Chapter 5

Lyra's POV

a sudden jolting sensation woke me up from deep sleep. I laid still as my heart pounded in my chest, making me immediately open my eyes.

After I had dealt with the dizziness for a bit, I attempted to take in my surroundings. The room was dark, with the light from the dim lamplight on the bed stand.

I was trying to wipe away the haze of sleep when a sharp, blinding pain ran through my body like a bolt of lightning, making me breathe out in pain and reminding me about what had happened earlier. How I was tied up and beaten to a pulp.

It seemed like thousands of needles pricked at my skin, and the feeling grew worse and worse with every moment. 

I can recall being pursued in the forest after fleeing and one of the men coming up to me and attempting to catch me.  

Panic seized me as I tried to identify the source of this incomprehensible pain. But I felt how numb it got in some areas of my body. How long have I been asleep?  

Summoning my strength to concentrate, I made an attempt to get up, only to learn that my arms and legs were immobilized, constrained by an invisible force.  

With despair in my eyes, I made another try and then I felt something on my hand, someone was holding my hand I was sure of that as well as the soft palm was resting over mine. Who could that be?  

I scanned the room and this time as I got a real look at things I noticed how well the room was appointed. In reality the room was magnificent with stunning decorations

which made the room a dream of true and with the soft mattress behind me.  

Where was I? I was in a room? Whose room is this? It wasn’t mine and I had no business being there. To the best of my recollection, I collapsed in the woods after running for awhile. I recalled as sleepiness pulled at my eyelids and I hadn’t any choice but to surrender to the murky void that was sucking me in. 

Then why was I here? Neither could I make head nor tail of the place as I surveyed it. I needed to get out of here.

This alien locale was disquieting.

As I attempted to raise myself up I experienced a tormenting pain ripping through my veins, questions and fears consumed my brain. What is going on with me? Is it the result of the beating I took before? The seconds moved at a pace of hours as I struggled to come to terms with the devastating truth of my situation.

The grip on my palm tightened, prompting me to finally whip my head around to see whose hand it belonged to, and I was surprised to see a handsome man with the most stunning eyes. As he smiled, his hazel eyes looked down at me. Who was this man?

There were probably too many questions, but I wanted to get the hell out of there and I made a hasty attempt to remove my hand from his. His eyes softened and his reassuring smile froze, and he looked as if he was surprised.

I heard something to my right and I turn to see two handsome men who also gaze at me. What in Hell? Why am I surrounded by three handsome men? 

"Hey, don't be scared. No one here is going to harm you. We just had our eyes on you, is all, ’cause of how you looked back when they brought you in,” he explained and his voice was soothing.

He seemed younger than the others and his dark brown hair was ruffled, making him look a little like a rogue.

Before I could inquire, a nip of dizziness snatched at my mind, threatening to drag me once again into the void. 

Still, I battled the blackness, shaking off the dizziness that blinded me. 

 The voice resounded again, grabbing me attention once more.  

"My name is Vaelin," he introduced himself with a smile "And the person next to you is Thorian. And this over here," he pointed at the person by his side. "His name is Soren," he introduced.  

"W-Where am I?" I managed to croak, my voice barely audible above the throbbing in my ears. I could barely understand what he was saying but I got their names.

Thorian, Soren and Vaelin.  

"You're currently in the Moonveil Pack. Earlier you were found by Thorian, and he brought you here. I hope you feel better now," he explained as he pointed to the man beside me that was holding my hand.  

"You're also in his room, but don't worry, we won't do anything to you. We were just waiting for you to wake up," he continued to reassure me as he noticed as my expression changed during his explanation.  

So he was the one who found me in the forest? And he brought me here for treatment? I looked at him for a while and my gaze slowly softened, but I hoped that

I wasn’t indebted to them because of it. 

“Soren was the one who treated your wounds, and he said that you could possibly heal without getting a scar,” he added.

“There is something you need to know as well,” the one next to him interrupted. He spoke with solemnity.

He seemed well dressed, and there was something about his eyes that made me catch my breath. 

The way he looked at me as he spoke. I couldn't tell if I felt fear or curiosity as he spoke again.  

"The truth is, we just discovered that you're our mate," he revealed with a calm tone that took me a while to comprehend what he just said but after a while, I slowly digested what he just said.  

They were my mates? The three of them? How was that even possible? Suddenly, I felt dizzy again.