CHAPTER TWO:
**Diane’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 Step dad and Rachel had walked out of it the previous day.
Speaking of stepdad and Rachel, I remembered what they had said yesterday about selling me off to become a slave to Alpha Michael of Silver 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 stepdad 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 didn’t care if step dad gets into trouble with the dreadful Michael when he finds me missing, but I knew I wouldn’t be here when Alpha Michael comes for me. I knew it was cowardly to run from your problems, but in this case, I would run. I would run for my life.
I was done being trampled upon, done being pushed around by members of my mother’s husband family, and even the entire pack, done with practically being a slave in my step father’s kingdom simply because I am a human.
I quickly tied my hair up into a tight ponytail, dressed up in black overalls and hid my face under a disguise as I slowly crept out of my room.
“Protect me, moon goddess.” I whispered to myself as I made my way out of my room, and down the corridor, praying that no one walks in on me trying to escape.
It took me about thirty minutes to successfully creep around the pack house unnoticed until I finally arrived at the thick forest which surrounded the pack house.
I heard people shouting my name in the distance, but I didn’t listen, I didn’t wait for them to catch up with me. I immediately sprinted into the woods as if my life depended on it. And of course, my life depended on it.
I continued running through the forest until I got to a swampy land. Seeing this as a golden opportunity for me, I quickly threw myself into the heap of mud on the floor to mask my scent, and kept running deeper into the woods, very far away from step dad’s territory.
I had been running for hours, and due to the adrenaline pumping through my veins, I wasn’t getting tired at all. It was quickly getting dark out but that didn’t hinder me.
Suddenly I felt a sharp pain go up my left leg which made me scream out painfully. I looked down at my feet, and to my utter dismay, discovered that I had fallen right into a bear trap.
“Ohh Fuck, no no!” I whimpered, trying to shake my legs out of its hold but to no avail. The pain was unbearable. So unbearable, it shot up my spine in high voltages, making me double up in pain. I couldn’t move either, it had rendered me immobile.
I cried softly as I couldn’t help but think that this was my end. My father’s soldiers will catch up to me, and give me off to that beast. I sat slowly on the floor, waiting, waiting for when they would come get me.
I didn’t know for how long I waited, for suddenly I felt myself becoming dizzy. I didn’t try fighting off the sleep this time, because I knew that they would catch me either way, so I laid on the floor, in the forest, and succumbed to the peacefulness that came with it…
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“Hey, wake up!” I heard someone beside me say into my ear, shaking me. I slowly pried my eyes open only to be met with the grayest eyes I have ever seen. Even the air around him smelled so divine, I could imagine myself licking it- if it was possible.
The person, who happened to be a young man, helped me sit up, he held a bottle of water to me which I gingerly took from his hands. When I looked down at my feet, I was surprised to see that he had taken out the bear trap and had wrapped my left leg with a torn piece of cloth.
“Thank you.” I muttered quietly, eying him skeptically. “Who are you?” I asked quietly.
“I’m Pete, and you are?” He replied immediately. His voice sounded cool, melodic even to me, it sounded like something I would willingly want to listen to everyday.
“Diane.” I said simply.
“Okay Diane, where’s your home? I would like to take you home.” He drawled in that deep baritone voice of his that I was beginning to find really sexy.
No, no! I don’t want to go home.
“I don’t have a home.” I lied quickly, looking up at him. He seemed to be deep in thoughts for a while before he spoke up again.
“How come you don’t have a home?” He asked, cocking his perfectly trimmed eyebrows at me.
“I lost my home and family to a wildfire some months back and I have been living in the forest ever since.” I lied again. Wow, I’m becoming good at this.
“Ohh.” He drawled sadly, “okay will you follow me to my house?”
“Yes yes, thank you!” I rushed out rather too quickly, He stared at me too intently for a minute, but quickly looked away, standing up.
“I’ll try to help you stand up now,” he said slowly, as if he was talking to a toddler. “Your left foot would hurt, but you have to trust me.” He continued, stretching an arm towards me. At his cue, I took his hand, but immediately I did, I jumped away.
His hands felt too hot against mine. At his touch, I felt a jolt of electricity run up my spine. It felt strange but heavenly at the same time.
What was happening to me?
The young man, who also seemed to be lost in thoughts stared intently at me.
“Are you my mate?” He whispered softly, coming forward to touch my face. As soon as his hands touched my chin, I closed my eyes, feeling an inexplicable burst of adrenaline run up my spine. I felt different. I felt insanely good. It was something I had never felt before.
I knew I was human but then I’ve grown up with werewolves all my life that now I knew everything about them… this young man was a werewolf… and he was my mate.
