AUTHOR'S POV

BLACKROSE PACK

Jungkook's eyes were now fuming in anger, you could clearly see that. But still, as a king, the future alpha, he got some manners he can't forget.

Martha entered the room, her eyes glued to the ground not daring to open. She wasn't aware why she was called here but she didn't have any good feeling about this, not at all.

"Queen Martha!" Jungkook stated abruptly catching everyone's attention.

"Prince, what's wrong?" Martha tried to remain calm and maintain the loving mother image she had in Jungkook's eyes.

"The night before yesterday...where were you?" Jungkook repeated the same question he asked Hoseok a while ago, making the administrative near him even more confused.

"R-right in my room prince." Martha stuttered at the flaming gaze, the young prince was looking at her with.

"One more chance just because I think of you as a mother. If you're still gonna lie you know me..." Jungkook was patient because Martha was like a mother to him. She cared about him from his childhood.

There was a time when Martha left Yeonjun crying just to calm Jungkook down, the last thing he ever wanted was to punish her.

"What are you talking about prince, I guess you had a misunderstanding, I was in my room." Martha stated with confidence, lying once again.

JUNGKOOK'S POV

I'm shocked at how easily she's lying on my face. Just one truth I'm asking for, just tell me why, just one positive explanation. I was praying inside she can't be a traitor but every time she opened her mouth, she only lied and it got me angrier.

"What's this then?" I raised my palm to show that red bottle, I got from her room. The way her eyes widened looking at it, I expected she'll answer genuinely but...

"I've no idea about that Your Highness." She once again lied with that much politeness and the words she used felt like piercing nails.

Your Highness? Mother Martha called me Your highness? Huh...amazing.

"Deep inside the woods in a black cloak, hugging a man~ with fangs, Ahem...a vampire?" Looking deep into her eyes I tilted my head questioningly. My knuckles turned white from clenching my fist too hard.

I gritted through my teeth from the effort to remain silent, my hunched form exuded an animosity that was like acid. My face was red with suppressed rage.

Martha's face got drained of color, her milky skin got pale as chalk, moisture left her rosy lips.

MARTHA'S POV

Adrenaline floods my system, It pumps and beats like it's trying to escape. I think my heart will explode and my eyes are wide with fear. My body wants to either run fast, but instead I remain where I am.

Let's face it, there is really only one thing I can do, Pray no one kills me. I can taste saliva thickening in my throat and beads of sweat trickling down my brow.

Jungkook's gaze poured gasoline onto the spark of fear in my belly. It's not like I was alright, I was far away from any inner peace. But he took words and fashioned them into a knife, sinking it in with cold eyes. And I know the one sitting in front of me isn't my son but a king.

And no matter how much he loves me, I'm just a criminal in his eyes now.

"I do owe you an apology my son, and there's no way I'm getting out of this...at least I can do one thing genuinely." I made up my mind inside, even if my mind was screaming not to, my heart knew this is the end.

"Yes your highness, you're right." I said out million debates with myself. Finally letting the burden of lies off my back. I saw how his eyes turned into hurting ones rather than rage, even if that was for a second I saw it.

"What were you doing with him?" He asked with a stern voice, but that hurt was evident in his voice.

"No matter what I say the crime I did will never get less..." I took a deep breathe band then continued, "So I'm here your majesty...ready to have any penalty for my sin."

With that, I held my head low and knelt down in front of him. The shocks on everyone present there was nothing at that moment.

I knew one day my end will come and I imagined more than this but the only thing that was hurting me is I let my son down.

Jungkook loved me, cared about me, he was always there no matter what, and moreover that he trusted me.

And Yeonjun...

My heart ache by just thinking about him. Such an evil mother he got. Tears welled up in my eyes streaming down my cold cheeks, that warm touch made my heart break even more.

All I ever did was offer my hand. All I ever did was offer my love. my mind went back to remembering those horrible images.

~✿>•<✿~

AUTHOR'S POV

Eyes glued to the outside raining as they made soft pitter-pat sounds, there stood the vampire lord, Luther, engulfed into his own darkness.

The royal room was huge and the cries of the fragile female were echoing through the room.

"Please! Let me go!" She cried but there was no emotion on the man's face, "Why you have kept me here? I'm a werewolf! Your enemy! Better kill me!" She yelled at his back trying to get at least a small reaction from him.

