Lover's Betrayal

~Brielle's POV~

I followed the pack warrior, making sure to tell my mum don't come with me, and no matter what happens, don't speak up for me.

Don't defend me. Don't interrupt. Don't even breathe wrong in that room.

If she dared to….. The whole council of this pack, our pack the Bloodfang Pack wouldn't hesitate to use that opportunity to make my mom suffer more.

We finally got to Alpha Cassian's room. I stepped in, heart pounding, and the pack warrior slammed the door shut behind me.

The second I crossed the threshold, I heard the booming voice of Alpha Cassian.

"Kneel!"

Zoe—my wolf—grumbled and growled inside me, low and hostile, pacing with resistance. Zoe hated being ordered around, especially by someone like him. She didn't want to kneel, didn't want to submit to a man who saw us as nothing but dirt. But I silenced her rage. I knew if I let her have her way, and followed her impulsive instincts we'd only dig a deeper grave for ourselves.

So I gritted my teeth and dropped to my knees with a hard thud against the cold floor.

Immediately, Alpha Cassian turned toward me, eyes blazing with fury. The rage in his voice was enough to send chills crawling down my spine.

"How dare you!!!"

I flinched as I heard his words. His eyes were blazing, his jaw clenched. The fury in his expression could've killed me ten times over.

I forced myself to look up slightly. "Alpha Cassian, may I ask… in what way I've offended the Alpha?"

Of course I already knew what this was about.

"You dare ask me, you worthless fool?! How dare you poison my daughter?" he spat.

I bit my tongue so hard it hurt. "I didn't do it. I didn't poison Lyra," I said through clenched teeth.

But right then, before I could explain anything, the door burst open again.

Luna Selena, Alpha Cassian's wife stormed in like a storm on legs.

SLAP.

SLAP.

Two stinging blows landed across my face. So hard, I saw white. My head jerked sideways from the force. My cheeks burned instantly. My ears rang. My vision blurred for a second.

Pain exploded through my jaw, and for a second, I thought she'd dislocated it. I clenched my fists hard, nails digging into my palms.

I wanted to scream.

I wanted to stand up and slap her back twice as hard.

No—if possible I wanted to claw her face off

But maybe... that would only happen in my dreams.

For now as usual, I could only endure.

"You low-class, filthy traitorous little rat!" Selena hissed. "You still have the audacity to stand here and deny it?! You tried to murder my daughter!"

"I didn't!" I snapped, breathing hard. "I swear—I didn't poison Lyra!"

Luna Selena turned to her husband. "She's mocking us. She thinks we're stupid."

To my shock, Alpha Cassian nodded solemnly.

"You still dare deny it when there's evidence?" He said with a growl.

My heart stopped.

Evidence?

What fucking evidence do they have when I didn't do anything I grumbled inwardly.

And without realising my lips parted. And I lost it all, fuck holding it inwardly at this point I didn't care. "What evidence?" I demanded. "I didn't do anything! I want to see it!"

"Bring it," Cassian barked.

A servant left the room and returned seconds later with a pouch. He held it up to the Alpha, who opened it and poured its contents onto a tray.

It was a fine silver powder—glittering softly under the candlelight.

"This, is the same poison the doctors tested on Lyra" Cassian said darkly, "and this powder was found hidden inside your bag."

My head spun. "What? That's not mine!" I protested. "Anyone could've put it there! Half the people in this pack have access to my room!"

"Shut your mouth!" Luna Selena barked. "You're just trying to cover your filthy tracks. You're disgusting. I always knew you'd snap one day."

"You expect us to believe someone else snuck into your quarters and planted poison in your bag?" Alpha Cassian sneered. "Your hatred for Lyra is well known. Your motives are clear."

"My motives are clear??" I asked in confusion

"You heard me right" Cassian spat with fury "You've hated Lyra for ages. You were humiliated. Your mate bond was broken. Your boyfriend—"

"Don't call him that," I muttered bitterly. "He's nothing."

I could hear my heart beat, it was beating fast, too fast. My breath caught in my throat.

I was being framed.

But they weren't done.

"If the poison isn't proof enough," Cassian said with a cruel smirk "...then maybe your lover testifying against you is."

My blood ran cold. "What...?"

No. No, no, no. It couldn't be...

But the door opened again—and in stepped Daniel.

My ex.

The traitor.

And of course a scumbag.

The lying bastard who cheated on me with the Alpha's daughter and rejected me without blinking.

I stared at him, jaw clenched so hard it hurt, unable to look away as he walked in with fake confidence and a rehearsed look of guilt on his face.

He looked so smug. So calm. So damn fake.

"If needed," he said in a casual voice, "I'm ready to testify that Brielle told me she had plans to poison Lyra. She said she wanted to teach her a lesson. I didn't think she'd actually do it... but now... I'm surprised she actually carried and dared to do something as malicious and evil as this… "

My entire world shattered.

I blinked at him, stunned.

Tears stung the backs of my eyes—but I refused to let them fall.

I should've expected this from him. He'd already broken me once. But this?

This was cruelty on a whole new level.

He knew what this meant. He knew his words could get me killed.

And still—he stood there. Lying.

Daniel didn't just betray me.

He signed my death sentence.

"You bastard," I whispered, voice shaking. "You fucking scumbag!!"

"Enough," Luna Selena snapped. "You're heartless, Brielle. You don't deserve mercy."

Cassian folded his arms. "Do you have anything else to say for yourself Brielle??"

I clenched my fists again, shaking.

No one believed me. Not even the one I once loved.

I was completely alone.

I looked up at the Alpha, eyes narrowed with barely-contained rage.

"So what's my punishment?" I asked in a hoarse, resentful voice.

His eyes glowed crimson red with rage.

"You dare ask? Daring to harm any Alpha blood… is punishable by death."