I looked up into his deep gray eyes and found myself unable to look away. It mesmerized me. Held me in place. I didn’t know how I got myself to speak, for I immediately found myself agreeing to his question;
“Yes, I am your mate.” I whispered slowly, lost in his deep dark eyes, and never wanting to be found. It felt like a trance, a trance I never wanted to wake up from…
CHAPTER THREE:**Diane’s POV**I slowly trudged beside Pete 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 Michael 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
CHAPTER FOUR:**Diane’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.“Pete…” I started, my voice thick with fear.“Just call me boss.” 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 a defenseless human, 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 Diane?”I gulped again, the lump in my throat increased at every passing second. “Why that too…” I whispered q
CHAPTER FIVEDiane’s POVFalling asleep became quite futile after that whole Pete or whatever he was called event, and do you want to know what became even more futile?To quit thinking about him…He was the only thing my mushy brain could think of as I laid in bed all night, and the only name I found myself whispering into the dark room in the silence.“I don’t like this!” I said to myself, shaking my head but what could I do? Absolutely nothing. He haunted my memories like a plague and instead of thinking about how he had tricked me into following him here, all I could think of was how his lips felt against my skin.What exactly was wrong with me?I didn’t like the fact that he, despite what he was, had this sort of strong hold on me and to think that he had kidnapped me against my own will was a different case altogether.How exactly was I having these sorts of thoughts for someone who kidnapped me?Things only got better… or worse when the large clock in the hallway sang a melodious
Chapter sixDIANE POV.I was finally able to escape Drew clutches when I came to the forest and found Michael resting on the trees with hands firmly in his pocket."Is it me or are humans stressful?" He asked, as Drew jumped from behind me. "I think they are actually stressful ," Drew muttered from behind me. "But how?" I asked, surprised to see both of them in front."I marked you, didn't I?" He asked, as I immediately understood the reason for the mark.He used the mark to be able to trace my location. I was doom as it's now dawn on me that I won't be able to escape his clutches."If you had asked for my help, I would have warned you that he could still find you, but you didn't," Drew commented."Now you angered him," he went on. "Were you really going to tell me that?" I asked him, taking a step back from them..It helps actually as I was able to pick up a broken glass."Now I think about it, no, I would love to watch him torture you a bit," Drew boasted.I looked at the two friends,
Chapter sevenMICHAEL POV. As she spoke, I heard the pain in her tone, she wasn't afraid, she wasn't scared either. And I stood up to meet her, I expected her to shudder, to at least shut up but she didn't.She looked me in the eyes, not caring if that would get her killed. I sighed when I drew nearer, looking at the girl who was desperately begging for death."Go and shower," I ordered, heading to the exit and leaving while making sure the gate was shut tight. I am now in Drew's room and I was angrily punching the bag as I explained everything that happened to him. "Wow, that's a lot," Drew muttered at the list of punishments she has been through."Those families have someone to experiment like that, it's making me jealous," Drew complained."That's not the problem now," I grumble. "But seriously, I would need to meet her family, they have given me inspiration on how to torture my next spy," he ignored as he proceed to get a note."So please, state it again," he requested but when
DIANE POV He had me standing there while he slept, he marked a circle around me so I won't move as I wait. It was directly close to the window and the wind was really cold.I frowned, watching him sleep off as I stood there, I didn't face but rather I faced the window. My eyes fix on the beautiful moon and the stars. I looked at the stars, wondering which one Becky would be, the thought of her brought fresh tears down my cheek. I wanted her near me, I wanted her to console me like she usually does.But I know she would be angry that I am mourning her for too long. I spent the night playing several games, although it was cold, the ice bath I received made it much of a breeze for me.I only turned my attention when I heard his footsteps. "You are up, master," I mumbles as he nods heading to the bathroom, if only he knows how much I wish to kill him.Once he was done, he released me and let me have my bath. When I was out, he dropped a book with a lot of complicated pictures which he w
MICHAEL POV. "Over there," Drew yelled, pointing at a guard who laid over her. Her dress was fully removed and he was about to remove his trousers when we saw him. Quickly, he stood up running and I rushed after him, catching on to him quickly. He was terrified and was shaking really bad. "Please spare me your majesty," he pleaded, his hands clapping together, which made him notice what he was holding. A whip on his hand that was full cover in her blood."Did you whip her?" I questioned. "On Lady Gwendolyn order sir," he replied. "She instructed me to beat her with full force anytime she stopped carrying the load," He explained."And how many times did you hit her?" I inquired. "I don't know sir, I lost count when I passed hundreds of whips," he admitted."And the part you nearly molested her, whose orders was that?" I interrogated further. "My initiative, but lady Gwendolyn says I could do whatever I wanted," he confesses. "You are going to regret ever being born," I tell him, dr
DIANE POV He didn't tell me where we were going as he drove and I did not bother to ask him either, I didn't want to irritate him. There were still a lot of things I didn't want to do, in fear that I would offend him. I didn't know if I was allowed to talk to him, or if I was allowed to sleep either. I didn't even know the route he passed, I just stayed in the car, patiently waiting for us to get there.We arrive at a secluded area with Drew waiting at the entrance. "I'm leaving her to you," he says, leaving immediately.I sighed in relief, seeing I would no longer be with him, Drew laughed at my reaction as he led me inside."You can't be that happy," he mutters. "Not happy, just relieved," I admitted as he laughed some more."So where are we please," I asked. "Michael brought me here to train and I will be helping you," he replied."You see, you would be following him everywhere, including dangerous places," he explained."Why did you not ask him on your way here?" Drew asked. "