Burned Alive By The Alpha I Loved

I was a princess of the sea. And the moment I saw the werewolf Alpha, Dominic, I fell. Hard.

I wanted to be his mate. To be part of his world. So I sacrificed everything I was to the Moon Goddess.

But he locked me in the pack's isolation room for three days. To "think about what I'd done."

All because I didn't rush to help his childhood friend, Harper. She took a dive at the pack banquet, and the room erupted in laughter.

Harper cried and collapsed into Dominic’s arms. "Marina must be jealous of how good you are to me. She used her outsider magic to make me fall in front of everyone!"

As he locked me away, Dominic's eyes were full of disappointment.

"I've spoiled you, Marina. And now you're using my love as a weapon against my own people. Three days. When you're ready to submit, you will contact me through the mind link and apologize. Only then will I let you out."

But he didn't know the truth.

Burning sage soothes a werewolf's spirit.

But for a mermaid, it’s poison.

The smoke scorched my lungs. The poison flooded my veins.

I suffocated in that sealed room. And no one ever knew.

"Liam. It's been three days."

Dominic's voice boomed through his lavish villa, an Alpha's command laced with raw frustration. "Drop the mind-link block on the isolation room. Let's see if she's ready to beg."

My ghostly form chilled as I watched the man I once loved with every fiber of my being.

His brows were knitted in a tight line, annoyed by my so-called "stubbornness."

He had no idea. He would never get his apology.

Because his Marina was already dead.

His Beta, Liam, answered respectfully, tapping on a tablet. "Yes, Alpha. Mind link is restored."

Dominic closed his eyes. His powerful mind reached for the room where he'd imprisoned me.

One second, two...

"What's going on? Why can't I feel her?"

"Maybe... the Luna is in some kind of trance? Her presence... it's just gone," Liam guessed.

"Meditating?" "That girl never learns," Dominic scoffed, his voice dripping with disdain. "I bet she's blocking me on purpose, waiting for me to come crawling back."

Mistakes?

A sharp pain pierced my soul.

My only mistake was giving up the sea and my birthright... all to love a fool like you.

The memory flooded back.

That damned pack gala. The beginning of the end.

Three days ago. The Silver Moon Gala.

Beneath shimmering crystal chandeliers, the powerful elites of the werewolf world mingled.

I was on Dominic's arm, playing the part of his perfect Luna.

He held me possessively. His hot breath ghosted over my ear. "You're the greatest treasure here tonight, Marina," he whispered. "My treasure."

It was the first time he'd brought me to such a grand pack event.

Until his childhood friend, Harper, walked toward us, smiling.

"Marina, you look so beautiful tonight," she said, her voice sickly sweet.

I replied politely, "You