The First Time In Forever

Chapter Three.

Aurelia’s POV.

Rylan simply strolled over to the window where a liquor bottle had been placed on the table and poured himself a shot, gulping it all down in one go, he turned his attention out the window as if I wasn’t even in the room.

But Kaelen and Torin on the other hand, stepped closer to me, I could feel the heat from their bodies on my skin as they circled me like predators. My entire body trembled in fear but I refused to give in.

“Go on then… finish the job or isn’t that what your master sent you to do?”

“Master?” Torin scoffed out loud, his eyes glittering with mischief, “Kade is not our master.”

“I doubt that because you all looked like dogs begging for scraps at his table a few hours ago.” I shot back, unsure of where my new found confidence was coming from.

Kaelen burst out laughing, a dry laugh that didn’t light up his eyes but darkened his irises instead,

“You haven’t changed one bit Aurelia, still running that mouth of yours like always, but for your own safety, I suggest you learn to control it because daddy isn’t here to save you anymore.” He mocked and my jaw clenched tightly as I fought back the tears that pooled at the bottom of my eyes.

“Don’t you dare talk about my father, you monster!” A raw sound of anguish escaped from my throat as I brought my fists down heavily on his chest with the little strength I had left but it was useless, like I was hitting a mountain.

That didn’t stop me though, I continued until Torin seized my hand and twisted it sharply behind my back.

I hissed in pain but my body was now pressed against his and I could feel his breath fan hot against my bare neck,

“Don’t push us Lia.” He whispered softly, my father’s favorite name for me rolling off his tongue with such ease that it took me by surprise.

My body stiffened against his and his touch sent a weird sensation through every inch of me but I quickly shook it off.

“How much did he give you? How much money could he have possibly offered you that would be worth the lives of the people that put a roof over your heads when you needed it?” I cried out, my body shivering as rage and pain washed through me, colliding violently inside of me.

“How could you kill them.” I sobbed, my legs suddenly went numb underneath me and I collapsed totally against Torin who held me firmly to himself.

They all fell silent, none said a single word while Rylan kept his eyes glued to whatever was so important outside the window.

“Just kill me…” I whispered weakly, “kill me now or else…” my voice cracked as sobs violently shook my fragile frame, my tone turned cold and deadly, “I’ll kill you, all of you, I’ll peel the flesh back from your skin and keep you alive for as long as it will take to make you feel my pain, before I end your miserable lives.”

The words rolled out of me with such hatred and rage, something I wasn’t even aware I was capable of until that moment.

The sound of Rylan’s dark chuckle sliced through the suffocating silence as he spun around for the first time since he walked into the room,

“You think death is a threat?” He began to walk towards me, his eyes held mine with such intensity that I didn’t notice how close he was until his presence had taken up all the air around me and I couldn’t breathe properly.

“I dare you to kill us Aurelia, I look forward to it, afterall, you’re his daughter so it’s only right that you finish what your father started.

“But let me warn you, it won’t be easy because your father made sure that there is nothing left inside of us to kill.” He added, his voice icy cold and his deep blue eyes burned with so much hatred as he glared down at me.

Before I could say a word, his fingers snaked around my neck and in an heartbeat, he yanked me away from Torin who immediately released my twisted arm and Rylan pulled me closer to him. His broad chest brushed against my body and my eyes widened in horror and fear as his grip tightened around my neck.

Panicking, my fingers scratched against his hand, punching and slapping at whatever part of him I could reach but it was useless against a man like him.

And that was when it happened.

The tip of his fingers where his skin met mine suddenly became charged with what felt like electricity. My breath hitched and I felt something stir inside of me, not out of fear but a confused yearning that sparked deep within me.

Ache… pleasure… recognition… all fused into one unexplainable sensation that shot through my entire body and I barely got the chance to recover from it before I felt something awaken inside of me.

“MATE!” A deep growl erupted from deep inside my mind, an unfamiliar yet familiar sound that I had never heard before.

My entire body froze.

For the first time since I was born, I felt my wolf awaken.

Rylan’s eyes widened. He jerked his hand back sharply from my neck, and his own gaze dropped down to his fingers with a stunned expression on his face and that made me wonder if he had felt it too.

His eyes searched mine as I gasped for air but the feeling growing inside of me didn’t stop there.

I could feel something strong, an invisible thread pulling me towards Rylan but… it wasn’t just him…

I could feel that same pull towards Kaelen, and a more wilder one towards Torin. All three of them?!

“We’re leaving. Now.” I overheard Rylan say with an authoritative voice .

What the hell was going on?

The pull was overwhelming, too intense for my already weak body to handle.

The entire room began to spin right before me as my chest heaved heavily, I was practically gasping for air and staggering around, frantically reaching out to grab onto something.

But before my hands could grab onto anything, my vision turned blurry and everything went dark just as I collapsed against something or… someone.

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My eyes fluttered open slowly but the blinding lights hit me so hard that I was forced to shut them back immediately. My head was pounding and the smell of soap filled my nostrils.

I could hear voices… I could feel something against my skin but I was too disoriented to think. My vision was blurry and I couldn’t see past the whitish thing in the air that looked like… steam.

“Poor thing. She has no idea what’s in store for her tonight.” A feminine voice filled my ears.

“Hush! It’s not our place to say such things. But you’re right. No woman has ever survived a night with one of them… let alone all three. I feel bad for her.” Another one said.

My lips parted and I forced myself to speak, to ask where I was and what was going on but nothing made it out before I slipped back into the darkness, unconscious.