Sophia's POV. Derrick closed the door behind him. The maids still stood to make sure he had gone far enough before they faced me. "He's so worried about your health. Something looks different about the boss, I can't quite put my finger on it."I wondered what they meant.I saw one of the healers reach for her bag as she took out a hand glove, "Tell me about it. Something seems off"."What?"They both turned to find my face.They shrugged and went ahead to do what they came for."It could be an inner Battle"."Or maybe love".Everyone stopped.It sounded like she had just dropped a bombshell."Love?"They chorused with a troubled face. "Is that bad?", Again, they turned to me with an even more troubled face. "As long as he is happy, what's wrong with it?"."You don't get it. As long as we've known the boss and worked for him, he has never shown emotion. He was always so mysterious and quiet. We barely imagine he could talk until last year when he swore to punish us if we didn't handle

Derrick’s POV.I waited long enough for Sophia. She had been out for long enough and I needed her home right now.“Secure the gates, I am going to find Sophia”, I said to my maids before I jumped off the steps and walked out the gate. I had asked her to stay home but she wanted space. Space in the middle of a forest, how ridiculous.I parted the bushes and stepped inside. With my werewolf senses, I could feel her presence. Marking her was the best, it made me trace her faster. I hurriedly walked to the west wing, her scent was more present there, I knew this forest like the back of my palm.“Did she have to clear her head?”, I said as I sighed and pulled my foot out of mud. I was absentminded, thinking of where Sophia could have been in this forest. It was a huge forest and I could feel her but nothing more.I needed a trail, a footstep, a sound, anything.“What did she need to think about that brought her here?”, my wolf whispered to my subconscious. I shrugged. Women and their probl

Sophia's POVI locked my zipper in and was out of the room in no time. Gently, I closed the door, took off my shoes that had been making squeaky noises, and then went on to hold my breath.I ran down the staircase and took the back door out.I passed through the bushes and eventually made my way out of the compound. I was sure I had lost them when I heard someone scream. "There she is! Grab her!!".My racing heart tripled in pumping blood to my veins. I could barely breathe as I ran with my tiny feet. The gushing wind that I lunged further into nearly blinded me, but that didn't stop me. I increased my pace.I put quite a distance between them, hoping I could put more as I turned back to see how far I had gotten.That was exactly what I shouldn't have done.Turn back.I missed a step and jammed my leg into a tree. The impact of it made me trip over and fall. With my protruding stomach, I fell with my back first and screamed as I wallowed in pain. Something had pierced my skin."Grab

Sophia's POV"My guard said you asked to see me. Have you finally remembered where your mate is or do you need my men to jog your memory again?"."Can I at least get a glass of water? I'm very thirsty, my throat itches", I begged softly while my eyes were half closed. My tongue felt dry and the saliva in my mouth had dried also from all the screaming I had been doing. "Get her water". He commanded.Someone reached for the door and grabbed a pail of water. He turned back to me, "You can drink all of this when you give us a location".Water had never looked that good in my entire life.My throat itched more. "Okay". I was on the verge of fainting but revived myself. "I don't know where he is but I have reasons to believe he was headed to my stepfather's pack". I lied. I had nothing else to say."Why?".He snapped his finger before I had the chance to reply to him, "Don't tell me. He wants to make you his mate officially?" He raised an eyebrow at me.I still didn't get a chance to talk

Sophia's POV"I let her escape. Please punish me!", I heard my helper say. My jaw dropped. "She is innocent. Please let her go"."Stop it, please!". I took a deep breath in. "I beg you. He had nothing to do with this!" I lowered my head in guilt. "Please, just let him go!" Our scuffle didn't stop anything for him. With the knife in his hand, my captor swung his hand at the helper's neck, and in one breath, I saw his neck fall from his head."No!!!!".His blood popped from inside and his body thudded on the ground."No!!!". I screamed."Yes!!!!" My captor yelled back. "Yes! Yes and yes!! That's what happens to people who lie. You think you'd be an exception, lie to me again and you will find out".His hands lowered to his side. He still held the knife in his left, it had my helper's blood dripping from it. I watched in horror, the lifeless body trying to survive.It was not too long after his head was cut off that his body stopped moving. I was still weeping when my captor stepped in