Chapter 25: Chapter 25

My whole body froze as my blood ran cold on hearing what she just uttered. I would have laughed and seen it all as a joke if I hadn't seen her mean face and cold stare.

"I don't want to die!!" I cried in horror, flinging off the bottle I just drank the poison from.

"Then, make Ava kill herself. Greater torture is the only way for her to end her life. Set her up with her father so he will punish her continuously. Imagine how great your life will be when you succeed. Jaden will be yours forever..." She teased, and I could only let out a deep breath, thinking about it all.

"I know it will be quite hard, so you have the weekend to prepare. From Monday, you can start. Ava won't be able to shift into her wolf, which will make her father hate her more and might even punish her too. Take that opportunity to request for Ava to be your personal slave." Aurora smirked again as she spilled those words.

"You will really make Jaden mine?" I inquired, recalling she had mentioned it earlier.

"It's a promise. I have a charm to make him feel all the mate attraction from your body. You can take Ava to school and get her bullied by everyone in school." Aurora added with a pat on my shoulder gently.

"I trust in you. I also don't want the poison to kill you, so do your best." She concluded, winking before walking out.

Now I don't have to linger anymore. Ava will see how cruel I can be.

Just then, a great idea popped into my head, forcing a wide smile from my lips, I didn't even know when I began to laugh as I realized how much pained Ava would be after I did this.

She has a good heart and would be deeply troubled by guilt if she saw their deaths.

I stepped out of my room with graceful steps, feeling so elated and proud, especially when I saw the maids and royal guards bowing to me as I walked past them.

As I the kitchen, I picked up an onion bulb and sliced it into two, letting the itching liquid spray into my eyes to force out tears, which it succeeded in doing.

Time to meet the Alpha and get him to do as I say with my tears and lies.

Stan and Eric were jailed by the Alpha for helping Ava, and I know she would think that after a little punishment they would be freed. I can't wait to see her heart shattered in guilt and agony when she hears they were murdered by the Alpha because of my lies.

This is just the beginning.

With tears brimming my eyes, I ran out of the kitchen and headed over to the palace, crying out my eyes.

Immediately, I stepped into the palace. The Alpha rose from his throne and hurried over to me.

"What happened? Who dared to hurt you?!" He asked as I fell into his arms, crying more.

"Tell me who dared to touch you!!" He thundered with fury, and I couldn't help smiling inwardly.

"Eric, Stan, and Ava are planning against me. They want to kill me because I am taking over Ava's position." I spilled out the lie amidst tears, and there was an absolute silence that lingered in the hall. It shocked everyone, including the Alpha.

"I don't get." He mumbled, looking into my face with his face contorted into a deep frown.

"I was also very shocked when I overheard it. They didn't know I was coming over to the prison this evening, and I made my steps silent. With my sharp hearing ability, I was able to hear Eric and Stan planning to poison me once they were set free, all because of Ava," I explained in a whimpering tone, pretending to be scared.

The Alpha couldn't believe his ears and was really fuming hard as he stepped back, growling in rage.

"Please, kill Eric and Stan before they take my life. I might have caught them now. I don't know about the future since they have such cruel heart." I pressed on to be sure they never got out of this alive.

"Guards!! Go get those fools and Ava here right now!!" Sean ordered in a very powerful tone that shook the ground.

Ava's POV

It was evening, and I was lying on my bed, smiling sheepishly to myself. It couldn't stop making me happy every time I remembered Prince Jaden coming into my room and checking on me.

After Nana had slapped me, he got revenge on me by slapping her too. This is just so sweet and my heart can't stop racing in excitement.

Just then, I heard loud knocks hitting hard at my door continuously.

"Open this door!!"

"Open the fucking door!!"

Harsh voices from outside followed, leaving me befuddled as I hurried to open the door. My heart was already thumping hard in fear.

Just as I unlocked the door, three guards dragged me off, grasping my hands with my body sprawled over the hard floor. They held me that way till we got into the palace.

