Chapter 4

Having felt her hands ache from the bonds the stranger put on her. Her legs already ached from all the walking through the forest.

The stranger walked in front of her while his so-called “Beta” was behind her, pushing her to hurry up now and then. They stepped out of the forest, passing by some guards at the entrance gate as they headed in.

Haven gasped as a beautiful view greeted her eyes. The sun was already setting, illuminating the beautiful pack village before her. Various men and women walked around doing one thing or another. Young children ran around playing and shouting as they headed home. They all bowed their heads, a sign of respect, as the stranger kept walking deeper into the village.

Occasionally, some would stop to stare in disgust at the girl behind their Alpha. They knew she was a rogue by her scent as she passed by.

The pack members all stared at the beautiful rogue girl their Alpha had brought with him.

Why had their Alpha brought a rogue?

Who was this girl? Did she have a connection with him?

Haven and her captors passed beautiful houses as they headed for the center of the village. In the middle of the village stood the pack house.

Haven gasped as she saw the largest pack house she had ever laid eyes on. The blue-colored pack house was so tall that she couldn’t see the top of it even after raising her head. A few other houses surrounded the huge pack house.

Haven could see the huge training ground filled with young weres who were engrossed in their training. As they kept walking, she saw many other things that left her mouth open in awe.

The entire place was filled with beautiful gardens and flowers. Haven had never seen any pack house this large and beautiful.

The pack members all followed their Alpha as he stood before the house. After everyone had gathered around, Lucious began.

“Some rogues attacked me earlier today... They were led by your Luna and my ex-wife, Natasha.” His steel voice rang out.

Gasps of horror and shock rang out as everyone waited to hear what the Alpha would say next.

“She betrayed us by mating with the rogue leader,” he added.

“How dare she do that?!” one man yelled. Others voiced their own opinions as their wolves screamed for justice.

“Silence!” Lucious said in his Alpha tone, and the whole place suddenly went quiet.

“This girl was caught as she tried to escape... she was one of the rogues who attacked me,” Lucious stated, his eyes fixed on the rogue.

Haven’s eyes flew wide with shock when she heard this.

“Kill her!”

“Let us tear this child apart, limb by limb!”

“Burn her!” the people all yelled as they growled at her angrily.

She shook her head. “No!!”

“What do you mean? No, I didn’t!” she yelled back, trying to prove her innocence. She struggled against the bonds on her hands as she furiously looked at the Alpha.

Lucious smirked as he saw this. He deliberately said that to see how she would react. Satisfied, he turned to his people as he tried to calm them down.

“Not now. I’ll imprison her first and interrogate her myself,” Lucious said, his voice devoid of any emotion.

“Put her in the dungeon,” he ordered as warriors dragged the rogue girl away.

***

Haven struggled as two guards dragged her into the basement of the pack house. It was very dark as Haven was thrown into the cold dungeon and locked up. She banged on the metal bars, cursing the guards to let her out, but no one paid attention to her. Tired, she sat on the cold floor talking to herself.

“I should have just let him die. How dare that man treat me like this?! Why is all of this happening to me? Why me, Selene?!” Haven yelled as tears threatened to fall. She blinked them back and wiped her eyes. She sat there thinking of how to escape. Her eyelids felt heavy as the events of the day weighed on her, and she soon fell asleep.

The next morning, a woman angrily stormed into the dungeon, a bucket of water in her hands. She stopped by Haven’s cell. Raising the bucket, she poured the contents directly through the metal bars, splashing it over the rogue who lay there.

Haven lay on the bare floor, curled up, when suddenly she felt something cold being poured on her. She woke up with a start to see a pretty woman scowling at her.

Rage started bubbling up inside her as she stood up to face the woman.

“How dare you?!” she half yelled, her voice laced with anger.