Chapter Five - Cruelty

Natalie Grayson 

l instantly froze after I heard my mate's name. Alpha Nolan, one of the most feared Alphas, yet something gave off a weird vibe as I tried to recall something important about him that I had forgotten. 

I shrugged off the thought and stared at my mother, who still covered her mouth in awe as she regained her posture, and I knew she was deeply affected by the power that radiated off him as he stood there with unseeing eyes. 

His eyes did not meet my father's and I faltered at the lack of sight that he seemed to have, and I managed to recall the one thing that I should have remembered when I first met him.

"You are blind," I blurted out and it made me look at him closely.

A wolf without eyesight was vulnerable and weak, yet he turned out to be a strong and feared Alpha, which obviously meant that his other senses doubled. 

Alpha Nolan turned around and looked at me, giving me a somewhat sympathetic frown as kept his gaze on me. 

"Yes, I am," he said, then sighed before turning his attention back to my father who gave him a stern gaze and then switched back to me. 

"Let me guess. As my daughter is your mate, you would want to take her back to your pack, claim her and never let her mother and I see her again,” my dad stated, and I paled at the thought of that.

I couldn't leave my pack. My friends and family were here. I wouldn't leave them even if he was an Alpha.

My mother paled at the thought too and looked at me with a worried expression and then back at Alpha Nolan, whose gaze was hardened and his stance so stiff at my dad's immediate guess at what he would do. 

“Of course, she is mine." 

The thought of being named like an object sickened me, as well as the thought that I would never see my parents again.  

“Excuse me?" I breathed out, trying to calm the anger that would soon radiate from me and into the air. 

Saying this was an act of defiance towards him as an Alpha and I knew instantly that this was not going to end well and I had sealed my fate. 

My dad and Alpha Nolan both looked at me, and the latter was obviously displeased by my act of defiance.

I could feel it in the air, as his anger radiated off him and I felt as if I could hear his wolf growling at this point. 

I boldly looked into Alpha Nolan's eyes and even though he couldn't see me, I still took the advantage of it and stared into his baby blues. 

"I am not going with you. You cannot simply take me away from here," I stated, feeling a new amount of strength. 

From the corner of my eye, I could see that my dad stood there, mouth agape as he watched everything unfold. I could feel his pride simmering out from him as his eldest daughter stood her ground. 

Some members of the celebration looked on as they felt the anger of an Alpha in the room and watched him and I having a stare off, even if the Alpha couldn't stare back at me. 

The little emotion in his eyes was visible. It was was swirling with anger because he didn't like the fact that I told him I wasn't his and I wasn't going with him. It was a sign of disrespect and Alphas hated disrespect. 

"You will go with mine, whether you like it or not. Mate or not, you will go with me to my pack,” he said sternly, reaching out to grab my left arm, drawing me closer as he gave me a hard expression. 

"You can't make me!" I spoke, feeling my arm being squeezed tightly. 

This was an act of dominance over a female, and the more I disrespectee him, the more his grip tightened on my arm. 

l ignored the sparks, and ignored the pain that seeped through too. The act of dominance was both a pleasurable, yet painful experience as I continued to rant. 

"I am not an object, let go of me. I am not yours, I have a pack here and as a member of this pack, I refuse to leave it, no matter what you want. You may be an Alpha, but this is my territory and only I can make the decision of leaving!" I growled, and his grip tightened on my arm.

His anger was boiling and soon the whole hall woule begin to feel it. I knew a lot of wolves were watching us now.

His grip was tightening on my arm every second, and I was feeling numb. The moments that we had in the empty hallway was gone and now it was replaced by pure anger. 

We were both affected by our wishes and we both knew it was not going to turn out well. Our anger mixed together as one as we both growled at each other in annoyance, his anger worsening by the minute and I knew he was going to snap very soon. 

"You are coming with me no matter what. You don't want to start a war, do you? I am sure your pack wouldn't like to suffer because of your idiocy so you had better come with me." 

At this point, I knew I hated him. He not only disrespected my wishes, but he obviously would go to the extent of starting a war between his pack and mine. 

"You are losing your opportunity to gain respect from me. You really want to start a war? This is my pack, and as a mate you should understand that if you harm my pack, there will be consequences. Not only will I lose any respect I have left for you, but you have already lost all hope of me loving you," I snarled, and to add more salt to the wound, I continued. "I would rather go rogue than to ever be with you." 

I breathed out, my arm becoming numb and I glanced at it to see that it had turned a light shade of purple. 

The blood circulation was about to be cut off if he didn't let go. Even if the pain was immense. I managed to look back at Alpha Nolan, whose eyes were now golden, meaning his wolf was peeking out and that meant Raya was coming out of hiding too. 

I had insulted him as a man and a wolf because wanting to take the harder life meant that I had no respect for him and indirectly said that I would rather die than be with him. It meant that I didn't want him and I said it in the cruelest way possible. 

I looked at his swirling eyes as he tried to control his wolf. Mine was just almost to the surface, wanting to give to this male a good beating. I was terrified, to say the least.

I didn't realize at that time that my shoulder and neck were bare from his arm trying slide down the material off my shoulder, and I tensed. My clean left shoulder was bare to him and I watched as he and eyed the spot with lust and anger. 

I knew what was coming next, and I tried to pull away, my heart rate accelerating quickly as his head dipped slowly down to my shoulder, making me want to cry at that moment. 

My body tried to move away from his in a desperate attempt to not get marked here in front of everyone. I wasn't going to get marked today. Never.

"Stop!" I screamed, pushing his arm away from  mine.

His canines descended, his face mere inches away from my shoulder. 

"Stop please!" I cried out, as tears started to spill out of my eyes. 

I didn't want to be marked like this. Everyone was now watching the event unfolding, but no one was stopping this Alpha from getting what he wanted.. 

I tried to wiggle out of his grip, my wolf howling as we struggled together. I tried to kick him but it hurt my leg in the process and I felt immense pain in my arm and legs as I tried to pry him off me. 

“Dad, help me!" I pleaded as I looked over to my dad who was in a state of shock, his feet rooted to the ground as he shook his head. 

This was all my fault. I felt betrayed. Alpha Nolan's face was mere centimetres from my shoulder as I felt him inhale my scent, his canines on full display. 

I was forcefully being marked, as no one wanted to help me. I was alone and I was struggling to break free. No one was listening to my pleas.

My anger and hurt were raging through my pores, and even my own Alpha didn't even try to help me. He just watched with angry eyes. Everyone had betrayed me. 

I cried helplessly, using all my strength to move out of the way and trying to dodge his canines, but I failed and I felt his teeth plunge into the spot where my shoulder met my neck. 

There was no pleasure like they said, there was only pain. The tears were streaming down fast as I felt him stay there, my wolf trying to surge out of me as he marked me. 

I was in pain as my whole body shook with it. The pain in my arm was still there, my neck was in pain and my head was spinning. 

I had little strength left to fight and I saw stars, as the blackness was consuming me. The hurt, the betrayal, the mark, it was all swimming in my head before I blacked out, only to see pale blue eyes stare at me with the little emotion they had in them.