Regina’s POVI take a quick step back because Nigel’s appearance had really shocked me.His handsome face had swelled to three of its original size. And there were bruises and bleeding scars everywhere on his face. He could hardly open his eyes because they were severely swollen.“N—Nigel!” I gasped, “What happened?”Nigel shook the iron bar abruptly and there was a desperate look on his face, “Regina! Regina, my love! You have to get me out of here! Alpha Gray he is—is crazy! He has 3 solders beat me from day to night! I can’t take it anymore! You have to save me from that monster!”I clenched my fists in silence.I didn’t like Nigel calling Gray a monster.Yes, I was shocked by Nigel’s swollen face and Gray probably shouldn’t have beaten him so hard. But Gray did this for a reason. He was avenging me. If Nigel hadn’t tortured me in the first place, Gray would have never done such thing!“Nigel, do you know why Alpha Gray did that to you?” I asked with a stern voice, “Because you hav
Regina’s POVI gulped nervously.I had never seen Gray like this before—so cold and stern—like I wasn’t his beloved little sister, but a total stranger.“Answer me.”Gray strode forward. His towering figure casted a huge shadow on my body.“Did you sneak into the dungeon behind my back? Yes, or No!”“…Yes!” I blurted out.Seeing the burning rage obscuring his face, I protested, “You can’t stop me from seeing Nigel! He is my husband!”“What husband!” he bellowed, grabbing my wrist forcefully, “That man is a total scumbag! He grabbed your hair and humiliated right in front of me! He should feel lucky that I didn’t rip his chest apart right on the site! It’s over between you and him. I forbid you to see him again!”FORBID?I was a grown person. I was fully capable of making my own decision!“You don’t have the right!” I struggled fiercely against his grip and cried, “And I have made up my mind already! I will return to his home with him!”“…What did you say?” Gray’s jaw tightened.“That’
Regina’s POVI couldn’t believe what I was seeing.Nigel as the servant?! What the hell!And I immediately looked towards Gray, knowing that this must be his idea. He kept his eyes straightforward, deadpan, as though he didn’t notice my furious glare at all.Others around the table had all recognized Nigel as well. They all seemed astonished. No one said a word.Nigel approached us carefully, walking around the table serving us coffee, starting with me. His hand was shaking so severely that a drop of hot coffee dripped on the back of my hand. It burned, but I decided to say nothing about it. Because I didn’t want to cause any more trouble for him.After Nigel was done with me, he moved onto Gray. He trembled even more. I looked at the pot in his hand nervously, afraid that he might still coffee on Gray.“A—Alpha Gray…Coffee?” Nigel stammered, breathing lightly.Gray didn’t say anything, but simply tapped his index finger on his empty cup.Yet Nigel didn’t notice that tap on the cup. A
Regina’s POVNigel stared back at me blankly.“What ash tray?” he asked with a frown.I had to remind him of that, “The ash tray that I broke last winter. Do you remember?”He let out a snort, “You broke a lot of things in my house, Regina. Let’s face it, you are not exactly the best sla—”I gasped in disbelief, “Slave? Are you calling me your salve?”“No!” he quickly said, shaking his head. “Wife! What I meant was—you are not exactly the best housewife. You aren’t good at cooking and house chores. But it’s OK. There is a learning process. I believe you will get better at it when we go back to Shadow Valley.”I didn’t want to argue with him about house chores, “And do you remember kicking me out of your house? You said that I was forbade to go back into the house before I finished chopping a block of woods.”“Oh yeah. I think so. It sounds like something I would say…But why are we talking about this now? We should be talking about getting out of here, babe.”Nigel reached a sweaty han
Regina’s POVGray was kissing me?My own brother was kissing me!And it wasn’t one of those peck-on-the-check, brother-to-sister kind of kiss. Instead, it was hot and passionate!I gasped in panic and tried to push him away. Yet my little resistance seemed to irritate him. He grabbed both of my wrist in one hand and pressed them against the wall on the top of my head. His other hand traveled to the back of my neck, holding my neck, and he deepened the kiss.His tongue slipped through my parted lips and explored my mouth, hungrily. I was horrified and tried to say something. But he tightened his grip on my neck to keep me in place and bit on my lip to punish my distraction.I felt my sanity slipping away.I couldn’t breathe, nor could I think straight. I felt like I was melting in his strong arms.And the weirdest part is—I didn’t hate any of these at all.Oh my god. I should be disgusted by this! He was my brother for god’s sake! He was my blood! What the hell were we doing?!But my b
Regina’s POVI couldn’t believe this.Gray was leaving here…He was leaving me? Right after we kissed?!He owned me an explanation. He initiated that kiss. At least he should tell me what that meant before fleeing away to the border!I was so fucking mad!“Are you OK, my lady?” Maya asked with a worried voice. “You seem—furious.”“Because I am!” I gritted my teeth. “Where is the Alpha? Has he left already?”“No, not yet. He planned to leave after dinner. I think he is at the front yard with his soldiers right now.”I jumped off bed and dashed out of my room, heading straight towards the front yard. There was a boiling rage inside of me. I couldn’t let Gray walk away from me, not before we sorted out things first!When I reached the front door, I saw him standing under an oak tree with a few soldiers. Great, he still hadn’t left yet.I rushed over and called out loudly, “—Gray!”He turned over with a surprised look on his face, “Regina, what are you doing here?”I stopped abruptly in fr
Regina’s POVI woke up from slumber with a splitting headache and found myself in a back of a truck.The memory from before I passed out came back to me gradually. And I remembered. Nigel abducted me. He and Gavin knocked me over with a stick and took me away.I tried to sit up. And then I found that both of my hands and feet were tied up with ropes. There was also duct tape on my mouth, keeping me from crying out for help.I also got a bitter taste in my mouth. Probably wolfsbane. To prevent me from shifting.I used my knees and elbows to crawl forward and approached the truck's back door. The door rattled as the car drove forward and there was a crack between the doors.I narrowed my eyes and peeked through that narrow crack.We were driving down a freeway.It didn’t seem anywhere I had been to before. The roadsides were lined with brown and withered vegetation. Everything seemed bleak and deserted. There weren’t any buildings within my sight.I had no idea where we were going.For
Regina’s POVAfter my failed attempt to escape, Gavin and Nigel started to keep an even closer eye on me.They would take shifts watching me in the back while the other one drove the car upfront. The rope on my feet was changed to iron cuffs with a chain, which had one end anchored to the floor.And they kept the duct tape on my mouth the whole time in case I might cry for help. The only time I could have my mouth free was when I had my meals.I didn’t have any appetite. They suspected me of going on a hunger strike so Nigel forced me to eat with a dagger. My head would get dizzy every time I ate the food that they gave me. There might be wolfsbane or sedative in it.The restroom situation was also terrible.They wouldn’t let me get off the truck and use the toilet in the gas station. When I asked to go pee for the first time, Nigel gave me a bucket and asked me to do it in front of him.“Right here? In front of you? Can’t you at least give me some privacy?” I asked in disbelief after