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Chapter 1
I move to the beat of the music, suddenly feeling all my worries wash away. I wanted to forget. To forget that the man I’m in love with is having this party to celebrate finding his mate.
To say I’m heartbroken would be an understatement. I am shattered because I knew my love for him would probably never fade.
“Come on, Sadie, you’ve danced enough.” My best friend, Piper, tells me, pulling me off the dance floor.
She knew I was having a hard time today. After all, the man who had unknowingly broken my heart was her big brother.
“I want to dance a little more.” I whined.
Right now, I would do anything if it meant that I wouldn’t think of him. That I wouldn’t think of the fact that he was never going to be mine. That I had lost him before I even had him.
It’s sad, honestly. I tried everything to get him to notice me, but he never did. I was nothing more than his sister’s best friend. The annoying girl that usually gets on his nerves.
I had hoped and prayed to the moon goddess that he would be my mate. I had wished every single year on my birthday that he would be mine. I thought he would notice me, but he never did. How could he when I wasn’t his type? When I wasn’t the kind of woman he would look at twice?
Unrequited love hurt like a fucking bitch, and now I was paying the price. Now I had to watch him fawn over his mate like she was the most precious thing in the world.
It fucking hurt, and no one knew how deep the pain was.
“You have to get over him. I’ve been telling you this for years,” Piper says, pulling me out of my thoughts.
She hands me a shot and I gladly take it. I needed something to drown out the pain I was currently feeling.
“Look, you probably have a mate out there that is dying to meet you. Get over Alec. It won’t be fair to your mate if he finds out you’re in love with someone else.”
Just the mention of his name brings pain shooting inside me. If I didn’t know better, I would think I was literally dying from heart break.
“It’s not that easy Piper,” I whispered brokenly.
How can I explain to her that her brother is embedded deep inside me? That he’s in my blood. That he is all I see and all I can think of. That he is the very air I breathe.
She wouldn’t understand. She always thought it was a silly crush. Alec was the freaking Alpha. Apart from that, he was freaking hot. A god walking among mortals. Every teenage girl and every single woman in our pack had a crush on him. Damn even some of the mated women got all flustered around him, so, of course, Piper would think that mine would fade away.
“It is. It will be really wrong if you continue this when he has already found his mate. It won’t be fair to them if you shadow their union by refusing to let him go,” she looks at me in sympathy.
I turn my head away. I didn’t want to see the sympathy in her eyes. It always hurt because I knew that I could never measure up to what a Luna should be.
I knew what she was saying was the truth, but getting my heart to listen was another thing altogether.
“Let’s just enjoy the party, okay? I’m sure that I’ll get over him in no time,” I lie to her, changing the subject altogether.
She nods her head eagerly before shooting back her glass and grinning at me. I manage to give her a smile before I take another shot.
She was the happiest when Alec found his mate. We usually find our mates when we reach twenty- one; Alec hadn’t been that lucky. I thought it was a sign. I was four years younger than him, so I thought it was a sign that he was meant to be mine.
I am now twenty. I thought that I had to wait one more year before we found out we were mates. I was so excited. I couldn’t wait for next year. The shock was on me, though. Unfortunately for me, he found his mate a few months back.
Piper chats with those around us. Happiness radiating from every pore of her body. Instead of engaging, I scan the area. My eyes immediately land on him, and my breath catches.
He was dancing with Lola. His mate.
He held her so closely and tenderly, like she was a porcelain doll that would break easily. He pulled away and looked down at her. His eyes held so much tenderness and love that I found it hard to breathe just from looking at them.
He bends down and softly kisses her lips. For the first time since I’ve known him, he was smiling. My heart breaks even more knowing that Lola was able to do something that I’ve never been able to do.
Not wanting to stay at the table watching everyone happy for the couple and not wanting to see Alec and Lola, I stand up.
“Where are you going?” Piper asks me, worry written on her face.
“I’m just going to the bar. I need to get shitfaced ASAP,” she nods her head, and I leave.
