She tried to escape!

CHAPTER FOUR

ZOEY

Just as Alpha Graham had instructed, I was locked up in the cell-like room and they had guards standing outside to make sure that I didn’t escape. 

I was lost in thoughts and then I suddenly something familiar rise inside me.

“Zoey.” Frankie, my wolf, suddenly said in my head.

“Frankie!” I called out, partly relieved and partly annoyed. “What’s going on? Why couldn’t I transform?”

“I can’t tell you about it now.” She replied, and then changed the topic, “But with time, you’ll know more about me!”

“Are you crazy?” I snapped. “We’re in this situation because you didn’t let me transform and they all think I’m a vampire and you think hiding things from me is the best thing to do?” 

“Yes,” Frankie replied.

“I think you’re sick!” I huffed and my nostrils flared in anger. “How do you expect me to know you when you don’t want to tell me anything?”

“I’m doing it for your own good.” She said and I knew didn’t understand a thing. Frustrated, I stood up and went to the door.

I grabbed the door handle and twisted it, and to my surprise, it was open and there was no guard in sight! What’s going on? Did they purposely leave it open or was it a mistake?

“Go back!” Frankie said seriously. 

“No. Why should I listen to you when you left me when I needed you?” I snapped. “This is my only chance to leave.”

“What if someone sees you?” She asked and I didn’t reply and I took a step outside. I knew I had to leave.

“Frankie?” I called out but just like before, she was quiet again. I still couldn’t understand what was going on and now, it was like she had brought me out only to leave me alone.

What was I doing? If someone was to see me, they wouldn’t hesitate to kill me. I looked around and there was still no one in sight. This was my chance to escape but I was scared.

I stood outside for what seemed like a while as I contemplated on what to do, but before I could take a step back, I saw a pack guard angrily approaching me, and before I could react, he began screaming at the top of his voice. 

“Why are you outside? Are you trying to escape?,” he asked sharply and glared at me, showing just how much he despised me. 

I swallowed hard as I tried to explain that I wasn’t escaping. “N..no.” I stuttered, without giving me the chance to explain, he started yelling at me and raising alarm.

“She’s trying to escape! The vampire is trying to escape!” He screamed at the top of his voice.

“N..no,” I pleaded with him as I tried to reason with him, “Please, It’s nothing like that,” 

“Help!” He continued yelling, and refused to see reason with me, “The vampire is trying to escape. I need help!”

I panicked and I tried to run back to the cell but he grabbed my arm and held me tightly. I yelled in pain but he didn’t let me go even as I struggled with him. 

“Let me go!” I yelled instinctively and since I didn’t have a choice, I bit his shoulder.

He winced in pain and pulled back and immediately, I tried to run back into the cell again. 

The guard’s eyes widened in shock and the next moment, he grabbed me and smacked me across the face that I saw stars and I stumbled backwards, holding my face. 

“You bloodsucking bitch—”

He didn’t get to complete his words as he was suddenly interrupted by Alpha Graham, “What the hell is going on here?” He growled in a low and dangerous voice.

The guard’s hands shook as he tried to explain himself. “A-Alpha, she’s trying to escape,” he stammered. “The vampire is trying to run away—”

“T..that’s not true. The door was unlocked.” I tried to defend myself 

“Get out,” Graham ordered angrily.

“But—”

“I said get out!” His voice was filled with authority and dominance that couldn’t be ignored. “I asked you to watch her at all times and you left her unsupervised. What if she had caused problems?” He yelled angrily.

“I’m sorry, Alpha. I left to go attend to something and when I came back, she was in the hallway, trying to run away.” The guard’s face immediately became pale, and he angrily glared at me before he turned around and stormed out.  

I stood on my spot and my heart was still racing. Graham sighed deeply as if to calm down before he turned to me. He suddenly grabbed my chin and squeezed hard. “You’re already causing problems in my pack,” he said and his eyes blazed with anger.

I frowned as I tried to defend myself. I should have been begging him but I couldn’t control my mouth. “He’s lying. I wasn’t trying to escape—”

“Then how are you in the hallway?” Graham interrupted me, rendering me speechless. I realized that no matter how I tried to defend myself, it wouldn’t be possible because my situation was compromising. 

His eyes were dark with anger, and he continued in a low voice. “I don’t care what you do. One more problem, and I’ll kill you myself.”

His words scared me, and I knew that he wasn’t bluffing. I didn’t do anything wrong. The door was unlocked and I was only wandering.

He grabbed my arm and dragged me back to the cell, “If I see you out her one more time, consider yourself dead.” He said in a eerily calm voice and then turned to leave but he stopped at the door. Without looking at me, he said, “I don’t trust you.”

I swallowed hard and waited for his next words.

“Don’t make me notice you” he continued. “Or else, I’ll send your dead body to the vampire lord before he even comes to get you.”

He finally let me go and wiped his hand that he touched me with, like I was dirty, and for some reason, I felt hurt.

I stared at him and wondered what he had with the vampire lord that he wanted to use me as bait because he thought I meant something to the vampire lord. I had no idea who the vampire lord was and I certainly didn’t want to be caught up in their mess. 

Alpha Graham shut the door loudly behind him and I heard him when he locked it. I sighed and sat on the floor, defeated.