Against Her Wish

Just as she dared Caius, she was dragged out of the darkroom by one of the Alpha's men. 

She would rather die than apologize to a man who should apologize to her. But he didn't know. He didn't know she was the daughter of the former Alpha and Luna of The Mistwood Pack. 

She didn't plan on telling him. 

“Move fast, lady!” A man shouted. 

Daphne snapped out of her thoughts and walked faster until they reached the door of a chamber. 

When the door opened, she was pushed into the room by the man who stood behind her. The one in front of her who now stood inside the room said words to another woman who made the bed, and then he walked out with the other man, leaving Daphne and just the other woman in the chamber. 

The woman, dressed in a servant outfit, smiled and looked at Daphne. 

“Be ready by midnight.” She urged. “The Alpha will be waiting for you by then. I shall come to take you to him. This is your new home.” 

At this moment, it dawned on Daphne. 

Over and over again, the weight of being brought to a place she was running from, dawned on her. But what could she do? 

“What's your name?” The maid asked. 

Looking up from the ground where her gaze fixed all this while, Daphne let out. “Daphne.” 

“Daphne.” The woman walked towards the door. “Let me know if you need anything.” The door was shut and she became alone, left in a world of her own as so many thoughts ran around in her head. 

Daphne rushed to the door. 

There was no escape. At least, not now, so there was no need to try. She simply locked the door and walked back into the space where she fell on the large bed and began to sob. 

Adrian, her cheating husband, did not seem as bad as she thought he was. Not any longer. 

At least, he never for once forced himself on her. He never made her a tool for sex, unlike the monster who would wait for her by midnight. 

She wished she had not left the pack. 

She wished she did not run away. 

She could have stayed back, but it would bring her right to this same pack at the end of the day. 

Which was better? 

What was worse was the fact that there was no way of escape for her. She would have sex with that wicked, dangerous man against her wish before the beginning of tomorrow. 

The same man who killed her parents. 

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When it was midnight, someone knocked on her door. A call Daphne expected all this while, although she wished it would be postponed. 

“Lady Daphne?” 

That voice sounded familiar. 

It belonged to the woman she met in the chamber when she was brought into it. 

Left with no choice, Daphne opened the door. She was ready, after all. “Good evening.” Her soft voice filled the ears of the woman who led her way in. 

“It is time.” The lady did not smile. 

“You must follow me now.” 

She hadn't even had anything to eat. 

Not even water to drink. All she did was take a bath and change into one of the clothes she saw in the closet. Was this how sex slaves were treated? Daphne looked around the room before joining the woman who walked out a while ago. 

As both women approached a chamber she guessed belonged to the man she dreaded the most, Daphne began to shake. 

“Go in.” 

She guessed right. 

The chamber belonged to Alpha Caius. 

Although she knew, Daphne asked. “Alone?” 

Stunned by her question, the woman turned around and walked away without saying a word. The man who watched over the door of the Alpha's chamber opened the door without being asked while Daphne, on the other hand, led her way into the space with a look of uncertainty. 

Maybe she should die while being fucked by the Alpha who was nothing but a monster. 

That would be an escape for her. 

“Welcome to my humble abode—” Caius mocked when she was inside. Shirtless, he was seated on the bed with a cocky smile. “We're about to see who is stronger, aren't we, Daphne?” 

Daphne snapped. “Who told you my name?” 

Alpha Caius chuckled. 

“You still have a sharp mouth, don't you? Despite all that's about to happen to you.” He was on his feet and was reaching her side. “I am the Alpha of this Pack and I have my way of getting all the information I might need. You should know this.” 

Before Daphne could say a word, she was taken against her will. Her screams were swallowed by the walls and there was no way she could fight back the huge, dangerous man with little hands.

Despite the screams, Caius did not stop. According to him, all of these were punishments for the way she spoke to him earlier. Daphne, on the other hand, was weak from everything, numb with tears in her eyes when Caius let her be. 

“I'll see you tomorrow night.” He said these words and rolled to the other side of the bed. 

When it was morning, Daphne was the first to open her eyes, or so she thought. She looked at the ceiling, scenes from last night reflecting in her mind while tears fell on her face. Was this the same thing Ophelia was coming to do? 

