Ashes To Vegeance

Chapter Four

You can't be serious," Ariana spat, her voice venomous. "I'm your wife, your partner, your Luna,

and the woman carrying the heir. You can't just replace me with some... some stranger!"

The Alpha's expression remained calm as murmurs of surprise from the pack spread through

the air. "Luna is pregnant?"

He held my wrists tightly, but a hint of tension crept into his voice. "My mate is not a stranger,

Ariana. "She's the one destined for me." He drew me closer as he said this. The eyes of the pack

burning into me. My heart pounded in my chest, echoing in my ear like a war drum.

Ariana's anger boiled over, her face reddening. "I won't step down. I won't let you do this to me!"

The pack watched, divided, as she refused to accept her impending replacement.

The Alpha's jaw clenched, his patience wearing thin. "Ariana, this is not a decision I'm taking

lightly. My mate is the one meant for me, and my decision will always be final as the king of this

pack. Everyone is dismissed."

ROBERT'S POV

"Is she trying to give my pregnancy to Alpha? "She must be joking," I whispered to myself where

I was standing.

Robert and Ariana have been sleeping with each other, as Alpha only touches her once in a

while. Robert was the only one available to satisfy her sexually. Ariana had been cheating on

Alpha with Robert.

"Is your Luna inside?" I asked one of the female servants aggressively as I approached the

door.

"Y-yes, Noo-o, s-she is in-side," she replied in confusion, knowing full well of the recent

declaration of the new Luna, Alpha's mate, made by Alpha coupled with my fearful

appearance.

I slammed the door and entered. "What the hell are you doing? Do you think you can give my

pregnancy to someone else? Not in my lifetime will that be possible!" I yelled at Ariana furiously

with my fists clenched.

After a while, her steps broke the silence in the room as she moved closer to where I was

standing and wrapping her hands round my waist. The touch feels soothing, like always. She rests

her hand on my back with her long hair flying behind my ear.

She whispered to me softly, "We are not changing the plan, Robert. You own the pregnancy, and

the Alpha title is coming to you very soon, but the sudden appearance of this slave girl is a

concern to me."

I turned back to face her. I couldn't help the sight of her lips closer to mine. Immediately, I turned

to kiss her. I pulled her closer, my face inches from Ariana's. "She can never get in our way," I

whispered, strapped with emotion. "You're always mine." "Yes," she replied with her eyes

closing up gradually as my tongue locked up with hers.

CAROLINE'S POV

I have been getting pain in my body around my chest and stomach. I was not feeling my usual

self, so I went to go see a pack doctor today.

They first gave me a strange look when I told them how I felt. But then they decided to take a

blood test and make me pee in a cup. First, the doctor's diagnosis shocked me when the pack

doctor returned and told me I was pregnant.

I left in excitement to share the good news with Alpha. I entered the pack house on my way to

tell the Alpha I'm carrying his heir in my belly. Something any Alpha desperately needs.

I was consumed by my thoughts and happiness that the pack's expression flew under my radar

as I moved closer to the Alpha's chamber.

"Here she comes," said Ariana, with tears streaming down her face. Robert, alongside some

elders in the pack stood, their murmurs sending echoes through the room as they fixed their

gaze on me.

"What's happening?" I whispered to myself.

Their glacial stare made me feel like I'd been punched in the gut; their frosty demeanor made

my heart skipped a beat.

"King, as Luna is here in our midst, let's hear her part; maybe she wants to defend herself," one

of the elders in the pack said as he stepped forward.

I'm adrift in a storm of questions.

"What does she have to say in the presence of a witness? I never knew that you could be this

wicked to poison a mother and the unborn child," said Robert.

The elder's whisper ripped through the air as they all nodded in agreement.

"I tried to poison who? A witness?" I muttered under my breath.

I looked down a bit only to see Nina, one of the female servants, on her knees crying without a

sound. Nina was brought to witness that I tried to poison Ariana's plate.

"Yes...s, I... I saw her coating the plate with a black powder, after which...sh...she instructed me.

to use the plate to serve Lady Ariana, and I also heard you talking about killing her and her

unborn child," Nina said as her words tumbled out in a shaky whisper.

"No, it's not me; I didn't know anything about this," I tried to defend myself.

I see Ariana sending me an evil smile and insisting that I eat the food served on the said

poisoned plate if I'm truly innocent. The room erupted in a symphony of approval.

I locked eyes with Alpha. "Do you want to eat from the plate to prove your innocence?"

A sense of certainty shone through his features. Alpha believed me, and I agreed to eat from

the plate.

Without hesitation, I raised the food to my lips and took a bite, unknowingly to me that Ariana

had poisoned the plate.

The poison coursed through my veins like a dark river, its effect immediate and devastating. My

chest heaved, desperate for oxygen as my strength kept fading.

The only thing I could hear was the noise of the people standing, looking at me as I gasped for

air.