Escape

"It was not a raven, I'm sure of it, because the shadow was large enough for a werewolf." I continued looking in the far dark forest completely forgetting about Loren.

"Ouch!"

Someone hit my head from behind, I touched and felt warm sticky liquid oozing out of my wound. ' Blood?' I turned back and saw Loren standing there with a wooden stick in his hand.

I shifted into my true form before passing out. After an hour later when I gained my conscious I found myself kneeling in front of narcissistic Noah . I struggle to get up but was grounded by Loren who had dragged me by hair all the way to imperial castle.

"Where were you?" Noah shouted at me , his eyes blazing with anger.

I glared at him in disgust and spat on the ground showing disrespect for Alpha. Enraged by this loyal dog Loren tightened his grip on my arm causing my skin to burn in pain. I would not make a mistake in guessing ; this is all according to Noah's liking. Seeing me in pain must be easing his impatient heart.

"Loren, don't try to kill her ," he chuckled and took off his cape. Draping it over my wounded body he gave a sarcastic look at Loren.

'I knew it. It was just an act of caring.'

Next very moment I was pulled by a possessive force and dragged inside Noah's bedroom. He slammed the door closed and restlessly walked back and forth.

I ignored him and noticed the time on the clock. 2:00 a.m in the morning. So Scarlett must be sleeping by now and he wants to bang me now.

'In these years he has never raised his hand on me , but yesterday he slapped me for some omega...'

I clenched my fist in annoyance and turned back to get out of there.

"Where are you going?"

Noah held my hand and pinned me against the wall. Getting close enough to brush his erection on my skin in hope of stimulating my sexual desire. Fool!

"My guess was right. These all years you have been cheating on me with my brother."

He opened his mouth for no good reason only to insult my loyalty and love for him. How can he say I've been cheating on him with Loren? I've always avoided Loren.

"You want to get back at me for letting Scarlett stay? Using my brother to rebel against me , huh ?'' He continued with his nuisance which I obviously didn't pay any attention to.

My love for him was now slowly slipping, extracting me to see the real face of Noah. How could I ever fall in love with him ?

'He wants to keep me as mistress and Scarlett as his wife. He wants me to love him unrequited while he'll cheat on me ,' I glared at him and smacked my hands free from his grasp.

"What ? Are you trying to run away from me ?"

The audacity of questioning me pissed me off badly. He tried to suppress me beneath his heat and leaned forward to kiss me .

"Disgusting!"

I threw a hard punch on his face bringing him back to reality. He stumbled down on the ground, coughing blood.

"You're incorrigible and straying from being a true Alpha," I spat those words which I was waiting for him to hear.

Noah kept looking at me in bewilderness while holding his bleeding face. He must be shocked to see my reverse attack on him.

I have always admired him and been submissive in regards to the pack and in bed as a chosen mate should be. But things are changed now that he's showing his true colours and accepting his side chick as his mate.

"Look at me Noah," I ordered in my wolf's voice and stepped close to him.

Bending forward, I held his face in my palm and forced him to look at him.

"Hear me out clearly. Today I, Martina Steele, reject you as my mate."

“N-No..."

He stuttered in his nervous voice. I pulled myself away from him and stormed out of the room leaving that unworthy man alone. Suffer in agony of rejection. Burn fuming mad after getting my first refusal to sleep with you.

'Yeah this is my first time in the seven years of relationship I've refused to sleep with him,' I thought and walked towards my bedroom.

I have no time for resting or anything. Now that I've rejected Noah he will not sit back and let me do whatever I want. He will definitely try to cage me up and lock me in the underground dungeon.

'I've got to get out of here .' I pushed the door of my room and immediately searched my closet.

I'm looking for the treasure which my mom had left for me before she died. I found the small wooden box which I opened hastily.

A Gleaming red diamond pendant came into view. This pendant is said to be cursed according to myths and I don't know how my mother had this.

'It's said to conjure dead spirits and summon demonic creatures from the underworld .' without wasting any second I took it out and wore it.

Changing my clothes into a knight's uniform with a scabbard hanging around my waist and a black shoulder cape ; I jumped out of the window landing swiftly on the ground.

Security was tight and I had to hide myself inside the horse stable.

'I've to escape from here without getting caught. One mistake and get prisoned for life.' My heart raced whilst I untied one horse.

THUD THUD

Someone was approaching inside the stable. I climbed on the horse and pulled its rein, galloping through the secret passage in the stable which only was known to me.

'I used to sneak out of the palace in my teens, escaping from my parent's eyes through the secret way ,' I smirked.