'You will never understand the damage you did to someone until the same thing is done to you. That's why I'm here.

~Karma

' For most people, blaming others is a subconscious mechanism for avoiding accountability. In reality, the only thing in your way is YOU.

~Dr, Steve Maraboli

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While Aiyana's days in the palace of her mates's were being spend in vibrant joi de vevre, the situation was the complete opposite in the Blue Moon Pack.

The whole pack was engulfed in a deathly atmosphere. With a very few people on the roads. The complete opposite of an usual packed day.

Especially at the pack house. All the youngsters, specifically, were treading carefully around the whole pack house. Their usual chattering mouths were completely silent. An unusual scene.

Why you ask?

Because of what happened several days ago.

On the day Aiyana had run away after facing the prejudiced disgrace from the whole pack, especially from the youngsters, their Alpha had come fuming in rage when he heard of what had happened.

In the whole of 25 years of Dexter's rule, nobody had ever witnessed him this angry.

He was screaming and growling, rather specifically, his wolf was out of control when Aiyana had not returned to the pack house even after the clock had stuck past 12 in the night.

Luna Celestine and their son Kace, whom they had gone to pick up from his graduation ceremony from his academy, tried to keep him calm by all means.

Even Ajax was starting to worry.

He thought she would come back to the pack house after wandering outside for a while. But she didn't.

When Aiyana had run away, he had no intention of following her. Also after that, all of his friends had started to pour in to fill him with all the tales of Aiyana, describing of her bratty nature and fake personality, shocking him very much.

They were all fake and made up, of course.

But he believed them. Without much doubts.

Because they were his friends.

In his anger, he was all ready to not talk to her for a long time.

But after Dexter's tantrum and still no sign of her return, even after the midnight had crossed, he just couldn't sit back anymore.

With a group of search team, he had searched the whole vicinity around the pack house in search of her.

But they still found no clue.

That night, the whole pack, especially the concerned elders who cared about little Aiyana very much, unknown to her, were out with torches and lamps trying to search for her. With their hearts in their throats and eyes gleaming with their concern for the little girl who always sold fruits and vegetables in the market.

On the other hand, the youngsters remained statued and tongue glibbed the whole time.

Imagine their horror when they found bloody torn pieces and fragments of some werewolves on a deserted road along with a cloth piece of Aiyana's sweater.

Dexter howled in anguish, while Celestine cried silently in horror and despair after the cloth piece was given to them by a patrol member.

And Ajax.

He looked as if he was struck by a thunderbolt. In full shock.

Even Kace, who had spent a small portion of his childhood caring for Aiyana, was trembling in utter pain and sadness.

Witnessing the Alpha family in total despair for Aiyana, all the teens felt somewhat guilty and pitied Aiyana. Some were even praying for her to return safely. Only some.

The fake peoples were just faking some concern. Inside their blackened heart, their egos were actually leveling up after removing the weak pathetic spot from their pack.

Truly, arrogance bring forth nothing but despair and destruction.

The current teens of the pack, had grown hating and envying Aiyana their whole childhood.

It wasn't like that in the first. But from the moment she had started to get the 'special treatment' than them, their eyes had started turning green and red.

She didn't have to go to school, while they had to.

She didn't endure harsh training every morning, but they did.

She didn't require to do any chores, but they had to.

She did not even have to lift a finger and everything was served to her on a silver plate.

This disparity made them view her as an ungrateful creature and bully her whenever they felt like it.

They somehow just wanted to take their frustrations out on her.

So they did whatever they wanted. But in secret. Cause they knew if the elders found out about their little dirty acts, they would be shamed.

So taking advantage of Aiyana's disabilities, they had bullied her whenever they had wanted.

But they forgot that truth doesn't remain hidden for too long. And their cluster of white lies were exposed within a few days.

When Kyle had come to know of the gossips about him and Aiyana being in a physical relationship, he had strictly denied all the foresaid claims. And just like that, the truth was revealed.

Kyle, who was mates to Elora (Elijah's sister), had found her guilty of cheating while being in their relationship. So he had had a big argument with her and even warned her to reject her if she doesn't stop her cheating.

A depressed Elora, who was caught crying in front of her brother Elijah, couldn't confess her sins to her brother about the real reason of argument between her and Kyle.

So in her non-sensible state, she had made up some lies that Kyle had cheated on her with Aiyana, the deaf human in the pack.

She just wanted her stubborn brother to leave her alone. So she had sprouted whatever that came to her mind in her dazed state.

She thought that Elijah won't drag the matter anymore because Aiyana wasn't that of a trouble maker.

But who knew? The next morning she woke up, the whole pack was seeing her in pity.

Then she came to know of what Elijah did to Aiyana. And how the special human had gone missing after the whole pack had disgraced her.

Her heart trembled. Realizing the dangerous consequences of her dazed lie.

She never ever ever wanted to harm her. Not at all!

It was a lie told in an unconscious state for goodness's sake!!

Why did Elijah made such a blunder and harmed an innocent on some drunk person's words?!!

And as if that wasn't enough.

Sasha, Ajax's girlfriend was found guilty of cheating by the inspecting officers who had come to look at the matter of murder and dissappearance in the pack. They confirmed that Aiyana wasn't probably dead as neither her blood nor her flesh were found in the samples found by them.

Sasha was turned into a rogue and was banned from the pack by their Alpha in total rage.

Ajax, who came to know of Sasha's betrayal and lies of insult towards his sister, felt totally heartbroken and guilty.

He closed off himself in his room and kept crying in guilt for a long time towards Aiyana.

Even the majority of youngsters, who had pointed their fingers on Aiyana's morality, were shaking in pure guilt and were regretting their thoughtless actions.

But the hard times weren't over yet.

One by one, teenagers were getting affected by a deadly disease which made their wolf to disperse and their strength and abilities to lessen into nothingness. Their skin were spoiling into rotten grey matter, destructing their natural beauty while their appearances were starting to deform into that of rotten corpses.

Suspiciously, only a selected number of people were experiencing the disease.

It wasn't airborne, contagious or genetic. They did not even know from were disease had even come from.

All they knew was that the disease was spreading in only the pack of Blue Moon. No other.

When science couldn't find a solution to the disease, a mystical dark witch was called upon to discern the pathogen and its cure.

With gothic dark looks and eerie vibes, what the witch said, shook the whole pack in fear.

"This is not a disease, fools. It's a curse. And there is no cure for it."

Parents and family members cried in agony as the witch announced that their children couldn't be saved.

Apparently, all of Ajax's friends except a few were caught with the disease. And he was just visiting them in the hospital. So he witnessed the words of the Mystical Witch.

Before she dissappeared, the witch gave all of the pupil present in the hospital, including the Alpha and Luna, a creepy smile.

"You fools! Even the beings of light and darkness never provoked him. But you!?! You measly animals!! You dared to hurt his Queen?!! Ha ha haha!!!

Suffer!!! You will suffer!! The retribution of hurting an innocent will be paid in tears, blood, flesh and many more!!! Even your descendents won't be spared!!! Oh ho ho ho!! "

She cackled loudly like a deranged person while staring at the patients laid on the bed with a sneer.

And with a booming laugh, she vanished like a delusion in front of their eyes. Leaving the whole pack to just stare at the place she once stood and try to perceive and make sense of her ominous riddle.

Hurting an innocent??

Does it mean.... Aiyana???

And.... Queen???

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