JAMES
Walking into the house, unnecessary silence met me. Asides from the guards sitting outside, something felt terribly wrong. I could feel it deep in my bones, and it only heightened my anger. I halt the usual hide and seek game, and I head straight to the bedroom where I left her; a little beating won't hurt anyone, especially the fact that she made me lose the tiny chance I had to usurp the throne from Julian. I threw open the door, and I looked around the room. It was empty, and the bed was empty too. I removed the duvet, but instead, a pile of clothes was arranged there, and It made it look like she was trying to deceive me that she was present in the bed. Since when did she start having such sense? I felt instantly enraged; my blood boiled like a pit of lava in hell. How dare she disappears when she’s supposed to be helpful to me?. Who would I pass out my anger on?
I was already exasperated that my brother managed to deceive the council of elders, ruining my chance of getting the title of the Alpha king. However, I don’t plan on letting that stop me. I came back home with the same annoyance, only discovering that Rosella was nowhere to be found. She was daring me, and I would show her how much of a vile person I can be if I get hold of her.
I almost turned down all the rooms in the house searching for her; I needed a place to vent my anger, and as my toy, she was the best person to do that to—dumb weakling. Her pathetic screams of being helpless would only fuel my resolve to hit her more; it was like an orgasm to me.
I summoned all the guards in the packhouse, asking if they saw my mate, but they all said they didn’t but saw someone putting on a black hoodie, walking through the gate of the packhouse. They said they thought my younger sister, Dirham, was going out to jog, but they had no idea it was the Luna. I would come back to deal with them right now, and I needed to find Rosella.
Holy fuck! I growled as invisible steam seeped out from my ears and nostrils. How dare that bitch think of leaving me? She tried to escape! She really felt like she could leave me and go scot-free. She is in for some rude awakening.
“Hahahahaha,” I let out a dry laugh, punching into the glass window of my office glass. The glass shattered into tiny pieces, slicing into my knuckles at the same time. I was too enraged to feel anything, and soon the cut healed itself. I wanted to do something to get all this anger out of me.
“Good for you, Asshole!” I heard a chuckle of mockery from my wolf Vlad, fueling my wrath all the more.
Vlad has always hated how I treated my mate, and I can’t believe he cared about that worthless bitch. Your wolf was supposed to support you and make decisions together, but this one was worse than everything I ever had. Very unsupportive wolf, and I wish I could replace it.
“She wouldn’t dare run away from me, Vlad, you know that!” I found myself screaming back. As much as I would love to ignore Vlad, his words were kind of hitting home for me. She was too weak to leave me, and she dared not move an inch unless I permitted her to do so.
“No, I don’t. I told you she wouldn’t continue to take all of your shits forever, didn’t I? I hope she escapes perfectly this time and leaves you to be miserable for the rest of your life.” Vlad asked, “You let such a beautiful and amazing soul leave just like that, Shame!” his words taunted me to start smashing everything in my office.
The guards moved back in fear,
“I’ll never let her leave me, never! You wait and see what I’ll do to her when I set my eyes on her,” I snapped at him, pushing him back to the back of my mind. His useless words were making it difficult for me to think straight. I wasn't going to let him control my mind.
“As for you incompetent fools,” I turned to the guards who were shivering in fear, “that can’t do your jobs; get ready to be fired if I don’t find her today. Get the Limo ready; she shouldn’t have gone far, but let’s check her peasant’s parents’ place first.” I instructed, and we drove straight to the god-forsaken outskirt of my pack.
If not for my father, those low lives wouldn’t be here anymore; I would have eradicated them out from the place; the Limo stopped at someplace before the annoying hills in front of the shabby ramshackle Rosella’s parents lived. This was the only place she would come to, and she rarely knew anywhere else in this realm because I always made sure was locked her in my house since and back at home with her parents; they were always hiding from debtors.
“You’re done for, stupid,” I cursed under my breath, furious at the ungrateful swine.
How dare she dare leave after I took her out of this gutter and placed her in the most beautiful place in the Green moon pack? I gave her a good life, cleaned up her stinking impoverished smell, but she dares run away? Hitting her was only the small price she had to pay for getting luxury offered on a platter of gold; she had no idea how many people would love to be in her shoes.
I scoffed, still finding it hard to believe, my guards informed me that her parents locked the infested wooden door of the peasants’ run-down home, so I ordered them to open it by force or break it down if they had to.