I take one of the bar stools and face the bartender. He was really cute. If only my stupid heart could fall for someone like him instead of Alec, who is unattainable.
“What can I get you?” Blondie asks with a smile.
“Something really strong.”
He stares at me before smiling again. “Coming up.”
I don’t know how long I’d been there when I felt his presence next to me. I give him a quick glance before turning back to face the drink in my hand.
“How are you, Sadie?” He suddenly asks, something that is so unlike him.
I turn to face him, wondering if he was drunk or something.
“I’m good,” I tell him after realizing that he is sober.
“I’m so fucking happy. Lola is everything I’ve ever wanted,” he says, grinning.
I take back what I said. He wasn’t sober, but he also wasn’t wholly drunk. The Alec I know isn’t this chipper. Not even when he has had a few drinks.
Looking at him now, it hits me how happy he freaking was. He was so happy that it radiated off him in waves. How then can I be against his happiness? I loved him so much, so how can I begrudge him for finding his mate?
Loving him meant that I should be happy when he is.
Having realized that, I let go of my pain and resentment. Loving him meant that his happiness is mine, even if I am not the one bringing him that happiness.
“I’m happy for you. Really happy Alec,” I tell him, feeling a weight being lifted off my shoulder.
“Thank you.”
Two glasses appear in front of me.
“On the house,” the guy said.
He was a different bartender from the one that had been serving me for the past few minutes, but I just shrug it off. Maybe they exchanged shifts or something.
“Here,” I hand him one of the glasses. “To your new beginnings.”
We clink our glasses and throw back the contents. It burns and tastes weird, but I don’t really care. I was drinking with Alec. That has never happened. Instead of thinking too much about it, I let go. I was going to have this moment with him, then I was going to let go of him.
We talk for a while and the next thing I know, we were in a room. I don’t know how or when we got there, but my mind doesn’t register a damn thing.
“I’ve been waiting for this since we met,” Alec says, undressing me.
Before I can respond, he smashes his mouth against mine and takes my mouth in a scorching kiss. One that left me breathless. My mind is hazy as Alec takes my body. Joining us and making us one. I love everything he does, and I eventually lose count of every single time he brings me to the climax.
This is everything I ever imagined being with Alec would feel like. So why the hell did it feel so wrong? Why the hell did it feel like something wasn’t right?
Chapter 2
Raised voices bring me out of a peaceful sleep. There were people arguing, but it all sounded so far away. Instead of opening my eyes, I snuggled deeper into the comfy and warm mattress. It felt like heaven. Like I was sleeping in the clouds.
Someone shouts my name, but I push the sound back. It was probably one of the maids trying to wake me up. Frowning, I try to get back to sleep.
I was just falling into bliss when someone roughly shakes me. Before I can do anything, I was pushed off the bed, and I fall on the cold, hard floor.
“Wake up, you shameless, thieving b**h.”
If the fall didn’t wake me up, then the menacing and vicious voice definitely did the trick. I open my eyes, my mind foggy.
I looked around the room, but it wasn’t familiar. Looking down, I realized that I was naked. What the hell was going on? I grab the sheet quickly and wrap it around my naked form before standing up.
“What’s going on?” I asked, as I stared at the occupants of the room.
Lola was staring daggers at me. Her eyes filled with so much hate and bitterness. Jason, Alec’s beta, Micah, his gamma and Piper were present. Alec was seated on the bed in nothing but his boxer briefs with his head held in his hand.
I stare at them, not really sure what the hell was happening, why everyone was here, or what the hell Alec was doing in this room, half naked, while I didn’t have my clothes on.
“I can’t do this. I just can’t do this,” Lola whispers as tears fill her eyes.
Alec stands up and tries to go to her, but she backs away from him.
“Stay away from me, you cheating a**le,” she screams.
“Please, Lola…please just f**g listen,” he begs. “I don’t remember what the hell happened. The last thing I remember is going to the bar.”
It takes a while, but things start to make sense.
