In order to quell the conflict, the Pack Leader of the Immortal Wolf tribe had to offer a treaty, which included giving his own daughter, the infamous she-wolf Lila, as a consort to my mate—the Alpha.
Lila was renowned for her beauty and her fiery temper, as wild as the wolves she led.
Lila was arrogant, relying on her lineage, and her status, to do as she pleased. It didn’t take long for her to cross into the forbidden lands, leading her pack mates, who were more like her cliques, with her.
I remembered the sharpness in her voice when she found me.
“Who is this pathetic human? And hiding in our sacred territory, no less?” She sneered as she approached, with the wolves at her side. “And what is this? A bastard child in her belly?”
Her words stung like a whip. She accused me of sleeping with the guards, of carrying a child not worthy of our Alpha.
Before I could even comprehend what was happening, she barked an order.
“Cut her open! Rip the child from her womb.”
I didn’t even have the opportunity to comprehend what was happening; everything was happening fast and before I knew it, her cliques descended on me.
Not thinking twice about the Morality of Lila’s orders.
Sometimes I forget that, unlike me, who is a human, wolves like them rarely take such things as morality into question.
The pain that followed was unimaginable. Her cliques attacked me, their claws tearing through my skin, slicing into me until I could no longer fight. Blood pooled around me; my limbs were destroyed.
Lila hovered over me, her twisted smile growing wider as she watched me suffer. Just as darkness overtook me, the Alpha appeared. But it was too late.
The Alpha arrived with the most powerful wolves of the six packs gathered behind him, watching in silence as Lila stood over me, a twisted grin on her face.
He had arrived, too late to save me, but just in time to witness Lila dangling the tiny, blood-soaked body in front of him, her voice dripping with triumph.
“This is the mortal who dared to seduce our Alpha,” she spat, holding up the lifeless body of my unborn child. “As for this,” she continued, referring to my dead child in her arms, Is the result of her mating with a Rogue’s spawn.”
“You should thank me for ridding you of this disgrace.”
My body trembled at her words, but I couldn’t say anything or muster any strength.