The lighting... It must be the lighting, Rayna! "I don't have time for this bullshit—" His phone rang and he stopped mid-sentence. Was it my imagination or did he look more panicked than frustrated?
"Alpha, the girl—" He looked like he was cut off and his eyes glowed brighter and feature tensed. I took a cautious step back.
Alpha? Alpha male?! How much did his parents hate that dude to name him that?
His glaring eyes dug holes in me and the other hand clenched tighter by his side. Is it only me or the whole Restaurant is glaring at me now?
"But Alpha, the girl—" He was cut-off again and glared harder at me. What's his deal?!
My eyes fell on the Exit as my heart constricted in panic. This isn't good. I need to leave this place.
Whatever the hell it is, I'm sure it includes selling and buying a human being which doesn't sound good for me as that sold Bitch in question sent me here. She is dead meat.
"Yes, Alpha." The man cuts off the call and turned his unwanted, undivided attention to me.
I fixed my stance and clear my throat, "So you see, I'm really not Sienna. I'll get going then—"
"Get her." He ordered and in panic, I made a run for it but I was grabbed by both arms in my second step. I turn my head to that mother fucker and glared.
I raise my finger despite the harsh grip on my arms, "Do you know who I am? Touch a hair on my body and you will be surprised at how many pieces a human body can be mutilated in!"
Ridiculous, I know. They are touching me enough to warrant that twice over.
He scoffs with a bitter smirk, "Sorry, foolish woman. It's your own fault for being at the wrong place—"
"Oh, fuck you!" I try to jerk my arms out of their clutches, "You're not sorry enough. But you will be when my Dad comes to find you!" I pant as my fear overtakes my senses. I want to get out of here but begging will not get me there so threatening it is.
I take a look at my surroundings, not a single person looks like they are calling for help. The diners look like families then why aren't they calling for help?! I make eye contact anxiously with several people but as they meet my eye, they avert theirs. I want to wail out in frustration.
I turn my face back to the guy and clench my jaw, "$10 Million. I'm being generous and offering you the deal of your life—" Before I could finish my sentence my words were muffled by the heavy cloth placed on my mouth.
I know what the strong scent in it is. I stop breathing and thrash around. My lungs burn but I still struggle. My heel slips in my thrashing, and I stumble on the harsh ground. I make eye contact with a blonde girl who's shouting and beating the chest of the man now.
"Let her go… Stop it… Please, let…" Nothing is registering in my frantic efforts to be freed. my shouts are muffled and my arms are restrained in harsh grips.
My struggles weaken, as I take in desperate breaths because of my burning lungs. My teary vision fade and my senses lull down. Light leave my eyes just like apprehension and strength leave my body.
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I feel pain, not sharp piercing pain but the heavy kind of pain that weighs you down. Slow and consecutively consuming. By and by the pain exceeds and I can feel my wrecked-up senses returning.
The pain in my head and knees hit me like a bolt and then I feel hands touching me and hear cheery hushed voices. Several of them. Then the feathery touches on my face and smoothening hands down my body, above the fabric.
"...What..."
I hiss as I try to move myself away from the touches and a groan leaves my parted lips. All the voices quiet down and touches disappear. I squint my eyes as light blinds me for a moment.
Blinking several times, I clear up my vision enough to see a ceiling. I have never seen it before. A white engraved ceiling.
A tasteless tacky ceiling...
My hazy mind slowly grasped back on reality and I jerked up to see several women, young and old, smiling silly at me.
I blink. Then I blink some more.
...Did I have a memory lapse or did I get amnesia? That too on my wedding day because I clearly can't remember knowing these ladies, wearing this 90ish ruffly white dress or this awfully flashy room.
The women were observing me with shy giggles and whispering things like 'she's pretty.' 'New Luna...' and 'the girl…'
I shook my head to clear my head then tapped my temple for good measure.
Nothing is making sense. I don't know these women nor do I have any idea how they know. I clearly remembered Sienna forcing me on a Blind date in her place, the weird place with weird people and that man… That man!
My body jolted up from the recliner chair I was on to stand, but a sharp pain hit me in the head. I stumble trying to regain my balance to no avail. My body felt too heavy for me. I anticipated the harsh hit of the ground but then before I could hit the floor, arms grabbed me.
"Luna!"
