AUDREY:I was outside with Zale. He had finally told me all that he could remember when he was younger. Just like mother had said, he was a fucking cunning and greedy bastard.The stars were shiner than usual, but there was only one that outshined the rest of them.It was all alone in a corner all by itself. I wondered why it didn't want to mingle with the rest of its kind.This was suddenly what I thought about Hecate. He was a god. Why was he out here in this world causing havoc and poisoning the minds of people. Why was he breaking homes?The only answer to this question was that he was different. He wasn't the shiny star either because taking a second look at the star I could tell it was a special one, though lonely.Hecate was different from his kind and that was why he left to be alone. All he ever wants is to be loved by someone. Maybe that's it.Raquel's baby, I didn't want his dark blood affecting the innocent child.I was going to do everything in my power to save that child
**Audrey’s POV**“Fuck!” I groaned. My head, back and stomach throbbed painfully, even my ribs, they felt like they were on fire. Clutching my head with both of my hands as if to keep it steady against my neck, I sat up on my bed and winced as the pain struck me again with full force.I closed my eyes briefly; and almost immediately I had flashes of a gory scene playing out before me. All I saw was blood, decapitated bodies and pain filled screams in the air. I opened my eyes immediately, afraid of the gory scene playing in my head.“What the hell happened?” I mumbled to myself. I couldn’t remember what exactly had happened but I knew that a moment ago, I was at the fields with my mother and her maids, and the next minute, I was on my bed with my head so heavy it felt like it was about to fall off my neck.I walked up to my vanity mirror, and gasped at my reflection. I know I usually looked bad, starved, but this time it was different. A distant kind of bad, I looked haggard, around m
**Audrey’s POV**I woke up with a start to discover that I had slept on the cold tiled floor over the night with my door still left ajar from when Dad and Raquel had walked out of it the previous day.Speaking of dad and Raquel, I remembered what they had said yesterday about selling me off to become a slave to Alpha Valentino of Blood crest pack. The thought of it made my blood run cold. I couldn’t go there, I wouldn’t go there! That blood sucker of an Alpha would have me killed even before dad would ever consider killing me! I wouldn’t allow this to happen to me.My body ached tremendously as I slowly got up from the floor on wobbly legs and practically dragged my tired body into my bathroom. I didn’t try to look at my reflection today because I knew I would look way worse than I did yesterday.Closing my eyes, I quickly got in the warm shower, stood still in it until all of the blood dried on my skin had been rinsed out and got out to quickly dress up. I had made my decision. I d
**Audrey’s POV**I slowly trudged beside Robert who had his arm wrapped around me, to keep me steady as we walked out of the forest. I wanted to fall against him, to hug him, to hold him around me, but the pain in my legs kept snapping me back to reality at every step I took.“Is your house very far from here?” I asked quietly, feeling the pain on my foot slowly crawl upwards until it began to grip slowly at my knees.“Just a little bit far from here.” He drawled quietly, looking down at me with hooded eyes.“Could you walk a little faster?” I asked him, thinking that my father and Alpha Valentino could be looking for me and could appear behind us at any moment. I couldn’t help but look over my shoulders at every minute because I knew that they hadn’t stopped looking for me that quickly.“Are you running from someone, or something?” He asked, turning to look down at me quizzically. I immediately nodded my head in negation and kept my mouth shut as we continued walking slowly deeper in
*Audrey’s POV**I gulped again and again, staring into his deep dark eyes that had suddenly turned from accommodating and kind into something so beastly, it was difficult to look into them.“Robert…” I started, my voice thick with fear.“Valentino.” He corrected me. Tilting his head to the side as if trying to understand some big puzzle.“Why?” I whispered quietly, my eyes glazed with unshed tears as I stared up at him. I had nothing to say, even my brain was too mushy to form words. Suddenly I remembered that he was my mate and I gasped again. So aside from making me an omega, the moon goddess had also cursed me with a beast of a mate.“Why?” He asked, his eyes boring into mine with so much proximity, it made my knees wobble. “Why what? Why did I save you from the bear’s trap? Why did I save you from vanquishing inside that thick forest or what Audrey?”I gulped again, the lump in my throat increased at every passing second. “Why that too…” I whispered quietly, my gaze not wavering
Audrey:I remained huddled on the bed, wrapping my arms around myself. Scared, and nearly tormented. I could no longer feel the pain of his bite around my neck, but the sweet pain I had felt earlier was gone as well.After realization had hit me, another hit me again.I would never be mated to another ever again.This wasn't a life I had dreamt of, or wished for. What about the roses I always imagined? What about the glass of wine and petals of flowers scattered around the room with candles leading the way.I had dreamt of so much more, but who would have thought all my dreams would shatter into multiple pieces in a night, by a cruel, evil and mysteriously rumored cursed alpha.He had claimed me, and I was also mated to him. If he claims another, then I would be left to become a rogue, and if he decides not to reject me, then I would become his slave forever.Droplet of tears fell freely from my eyes, hoping that when I wake up the next morning, it would all be a dream, and I would be
Audrey:I took two steps backwards, one more, until I was unable to take another. I could feel my chest slowly burning up. The gory scenes began playing in my head again and I immediately yelled out in pain while holding my head tight."Please, stop!" I begged.Her painful screams stopped and I immediately opened my eyes again. I raised my head to stare at the alpha, but he still had a calm look on his face."Leave." He commanded her. Still frightened, she scurried out of the field like a Hyena who was running away from an even deadlier creature. I stared at her till she was gone.My gaze shifted back to him, and my hands began shaking immediately. I wanted to take steps away from him as he took his closer to me, but I was scared of doing so.I was scared of the fact that he might do the same to me. I was scared that he might torture me mentally, like he did to her. What kind of an alpha was he.I suddenly recalled mother had told me there were different kinds of alphas.She knew all
Audrey:Night came by quickly. I was still huddled in my room and had refused every food that was earlier brought to me. I was scared they had sprinkled something in there.I yawned hungrily, and jerked up on my feet when I heard the creaking sound of the door.I had expected another lady to walk in carrying a plate of food with her, but no, it was Alpha Valentino."You keep rejecting your meals." Alpha Valentino said.I couldn't raise my head to stare at him because I was scared of doing so."I'm not hungry." I answered."Is that so? If you wish to starve for 7 days, I can help you with it." When he said this, I raised my head to stare at him. What was I even expecting? It wasn't like he was going to be soft on me, and ask me why I was repeatedly rejecting the meals.As he tried walking closer to me, my lips trembled before they uttered something."Please stop! Don't come closer please." I begged.I could feel cold piercing through my skin, and I was almost at a point of passing out.