"Can't you see I'm getting weak, my mate is waiting for me. Please I beg you, let me go." She cried while clenching on her hair messing them in frustration.

"And what if...." He turned to look at her with a look of amusement.

"What if the bond between you two ends here?" His lips curved up into a smirk, And next second he was right above her on the bed.

"No--" Her voice got cut off by Luther's lips, and after that, the only sound that echoed in the room was her sobs and cries.

~✿>•<✿~

After Martha came back to Blackrose, everyone was happy. No one thought of how she came back, why the Vampires suddenly disappeared?

Everything was stable and back to normal as everyone let the worry of their heads. Martha kept herself together and months passed and that day finally came.

~✿>•<✿~

BLACKROSE PACK

Mr. Choi entered inside the room as the midwife gave him the real unexpected news.

Martha was sitting on the bed with her head lying on the headboard of the bed, eyes closed when she heard the door closing sound. She thought it was a maid so she didn't bother and continued resting but the voice came next flipped her insides.

"Martha?" His voice sounded a little sad and filled with curiosity.

Martha tried to gulp but her throat was as dry as a dessert, she hesitatingly opened her eyes to meet those two confused eyes of her mate, "Yes, Honey?" She asked with a smiling face.

Mr. Choi's eyes were confused, and the hurt he was trying to hide was hurting Martha more.

"Who's child is it?" His voice cracked as he pointed at her womb, tears brimming in his eyes threatening to fall.

"What are you talking about honey, surely ours who else?" Martha tried smiling while caressing her slightly visible womb and Mr. Choi scoffed at the scene.

"It's mine? How? As much as I know we never mated...I never marked you." He stepped forward grabbing her wrist and yanking her to stand up making her stumble on her steps.

"What are you even talking about..?" Martha pulled herself back and left the room leaving him behind. But Mr. Choi wasn't in the mood to let go. He followed her out to the backyard.

The sun was down already the sky was black with a little tint of navy, several stars were twinkling and the view felt like a thousand pearls left on a velvety sheet.

"Martha you need to answer me! Stop right there!" Mr. Choi yelled at her back but she kept walking ahead, not even caring to look back for once.

"I said stop!" He finally grabbed her wrist and turned her around to face him.

"I don't want to!" Martha yanked his hand once again turning on her heels.

"I searched for you everywhere Martha, for months! There was no sign of where you disappeared so suddenly and when I almost gave up you came back!" Mr. Choi sighed looking intensely at her back.

"I NEVER DARED ASKING ABOUT ANYTHING JUST BECAUSE YOU WERE UNCOMFORTABLE BUT..." Finally letting go of his anger he showed how much he was hurting, and the way his voice came out froze Martha on her tracks.

"I do need answers now...please." He pleaded and the tears welled up in his eyes glistened in the moonlight, "I've poured warmth into you for so long and you loved it, I know you did."

"Then you turned on the cold to shut me down. Do you even know how much it hurts?" He stepped forward hesitatingly and softly made her face him, and she looked at him deep into his eyes without resisting.

"You speak to me as if I were a stranger when for the whole life I'm your fated mate. We've been as close as it is possible for two people to be in past but now, talk to me...what happened?" Tears started brimming in Martha's eyes and she was scared to tell him that the mate bond she had with him was nothing but a name now.

"What you did doesn't hurt, I can forgive almost anything. What hurts is the lie. You failed to trust me, that's alright...The lie tells me two things. The first is you underestimating what I can forgive." Placing his hands on her shoulder he looked at her with a gaze filled with disappointment.

"The second is that you underestimate my ability to detect your untruthfulness. Trust me love...I'll forgive anything for you." He cupped her cheeks while desperately trying to find the answers of his questions in her eyes.

"I don't care whose child is that. I'll give him/her the love of a father. I just need the truth because I know my Martha won't cheat on me with her own consent." He was hurt but the anger in his eyes for the one who ruined the innocence of his mate was evident in his eyes.

He gave her his life and no matter what he wasn't ready to take back a gift, for in this life honesty and integrity mean so much. The word he gave her was his bond not because he felt chained but because he honored her and loved her more than everything.

The pooled tears in Martha's eyes left the cage of her lashes and dripped down washing her cold cheeks with the pain of sorrow.

"I'm so sorry.." Her voice cracked and he engulfed her into his arms. Resting her head on his chest she cried, her sobs were the only thing audible except the crickets.

