Sometimes I forget that, unlike me, who is a human, wolves like them rarely take such things as morality into question.
The pain that followed was unimaginable. Her cliques attacked me, their claws tearing through my skin, slicing into me until I could no longer fight. Blood pooled around me; my limbs were destroyed.
Lila hovered over me, her twisted smile growing wider as she watched me suffer. Just as darkness overtook me, the Alpha appeared. But it was too late.
The Alpha arrived with the most powerful wolves of the six packs gathered behind him, watching in silence as Lila stood over me, a twisted grin on her face.
He had arrived, too late to save me, but just in time to witness Lila dangling the tiny, blood-soaked body in front of him, her voice dripping with triumph.
“This is the mortal who dared to seduce our Alpha,” she spat, holding up the lifeless body of my unborn child. “As for this,” she continued, referring to my dead child in her arms, Is the result of her mating with a Rogue’s spawn.”
“You should thank me for ridding you of this disgrace.”
My body trembled at her words, but I couldn’t say anything or muster any strength.