Chapter 2
Cassia's POV
Immediately I dropped the tray, I did not know what to do. I was confused and nauseated. I knew that if they heard the sound of the tray, they would know I was standing there all along. I decided to run.
I ran as fast as my legs could carry me to my room. I scurried around the small room and packed some clothes, a few sums of money, and a mysterious chain my mother left with me and ran to an inn.
I could not just sleep in my room as I feared that they would come and take me to the Lycan. I'd rather die than be with the Lycan King. He was known to be a gruesome, frightening, and terrifying being.
There were so many hideous tales I had heard about him. One of them was that he decorates his room with the heads of those he has killed and he drinks blood instead of water. The most bewildering part was that women still swoon around him which was very perplexing.
"One room please," I said to the innkeeper when I arrived at an inn where I intended to spend the night before running away at dawn. He stared at me shortly before responding.
"What does an Omega need a room for?" he asked and then gave me a dirty look "Aren't you supposed to be cleaning a room somewhere?"
"I… I… I just need the room, please. I don't mind what kind it is," I answered scared I might be reported
The innkeeper contemplated and then said, "What did you do?"
"Can I just get the room? Please?" I asked as I brought out enough money for a night which made the innkeeper smile brightly
"Of course… Here's the key," he said, handing me a key that I gladly took and went to where he pointed to the room.
I got inside and looked around. It was a small-sized room with a small bed. Dishes were laying on the side table as if someone just finished eating and left behind the plates, dessert spoon, table fork, and table knife.
I settled down and instantly the event of the evening began playing in my head. Now I understood why the Alpha treated me differently. In my wildest dream, I never imagined that I'd be the mate of an Alpha.
A smile was about to play on my face when I remembered that he knew but he kept a distance from me. He could not accept me because I was cursed, he rejected me because Luciana ordered him to.
Why did he not fight for us? Why did he just accept to stay away from me because Luciana ordered him to? What power does Luciana have over him? Moon Goddess, why do I have to go through all this hurt?
Tears began to slowly stream down my eyes as I began to feel the pains of rejection. I felt alone and I wanted it to end.
A knock on the door brought me out of my thoughts. I wondered who it could be and I figured it could be the innkeeper coming to give me a meal for the evening, so I opened the door. The sight in front of me almost took me back to my sorrows.
"Cassia," Alpha Gaetano said
"What… How… Alpha," I stuttered, words were not coming out of my mouth but what came out were tears.
"Beta Magnus told me you came here and that you overheard us in the meeting," he said as I roughly wiped away my tears with the back of my hands
"Please… please don't take me to the Lycan King," I pleaded
He looked at me sadly and I expected him to tell me he would help me or fight for me. Even though I was an Omega, I still prayed to the Moon Goddess that my mate would be able to protect me and fight for us.
"I do not have a say in the matter anymore Cassia. It's decided," he said which shattered my expectations.
"Is that why you are here? To take me back to the Packhouse before you dump me with the Lycan?" I said trying hard to avoid the subject of us being a mate.
"Yes…" he said coldly as he looked away
"I… Please… Please Alpha… I know you can not be with me as a mate but do not leave me with the Lycan… You can let me run away… Or better still, there should be a way out of this… Please," I pleaded
"Cassia, the thought of losing you is hard enough. I don't want to share you with anyone. I was okay with not being with you but still being able to see you," he said as he drew closer to me, "If I have to let you go, I must claim you first before anyone else does," he said as he stroked my hair
"What? I don't understand Alpha… What do you mean by claiming me…?," I asked as I shifted away from him "You… you want to claim me and dump me like a garbage?" I asked, unable to stop the tears from streaming down my eyes
I looked behind him and noticed that the door was closed already and we were alone. Although Alpha Gaetano treated me nicely he also had his whores he changed now and then. I was not ready to be part of his list of quick sex.
"You know what I mean Cassia," he said, coming closer to me as I backed up and sat on the side table where the dishes were, "I will let you go do whatever you want after I've claimed you. You are my mate after all," he added as he started touching my thighs
"Please… Please Alpha… I… I can not…" I stuttered when he started kissing my neck roughly.
"No… Stop! Please Alpha… Don't… Please…," I begged
There and then I knew he was not himself. I struggled to free myself and begged to not lose my hymen that way. I pleaded in tears and wailings but it fell on deaf eyes. I had to stop him somehow. I had to stop him now.
I rummaged through the dishes on the side table with my right hand, picked up one of the utensils, and stabbed him in his stomach.