The Stolen Cure
694 Words
The grand pack hall, which usually echoed with laughter, rowdy drinking and the proud roars of warriors had turned completely ice-cold. The air was thick and suffocatingly quiet. Hundreds of pack members stood packed.
Shoulder to shoulder under the high, vaulted ceilings, their eyes locked onto me like predators cornering prey.
Not a single foot shifted. Not a single person whispered. The silence was heavy and aggressive, pressing down on my chest until breathing felt like swallowing glass. Even the massive chandeliers overhead seemed to dim, casting long, mocking shadows across the polished stone floor. Everyone was holding their breadth waiting for the final blow to fall . It was the kind of dead silence that didn't just mean a lack of noise - it meant an execution was about to happen.
Bradon took a slow, deliberate step forward on the stage, the heavy thud of his boots echoing in the dead silence of hall. Her looked down at me, his sharp jawline tight, his fair skin flushed within an arrogant power. There wasn't a shred of regret in eyes - only a cold, unyeilding cruelty.
He raised his chin , his voice booming through the suffocating air.
" I, Brandon future alpha of blood moon pack, formally announce in front of all that I reject Iris as my future luna, and I will never marry her!"
A collective gasp rippled through the crowd, followed by an immediate, suffocating silence. Bradon sneered, pointing a mocking finger down at me.
" Look at her. " he commanded the crowd, his tone dripping with disgust. " She is nothing but a useless, talentless Omega. She can barely shift, she brings no power to our bloodline, and she is a burden to this pack. A true Alpha demands a queen who brings a glory. Not a pathetic, nobody who hides in the shadows."
Before the whispered could even settle, Brandon turned towards the side of stage. His expression instantly shifted into a proud, triumphant smile as he extended his hands.
" Instead I announce my true mate and future Luna - Sienna."
Sienna step out from the shadows, wearing a glittering, trendy dresses and deeply smug smile. She glided over to Brandon, wrapping her arm tightly around his, looking down at me as I dirt beneath her expensive shoes.
" Sienna is the brilliant mind who just created a miracle cure that saved our pack's warriors." Brandon lied to the crowd, his eyes shinning with a blind pride as he held her hand high. " She is the strong, gifted woman who deserves to rule by my side. As for Iris - she is stripped of her rank and discarded."
Sienna leaned into Brandon's shoulder, throwing me victorious, malicious look from the stage, silently mocking for a stolen credit. They stood together , basking in the sudden cheers of the pack, completely clueless that they had just sealed their own doom.
The hall erupted into thunderous applause for the new couple. Brandon looked at seinna as she is moon itself, completely blind to the fact that the " miracle cure " he praised her for was written in the stolen notebook tucked inside her expensive purse.
I didn't shed a single tear. I didn't beg, and I didn't scream. Instead, I left out a soft, breathy laugh that was instantly swallowed by an roaring crowd.
They thought they stripping me of my rank, but in reality, they were freeing me from my chains.
Turning my back to the cheering crowd, the glittering stage, and the man who had just traded a diamond for peices of glass. I walked towards the heavy oak doors of the pack hall. with every step I took, the invisible weight of playing the ' useless omega ' slipped from my shoulder.
I was leaving this pack tonight. And I am taking my genius, my medicine and their entire future with me.
Pushing open the doors, I stepped out into the pouring rain and headed straight for dark, forbidden depth of neutral forest.Brandon wanted a strong pack ? Let's see how strong his pack remains when the real doctor walks out the door.
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