F**k. Why me moon goddess? What the hell did I do to you?
I try to think back to last night, but I come up with nothing. The last thing I remember is the bartender handing me and Alec drinks and telling us they were on the house.
“No! I won’t listen to your damn excuse. Do you think I’m stupid? You cheat on me two days before our mating ceremony, and you expect me to believe your pathetic excuse. You expect me to believe that you don’t know what happened and don’t remember sleeping with that slut?” she screams at him.
I feel my legs weaken as Lola voices my thoughts. I hold on to the headboard for support. My eyes scan the bed, and they quickly land on the spot of blood on the sheets.
Oh goddess. I slept with Alec yesterday. I slept with someone else’s mate, and I don’t even remember a f u c k i n g thing.
I feel bile rise up, and before I can stop it, I puke all over the carpet.
Everyone except Alec looks at me in disgust. Alec just stares at his mate. His eyes fixated on her. Lola turns her eyes back to Alec and gives him the coldest look I’ve ever seen on her.
“We’re done. Don’t call me, don’t look for me and don’t f c k i n g dare come near me again.”
“Please, Lo, don’t do this.”
“I’m not doing anything, you destroyed everything when you decided to take that b i tch to bed.”
Ripping her hand from his, she walks out, banging the door on her way out.
Alec looks at the door for a while, before the most terrifying growl leaves his mouth. He turns and pins me with a deadly look. His eyes flashed yellow, and his mouth was set.
I take back a step in fear, but there is nowhere to go. Growls and snarls leave his mouth. Both his and his wolf’s anger were all directed at me.
“Get dressed and get your f u c k i n g a s s in my office,” he snarls, making me scramble to get my clothes.
Within seconds, all three of them leave, and I’m left in the room alone. I try to breathe through the panic, but it’s no use. I was in deep trouble.
Not only had I slept with the alpha and a man who had found his mate, but I might also be responsible for breaking Alec and Lola up.
‘Just calm down. You’ll just explain your side of the story’, I tell myself. “I’m sure they’ll believe me.”
I dress as fast as I can while taking deep, calming breaths. After I’m done, I rush out of the room and head straight to the Alpha’s office.
‘Whore’
‘Slut’
The words were flung at me as I ran past a few pack members. The shaming words hurt, but I ignore them. Now is not the time to let my feelings take control.
When I get to the office, I gently knock.
Alec yells for me to come in. At first, I thought of running because I could hear the anger in his voice, but that would only get me into more trouble.
The moment I get in and I close the door behind me, a slap lands on my cheek.
I looked at Piper in shock, unable to believe that my best friend slapped me.
“How could you?” she cries. “How could you betray me like this? You know how much I love my brother and how happy I was that he found his mate, but you just had to ruin that, didn’t you?” she screams at me.
“It’s not like that. I didn’t do anything.”
“You’ve always been obsessed with Alec, but you’ve taken this too far. Drugging him so he could sleep you is disgusting and low even for you, Sadie.”
Tears fall down my face as her words pierce my heart and soul. We’ve been best friends for years, yet she believed I was guilty the first chance she got.
“I didn’t drug him, I swear.” I cry.
“Then explain this”, Alec shouts and throws me a gadget.
It hits me on the forehead, but no one seems to care. I see stars for a while, but I bend down and take the tablet, ignoring the throbbing pain.
The video shows me handing Alec one of the two glasses that the bartender gave me.
“You probably spiked the drink before giving it to me, isn’t that right? You knew I would never sleep with you sober, so you drugged me. You wanted to kill two birds with one stone. Sleep with me and break my relationship with Lola,” Alec says bitterly, his eyes conveying nothing but hate and anger.
“I swear that’s not true. I would never do that. You can ask the bartender who gave me the drinks,” I pleaded.
Jason scoffs. “How convenient, since the bartender is nowhere to be found, and he wasn’t one of the workers hired yesterday. You know what I think? I think he’s your accomplice. You paid him to spike the Alpha’s drink.”
