The Rock Mountain, twenty hours earlier...
I stood in front of the frigde. But my mind was still lingering to what Alpha's Jordan told me hours ago. I could be free from here. I could have my own life. Be normal just like everybody else I saw in this pack. I could rest more than two or three hours in a day. I could eat a decent food, I don't have to wait for other people's left over. I don't have to offer my body, like a dirty whore anymore.... I could at least heal my wounds. I maybe a werewolf but because of constant beating, fatigue, and hunger made me so weak that my body almost gave up to heal its wound. In the past, where I still live a life like normal people, I was a young cheerful wolf with healthy body. Even if I grabbed a branch full of thorns, it would not hurt me.... Oh, how I longed for those days to come. It's like missing something that I don't remember I have. But, what if he lied to me? What if he never intended to let me go at all and torture me more instead? Alpha Jordan never once promise my freedom. When I keep telling him that I want to leave, he always said sweet things to persuade me to stay, until finally he didn't use those words anymore and got straight to the point. He won't let me leave. He had the guards dragged me or beat me to the point I could no longer move a finger and tossed me back to my shabby room under the stairs. I remembered him say that it is better to stay here and eat for free than out there living as a Rogue. Now that I've been living my whole life under his torment. It better to be dead than here at all. But than again, he is right. They didn't need me anymore if Silver Moon agreed to have this business deal with them. I just need to do everything, he said... I looked at my hands and the purplish there fade away a little. I need to hide this, that Alpha from Silver Moon didn't need to see this and looked at me with disgust, just like everyone else. I quickly opened the frigde and took some ice cube while looking around. I'll be dead if Laura or Haris found me. I can't die now. At least not yet. I want to suck the air of freedom before I finally gave up on life. I sat on the floor not too far from the frigde, found myself on the corner just beside the sink and rest there. I bent my knees to my stomach to protect myself and began to put the ice cube on my wounds and rubbing it gently. Hoping it heal a little faster. I got these wound recently, for not ironing Laura's clothes properly. And Haris just adding it because I late come to his room. I was exhausted. Even breathing hurt my ribs. My hands trembled when I'm thinking about the things I should do to gain this infamous ruthless Alpha's favor. I heard from Laura that he is strikingiy hot but cold blooded at the same time. And it is not his appearance that we should focus about. But his nature. That kind of person will surely look at me as his punching bag too if I were to offend him with my mere present. Hold it, Chloe, you need to be free. Just this once. And if I fail, I hope they let me die quickly. I don't wish to endure this any longer. I clutch myself as my stomach ache to the point it felt burn. What did I eat today? None? Despite for so many food I'd prepared. I'm hungry. I need to eat something. I looked around and hoping I could find any left over from those foods. I wanted to stand but my knees were shaking. Then, I heard some footsteps coming over. I quickly hide myself more, even though I know they will eventually saw me crouching here. Let's hope not. "They are here! Oh my Goddess, did you see him? Alpha Cillian? He is the most hottest guy in the continent!" She sounded so excited. They were two other Omegas with empty trays and plates on their hands. They put it down on the sink but they didn't seem to notice me under here. "Yeah, I saw him. He's definitely the most handsome guy I've ever seen. But none of us should stole a glance at him, you know." Said the other. "Hahh... I know. Just being in his present sent me shiver..." She hugged herself. "Is it true that he ripped their late Alpha's body into two with his bare hands?" Dug! My heart almost fell to my stomach when I heard that. "The rumour has it. He also killed the late Alpha's entire family and rule Silver Moon ever since. He didn't even need to transform to be that strong." "Yeah, I wonder