Bab 3: The Blood Alpha
A pair of blood-red eyes snapped open followed by a sharp intake of breath. It was as if she came from a deep slumber with no room to breathe, in a way she did. She practically climbed up from hell after dying at the hands of the people she trusted.
A wave of scalding hate pierced right through Diana's ice-cold heart, melting it with only one purpose: revenge. She trusted them and loved them with all her heart and soul but what did she get in return? Her baby was taken away from her and her life trampled over and over again!
"Hey, Diana. Are you alright? Why are you clutching your chest?"
Anastasia's over-the-top sweet voice pulled Diana from her miserable trance.
"!!!" A gasp escaped Anastasia's pale lips when the latter met Diana's gaze—it was burning with hatred and malice. But in a blink of an eye, the seemingly daunting look of the submissive Diana vanished as if it was never there in the first place as if it was only Anastasia's figment of imagination. Anastasia failed to notice the whitening knuckles of Diana, hidden beneath her ragged jumper dress.
Shaking her head, Diana drew a deep breath and smiled like always at Anastasia. For someone with a photographic memory, Diana uttered the exact same words she said in her first lifetime. "I'm okay, Ana. You know how I hate to be here. If only you did not practically drag me here, I won't be watching this."
Diana's tone of voice did not change. It was still kind and gentle, making Anastasia think that the malice she had seen for a split second was indeed a figment of her imagination. Shaking her head inwardly, her practiced smile resurfaced as she reached out for Diana's hand. "Let us get out of here. You are scared of the Blood Alpha, right? I don't want you to have nightmares because of him."
The Anastasia from Diana's first lifetime overlapped with the young woman in front of her. The sunlight that graced the meadow of the neutral lands did not conceal the darkening gaze of Diana. Amid the buzzing werewolves—who were like them waiting for the arrival of the Blood Alpha—Diana stared at the smiling Anastasia as if they were the only two people left in the vast grassland.
'You want me to leave here immediately because you want to make it seem as if I am disrespecting the Blood Alpha. And this is the opportunity you want to create for yourself. In my past life, you plead for me. You even took the lashing for me. I was a fool to fall for this trick! You only want to secure your place beside me while ensuring your image in front of the pack and destroying my family's honor for the Blood Alpha.' Diana thought. Bitterness crept to her throat after realizing how much of a fool she had been.
Diana knew now how patient and determined Anastasia was for her grand plans. If it was her past self against this Anastasia, she was sure she would not be able to even hold a candle against the vile woman. But this time, Diana lost everything from her past life—she lost her child. Now she was a mother scorned from all the horrors of betrayals, an empty shell of what she used to be.
Revenge. This word was the only motivation for her to continue this second life even after fully knowing that her little angel would never come back in this lifetime.
"What are you talking about, Ana? I am the daughter of the beta! How can I shy away from this one? Meeting the Blood Alpha is like facing my fear." Diana linked her arms with a stupefied Anastasia.
"B-But you said be-before you hated the Blood Alpha." Anastasia's 'worried' words were louder than her normal tone, making their pack mates look back at them warily.
Diana glanced at her pocket watch.
"Hush it! If the Blood Alpha hears you, the fate of the entire Crescent Pack will be in danger!" One elderly admonished Diana, eyes filled with a reprimanding gaze.
Diana did not mind her pack mates' reproachful looks at her. Instead, she pulled Anastasia closer like a clingy submissive wolf that she always was, but this time, her voice was equally as loud as Anastasia's. "What is there to hate at the Blood Alpha? He is a valiant war hero who protected us from rogues over the years! He earned his title as the Blood Alpha because he bathed in his enemy's blood, a cost to pay to maintain our peace. If anything, I admire the Blood Alpha next to my father and you know that, Ana."
Diana smelled the unique scent of death and blood from her south—just like she remembered. She continued, eyes pinned on the paling Anastasia. "If anything, I admire him. Ana, you know that. Why have you forgotten of all things?"
"B-Blood Alpha! Alpha is with the Blood Alpha!" One pack mate announced, pushing all the attention to the incoming flock of wolves from the southern part of the meadow, appearing from the foggy forest like a phantom with their stealthy footsteps and colossal bearings.
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