I shake my head as more tears fall down my face. It pained me knowing they believed such horrible things about me.
“You’ve known me for years, Pip. You know I would never do something like that. Please believe me.”
Something soft passes through her eyes, but as soon as it appears, it disappears. A cold look takes over her face and her eyes shine with hate.
“I want to believe you, but given how you’ve been obsessed with Alec for years, I believe your obsession could have caused you to abandon your senses.”
With those words, she nails the first nail in my coffin.
I sag in defeat. I don’t understand why no one would believe me. I love Alec, but I would never do anything that would hurt him.
“Take her to the fucking dungeon,” he orders Jason, before turning to me. “The contents of the glass you gave me have been sent for analysis. If the results come out positive that there are traces of drugs, I swear you’re going to regret ever crossing me, Sadie.”
I don’t fight as Jason drags me from the office to what will be my new home, unless I can prove I’m not guilty.
Someone was framing me; I just didn’t know who it was or why they were doing it.
Chapter 3
The whip lands on my back. I grit my teeth against the pain and refuse to give them the satisfaction of watching me break.
I don’t know how long I’ve been here. All I know is that I’m slowly starting to lose my mind, slowly starting to lose myself. I’ve known nothing but pain since I came here. Nothing but hurt and sadness.
Every day they come and take their frustrations out on me. Every day they come and make me pay for ruining their Alpha’s chance at happiness.
As you’ve already guessed, the test turned positive. Very few things can affect werewolves, so no one is sure what exactly was used, because the drug used wasn’t anything our pack is familiar with.
The moment the test turned positive, I knew that my fate had been sealed. No one seemed to believe me. Everyone I knew and loved, including Piper, turned their backs on me in support of Alec.
Another whip, and I wince. My back probably looked like ground meat. I’ve been through every kind of torture. Whipping, slicing, burning, my bones have been broken, and my hair has been cut. If you can think of any torture, then I’ve probably been through it.
It hurts. Not just the physical pain, but the emotional one. This is the pack that took me in and embraced me when my parents died. Now I was a piranha to them. Everything good I’ve ever done has been forgotten.
I was no longer Sadie, a pack member. Now I was nothing but a h**, a s**t, a home wrecker, a thief, and a traitor. I can’t even remember the last time I heard someone say my name.
My thoughts are pushed back when the door opens and Alec walks in. I tremble in fear. I guess he was here to get his pound of flesh.
“Has she talked yet?” he asked, his voice on edge.
He seemed angry, more pissed off than usual. His shoulders were tense, and his eyes blazed fire. They kept switching colors, meaning that he and his wolf were in sync.
“Not yet Alpha,” Jason grits out.
Alec folds the arms of his shirt before taking a knife. I try to walk back, but there is no escape. I’m chained to the ceiling. There is nowhere to go.
“Let’s see if I can get her to confess her sins,” he spits before plunging the knife into my stomach.
Of all my tormentors, Alec is the worst of them all. I loved him with all my heart. I treasured him. I would never have done anything that would hurt him, yet he’s done everything he can think of to cause me pain. The love I had for him has now been poisoned. All I see when I look into his eyes is the monster that he is. I now hate him as much, or even more, than he hates me.
“I didn’t do anything wrong. I’m not the one who drugged you,” I whispered, trying to control the tremble in my voice.
“You expect me to fucking believe that, you b**h?” he bellows.
The punch he lands on my face is enough to have me seeing stars. Being hit by a man fucking hurts. It’s similar to being hit by a huge boulder.
“I swear I didn’t.”
“And I won’t believe the lies of a st. You knew I couldn’t sleep with you sober, so the only way you could have my dk is by drugging me. Did you enjoy taking advantage of me? Did you enjoy sleeping with a man who could barely remember his own name? Is that what gets you off?”
His words are bitter as he flung them at me. Each one of them pierced my heart, broke down the little pieces of myself I had left.
Why can’t they see how much they’re hurting me? How much they were destroying me?
“I wouldn’t know. I was also drunk.”
