Twenty-two years ago

″You are the queen luna, Kezia. Out of all the packs out there, you are the most powerful and respected shewolf. Your daughter has been acknowledged as the one true heir. You have everything that you said you wanted and still you are not happy. What else you could you possibly want?″

″More, brother. I want so much more! I want them all gone, Hector and the boy. We have no need for them anymore and with them gone, we can finally bring back the old ways. Remember our dream, Silas? We used to talk about it all the time and we are so close to making our dream come true!″

″Our dream will come true, Kezia. It will, but we still have to be careful. Very careful and patient.″

″I have been patient, Silas! It took me years to find a worthy mate like Hector. The alpha of the biggest and most powerful pack in the country. An alpha with a blessed bloodline and he already had proven his fertility. He was the one I have been looking for, so I didn’t care about the rest. His reputation, his pathetic excuse for a mate or his sons.″

″He is ruthless, can’t deny that. Sleeping with his destined mate and rejecting her right after that or disrespecting his former luna every chance he got.''

″He is the king alpha, brother. His destined mate was nothing more then a maid. Hector knew he deserved better and that’s why he rejected her. He did what a true alpha would do and he found himself a mate that would do, so he could secure his legacy.″

″He definitely did that.″

''She was never his equal, Silas! She was nothing more then a means to an end. Hector would never treat me like that, the fool worships me. All he does now is trying to find ways to please me!''

''Is his big plan one of his ways to please you, sister? Making every pack in the country pledge their loyalty to his pack?''

''Hector needs purpose, especially since he knows that I don't put up with his old ways. He got that message very clear when they found her body.''

''You can't talk about that, Kezia! This pack adored her and they will turn on you if they ever found out what really happened to her. You have to think about your safety and that of Evelyn's!''

''To be honest, I rarely think about her. I only had her to secure my position and because I saw her as a way to realise our dream faster.

″Fine, what do you need me to do?″

″I need you to create a great tragedy, brother.″

″Anything for you, sister. Anything.″

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″We have to find a way out of here, Evy!"

''Emmet, there is no where for you to hide anymore. So put her down, because you and I need to have a little talk.''

''I didn't do it, dad! I swear that I didn't do it and we can't stay here. The fire is spreading, we have to go!''

″You are not going anywhere, boy. Not after what you did.″

″I didn’t do anything!″

″Don’t lie to me, Emmet! They saw you handing her that cup of tea. The tea that you used to put the poison in and killed my mate!''

″I didn’t...″

″Kezia was right all along. You and your brother are not worthy of my legacy. Jake never lived up to my expectations and then he ran away like a coward. I never had any expectations of you, Emmet. You are too much like your mother and with that I mean weak!″

″Dad, I...″

″Perhaps not as weak as I always thought, because you killed her. You killed my mate and the luna of our pack, Emmet! You will pay for your crime with your life, as is our law!″

″Daddy, don’t hurt Emmet!″

″He killed your mother and for that he will pay!″

″Dad, I didn’t!″

The fire is spreading, closing in on them.

″Dad, I didn’t do it! It wasn’t me, I swear!″

″Then let your final words be a lie.‴

″Evelyn, run. Get out of here!″

Bones are breaking and then they hear a loud warning roar.

″Run, boy!″

″Stay back, Hector.″

″Who dares to call me by my first name and thinks that they can give me an order? Me, the alpha of the Golden Forest pack!″

″Who I am doesn't matter, let Emmet go!″

″Never! I will kill him, even if that means that I will lose everything!″

″I can't let you do that. It will hurt her and I can't allow that!''

''Like you could stop me! Nobody can stop me, I'm the...''

''Farewell, Hector.''