PROLOGUE

It was nearly midnight, the night sky was picturesque, the pale crescent moon shining like a silvery claw in the night sky.

I stared at my parents with teary eyes. I didn't know what was going on. I was only twelve years old.

"You failed as the alpha of the Blue Moon Pack. You betrayed the pack, and you shall be executed," Oliver, my aunt's husband, said to my dad, and the werewolves in our pack howled in acceptance.

"Let the execution begin," the leader of our community said.

The mother of Janet, my friend, came to take me away, but she was stopped by my aunt Emily.

"This is none of your business. She is not related to you," I heard Emily say to her.

"She is just a child. How can you make her watch her parents get killed?" my friend's mother said to Emily.

Emily held my hands forcefully. "I am now the Luna of this pack, and you won't disobey my orders. She has to watch it so she will see how traitors are punished, so she won't try to become one," my aunt said, and my friend's mother backed off.

The executioner raised his silver sword to the moon and used it to cut off my dad's head, and his head rolled on the ground. My small body was fidgeting; I was shocked and scared. I could see the triumphant smile on Emily's face.

"I love you," were the last words I heard from my mother to me before her head came rolling to the ground where I was standing.

Everything was like a dream to me. My vision became blurry, and I collapsed due to extreme shock.

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I woke up immediately, sweats covering my body. My hands reached for the jug, and I poured myself water in the cup and gulped it down immediately, inhaling and exhaling. This has been a dream haunting me in my sleep every night. Witnessing the death of my parents molded me into a weak person. I was scared of everything around me.

My aunt was not helping matters at all. She didn't fail to remind me that my parents were traitors and that I would be killed like them too if I became one, but deep within me, I knew my parents were innocent. I knew my parents well, and I looked up to them. Ever since my parents died, life has been hell for me in my aunt's house.

The only day I held on to for my freedom was the day I would turn eighteen, the day I would find my mate which was two days later.

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The day has finally come. It was the mating ceremony, the time for the teenagers to find their respective mates. This day was a day of joy for every young girl. I was very happy that day, preparing for the occasion. I cleaned the house earlier, and I did all my house chores so my aunt would not find a reason to hold me back from attending the ceremony.

"Why are you so happy today?" Ivy, my aunt's daughter who is the same age as me, asked me. I ignored her. I didn't have time for her. She and my aunt were always looking for ways to taunt me.

"You think finding your mate today will finally save you from us. What if your mate is ugly, and he is not an Alpha?" she said, laughing. "I bet her mate will be an omega like her too, low blood," her mother added, coming down the stairs.