Betrothed To The Cursed Lycan King

The sun was starting to set when I suddenly heard the violent rap of knocks on my door. I ignored it at first because nobody really came to my door. I was that unimportant and unnoticed in the pack, but the violent knocks proceeded to angry bangs.

"Alina!! Open the door now!!" I heard the voice of an elderly man.

"Do you think she already escaped??" Another masculine voice asked, and I could hear the rage in his voice.

Escaped?

Why would I escape?

What the hell is going on?

"Alina, you stupid bitch, open this door, we know you're in there, you crazy murderer!!" A woman screamed out loud this time.

"We are giving you five seconds to open this door, or else we'll be breaking it down!" A man shouted angrily.

Wait. Did that woman just call me a murderer?? What does----

My confused train of thoughts was suddenly interrupted when my door came crashing down on the floor and before I could comprehend what was happening, several people rushed into my room and attacked me.

Before I knew it, I was being dragged out of my room like an animal.

"Wh...what is going on??" I asked in confusion as they dragged me away but it was like I was talking to a wall. "What did I do???" I cried out again but nobody was listening to me.

They finally dragged me out of the pack house and dropped me on the ground.

"Kneel! On your knees, you evil thing!!" The man barked at me as he hit me across the face, making me kneel forcefully.

It took me seconds to recover from the slap and when I did, I raised my head and looked around me. Almost the whole werewolf community were gathered in front of our pack house and they all wore angry, disgusted expressions.

As I was looking around, completely confused and puzzled at what was going on, my eyes fell on my mother and my eyes lit up.

"Mother! Mother!" I called out desperately, "What is going on?? Why are they doing this to me???"

My desperate plea was met with a scornful look as my mother looked at me like I was vomiting, then she moved closer and grabbed my chin harshly.

"I always had the gut feeling that you were going to disgrace this pack. I knew you would soil our name in the mud, one day! But I never imagined it would be you committing murder!" My mother, Luna Naomi of Moonlight Pack, screamed at me.

"What?" My voice was barely audible as I stared at her in shock. "M...murder? What are you talking about?"

Before I could get a reply to that, I felt a sudden hard kick on my side and my hair was suddenly grabbed forcefully.

"You know very well what we're talking about because you killed him, Alina! You poisoned a council member, you disgusting piece of trash!" It was my father, Alpha Douglas of Moonlight Pack. He spat with so much anger and venom.

"What?" My voice cracked in shock.

I... I did what? I poisoned a council member?

What the fuck were they talking about???

I did no such thing!

"That's .... that's not true, Father! Mother! I did not do it!" I cried desperately, grabbing my father's clothes. Tears had already pooled in my eyes as reality dawned on me that I was being framed for what I did not do.

"You fucking liar! That's not going to work, not when we have a witness who saw you poison Gareth. Come forward and repeat what you told us to witness." A member of the council said and glanced behind, signaling to someone to move forward.

A witness??? How is that even possible when I did not fucking do it?!

When the witness came forward, I thought the ridiculousness of the situation was playing mind games with me, because standing in front of the werewolf community as the witness against me, was Zane.

Zane, my boyfriend of two years.

Zane, my first love.

Zane, the boy who gave me my first kiss.

Zane, who gave me a forehead peck this morning after spending the night in my room.

"Z...Zane?" I whispered as I blinked my eyes severally to make sure I wasn't seeing things.

I wasn't....

"Last night, I saw Alina stab the council member Gareth in the heart after lacing the dagger with wolfsbane. I witnessed it with my two eyes." Zane said out loud while looking into my eyes.

Last night?? We spent the fucking night together in my room!!

"Zane! Wh...Why are you doing this??! Why are you lying??!" I screamed, it seemed all like a nightmare and I just wanted to open my eyes and wake up. "I did not kill Gareth! I did not do it! Zane, tell the whole pack where I was last night! You know where I was, why are you doing this to me?!" My voice cracked at the end as I screamed like a crazy woman.

"Enough!" My father, Alpha Douglas shouted. "No amount of denial is going to work, Alina. There is a witness and there's evidence against you, the dagger used to kill Gareth was found in your room. You killed Gareth last night and still show no sign of remorse. You're a repulsive monster and should be treated as such."

The crowd jeered in agreement and started throwing things at me, stones, grasses, rotten foods, sticks, they threw all sorts of things at me while yelling all sorts of names.

"Murderer! Just kill her the same way she killed Gareth!"

"Yes, she deserves to die!"

"She should be ripped apart and her body parts scattered all over the state!"

"I agree!"

"She should not be spared because she is the daughter of the Alpha, we would not sit back and watch that!"

"That's enough!" My father ordered and everyone went quiet. "I am the Alpha of Moonlight Pack and if there's one thing I do not condone, it's favouritism. Alina may be my daughter but right now, she is just a common criminal, a murderer who killed a council member and she shall be judged and punished severely. No sinner will go unpunished, Alpha’s daughter or not. So here is my judgement,"

The whole crowd went pin drop silent and as my father announced the judgement against a crime I knew absolutely nothing about, I found Zane and stared at him.

I tried to find the Zane who loved me, or who I thought loved me, but he was nowhere to be found, all I found staring back at me was a cold and scheming bastard who framed me for murder, for twisted reasons I do not know of.

"For committing murder by killing a prominent member of the werewolf community, Alina will be punished severely. She will be married off to Julian Pierce." As my father announced the judgement, gasps of shock were heard in the crowd.

Julian Pierce?? The Southern lycan king.

My eyes widened in realisation and I gaped in shock.

No.

No.

No, no, no, no!!

This can't be happening.

This has to be a fucking nightmare but why is it so long and why am I not waking up??!

Everything felt like a blur as I was whisked away from my pack house, to the Southern castle to go be the new bride of Julian Pierce.

Even the people who demanded for a severe punishment for me, watched in pity as I was taken away, of course they pitied me, I was about to be married to the Julian fucking Pierce.