Chapter 02: You disgust me!
As she watched the sunrise, Selene settled into the back of the cab and took a deep breath. As the vehicle drove through the streets, she thought about what had just happened, feeling ashamed and plagued by doubts and fears. She couldn't help but feel that this night was, in a way, a relief, a brief moment of forgetting all the suffering she had endured. A wry smile crossed her face as she thought of Ian and how she had believed for a moment that becoming his companion would change her fate. A cruel deception, for Ian was a perverted, selfish monster with no feelings whatsoever.
The words echoed in her head and Selene felt a mixture of anger and disgust rise up inside her. She could no longer allow herself to be subjugated and abused. The pain of her past and the loathing of Ian's actions fueled her desire to find a new life, a life where she could be free and find the happiness she craved.
During the long cab ride to an unknown destination, Selene caught herself looking at her reflection in the rearview mirror. Her eyes reflected the courage and strength she had found within herself, believing that from now on she could finally live without worrying about her bitter and painful past. She had no idea what was to come, for back in the house from which she had fled, Kyma, the spoiled daughter, was walking down the hall when she came upon an alarming scene: Ian was lying unconscious on the floor, near Selene's room. Worried, she quickly went to him, knelt beside him and called his name urgently.
"Ian! Ian, what happened? Why are you like this?" asked Kyma anxiously as she tried to help him regain consciousness.
Ian, still dazed and disoriented, slowly regained consciousness. His head throbbed and his memories were fuzzy. He was relieved to see Kyma there, ready to help him.
"Where... where am I? What happened?" Ian mumbled, trying to piece together the fragments in his foggy mind.
Kyma took a deep breath and remained silent as she tried to answer Ian's questions.
"I found him unconscious here in the hallway. Do you remember anything?" asked Kyma, concerned about Ian's state as he was struggling to recall his memories as he was still confused by the events that led to him passing out.
"I... I remember an argument with Selene... after that, it's all a blur. I felt a strange sensation, like an electric shock was running through my body... and then.... I fainted," the alpha Uktena replied, still trying to understand what had happened to him.
Kyma listened intently, sensing that something significant had happened.
" So it was Selene?!"
" Yes. It was that bitch Selene. Where is she? She'll have to explain to me exactly what she did to me." Ian got up from the floor angrily.
" Funny you should ask, I haven't seen her since last night. Ayda was the one who prepared breakfast today."
" What are you trying to tell me, Kyma? That woman had the audacity to run away? But no one escapes from me."
"What are you going to do now?"
I will hunt her down to hell, punish her so she remembers her place and can no longer escape me." Ian storms off to gather some wolves from his pack and even asks Kailel for help. Kyma just smiles and imagines the punishment that awaits Selene.
Meanwhile, at the motel, the mysterious man finally wakes up and realizes the absence of the woman who has been with him all night. He tries to remember every detail that could lead him to her, noticing the unique and extremely tantalizing smell her body left on the pillows and sheets. He also remembers the amber-colored eyes that stood out on her beautiful face. Another detail that caught his attention was the moon-shaped tribal tattoo he discovered on her left hip. He tries to remember where he saw this symbol before, but where? Finally, he decides to take a shower before going out, as his phone vibrates for the fifth time and he answers the call.
"Mr. Lyall, where are you? Did you forget about the meeting with the wind wolf pack? Do you want me to come and get you?" asks a worried female voice on the other end of the line.
"Leila, don't look so worried. Stay there, I'll be there in a few minutes."
"If King Wyatt were still alive, he would have more respect for his allies. How we miss him," the woman grumbles, eliciting a response from the alpha lycan.
"And if you were smarter, you'd think twice before talking to your alpha like that, or maybe you think your loyalty to my parents might save you in the long run. From now on, remember that my parents are dead and I am the new Lycan King. Whether you like it or not, you will have to accept that or simply hand over your position to someone else who wants to do it. Either way, I'll be in Sirion soon." Lyall hangs up the phone, gets dressed and goes to the reception to return the key, taking the opportunity to ask about the girl who was with him.
"Did the girl who was with me leave any message, or perhaps you have seen her around here?"
