The Chosen Luna Queen

Selene POV

I learned that pain doesn't come from the claws or the fangs of hungry predators. It doesn't come from the cold stares of the pack nor from the cold night pressing in around me. No, true pain is betrayal.

And right now, it's staring right at me in the face.

"Selene Blackwood, you are accused of treason against Blue moon Pack," my mate, Alpha Killian, said, his voice cold.

I raised my head to look at him. The eyes that once looked at me with affection now hold nothing but ice.

My body froze in place. This isn't happening. I shook my head refusing to believe what he just said.

"Treason? Killian, you know I would never-"

"Silence!" He said abruptly, sending shivers down my spine. "You were found meeting with rogues beyond our borders. What other reason would you have, if not plotting against your pack?" he glared at me and I swallowed hard.

I looked around to see the pack members all with hatred written on their faces.

I shook my head, "That's not true," I said, "I would never do that."

Killian stepped closer, "Then explain yourself."

"I-I did leave," I admitted, my voice shaking. "But only because I thought I saw someone in trouble. I wasn't meeting rogues! They ambushed me. I barely got away and came straight back to warn you!"

Silent murmur spread through the crowd, but Killian silenced it with a raised hand.

"Convenient," he said coldly. "You went alone, without informing anyone, and just happened to encounter rogues?"

"They attacked me!" I shouted, "If I were working with them, why would I fight them off?"

He tilted his head. "Perhaps because you were caught in the act."

"No!" I shook my head, tears threatening to fall. "Killian, please. You're my mate. You know me better than anyone. You know this isn't true!"

He ignored me and turned to the council seated behind him. "The evidence speaks for itself. As Alpha, it is my duty to protect this pack from all threats - even those closest to us.

I opened my mouth to speak, but before I could, another voice interrupted the crowd.

"Don't believe a word she says, Alpha. She's a liar."

I turned my head around to see Liliana, the Beta's daughter, stepping forward.

Liliana.

The woman who has hovered around Killian for months. The one whose scent clings to him even now.

She's behind this. I know it. My fist tightened, but it was of no use, no one is going to believe a word from me.

"Killian," I called, my voice cracking. "Please-"

"Enough." he silenced me again, sending deadly glares at me. I knew better than to say another word.

"By my decree as Alpha," he said, raising his chin, "You are hereby stripped of your title as Luna and banished from the Blue moon Pack."