if Alpha Jordan could persuade him to ally with us. Their pack is much stonger and wealthy than us. It's normal for him to look down at us no matter what. Alpha Jordan also didn't like any Alpha with such power but younger than him...." She whispered so low but I can hear it as they were standing so close to me. "Shh! watch your mouth or we'll dead! Just grateful enough we didn't have to deal with such cold-blooded beast like him." Her friend tugged her shirt while she was washing the plates. Their whispered became even slower but I could still hear it That Alpha sounded like the one you should avoid and run into. Someone with his right mind wouldn't even look at his eyes. "Not us, but Miss Laura and Sir Harris, will. I heard Miss Laura dolled herself to get his attention. Who in the world want to be with such ruthless guy?!" "How did you get such information?!" Her friend said in disbelieve tone. Oh, i believe her friend. I knew what kind of woman Laura is. "Oh, I got it from the other Omegas that helped her dress earlier. I hope we can see this banquet from afar..." "We will, since we will work with the foods and drinks. Just hope we don't make mistake in front of Silver Moon's people and that super hot but cold-blooded Alpha. Or you surely be dead." They were finish and taking their leave. Meanwhile I couldn't breathe down here. My body shaking not only from fatigue and hunger but also from fear. Surely, Alpha Jordan use me as the scapegoat for this business agreement. The person he intend to deal, was that kind of person who rip someone's body into two. I was really nothing other than a tool for them, I smiled in irony. Another footstep coming and this time she was looking for me. "Chloe! Come! Luna Fern ordered you to bring another tray of wine glasses!" I pushed myself to stand and it was Dara, who told me to get some ice cubes for my wound. "I'm here..." I said weakly. I didn't do it on purpose. But I don't have the remain energy to speak properly anymore. "Good. Here, I'll help you." She work faster than I am. Placing four glasses on the tray and handed it to me. "Can you do it?" She looked worry and I nodded my head, forcing a smile. I'll try this for the last time. I have nothing to lose either. If he favor me than I can escape. If he disgust by my mere presence, then I will ask him to kill me instead...The Rock Mountain, twenty hours earlier....We walked out of the kitchen and my bare feet stepped on the grass. I normally love the feeling when I could feel the fresh nature on my skin. But oddly, this time it felt different. It felt somehow uneasy about this. But maybe because I'm scared about this cold-blooded Alpha and the fatigue that instantly drained my energy, my hands couldn't stop from trembling. But I know that from the moment I walked out of the kitchen, a really sweet, sweet scent lingering in my nose, what was that scent? I almost lifted my head but then I remaind myself not to do anything reckless. You got this Chloe. Just after this, you can be free. I encourage myself. I walked slowly to one of the banquet table, the most grand one, where I could hear Alpha Zack's voice sounded so happy to the point it sound too much. "Alpha Cillian! Welcome to Rock Mountain! I knew your journey here must be exhausting, we already prepare your chamber the along with your men and a
The Guest chamber, thirty minutes earlier...I felt warm. So warm that it comforts me. My body felt so light, I wonder if I'm floating in the air as I didn't feel like I was lying in the cold, hard surface, nor I was standing on my feet. But I like this feeling. Not to mention my surrounding seemed to be so silent, no shouthing, no banging on the door. Only me and a scent that so sweet, gentle that calmed me. Made me wanted to sleep like this forever. Ah, I haven't open my eyes yet. I simply don't want to. Not now. Let me embrace this comfiness and warmth that I usually couldn't have.Am I dead already? Because if I am still alive, there is no way I could feel something like this. If this is the after life, than I regret it I don't embrace it sooner. "But you must live, my child." Again. That's voice. I sighed. Mom. I'm tired. If I could have the way to follow you and Dad. So be it. Freedom was not a word for me in my life. They would torture me after I ruin everything for them.
