Prologue

"Don't you dare to come near me." She shouted in the loudest tone possible.

"Why not?" I replied, walking towards her 

"Because you lied to me," she retorted.

"I didn't. I just hid the truth," I replied in a calm voice.

"That's the same," she rolled her eyes and turned around to walk away.

The moment she was about to walk out of the place, I held her wrist and pulled her. She bumped into my chest and before she could retort, I caged her in my arms.

"Leave," she struggled to get out of my grip.

"Baby. Listen to me," I spoke in the softest tone possible but kept my grip on her strong.

"No. I won't. You betrayed me," she shouted at me.

"I could never. Never do that," I replied.

Her words hurt me like a bullet in my chest. The way she wanted to go away from me, the way she claimed that I betrayed her. Everything pinched me and it was making me angry.

"Aah!" She cried out, as I tightened my grip on her.

"Kaiser. What are you doing? You will hurt her. You can't hurt her, she is your mate," my wolf reminded these words in my subconscious.

"Shut up, Ash," I responded.

"Kaiser. Leave. Please. You're hurting me," she cried out.

"Can I ever hurt you baby?" I replied, in a hurt tone.

"You have hurt me multiple times... At first with your betrayal... And now, with your actions," she spoke as she struggled with my grip.

"You can't escape from my grip. I am much stronger than you," I chuckled.

She looked at me. And then, I was lost in her dark eyes. Even though I was getting angry, I couldn't help but admire her. She was breathtakingly beautiful.

I pushed her a bit and pinned her to the wall.

"Kaiser!" She gasped.

I could sense the fear and distrust in her eyes. But I didn't want that. I just wanted her love.

"Would you please listen to me? I did that to save you. I had no intentions to betray you, Maya. Trust me. You had no idea about the danger you were playing with," I tried to remind her.

"Oh okay! Who are you to say that?" She questioned, looking at me with those angry eyes.

I rolled my eyes and glared at her.

"Your boyfriend," I answered.

"You are not. We just broke up," she replied.

I was getting pissed off and she was pissing me more. I was trying to make her understand a few things, and she was behaving so recklessly. She had no idea what could happen if I get angry. She doesn't even know my darkest secret yet. And still, her actions were angering me.

I slammed the wall, and she went quiet immediately.

"You can't break up with me. Because I love you," I shouted.

She was looking at me with her angry eyes. It was hurtful to me to behave with her like this, but what could I even do? I had to make her understand.

I tried to hold her hand to calm her, but she jerked away her hand to grab something from the table aside. And before I could figure it out, she injected something right into my neck.

The moment I was injected, I could feel a sharp pain all over my body and it felt like my organs were shutting down.

Shit! I knew what it was.

Wolfsbane!