"I'm sorry, sir! She didn't leave any message, just asked me to help her call a taxi, and as for seeing her around here, no, I haven't, because I'm sure I would have remembered. A woman so beautiful is hard to forget," the receptionist replies with a mischievous smile on his lips, which quickly disappears when he notices the intimidating gaze of the Alpha lycan, causing him to lower his head in a sign of submission.
Lyall was soon in his car on his way to the main city inhabited by werewolves, Sirion, which he ruled after the death of his father, the powerful King Wyatt.
On the other hand, Selene arrives at the bus station in the city of Fangville, hoping to start her life anew. While she stands in line to buy her ticket, she feels someone approaching, and a strange shiver runs through her body.
"Did you really think you could escape from me, you bitch?"
"How did you...?"
"I have allies everywhere and in all sorts of ways, including taxi drivers," Ian looks in the direction of the taxi driver, who waves with a satisfied smile on his face, pleased to have fulfilled his leader's order.
"You bastard!" Selene mutters as she glares at the man who betrayed her.
"I'm loving the look of hatred on your face, darling. But we have to go back home. After all, you still have to explain to me what you did to me, and I have to punish you." Ian gazes at Selene with a dry and cruel expression. She tries to think of a way to escape but realizes it would be futile, as she is surrounded. So she surrenders and goes back to her hell.
As soon as she arrives back in Nifhil, Selene receives a slap right across her face from Kassia,
the tyrannical matriarch of the Silver Claws.
"How dare you run away from your fate? Did you really think you could get rid of us? I gave you food, a roof over your head, and even arranged a mate for you, and this is how you repay me? You ungrateful girl." Kassia appears furious and offended, hitting Selene's naturally flushed cheeks again, causing her to place her hand on her face and stare back at the woman.
" Home, food, mate? Don't make me laugh, you only keep me here for convenience. You never liked me, you always treated me like a nuisance, so why do you want me around? You have enough servants already. Why do you despise me so much? Just because you don't know where I come from? No, it's because the wickedness, selfishness and arrogance in you has already taken over your heart." Ian, make this bitch go away.
"Ian, make that bitch shut up. How dare she speak to my mother like that? Kyma approaches alpha Uktena and once again Selene is struck, but this time it was a little stronger so much that it made her bleed and fall to the ground, however, Kailel intervenes:
" Enough! Do you want to kill her?"
Kailel bends down to help Selene up, leaving her mother, sister and friend perplexed by his attitude.
"What are you looking at? If you want to kill her, take her to the forest where I found her, if you want to punish her, take her somewhere else, don't do it here." Kailel looks at everyone who looks at him with surprise and finally when Selene was already standing he whispers:
"I'm sorry!"
The alpha of the Silver Claws pack walks away, leaving Selene alone with her tormentors. Kassia moves a little closer, sensing something different about her slave.
"What is that smell? Where have you been tonight, or rather who have you been with tonight, bitch?" asks Kassia.
"I don't know what you're talking about," says Selene, bluntly.
"What do you mean by that? I have the best sense of smell here, and your scent has mixed with someone else's, to be precise, a man. Who is he, Selene?"
"I told you I don't know what you're talking about." The young woman avoids eye contact.
"You had the audacity to betray me, bitch?" Ian approaches Selene, circling her, trying to smell her lingering scent. Before she can respond, he pulls her hair hard, leaving her helpless as she is dragged into the room and forced to sit on a chair, chained to prevent her escape. Ian then calls for Kyma.
"Hi, my love! Did you call me?"
" I don't care if you cheated on me or not, Selene.
You're just a plaything to me, but I have a reputation to uphold, you know. So, as one of your
punishments, you will have to watch me satisfy myself. Keep your eyes wide open".
Soon Ian takes Kyma's lips kissing her with intensity, taking off the dress she was wearing and possessing her in the wildest way he could, in return, Selene looked at everything with disgust, her tears involuntarily flowing down her face. And when everything ends with Kyma, Selene's companion approaches her still without her clothes and with a sarcastic smile says:
" Do you understand now?"
" You disgust me!"