Mia's POV
I walked quickly and swiftly with a cloak, properly covering my face to avoid being spotted by anyone.
My parents were accused of killing the late Luna and Alpha and were taken as prisoners. Whenever people saw me in public, they threw things at me. They even regularly visit my home and release all sort of things in it. So I was on the run, I lived from mouth to mouth, and I slept in the woods most of the time.
I finally arrived at my friend, Miley's house. Miley and I have been best friends since forever, and she meant everything to me. I haven't seen her since my parents were taken away for their crimes, and that really hurt.
I knew my parents were innocent, so I have been investigating ever since. The reason I came to visit Miley in broad daylight is because my investigation brought me here. I stared at the huge door in front of Miley's house and hesitated before I knocked on it. It still looked the same as I last saw it, but there was something different, something eerie about the house, it felt emptier and odd.
The door flung open, revealing Miley on the other side. Her eyes widened as she saw me, and she immediately came out, closing the door behind her. She took my hands and dragged me to the woods, which thankfully was not far from her house.
"Wolf out" she whispered as she herself did, and I followed. I followed behind her as we ran through the dead woods. The woods were silent, and only the rustling sound from us running could be heard. No one else was here. Soon, she stopped in front of a cabin, one I had never seen before, and for sure, I never heard her talk about having such a cabin
The cabin stood alone in the forest, and it sat quietly among trees, silent and watchful. It had a slant roof sagged slightly, and a narrow porch stretched across the front. Broken windows stared outward while vines crept along the walls, giving it an abandoned look. We wolfed back and entered the cabin. Inside of the cabin look so different from the outside. It looked more homely and well kept, and the windows from the inside looked like they were just erected.
Miley handed me a pair of clothes that she took from the inner room she disappeared to. I put them on and then turned to her.
"What is all these? Why did you bring me here?" I questioned, but she held my shoulders and dashed out, looking around nervously before coming back in and shutting the door behind her.
"I am being watched and followed, I couldn't be seen with you outside" she finally broke out saying. I understood her not wanting to be seen with me in public, but what did she mean by she was being followed and watched.
Well, that would make sense only if my investigation was true, and I highly doubt that. I had suspicions that Miley's parents framed mine. They were the only one close enough to my parents to have so much information about my parents, and also, they disappeared a week after the incident, so I had my suspicion.
"What do you mean by that?" I asked.
"The person who framed your parents took mine" she blurted out. I was taken abac k, this took a turn I definitely did not expect.
"No, your parents framed mine and went into hiding" I shot at her furiously, and she looked at me confused.
"What do you mean, Mia? why would you say that? My parents loved your parents and would never do anything like that"
"Then why did they disappear after the incident, when they could have stayed back and proved my parents innocence"
"They were kidnapped dummy and I haven't seen them for over a month" she said silently with her voice breaking, her eyes soon got red, but tears didn't fall, I could see her trying to hold back the tears with everything within her. I felt bad, jumping into a conclusion like that with just a theory I had and no solid proof.
"Who took them"
"The person who framed your parents" she said, breaking down into tears finally. I hugged her and tried comforting her, but she melted into the hug and cried even harder, I cried with her, "Why did this have to happen to us?" Why now?. I broke the hug and looked her straight in the eyes with my hands on her shoulders.
"How do you know this, Miley?" I asked.
"He sent me a letter, warning me not to tell anyone about my parents' disappearance, and said he took them because they didn't know their place. Here it is" she said, handing me the letter. I scanned through it and confirmed what she said, but there was something about this letter, something so familiar about it, I was sure I had seen it somewhere before but I could not remember where.
"I think we should tell Damien". Ah Damien, my second best friend and the third person in our trio, who also happens to be the son of the late Luna and Alpha and also my mate. He has been hunting me for weeks, to bring me in and force me to be confined in his little palace and punish me for what my parents did, he is one of the reasons why I have been on the run. He was the Alpha now and had so much power, I am surprised he is still keeping my parents alive.
"I don't think he would be of much help" I said
"We can't do anything without his help. We have no power Mia". She was right. We had no power, and if we ever wanted to prove that my parents were innocent and find her parents, we needed real power.
"Being his mate should count as something" I whispered.
"Being his mate is nothing if he plans to reject you and ruin your life". I felt a sting I my heart after she said those words, how did things get this bad? We were interrupted by a thud sound just outside the cabin. We looked at each other, scared as hell, Miley slowly crept toward the window and looked out to see if anyone was there. She looked back at me and shook her head, signifying that no one was there.
She took a gun and opened the door to check properly, I followed behind her with a knife. We looked around but saw no one, only a piece of paper with an arrow stuck in the middle. I looked at the paper, and my eyes widened. It read,
"Watch out, girls, you might just be digging your graves."