Lily had been locked up for a week with no food or water to help herself for the baby in her womb, Alpha Reid had made it clear them at no one should help her and everyone in the packhouse were scared to defy him only Hava used to sneak into the dungeon just to feed her twice a day to give her strength she needed to hold on if not for her then for the child.
Her current visit to Lily's cell shook her greatly because she was scared of the condition Lily was in.
She went back to her room and saw Ashton waiting for her, she had invited him over so that they could have a little chat,
"Ashton I don't think I can do this anymore?" She said to him.
Ashton couldn't understand why she was backing out, it was her idea to be feeding Lily so that she won't starve and also the baby, he wondered why she wanted to change her mind.
"What's wrong?" He asked in fear.
"I just can't stand doing this anymore, each time I see her, she reminds me of myself.
The only difference we have is that we aren't caught yet but what stops us from gaining the same punishment as them when we get caught" she said in a panic, Hava couldn't stand being in the dungeon while being pregnant. It was torture for her that she couldn't deal with and she didn't want it to affect her child in any way.
"I understand what you mean but believe me I am working on it and I will be able to get you out of here before all this escalate further" he said standing in for her being the support she actually needed.
Ashton had been working several nights to make plans for their escape, a few pieces have been put in plan and he had a way to get them out of the pack house all that was left was to get her safely out the pack.
Most the guards answered directly to the Alpha when it came to leaving and entering the pack, no one entered without his permission after the scandal Alpha Nathan had caused when he found out that his daughter was a mistress due to his impromptu visit, the border was now heavily guarded by the Alpha's men who were impenetrable.
"I really want to get out of here as soon as possible, we have a lot of risk to face if we eventually get caught.
I don't want to lose you" she expressed her fears, after Lily and Richard was caught. They had been separated from each other and he wasn't even given a chance to see her again. His execution might be in a few days and he was not prepared to die without giving his last words to his dear Lily.
"I feel the same way too, I don't know what I would do if I lose you again.
Just give me a few more days and I will get us out of here I promise you" he said to her and she trusted him.
"By the way, how is Lily doing?" He asked concerned about her health.
"She looks sick and malnourished, the food I give her is not enough to sustain her. You know she is pregnant and has cravings too, a meal a day is just not enough for her" Hava explained.
"I will see what I can do" he replied when the door opened.
Ashton and Hava were so scared that Ashton had forgotten to hide but it was too late for them though, when they saw who it was, they instantly calmed down.
"Why are you bothering about Lily when she brought this upon herself" Rebecca's cold voice rang in the room.
"You don't even have any pity for her or the child, do you Rebecca?" Hava asked her.
She felt guilty for even allowing her to spill the truth to the Alpha because if not for her then Lily would be doing well with her child.
"Why would I pity her when she tried to kill me, I tried to be nice to her but she choosed to betray me, she brought this upon herself not me for struggling my title with me.
I could have pity on the child but then why should I, instead of bringing the child into a world of pain and misery, she might as well die before giving birth.
No one likes an orphan in this world" Rebecca spat out harshly and Hava was furious that she would speak that way about a child who hadn't been born yet.
"You must feel happy after you had gotten what you wanted right?" Hava asked, she silently wished she hadn't helped her in the first place.
"Don't make it look like I am the villain here, you two were given the chance to stop me but you didn't which means you are both my accomplices.
I didn't do all these on my own" she cast the blame on them too.
"Why are you here?" Ashton asked vexed about her interruption and almost scaring him to wits.
"Just here to warn you two to stay out of my path, you have seen exactly what happens to anyone who dares to cross me.
Lily is serving her punishment because she tried to take what was rightfully mine.
If you two don't stand in my way then I will make sure that your secret is safe with me but if you dare to get in my way then I won't hesitate to speak" she strictly warned them, she wasn't going to let anyone stand in her way of getting what she wanted even if it was them.
"We have no business with you so don't flatter yourself by thinking anybody wants what you want.
You can dream about being the Luna all day, I can never have such stupid fantasies much less being the Luna to Alpha Reid" Hava replied not backing down from her threat.
"Good" Rebecca shrugged her shoulders and walked out of the room.
"I will see you again Hava, take care if yourself" Ashton stated giving her a slight kiss on her head before he left too.
***
Alpha Reid had a meeting in his office with his Beta and Gamma to talk about the execution of Richard for what he had done to him.
"In two days time I want him dead" he stated with terror evident in his eyes, he wanted Richard to pay for the sin he had committed against him yet he wanted it to be done hastily so that he could get them off his mind.
"How?" The beta replied.
They were different ways to actually kill Richard for deceiving the Alpha and the Beta needed to know which method he wanted.
"Uhmmm by hanging, no, by beheading him. That would send a better warning" he said.
"Okay, we will give the announcement to the pack members" The Beta muttered.
"Is it really necessary to kill him in that manner?" Ashton said and they both turned to him in shock of what he had just said, even Ashton was shocked that such a thing had escaped from his mouth.
"What did you just say?" Alpha Reid asked angrily.
"My mistake Alpha, I wasn't thinking straight" he apologized immediately.
Ashton was already thinking of this was how they were going to gather to give him his punishment after he get caught, being beheaded was considered as one of the worst death so far that he couldn't picture himself dying that way.
"Well we could have burnt his body with fire but that would be too long for everyone to watch so we will have him beheaded" The Beta explained.
"That's better for me, I do consider that as mercy because his family has served mine for years, too bad his bloodline wouldn't be able to do that because the child also has to die" Alpha Reid muttered and Ashton felt sad.
Was this how they were going to decide his death if he got caught, perhaps his turn he might be burnt with fire because he was the Gamma of the pack.
"Okay, you two may leave" he ordered and they immediately left his sight.
The news about Richard's execution got to the ears of Lily by Hava.
"He is going to beheaded" she said pained for the tragic fate Richard was going to face because of her.
She kept on blaming herself for what was happening to him.
"In two days" Hava answered folding her hands, she was the only one who seemed to care about Lily because none of the mistresses came to visit her.
"Please help me Hava, please help me save him" she pleaded with him.
"I can't get Richard out, you know I don't have that type of power, I am just a mistress to Alpha Reid, you know that if I get caught for visiting you too then I might also be punished.
Don't make me risk more because I am already doing the best I can" Hava stated.
The only reason she could easily visit Lily was because Ashton had made it possible for her otherwise she would be punished by Alpha Reid.
"I just came here to tell you about it incase you have anything to say to him before he leaves this world" Hava added, she felt so much pity for Lily but there wasn't much she could do for her.
"What's the point, I just wish I could take back all the wrong decisions I had made, I wish I didn't put him in this much trouble, I wish I had accepted to escape with him and was content with what I had.
Sorry wouldn't be enough for what I had done to him" she said with a heavy heart.
Hava left her and she began shedding tears after she left.
She could feel a prick in her heart for Richard,
"I'm so sorry Richard, I should have done better, I should have been better.
I let you down, I had brought this upon us and I truly regret this" she said to herself. Now he was going to die all because he had fallen in love with her, she brought such calamity on him, she made him lose his job and his respect on the pack. He was now know as the guard who betrayed the Alpha by sleeping with one of his mistresses.
It hurt so much that she tainted his name, his family tradition.
"I'm so sorry Richard" she cried out loudly, the baby in her stomach kicked as if sensing the pain she was going through.
His father was about to be killed in two days and he would never get the chance to meet him and might not make it to the world because Alpha Reid had promised to kill her along with the child.