Chapter 1

Elizabeth's POV “You will never see him again!” I felt my three months old baby ripped out of my hands and I screamed, “No! Please don’t take him from me.” I held onto the blanket that covered the baby boy, Lucas but the baby was already gone and in front if me stood the cruel man whom I had called my mate for five months. He has take everything from me. “Maybe, now you will know your place. The boy is mine and from now on, you will live the rest of your life as a slave and suffer the punishment of cheating on me.” There was obvious pain in his voice but other thank that, I could see the evil witch who has caused all of this laughing triumphantly behind him. She has completely turned him against me and even though he was my mate and we were bound by the moon goddess. He chose her side over me. “I have always known she was a pretender, using her weakness to get away with everything and that baby of hers... you deserve better, Zander.” She placed her right palm on his shoulder as they both looked at me while one of his men handed my baby to him. “Lock her up and let her reflect on what she has done.” “No, please, don’t take baby away from me, please, Zander.” My words fell on deaf ears as I was being dragged away. I could hear the two making sweet sounds to my baby. No, if they robbed me of a good life, they will not take my baby away from me so all of a sudden, I pushed with all the strength I could gather, the men were caught unaware so I was able to reach for Viola’s shirt and it ripped. A loud slap landed on my right cheek as Viola pretended to be ashamed as she rushed off. “Look what you caused, not everyone could be as shamelessly as you are.” He then rushed after her, leaving me with the men. What exactly have I done wrong? I had devoted my life to him since we found out we were mates. I closed my eyes to see if tears would flow but despite that my heart ached, tears wouldn’t come out. Something hard fell on my back and I yelped in pain “Cheat!” I turned around to see some teenagers laughing at me as they began to throw stuffs at me. I guess the whole pack has heard about the lies they told about me. I wanted to cry. Why was the world being so cruel to me? “I didn’t do it.” Not that they cared to bear if I did it or not but I could not move and the men who were taking me away seemed to want to give the kids the satisfaction of torturing me so they watched as they mauled me. “I didn’t do it.” My breath caught in my throat as I grabbed my chest. It felt so tight there. Arms gripped me as they began to drag me away and not too long after, I was thrown into a dark room. The loud sound of the door was the only sigh that I was now alone, all by myself. I sank into the ground as I thought about how I had gotten myself into this mess. I had played right into my arms by following the secret notes I got without knowing it was a sweet up by Via. Who knows what else she would have told him. I crawled to a corner as I thought of my baby and what Viola could do to him. Zander will not hurt his own child. The loud noise from outside jolted me from my sleep I hadn’t even realized that I fell asleep until I heard what sounded like an uproar from outside. I knew what this was. It was my trial. The door was thrown open and the sound of footsteps indicated that people were coming towards me and son, two men appeared added me outside. At least, this time, they allowed me walk on my own. I could hear the whispers as I approached the loud crowd in front of the pack house. This was the people I have lived with for so long, all my life and none of them could even stand up for me. I looked at the faces of all of them to see the judgemental look in their eyes, causing my heart to break. “Elizabeth Tanner, did you or did you not cheat on the Alpha?” That was the voice of the oldest elder in the Peak and even though j hadn’t answers, I could see it in his eyes and hear it in his voice that he believed I did so I did not bother 5o reply I just stood there, looking at him and Zander. He did not have my baby with him. “Speak, where!” Someone from the crowd shouted. I could see the guards trying to call them to order. “To make this easier on all of us, speak and let’s get this over with.” “I did no such thing.” “Liar!” a voice from the crowd said. I wanted to ask them what proof they had as I turned to face a member of the pack who had spoken. I began to move towards him. Truth be told, I had no intentions for going towards him but I kept going, nevertheless. He looked afraid, “Someone do something!” He suddenly said and that was when hands grabbed me to turn me towards the elder again. “Since you have refused to be so stubborn, we will leave you to the Alpha to judge.” I tilted my head slowly to look at Zander. I could see the deep pain in his eyes briefly almost as if it was never there and then, he spoke. “Elizabeth, for the crime of cheating on your husband, you are hereby banished from the pack.”