Tangled Destiny

Chapter 3

Sasha’s POV

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So, it has been five years since I was adopted by the royal family. After the heated welcome that I received from the royal family members, I was finally consoled by two of the most important figures in the palace.

Veronica, who was the maid that the alpha assigned to me took good care of me and told me so much about the way of the palace. I know you might be guessing where the family member from the breakfast took me. She took me to tell me that everything would be fine.

She was older than me and she had more mature character and experience than I do. I was able to calm down after she had told me a series of events that had happened in the life of the Luna. I saw that everyone face their own battles even if you don’t know about them.

The luna lost her mother a few months ago. According to what I heard, she was the best woman in her life, the only woman she could call a friend and a mother. So, you can see why she was turned apart by the death of her mother. However, she is a sinister whom I heard used a charm on the alpha to make her his mate and Luna. These rumours also have it that the spell will soon break, and Magaret will be known for who she truly is.

Enough of the past for now. Today, the alpha has arranged to take me to the forest to teach me how to hunt and survive in the forest alone. I made all my stuff and got ready because today is going to be a wonderful day in my life. ‘I will learn how to hunt and I will find and hunt down the wolf or rogue rather that killed my parents ‘I made a mental commitment.’

I cannot give up on the death of my parents just like that. I will make sure that this wolf or rogue will taste the bitterness of what he had cost me.

“Sasha, are you ready? If you are, come on let’s go. The forest is in perfect condition at this moment” The alpha’s voice echoed in my ear, and I chuckled and came out of my thoughts. The alpha has been so kind to me, like his own daughter.

“Yes, Dad”, he made me stop calling him alpha. He would rather that I call him dad than alpha. I still wonder what he said to his Luna that made her able to leave me or be able to live with her for this long. Ever since that breakfast, Luna had been trying to show me, genuine love, although I sensed some uneasiness in her whenever she spoke to me. How she can put up the act for this long remains a mystery to me.

The alpha and I got to the forest and we dived into the agender we came for. Now, Sasha, you watch what I do and repeat after me.

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After hours of hectic and mysterious training, we came to the last part of the training. This is the most interesting part of the training, according to what Dad had said earlier.

He made me run and hide, and then he’ll look for me with precision. This training is aimed at teaching me how to locate enemies or prey with high efficiency. I ran and hid in a spot. Without wasting much time, the alpha found me. I was shocked at how he was able to do that.

“Now, it is your turn to find me. I give you 5 minutes to find me,” he said and I nodded. “Remember the way I told you to do it” he added, earning him a smile from me. Before I knew what was happening, he was already hidden in the forest. So, my search began.

I got to a point and lost track of time and the purpose of my mission. All I could focus on was the horror before me, the sight that screams death.

Is this how I will end my days, too? Of course, I was training, but I was not trained enough to defeat this huge wolf right before me.

I froze at the spot, the wolf lounging with a great intensity that screams death. I just know this is how my story ends. In the flash of seconds, I relived all the moments of my whole life. I immediately closed my eyes, already saying my last words before I also get denied the chance to say it. For what felt like an eternity, the blow never seemed to come; then I decided to open my eyes. My eyes gave me the sight of horror. The alpha was bleeding; it was like tap water put on high pressure.

'What do I do?’ I questioned myself repeatedly. I was already panicking heavily and my heart was rising and falling faster than I could think. 'Will I lose the alpha, my second dad again?’ How can I be this unfortunate?

“Dad!” I screamed and cried out aloud to the top of my voice. After that, I collapsed on his body, sobbing. I sobbed till I felt darkness engulfed me.

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The next thing I saw when I woke up was myself in the palace, and I could hear the voices of the people present. “Let her wake up and tell us what happened” I heard from one of the voices.

I opened my eyes and started looking around for Dad. “Dad!” I called out, terrified of the worst that could happen. Immediately, I was surrounded by people whom I couldn't recognize. I managed to recognize the Luna and some of the royal household, but this wasn't what I was looking for.

“What happened in the forest?” They asked in unison and I was perplexed a bit, but I didn't care much about that for now.

I wasted no time to deliver the information to them. I told them how I was attacked by a werewolf and the alpha saved me from the werewolf with his life. I didn't know it was going to happen the way it did.

“Mom”, a voice interrupted the gathering, and everyone turned to look at the mystery voice coming from the door. The figure was a young man; he looked like the alpha in resemblance, and one could affirm that he was the son of the alpha. He might have heard the news and come back. The alpha had told me about his son sometime but what he didn't mention was how handsome and charming his son would be. Pardon me for saying this at the moment, but I had to admit that what I saw was a Greek god.

He didn't look quite happy; I mean, of course, who would at this moment, hearing that why have lost their father?

“Your dad is gone, Jerry,” his mother told him, and he went mute for a second. It seems like he was trying to process the news. He looked gentle, but at this moment you don't want to talk to him, especially if you are not bringing his father back.

“How did it happen?” He threw the question to no one in particular and someone from the crowd took the honour to answer what had me pinned on the spot. “He died because of Sasha”.

When I heard that, I knew I had encountered a bigger problem of my own. The next statement that came from a voice laced with anger and furiousity got me more.

“And who is Sasha?”