Chapter 1 Prologue

The room is filled with angry wolves. Everybody is desperate and anxious to find the killer. Blood is spilled across the doorpost to the bedroom. "Fucking bitch killed her daughter!"

"I can imagine. She's a murderer, that's why she was banished from her old pack. Turns out once a murderer is always a murderer!"

The voices of the wolves echo across the bedroom, accusations flying around, and a lifeless 5-year-old child lying on the bed with her gut split open and blood all over her dead body.

A young lady is on her knees on the ground; her eyes red and swollen due to excessive crying.

Blood is all over her hands, and her lips quiver. Her whole body trembled as she wept silently. Her name is Nikita Manois

"Alpha is here!" A voice announces, and the wolves in the room split into two groups, creating a walking space for the tall muscular man approaching.

He is wearing a coat made of thick black animal fur. His eyes are dark and intimidating. He has long dark hair.

His aura and composure are graciously superior, making the wolves shiver just by his mere presence. He is Alpha Tyler, the great Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack.

His eyes dart to the bed and he sees the dead little child. "What's happening?" His commanding voice speaks, and everybody shivers as though God has found his way into their midst.

"Umm... Alpha, it's this woman. She killed her child but wouldn't admit to it." One of the wolves finally dares to speak.

Alpha Tyler comes forward from behind so he can have a clear view of the woman who dares to commit murder in his pack.

The moment his eyes fall on Nikita, a sharp pain crosses his chest, and his eyes shine brightly like the morning sunlight. He gasps, and the wolves around him retreat.

His wolf begins to rejoice in a blissful celebration, and his intimidating gaze softens as he looks at Nikita, who is on the ground with her blue seductive eyes fixated on his.

A low smile hangs on her lips, and her body vibrates due to the sudden joy and harmony that courses through her veins.

"Mateee Mateee!" Her wolf sings at the deepest corner of her heart. She smiles joyfully.

"She's mated to the Alpha! How is that possible?" A voice from the gathering speaks out loud, and sudden silence filled the aisle.

Alpha Tyler let go of his chest and rose in his heavenly aura. He comes forward, his wolf threatening to dive on Nikita with a kiss, but he controls his urge.

His lips quiver as he gets closer. One could see how much power she wields over him.

"You're Nikita Manois?" His deep husky voice rings out, and every other person went mute.

Nikita nods her head without taking her gaze away from his dark eyes.

"You stand accused of murdering your five-year-old daughter. The evidence presented before me is strong and compelling, but before I make a decision I must ask..."

"You left your old life and joined our pack just 21 days ago and you have refused to talk to anybody about your past and what prompted you to leave with your child. All we know about you is that your ex-husband cast you out after he found out that the child wasn't his?"

Nikita sniffs hard and nods her head in agreement.

"Now, I must ask. After you joined our pack, did you ever feel angry and blame your daughter for the loss of your marriage?"

Nikita is silent. A low gasp escapes her trembling lips.

"Speak only but the truth!" The Alpha's eyes glow red.

"I have felt anger. I blamed my daughter, yes. But I have never thought about killing her. She's my daughter!" Nikita speaks out loud.

"Stick to the questions asked, lady. You developed mental instability after you joined this pack. It was confirmed by the pack doctor."

"Now, where were you last night at around 11pm?" Alpha asks. Nikita gasps softly as a cold breeze punctures her lungs.

"I was sleeping beside my daughter. We went to bed together by 9pm." She says. The gathering was quiet as hell. Everybody was waiting for the verdict.

"Did you leave your daughter's side that night for any reason?" Alpha asks, and Nikita furrows her brows.

"No! No, I did not." She retorted.

"She's not addressing the Alpha with his title. She even dares to look the Alpha in the eyes when talking. Such a disrespectful young woman!" a man from the crowd speaks.

"Yes! She deserves to be punished!"

"She's a bitch!"

"I knew this woman was trouble when she first came. Punish her, Alpha!"

Noise erupts, and different voices and opinions come flying around.

"Silence!" Alpha Tyler growls like a snarling animal. He shoots a glare around, and all the wolves cower back and bow their heads in submission.

"Don't tell me what to do. One more word from anybody and he or she will taste my wrath!" The Alpha says, and deafening silence fills the aisle. Nobody dares to look up.

Alpha Tyler turns back to Nikita.

"I didn't leave my daughter's side. I was with Cassandra throughout the night." Nikita says to the hearing of the entire gathering.

"Really? But I have video footage from your door post that showed that you left this room around 2AM and you had blood all over your body. You came back a few minutes later and still slept beside your daughter without noticing her death until 6am. Is that what you're telling me?" The Alpha asked, and Nikita froze.

Tears fill her eyes. She shakes her head, a sign of disbelief. She glanced at her palms and her lips begin to tremble as she tries to speak.

Alpha Tyler bends before her. "Tell me, Nikita, do you remember showing any aggressive behavior last night?" She gasps and shakes her head. Tears rolled down her cheeks.

"So how do you intend to prove to me that you didn't murder your daughter? You weren't even in control last night. There's no telling what you could do. The camera footage when you left the house showed you displaying aggression."

"You had blood all over you. Plus, no one else came into your house until this morning. The cameras are there to justify this. There's no mistake, NIKITA MANOIS, you killed your daughter!" Alpha Tyler growls, and Nikita bursts into tears.

"I...I don't know if I did. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to kill my child..." she stammers in a broken voice as hot tears pour down her cheeks.

The Alpha rises.

"I can never be mated to a murderer!" He growls. His eyes shoots daggers of disdain and disgust towards Nikita as she cried helplessly on the ground.

"From today henceforth!" His voice echoes across the room to the deepest corner of the woods. The wolves stand, anticipating his verdict.

"I, Tyler Woodson, Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack hereby reject you as my mate. Every bond between me and you has been broken, and I condemn you to a life of slavery in the Blood Moon Pack with no choice of your own. You shall be a slave to all, man, woman, and child. No man or woman would mate or sleep with you, otherwise, he or she will be faced with a death sentence. If you attempt to flee, you will be hunted down and beheaded! This is my verdict!"

"Hear hear!" a loud voice from behind the Alpha speaks. It is Mr. Richard McCarthy, the Beta.

Once the Alpha finishes talking, there is a loud cheering from the wolves, and a woman picks up an object and throws it at Nikita. The Alpha watches in silence as the wolves lift Nikita high above the ground.

Her weak eyes fixate on the Alpha, and her plea for mercy is all over her face.

She is going through severe pain as her wolf howls, whimpering and crying following the rejection of her newly found mate, but Alpha Tyler never takes back his words. He watches as they take her away into the falling snow.

"Let's go!" He says to his Beta, and they join a black SUV waiting outside the house, leaving Nikita at the mercy of the angry wolves.