Chapter 4 My mate's new mate is my nemesis

"What are you doing here, Laila?" I pushed myself up to sit.

"How dare you show your face where I am?" She was sizing me up. I was lying in a white bed in a hospital room.

"When you went looking for Noah, you shouldn't have come back, you know. You should have died in the forests you roamed." Laila said she didn't bother to look at me.

"You want me dead too? Just like you killed my family?"

"Do you call what you come from a family? They were Omegas and the poorest of the lot too; all they did was litter my pack with their filth. They are better off dead. I did the earth a favor by wiping off such an unfortunate lot from its surface."

"Do not speak about my family in that manner!" I ignored the pain in my ankle and stood up.

She grabbed my face in her hand; she was very strong for someone so slender. She traced a painful line along my lower jaw.

"You are no better than your dead relatives. I would kill you, Mia. When I am Luna, I will make sure you no longer breathe and walk the earth with your dirty little feet." Her voice was so calm when she spoke.

"You would never be Luna. Noah would never love you as much as he loved me."

"He doesn't love you, my dear. If he did, he never would have left you; he would have come back for you, but instead he is marrying me tomorrow. We will mate, he will make love to me and I will bear him strong Alpha sons. We belong together, two alphas. You have no business being with him, wretched pauper."

"You do not know what you're talking about. Noah and I belong together, signed and ordained by the goddess."

When she laughed at my claim, I continued hotly.

"You are a bloody lair, you spoiled brat. You think he loves you? He is only using you and marrying you to form an alliance. Can't you see the pack is suffering? You simply bring us the temporary relief we so desperately need. You're so spoiled that no man would willingly have you. When he is done using both your powers and your body, he will return to me, his true mate."

Laila's palm striking my face cut off every word I had to say. Her sharp fingers cut a deep gash on the side of my mouth. I raised my hand to touch the spot. My fingers touched my warm blood, and then I tasted it on my tongue. I would kill her now and be done with it.

"Laila!" Noah was at the door.

Laila ran into Noah's outstretched arms, and he cuddled her immediately.

"Mia? What is going on here?" He looked at me, his eyes were angry.

"Noah, she struck me. She has also sworn to kill me." I said quickly.

"Oh Noah, she is telling lies. She was going to assault me, your chosen Luna. Thank goodness you came in when you did. She should be punished, honey." Laila said. She had begun to shed tears. I was surprised by how good she was at lying.

"It isn't true, she slapped me! Look at my face."

"You were going to hit her. I saw your hand raised." Noah said to me that his deep voice was cold and unfeeling.

"She hit me! I did nothing." He believed Laila over me. My heart broke all again.

"She is lying, sweetheart. She dared to question your authority and your choice of me as your Luna." Laila said, she began to cry.

"Don't cry, my love. I will deal with her. She shall be punished." He looked at me again.

"You wouldn't defy me again like this. You would never dare touch my mate again. She is your Luna, and you would respect that."

"But…"

"That would be all, Mia."

"The next time this repeats itself, you will be severely punished. Now go down on your knees and apologize to my mate."

"What?"

"I won't repeat it!"

I struggled with my bad ankle until I was kneeling before Laila.