Chapter Four: I Own You

The rain pelted my skin like sharp little icicles that hurt so badly as I ran through the maze of trees, the pitch black darkness paired with such heavy rain that came down caused not only my vision to blur, but with Henry’s worn out and soaking wet hoodie the only clothes hanging from my body, I was absolutely freezing and felt as though I could fall to the floor in a moment.

“Let me shift!” I demanded to my wolf as I ran down a little hill type ravine that sat in front of me, if I wasn’t so focused on getting away, I’d soon realise I was getting further away from Henry and straight into a trap my mate had set who was beyond furious that I’d ran.

“NO! I am not helping you to run from our mate!” My wolf growled so loudly in my head that my ears began to ring louder than they were due to the rain, each one of my attempts to shift into her body to warm me up and allow me to go faster were blocked.

Feeling as though I wanted to scream out of frustration, pain and absolute terror, I ignore my wolf and her anger filled words and carry on with my sprint. All I needed to do was escape this Alpha’s territory, he will not have the authority to catch me when I’m on no man’s land and will give me time to stop and work out where I was headed.

But as I sprinted through the trees, four large wolves seemed to rest ahead and looked over at me, my running coming to an abrupt halt as each began to step closer to where I was. Gasping out of complete shock, I decide to run off to the side in hopes of losing them in the trees before attempting to run straight again. But as I made it around three feet, even more wolves seemed to block my way, shivering from the rain and feeling as though I was being blocked in, I looked straight up only to find more wolves in my way. Were they surrounding me, who were these wolves?!

The moment I turned back in the direction of the pack house I had leaped out through the window, I not only find even more wolves blocking my way forcing me to stand in the centre of a circle they made, but the man I had ran from, my mate, slowly made his way over to me.

He too now dripping wet with how hard the rain was pelting the area, his once neat and tidy hair, falling in his face slightly but blowing in the wind as he continued, his breathing was so hard and fierce, the water seemed to blow away from his nostrils. Even though this man was stalking me and from the look on his face, he wasn’t the happiest man on the planet, he was by far the most gorgeous man I had ever seen in all my life. His eyes seeming to glisten through the dark and raining sky, eyes that were only pointed on me.

My wolf purred in my head watching this man take even more dangerous steps closer to me, such power and authority in every step that most would shudder in fear but for me, it was as though my body craved this man, craved his beautiful touches. I didn’t know this man existed this morning but now, even though I wanted to get as far away from him as possible, I was completely obsessed with him.

My heart pounded so fast in my chest as I looked around the area frantically, in hopes of finding even the smallest gap between two of the wolves that I could slip through. But the closer each wolf got to me, the more surrounded I felt, tears streaming down my face as I turned my head to where I knew Henry would be lying, he needed me.

“Please let me go.” I began to cry looking around at each wolf who stopped walking and stood tall having trapped me in a small circle with no way out, my entire body shivering with the cold in this second as the rain seemed to grow harder.

“Why would I do such a thing, you are my mate and now I have found you…you are forever bound to me… I own you.” My mate who had joined me in the circle states in his deep intoxicating voice, my head whipping around to stare into his eyes which still held a hint of anger, but I shook my head taking a step back.

“No, you don’t understand please, he’s out there… he’s hurt and dying… please.” I begged this time falling to my knees a little as my body began to give out, from hunting, fighting, flying through a window and running for my life, I was exhausted.

As I sat on my knees with my head low staring at the thick and wet mud under my body, the thought that Henry could be out there alone, wet, cold and dying broke me down even further. He was the one who saved me all of those years ago and now, I’m leaving him alone. But in that moment, my body couldn’t find the energy to get up, let alone battle past all of these many huge wolves that blocked my path. Even my wolf who loved to be her snaky self, had poured my body with her last ounce of energy and was now not able to connect with me. Maybe we had pushed it too far this time?

As the most expensive but now, muddy shoes came to a stop right in front of me, my body shook so violently due to the thin clothing I was wearing paired with the rain that pelted down, all until such a warm and soft jacket, engulfed in that same mouthwatering smell was gently placed around my shivering body.

Lifting my head up, I couldn’t help but gasp as my mate, now knelt down so close to me with his beautiful blue eyes looking deep into mine. His suit jacket gone from his own shoulders revealing his pristine white shirt, which was now getting wet, his large muscular hands holding tightly onto the front of his jacket holding it in place around my shaking small frame. My breathing, which was once fast and panicked now began to slow, the smell of this man seemed to lull me into a hypnotic state that for the life of me, I couldn’t break free but funnily enough, I had no desire to do such a thing.

“You belong to me little one… the world beyond me no longer exists for you anymore. You will remain at my side from this day forward… for eternity.” His dark and possessive words seemed to pull me deeper into the spell he was casting, the sparks which erupted all over my face the moment he placed that that large hand of his to rest gently upon my cheek were mesmerising.

Instinctively, my head moves into his touch allowing my eyes to close, even though I had run from his man, his touch was all my wolf and body craved. In this moment, I couldn’t stop my body from falling deeper into the exhaustion which poured my senses and I soon fall into his arms, laying in that dark and cold wood battling with the rain… I had found my mate and master.