A Glimpse of Terror

"What is my schedule like?" Alaric speaks again after a long moment of silence has gone by.

My mind is fixed elsewhere, quietly savoring the view after being cooped up in the Silver Tower for over a week.

It is good to be out, to see the world is still as I left it and I realise with a bittersweet feeling that we have been in Everdale City all along, despite being in the parts of the city I was not so familiar with.

My gaze takes in the sights, drawing some measure of comfort. We are far out enough that I do not have to worry about encountering any of the Everdale wolves, the pack's influence does not stretch this far.

I was completely focused on all the sights and not so much on what was being said,

However, the words that followed effectively grab my attention and send a chill of terror running down my spine.

"Your meeting with the DA of Everdale is scheduled for 11. Mikos Landry has already arrived." The driver responds.

'Mikos...Landry?' I think in horror. 'The Mikos Landry?'

My heart sinks to the pit of my stomach, the doubts from a moment ago which I was stupid enough to let myself overlook, now slap me harshly in the face and I turn to stare at Alaric in disbelief and horror.

He knew... Alaric already knew it all.

"You...you know?" I gasp out in horror, my throat already feels tight and my pulse quickens.

The oxygen in the car seems to be rapidly growing sparse, even as panic bubbles up in my throat, sealing off my airways.

"Dying in here or out there, it is much the same to me." Alaric repeats the words I said a night ago to me.

His tone is taunting, at least it sounds so to me. And I understand that this has been planned and perhaps he has always known.

Alaric's expression is perfectly calm, almost sinister and his eyes do not show the slightest reaction as I grip the leather seats tightly, gasping for breath.

"I...stop the car... stop the car please!" I beg, a choked sob escapes me and I glance around frantically, seeking a way out, a way I know I will not find.

We are in a moving car and all the windows are sealed and solid.

Alaric's cold words interrupt my frantic actions. "You must have thought your resemblance to my mate made you special, but you are nothing more than a trespasser... and a sinner, it seems." 

I realise in this moment that Alaric has not taken me out of the tower because he had suddenly decided to warm up to me, far from it.

Alaric is toying with me, toying with my fears as a payback for the wrong he thinks I have done...for bearing a resemblance to his mate and unsettling his emotions.

"I can't...go back... I can't go back please!!! Please!! Don't do this... don't..." I sob desperately, 

Alaric has me exactly where he wants me to be and I fear he will not let me off easily.

The farther down the road the car moves, the faster the panic rises. My throat constricts and I sob desperately, my eyes wide with horror.

"You walk into my territory and you dare conceive the idea to worm your way into my bed, first at the expense of my mate and now..." Alaric trails off, his tone thick with disdain.

"Why don't I fuck you in my office, right across from Landry?" Alaric suggests, his words harsh.

I shake my head violently, my eyes wide and desperate.

"I will deal with Top separately, but you... you are too much of a nuisance with that face of yours." Alaric hissed.

It is a terrifying realisation to me in this moment that I have unknowingly gotten involved in a situation that was too sore and too precious to Alaric.

Just like Tracker had told me, the Luna supreme is a sensitive topic to Alaric and while all I have done was on Top's bidding, Alaric must consider it a disrespect to his mate.

"I... I'm sorry... I'm sorry..." I sob frantically.

"Did you suppose because of my... condition, you have found a weakness with which you can sink your claws into me? Share my bed? Are you even worthy?" Alaric disdains coldly.

His words send a chill to my bones. If Alaric was terrifying during his mania, this Alaric is a dozen times worse...he is cruel and vicious. 

The car pulls up to a towering skyscraper that I recognise to be Raid Enterprises, the largest conglomerate in Everdale and beyond.

At this point, I am full on gasping, clutching my chest for breath as the car drives closer and closer to the company where I know Mikos Landry is waiting to claim my life.

The car finally rolls up to the entrance and the door is opened, black spots dance across my vision as Alaric steps out and then peers down at me.

His words are cold and stern. "Go quietly to the holding cells... the only place where you belong and make certain I never set eyes on you again."

The car door slams shut and the driver stirs the car back down the road, just before we turn a corner, I look into the rearview mirror where I catch a glimpse of Alaric, and standing across from him was a figure that sent chills down my spine...Mikos Landry.

And then, we were gone. Driving down the street in perfect silence like I have not just faced a life and death moment with my life flashing before my eyes.

My stomach churns within me and I try to hold it back but I fail terribly. Banging on the car window, the driver gets the hint and stops the car, unlocking the doors.

I make my way out, practically crawling as I lean over the sidewalk and hurl out the contents of my stomach, heaving till there is nothing left to hurl.

"A monster... Alaric Raid is a monster..." I whisper to myself, my heart tight with horror that will not go away anytime soon.