“Damn Omega! She brings shame to our pack and our Alpha!” One of the maids said disgustedly as she pulled my hair to the surface.

I breathed a sigh of relief when I got oxygen again. I narrowed my eyes and stared at Olivia, who was crouching in front of me.

“Olivia, what else do you want?”

Smack!

“Wow, you're getting bold! Are you getting more daring because Logan keeps giving you gifts?!”

I pressed my lips together, my teeth chattering from the cold pool water.

“Luna, Alpha always loves you. There's no point in you always being jealous of me!”

Olivia pulled my hair. "True, but his attention is always divided between you. Did you know that after the miscarriage of the twins, Logan searched the world for a witch to find another potion that would better ease your pain and heal you? He wanted to use the children to keep you by his side! Even your children would be returned to you! Even though he treated you cruelly, he still cared deeply for you!"

She glared, then whispered in a voice only the two of us could hear. “Fortunately, I replaced the potion with a poison that will paralyze you. You will be paralyzed and become a useless doll, slowly dying. If I killed you outright, Logan would definitely investigate the matter.”

She grinned cruelly.

My father’s chest tightened, filled with despair.

Olivia then stood up, glanced at the maid beside her, and turned to leave. The maid nodded, then announced in a loud voice.

“Mia Klein seduced Alpha Logan into betraying Luna, then seduced the heir to the Alpha Moonstone Pack and members of the Crimson Pack while the guests were still here. She wants to disgrace our pack. This shameless and disgusting whore must be drowned so she doesn't disgrace the pack and tarnish the honor of our Alpha. Drown her!”

One of the maid grabbed my head, submerging me in the water. I couldn't breathe. My chest hurt as water began to fill my lungs.

Was I going to die here?

‘Mia, don't give up! You have to stay alive!’ My wolf screamed in my mind, bringing my chaotic thoughts back to reality.

My eyes opened with determination. I shook my head with all my might, pulling away the maid's hand that was pressing down on my head, then scratching her with my wolf claws until she released her grip.

I tried to climb to the surface. I couldn't die here. I had to get out of this place that was dragging me into the abyss of death.

Suddenly, someone helped pull me up, allowing me to breathe again. I coughed, spitting water from my mouth.

“How dare you try to kill Mia!”

“Madam Freya!” The maids were terrified, then bowed in front of Madam Freya.

One of the maids replied anxiously. “Mia has tarnished the name of our pack. She seduced and slept with the heir to Alpha Moonstone, even though she is Alpha Logan's woman. Luna... Luna asked us to drown her as punishment. That is the punishment that should be given to a shameless adulteress.”

Madam Freya slapped the maid's face. “I raised Mia, I know exactly what she is like. She is not what you accuse her of! You... Go to the barracks to receive your punishment!”

The maids were terrified, then hurried away.

I felt Madam Freya cover me with her coat, hugging me as I shivered from the cold.

“Mia, my dear child... why have you become like this?”

I grabbed Madam Freya's hand and whispered pleadingly, “Madam Freya... ah, Auntie, please let me go. This place will consume me if I stay here any longer.”

“I know, everything will be fine...”

“No, no, nothing has been fine for the past five years. I...”

Madam Freya nodded reassuringly. “It's all my fault for forcing you to become a ‘breeder’ for the sake of the Alpha bloodline. You've suffered so much. But please hang in there. You still have to have a fifth child. I will make sure you get the best care and recover quickly so you can get pregnant again.”

I shivered, not because of the cold from being submerged in the icy pool, but because of Madam Freya’s soft, soothing words, which felt like a knife slicing through my heart.

In the end, Madam Freya was just like her son.

I could only bow my head, numb. I had given up on the people in this pack: Logan and even Madam Freya.

“Mia, do you understand?”

I forced a smile on my face.

“I understand, Madam Freya.”

Madam Freya smiled softly and stroked my hair. “Good girl, stay a little longer, the freedom I promised you, you will get it. I promise.”

Madam Freya escorted me to my room, then angrily called the maids.

“Call Olivia!”

Olivia was summoned immediately. I heard them arguing outside my room. I closed my eyes, ignoring their argument, and waited for the Moonlight Birth Fest to arrive.

But someone pulled me out of bed and choked my neck in the middle of the night.

My eyes opened, my breath almost cut off, then Logan released his grip and dragged me out of bed.

“Just because my mother is back, you complained to her and enjoyed having Olivia whipped in front of the servants? Mia, why are you so cruel! Olivia has always been good to you!”

