Soon, a slave with disheveled hair, ragged clothes, and heavy chains wrapped around her feet was dragged into the hall.
“You remember her? This is Cherry. She is now the sinner of the pack.” I boldly lifted my chin and pointed to the person kneeling in the middle of the banquet hall. “If you are willing to come back and be our Beta, Cherry will be your exclusive slave and be at your disposal.”
I was confident that Sylvia would accept my proposition. After all, Cherry had always bullied and nearly killed Sylvia back when she was still in the pack. Any reasonable person would want to get revenge now that the enemy was restrained right in front of them. After all, this was an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
But to my surprise, Sylvia erupted into a fit of rage. She stared at me as she stood up from her seat and exclaimed, “Shawn! You haven’t changed a bit at all!”
Sylvia’s POV
When I saw Cherry in shackles, I felt like I had seen myself from the past. Cherry had committed many horrible acts, but that was no reason to turn her into a slave.
But obviously, Shawn didn’t understand this at all. He flung the glass in his hand and snarled, “Don’t be so ungrateful, Sylvia.”
I sneered, “Shawn, you are still as arrogant and conceited as before. You don’t care about the lives of other people.”
“Are you talking about Cherry? How could you sympathize with her? Have you forgotten that her father was the one who killed your mother? And he was the one who caused the direct decline of our pack! As Mateo’s daughter, it’s only fitting for her to become a slave and atone for her father’s sins.
Utterly terrified, Cherry crawled towards me and begged, “Sylvia, no, Miss Todd, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me and let me go. I know I shouldn’t have treated you like that. Please, I don’t want to be a slave.”
I broke free from Cherry’s hands that grabbed my trousers, and looked at her indifferently. “It’s useless to beg me.”
Although I disagreed with Shawn’s way of doing things, I also didn’t want to help Cherry.
Shawn gloated. “How could it be useless? I will set Cherry free if you agree to stay here.”
I sneered and thought of how naive Shawn was. “Do you think you can manipulate me easily like this? If so, than you’re more stupid than I think you are.”
Then I turned around, wanting nothing but to get out of this place that depressed me.
However, Shawn seized my arm and agitatedly questioned, “Why are you leaving? You haven’t agreed yet!”
I shook off his hand and said in disgust, “I said I wouldn’t stay to be the Beta. Don’t make me keep repeating myself.”
“I’m willing to give up the position of Alpha to you. How about that? Do you still want to leave?” Shawn stepped in front of me, blocking my way.
I sneered with disdain. “Shawn, do you seriously think that I don’t know what you are planning? The Black Moon Pack has been corrupt and degenerate from the start. You don’t think about how to strengthen yourselves and instead just try to rely on external forces. Sooner or later, this whole pack will be doomed.”
Feeling humiliated, Shawn was flushed. “Sylvia, don’t be too brazen. I asked you to stay because I think you are capable enough.”
“I don’t need your charity. If it weren’t for the fact that my mother had poured painstaking efforts to this pack in the past, I wouldn’t have helped you in the first place. That’s the last time I’d help you. You’ll have to rely on yourselves from now on.”
I shoved Shawn’s shoulder away and walked towards the door without looking back.
He caught up with me in a hurry and asked someone to block the door. Then, he began acting outrageously.
“Shawn, enough is enough,” warned Blair, who trailed closely behind me.
Ignoring him, Shawn snatched the coat I was going to put on and flung it on the ground.
I grimaced and sent a frosty glance at Shawn. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?”
Shawn didn’t take my warning tone seriously. He stepped on my coat and arrogantly walked up to me. “I’ll ask you again. Will you stay to be the new Beta?”
I pierced him with a cold gaze and responded, “No, never.”
“You!” With bloodshot eyes, Shawn glared at me and mocked, “Why are you so arrogant? You are nothing but a woman abandoned by Prince Rufus!”
At this moment, a deafening silence fell in the entire hall. Shawn’s blaring voice resonated through the air, mixing with the aroma of food.
“You are just like your mother, a bitch fucked and abandoned by a werewolf! So why are you so arrogant, huh? You are nothing but a cheap and rotten slut.”
Shawn’s POV
Sylvia’s refusal ignited the anger in my heart. Looking at her cold face, I couldn’t help saying something vicious, which I immediately regretted.
Now, Sylvia’s eyes were filled with murderous intent, terrifying me to my core.
“Say it again,” Sylvia said coldly, her face expressionless and her eyes burning with rage.
The guests around had their eyes on me. I shrank my neck subconsciously and stammered, “I… I didn’t say anything wrong. You came back dejectedly this time because Prince Rufus had abandoned you. Just like your mother. She left the pack and returned pregnant with a bastard. Like mother, like daughter. You should be grateful that I’m even willing to take you in after all that.”
After hearing that, Sylvia grinned viciously and threw a punch at me.
I was hit so hard that I staggered back. The huge impact rendered half of my face numb.
She didn’t even give me a chance to respond before pressing her knees against me and punching me with all her might.
Because of the pain, I struggled hard, kicking my legs like crazy. I wanted to take advantage of my height in fighting her.
But Sylvia was a force to be reckoned with, and I was no match for her.
She soon knocked off my teeth, leaving my mouth covered in blood and me unable to speak.
“Help… help…” I wailed and pleaded for help from everyone around me.
“Stop it, Sylvia. You two grew up together and nearly became mates.” The one who spoke was an elder at the same table with us. Although he stood out to speak for me, I figured it was better for him to shut up since Sylvia hit me more fiercely after he meddled.
I started feeling dizzy and felt like everything was whirling around me.
“If you don’t stop, he will die!” I couldn’t tell whose voice it was, but it was as pleasant as the soothing sounds of nature. Then the speaker was about to stand out to stop Sylvia but was interjected by the man with her.
“Relax. Sylvia is just sparring with your Alpha.”
When I heard this, the pain heightened. It felt as though my sanity was slowly fading away. I would have never provoked Sylvia if I could turn back time.
“Stop it. Stop it…” I cried and knelt on the ground like a fowl to be slaughtered. At this moment, I really felt that I would die in Sylvia’s hands.
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