Chapter 36: Don't Take It Too Far

Ariana's POV

I opened my eyes and found myself on a bed. I quickly sat up. With the curtain drawn, I couldn't tell if it was morning, night or day. I shifted my gaze in the direction of the clock, and it was 7 p.m.

What day is it? I thought, as I wondered how I got back to the mansion. 

There was a bandage on my hand and a cut-out square shape plastered on my right side. I touched it and it hurt a little. I pulled myself to the edge of the bed and put my feet down. 

I recalled what happened at the mining site after I was left behind.

I was looking for a place to hide just in case the rain starts to pour.

I walked towards the mountain, hoping there was a place to hide. Just a distance away from the mountain, I saw this vicious wolf, about the size of a lion, growling, while taking slow steps towards me. I froze in my steps and briefly looked back. It was an empty street. There was no way I could outrun this wolf. I had no other alternative, so I started walking backwards, while the wolf continued to advance towards me. I turned around and started running, screaming for help. I looked back briefly, and the wolf was just walking towards me. I returned my gaze only to find another wolf on the street in front of me, growling and walking towards me. I was now in the middle of two wolves. I ran towards the mining grounds where I had pulled Damien. The two wolves launched forward and started running after me. I manoeuvred my way and ended up behind the mountain. I found a branch of a tree lying on the ground and I picked it up. I hide beneath the mountain behind a huge rock that has formed something like a small cave, hoping they will not find me. My heart raced in my chest. With one hand, I was holding the branch of the tree, and my other hand covered my mouth to prevent a sound from escaping. I stayed there for a while, and just when I thought they had left because they couldn't find me, I felt a sharp pain in my shoulder. I let out a painful cry, and I quickly shifted my gaze in that direction, only to find the paws of the wolf trying to reach out to me, behind the stone, where I was hiding. I tried to move away and slipped, falling flat on my side. The wolf threw its paws at me again and ended up scratching my side, tearing my dress in the process. I cried out in pain as my dress was quickly soaked in blood. I pushed myself out from behind the rock, using the other exit. I was in pain, but I couldn't stop to relax. I started screaming again. After exiting the small cave formed by the huge rock and the mountain, I got up and was about to run when the wolf came from around the rock I was hiding behind. The other wolf joined in, approaching from in front of me. I was now standing with my back facing the mountain, holding up the tree branch, and these two dirty-looking wolves were now facing me. One to my left, and the other to my right. I had nowhere to run as they had cornered me. I was not sure how long I had been running away from these wolves.

"Get away from me," I yelled, swinging the tree branch at the vicious-looking wolves growling at me.

I was still taking some steps backwards until there was no more space behind me. I screamed one more time for help, hoping someone would hear me, even though it didn't seem like someone would come to my rescue. 

"Get away from me," I cried one more time and another wolf, jump onto the scene. 

The wolf was three times bigger than the wolves trying to attack. It was almost the size of a bear. It stood in front of me, facing the two wolves who were trying to attack me. Next, I saw it attacking those wolves. I seized the opportunity and started running away. It was a terrible battle between them as the wolves fought each other. I didn't have time to watch, I kept running. Just when I thought I had put some distance between myself and the wolves, the huge-looking wolf jumped in front of me. I screamed my lungs out, and darkness covered me. 

We leave among wolves, but I have never seen any man shift into a wolf before. I know there were real wolves and werewolves. If I am back here, it could only mean, the giant wolf came there to save me. Meaning that the wolf was a werewolf.

Was that Damien? I thought, but quickly shook my head, recalling that Damien had an accident. Maybe is Michael. I concluded, also recalling Michael was not at the scene when the accident happened, and was also not there when Damien was taken away by his girlfriend and father.

I touched my bandaged hand, and my mind went to the clothes I was wearing. My eyes widened.

Did Michael change me, or Miriam? I thought, staring at the clothes I was wearing.

I recalled I was dirty running around the mining site, going to hide behind the rock under the mountain, dragging myself out, after getting wounded, and getting blood stains as I was bleeding from the scratch from the wolf. 

Who bathes me? I thought, and my door opened. 

Miriam walked in with her usual frown. I wondered if that is how her face naturally looked, or if it was my presence that triggered that face. 

"Did you bathe and change me?" I asked as she walked towards the table carrying a tray of food.

"No, I did," I heard a familiar voice, and shifted my gaze to the open door to find Eve standing there with one hand holding the door. 

I breathed a sigh of relief, and Eve scoffed. 

"Hold it there, sweetie," Eve said and walked, heading for my bed. "Who did you think bathe and changed you, reason you had that terrified expression on your face?" she asked, and sat down next to me.

"I am going back to the kitchen," Miriam said.

"Thank you, Miriam," Eve said, and Miriam exited the room.

"I thought one of the guys did," I replied, lowering my head, and Eve laughed.

"No," Eve replied, smiling. "Michael came to call me, to help you bathe and change. You were unconscious, but the doctor assured us you would wake up," she said. 

"Thank you," I appreciated. 

"You are welcome," Eve said. "You might have an alpha blood running through you. With what happened to you and how long you stayed there unable to heal immediately, you will have died," she said and I wondered what she was talking about.

I am human. How did I get an alpha blood running through me? I thought and began to wonder if Michael gave me his blood to save me.

"Eat your food and get some rest," Eve said, tapping me on my thigh, before standing up.

"How is Damien. I mean, Alpha Damien?" I asked, and Eve stopped in her tracks.

"He is fine," she replied after slowly turning around to look at me. 

"You care about him?" Eve asked,

"Prrt," I scoffed. "No," I said, my voice almost a high pitch. "I mean, yes, but not in that kind of way," I explained. "He is my boss, I care, like every employee would," I further explained, and Eve smiled at me.

"Hey, my brother is quite a catch. I would have pursued him myself if we weren't blood-related. It's okay to crush on him, but don't take it too far; you would get hurt," Eve advises. "Look at it this way, my brother is a robot who can't reciprocate feelings. He has a mate, and he can't even love her. He has never even kissed her," she said, whispering the last bit of her statement to me.

I raised my eyebrow, staring at her. She winked at me and started walking away.

"Eat and rest, and don't think so much about that heartless person. He can handle himself fine," Eve said and exited my room closing the door behind her. 

Ariana, get a grip on yourself he has someone. You already know, he hates humans. I thought and stood up from my bed, heading for the table.

I uncovered the food, and it was soup. Fish carrot soup. At least, they brought me something a human would eat. I sat down and grabbed the spoon. I tasted it and it wasn't that great, but I didn't have an option. I was hungry, so I began scooping the soup into my mouth.

"So, you are the one who wants to kill my mate," I heard a voice say after my door was violently opened. 

I turned around in my chair, only to find Damien's mate standing at the widely opened door with her arms crossed over her chest, staring at me angrily.