Logan didn't give me a chance to defend myself and dragged me out of my room.

In the middle of the night, wearing only thin clothes and still shivering from the cold, I was dragged to the main building and forced to kneel in front of Olivia's bed.

“Apologize to Olivia now!”

Olivia was lying in bed, her face pale and sobbing in pain. Her white nightgown had red streaks running down her back.

“Logan, it's not necessary... it's my fault for wanting to teach Mia not to tarnish the good name of the Pack and our pack,” she whispered weakly, her voice breaking as if she were dying. "Mia, I just want to protect Logan's and the Pack's good name because of your behavior towards John Martinez and the members of the Crimson Pack. The scandal has made you the subject of gossip among the other packs. Please don't blame me.“

I just stared at her blankly. ”I... why is all this my fault?“

”What did you say?!“ Logan snapped. ”Mia, if you don't kneel down and apologize to Olivia, I will forbid you from ever seeing your mother again and withdraw medical support for your mother!"

Logan's cold words made me panic. I gritted my teeth and knelt in front of Olivia.

“I'm sorry, it's all my fault. Please, let me see my mother. My mother can't live without medical care.”

Something flashed in Olivia's eyes. She coughed violently until blood spurted from her mouth.

“Olivia!” Logan ran anxiously to her bed. “Are you okay?”

“Logan,” Olivia called softly. "I'm in so much pain. So much pain... this is the first time I've felt whipped.“ She sobbed, leaning against Logan's chest.

Logan turned his cold gaze on me. ”Stay on your knees there until Olivia feels better.“

I took a deep breath, then replied, ”Yes, Alpha."

Olivia glanced at me with a sly smile on Logan's chest. “Logan, stay with me tonight. I beg you... it's almost full moon.”

Every time there was a full moon, Olivia felt pain from the silver poison she had suffered from five years ago.

“All right, I'll be by your side.” Logan sighed, then lay down on the bed and pulled Olivia into his arms.

I bowed my head, staring at the floor beneath me. I felt nothing anymore. Only by imagining my mother's face did I manage to get through this.

Logan finally let me go a few hours later after Olivia fell asleep. I returned to my room as dawn approached. I could barely feel my legs. However, I forced myself to be strong and went to see Logan.

"Logan, can you take me there now? I need to see my mother...“

Logan glanced at me irritably. ”Fine, I'll also take Olivia to the hospital in the city center for a checkup because Dr. Philip is on leave. Her wounds are infected from the whipping."

I wanted to argue, but I was worried Logan would get angry if I refused to go with Olivia, so I kept my mouth shut and followed him obediently.

Finally, we arrived at the famous private hospital. I breathed a sigh of relief, grateful that Madam Freya had kept her promise to take care of my mother at the best hospital.

When Logan and Olivia weren't paying attention, I secretly sent a message to Alpha Asher about the location of the hospital.

“Go ahead with Philip. He'll take you, I'll take Olivia to see the doctor.” Logan sent his Beta to take me, while he went with Olivia to see another doctor.

“Follow me.” Beta Philip treated me indifferently as he took me to one of the hospital rooms where my mother was being treated.

While Beta Philip stood guard outside, I entered the hospital room and checked on my mother.

My heart broke when I saw how thin my mother had become compared to five years ago. She had been in a vegetative state for fifteen years and had never opened her eyes.

I knelt beside the bed and held my mother's hand, pressing my cheek against her palm, feeling the warmth of her skin that I had missed so much.

“Mom, how are you? I'm sorry I haven't seen you for five years,” I whispered, full of longing, tears streaming down my cheeks.

Mom became vegetative because she protected me from impact during the car accident. Since then, her eyes have never opened. She survives by relying on medical equipment attached to her body.

“Mom, I promise. We'll leave this place and I'll take you to a beautiful place.” I kissed my mother’s thin palm.

Suddenly, my mother's hand moved, her fingers caressing my cheek. I blinked, looking at my mother's face with hope.

“Mom, can you hear me? Can you hear me?”

“Ah, so this is your mother, the one who made you survive as a breeder.”

Olivia's voice suddenly sounded behind me. I wiped my tears and stared at her sharply.

“What are you doing here?”

"I'm just curious about what your mother is like. Your mother has been like this for fifteen years. Don’t you feel sorry for keeping her alive in a vegetative state?” Olivia walked toward the EKG machine, her hands casually touching the medical equipment, while my heart pounded with alertness and anxiety.

