Dera was scared at first, but soon she found herself slowly shifting too. Gray glared at them, wishing Dera would beat Sienna. He was ready to defend her in case the fight took another turn.

"What were you expecting before?" Dera mocked. "You didn't want him to touch his mate, but to come touch you, old girl?" Sienna was five years old, she was more mature in appearance which made Dera refer to her as an old girl.

She scanned her body with prideful eyes then turned to look with disgust at Sienna's. Her eyes were enough to pass on what she had in mind. Dera was mocking Sienna, showing her how young and beautiful she was.

This, she did before she completely shifted to her radiant brown wolf.

Just then the Beta arrived to tell Gray important news only to catch the side of both Sienna and Dera in their wolf form. It was a crime to shift inside the estate. Shifting could be done outside.

"What's happening here?" He growled. He was surprised to see the Alpha watch this without saying anything.

"Hey, stop. You two." He moved towards them to pull them apart but Gray grabbed him from behind, pushing him away.

"Who's asking you to pull them apart? Are you crazy?"

Fred stared at Gray with a puzzled gaze. Shifting was prohibited inside, the rule was even made by Alpha Gary himself.

“You will not get away with this!” His Beta snapped at him and walked away. He stormed out of the room, he couldn't contend with Alpha Gray's recent behavior.

Sienna was about to storm out too when Gray grabbed her violently.

“How dare you treat my fated mate this way? Do you know she's greater than you in rank right now?”

This was the last thing Sienna expected to hear. What she thought was happening right in front of her.

"But you said your mate doesn't stop me from being the Luna of this pack?" She reminded him with a smirk on her face. She was about to cry but seeing that Gray would be happy to see her hurt, she held back her tears. Instead of a tear, she held a smirk.

"How is that even possible when I've found my heart?"

"So you believed?" He chuckled, folding his arms across his chest.

"Oh God!" Sienna exclaimed, raising her hands to her head. She looked at both of them with a cold smile, not saying a word.

His conscience hit him hard, even amid his disgust towards Sienna, he was pushed to talk gently with her.

“I promise to hold you dear by my side, but my wolf beats for Dera. She's my mate and as the Alpha, I need her. I'm sorry, I can't help." He walked away from her to Dera. He draped his hand over Dera's shoulders, turned, and pulled her into a tight hug.

"I'm pretty sure I'll be removed as Luna soon, it's already obvious!" She shut her eyes so tight to prevent her from seeing Gray hugging Dera. She rose from the ground.

“Dera is here to stay. Perish whatever thought you have against her. You'll only be chasing after the wind!" Gray growled before leading Dera inside his bedroom.

"I don't want to see these when I come out," he pointed to the fruits on the floor. With this, he slammed the door hard in her face.

Sienna remained there.

It didn't take long when she began to hear moans and groans coming from inside the room.

"Gosh! They are making out while I'm here, standing like a fool!"

She stormed off, kicking at the fruits to scatter more. She warned all of her maids not to touch it. She wanted to see what Gray would do when he eventually came out.

"I wouldn't turn to their slave, not in this house!"

"So sad! When someone you have becomes someone you used to have." Sienna sighed, as she climbed into her bed. Thoughts of Gray and Dera making love recreated in her head. She tried to wipe it away, but it persisted.

It seemed this was the new tempest she had to battle with, she didn't know for how long.

"So I'm not included in his future?" She sighed.

As she lay on the bed, she heard a knock on the door. This was three hours later.

"Come on, open this door!" It was the Alpha. "Why didn't you clean up that mess on the floor?"

Sienna rose, walking to the door. She leaned on it without opening it. "Ask your mate to do that for you, she dropped it, so she has to clean it."

With this, she returned to her bed. Pulling her headphones over her ear, she folded her arms across her chest wilding away time while listening to music. Gray was at the door knocking, not knowing she wasn't even hearing.

"I have to punish her so hard so all this disrespect would end!" Dera balled her fist in support, she held a sinister grin on her lips.

Towards the evening, it was time for the President of the Alpha Council to visit. Carla, Sienna's cousin, had made a post about the Alpha taking a new mate after he promised not to. She tagged the president in the post which got him to see it eventually.

She had made a promise to her cousin, and she had to fulfill it.

For the dinner which was an honor to welcome him, everyone had to be present. The Alpha was sitting with his mate, Dera. The Beta and Gamma with their mates were also present and three other senior members of the family were in attendance.

Sienna arrived late. There was no seat in place for her, the Alpha didn't order for an extra seat. Even though Patrick was the President of the Alpha council, he was under Gray's control. This was the secret Carla didn't know but Sienna knew.

