Three Seconds Of Freedom

Chapter 4

She had bright green eyes, the one that would have been pretty to look at if it did not carry so much bile and ugly hatred in them, but then, what the Fuck did I care, she was offering me my freedom just so I would leave her blood thirsty demon Alpha for her... That is a deal I would willingly take.

"Do you think I want to be here? Do you think they could ever pay me enough to leave my pack and stay in this bloodthirsty place?" The rage I felt was bubbling as I spoke, as my brain filled me up with all the bad memories I had tried to push aside, my father’s dead, and the feeling of his pack link snapping till it fell silent, the blood of my pack members that soaked the ground we used to gather around to play...

"Look here, Alpha's daughter, I would rather die than be here, within this walls, constantly reminded of what your Alpha took from me." I said, venom leaking into every word.

"Great. It is settled then. That means you will be accepting my help. I don't want your crooked hands all over my alpha, either. Its a win-win situation." With those final words, she pulled put a key from the leather trousers she was wearing, and picked up the heavy padlock that was connected to the chains on my ankle.

With a snap, she clicked and freed the chains from the padlock and then proceeded to freeing the shakles on my feet.

"There. Don't say I never did something good for you in the future. You may go, and never let me catch your weak, dilapidated body around my pack or Alpha, understood?"

I was too shocked to respond to her insult. I just kept staring at my free legs. They were red bruises around where the shakles had been, but I was free. Morgana must have gotten tired of standing in the room, because she walked out of the cell, leaving the doors open.

I stared at my feet, and then at the door over and over and over trying to understand if this was real. When I finally convinced myself I was real and I had a true chance to escape this horrible place, I jumped from the bed and bolted out of the large, open door. Leaving my mate behind, and not fucking caring...

But I should have known that the moon goddess was probably munching on whatever fucking snacks she ate while making sure my life was a living hell because my freedom lasted exactly three seconds. Three fucking seconds before I slammed full force into something solid, and warm. I gasped as the impact knocked the air straight out of my fucking lungs. 

My feet skidded backward on the tiled floor, pain shooting up my bare legs. I smelt him before I even saw him.  

"Fuck" I whispered, tears already forming in my eyes... before I could even look up, a deep, dangerous growl vibrated through the space between us. I didn’t need to look up to know he was very very angry.

I’d know the sound of that angry, territorial growl anywhere. Alpha Cassian. His strong hands shot out, gripping my arms before I could stumble or even fucking recover. His hold wasn’t gentle, but it wasn’t crushing either.

It took me a while to realize that the fucker was withholding his strength. It was controlled, possessive, but still very very furious. I could feel his rage wafting all over his body. Not that I cared. He could boil the whole damn earth with his anger for all I cared. I was getting the hell out of there. 

I lifted my head slowly, but instead of his face, I was staring straight into his chest. “Oh,” I breathed, bitterness flooding my voice. “Of course.” 

His scent hit me all at once. He smelled like steel, blood, smoke, everything wild and dominant. My wolf surged inside me, slamming against my ribs, but I shoved her down viciously. Damn this mate bond bullshit. She was literally not helping!! Cassian’s chest rose and fell heavily and I could feel the restrained violence in him, like a storm being held behind iron bars.

“You've been naughty, little Princess...You were trying to run, weren't you?” he said quietly. It did not even sound like a question. 

“Let me go,” I snapped, shoving against him. My hands hit solid muscle and went nowhere. He didn't even budge.

 “Didnt I tell you I would kill you myself if you tried anything stupid? Looks like you're looking for ways to die quicker...” he growled, grabbing my hands and holding them together firmly with just one of his hands. “Get your filthy hands off me.” I yelled but his grip tightened just enough to warn me. 

“Careful, you don't want to rile me up more than you've already done with this stupid stunt you've pulled” he said quietly.

  “I’m not scared of you, Alpha.” I seethed

  That was a lie...A fucking big one. He made my skin crawl after everything I saw him do to my pack...my people. But I refused to take it back.

  His gaze slowly dropped briefly to my mouth, my throat, then back to my eyes.

"You're not scared of me... yet,” he said, ",but when the time is right, you'll come to know me, and fear me. But it would be too late..."

  My stomach twisted at his words. I hated the way he sounded.

  “I’ll never be scared of you,” I snapped.

  He gave another small smile... clearly he did not believe me.

  

He pulled me back into the room and secured me right back to the chains as I screamed and kicked.

"Let me go!! Let me go!!! Let me go!!! You demon!!" But it was like I was fighting with a brick wall.

  "Princess, you're a terrible liar... If you're not scared of me... Why did you run? Huh? Why has it taken you so long to acknowledge the word rolling around in your heart... the pull you feel banging on the back of your head..., the reaction you have to me, even though you say you hate me so much... that one word..."

  

  Mate.

  

The word echoed in my head...

  I almost swore out loud. Fuck!!

  He knew... of course he knew. He was an alpha, those strains and pulls from abond as important and sacred as the mate bond could never evade him.

  He knew and he was...taunting me?

  

  "Alpha Cassian, I'll never accept you as my mate. Never!" I said with beads of tears already gathering under my eyes. 

  “We’ll see.” he responded, that sickening smirk still plastered on his lips.

  Why??? Of all werewolves, of all men... why him? Why???