The Witch

The Witch
— I warned you, and you didn't listen to me, she is not Luna, she is a witch who bewitched the Alpha to seize power. She killed our Lord Agar, not content with her past evils, she also killed my pup with her witchcraft! Rael was just a pup! This is the female you called Luna! She took the life of our beloved and dedicated Alpha.

When I approached, the people around her fell silent, their eyes fixed on the pup Hira had just claimed to have lost.

She turned towards me, her eyes on Rael were full of surprise and disappointment.

The wretch was disappointed that her pup was still alive!

— Look, there's the witch! Don't let them deceive you, I myself found Rael dead in Lord Agar's cabin! This is another one of her witchcrafts to deceive you.

What she said had little content to convince anyone who used at least two neurons, but around her, she had not only allies but accomplices. More than a hundred members who were excited about the attempted coup. Traitors who, deep down, never accepted Derik and the way he ascended to the throne. Members of the aristocracy who benefited from the old Alpha's scams.

— Hira, I, Luna Nadja, of the Black Wolves, declare you guilty of the attempted assassination of your own pup, the Alpha’s heir, and of Lord Agar. The penalty is death!

Hira let out a dark laugh, confident that this was her day of victory. Hearing her, Rael cried and cowered in my arms.

— Mommy Nadja, I'm scared!

— Don't be afraid, little Alpha, the boogeyman can't hurt you anymore!

— Are you seeing the witchcraft? She says he is my pup Rael, but the little djin calls her his mother!

More members approached to watch the commotion, confused by what was happening.

When she took a few steps towards me, I felt as if an icy claw trembled my heart.

I turned to Adanir and whispered in his ear:

— Gamma, who are those males in blue robes?

— They are elders of the council, Luna, an Alpha and a demon king. Why, Luna?

— I know them, I saw them in the camp that kept me prisoner. That one, with a beard, is the Alpha who abused male omegas to death! The demon, who is with him, impregnated some omegas by force and took the pups. 

— Facing them was a bad idea, Luna, there's still time to escape, we can hold them until you are safe!

— Nadja, you witch, I, Hira Al-Haroom, the one and only true Luna of this pack, challenge you!

— You have no right to challenge her for the position of Luna, Hira!" — Tabitha shouted, running towards us.

— I am not challenging her for the title of Luna, future ex-Beta Tabitha. With the Alpha's death, I challenge for the vacant position! I will kill this witch and be the female Alpha of this pack"

— Nadja, you can't accept… There are no Alpha females! — Tabitha approached with tears in her eyes.

— Beta, hold the little Alpha please, I have a job to do. — I handed the pup to her and turned to Hira, with a confidence I never dreamed of having. — I, Luna Nadja, accept your challenge!

At the same time, the gammas knelt, there was nothing they could do to protect me. The challenge was to the death, and by the law of the gods, they could not interfere.

Hira smiled, satisfied, chest puffed with pride, like a queen who had just won a war that hadn't even begun.

She approached me and said in a low voice.

— Besides being weak, you are foolish, or are you attempting suicide due to the loss of your male? Now, do you feel the pain I felt?

— I thought you hated me for loving Derik, but I see that you don't love anyone, not even your own pup! Even wild beasts protect their offspring, but you, Hira, can never be called a Luna, much less a mother!

She laughed at me.

— Did you think I was just another one of those pathetic females, like Vivi, who fight for love? So much work for one dick, with so many others cocks out there? Love is the most useless thing there is. I want power, the power that is rightfully mine, and I will take it today, under Sargat's blessing!

— You'll have to kill me first! — I said with my head down.

The pressure in my chest was unbearable, it was like containing a tsunami inside me.

— That's the easiest part! You're a pathetic, weak female. A slave! Your wolf is imprisoned by the spell. I'd love to see you suffer, Nadja, but I'll be generous and give you a quick death and to that bastard you're carrying!

"Trust me"

The voice echoed in my mind and I nodded.

My hearing suddenly amplified, along with my sense of smell and other senses. I felt my muscles get stronger. In a fraction of a second, my body "exploded", to the point where blood and pieces of human flesh spread across the patio.

The stench of fear from the present members was evident, including the smell of urine... I think one of the traitors peed their pants.

When I noticed that some of them started running, I ordered the gammas to stand up.

— Catch them, kill all the traitors, I don't want prisoners, I don't need any of them alive!

Some things I've learned about myself, one of them is that I like peace, I detest conflicts. Due to my traumas, I don't like punishments, especially physical ones. I like to see the pack members happy and prosperous, to be with my Alpha, colorful flowers, fresh fruits, and the hare stew Tabitha makes is perfect!

I would consider myself a calm, waveless fine sand beach on a spring afternoon. Poetic, isn't it?

So, my personality had nothing to do with my posture at that moment. I wasn't me, at least not the "me" I was used to. I was much taller, stronger, my senses sharpened, enhanced to the extreme, and I felt total contempt for those who betrayed me, the Alpha, and the pack.

From someone who loved tranquility and abhorred physical punishments, I desired the blood of the ridiculous and perverse female standing in front of me, looking like a dead fish with her eyes wide open and mouth agape.

My human form couldn't help but admire the physical beauty of that female, but my beast only saw an ugly creature, deformed by cruelty, weak, pathetic, a toxic worm that needed to be eliminated.

Is that how my Alpha's Beast sees her, which is why he always despised her and rejected her advances?