Chapter 5
I opened my eyes, to see everywhere was already dark. the moon shone brightly, mocking me with its beauty. I could faintly hear the celebration that went on at pack grounds. Everyone seemed to be happy with who the goddess had chosen for them except Kaden. I snorted. I was filled with rage.
“Anyone in?” Samantha said drawing me out of my self pity.
“Anyone in?' as if the whole pack doesn’t know I’m in here. I thought to myself as I rolled my eyes in disdain.
She looked at me with pity "Lucia..." she looked at loss for what to say.
I didn’t say anything instead, I threw my head to the side and waited for Samantha to leave after checking up on me. She tried to make jokes, pretending as though the last hour hadn't happened, but I couldn't care. for all I cared, she was part of the reason for my embarrassment. "I'll leave you to rest," she said finally getting the hint that I didn't want to talk to her.
I waited a moment, looking at the open window, beckoning me to go over there. I didn't think about it. I didn't need to. I got out of bed and then I jumped out the window.
Destination? That didn’t really matter to me right now, I was just looking for anywhere I could go to escape the infirmary. People obviously already heard of my pathetic story, no doubt my scene had spread like wildfire, given the amount of people that were there to welcome Kaden.
As I was running through the field, from the corner of my eyes, I found someone sitting on my spot someone is sitting in the field which was anything far from normal in the pack house. No one sat there, it was just for me.
I looked closely and it was Camille. She sat in the spot Kaden and I used to sit.
I took a step towards her, ready to tell her she couldn't be there. it was kind of an unwritten rule that no one was allowed there, just the two of us. I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw Kaden come from behind her and hand her something. he must have said something because she laughed.
I swallowed the bitter feeling I had.
I took a step back but almost fell. I caught myself before I reached the floor. Camille must have heard the commotion because she looked at me, but I was already running deep into the woods to escape. there was no way she was going to see me. that would be awkward and pathetic on my part.
Exhausted from all the running I had just done, I decided to stop and sit on the ground so as to catch my breath, in doing so all the tears I thought I had cried earlier came rushing down in the middle of the woods.
I was so frustrated. All I wanted to do was scream out my lungs and cry but I couldn't even do that with how sharp overtones hearing was.
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I woke up with a blinding headache. The sun didn’t help as I was surrounded by it.
“You’re up,” the familiar voice said from behind me, causing my body to vibrate.
“what do you want” I said trying to act as if his presence didn’t affect me.
“You were near the borders yesterday. Why” I looked at him, his face was emotionless. I couldn’t tell what was going on in his mind.
I was used to it. His face was always expressionless.
“Why do you care?” I rolled my eyes, Dusting myself off the floor. I had no idea when I had fallen asleep.
“you are not to go near pack borders.”
He said looking me dead in the eyes.
I scoffed. “you lost the right to tell me what to do the moment you rejected me. Why don’t you go with your little mate, and leave me alone” I stood from the ground aching all over
The pain from yesterday was coming back. I was starting to have that brutal back pain, but it was still in its early stages so it was manageable.
“I am your alpha and you will do as I say”
I smirked at him. “You aren’t Mated yet, so you are not fully alpha.” It must have triggered him somehow because he rushed towards me, grabbing my neck and shoving me to the nearest tree.
I didn’t have enough time to grasp what happened, all I knew was I found myself grasping for air and looking at him in shock.
He had never been harsh with me he had never as much as raised his voice at me, so this was very new.
“Now you’ll listen and listen well” his eyes had turned golden brown. “You will listen to me, you will obey me and you will never EVER challenge my authority.” I tried to push his hands off of me but he only tightened his hands further.
“am I understood" he growled out. I was scared. never had he treated me this way. this was the first time he as much as raised his voice at me. "I SAID, AM I UNDERSTOOD!"
"Ye..yes" I panicked, gasping for air as I fell to the ground.
I watched him walk away from me. "is this your plan? to keep me here forever?" that seemed to stop him in his tracks. "you're weak. throwing what we have for power, pity" I spat at him
"I will get a second chance mate and I will get to be happy, but you? I hope you die unhappy in your ..." I didn't get to finish my words because he grabbed me by my neck looked me dead in the eyes and said.
"you're mine, whether you like it or not."
I probably should have kept my mouth shut but no, I had to prob him further. "you wish" those simple words seemed to have done something to him because he squeezed my neck, effectively choking me, and then bit my neck.
He marked me' were the words ringing through my head before ever turned black.