Present time.... This chamber filled with my moans and his groans as we kept doing it again and again. The fast movement of his hips jolt me around and I bit my lips from let out any loud shameless sound out of my mouth."Hnghh!..." "No, that's my job, Chloe," He shove his thumb into my mouth and I couldn't help it as he also keep hitting the same heavenly spot. I was dripping with my own and his juice. My tears trickled as I felt how good this was. And I even hated myself more when I seek for his warmth inside me. This damned mate bond. I keep wanting more and more as I drawn more into him. I couldn't help it but think that he consider me as someone special when he keep lingering on my lips, capture me to no end kisses. Then again, after we are done, I dozed off for some moment out of tiredness, not fainted from the pain. The next time I opened my eyes, the room was empty. The sheet on my side was cold and his faint scent telling me that he was long ago leave this chamber. I f
"Luna?" I tried to look around but I didn't see Luna Fern Denmir anywhere. So why..."I-I'm sorry. Couldn't y-you p-possibly looking for Luna Fern?" I asked her, trying to speak normaly but I can't. She must be one of Alpha Cillian's people. And from how strong and intimidating she built, I believed she is one of the warriors.I hope I didn't offend her in anyway, especially from the way I speak and look. She is one of the important people of Silver Moon. I need to be very careful. I'm already this close from freedom. "No, Luna, I'm talking to you." She walked towards me and I, out of my reflex, took a step back. I gripped the sides of my dress tightly. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. But Alpha Cillian ordered me to check on you. I didn't want to disturb your sleep, so I wait here instead." She quickly spoke with her hands waved to me as she assured me that she meant no harm. Alpha Cillian? But why? "T-thank y-you so much. I'm fine now t-thank you.." I nodded, still didn'
I tiptoed walking to the small door under the stairs. It so much easy now that I didn't limp anymore. I opened the door and immediately went inside. It was actually a small room for cleaning utensils in this house. But only gave me two choice. This little, stuffy room, or I could just sleep nextbto the washing machine in the laundry room. I need privacy at least, so I chose this room. And for years, this room became my save place and I could rest my body here other than the garden. I don't have much really. My clothes only four that I could wear. If Laura's mood doing well for full a week. She probably gave me one of her shirts or dresses. Not before she cut it with scissors or ripped it with her claws in purpose. I could always sew it anyway. So I would take it anyway even though she would mocked me to the lowest she could think. I don't know why Laura Denmir hated me so much. Because her father adopted me? But Alpha Jordan never pampered me even once. They treated me better in m
*THIS EPISODE CONTAINS UPSETTING OR UNSETTLING CONTENT, SUCH AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE. READER DISCRETON IS ADVISED.*Haris wolf form was indeed teriffying. A brown wolf, with white ring fur around its neck. His yellow slit eyes looked at me with anger. He was so big. Far way huge in compare with common wild wolf. He truly is intimidating. I was so scared. So scared that I couldn't moved an inch. My body's tremble in the sight of him that slowly but surely made his way to me. "Did I hear wrong, Chloe?" He talked so slow with growl came out of his throat. "Do you really think you can run away from me?" I grabbed my dress so tightly. My tears trickled down. I am scared but I am also angry. The rain began to fall. The loud thunder made me jolt. "Look at you. After you spend the night with that ruthless, self-proclaim Alpha, you actually think that he would really take you away as he fated mate..." I heard mockery in his tone. I was not affected to it. There something more that I
Just like I thought, no one will ever look for me. Not a surprise though, I rather expected it. The silence was the one that woke me upo in this darkness. I blinked a couple of times. Again with this familiar aching all over my body. I'm used to it but I don't wish to feel it anymore. Especially when I felt how good it is to wake up without any pain on my body. I want to feel that again. I have two choices. Live my live free from this torture or free from this life. I'll try the first one. If I failed, I will do everything it takes so that they can't torture me like this anymore. I stared at the sky. It's already so dark. It was so clear and I could see the stars sparkles beautifully sprinkled the night sky like twinkling little diamonds. And there the moon... I gulped, whinched as it felt like I just swallowed a sharp rock. My eyes set at the big Moon above me and I lifted my hand as if I wanted to reach it. "P-please.." I wanted to pray, I wanted to talk to Her. To a Goddess
It was him in his wolf form. I thought Haris was the most intimidating giant werewolf ever. But when I saw this wolf in front of me. I was so mistaken. He was so big. I wonder why I didn't think that his wolf would be as glorious as his human form. He was taller than Haris or Alpha Jordan, bulkier than them, and even though Haris and his father is scary, I still saw how Alpha Cillian is more intimidating than them. This giant, black wolf figure stood in front of me. Those golden, vivid eyes stared at me didn't even spare a blink. He growled lowly, when he saw me. From so many years of experience with their abusive treatment towards me. I knew he was going to attack me. I closed my eyes and whimpered in pain. I know I said that I want to die as my second choice if this turned out fail. But I wish it didn't hurt too much... "JUST THE FUCK WHERE YOU'VE BEEN?!!" He roared and the ground shook. I didn't dare to open my eyes. My body trembled and I laid still. He was looking for me?
