Blurb：
In this gripping werewolf romance drama, Nyla Gotham faces exile after years of hiding a terrible truth. When her childhood friend Kiera dies by suicide after a brutal assault, Nyla makes a fateful decision to protect the real culprit. Now, Alpha Female Sienna White has summoned a powerful witch to perform dark magic that will reveal Nyla’s memories to the entire pack.
Bound to an altar with Wolfsbane burning her skin, Nyla withstands the pack’s fury while clinging to her secret. But as the witch begins the memory synchronization ritual, everyone will soon discover why Nyla sacrificed her friendship with Sienna, betrayed Kiera’s family, and surrounded her home with Wolfsbane to keep the truth hidden. The shocking identity of the rapist will change the pack forever in this tale of loyalty, betrayal, and dark magic.
Chapter 1 finds Nyla chained before the Moon Goddess statue, enduring the pack’s hatred as they recall how she destroyed evidence and turned away Kiera’s begging family. Sienna’s cold gaze contrasts with their former friendship, while the mysterious witch prepares to tear the truth from Nyla’s mind through painful dark magic. But what deal did Nyla make with the murderer that night in the forest? And can she survive the rogue wolves’ territory after exile?
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My good friend, Kiera, committed suicide after being raped, yet I covered up for the murderer.
Kiera’s family begged me to identify the murderer, but I ruthlessly kicked them out.
Pack members smashed the door and made a scene. I planted Wolfsbane around the house, preventing them from coming in.
Years later, my best friend, Sienna White, who had become the Alpha Female, ordered my exile while I was dying.
On the day of my exile, she summoned the most powerful witch, who bound me to an altar and used dark magic to share my memories with everyone present.
“Nyla Gotham, Kiera considered you her best friend, yet you covered up for the murderer who hurt her. Today, I’ll use dark magic to examine your memories and find out who the murderer you’ve been painstakingly protecting really is.”
When the true culprit’s face appeared in everyone’s minds, my best friend collapsed to the ground in horror.
Chapter 1
On the day I was exiled, my once best friend looked coldly at me from beside the altar.
Having suffered from organ failure for many years, I remained barely alive with the help of medication. My hands and feet were bound to the pillars of the altar by heavy iron chains.
A sculpture of the Moon Goddess was right opposite me, looking at me with a serious expression as if she were judging my crime.
The altar was crowded with people looking at me with disgust as they whispered to each other. Some people even threw vegetable leaves and rotten eggs at me.
A middle-aged man ran up like a madman, strangling my neck and roaring, “Nyla, why are you covering up for the murderer? Sienna was about to find the murderer, but you destroyed all the clues. How could Kiera have a friend like you? You monster! You caused Kiera to die an unjust death and my family to be ruined. Go to hell!”
Looking at the faint wolf expression on his face, I knew he was trying his best to suppress his anger.
If I really died, the murderer would never be found.
The crowd was indignant, scolding me, “That monster! Her best friend was raped, and she knew the killer but wouldn’t say a word!”
“Kiera’s mother knelt outside her door for three days and three nights before finally collapsing from exhaustion and ending up in the hospital, but she still wouldn’t open the door.”
“She even planted Wolfsbane around her house. I’ll make her taste it today!”
The crowd threw Wolfsbane at me. The thorny leaves scratched my face, and a burning sensation spread throughout my body.
Sienna stood by, watching coldly as I screamed in agony. She used to be the kindest person to me besides my mother; now she hated me the most. Ten years ago, she, Kiera, and I were the closest friends.
After Kiera committed suicide after being raped, the two of us investigated the murderer to get justice for her.
One night, I received an anonymous phone call, telling me to meet him alone in the forest; he would tell me the murderer’s true identity. Despite knowing it might be a trap, I decided to take the risk for Kiera’s sake. I burned all the evidence once I got home. I also warned Sienna not to conduct any further investigations.
The sudden change infuriated Sienna, who believed I covered up for the murderer because I made a deal with him.
She was not wrong; I had indeed made a deal with the murderer.
Sienna approached me, still looking at me with that same intense disgust. “I didn’t want this, Nyla. I’ll let you go if you just tell me who the murderer is. You should know what kind of desolate place you are being exiled to, right? The rogue wolves there are ruthless and heartless.”
Despite being tormented by Wolfsbane until I was dizzy, I clenched my teeth, refusing to utter a sound.
Sienna sighed. “Don’t blame me then.”
A woman in black robes walked out from behind her.
“This is the witch I’ve hired. She can use dark magic to synchronize your memories with everyone present. Once the dark magic begins, your body will feel like it’s being torn apart and there will be no chance to stop.”
I instantly snapped back to reality and struggled desperately, making the chains on my hands and feet clank loudly. I screamed, “No, no! Don’t share my memories!”
Sienna sneered, strangling my neck and saying viciously, “Do you know why I fought so hard to become the Alpha Female, even going so far as to kill my loser brother?”
She gritted her teeth as if she wanted to tear me apart and devour me. “It’s all for getting justice for Kiera today.”
I pleaded with tears in my eyes. “Sienna, please.”
