I shook my head, clearing it of that Deja Vu feeling that suddenly arose in me. A kind of sharpening of something inside me, an awareness, a renewed remembrance of something utterly vital to me, something I can't pinpoint yet... Just the way I felt the first day I met D'Mathew under his disguise as a priest. Is he here again?I looked down into the inner bailey and my eyes darted around for that familiar physique. I did not see anything or anyone in specific, but still, the feeling was there, that strange feeling, that knowledge that I'd known before. I wondered if my mind had finally snapped. Then I saw her. A bent old woman, with a head of scraggy thick white hair, shuffled in her rags toward the castle wall. She was dragging her lame left leg and talking to herself. Who is she and why am I feeling like this in the presence of a total stranger? This is not a stranger. This is D'Mathew. How I knew this was beyond my reasoning. Stark joy welled up in me and I willed her to look up.
"There will be a priest in Tybeton soon," Edmond had told me the previous evening when they returned from chasing the rouges out of the pack's territory. "I found him in Birmingham pack after I'd searched long and hard. He will arrive in Tybeton tomorrow evening."My stomach churned when I heard such bad news. I had prayed he did not return along with the rest of his Gammas, but he did, and came back with some rogues who they soon hanged at the entrance of the great hall. Edmond hadn't only been victorious but now had a priest on his way. A priest who will wed us, giving him the right to rape me.I wrapped my arms around my stomach and curled up. At least I hadn't been treated like a prisoner for the past few days, and he never made any sexual advances towards me. It appeared Edmond had given up his conviction that D'Mathew would be coming for me. I overheard him speaking to his Beta, and his voice was filled with contempt. "That pretty whoreson has found out that Bella and his car
Our journey back to Tybeton pack was swift without any drama, and I soon found myself back inside my old cell. I slept through the day and only woke up to eat and heed nature's call. Edmond visited me in the night as expected, and he sat at the edge of the bed and stared at me, saying nothing. I said when the silence became unbearable. "Please, Alpha Edmond. Please do not ravish me. Wait until our wedding night and do whatever you want with me, but not before then," I offered a downcast look. If I have to gain my end through subservient guile, then I will. "It doesn't matter. If I want to take you, then I will." Edmond said back. "Except you want me to fight you off and hate you afterward...," I thought frantically, schemes tumbling wildly in my brain. Only a show of total compliance will touch him, I had to change my tactics. I offered a frown and said, "If you want it then it will be as you wish, my lord. But it is...I have started my flow. You don't want to have sex with me with
Bella's POV. It was raining again, a cold fine spray that poured in torrents from the sky. I looked up at the angry gray sky and just shook my head at the endless misery of life. To save D'Mathew, I have to give myself up. It was a long moment of silent deliberation as I drove through the lonely highway. My head said I should save myself, but my heart goes with him. Didn't he risked his life to save me from Edmond? That apart, I seemed to have developed a soft feeling for him since I found out he was the same man I abused back in the Moonshine pack. I suddenly turned the car at the next roundabout and began to journey back to my starting point, praying I would meet them on the road, which I did, after driving only for a few minutes. Edmond was dressed in an expensive blue frolic that goes down to his knees, and he was surrounded by his Beta and the two men I saw earlier. They were so engrossed in whatever they were discussing and I would have probably passed them unnoticed if I wan
Bella's POV.I eased my hand down over him and discovered that his rod was full and heavy, but he hadn't moved to come into me, nor had he touched me after. He was asleep and still weak. What he'd done, he'd done simply because I was there beside him, a female whose flesh was too tempting for him. Had he realized it was me he was holding and stroking, he would have probably fallen off the bed in his haste to get away from me. But he'd slept through his assault. And that was why everything looked so weird to me.I have to confess that I don't understand this sex business, particularly from the man's views. How can he be touching me intimately, then stopping, and never coming to consciousness? I was in deep weariness until I slept off. And my dream was of him, but I had no memory of it when I woke up. It was still so early and the stars were just leaving the sky when I eased out of bed and drew the curtain. And I stood to inhale the fresh breeze for a while. I stepped back towards the
Bella's POV D'Mathew and the leech were talking, so I felt free to look at him. Angela was right, he was a handsome young man if he could get rid of that evil smile. I then felt a surge of relief to see that his health had improved rapidly. They talked for a while, and the old man patted him on his shoulder, turned, and walked towards me. Despite my supposed husband's foul mood, I was with a smile as he said."Your husband does well. He told me he would leave tonight, and I told him if he does, he will leave you to the tender mercy of lawless rouges. He is now considering things." He paused, giving me a significant look and spreading his arms towards me, "Since I have done my job, will you kindly pay me?""Yes, please come with me," I pulled the man away from D'Mathew's presence and asked, "Do you think he will listen to you?""Don't worry, lass. He's not a stupid man."I counted half of D'Mathew's savings out and gave it to the leech, and he in response gave me a small salute and t