Filed To Story: Goddess's Design His Fated Mate (Willow & Reuben)
Reuben yelled, getting up to grab Black’s neck once again but the wolves tightened the chains wrapped around his body. Reuben did not make a sound of pain no matter how much the silver burned him.
Black paused and glanced in Reuben’s direction. No matter how many ropes of silver chains were tying him down, he was still growling and glaring at Black. One mistake from wolves that were holding those chains and he could rip Black’s head from his neck in a blink of an eye. But for some reason, I had a feeling that there was nothing ordinary about those silver chains. They had powers that had separated Reuben from his wolf! If it continued then Dex could die!
“LET HIM GO!”
I demanded of Black, walking closer to him. When my soulmate was in danger I did not give shit about any fear welling up inside me and stood face to face with him, “Or I will go to the Alpha King and tell him everything you are doing!”
I yelled.
An evil smirk spread across his lips as if he was seduced by my yell or something. “What a pity. If I had any idea that you were planning to take a tour of the palace, I would not have brought an imperial degree along with me,”
he pulled a scroll out from his back.
“Imperial decree for what?”
my voice shook as a very bad feeling rose in my heart.
“For Alpha Reuben’s execution,”
he whispered, dropping the scroll on the ground.
“What?”
my eyes widened and my jaw dropped. In shock, I glanced at the open scroll on the floor where Reuben’s execution had been ordered with a royal seal.
“It can not be true,”
I shook my head, kicking away the decree furiously, “I WON’T OBEY SUCH NONSENSE! WHY IS MY MATE BEING EXECUTED?! HE DID NOTHING WRONG!”
I growled.
“Oh did I forget to explain the reason,”
he took a step closer to me, his eyes growing darker before flashing with a hidden rage, “Alpha Benjamin who survived the fire set by Alpha Reuben bears witness that Alpha Reuben is guilty of wiping out werewolves packs in realm and burning them.”
“What? Alpha Benjamin?”
my mind went blank.
“Alpha Benjamin?”
I couldn’t believe my ears. My mind went blank, and I couldn’t think straight anymore.
Alpha Benjamin testified against Reuben? How could that even be possible? I knew in my heart that Reuben was innocent, but I couldn’t wrap my head around the idea that Alpha Benjamin was the one who framed my mate. Why would the Alpha do such a thing? It made no sense to me. Moreover, I couldn’t dismiss the imperial decree that called for Reuben’s death.
Just as I was grappling with confusion and emotion, the strange sound of clinking silver chains reached my ears. My gaze snapped in Reuben’s direction.
“Where are you taking him? Let him go!”
I yelled as I witnessed them dragging Reuben’s motionless body toward the exit of the packhouse. To my horror, Reuben was no longer responsive, and I couldn’t discern how long he had been in that state. What I could see was that his entire body had turned blue.
“Reuben!”
I screamed, shoving those wolves out of my way before rushing over to him. “What happened to you?”
I fell to my knees and touched his face, which felt as cold as ice. “Reuben, open your eyes,”
I begged, lightly slapping his cheek. My entire body trembled in fear at his unresponsive state. “Reuben! Please ”
I continued to call out to him, trying to wake him, while Ceri attempted to connect with his wolf. However, she failed, as Reuben’s mind was eerily empty.
“REUBEN!”
I cried, wrapping my arms around him. The absence of Dex through our mate bond only intensified my panic.
“What the hell did you do to him?!”
I screamed at Black, glaring at him with eyes burning red as I clutched Reuben tightly to my chest.
He crushed some purple leaves in his hand and dropped them to the floor. “I was always curious as to how it would affect a werewolf. Now, I finally found a chance to use it in a live experiment,”
he replied callously.
“What?”
My eyes fixated on the crushed leaf, and as its alarming scent reached my nose, my heart leapt into my throat. “Wolfsbane?”
My wide eyes snapped up to Black, who wore an evil smile on his lips.
The silver chains were coated with wolfsbane! That’s why Reuben was affected so severely by it, his wolf had become nonexistent, and he became unresponsive!
“Why are you doing this?”
My arm around Reuben’s body tightened subconsciously out of fear of losing him, and my instinct to protect him with my life kicked in. “WHY THE HELL ARE YOU DOING THIS?!”
I burst out in anger, tears threatening to spill from my eyes. But then, suddenly, the room turned completely black.
I came to an abrupt halt when all I could see was Black standing in front of me. He leaned down and grabbed my cheek in a punishing grip. “You brought this upon yourself!”
he spat, glaring into my eyes with deadly intent. “Someone has to be held responsible for your actions, right? By choosing him, you automatically substitute him for the punishment you are bound to receive ”
he growled, his voice low yet filled with hatred, each word carving guilt into my heart and making me painfully aware of the crimes I committed by loving Reuben and choosing him.
He released my cheek, leaving it red and painful, his eyes devoid of emotion. Pulling away from me, he began to exit the packhouse while my eyes remained wide, unable to blink and struggling to breathe.
Stopping in the doorway, he shot me a meaningful glance. “The game starts now,”
he declared with an evil smirk before exiting the packhouse.
What did he mean by the game starts now? With his departure, the dark that had flooded the room around me returned to normal.
Suddenly, my body regained its strength, and I became aware of my surroundings. The monstrous wolves that had been holding silver chains were no longer present. However, as I looked down at my hand where I had clutched Reuben to my chest, he had disappeared too!
“Reuben!”
I panicked, staring at my empty hands in disbelief as the realization hit me that he had taken Reuben away. “REUBEN!”
I screamed, rushing out of the packhouse in hopes of catching them, only to be met with an empty yard. How was this possible? The royal wolves and Black, none of them were there it was almost as if they never existed. Where did he take my Reuben? “REUBEN!”
I screamed again, turning in all directions, but all I got in response was deafening silence.
New Book: Returned To Make Them Pay
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