Chapter 2

Isabeau's POV

I broke into a hard laugh, one that made my body shake and somehow turned to a cough at the end.

I looked at Leo and saw that she wasn't laughing like I expected her to. Why isn't she laughing?

"Why aren't you laughing?" I voiced out my thoughts in nearly a whisper.

"Well, because it's not funny. I don't care how you take it but it's the truth, the father of my child is indeed your husband." She replied seriously and something within me snapped at that moment.

"Why? How…..How could you do such a thing to me, Leo? Please tell me you're lying, tell me you don't really have an affair with my husband." I pleaded with her, fresh tears starting to fall down my cheeks.

"Fine, I don't have an affair with the Alpha, everything I just told you was a lie." She said and I sighed in relief.

But all of a sudden, a shrill laughter rang through the dungeon, sending chills down my spine. What is going on?

"Is that really what you wanted to hear? I'm sorry to burst your bubble, dear sister but your wish can't be fulfilled.

I'm indeed carrying the heir of this Pack in my womb, something you've tried and failed at miserably. You should be thanking me." She said with a grotesque smile.

"Leocadia!" I called sternly and received a sharp slap to the face, one that caused my head to snap sideways.

"Don't you dare ever utter my name from your filthy mouth ever again. Besides, I'm not done talking. Since this is the last time we'll ever be seeing each other, I might as well tell you the entire truth. The last favor I can do for you is at least tell you the mistakes you made in life before sending you to the grave." She said and I gazed at her with teary eyes.

Was this really the little sister I loved with my entire heart and had always cared for? She suddenly seemed like a different person, a nasty one.

"First and foremost, I'm the reason why the Alpha hates you so much. In fact, all the problems you've ever faced in this wretched little life of yours was engineered by me.

I've always hated you. You were the perfect daughter, beautiful, smart, strong with a mighty wolf while I was the weak, frail, wolfless and utterly useless twin, a failed copy of you. You got everything you always wanted while I was shunned. 

I loved Keith but you were the one who got to marry him. You went on to be the Luna of this Pack while I was forgotten." She said and I could sense the hurt in her voice.

My maternal instincts once again overpowered my good sense of judgment.

"No, Leo. It was never like that, our parents loved us equally." I tried to comfort her.

"Silence! Only I will speak and you'll listen." She warned.

"I'm the reason for your downfall, Isa. You should never forget that. I caused the problems in your marriage, I made you lose your child and destroyed your womb." The words she said left me in a daze. My brain tried to process everything but it was ripping my heart apart.

Her revelations kept hitting me like bullets till I could no longer ignore them.

"You monster! Why? Why did you kill my child?! You had a problem with me, I was the one who was in your way so why didn't you get revenge on me? Why did you kill my child? My innocent child did nothing to you and you couldn't let him or her be born into this world. You're supposed to be my sister, why did you do this to me?" I raged in between tears, my breath seizing as I tried to speak without choking on my tears. 

She only laughed at me, once the proud Luna of this Pack, I had somehow turned into this pitiful sight.

"You're such a waste of space I can't even pity you. You're going to be executed in two hours and I'm pretty sure you don't even know the reason why. Well let me tell you. I made the Alpha think you killed his child on purpose and just to sweeten the deal, I planted fake evidence in your room and made it seem like you were having an affair with the Lycan King and as such was plotting treason. That's the reason you're going to be disgraced and publicly executed, Isabeau. 

You were nothing but a puppet dancing to my tunes this whole time. This has always been my story and you're not a part of it.

How does it feel to be the loser? How do you feel after finding out the truth that I stole your happiness away from you and I'm the reason for your unfortunate end. How does it feel?" She jeered.

"You bitch! Do you think I'll let you get away with any of this? I only ever loved you and you did such terrible things to me but there's one mistake you made. You made a huge mistake by revealing everything to me before my death. Do you really think I'll keep quiet after everything I've just found out?

I may be executed but I'll reveal your truth to everyone. You may have succeeded in turning a great number of people against me but I know there are still a few people who believe in me.

I'm sure our parents will investigate after I tell everyone the truth today. So that even if I die, you'll go down with me because you'll be punished for all your crimes." I screamed at her, nearly out of breath.

My heart was constricting in pain and it was getting harder to breathe.

Leo broke into a cackle that resounded around the dungeon. Had she finally lost it?

"Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. How I pity you, even with everything I've told you, you're still as stupid as a brick. You greatly underestimate me and it pains me. Do you really think I would disclose all my evil deeds to you if I didn't have a plan to counter it? Do you really think I'll just sit back and let you expose me? Even if everyone hates you, they're bound to take interest in your words if you reveal everything I just told you." She said and suddenly brought out pincers and walked menacingly towards me.

My eyes widened in horror as I crawled backwards, my back hitting the wall sooner than I expected. I had never been so afraid in my life, now knowing what she's capable of, I don't even know what to expect.

"What…..What are you going to do with that?" I stuttered.

"Gosh, this look of fear in your eyes, it's so sexy on you. The smell of your fear is so appetizing, I can't get enough. 

Well you see, you can only tell the truth if you can talk, right? So I'm going to cancel out the possibility by cutting off your tongue." She said in a sultry voice. 

I begged and pleaded but it all fell on deaf ears. She went on to cut off my tongue and there was very little I could do. I just laid there, bleeding out. I thought for sure that I would die at that moment but there's no escaping it now. Death is at my door and it's more terrifying than I could have imagined.