"What's wrong between both of you?" He asked, deviating from Gray who was meant to be the center of focus.

He didn't want to get him angry. The Beta and Gamma who also knew the truth couldn't help but keep quiet.

Sienna smirked.

Dera, who had already thought of a perfect way to frame Sienna, spoke out. "She threatened to kill me ever since I came back as Alpha Gray's mate. I've known no peace."

"Will you shut up, you liar!" Sienna growled. She narrowed her eyes as she walked towards Dera. She couldn't understand why Dera of all people was doing this to her.

"You're saying this before the president? Faking up a statement I never made in my entire life?" She was about to slap her when Gray grabbed her arm, pushing it hard away.

“Apologize to Dera right now! You can't be a threat to her life, which I've been keeping quiet for some time now thinking you will change, only for you to attempt to assault her before everyone."

"This is an insult to my face!" He rose, heading towards Sienna who stood still, not showing a single sign of fear.

The Beta rushed to grab him, he couldn't be present and watch him beat up the real Luna whom he knew she had been enduring.

"Sienna, did you say that?" Patrick asked as he was watching the event as they unraveled in surprise.

“I will say no such thing!” Sienna retorted.

Gray pulled her by the hair and forced her to her knees in front of everyone.

“You will get to apologize on your knees since you don't want to stand up!” Everyone gasped, and Dera grinned. This has never happened before, it was the greatest insult to womanhood and the secret office of Lunahood

Sienna stood up with force, giving him a hard slap on his face. She spits directly to his face.

"I'll die rather than submit to you. Come on, kill me!"

Cheers arose from the table, Gray was shocked, with Dera. It couldn't be kept secret any longer that people didn't support him on what he was doing. Sienna herself couldn't take it any longer. She was planning what to do next.

Alpha Gray got so furious that she defied him, making fun of him that he grabbed her neck, shaking her, then he hit her on her face. He was so angry that his eyes shifted to yellow and he felt his wolf coming up. He was about to shift into his wolf and tear her to pieces but he feared the Cursed Alpha who didn't take it kindly with murderers. He was regarded as the Alpha Prince after all.

Should he kill Sienna, he will be executed. The Alpha President here would be a witness who would have to speak about what he saw. Only this made him control his temper, but still, he was so furious.

“This will teach you a lesson not to insult my fated mate again! It doesn't matter who she was to you before, what matters now is that she's your superior, she's my fated mate and as a fated mate, she's greater in rank than you."

“Fuck your stupid sense, you can't even see the truth.” He lashed at her.

"Useless woman!" He spit at her, leaving her side. Sienna stood with such a furious face, she was determined to deal with them no matter what it took her.

“Leave!"

But before he could even say this, Sienna was out of the door with her plans in mind.

“She can't hurt you, my love, not while I am around and still the Alpha.” Gray consoled his little mate, Dera who snuggled into his arms, enjoying the way one of his hands was draped around her chest.

Sensations were dribbling inside of her, she felt the urge to go to bed with him.

“I just hope she won't beat me up when you are not around, honey.” She whispered amid her moans.

“She can't try that!" Gray growled, sending courage into Dera who grinned happily.

"You know how much I love you, alright? Calm down, my baby.” He asked, patting her on her back.

A lot of thoughts were on Sienna's mind, she was greatly worried. If the start was this way, what would happen when Dera has pups into the marriage? She wondered.

Even if she leaves now, where is she gonna go?

She was just confused.

She was really in pain as she poured out her anger with no one there to listen to her. She burst into bitter tears out of frustration. Her wolf was getting weaker and weaker with the maltreatment she was receiving both from her husband and his mate.

It was such an insult for her husband to make her kneel before everyone. She bit her lips as the President couldn't even say a word of caution to him.

"He doesn't deserve to be the president!" She growled. “Both of them are a bunch of fools!”

Sienna sobbed all through the evening in her room until she attempted to force herself to sleep at night. She tried her best but couldn't sleep. She didn't want to call the attention of Carla who was always working as a scriptwriter.

She was a full-time worker and didn't even have much time for herself.

When the door to her room flung wide open all of a sudden, she jerked up in shock. She realized she hadn't pulled over the bolt. She was hurting so madly inside that she forgot to do the necessary.

Gray walked in.

“Pretending to sleep, huh?” He asked her.

“Well, there is always no peace for the wicked. So you think that you can just come to bed after causing so much trouble earlier, right?” He proved right the more as Sienna didn't give him any response.

“Keep ignoring me but I have come to warn you!” He continued as her silence was infuriating him.

“If you ever cause any trouble here in this estate again, I promise you that will be the end of our marriage! I will file for divorce and make sure you pay me any amount I stipulate."