It looked like it. 

The monster lying next to her didn't look like someone who would want to wed a woman. 

The cold room made her body ache as she stared at the ceiling, but now, she had sat up and was looking at Caius who still lay next to her. 

Should she kill him? 

This will bring an end to all of her issues. 

She would escape once again. 

Maybe back to The Mistwood Pack since the man she was running from would be dead. 

But that wasn't possible. 

They were mere thoughts that would never come into reality. As she pulled herself together, Daphne forced her broken body to rise. 

While she headed to the door, someone coughed. 

Stopping in her tracks, she turned to look at the man who took advantage of her. He was smiling, relaxing on the bed with his gaze fixed on her. 

“Turn around, Daphne.” 

“Why would I want to do that?” 

Alpha Caius chuckled. “You're facing me already. I might as well have you remain like that.” The man adjusted on the bed. “There's an important conversation the both of us must have.” 

“I don't want to talk to you.” 

“You'll end up wishing you did if you don't,” Alpha Caius was on his feet. He walked closer and stopped when he caught up with the bed edge. “I've come to realize you'll never know if I don't bring your attention to it. I'm ready to do that.” 

What was he talking about? 

Maybe he was going to confess to killing her parents. Daphne thought as she faced him completely, her back leaning on the strong wall. “What are you talking about?” 

“Why didn't you sense it?” 

“Sense what?” 

Alpha Caius hesitated, and then he let out. “We're mates. How did you not sense it?” 

Daphne, at the sound of his words, was frozen in shock. What did this man say to her? She thought, snapped out, and looked up to face him. 

“What did you say? That's impossible.” 

“What exactly is impossible?” Alpha Caius was on his feet and reaching her side. “Telling lies is one thing Alpha Caius will never do. I am asking you now why you didn't sense it from the first room.” 

She didn't know. 

How could she have known? 

“Your wolf is weak.” 

“What do you mean?” 

“You're the one who can answer that, Daphne. Your wolf is weak. That's why you didn't sense it.” He stopped right in front of her. “Tell me.” 

“I don't know what you're talking about.” An already scared woman tried to move back, but she couldn't, not when she was pressed to the wall. “You don't know what you're talking about. There's no way on this earth we would be mates.”

Alpha Caius did not care whether or not she was melting into the wall. He moved even closer, and looked at her from head to toe. 

“You're Omega Wolf, aren't you?” 

No, she wasn't going to answer that. 

“Talk to me, wolf. Are you?”

“I'm not an Omega Wolf.” 

“Why then didn't you notice the bond we share?” 

He was getting too close, so he moved back. “You're an Omega Wolf. Come clean about it. Tell me the truth already, weak Daphne.” 

“I am not an Omega Wolf!” 

“Tell me then,” the Alpha took a seat on the bed. He moped at her. “What wolf are you?” 

“Wh—what do you mean?” 

“I want to know what wolf you are.” 

“I don't know the wolf that I am!” 

“Pathetic—” He walked towards his closet. 

“Your gut is not as shocking as it was to me any longer. It's always the weak ones who talk back at stronger people. Didn't you see the way you were screaming last night? Helpless.” 

His wolf snarled in frustration. Again, Caius hated the bond that he shared with Daphne. It was better he put it to an end once and for all. He let go of the closet handle and faced her. 

“I, Alpha Caius, reject you as my mate.” 

Before she could speak a word, Caius was gone from her sight. He snatched a towel from the closet and walked into the bathroom. 

Daphne only moped, shocked at what had happened in the space of a minute, maybe two. 

She suddenly could feel pain in her chest. 

Daphne collapsed to the ground, shuffling to breathe. What was wrong with her? 

As she sobbed, she thought about all that had happened to her in the space of a few days. Her chest burned from something she could not tell. But her hand did not leave her chest and her mind did not stop her from wondering—

What was happening to her?

It was the bond she once shared with the Alpha that shattered into pieces, but why did she have to be the one to feel such sharp pain? 

The weak wolf inside her cried out for help. 

It had just been separated from its supposed mate, against its wish. 

Daphne had not stopped sobbing, gasping for air as her soul fractured. One part of her wished the ground would open up and swallow her while she went into the land of peace, the other part of her thought about how alone she had become.