One

She heard a loud bang coming from outside the parlor, a different gunshot sound rang through Aloha's ears where she lay on the couch, the sound giving shivers down her spine.

Aloha jumped out of bed as she heard a loud bang from the living room. She fell to her knees and crawled out of the room as gunshots ran through the house.

She swelled below her breath as she ran out of the room and hid behind the couch, she laid flat on the cold tiles and peeked through the thinning holes below the couch, hoping to get the view of the intruders.

Shivering in fear as her face met the masculine wolf enforces.

“Aloha! Aloha” The mother whispered as she crawled into the living room, her ankle making friends with the ground as she caught a glimpse of the intruders.

“Mummy,” Aloha cried out, and she tried to move towards her mother.

“If you leave that position, I will blow your head,” A husky voice halted her, making her remain on the floor.

“Please, don't harm my daughter, I promise to give you anything you want,” The mother cried out as the man walked towards Aloha.

“Your daughter deceived our boss, Ragnar, and the judgment is death,” one of the masculine wolves uttered expressionlessly.

Hearing him, Aloha knew instantly the person they seek was her twin sister Ariel, not her. She loves committing crimes while making her pay for the crimes since they are identical twins. Her nerve-wracking with the boss's name mentioned, his name alone sent chills down her spine.

Why would Ariel deceive a wicked man like Ragnar?  

“Please, I'm not the person you seek, it's my twin sister. Please, I don't know your boss” she started pleading where she lay, she had heard how inhuman the man was.

The two men shared a gaze, wondering whether she's saying the truth or not; they couldn't seem to believe her words since they saw her face earlier inside the hotel when she collected money and deceived them.

“Woman, where is your second daughter?” One of the men turned, demanding an answer from her mother, wanting to know the truth.

“I don't have another daughter apart from her, she's my only child,” Her mother replied, lowering her head downward.

“Mummy” Aloha cried out, and tears flowed out from her eyes, seeping down to her cheeks. She knows that her mother always prefers her twin sister, but she didn't expect this.

She could feel her heart crumbling, her mother didn't use to be like this, even though it was clear that she didn't like her that much, but she didn't hate her either. Until ten years ago, when she had a dream that her father died.

Just as she had the dream her father died, her mother's hatred started to build for her, and her love for her twin sister started to increase.

Her father's death changed everything. Although her twin sister had been a pain in her ass before her father's death, her father was always there to rebuke her whenever she humiliated her.

Now, Ariel has her mother's support, and they both enjoyed treating her cruelly stigmatizing her as a murderer.

Sporadically, she wished to ask her mother if her prior care before her father died was real at all. Because to her now, it was a make-believe act. Why would she suddenly change, if she cares For her at all?

What have ever done against them? Is it a crime that I told them what I saw in the dream?

She was already crying. It wasn't clear to her why she had to go through all this, why she had to be the one tagged a killer, why she had to be the one her mother hated, and her sister taunted, why she had to be the one the wicked Ragnar wanted to take away now.

“My mother is lying, I have a sister,” she screamed with her lungs, hoping they would believe her.

“No, she is my only daughter, she is perfect at lies. Don't believe her” Her mother mumbled, her tone held no softness, it looked as if she had prepared for this.

A rage thundered through her, she knitted a furrowed gaze at her mother. She had thought her mother would save her, but as usual, she would rather save Ariel, her precious daughter, and pushed her to the lion's den.

“Go away with them, save your sister, don't kill her the way you killed your father” Her mother whispered to her hearing alone. Unknowingly to the two men.

Aloha lowered her face and she bit hard on her lower lips, trying to convince herself that her mother's words didn't get to her.

“Any more words from you and I will kill you here, “One of the men announced as she tried to defend herself again.

“Now stand up!” He yelled and yanked her hair, making her yelp in pain.

“Please leave my hair, you are hurting me,” Aloha said. She struggled with the man, wanting to remove his hand from her hair.

She tried struggling with the man until she blacked out, the man called Adams carried her on his shoulder, and left the parlor. He dropped her inside the car parked in the compound outside.

Just as he wanted to open the driver's seat, a phone buzzed, he dug his hand into his back pocket and brought out his phone, he tapped the screen, and Beta James came out as the caller.

Anxiously, he answered the call and placed it on his ear.

“Done, Beta! I'm with the girl, and I'm bringing her to the palace already,” he said respectfully over the phone and ended the call.

He sighed, entered his car, ignited the engine, and zoomed off. The other man who came with him followed him.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Aloha slowly opened her bleary eyes, taking in the cold and dark surroundings of the dungeon. Her head throbbed with pain, and tears rolled down her cheeks as she remembered the events that led to her captivity.

Her twin sister and mother had finally taken action against her cruelty, but she never expected them to go this far.

As she groaned in pain, her stomach growled relentlessly from hunger. She caressed her stomach gently, hoping for her captors to bring food or come for her rescue.

But a voice inside her head whispered, "Maybe they have forgotten you."

Suddenly, the door creaked open, and she saw the man who had captured her three days ago. He was accompanied by a stranger with intensely gray eyes that seemed to darken as he entered.

She felt a shiver run through her body, but she couldn't take her eyes off him. His aura was filled with power and mystery, and she was forced to inhale his scent with every breath she took.

Adams, the man who had brought her here, introduced her as a new "toy" and a potential "sex slave" to the stranger.

The words sent fear coursing through Aloha's body. She couldn't believe what she was hearing and hoped it was a mistake.

Ragnar, the stranger, shot Adams a deadly glare, and the smile quickly vanished from his face.

James quickly dragged Adams away, leaving Aloha alone with Ragnar.

Aloha trembled as she asked, "What do you want from me? I'm just an ordinary human."

Ragnar's lips grazed her ear as he spoke in a deadly whisper. "Are you sure you are an ordinary human? Because you are mine now. I am your tormentor, your worst nightmare. You will tremble when you see me, yet you won't be able to do without me. You are prey, and I am the predator."

His words sent chills down her spine. The meaning of prey and predator resonated in her ears, and she wished she could search for their meaning on the internet. But she couldn't; she was trapped and vulnerable.

Ragnar lifted his hand to her uncovered cleavage, and her clothes began to come off. Aloha's heart raced as she realized what was happening. She was at the mercy of this mysterious and powerful man, and she didn't know what he had in store for her.