"I never wanted him to claim me honey...I--" Her voice got stuck to the back of her throat when she felt the dampened fabric of Mr. Choi's back.

Peeling herself away from him she saw those widened eyes of his mate, he was staring at her while blood was spilling out of his mouth, "Honey--" Her eyes landed on the figure in the back and her heart accelerated.

"He isn't your honey sweetheart." The man with his fangs on display came forward. His lips tugged upward in a devilish smirk.

With just a flash he was right in front of her and Mr. Choi was on the ground counting his last breathes. Luther stepped dangerously close to her.

"Step back, you filthy vampire!" A growl interrupted him from moving forward.

"Minso-ssi..." Martha mumbled and the Delta second in command glanced at her before running after Luther.

The next moment, with a loud thud a body dropped right beside Mr. Choi with blood gushing out from its neck.

"MINSO! NOOOO!!!" Martha screamed to call anyone. But before she could run, Luther grabbed her wrist and yanked her close to him, his body pressed on her.

"Take care of him." Luther said with his palm on her belly and with that, he vanished in thin air.

"I'm so sorry love." Martha slumped down and cried hugging her dead mate's body. But failed to get the warmth he was used to give her. Her cries echoed in the surroundings, and when her eyes fell on Minso's body she can't help but fall apart even more.

"I'm sorry Jimin, I'm so sorry, I even snatched your happiness, I'm so sorry." She cried and cried.

Soon everyone was there, luna tried separating her from Mr. Choi but she wasn't ready to leave him, her heart kept aching at the thought that it was her fault.

She's the reason Mr. Choi and Minso were no more a part of anyone's life.

~✿>•<✿~

Time passed by and not only his father but soon little Jimin witnessed the death of his mother. Mayra kept herself isolated till the very end until she took her last Breathes. The shock of her mate leaving her alone in this world hit her really hard.

The little boy went through so much at such a young age and that broke Alpha Jeon's heart. Minso was like a friend to him and losing someone like him he never imagined that Alpha adopted Jimin and they took care of him just like his own.

After the birth of Yeonjun, Luther kept blackmailing Martha to kill Jungkook, the only threat to his life but Martha kept him safe. She even saved his life several times, she made millions of excuses for her failures because she cared about Jungkook and she never dared to harm him.

There were times when Yeonjun kept crying but she picked Jungkook over him, she thought that was the last thing she could ever do to pay for the sins she did.

No one wants someone to die and that's why looking at Martha living with her child, they never cared about the bond and why she's ok.

Time passed by and Martha raised Yeonjun well, but as he was a half-vampire the bloodlust grew inside him. She fed him with a little amount of blood from time to time to keep it hidden.

Luther used her to the brim, kept her under his control in the name of Yeonjun as no matter what he was her own son, a mother is a mother's right.

Yeonjun saw how his mother chose Jungkook over him, and whenever he was in need she was with Jungkook. He never knew why she was so fond of Jungkook, so growing up the jealousy inside him flamed more. But as a son he never got out of his control, he loved his mother.

At nights when Martha was used to sing for him, the warmth he felt was something no one ever gave him.

The past was quite heartbreaking for everyone but getting abandoned by the one she called her son was the last thing she ever wanted.

~✿>•<✿~

"I didn't mean to harm anyone in the pack! Believe me, Your highness!" Martha said with her head hung low in front of the prince sitting on the throne right in front of her, tears were continuously streaming down her eyes.

"But you did harm." Jungkook gritted through his teeth. Disappointment was what he was feeling when he heard he was right. She's the one who deceived him.

No matter what the crime is, a criminal is always a criminal and he/she has to pay someday.

And it was the day for her...

"A TRAITOR IS A TRAITOR, AND NO MATTER HOW IMPORTANT HE/SHE IS THEY DESERVE EXECUTION!" Jungkook exclaimed out loud.

Martha's breathe stuck inside her as she snapped her head at the Prince listening to his words. Her lips quivered at the sight of those tears that were threatening to fall from his eyes, but the anger kept him back.

"I, THE FUTURE ALPHA OF BLACKROSE, ORDERS TO EXECUTE CHOI MARTHA BY DAWN!" With that, he stood up and left the court without even caring to look back.

The guards came forward grabbing Martha, and she kept murmuring sorrowfully sorry to herself.

"I'm so sorry s-son!"