Your claws and fangs will soon be like you… just ashes to the ground!”
Jenella left me after that. It was a split second when I felt the fire begin. The heat I am feeling envelopes the basement. My inner wolf that is awakened is terrified. I wanted her to sleep. She better be sleeping.
“Go back to sleep, misty….” I whispered to my wolf. She is now more frightened as she feels the death that we are facing. “I'm sorry…you told me multiple times that I must not trust Charles and Jenella, but I did. I'm sorry, misty… forgive me.”
As my tears filled my cheeks, the fire was getting me.
“I will not accept this cruel fate! For misty, for my pack, for my father, and for Garth…. I will be back!!! I will return to get revenge! I will not be in the afterlife! I won't stop until I bring Charles and Jenella to hell!!!”