"Luna!" A chorus broke out in apprehension. "Rayna!" I shake my head at the absurd name, "My name is Rayna and I would be grateful if you ladies could tell me what the hell is going on!" I misstepped trying to regain my balance. This didn't give me good vibes. I desperately want to get home. I stumble, pushing them away. This was getting bothersome and creepy with how these women were getting cozy with my body despite our lack of acquaintance. No sane group, bar a cult, would dress an unconscious woman in a wedding dress. I shook my head; it could be a joke: such horrendous pranks were popular these days. Though it is giving me creeps to not see a single familiar moron, it doesn't really bother me as I believe nothing horribly wrong can happen that hasn't already happened tonight. This is just a sick joke. It should be... I clench my fist and scrunch my eyes, I have to just not give these sick people the reaction they want. I turn, craning my head. The dress had a lot of flare and
It was hot. Burning hot, like I was too close to the stove... Did they forget to check before grilling me alive? Where are dead meat's rights?! Despite my ridiculous inside joke, I was scared shitless. The heinous smell of burning flesh tightened my chest. My body felt heavy. Like a vortex spating me out, my consciousness was warped to reality. I heard a chorus of murmurs that grew louder by the second, but my eyelids were weighed down. I tried to pry them open. Nonetheless, as if an anchor was pulling me down, I sunk back into unconsciousness. ... The foul smell of something burning made me gag before I could even gain consciousness. Disgusted and distorted, I felt my body unwilling to move. I couldn't feel strength in any limb. 'Did those wretched demons amputate me or something?!' Another spell of sluggishness ran through me as the voices around me grew louder but before I could try to open my eyes something sticky and warm was thrown at me. My eyes snapped open when the sten
"Enough drama, Alpha Harte!" The man scoffed, rolling his eyes at the sky, "When will you morons learn? The Lycan Council had officially forbidden such practices for a decade because they are for naught!" He tsked his tongue, appalled. "You are found guilty of colluding with sorcerers against the law of the period. I, Jordan Segal, will be detaining you until further investigation." As if his interruption had broken some spell, I felt like I had a hold on my body. The heaviness in my limbs remained but I could think. A dizziness passed through, my eyes widened all the same. I realized this half-baked man was my window out of here. He held command over these people which had them feeling so threatened. Before I could formulate a plan, my desperation got the best of me. "Hey! Get me out of here! My father is Richard Reagan. If I get out of here unharmed I'll ask him to do anything for you." He looked like a big shot of this cult and my only chance at survival. "Richard Reagon? I m
Jordan-cum-wolf stiffened then ran with the drenched me in his one claw flailing like a toy. I brought my hand to my mouth so I wouldn't attract whatever calamity it was that was chasing us like a headless chicken. I have no idea how long that went on, my heart was about to fail any moment now. I resisted the urge to gag, lest this strange creature named Jordan get disgusted and decide to throw me here as canon fodder for the worst evil. It wasn't long before I was in a clearing with several black sports cars parked. One after another the men called Sentinel Monsters appeared. My mouth gaped and heart flipped but only a wrecked gasp left me as my reality turned upside down. All the rules of nature I knew had failed me. Nothing but sheer madness could make sense of it. Before my very prescription-ed eyes the monsters transformed back to buck-naked hot males. They were shouting commands to each other in panic, I didn't have time to eavesdrop before I was shoved roughly into one o
I felt my throat packed up, I expected retaliation."I… had somewhere to be so I-""Sure, you had." He murmured in distaste with a roll of his eyes before changing the gears. Even I knew my excuse was lame.I saw his hand shivering and cold sweat breaking out as his one hand frantically made calls to a number saved as 'Galen Segal'. His eyes were rimmed red and I could feel the tangible fear.He groaned as the call wouldn't connect due to poor signals. Just when it looked like he was about to throw it at the windshield window, the phone was picked up. He turned it on loudspeaker to keep his eyes on the track. "Galen…" His voice broke and my heart sank as the weight of his fear hit me."Jordan? The fuck, get out of there!" A distraught man returned.Jordan swallowed as his Adam Apple blabbed with his nerves, "You fucking swore it was all ruse! You said none Hibernating Beast has ever awoken—"A growl reverberated, cutting Jordan off, I shrunk back realizing they were all monsters, "No
I held my breath waiting for the hard hit of the ground to take my breath away but all I felt was a clutch of an arm when Jordan swung me around.I crashed into him but he just held me to his bare chest.Oh Lord, mercy…I wasn't even done measuring the shrunk distance between us so my mind could process anything lewd when a ferocious Growl had me springing apart from him.The ferocious Beast snarled with teeth bared. He threateningly stood crouched, ready to tear us to shreds. The glowing golden eyes were bouncing between me and Jordan."What is he…" I couldn't help the whimper that left me. I didn't know if he was into playing with his food but it didn't sound anything pleasant right now.Jordan pushed me away taking a step backward. Cold water washed over me.What! Is he going to…But before I could think further Jordan had turned to his own beast form. He fell on his knees. The Beast's eyes squinted as they fell on him. I staggered several steps, in his human form it was easy to
"Ishq O bah to waqai ast, rahbar man!" (Her love for you is real, my Leader) The beast growled as if he was disturbed by whatever nonsensical flattery that scumbag Jordan was spouting now. He leaned down and I felt his breath just above my head. My heart felt like it would burst, clenching my fist I bit my lower lip to reign in the merciless sobs. I gasped as his soft fur brushed on my skin. I felt my breath hitch as he drew closer to my neck. Fear made my whole body lifeless. My legs would give out if my last bout of survival instinct hadn't frozen me. He sniffed me a time or two, he snorted as if he didn't like what he smelled. Go figure, Sherlock! I felt my cheek stain in embarrassment as humiliation accompanied my fear. As if to confirm what he had sniffed he sniffed me from the other side, he drew back immediately startling me. I dared to raise my head but the fierce beast had his head tilted and glowing eyes squinted like he was trying to piece together something incompr
A man got out of the car and rushed to our side all the while reporting, "Supreme Alpha had retreated to his den. The eclipse effect is fading and Alpha Segal is here with his- woah! What the fuck is that?" The man looked at me and stumbled back. I must look like Pervert Zombie out to hunt men with this bloody Gown, matching bloody makeover, and hair falling everywhere. Jordan didn't bother explaining, just snatched the keys and dumped me in the car. "Tell Galen I'll be back in 5!" The man nodded his head, his bulging eyes still trained on me. "Ye… No! Jordan, get back here! Your brother will…" the man's voice faded in the background as I slipped back into my misery. I was hardly reeling back from my Autopilot. The hair on my neck still stood alert against any threat. I had buried my face in my hands. I cried, my heart trembled as aftershocks racked my body. I tried to calm my nerves with deep breaths. Sometime later I felt something fall in my lap only to see wet wipes. I dare