"No daddy, I won't allow this. I won't allow some low-life girl to get away with insulting my dear father. How could she accuse you of such a thing? Alpha Richard, with all due respect, I cannot become part of a family that doesn't respect me or my father. Asking for forgiveness for her mistake just isn't enough, you have to prove to us that you have complete faith in us or else, I'm sorry but this mating ceremony can't take place otherwise," Margallo said, beginning to shed crocodile tears and I stared at her in horror. She was going to try to blackmail Alpha Richard into drinking the poisoned wine!
I shook my head frantically, trying to get him to not believe a word Margallo was saying.
"Yes, I totally agree with Margo, you should honor our toast by drinking the wine. If you do that, you'll prove to me that you have complete trust in me and this relationship that's about to be formed," Alpha Turner said and I tightened my hands around my dress. This couldn't be happening, please let this be a terrible nightmare. Please let this be some bizarre dream that I'm going to wake up from any minute now.
"Of course, Alpha Turner. I trust you completely and thus, I'll honor our toast," Alpha Richard said with a smile and brought the glass to his lips but Elsie thankfully stopped him this time.
"Richard, wait a bit, at least try to listen to what Evelyn has to say. She would never lie about something like this or play games with us. If she thinks the wine is poisoned then she must have a reason, I'm sure," Elsie said, frantically.
"Elsie please calm down, worrying will only worsen your health. I'm sure the wine isn't poisoned and Evelyn must have just misunderstood. A new relationship is about to be formed today so it'll be better if we can at least establish some trust. Alpha Turner is on our side," Alpha Richard tried to convince Luna Elsie who still seemed pensive, and for good reason as well.
"Yes Luna Elsie, I'm completely appalled that you're choosing to believe this obviously misled girl over me. Listen to the Alpha and disregard her words so we can quickly have this toast and go straight to Margallo's mating ceremony. When the two youngsters are enjoying their first night together, then we can get back to this little wolf and decide the best punishment for her," Alpha Turner said and something about the way he said it made me cringe.
"Very well, let's get back to things, by drinking to seal this new bond between our families," Alpha Richard said and I breathed heavily, an unknown chill running down my spine.