Chapter Six

"You want me to spy on my future in-laws for you?" I asked rhetorically, not believing what I just heard from him.

"Exactly what I said." Alex said and walked to his bar and took out a bottle of vodka.

Tiana scoffed in disbelief, "You know that's not possible right? If you heard the correct story about how I'm getting married, then you would also know that it's an arranged marriage. The marriage is not happening out of love or anything, I barely even know the man I'm getting married to, so how do you expect me to know enough to report back to you??"

Alex was quiet for a moment and after he poured himself another shot of vodka, he looked at me and replied, "Tiana, I honestly don't see how all of that is my concern. I don't care how you do it, all I care about is that you are going to spy on Mason and his pack members. Or else your father will be disowning you as fast as you can blink. You understand what I mean, right?"

My chest started heaving up and down as I glared hard at Alex in anger.

I hate him so much. How could he blackmail me for something we both enjoyed??? A fucking sick bastard, that is who he is.

"Do you care for a shot? You seem like you need it more than I do." He said mockingly, stretching his hand holding the bottle towards me.

"Fuck you." I spat. I don't give a fuck anymore about being scared of him. What was the worse that could happen?

"Oh, I think you already did. And God, it was heavenly, a night I would---"

"Oh my god!!!" I screamed and covered my ears, "What the fuck is wrong with you?!"

He smirked at me. He definitely knows what he's doing.

I really want to say that I regret the night I followed him home and slept with him, but I just can't bring myself to say it. Because I don't regret it. At all. It was one of the best nights of my life, even though Alex turned out to be a douchebag.

"Can you open the door and let me go now?" I asked exhaustively. I was tired of going back and forth with him.

Alex held his index finger up and said, "Not yet. Hold on." And disappeared into the house.

What the hell does he want from me again??

In less than a minute, Alex returned to the living room, I noticed a piece of red cloth in his hand, and as I was squinting my eyes to process what he was holding, he brought it closer to my face.

"You forgot this the last time you were here." He said and that was when I realized what the bastard was holding.

My red panties.

"Jesus Christ! What the fuck?!" I cussed out and reflexively I stretched out my hand to snatch it out of his hand but he was faster and withdrew his hand.

Alex moved closer to me, and said,"You purposely left this here, didn't you? So you would have an excuse to come back." His fresh warm breath fanned my face as he spoke. He was too close for my liking.

I wanted to move back. But my feet just wouldn't cooperate with me, it was like they had a mind of their own.

"I'm always open for a second time, you know. All you have to do is ask me. I don't mind a second time of that night, Tiana." Alex said in his deep, husky voice.

And just right there as I stood in front of him, I felt my panties become wet and the middle of my legs became warm.

What the actual fuck??

Alex's voice just made me wet.

I'm fucked.

"I.. I didn't... I don't...." I said incoherently, struggling to put a proper sentence together. "I.. should go..."

Alex's gaze dropped down to my lips, lingered there for a moment before he took a step back and handed my panties to me.

I snatched it from his hand and ran to the door, it was when I tried opening the door that my fuzzy brain realized that he had not unlocked it yet.

My cheeks warmed up in embarrassment and I stood there as Alex came over to open the door.

The moment the door was opened, I dashed out of his house with the speed of light.

I need to get a fucking grip of myself. This man has people chained up in his house, he even threatened me and forced me to be his spy, I can't be getting wet everytime I hear his sexy voice.

My thoughts were invaded by the sound of a horn, I jumped and looked at my side to see a man in the car, driving slowly by my side.

"Alex is my boss, and he asked me to give you a ride back home." The man said. After I considered how I had no means of getting home, I got into the car.

I wasn't expecting less of the berating and unprintable words thrown at me when I arrived home, because I committed an abominable sin by running away from the store while shopping for clothes.

"I told you guys that we should lock her up. I'm glad you're now beginning to see what I always complain about. Tiana is manipulative and cunny. Lock her up until her wedding day and let's see how she would be able to disappear again." Aya said spitefully.

She looked the most relieved when I appeared at the door this night, not because she was worried about me but because she was scared that she would end up being the one marrying Mason if I don't.

"Aya, we can't do that. Tiana cannot look malnourished and unpresentable before the engagement party. We don't know want Mason Griffin to reject her." My dad said.

How I wish Mason would reject me so I can be free from this bondage.

"I really don't know what the fuss is about. If I truly wanted to run away, why would I return back home?" I questioned them, I was tired of their bullshit, my own family treated me like an object.

They both went silent, probably thinking about they have been overdramatic for nothing, until my dad broke the silence.

"Tiana, I don't know where you ran off to this time but this is the second time you are disappearing without a reasonable explanation. You might think we are trying to sell you off but we don't have a choice, it's part of the sacrifices we make for our pack, if you don't make them, who will? Rover Pack wanted only you in exchange for the protection we would get."

"What do you mean they wanted only me?" I asked.

"Mason Griffin was the one who proposed marriage to you. And he wanted only you and no one else." My Dad replied.

Mason Griffin proposed the marriage??

But why?? I have never even met the guy!

My dad continued, "And as you can see, it's working. You haven't even been officially married into the Rover Pack, it is only news of your marriage that has spread throughout the town and the ripper has gone off grid. He has stopped sending us warnings. Now imagine what would happen if you were to finally marry Mason, our pack would become untouchable."

I knew he was trying to manipulate me, I could see through him, no matter what he says, the only picture I could see was my own family selling me off.

Suddenly we heard shouts and screams for help from outside the house and the three of us exchanged glances and immediately dashed out of the house.

I was the first to step outside and see the sight in front of our house.

My mom was there on the floor, in a pool of her own blood, she had bruises everywhere and she was gasping for air like she was fighting for her life.

But there was another horrific sight,

One of the pack guards was holding Erica, my paternal aunt and also a member of our pack, in his arms, Aunt Erica was not moving, her eyes were shut tight, and her heart had been ripped out from her chest.

The ripper.

The ripper has struck again.