I stood up and growled at her. “You've never experienced the loss of someone important, the only family member in the world, so you won't understand.”

"Ah, unfortunately, I don't want to understand. But I hate one thing... I hate that you're a breeder and cling to Logan like a parasite." She glanced at me with a cold look in her eyes as she held the ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) cable that was keeping my mother alive. She suddenly yanked the cables, knocking over other medical equipment and causing a sharp, deafening sound.

“What are you doing!” I rushed toward her in a panic, trying to stop her.

The alarm blared in the treatment room. My mother's body convulsed on the bed.

“Olivia!” I growled, pushing her aside and trying to reattach the medical device, then pressing the emergency button. “Mom, please hang in there...”

Olivia smirked, took the syringe, and stabbed her wrist.

“Arghh! Philip! Logan! Help me!”

The door burst open with a loud slam, Philip and Logan appearing at the entrance.

“What’s going on here?”

Olivia cried, running into Logan's arms. “Logan, I don't know what happened to Mia. I just told her to let go of her mother, but she suddenly went crazy and stabbed me with a syringe...”

Chapter 9

Mia POV :

I turned with red eyes and lunged at Olivia, who was still crying in Logan's arms. “You tried to kill my mother!”

“Mia!” Logan grabbed me and threw me roughly to the floor. “I thought you were being nicer to Olivia, but it turns out it was just an act! Do you enjoy hurting people?”

“She's the one who hurt–”

The doctors entered and rushed to the patient's bed. “What's going on here?!”

I grabbed the doctor's leg,crying and begging. “Doctor, doctor, please save my mother. I beg you… my mother's hand is moving, she's going to wake up, doctor… I beg you, save her!”

“Stop!”Logan ordered coldly, stopping the doctors from putting the medical equipment back on.

Logan stared at me sharply. “Mia,you should apologize to Olivia!”

“I won’t apologize to her!She planned to kill my mother!”

“Fine, you keep lying and never regret hurting Olivia, even though you’ve done it repeatedly, right? Then don’t expect your mother to get medical treatment! Philip! Bring Mia back to the pack and lock her in the dungeon!”

“No! No! Logan, I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I beg you!”

I desperately crawled toward his feet, but Logan kicked me and carried Olivia out of the ward.

Beta Philip pulled my hand forcefully, dragging me out of the treatment room.

“No, no,I can't leave my mother!” I cried desperately amid my tears, looking at the confused doctors and my mother's body convulsing before finally stopping.

“Doctor,the patient… has passed away ....”

I cried my heart out. Philip didn't care about my tears at all. Logan walked away, his back looking cold, while Olivia's sly smile peeked from behind his shoulder, as if announcing her victory.

My world collapsed right then and there. My mother died. And now, I was locked in a pitch-black underground prison. Lena's whispers no longer calmed me.

I felt like I was drowning in the thick darkness of the dungeon. This darkness no longer frightened me.All that remained was emptiness and a deep hatred for Logan, Olivia, the entire Sinclair family, and even this entire pack.

I pulled out my phone, shaking my hands, and texted Alpha Asher.

[It's all too late. Logan killed my mother. He killed my mother for his Luna.]

Alpha Asher's message came quickly.

[What happened? After receiving the hospital location you sent, I was already planning with my Beta to move your mother. I didn't expect this to happen. ]

I told him everything, about how Logan killed my mother, and that I wanted revenge.

Time seemed to freeze when his next message came in.

[I understand. I've arranged everything for your faked death at the dinner party. Once you're completely free from Logan's control, I'm willing to help you take revenge.]

Logan finally released me three hours early,as if to atone for his guilt. I was numb to everything.All I remember was Logan's whisper announcing my mother's death.

“Mia, if you hadn't hurt Olivia in the first place, your mother wouldn't have ended up like this.Let your mother go, she's been vegetative for fifteen years.This is her destiny.”

Destiny? That's nonsense!

My mother would surely wake up after all this time!But Olivia killed her. Logan killed my mother. And the pack, they were so indifferent at my mother's funeral.

My mother was cremated without a ceremony, that very day, to avoid bad luck at the Moonlight Birth Fest.

I stood there, my eyes red, watching my mother's body slowly turn to ashes, and I secretly vowed that one day I would get justice for my mother.

By then, I'll make Logan and Olivia beg me to let them go, crying their eyes out.