Sienna sneered and replied, “What exactly happened that night? Did you make some deal with the murderer? Let’s reveal the truth!”
The witch raised her wand, and a purple beam pierced my brain.
My head instantly throbbed with excruciating pain as if my soul and body were being torn apart. My face contorted as I screamed in agony.
However, the more I suffered, the more excited the audience became. The shouts also grew louder.
The next second, my memories appeared in everyone’s minds.
Chapter 2
The first scene showed me beside a fire, throwing sheets of paper filled with clues into a fire.
Sienna hurriedly came up to stop me, but it was too late. The documents containing the clues to the murderer had already vanished. Sienna grabbed my collar, her eyes bloodshot as she questioned me why I had done that. “These are clues we’ve painstakingly gathered through investigation. Why did you do this? Why?!”
She was almost frantic. Seeing that I remained silent, she slapped me until I was covered in bruises.
Other people also rushed over upon hearing the commotion. Seeing the scene before them, they could not contain their anger either. They grabbed my hair and dragged me all the way to Kiera’s grave, forcing me to kneel.
Countless fists rained down on me, but I remained silent no matter how much they pressured me to talk.
Some people began to threaten me with silver daggers when pushed to the limit.
I shifted into a wolf and fought desperately before managing to escape. When I got home, I found my house in a complete mess.
Angry residents had stormed into my house and smashed everything, including the only thing my deceased mother had left me a wolf fang necklace. I carefully held my mother’s broken wolf fang in my hands and wept uncontrollably.
To protect myself, I planted wolfsbane at the entrance to my house to keep them out. I hid inside, afraid to go out.
However, I had never imagined they would be so insane as to burn down the wolfsbane and my house. If I had not stayed up that night and discovered the fire in time, I probably would have been burned to death.
I knelt on the ground, weeping bitterly as I watched my house turn to ashes.
Recalling this, Sienna said with a laugh, “Nyla, didn’t you bring this upon yourself? If you hadn’t covered up for the murderer, would everyone have treated you like this? Seeing you burn the evidence I painstakingly found, my heart ached even more than yours.”
The crowd echoed, “Exactly! Why are you still alive and well, while Kiera’s family is destroyed? Her mother also went insane from missing her daughter.”
“What right do you have to feel aggrieved? You’re an accomplice. You’re no different from the murderer who killed Kiera!”
Just then, everyone’s attention was drawn elsewhere by a burst of laughter.
Sienna and Kiera appeared in their minds.
“Sienna, we’ll be your assistants and help you manage the pack when you become Alpha Female. You will definitely be remembered in the history of the pack.”
Sienna smiled. “How is that possible? I have an older brother.”
Kiera wrapped her arm around Sienna’s, smiling sweetly and answering, “You’re much more capable than your brother. I believe your father will see your talent.”
I held up my little finger. “It’s a deal then. When Sienna becomes Alpha Female, we will wholeheartedly assist her.”
Three little fingers hooked with each other, making an unchanging vow.
At this point, Sienna closed her eyes in pain, but the once sweet memories still lingered in her mind.
Today’s outcome was something no one here wanted to see.
She had fulfilled her promise and become Alpha Female, but what about them? Why was she left all alone in the end?
“Liar!” Sienna murmured. It was unknown to whom she was saying it to.
“My daughter!” Kiera’s father wailed as he fell to his knees. Seeing his daughter’s once innocent and carefree face, he could no longer hold back his sobs.
On the night Kiera committed suicide ten years ago, the hair of the middle-aged man before me turned white overnight, aging decades instantly. Knowing that Sienna and I were investigating the killer, he saw us as his only hope. He knelt before me, grasping my hand as tears streamed down his face. After I burned all the clues, his hope crumbled once more. He knew I was the only one who knew the killer, but I refused to speak as if my mouth was welded shut.
Sienna endured the ache in her heart as she walked up to me. “Nyla, stop pretending. Do you think these fond memories will make me go soft? The thought of considering you my best friend in the past disgusts me. Ten years. You’ve let Kiera suffer grievances for ten years. Do you even deserve to be my friend?”
No one wanted to hear a heartless ingrate’s insincere memories; they were eager to know who the real culprit was.
Sienna gave the witch a look, and the witch understood. She intensified her dark magic, and another scene appeared in everyone’s minds.
Chapter 3
One stormy night, Sienna broke down in tears, hugging Kiera’s already cold body. “Kiera, don’t die!”
The rain slid down Sienna’s face. She was soaked through, but she did not notice it at all.
Kiera had a silver dagger stuck in her chest, and the blood had stained Sienna’s white shirt red.
I stood aside, numbly watching everything before me, unable to believe that this was true. When I got home in a daze and closed the door, I curled up on the ground and burst into tears. It was as if that silver dagger had pierced my chest.
Seeing me in utter grief, everyone present was puzzled.
“What’s going on? She looks very sad.”
“Didn’t she cover up for the murderer? Why is she pretending to be a good person here?”
Kiera’s father scoffed. “If it weren’t for her, my daughter wouldn’t have died an unexplained death. Kiera’s mother has now lost her mind from missing Kiera too much. All of this is thanks to her!”
