Chapter 5

SARA’S POV 

I whimpered, dragging in a breath, as a thousand needles tore at every inch of my body, and yet, my heart hurt even more. 

A sob tore through my throat as strong arms held me close. 

“Please live, live for me little Angel, and I swear on my life, this is the last time you would ever feel pain, I’ll die first before I let you suffer again,” a deep masculine voice whispered to me, as he rocked me back and forth in his arms. 

I wanted to laugh. This man did not know my middle name was pain. I would always feel pain. 

I brushed my hand lower, feeling the sticky goo that had been applied on my wound, but when I bent to look at it, he caught my chin in his hand, tilting my head up till I was staring at the most dangerously fearsome man I had ever encountered – yet there was tenderness in his eyes.

“Don’t look at it little Love. Look at me instead, and please, promise me that you’ll fight this, promise me that you’ll live.”

I sucked in a breath. The tenderness in his touch tore at me. This was the first time since several years anyone had ever treated me with such tenderness. For some reason, it only made me cry more. 

I expected him to grow weary of my tears, but instead, he only cradled me closer to his big chest, murmuring words of endearment. 

I don’t know what he did, but I suddenly felt a surge of strength seeping from his powerful body into mine as he held me, till finally, I dared to want to live. 

I raised my head to look up at him, and caught him smiling down tenderly at me. 

Who was this man? 

“Why are you being so good to me?” I whispered to him. 

His expression become even more tender. “Because you deserve everything love – don’t you know? I’ll give my very life to make you feel better.”

His words made me giggle. My own laughter sounded strange in my ears, like it did not belong to me – I had no right to laughter. Straightening up, I asked again. “What’s your name? Who are you?”

He paused a bit, then his next words shattered me – again! 

“My name is Rune Garthor, Alpha of the Crescent moon.”

No! I shook my head, forcing back the tears that threatened to spill. My pain was not over yet. Now, the same man who had killed my father had come for me. What sinister plan did he have up his sleeve? 

I wanted to cry, to beg him not to hurt me, to ask him why he killed my father, and was now here acting like he cared about me – of course, it would be absurd to think a man I was just meeting cared for me, that left only one possibility – 

He had come back to finish my father’s lineage. Obviously, Killing me wasn’t enough, he probably wanted to torture me psychologically before I died. 

I stared up at the hard planes of his face, awash with fake tenderness, and I suddenly made up my mind. 

I had nothing left to lose, nothing to live for – except one thing, revenge! 

 Alpha Rune might be playing games, but I’ll play games of my own. I was going to get so close to him, I’d fit like a second skin, then I would destroy him. 

My mind made up, I stared up at him. There was something about my desire for revenge that filled me with strength. 

Alpha Rune killed my father, when my mother heard it, she’d had a heart attack and died, because of that, I fled the pack, Tristan fell out of love with me, and now, Claudia was dead. It was all his fault. Rune had destroyed my life, and I would get my revenge on him. 

“Alpha Rune,” I said softly, “It’s a pleasure to meet you.” Silently, I added – I’ll make you know the true meaning of pain. I would destroy you, just as you have destroyed me.