On the night of the Moonlight Birth Fest,the ballroom was magnificent,and the guests were dressed in their finest.

I stood in the corner of the party with a glass of champagne in my hand, The bottle of Aconitum potion was tucked neatly into my waist pouch.

Logan and Olivia, smiling, enjoyed the feast without a trace of guilt.

I wanted to burn their smiles. Burn this pack in the same fire that burned my mother to ashes.

But revenge isn't for now. Tonight, I must make sure I fake my death at Logan's hands so I can escape this place, escape my identity as a surrogate mother, and pave the way for my revenge.

Not far away, Alpha Asher,on the other hand,was chatting with his pack,nodding silently at me.

This was the signal we'd agreed upon, indicating that I needed to drink the aconite potion.

Once I finished the aconite potion, the "fake death" act that Alpha Asher had arranged for me would begin.

I quietly sipped the Aconitum potion.

After a few moments,I walk toward Logan and Olivia.The children have been taken to their rooms during the middle of the event.That makes me feel relieved.

“Alpha, Luna, good evening...”

The entire Moonlight Birth Fest hall suddenly changed. The melodious music was replaced by deafening noise.

Logan turned,startled,his eyes wide as he saw a group of Werewolf Hunters storming in.

They shouted,.“Dirty wolves! Kill them all!”

They didn't hesitate and opened fire.

Shiny silver bullets flew in all directions, injuring many guests.

Several other Werewolf Hunters threw blue fireballs that instantly burned the decorations in the ballroom. Flames licked everywhere,creating terrible chaos.

In an instant,the pack of werewolves transformed and counterattacked.

Logan reacted immediately,pulling Olivia and me behind him, protecting us from the hail of bullets.

“Stay behind me!” he growled, his muscles tensing.

However, amid the chaos, a large, muscular Werewolf Hunter managed to slip through the crowd. He ambushed me from behind, grabbed my hand tightly,and pulled me away from Logan.

I struggled,trying to break free,but his grip was too strong.

Logan saw me being captured. His face paled, his eyes filled with rage.

“Let her go!” he roared,wanting to lunge forward,but the Werewolf Hunter held a silver knife to my throat.

“One more step,Alpha,and this woman dies!” he threatened.

“Argh! Logan, help me!” Olivia's scream caught Logan's attention.

At some point, another werewolf hunter had snuck up and captured Olivia. A silver knife was pressed against her neck.

“Alpha Logan，We need one of your women in exchange for the life of my sister, whom you killed five years ago! An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” The Werewolf Hunter behind me grinned, pressing the knife against my neck, causing blood to flow.

“Choose, Alpha. This woman,or your Luna?”

“I owe you nothing!” Logan stared coldly at Werewolf Hunter.

“Let go of my Luna.Take Mia instead...”

A slight bitterness welled up inside me，the difference between love and indifference was so obvious.

“Logan...” Olivia sobbed into his chest after being released by the hunter.

The hunter then said without letting go of me. “Back off!”

Several werewolf hunters retreated from the fight. The werewolf hunter behind me pulled me with him.

My eyes closed for a moment, Logan's indifference clearly appearing in my mind.

When the knife at my neck moved away for a moment,I bit the hunter's hand and elbowed him hard in the stomach,causing him to let go of me.

Logan's gaze turned sharp. Suddenly, with a roar of rage, Logan lunged at the Werewolf Hunter.

His movements were lightning fast,and his sharp claws were aimed at the Werewolf Hunter behind me.

Logan's speed was unstoppable,and I smiled slightly as I stood in front of him.

His claws pierced my stomach.

My vision turned red,and a sharp pain tore through my stomach.

The crowd fell silent,and the battle stopped as the Werewolf Hunter retreated. All eyes were on me as I lay sprawled on the ground.

Logan,his face pale and his eyes empty,stared at his blood-stained hands, his sharp claws piercing my stomach.

“No...” he whispered,his voice hoarse, as if the world had just collapsed before him.

I held back the pain in my stomach and pulled on Logan's suit collar. My voice trembled as I spat blood into my mouth.

“Logan...I hate you,I hope you die...”

The image of my mother's smile danced in my mind.Tears streamed from the corners of my eyes.

What he doesn't know is that everything happening now is a carefully orchestrated scheme by me and Alpha Asher.

I let myself die at his hands, so that he would believe I was truly dead.

One day,I will take revenge for my past,for the children who were separated from me,and for my mother.

One day, Logan will beg for the life he took from me.