The sounds of arguing drift into my ears, disrupting my sleep. As my eyes open and take in the room around me, I feel confused and disoriented until I remember where I am, and I wish I didn’t. Looking across the room towards the balcony, I see the moon shining brightly in the sky, its brightness immediately reminding me of Chris’ smile. A sad smile forms on my face as tears pool in my eyes. I’d give anything to be back in his arms. I remove the pouch from against my cheek as I slowly turn onto my back. Nuo brought me some herbs before I went to sleep, to keep on my cheek to bring down the swelling. There’s still a lot of pain, but just from touching, I can tell the swelling has gone down quite a bit. I caught a glimpse of my face in the bathroom mirror earlier, the bruising was pretty bad. Now that my hearing is that of a human, I have to strain my ears to better hear the voices coming from outside my door. I’d move closer to hear better, but I can still barely move my limbs and eve
*TRIGGER WARNING* This chapter depicts assault. Skip to chapter 27. I can no longer feel the pain in my cheek as I force myself to sit up and begin furiously shaking my head, unaware of where my new strength is coming from. His eyes darken, his jaw ticks and I see the fury burning in his eyes. “I had expected you to show more gratitude, Mei,” he says coldly, his demeanour completely changing. “I won’t marry you! You’re not my animai! I’d rather di–” My words are cut off, as in the blink of an eye he’s lifting me out of the bed by my throat. My hands grip around his as I struggle to breathe; my feet dangling off the floor as I become lightheaded. “Now I’ve tried being nice to you, but I warned you about behaving. I can do so much worse than kill you, Mei. You see, I need you alive,” he says with a smile on his face, but quickly his smile disappears, and his expression turns cold and vicious. “But I don’t need you in one piece.” Before I know it, he’s throwing me across the room wh
*TRIGGER WARNING* This chapter depicts sexual assault. Skip to chapter 27. I start to wake up when I feel my body being moved. Burning pain shoots through my wrists as I feel my arms being raised above my head. I cry out as my eyes shoot open. Kneeling over me is a shirtless Emperor, and he’s tying the cuffs that are around my wrists to the headboard. I scream and the adrenaline pumping through my body once again gives me the strength to thrash and try and pull away, but it’s no use. Every time I move, the cuffs just burn into my skin more, causing more blisters to form. “I promised to pick up where we left off,” he slurs. The smell of his breath is familiar and then it hits me… Tezus. Oh Gods, he’s drunk. The fear propelling through me just makes me thrash harder, the pain barely even registering as all I can think about is trying to get away from him. “So fucking defiant!” He pinches my face in his hands and my cheek protests from the pain. “Please just let me go. I promise I
Once I’ve seemed to calm down, Nuo once again helps me get cleaned up and dressed. Gradually I can feel my strength returning to me, but it’s not there yet and honestly, I just don’t care. I can’t find the will to do much of anything, I feel as though I’m running on autopilot. When Nuo’s gotten me ready – I notice the Emperor’s body is no longer in here and that gives me a small amount of relief – she sits me on a couch far away from the bed. I can’t bring myself to even look at it knowing what happened on it and I’m grateful she’s keeping me away from it. Nuo sits beside me and holds me as a mother would a child and gently rocks me back and forth and I let her. Eventually, Qiang returns, glancing between Nuo and myself, “How is she holding up?” “How do you expect her to be holding up?” She asks pointedly. He sighs, “Right. Sorry. Jianyu says he’s on the outskirts of the border, if I can get her to him he’s promised to take her in and keep her safe. I’ve warned him to handle the si
I’m staring down the two wolves in front of me. Blaise – Vitali’s wolf – is crouched in front of me to the right, and Angel – Tyson’s wolf – is crouched to the left. Axel and I are trying to coordinate our attacks better. I’m the extra set of eyes, assessing the situation and looking for the best attacks while Axel fights. We’ve always been a team, but right now we’re trying harder than ever to be the best team we can be. Blaise is 5’9”, with light grey fur and a dark grey tail. Angel is 5’7”, with a mix of white and brown fur. Blaise launches himself at Axel going for his right flank, while Angel rushes to the side going for Axel’s left hind leg. Axel quickly shifts positions spinning around, aiming for Angel’s jugular while directing a strong kick with his hind legs at Blaise. Angel manages to dodge Axel’s bite, but Blaise gets a solid kick to the face and stumbles back. The two wolves circle us, looking for the best position to attack. Axel is focusing on Angel and I’m focusing on
It happened so fast, but as soon as I saw the blisters I knew exactly what was happening. It wasn’t too long ago something like this happened to me, only I could see with Chris this was much, much worse. His pain was getting worse to the point he began throwing up. Even when my pack was under attack I never felt this helpless. Someone abducted and is now assaulting my friend and my other friend is suffering along with her. We’re surrounding Chris, but there’s nothing we can do to help him, all we can do is watch him suffer and I hate it, I hate it with every fibre of my being. “Step aside!” Exclaims Aulen. Vitali and Tyson move out of the way as Aulen kneels by Chris’ head and places her hands on either side of his head. A purple glow forms around her hands as her eyes turn to black abysses with silver pupils and within a moment Chris is unconscious. “What did you do to him?” Tyson asks warily. “Knocked him out. It was the only way to stop the pain. I can’t block the bond, but I c
Where am I? I swear just a moment ago I was on the training ground feeling like I was dying because… Oh Gods, Mei. The pain I felt was someone… someone was… I clutch my chest unable to say the words. My love… someone touched her; violated her because I wasn’t there to protect her. I thought the pain I was feeling from her absence was agony but this… there are no words for this. I need to get to Mei, but I have no idea where I am or how I got here. 'I do,' I hear Axel say as something presses against my back. I turn around and nearly jump out of my skin. Standing in front of me at 6’1” with black and brown fur is none other than my wolf Axel, but how is this even possible? “Axel, is that you?” I ask in astonishment. He nods his head, 'In the flesh, so to speak,' he says in my mind. 'I don’t understand, what’s going on?' I ask in confusion. 'Stop for a second and clear your mind. Tell me what you feel.' I follow his instructions, closing my eyes and calming my thoughts. Once eve
I was pulled from a rare and happy dream – one where I was safe and loved – back into a nightmare that won’t seem to end. In the real world, I’m not safe, instead, I’m beaten and bruised and the person who loves me is gone. But if he was here would he even want me back now that I’m tainted? I feel dirty and disgusting; used and abused. How could Chris ever want to be with me now? Knowing what I let happen. How could I ever look into his hazel-green eyes knowing the betrayal he must have felt? Maybe he’ll only come to find me so he can reject me. I wouldn’t blame him. Opening my eyes I take in the room around me. It’s small but cosy, and the bed feels very luxurious. Wait, who put me in it this bed? I quickly sit up as the room starts to spin, my breath comes in hard and fast and yet I don’t feel like I’m getting any air at all. I can’t breathe. I clutch my chest as the ache inside it only increases. Someone suddenly rushes into the room and on instinct, I back up into the corner t