No one believes that I was also drugged. No one believes that I was also a victim. That I also don’t remember what happened that night. They all want to blame me, to turn me into a villain.
His snarl is the only warning I get before he plunges the knife deeper. He then twists it before wrenching it out.
I close my eyes, hoping to hide my pain, hoping to hide my helplessness. When I have everything under control, I open them.
They clash with his. Alec’s were filled with nothing but loathing and hate. My heart breaks even more at seeing this. Yes, he used to give me expressionless looks, but never ones that were filled with hatred.
From there, he uses me as a punching bag. I can feel myself weaken with each punch, each slap, and each stab.
Relief comes when Micah opens the door and enters.
“Alec, Lola is here to see you,” he tells him.
I see hope flash in his eyes. He truly does love and care for her. If only he knew that I would never have done anything to jeopardize his happiness.
Alec nods before turning to me. “I’m giving you one last chance to confess.”
“I didn’t do anything. I’m innocent.” My voice comes out as a hoarse whisper.
He looks at me with deadly eyes. His lips twist in a cruel grin right before he swings his arms and slashes my face.
“Now, no one will ever be able to look at you because you’re disfigured and ugly. It will always be a reminder of my hate for you.”
He leaves without remorse or a backward glance. His friends leave with him too.
The moment they’re out of the door, I let my first tear fall. My cheek throbs from the cut, which I’m sure is deep. Alec’s right. Given I haven’t shifted yet, my scars will forever remain with me. Not just the one on my face, but also the ones on my body.
I slump forward and curse the moon goddess for what she has allowed to happen to me. She knows I’m innocent, yet she allowed her children to hurt and humiliate me. I don’t know if I’ll ever get out, but I’ll hate Alec and his pack until my dying breath.
My body was giving in to the darkness when the door creaked open. I stare at him, afraid he’s back to give me another beating.
“Shss, don’t move,” he says gently. “I’m here to help, but we have to be quick before the guards or Alpha Alec notices what’s happening.”
I stare at him in disbelief. “You believe me?”
He nods his head. “Yes. Something about this doesn’t feel right. My intuition is always spot on and something tells me that this is bigger than any of us can imagine.”
He walks to me and slowly begins untying my chain.
“What about the cameras?”
“Don’t worry about that. I’ve taken care of it.”
Once I’m free from the chain, I slump forward and almost collide with the floor, but he breaks my fall.
He holds me up and walks us out the door.
There weren’t any other prisoners, neither were there any guards. We slowly walk until we get to a secret passageway.
“Won’t you get in trouble if he ever finds out you helped me escape?” I ask, worried for him.
If there is something I’ve learned, is that Alec doesn’t know the meaning of forgiveness.
“He won’t ever find out unless I want him to,” he answers as we finally reach the end of the passage and break through a forest.
For some reason, I believe him, so I let the issue go. Besides, I didn’t have the energy to keep the conversation going.
When he realized that we were walking too slowly, he picks me up and carries me. Everything begins to blur as he speeds past trees.
I don’t know how long we ran, but finally we get to the border. This part of the border didn’t have any patrols, probably because it bordered humans. It would raise too much suspicion if humans saw dozens of men patrolling the area.
“You have to cut connections with the pack if you don’t want Alec to find you easily,” he puts me down.
I slowly, but tiredly cross the border.
Taking a deep breath, I say the words that would sever my connection to the pack.
“Sadie Evans, cut my ties with the Blood Moon Pack.”
A chill goes down my back as I feel the connection end. The humming disappears, and my brain becomes quiet.
“Is it done?”
I’m about to answer when I hear a terrifying roar in the distance, right before a blinding pain cuts through my body. I scream out in pain as tears run down my face. It felt like a part of me had been ripped away.
“Shit! You have to leave, Sadie. Right fucking now,” he tells me pleadingly.
Tears continue to run down my face as I began to walk. My whole body ached and everything, including my soul, was broken.
One step after another, I walk away.
I know what that pain meant, and I will never forgive him for doing this to me.