Chapter 2

• I went into a haze as my body underwent painful transformations, my clothes were tore right off of me as my body enlarged and became covered with fur. I could feel my body changing but all I felt was pain and after a while, it just stopped as quickly as it had started.
• Only then did I make sense of what had just happened to me, I had just shifted for the first time! Though I was two years late, what mattered was that I had become a real wolf at that moment and it just proved that I wasn't cursed, just more of a late bloomer.
• But the moon goddess quickly slapped my face again for my self-fulfilling joy.
• “You fucking bitch!!! How dare you kill my father?! I will make your life a true hell!”
• Before I realized what happened, Zephyr, son of Alpha Davis pounced on me and strangled me so hard that I couldn't breathe.
• I fought as fiercely as I could and finally got free from him. I ran about two meters in front of Alpha's corpse and growled, ready for battle but in the short run, that turned out to be an almost fatal mistake on my part.
• The other people finally showed up and though it was already nightfall, I was able to identify that they were from my pack. My mother was among them.
• "Stay back! Stay back now! You thought you could escape after killing the Alpha, you rogue!" One of them screamed at me.
• I was shocked to the marrow at his words. I shook my head vigorously when I recovered from my shock and tried to tell him that it was all a misunderstanding but then I remembered I was mute.
• "I said stay back or you'll die on the spot. You must be one of the rogues from the rival pack, she's killed the Alpha." The same man said and I don't know why but I was partially glad that they had recognized me to be female despite the severity of the situation.
• "She? I can't believe this, our brave Alpha couldn't have been killed by just one wolf no matter how strong she is." Another guy said to the first guy.
• They had never seen me transform so I guessed that was the reason why they couldn't recognize me.
• "I think she wasn't the only one who attacked, there must have been others who ran away when they heard us approaching." A third guy added.
• "If that were the case then why didn't she leave with them?" The first argued and while they were squabbling about my killing the Alpha when I was innocent, my mother moved towards me to take a closer look and she gasped loudly, immediately recognizing me.
• "That's…That's…That's Evelyn." She stuttered, tears gathering in her eyes.
• “Evelyn? The mute girl?!" The third guy questioned and though I didn't appreciate the description, I nodded and transformed back instantly, my naked body open to the cold air.
• “She has shifted?!” Zephyr’s unbelievable yelling attracted the shocking calls of the people.
• "I can't believe the high treason this girl has committed, she murdered the Alpha!" One of them accused me harshly.
• I shook my head vigorously, trying to tell them that I was innocent but it was of no use, I had no voice to narrate what had happened.
• I looked at my hands and only then did I notice they were covered in blood, most of my body was because I had formerly held the Alpha while he was still alive and bleeding.
• "It all makes sense now, this was her first transformation and everyone knows just how excruciating it is, not everyone can bear that pain so she must have gone wild and attacked my father, and because my father really cared for her when he’s alive, he couldn't bring himself to fight back so she had the advantage and she killed the Alpha."
• Zephyr concocted and all I could do was cry and shook my head in the negative.
• How could they have cooked up such a story about me? Why would I even want to kill the Alpha? Why was all the evidence pointing against me and why did I find myself in such a terrible situation? These were all the questions that ran through my mind as my torrents of tears blurred my vision.
• Seeing my own mother’s cold and untrusting eyes, I slowly stepped away, my grief overtaking me.
• "Seize her, she shouldn't be allowed to escape. She'll have to face the punishment for her crime against the pack." A scout declared and the other two grabbed hold of me while Zephyr left in the direction of the packhouse, probably to send more people.
• A few minutes later, more people came and took away the corpse of the Alpha while I was dragged to the packhouse like a criminal.
• I was locked up, awaiting trial in the small pack prison, meant for pack members that committed crimes such as stealing, rebellion, rape, and the lot but I was isolated because according to them, my crime was the worst so I was labeled wild and dangerous.
• None of my family members came to see me that night, except Zephyr.
• The iron door of the cell slowly opened. I rubbed my red eyes and finally recognized the person.
• "How dare you sleep with that fucking peaceful looks? You fucking bitch!"
• He spitted on my face, his cold eyes full of hatred , "After the trial tomorrow, I will ensure that your life will be worse than death!"
• "What, shocked? You should suck my dick every day for sparing you a cheap life! You fucking bitch!"
• I shook my head, unable to believe that he would let me go so easily.
• "I thought I would die."
• I said to my wolf, "In fact, it would be better if I die this time, that everything would finally come to an end and I wouldn't have to suffer anymore. The moon goddess would finally have her revenge on me for whatever crime I had committed and would grant me a better life after death. "
• But now. Zephyr wanted me to live in hell…
• “See you tomorrow, you fucking bitch!”
• With a loud slap, he smiled evilly with satisfaction when he saw a string of blood at the corner of my mouth and my cheeks instantly turned swollen in red, then turned away.
• “Tara, I hate my life…” I cried uncontrollably, tears streaming down my cheeks, intensifying the pain on my face.
• “What should I do…?” Unable to endure the pain anymore, I finally collapsed into darkness.