3. Castle

Aaro's pov

The flight didn’t take long, thank the fucking goddess, because it meant that I wasn’t far from the school, right?

Alpha Dickface got off the plane first, with Eve behind him. She smiled at me, but her eyes looked sad. Then Storm walked past me as if I weren’t even there. Fucker. If he had just found a Luna on his own, I wouldn’t be in this fucking mess. I would be at school, escaping with Ero.

I almost started crying again, but the guard pulled me up out of the chair and started growling at me and pulling me towards the exit. I could fucking walk, he just needed to ask.

I took one step out of the plane, and I had to catch my breath because it was fucking freezing. I was only wearing the ugly school dress, and the wind went right through it. There was even snow. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this much snow.

It had snowed one winter, but that was like that weird ass wet snow that doesn’t even stay on the ground. But this, this was actual, thick snow, and I wondered what it would feel like. I took a step, and the snow crunched beneath my feet. Ero would have thought this was so cool.

The only thing that mattered right now was getting through this so I could return to her. It didn’t matter what I had to do; I would fucking kill for her.

"Walk." The soldiers pushed me forward, and I didn’t even notice I had stopped to touch the snow.

I walked to a large car and sat in the back. It was a really long car, with a sofa inside. Is this some rich people car? I don’t remember my mom and dad having a car like this, and they were the Alpha and Luna.

"Are you cold?" Eve asked.

I shook my head, but I was fucking freezing.

Eve handed me a blanket, and I quickly spread it over my body. Fuck, that was better.

"I’m Evelien Westhuizen." She said, "but you can call me Eve."

I nodded my head, "Hello, Eve."

The school taught us a lot of things about being a proper Luna. How to speak like a proper young lady: always cross your legs and make eye contact, but only briefly. Don’t speak unless spoken to, always use two words, and don’t fucking swear. I think they added the last rule for me. Those weren’t all the rules, goddess; it would take a whole fucking book to tell you all the rules.

"What is your name?" Eve asked.

"Enough with the introductions. Her name is Aaro, and we will have to change that soon enough. Luna Aaro, can you imagine?" Alpha Lex said.

I bend my head down. It’s fucking Alpha Aeryn. I wondered if he could imagine that?!

I needed to get through this alive. I wanted to say so fucking much, but I needed them to believe I was weak and shy and when they thought I was obedient, I would fuck them all up.

I just needed to wait long enough for an opportunity to escape.

We drove for a while and I stared out the window, looking at the scenery. It was beautiful. The only fucking thing you could see at the school were trees. And the massive ass gate that encircles the entire school grounds. I had climbed the gate, dug underneath the gate, and cut the gate open, but every fucking time they caught us. This time my plan was to sneak into the van that dropped off the groceries. We had our own vegetable garden, but some things needed to be shipped from elsewhere. Goddess knows where. But now the entire plan has gone down the fucking drain.

The car stopped for a minute before we entered through a large stone gate. So this was their pack. It looked very big. There are lots of houses, flats, and stores. This pack was huge.

"Aaro? We’re here." Eve said, and I turned around to see Storm staring at me. When he noticed I saw him, he quickly looked away.

We stepped out, and I saw I had traded one prison for another. The packhouse was large and looked like a fucking castle. It was surrounded by a large garden and a very high gate. Why would they build a gate around the packhouse? Wasn’t the packhouse supposed to be used by the packmembers as well? Or did they have a separate packhouse, and was this just their house? Who was the gate for? Were they worried their own pack would break in?

Once again, I was pulled out of the car, and the blanket fell on the floor before I could catch it. Goddess, it was hard to keep myself from growling at the stupid fucking soldier.

I followed Eve, Storm, and Alpha Lex into the castle. The only fucking thing it needed was a moat and a drawbridge. Inside, the place looked modern, which surprised me. I expected it to look like something from the Middle Ages, with large candles hanging from the ceiling and carpets on the walls.

There was a lot of black and white. There are screens everywhere. I didn’t really like it. It felt cold, but what else would I have expected from Alpha Lex. He was fucking cold.

"Lunch is ready in thirty minutes." An omega woman said, walking into the hallway.

"Show her to her room," Alpha Lex ordered the fucking soldier, but Eve offered to take me instead.

"You can both go. Get her something to wear that doesn’t look like that." Alpha Lex said, looking disgusted.

We walked up some very large stairs and then another set of stairs until we reached the top floor.

"You’ll be staying here. Storm is a door down. I am on the other side of the building." Eve said.

She opened the door and let me in, following me inside. The soldier closed the door, and I could still smell him, so he probably got in front of the door.

I looked around to see where I could escape. The windows didn’t seem to be barred, so maybe I could jump from there.

"There are cameras everywhere; Aaro and the garden have motion detection sensors. At night, drones fly over the garden to keep people out or in. It might look pretty, but it’s a prison." Eve said.

What the hell are drones and motion sensors?

She sat down on the bed and sighed, "I’m sorry, Aaro. I came here by choice; I can’t imagine how hard this must be for you."

"Thank you, Eve." I said, not willing to share my feeling with someone I just fucking met.

"Storm isn’t like his father, you know. He’s a good guy."

"Okay, Eve." I replied. What the fuck did she want from me?

She stood up, "well, let’s get you some clothes. This is our guest room, so there are usually some extra clothes in the closet for every event."

That’s fucking posh. Clothes for their guests? How do they even know their sizes?

"You’re a bit taller than most women, but I think this would work?" She said this while holding up a form-fitting dress.

There is no way that would fucking work. It looked way too fucking small.

"You can get dressed in there." Eve said, pointing to a door.

I stepped inside, and it was one of the largest fucking bathrooms I had seen since I was taken by that fucker doctor Marco. Mom and dad used to have a large bathroom too, but not as modern as this one. I was glad I was only getting dressed because I had no fucking clue how to use anything in this bathroom. Even the toilet had a screen where you could press buttons. Why? You only need one fucking button to flush, and that’s it.

I took my school outfit off and was just standing in my ugly underwear. We all wore the same white tops and big-ass underwear. There is no way that would look good under this dress. I noticed Eve had placed some underwear on top of the dress, but it was like a small piece of fabric with a bunch of strings. How the fuck would that even fit? Where were the strings supposed to go?

After trying it three different ways, I thought I finally got it. Fabric in the front and strings everywhere else. It wasn’t really comfortable, and I almost missed those large ass panties I was used to. Why did there need to be a string between my ass cheeks?!

I put the dress on and immediately realized I needed to not wear the top because it was sticking out near my armpits and boobs. It looked ridiculous. The dress was tight enough anyway, so they wouldn’t be bouncing around in there.

I finally got the dress on. It was a dark blue dress and had long sleeves that were see-through, a square neckline, and it came just above my knee. It felt weird showing off my legs when I had been told not to for years.