Prologue

"My mate?" He snickers, his lips curled into a smirk as he walks towards me. 

My heart fell to my stomach, my hands turned cold and I pressed myself against the wall, with no way of escaping.

No... No... No... This is not possible! I left that place and him for good... But what the hell is he doing here?! In my life where he shouldn't be there!

My eyes lowered unconsciously in fear but, my entire body went cold when I felt his presence so close to the point his hot breaths were hitting my face, sending goosebumps all over my body.

"So you are my mate, hmm?" His deep mature voice vibrated against my ear, taking me back to all the memories that are still giving me nightmares.

The word mate from his mouth sounds like a nightmare.

Cold sweat break out all over my skin in fear of his next move. 

What is he going to do? Is he gonna hurt me for disobeying him and running away 5 years ago?

I flinched and my body went numb when I felt his rough thumb and forefinger pinching my chin, or even touching me for the first time after all this silent torture. The next second, he forced me to look up at his dark scary ocean eyes and I tried to avoid them because they were too intimidating.

“Look at me! Don't let your thoughts wander around when I am with you!” His deep dark voice rang against my lips, making me look into his scarily beautiful eyes. My body flinched a little and I tried to move back into the corner to hide myself like I did before.

"Don't you dare move" His voice made my body freeze and my fear increased with each passing second so I decided to do something bold with all the adrenaline rushing to my body.

“Al... Alpha Damon, I... I heard that you are already married, so... so this meeting between us is not right. Can you please let me go? You can just reject it so you don't have to worry about anything" I blurried out loud, avoiding his eyes I don't know how but I felt like he didn't remember him. 

I know he will leave me alone if I remind him about Rose, his wife, his childhood sweetheart, whom he only ever loved.

He paused for a second, his eyes searching for something in mine, and the next second, he threw his head back, laughing like he found something. My heart clinched in fear as I didn't know what was going on but this was starting to make me think a lot of things that might not even be possible.

Controlling his laughter, he took a step closer, pushing into the little space that kept us apart.

“Tsk, tsk, tsk” He shook his head tsking, staring into my eyes with a smirk covering his lips, and continued in his dark dangerous voice, “My cutie, did you seriously think that I am willing to let you go after 5 long years?!”.

My heart stopped for a second as I stared dead into my eyes and I am so sure that my face must be pale in fear of knowing how the rest of my life will be.

How…? How come he still remembers me after all these years? I am not the only one who he bullied.

“What’s with that look? Did you actually think that I could let you go after what you have done, hmm?” his voice hardens, sending a shiver down my spine. 

He let my face go and raised his hand to gently stroke my face a few times before grabbing it, and pulling me a little closer to him, leading my lips to almost touch his while he whispered in his sweet voice "When you disappeared, I promised myself to find you and give you the hell for disobeying your master, and now, I got you as a mate, do you think that I will let you go, hmm?".

Hell? Not let me go? Even though he is already married?

My thoughts started to scatter around and my body grew increasingly tense with each passing thought. 

Adrenaline rushed to my system and I just wanted to escape him and his presence so I pushed him and tried to run, not ready to even spend a second here so I tried to push him and run.

"STOP RIGHT THERE OR I WILL GET YOUR FAMILY INVOLVED!" He shouts in anger, grabbing my hand and pulling me back to the same place. 

The adrenaline left my body the moment he mentioned my family. I... I don't want them to be involved with this anymore. They have already suffered so much because of me.

"What do you want...?" I whisper in pain, tears filling my eyelids, as I look into his eyes for the first time on my own. Defeated.

"Come back with me without any struggle," He says, wiping my tears like he cares but I know he doesn't. He loves seeing me cry

“I… I am not going back there,” I whispered, shaking my head, and flashing back to the time he bullied me.

“Rechel, don't make me repeat my words! You know that I can drag you with me and lock you up in the pack if you refuse to come but I am giving you a chance to think. If you want to save everyone from the punishment then come back!” His voice deepens with the hint of anger and I know that I can't push his buttons because he might do something. 

My heart stopped for a second, and the night that we escaped flashed in front of my eyes like a movie.

I reticently nodded my head in fear of hurting my family, and said, "I... I can do anything you want, so can you please don't hurt my family...".

"Anything I want?!" He asked with a sinister smile.

My heart skipped a beat in fear but I forced my head to nod, not daring to reject him.

"Be my Mistress, cutie. Can you do it?" he let those cruel words from his beautiful lips knowing perfectly well that I am in no position to refuse him.