Chapter 2 - You Will all Pay.

Rhia scrabbled desperately against his grip, but it was nothing she could fight against. Her chest tightened against his pressing hold, her lungs screaming for air.

She thrashed and pulled, but he only tightened his hold even more. Pain swelled around her neck and chest, her vision became blurry and the world began to shrink.

Killian finally withdrew his hand, and Rhia stumbled back, dragging in deep, heavy breaths into her starved lungs. Her lungs burned with relief with each gasp, and Rhiannon looked up at her so-called family with rage in her eyes.

"I used you, and so what? Or did you really think for a second that you were worth something? We don't need a weak link like you here," Killian deadpanned.

Weak link? A tear rolled down her face, but her eyes shuddered with intense rage.

Killian and Astrid turned to leave, then glanced at Eleanor, "Whatever you choose to do with her is up to you. You're the next Alpha, anyways," Killian told her, his voice dangerously low.

Rhiannon's eyes burned with rage as she watched them leave. Her body shook as emotions gripped her hard, and she sank further into the cold ground of the cell.

"Where's Ethan?!" She demanded, unshed tears pooling in her eyes.

Ethan was the beta of the Pack, and she had been ecstatic three years ago when the mate bond had come alive between them. Rhiannon had thought being Wolfless meant having no mate, but the Moon Goddess had taken pity on her.

Right now, with everyone against her, he was the only one she could rely on. If Layla, her best friend, were still alive, she would have been her safe haven too.

"Where's Ethan?!" She yelled even harder.

"Right here," Ethan replied loudly, and the large door of the dungeon opened again. She heard his light footsteps coming down the stairs, and then he came up to the front of her cell.

A wave of relief spread through Rhia's chest, and she managed to crawl toward him, gripping the bars once again, "Please, help me," She cried, barely able to stand on her own, "You won't believe...,"

The unremorseful look in his eyes brought a pang of ache to her heart.

"Ethan?"

"Unfortunately Rhia, he's not on your side too," Eleanor chipped in and walked toward him. There was a possessive look in their eyes as they met, and Rhia could only shudder and watch in utter disbelief as her sister and mate caught each other's lips in a searing, passionate kiss.

Her world was crumbling right before her eyes, and her feet gave up and she fell back on the cell, "No...," Her voice was barely audible.

"I and Ethan have been together for almost two years," Eleanor began.

Rhia squeezed her eyes shut, begging for it to all be a dream. But when she opened it, the same sight greeted her. The look of disdain in Ethan's eyes, and the raw spark of pride that danced in her twin sister's eyes.

"We've been doing this behind your back for almost two years now, and I found out two months ago that I'm pregnant,"

"What?!" Rhia couldn't hold it back any longer, rage coursing through her veins, "Are the both of you insane?!"

"We are not insane, we are in love!" Ethan spoke this time, his tone harsh and his hands wrapped around Eleanor's waist, pulling her close to his chest, "And you, Rhiannon, you just need to fuck off!"

The burn of rejection began spreading through her chest, and she winced softly, "This can't be real...,"

Rhiannon stared at her sister and mate, hurt and betrayed beyond repair.

"As I'm speaking to you right now, our wedding preparations are ongoing. I would have loved to invite you, but you'll probably be dead before then," Ethan chuckled, and Eleanor joined him.

"You won't get away with this," Rhia croaked out, her throat still burning, "None of you will!"

Eleanor moved forward, unlocked the Bar doors, and stepped inside. The look on her face was simply vicious, and Rhia quickly crawled back, her heart hammering in her chest as Eleanor approached her with a smirk on her face.

"This right here, is what I've always wanted, Rhia," She spread out her arms in triumph, her eyes glittering with a wicked gleam, "Do you know how many nights I've dreamt of this moment, Rhia? You stripped of everything you've worked for, sitting in the dirt, at my mercy?"

A cold knot formed in Rhia's stomach.

"All those years," She continued with a venomous hiss, "Watching you become a prodigy. Becoming jealous of you even though you have no wolf? Even though I knew you were nothing, I couldn't help but feel like I was perpetually second best,"

Eleanor paused, savoring the horrific look in Rhiannon's trembling eyes, "And finally, here you're...at my mercy,"

As Eleanor revelled at Rhia's vulnerability, she took out a small, transparent glass from her pocket with a purple, glistening liquid inside, "Can you guess what this is?" Her eyes flashed devilishly.

Recognizing the liquid, Rhia's eyes widened, "Don't tell me...,"

"I snuck into the store and took the poison without Dad's permission. Last night...I may have snuck into your lab and doused most of it into your prototypes. This...," Eleanor twirled the glass between her fingers, "This is what's left of it. And can you guess where I'm adding this, today?" A monstrous look flashed in her eyes as she swiftly covered the distance between her and Rhiannon.

"No, Get away from me...No!" Rhia flared and kicked her legs, but was no match for Eleanor's strength as she was easily pinned down, and her mouth was forced enough. Moments later, the liquid was rushing into her mouth and a good amount went down her throat.

Unimaginable pain gripped every part of her, and she fell to the ground, convulsing heavily. Blood ran down her eyes as she wailed and yelped in pain, consumed by the effects of the werewolf poison that was surprisingly, working on a 'Human' like her.

"I knew it," Ethan mumbled from where he stood, his eyes dark and unreadable, "Babe, shall we throw her into Rogue's pit?"

A look of pure venomous gleam spread through Eleanor's eyes, "Yes...yes!!"

Eleanor gripped Rhia by the hair, dragging her out the cell as her body kept on convulsing. Eleanor pulled her toward the deepest end of the dungeons, where a large, deep pit opened up into an underground dungeon that was filled with rogues Killian had caught and trapped there.

"Babe, would you please do the honours?" Eleanor cooed at her fiancée.

Ethan came forward, and stared into Rhia's bleeding face, his eyes so hard Rhia saw nothing of the mate that claimed to love her unconditionally in the past, "Don't take this the wrong way, Rhia. But you need to die. We cannot let the Mother of Werewolves awaken,"

Then, He sent one solid kick into Rhiannon's stomach and Rhiannon was sent falling into the large, open pit.

Rhiannon landed with a thud, and was attacked immediately. Every rogue pounced on her, their claws and canines tearing and ripping out her flesh and bones, their frenzied snarls and growls vibrating through her soul.

As she screamed, limbs getting ripped off and her skin being peeled from her body from every direction, her bloody eyes trembled with undescribable rage. She could feel her own blood gushing down her skin, mixing with dirt and the wolves saliva.

And just as pain and darkness consumed her, she swore under her breath.

' You'll all Pay '