I was pushed to the center of the room.

My eyes went around and I could see the Alpha and Nana staring down at me with deep hatred in their eyes. All the guards also had that resentment blazing in their eyeballs while they glared at me like I had killed someone.

I was confused and about to ask when two wheel chairs rolled in and my eyes trailed it.

"No!!!" I screamed in horror as I saw the bloody, motionless bodies of Eric and Stan. They had been brutally beaten to the point that their bodies were covered with blood from bruises and deep cuts. There were also red streaks all over their necks and arms.

I tried to rush at them but was held back by two guards. My body was shaking in terror as I wondered if they were really dead. It can't be that Stan is dead. Eric can't also be killed for helping me. It wasn't his fault!

"You planned with them to poison Nana, but unfortunately for you all, she caught them!" The Alpha bellowed, and I flinched at such a weird statement, which I don't understand.

My eyes darted at the Alpha, and I could see he was really furious, and when I saw Nana's little smirk, I knew she had pulled up another cruel stunt, but why hurt others?

"She is lying..." I cried out, even though I know the Alpha who should be my father won't believe me.

"Repeat that, and I will make sure I slit your throat!!" He threatened and turned to the guards.

"Wake them up to see Ava for the last time before they are killed." That was what I heard my father say.

"No, you can't kill the innocent ones. I am the one who erred! Please kill me and let them live!" I screeched, falling to the ground as my heart broke into pieces on seeing Stan and Eric profusely bleeding.

They were tortured so badly that they even passed out.

Oh God! Was I the cause of all this?

The guards pushed a pill into their mouths, and in a few seconds, Stan and Eric coughed and opened their eyes, but were groaning and grunting in deep torment.

My heart tore apart as I looked up and saw them with their groans filling my ears.

"Stan! Eric!" I whimpered their name while they couldn't even talk due to how swollen their lips were. Tears were rolling down Stan's cheeks while Eric had regret in his eyes. He must have regretted the day he accepted to help me out of fear. He was going to die.

"Please, Alpha, I beg of you. Don't kill them! They are innocent, and I am the sinner here. Spare their lives and kill me, please!" I sobbed bitterly as sharp agony exploded inside me like a time bomb, spreading through every part of me with heavy guilt. It was hard for me to bear.

"You caused their deaths by conniving to kill me with their help. Wicked soul!" Nana chipped in with a snort, and I turned to her, kneeling beneath her feet.

"I accept everything, but they are innocent. Kill me instead." I pleaded, praying she would accept and beg the Alpha to let them go, but it seemed like God had also abandoned me.

"Alpha, please kill these men so I'll feel safe. If we keep them alive, they will come back at me in the future." Nana whined, crushing my heart into pieces.

"No, you can't do this to me." I burst into a loud shriek of terror, but it seemed like they were all deaf to my cry.

"Kill them. I can't spare anyone who tries to hurt a royal member. I am really disappointed at Stan, the warrior leader. Announce his death tomorrow and their family should bury them." My father ordered with a shrug, and I could see Eric and Stan struggling to free themselves.

"No, please, please... Please. Why are you doing this to the innocent. "Why kill them?" I sobbed in extreme guilt and right in front of my eyes, they were stabbed thrice till they died.

Their bodies were wheeled away, but the scene stuck in my head. I slumped on the floor, and for the first time in my entire life, I decided to kill myself.

"Now it's your time to be punished severely since I can't kill you. Guards! Tie her to the chair and give her a hundred strokes of the wolfsbane whip!" I heard the Alpha's order, but his voice was faint in my ears as I was losing consciousness.

The agony in me was too much, and I knew it wouldn't take long before I was going to destroy my core and end my miserable life once and for all.

"The Lycan prince has returned!!" Someone announced it at that moment, and I thought I was having another hallucination till the door opened for him.

I turned my face to the door and it fell on the most beautiful deep ocean blue eyes staring back at my face.