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THIRD PERSON'S POV:-
After dinner, Alpha Alexander rose from his chair. "Alright, Sweet Bean! I will see you when I get back home." Alpha Athena was left confused over his words. Alpha Alexander just joined the family at the dinner table. He didn't even freshen up. He just sat down on his chair as soon as he got back home.
"What? You are leaving again? It's late!" Athena tried to complain, though she knew she was not supposed to. Alpha Alexander was actually running not one but two packs at that time.
"I know, dear. But I still have a few things to take care of before I get back to you." Hearing his answer, Athena's face fell almost instantly.
"Hey! Why don't you go and get some rest? I will wake you up as soon as I get home." Alpha Alexander offered in a gentle tone while stroking Athena's long black locks. She smiled sadly and nodded her head.
Alpha Alexander pecked Athena's forehead and walked away. "Let me take you to your bedroom." Beta woman Quinn offered Athena. But before she could rise on her feet, William had one of his arms wrapped around Athena's shoulders as he helped Athena up on her feet again.
"You finish eating first. I can take Athena back to her room." William growled in annoyance as he pulled Athena out of the dining hall. He took Athena back to her bedroom.
"Get some rest. You don't need to worry about him. He is doing whatever he is supposed to just so his future children can thrive in a better world." William spoke as he covered Athena with a comforter. He dimmed all the lights in the room and left her. Taking a deep breath, Athena let the exhaustion take over her body.
At midnight, when everyone in the Woodfang mansion was in their beds, sleeping peacefully, there was someone who couldn't get a blink of sleep in a week. A week ago, Milana found out that Athena was pregnant with Alexander's baby when she came back home after a six month business tour.
After tossing and turning for about two hours, she finally decided to get up and end the very reason she couldn't be with Alpha Alexander. The reason Alpha Alexander pushed her away. That reason was his mate, Athena Hound.
Milana went toward her closet and grabbed the dagger she had gotten ready for the same reason. Its blade was laced with poison and wolf's bane. And since it was silver, Milana knew for sure that there was no way Athena would survive one slash of that blade. Alpha or not, that blade was poisonous enough to kill the wolf God.
Looking around, Milana made her way toward the alpha's bedroom. A shadow had its eyes on Milana as she walked toward Alpha Alexander's bedroom. A wicked smile appeared on that face that Milana failed to see just because of her ambition to kill Athena.
Athena quickly crawled out of the bed and made her way toward the bathroom. "Gotta pee! Gotta pee! Gotta pee!" She ran toward the bather, mumbling that. She quickly relieved herself then went back to the bedroom as she heard the door of her bedroom open.
She was expecting to see Alexander, but instead, Milana was standing there, waiting for Athena to come out. As soon as Athena stepped out of the bathroom, a sharp blade slit her throat ear to ear. Clutching onto her neck, Athena fell on the ground. Blood was oozing from her neck as Milana was merciless to cut her carotid artery to make sure Athena would meet her end in no time. While Athena was bleeding out, Milana watched her suffering with a wicked smile on her face. As if she might have won a battle.
"With you gone, I can have Alexander to myself. He will be broken for a while. But I will fix him the way I want. And then, he will be mine." Staring at the moon outside of the window, Milana growled in happiness. She was actually howling at the Moon, mocking the Moon Goddess Hecate. But she didn't notice what was happening around her.
Athena's blood started glowing silver and it started flowing back into her body. Soon, the carpet that turned Scarlet with Athena's blood, was clean as if nothing happened. Athena's eyes were glowing red as she opened her eyes and started rising in her feet again. Her long hair that reached her lower back, suddenly grew longer to reach her knees, just the way it was in Aurora's whole life.
"You dare to claim him to be yours. You dare try to ruin his life. You are nothing but a filthy brat. A slut who opened her legs wide for all my brothers! How dare you even think about my Alexander?" A howl from behind her, made Milana freeze in fear. She turned around and found Athena standing on her feet. Her skin slowly turned pink and all of the blood was back in her body and the open wound on her neck sealed as if she was not harmed at all.
"The one who gave him life, was not me. But the one who kept him alive was me. He belongs to me and I am the one who wrote his fate." She screamed at Milana but not a single wrinkle on her face. There was this mischievous grin on her face that scared all the demons that were inside Milana.
"No! He is mine!" With all the strength she could find in herself, Milana screamed at Athena angrily. She was about to attack Athena but Athena grabbed Milana by her neck.
"No! He was mine and now he belongs to Athena. The one who is born with my beast." Milana's eyes widened as she heard not Athena's, but Aurora's voice. Before she could react, Aurora's hand stabbed through Milana's chest. Aurora pulled Milana's heart out of her chest then squashed it on her palm.
"It's my time, finally!" Aurora growled, grabbing the gown from the chair and wrapping it around her body. She walked out of the room and went toward the staircase that led to the basement. The shadow that was waiting for Milana to get rid of Athena, disappeared almost instantly as he saw the similar red glowing eyes that he thought he would never have to meet again in his life.
"It's been a long time, brother!" Aurora's voice echoed in the empty dungeon under the Woodfang mansion. Jonah turned his head with his eyes wide in surprise.
"Did you think I won't come back to take revenge?" The question itself made Jonah shiver in fear. He fell on his knees in front of what seemed like the shadow of his dead sister in the face of his Luna.
"Forgive me, my baby. You suffered because of my greed. And I have been punished by the goddess for the deeds I committed." Jonah was begging in front of his sister, asking for forgiveness.
"What do you mean?" Aurora asked as she sat down on a bench that was set in front of Jonah's cell.
"My daughter! She was betrayed by her mate the exact same way. She was abused and betrayed by everyone. Until I could save her. It was too late. She committed suicide due to the shame and pain." Jonah was shaking in pain as he remembered that moment he carried his only child to her grave, remembering all the pain his existence had caused Aurora.
"And you believe I would be satisfied by that? I am angry but not at your daughter. It was no punishment but a curse you wrote in your daughter's fate. She was innocent. Why would I be happy about her suffering?" Aurora growled at her older brother angrily, her eyes flashed dark.
"I wanted to know one thing all that long. Did father tell you to make me stay? Or did he send you to bring me back the first time I called for help?" Aurora asked, tears glistening her eyes as she remembered the first time her husband, the man she trusted blindly, abused her by bringing another woman on her head.
"Father loves you still. I became greedy. In order to become the Alpha, I forced you to stay with Oliver Hound and lied to father for years." Jonah replied to Aurora, crying in pain. All of a sudden, Aurora started laughing.
"Now the part you will try not telling me. Where is my heart?" Aurora asked, rising on her feet again. All that long, she was patting Athena's baby bump, hoping to keep Alexander's baby safe from all the harm.
"I can't tell you, Aurora. He will kill our Luna." Jonah cried in fear.
"After the child birth, she isn't gonna survive without that heart anyway. So either I get it for her, or her death will also be on you. Just like mine is. Now bark like a dog!" Aurora's howl forced Jonah to submit.
"He keeps it hidden in the same room where he shared his bed with you. That same room is where he is keeping you." Jonah screamed in submission.
"Good puppy! Now here's what you are gonna do! You will call Alex and tell him the whole truth. And you will tell him where he can find his mate. Once he go after his mate, you will kill yourself after confessing everything to our father. That's your punishment. You don't deserve to live." Aurora ordered him, using the Alpha aura Athena was born with. It was ten times more power than the one Aurora was born with. In that case, Athena was practically on the same level of dominance as Alexander. Without another word, Aurora turned around and walked away, leaving Jonah in tears and sobs.