"What the hell are you doing here?!" I yanked at her in anger. The mere sight of her was enough to wring out the bitter memories, pouring them into my thoughts in a rush. I felt the effect all over my body, her brutality and torture. Like a book being flipped, her abuses faced me one after the other. My past life unwantedly revisiting my memory, reminding me of how much hate I bore for the pack that birthed me. Why do they keep coming into my life? Why wouldn't they fuckin let me be, and enjoy the glory of not coming across their horrendous faces? Didn't they call me cursed and unwanted? So why do they keep appearing in my affairs when I'm no longer involved with them?"I asked you a goddamn question!" I thundered at her when she said nothing, leaving my position to storm towards her. Silence fell over the living room, the workers lowering their heads and avoiding my gaze. Before I could reach Brittany, she fell on her knees, bowing submissively at my feet. I paused, taken abac
...I fell on the bed, unleashing the fear in me as tears poured from my eyes. I sprang to my feet and began pacing the room, my mind disturbed.Above the sour feelings Brittany's presence brought was anger. Anger at Ace for betraying me like this. Did he not know of my experience in the Crimson Pack? That Brittany's torture almost led to my death? Or did he feel nonchalant about it and assume I was fine with having her around? That experience is my for-life scar! He knew all about it.I could feel my heart thumping in my chest, my mind held rage and so many questions that I needed answers to. I decided to find Ace. Wherever he was, I would find him and fetch answers from him. I stormed towards the door and was ready to throw it open when it was pushed open and Ace walked in. I stepped back on sighting him, fury clouding my thoughts as my palm tightly fisted. "What's wrong?" He asked with a grimace."What's wrong?" I repeated coldly, "You let Brittany into the pack house yet you
...I barely slept a wink last night due to Ace's and I disagreement, he hadn't come for me last night and I had stayed in bed hoping he would with my tears-soaked eyes. Waking up to a knock on the door, I wiped my face and sprang to my feet. If it turned out to be Ace, I had concluded on banging the door in his face to show him how pissed I was. I also wouldn't speak no matter how much he would try to make me and it would take more than just revealing his plan to get us working again. After all, he agreed on us being strangers. He might not have voiced it but his letting me leave without a word proved it. I didn't know why I felt us breaking apart already but for the first time, Amy couldn't convince me to set things right with him. I was just as obstinate as he was and I sensed that it was going to ruin us. The knock came again but with a voice this time, "Luna it's Georgia. I brought you breakfast."I plopped to the bed, heavily disappointed as I ushered her in. She gave me a pi
...Returning to my room, Georgia assisted me with my bath and while I sat in the tub I couldn't help but think about Henry's words. Spies were in the pack house and possibly in this same building as I was, I didn't want to be alarmed just yet because I had Tommy and guards were all over the place. I just hoped Ace was okay. He was right, I was worried. The fact that this whole thing was because of me worried me. I couldn't believe the height Derek would go to possess me. Was this all because of the healing power? That had to be the only logical reason because Derek naturally hated me, and I hated him twice as much. Why was he taking such dangerous measures for a cursed Omega? I sighed, burying my head in the soapy water to ease the worry for a moment. After an hour of more thinking, and less washing; I left the bathroom...In my bathrobe, I had a little portion for breakfast just to assure Georgia I was fine, before dressing up in a pair of sweats. After Georgia left, the thinki
I woke up to find myself locked in a dungeon in an area I didn't recognize immediately. I looked around memory of what had happened quickly shuffling into my mind. I stood up from the bed and tiptoed to stare out of the tiny window and realized I was in the heart of the jungle and on the border of both the Crimson Pack and the Ocean Howls Pack. It was dark but I could see where I was quite well. I shut my eyes and tried to contact Ace through the mind-link but it was not connecting due to the distance between us.After several futile trials, I accepted my fate and looked around the room for an escape route. As I expected there was none and the window, if it could be considered one, looked too tiny to even fit my head. I crouched to my knees, thinking of the next action. I wondered how they were able to sneak me out of the pack house, and the only answer I arrived at was that there were more spies in the pack than Ace and I thought. More than enough to make my abduction successful wi
***The room went quiet again, the iron bars standing solidly into the ground as a provocative barrier to my release. I looked around the dungeon, it was dim and scanty but also very neat. On the table, fixed at the center of the room, was a tray that contained meals and different kinds of fruits. The floor was covered in a cashmere carpet and the room smelt like lavender. Until now, I didn't notice the setting and I knew for sure that Derek was behind it. This was in no way like every other dungeon, not even the dungeons of the Crimson Pack. Someone had put in work to make it look this good. Dungeons were normally kept for offenders and they almost always looked like the most inhabitable place. Seeing how much work was done to make the one I was in look almost habitable, I couldn't help but wonder what Derek was up to. And the thought feared me. I knew that I was in for something greater than he was revealing, Derek wouldn't go through this much stress and not make me pay ten fol
***The tears fell from my eyes in trickles as I wallowed in regrets. Carried away, I was unaware when Derek reached me and crouched beside me, I only felt his presence when his fingers began combing through my hair."You don't have to be scared, just trust me. No one will hurt you as long as I'm here, even if it's the last thing I do on Earth, I will protect you."His assurance did nothing to calm me, I wasn't scared of what these people were going to do to me. I was scared for Ace, scared that I might never get to see him again. Derek seemed to have come fully prepared this time, and I could only imagine what Ace was doing at the moment. He must be blaming himself for my abduction, having regrets for not protecting me enough. My absence would have torn the stitch of his wounded heart, making him recall the last moments of his parents with fear. My heart burned with guilt but the only thing I could do was cry. Ace did his best to protect me, it was me who didn't trust him enough. I
***His scent hit me and I rolled my eyes up to see Derek, he was kissing and groping me at the same time. I tried to tear myself away but his weight was stronger, his grip firm and unresisting. Seeing the lust and affection in his eyes, I felt my intestines tighten and squeezing out every particle of food to my gut, making me want to throw up. Amy felt the same way, she kept growling and resisting, trying to take over and tear Derek's hands off me. She was disgusted and felt it was a betrayal to her mate. I tried to calm her, telling her that doing anything rash wouldn't be the best way to get out of our situation faster, it would only make Derek furious and he might hurt me for real. My aim was to stall the trip to the Crimson Pack for as long as I could, thereby giving Ace more time to find me.Resisting Derek's touch, even though it was the most disgusting thing to endure, would only lead to him making a rash decision that might cost me dearly. Besides, I was no match for him