SAMANTHA
Molly Hanes was terribly rude.
I had wanted to deny that I was the girl Jayce had chosen, but before I could even say anything, Molly let out an angry snort.
"She's below average. She's not even as beautiful as me."
Her eyes supervised me as if I were a piece of trash she was ready to throw away. The mockery laced in her voice was that of someone who had seen herself above everyone else. Someone who never fought to get anything.
Under her gaze, I felt a lot of shame rising in me. My lips were trembling as tears threatened to spill. Sadness and the life I had abandoned, suddenly engulfed me.
Since I came here, it was as if I had been stripped of all my dignity as a being. I was exposed to all abuse and insults.
Milly then hissed. She was now looking at the crowd, scanning the girl's bodies with very angry eyes.
"Remember this, you foolish naked women. I am Molly Hanes. Daughter of the official gamma of this pack and your queen-to-be. Don't even think about trying to bed the princes, thinking that would make him promote you. If you think you can use your shiny vaginas and pointy nipples to seduce their attention away from me, you've failed! And if you keep pressing, I will not show you my mercy!"
Her speech echoed through the hall and her eyes, which were full of contempt, landed on me again. Molly raised her hands and her handmaiden who had accompanied her, handed her a dagger.
Molly took the dagger and walked towards me. The blade glinting in the afternoon light. She looked at my face with evil eyes and she spoke. "Let me show you girls what happens to anyone that tries to seduce the triplets."
I could feel the shiny cold of the steel against my face and my heart shook in fear. My legs had turned wobbly and I dared not move. If I moved, this jealous bitch could scar my beautiful face.
"That's not true. I didn't attempt to seduce Jayce. It was…"
I was about to say before Molly yelled. "Silence. How dare you call him Jayce? Is he your mate? He is your Alpha!!"
"Please, I'm sorry," I begged in desperation. It was Jayce who had singled me out among the girls and he had even threatened to kill me.
If I could, I would leave this pack immediately. Why would I want to be a slave to a deranged person?
But Molly refused to listen to me. She was very angry. "Shut it! You snake! You seducer!!" She cackled.
Her eyes were like that of a fiery furnace. She was convinced that someone had sent me here to seduce Jayce. "By the time I am done with you, you'll regret coming here. I'll make sure that no man will ever look at you again?"
Oh no! Mercy!
With those words, she raised the dagger and she yelled, "die, bitch!!"
The crowd murmured and gasps filled the air. My eyes began to widen and I jumped back, dodging the first stab. Whew!
Ms Daisy Bond and other girls rushed towards Molly, trying to stop the madness. Ms Daisy was drenched in sweat as she tried to plead. "Ms Hanes. Don't do this, please. If the king finds out, he'd send you away. He will not approve of this!"
But Molly seemed fearless and bold. It seemed someone had been backing her up. "Do you think I give a shit? I am the daughter of the gamma. Even if I kill this wench, the king will spare me. My father will beg for me. He will surely pull me out of this mess. Watch!"
After saying those words, Molly lifted her dagger again, this time around at the girls, causing Ms Daisy Bond and others to retreat into the opposite direction. She then lunged at me, pulling me towards her, her dagger aimed straight for my face. Again.
"Somebody please help!" I screamed again, my body froze in terror.
As the blade was about to land on my face, I closed my eyes and prepared for the aftermath. I would be facially disabled. I braced myself for the pain but it never came. Did something happen?
Did someone make her stop? The mate scent… I could smell it again. This time around, it had a cooler smell. It was the same as everything I had smelled earlier with Darlington and Jayce but mixed with a bit of mint.
I opened my eyes in terror and saw Molly's hand, still holding the dagger, stopping in mid-air. Her evil expression had turned into surprise and she was very calm. She didn't even look like she had caused trouble minutes ago.
"Finnian, what are you doing here?" Molly asked, her voice was sweeter than strawberries. She had changed her voice to speak to the triplet next to her.
Finnian? I remembered little Finnian. He was a bully before I left. Two years had made him grow into such a handsome young lad.
I turned to look at him and was somehow shocked by what I saw. Compared to his brothers, he stood out.
Finnian Cunningham was as cool as a clement weather while Darlington was cold and ice and Jayce was fierce as a roaring lion.
And I must add, he was extremely breathtaking. Very handsome. He was tall–6"2. The same height as his brothers but his aura carried such sweetness and calm. He looked like the calm wind that blew after a raging storm or the soft rain that fell after a terrible heat.
His brow was touched by some of his bangs and his light brown hair was adorned with some of the most majestic looking curls I had ever seen. His eyes were blue, sending out signals of compassion, peace, kindness and calmness.
I could hear a lot of whispers about him but he didn't seem to mind nor pay attention. He looked like a guardian angel. The guardian angel that had come to lead the lost sheep back into the flock.
Thank you, Moon goddess, for rescuing me this one last time! Thank you! I wondered how I would look with a scarred face. I would scare people away and my fiancé– when I finally found my way back to the pack, would've rejected me for being ugly. Amanda would've had a field day with it. She would've been so delighted. She would've used that opportunity to claim him for himself. The goddess forbids!
Finnian's kindness was so real, so unexpected that it moved something in me. The fear that I felt in my heart had disappeared. I felt a bit of warmth and relaxation. This was the first act of kindness I had experienced today.
I touched his cloak in appreciation. "Thank you so much, your highness."
Finnian asked a servant to help me and then he turned coldly to Molly. "Molly, are you fucking okay? Don't tell me you were attempting…Murder?"