Chapter 78: Chapter 78

Chapter 78 Why you??

PAMELA'S POV

I spent the next couple of days in the same dirty cell I have been dreading to be in. Not even once did Lucius bother to visit me. The Omega would only come to bring me my meal and then leave right away without giving me the chance to ask any questions.

Everyone hated me for trying to kill Maia while I was still trying to process the fact that Lucius marked her. Thinking back to the times Neal talked to me and that confrontation I had with Lucius, they did say that she was his mate but I did not believe it. I thought that they were lying.

Thoughts about my father finding out about what I did ransack my brain leaving me more worried than before.

'Father would be so mad at me if he finds out. He might disown me and if that happens, I will be a rogue. No! I can't be a rogue,' I panicked in my head.

'I don't think your dad will do that. He loves you. You are his only daughter,' Ella said.

I simply ignored her and pushed her at the back of my head.

Since no one was talking to me, I had no idea how Maia was doing. The anticipation from waiting for Lucius' wrath was eating me up alive every second.

During my whole life that I had known him, I had never seen him that mad. His glare alone buried me 10 feet under.

As I sat in the stinky cell, I could not help, but feel guilty. The guilt was surely eating me up. I wanted to apologize to Maia, but no one was talking to me.

After 5 days of staying in that stinky cell, my prayers were miraculously answered. I was suddenly woken up from my sleep by someone banging the cells. I wanted to snap back a complaint about being too noisy when I heard someone say that Queen Luna was there.

"Maia." I breathed out. I was happy that she was alive because Lucius would certainly have my head if she wasn't. I was certain about that.

"It's Queen Luna for you, mutt!" Lucius growled, his arms around Maia's waist.

I couldn't help but bow my head since he used the King Alpha tone on me. Being the daughter of an Alpha did not help because he was stronger.

"Forgive me, King Alpha," I apologized.

"I hope that being here for a week gave you enough time to think about what you did. I am here to inform you that you will be going back home as soon as the rogue issues in the neighboring packs have already died down. In the meantime, you will still be staying in your room with guards outside. You can't go anywhere without permission and without guards. Unless you would rather stay here, I have no problem with that,' Maia said.

"Thank you, Queen Luna," I replied, bowing my head.

I was certain that she talked to Lucius about letting me out of the cells. And I didn't know why she did that. After what I had done, she was still being nice to me.

Lucius was saying something about being pardoned by Maia, but I was not focused because my mind was still trying to grasp the reason behind her kindness.

They were about to leave and I knew that I would not get another chance.

"Can I please have a moment with you, Queen Luna?" I asked.

Before Maia could even say anything, Lucius was already growling and ready to snap my neck.

"Don't worry. It won't take long. Just give me ten minutes with her and I will be right behind you. What can she possibly do? She is locked in a cell." I heard Maia reason with him.

After a couple of seconds, Lucius let out a defeated sigh and finally agreed.

'I still don't know how she manages to get him to agree with her and follow her like a lost puppy,' Ella commented.

'Shut it, Ella!' I exclaimed before pushing her at the back of my mind.

Once Lucius and the guards left, Maia turned and looked at me.

"You have 10 minutes so you better start talking," she said.

I lifted my head and looked at her.

"Why are you being nice to me? What is your hidden agenda?" I asked.

"I have no hidden agenda, Pamela. If you still think that I am a witch or whatever, I don't care. I don't have to prove myself to you," she replied.

"The mark. Since when did he mark you?" I asked.

I still could not fathom the fact that he marked her.

"He marked me a long time ago. Besides, it is none of your business. So, why are you asking all this?" She replied with a question of her own.

I kneeled in front of her and broke down in tears.

"What is it that you have that I don't? What does he see in you? You are a nobody. I am an Alpha's daughter and I have its blood. So, why you?" I cried out.

I could no longer hold my pain. My heart was literally breaking into a million pieces.

"Mate bond," she said.

I looked at her with my brows furrowed.

"You asked what I have that you don't. It's the mate bond. Why do you think I can easily calm him down? Even without the mark, I would still be able to do that because he is my mate. I am the one chosen by the Moon Goddess to be his mate, not HIS chosen mate," she explained.

"You are lying. You can't be his mate. There has to be some kind of mistake. It can't be!" I exclaimed.

"I know that you love him. You love him more than just a friend. I understand why you are doing all of this, but it has stopped. It's time for you to give up because there is no way that I will let him suffer. I truly care about him. I don't care if he is cursed and he turns into some hideous beast every full moon. I love him and I will stay with him no matter what," she said.

"Why you? Out of all she-wolves, why does it have to be you? Why can't it be me?" I asked, tears flowing down my face.

"Why do you hate me so much, Pamela? What is it that I did that made you like this? Help me understand you?" She asked.

"You existed," I scoffed, "If you never appeared in our lives, I would have had him all to myself, but NO! You had to butt in and take him away from me."

"Pamela, I hope you know that Lucius was never meant to be yours. He was never yours and will never be," she said.

Before I could even utter a word, she turned her back on me and left.

I was fuming with anger and in pain. The emotion was becoming too much to bear that it felt as if it was a rejection from my own mate.

'Why Moon Goddess? Why?' I cried out.

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