The room behind the waterfall was a level lower than the one outside. So we had to go down some steps.“Be careful, it’s slippery,” I said, still holding her hand, leading the way to a small, dark, alley in front of us. As we entered, a small, dim yellow light bulb automatically turned on, making Chloe gasp.“Relax, love. It’s a sensor light,” I said to calm her down.“There’s… s-something like t-that?” She asked in awe. Now we could see our surroundings clearly.I looked at her and grinned, “Of course there is. Hmmm…” I thought, “I should really take you to the human city if we have some free time again. You’ll find a lot of unique things there.”She smiled at me and nodded in agreement. I couldn't wait to show her the world. She'd been stuck in that hell of a pack for too long. I'd show her other parts of the world that might interest her, and make her happy.I saw her smile shyly. She seemed like she wanted to say something but decided not to. Ugh, I was so curious and wanted to kn
CILLIAN'S POVI made her sit on my lap, I calmed her down, let her cry as much as she wanted. I chose one of the park benches near that small waterfall, so the sound of the water could help calm my hurt and sad mate.“Let it out, love,” I whispered to her. She was still holding me, her arms around my waist, her head resting on my chest. She nodded slowly. I could still hear her soft sobs.Seeing her like this made my heart feel like it was being torn apart. I thought taking her away from that hell hole would heal her instantly but I was wrong.The wounds she experienced were deeper than I thought.She was afraid that I would hate her, she was afraid that I would throw her away for something even though she was the victim of all the evil that people did to her.I hugged her tightly, telling her through this hug that I want her forever. That I will protect her no matter what, even with my life.After a few minutes, she seemed to have calmed down. She still wouldn't look at me directly,
Cillian took me to the east area of the Castle, where there was a building separate from it, and had a semicircular structure made of glass. The building was located in the middle of the yard, and was guarded by several fierce-faced guards.“This is the Garden House, do you like it?”I nodded smiling. Ah, this is what they've been building all this time? No wonder I couldn't get into this area the other day, apparently they were building this Garden house. I didn't even notice it from the balcony.I took a deep breath. This castle is really big. And I never see anything like this.Cillian took my hand as we walked together. The guards on duty bowed respectfully as we passed.From a distance, the Garden House looked big and tall, and it turned out that there were several steps that we had to take before entering it.“T-That Wolfsbane are here?” I asked.“Hm,” He nodded. “I’ll take you to see it. We’ve been growing it for years actually, but Wolfsbane isn’t an easy flower to grow. And i
It turned out that the rain didn't stop until two days later.And today, the two of us had breakfast in the main kitchen. Every now and then I took a sip from the glass in front of me not because I was thirsty, but to cover my blushing face from embarrassment.During those two days of non-stop rain, Cillian kept me in the bedchamber, more precisely on the bed. Cillian even ordered the servants and maids to prepare our food and bath in the bed chamber.I always curl up under the blanket whenever they prepare our food or bath water. Since then I just found out that Cillian is really a pervert. He didn't allow me to get dressed while we are in the our bed. So, I was pretty naked all the time to him.Now, we are enjoying breakfast outside the bed chamber for the first time since the rain poured on Silver Moon two days ago.I glared at him. My back and thighs was still so sore, everytime I walked my feet quiver. I thought maybe this was what it felt like to be hit by a wild, prevert wolf..