Immediately the door was kicked open, I saw her inside, sitting dejectedly on the floor, her red hair blazed like a wildfire under the naked lights in their house. She looked hopeless, and I enjoyed the look of fear that went through her face as she saw me. I would have enjoyed it more if she was in my palace, and she would have no choice but to accept whatever I was melting out to her.
Bold of her to assume she has a choice and she wasn’t my pain property for life.
ROSELLA
We drove into the pack’s territory, towards the four junction roads that lead to other pack territories. I wished I had escaped to a place farther from here to maybe one of the other packs, but Alpha James’s father was the former Alpha king, so he could have easily fished me out even though it took him longer; he wouldn’t rest till he caught me.
I sat shriveled up in the car, wrapping my hands around my body, avoiding the look of contempt Alpha James was giving me. I was dead tonight, and no soothsayer could tell me otherwise.
“See how skinny and dirty you look. You’ve grown some guts, haven’t you? To even conceive the thoughts of running away is extremely laughable.”
“I’m sorry, Alpha...” I whispered, my voice hoarse from crying too much. I've cried enough tears to last a lifetime today, and t looks like I will still cry more tonight.
Sorry was all I could say, even though I knew it wouldn’t change anything, any punishment I would be receiving today. My head throbbed as I imagined the pain I would have to be going through tonight, which method of punishment he would like to use to inflict pain on me.
“Sorry?” his words snapped me out of my thoughts. I raised my eyes tentatively to see him pushing his brown hair from his face.
To most females in the realm, he was the dashing, sexy, and hot son of the Alpha king, while to me, he was nothing but a monster who enjoyed inflicting pain on someone weaker. He was someone who deserved to burn in hell.
“You should be busy trying to think of a way to give me an heir! At least that would hasten my claim to the throne. Instead, you were thinking of running away. Well, we’ll have to try again tonight, even if it means having you for the whole night!”
He scowled and rested his head on the Limo’s seat, unaware of how I looked up at him in shock. Please, God, no!
Dear Goddess, please don’t let him think of taking me, please, please! I begged whoever cared to listen with my eyes tightly shut, my hands hugging my body tighter.
My whole body was aching already; I didn’t want to imagine how it would feel when he rips into me tonight. I had never had sex with my so-called mate; all he did was violate me, force himself into me again and again, no matter how much I cried for him to stop.
I don’t know how it felt to want someone because he had killed that part of me. I had never wanted it but done it anyway; he never even bothered to get me wet or into it; he just forced himself into me like I was his sex doll with zero feelings.
I remembered the day he took me from my father; I was only 18 then, totally naïve and innocent. I could recall vividly how he violated me throughout that night, tearing into me like a beast, grabbing my hair, making me do things that made me hate my own body. And ever since then, I haven’t ever had the urge to want sex; I didn’t even have a clue about orgasms.
You can’t let that happen again today, Rosella; you won’t, or you’d rather die! I yelled in my head, forcing myself to think of something. As we were about to drive past the four junctions leaving to different packs, I let out a shrill scream, clutching tightly to my stomach.
“What the hell bitch?” Alpha James snapped at me, visibly irritated, but I didn’t let it stop me.
“My stomach hurts too bad, I think I have to use the restroom right now, or it might come out here,” I lied, filling my voice with urgency.
“What, shit! Don’t you dare do that in here; stop the car right now!” he yelled into the intercom, and the car halted immediately. Then he ordered the guard sitting with the driver to follow me into the bush to do my business.
Even after I exited the car, I kept up the act so that the guard following me wouldn’t be suspicious. While we trudged more profound into the forest, I looked around to make sure we were deep enough, and there were ways places I could hide.
“Would you wait here or watch me do my business, Mr. Gates?” I asked, and the guard turned his back facing the other way.
“Sorry, Luna, I’ll be here; you can go and ease yourself,” he said, and I walked farther without him noticing, all the while looking behind my shoulder to make sure the guard still turned his back. I removed my shoes gently, and I dropped my hoodie. I let go of the little pebbles I picked on the way, and I walked backward, still facing him as silent as I could.
And when I was sure he was completely unaware, I took to my heels. I wasn’t running to be saved; I already knew that no place in the whole pack was safe for me, so I’d take my own life rather than allow James to treat me with that much horror again. I felt lighter for someone who knew she would die very soon. In fact, I had no regrets, and I was doing this for myself. Nobody would do it, so I did it for me.
Breezing through the wind and taking off, I felt something I hadn’t felt in the past years. I felt freedom!