A woman with disheveled hair trembled as she made her way through the crowd and came up to everyone, muttering, “Kiera, be good. It’s time to come home for dinner. Kiera, come home…”
No one could bear to watch this tragic scene, and they all accused me of being heartless.
Sienna looked ghastly. Ignoring the dark magic on me, she grabbed my neck and shouted with furious, bloodshot eyes, “Nyla, look at this! You caused this tragedy! Do you have any heart?”
Although her hand was red and swollen from the dark magic, she showed no intention of letting go. “Kiera and I considered you our best friend. We even used our own money to pay your tuition when you couldn’t afford it, yet you trampled on our sincerity. You’re the one who killed Kiera!”
I struggled to breathe, my eyes rolled back, and white foam began to come from my mouth.
Just as I was about to suffocate to death, the witch stepped forward and grabbed Sienna’s arm. “Alpha Female, if she dies, the memories will also disappear, and then you’ll never know the truth.”
Hearing this, the bloodthirsty Sienna finally calmed down. Her tears fell like broken pearls as her eyes filled with despair and struggle.
Kiera’s death was her forever pain. It was like the lingering dampness after a storm. That night, Kiera was not the only one who died; the soul of an optimistic and cheerful girl also went to hell with her.
Sienna wiped away her tears hastily and glared at me fiercely, “Nyla, I won’t spare you. When the murderer is found, I’ll make sure you go to hell with him.”
The witch intensified her dark magic, and a sharp pain swept through my body.
“Ah…” As I screamed in agonizing pain, images flashed through everyone’s minds. This time, there were no definite images. The memories were all over the place like shattered glass.
Sometimes it was during my school days, sometimes my childhood, sometimes even events from yesterday. However, there were no images of me facing the murderer alone that night.
Everyone became restless, overwhelmed by my memories.
Chapter 4
“What’s going on? Where is the murderer? What on earth happened that night?”
Sienna also frowned and turned her head to ask the witch, “What’s going on? Why can’t we see the murderer’s face?”
The crystal ball in the witch’s hand was shrouded in a foul mist. She once again intensified her black magic, but they still could not see clearly.
The witch said, “I never thought she would go to such lengths to prevent people from seeing her memories. She’s using pain to suppress the memory sharing.”
It was at this moment that Sienna noticed that a sharp silver piece had appeared in my hand at some point. It was piercing my palm, and a large amount of blood was flowing down my palm.
This time, Sienna looked at me with not only hatred but also a hint of confusion. “Nyla, who on earth is the murderer that would make you go to such great lengths for him? You’re even sacrificing your own life to protect him.”
Ten years ago, Sienna also asked me this question, still with that extremely disappointed look on her face. When I burned the clues, Sienna first could not believe her own eyes, and later her disappointment turned into resentment, which escalated to the point of our fallout.
Sienna was originally not interested in the position of Alpha Female. As a woman, it was simply a fairy tale to defeat her brother and become the Alpha Female. However, she had to take this position to uncover the truth of what happened that year. Only the Alpha had the absolute status and wealth that would make her qualified to negotiate terms with the witch. Thus, she killed her half-brother and poisoned her Alpha father’s cup so that he could no longer have any other children.
After dealing with one illegitimate child after another, she succeeded. She imprisoned me in the dungeon, using every form of torture to pry the murderer’s identity out of me. I was tortured beyond recognition. She repeatedly brought me back from the brink of death, only to torture me again and again. However, I refused to utter a single word, no matter how much pain I had to suffer.
Sienna ordered the witch to unleash her dark magic to its fullest extent, determined to see the murderer’s face.
However, the witch hesitated. “Most people can’t withstand the strongest dark magic. Besides, she’s currently extremely resistant to sharing memories. If the magic is intensified, she won’t be able to handle it.”
Sienna scoffed, her tone devoid of any warmth. “No matter what, the truth of what happened back then must be uncovered, even if she dies today! This scum deserves to die!”
The witch had no choice but to chant a spell, amplifying her magic once more.
“Ah!” My screams echoed throughout the square. My blood vessels ruptured, and massive amounts of blood gushed from every part of my body. Even my internal organs trembled violently.
The witch did not continue. “This is the limit. Any more and she will die.”
However, Sienna could not hear the witch’s words. All she wanted was to know who the murderer was. Having lost her reason, she snatched the witch’s staff. Due to her lack of knowledge of dark magic, she could not manage the power, and a torrent of dark magic surged into my body.
I persevered, and the silver dagger pierced my hand, exposing my bone. After what seemed like an eternity, the pain subsided. I slowly opened my eyes to see Sienna kneeling on the ground, weeping, “Why? Weren’t we best friends? Why did it have to come to this? Who could make you do this for them?”
The pain began to cause me hallucinations. I saw Kiera approaching and could no longer suppress my grief and resentment. Tears streamed down my face. My defenses crumbled, and the dark magic took the opportunity to invade my brain. The memory I did not want others to see surfaced in everyone’s minds.
When Sienna saw the face before her, she turned awfully pale.
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