I felt Cillian's heavy arms around my waist. We shared warmth and didn't want to let go of each other.“Go back to sleep, don't think too much,” He said then I felt a series of small kisses on the back of my head.“Hmm…”We were still in bed this morning. Snuggled up in the warm, thick blanket and Cillian still clinging to me. Because neither he nor I, we both still didn't want to get out of bed.It has been more than a week, it has not rained in Silver Moon. But this morning until now the rain still has not stopped. The melodious sound of the rain plus the cold air, made me curl up even more in Cillian's arms.Besides, it had been days since we spent time together like this. Both me and Cillian, we were both very busy with our own schedules.I had a list of activities and Cillian took care of the work outside the Castle, including training his troops and going to the mines, as well as patrolling the various borders of the pack. We hardly even saw each other unless it was late at nigh
With his limping legs, Netra got up and walked towards the wall full of photos that near us. He took off a frame whose photo had caught my attention.I squeezed Cillian's hand tighter, as Netra placed the photo on the table, in front of me.He sighed as he sat back down. The atmosphere in the house that was originally comfortable suddenly became tense. We all sat in silence. The only sound that could still be heard was the roaring sound of the waterfall.“Luna Chloe…” Netra looked at me with a serious look. He seemed to be looking for something from me, I dared not to lower my gaze.Nobody can hit you just because you look at someone directly here, Chloe, I said over and over in my head.“...Which of the people in this photo do you know?” Netra asked me.I took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. I looked again at the faces in the photo.Once again, the faces of the two people. Those faces of the man and the woman made me feel sad… longing...I felt like I miss them both but I don't rem
CHLOE'S POVWe sat on the living room sofa, inside Netra's house. The room was not big, but it was very comfortable. The windows were quite large and numerous, making the room quite bright. I could see that Netra was a wool yarn craftsman from the many threads in the baskets in every corner of the room.I saw some photos hanging on the wall. And recognized Melda there. One old photo caught my attention. I stood up and approached the wall, taking a closer look at the photo that caught my attention.“What’s wrong, darling?” I heard Cillian ask, but didn’t answer right away.The black and white photo showed a group of people, they were smiling, arm on each other’s shoulder, some men and women, they looked happy and so close to each other. I could recognize Netra when he was young.Right next to him, a burly man with a taller body and a wide smile. My heart was pounding, I felt like I recognized him. But I couldn't remember who he was or even his name. But I swear, I knew him in the back
Chloe and Cillian walked side by side, hand in hand. Neither of them was walking in a hurry, but Chloe couldn't wait to meet the person Cillian wanted to introduce to her.Yesterday, on the edge of the sea cliff, Cillian told her that he had discovered facts about her childhood that Alpha Jordan had deliberately hidden.“Don’t call him Alpha, he’s not your Alpha, there’s no one in this world who’s higher than you,” Cillian told her as she often called the man who used to be her adoptive father, Alpha.Cillian's hatred for Alpha Jordan seemed unstoppable. Chloe felt the same way, but she wasn't used to expressing her feelings so clearly in front of others.Seeing Cillian so defensive and protective of her, warmed her heart. As the time goes, she felt that leaving this place was not the right thing to do.“I-Is it s-still far?” Chloe asked him. They had been walking from the castle to the pack houses for fifteen minutes now.Cillian stopped in his tracks and turned to Chloe with a frown
The two ran side by side, feeling the dirt, grass, mud, and roots beneath their feet. Cillian slowed down his pace, trying to match Chloe's. He glanced back at her beside him several times. And his heart felt big at that moment. He felt so relieved and happy.“WOAH!! This is so FUN!” Chloe screamed in his mind and they sped up their running.Until they were almost at a cliff, Chloe slowed down, so did Cillian. Until they both stopped right on the edge of the cliff.Chloe gasped as she stared at the scene before her eyes in amazement. The vast expanse of blue sea stretched as far as the eye could see.“This is beautiful.” She spoke. She smiled and closed her eyes. Feeling so happy and free. If she had known that transforming into her wolf form would feel this free, she might do anything to let her wolf run free. She didn’t even have any difficulty in saying what was on her mind in this form.“It is indeed.” Cillian chimed in. Chloe didn’t realize that the giant black wolf beside her wa