Chapter 2

Akira's POV 

As the bus maneuvered through the forest to goddess knows where, I could do nothing but rest my head in my hand. I felt numb and weak to my bones. My head that was usually filled with fantasy was empty. My world was silent. I was ruined, damaged beyond repair. 

Both of my parents were dead, right in front of my eyes. My hands had been soiled with my father's blood. I rubbed my hand against the ball gown I was wearing, trying to clean the blood away but it didn't. I'd managed to cut the dress short before the men dressed in black, stuffed all of us survivors in a bus and took us away from the pack. 

Crazy thing was, I found my mate the same night. He didn't acknowledge me. He only turned, walked out of the ballroom. I hadn't smelled his scent since then. 

A little girl sitting beside me was crying her eyes out. I'd seen her around my father's pack a number of times but I'd never spoken to her. I wanted to say something but words failed me. Again.

She suddenly slipped her hand through mine. "Are we getting killed?" 

I shook my head. "No. We'll be fine," I lied. She held on to my hand tighter. 

I was clueless as to what our fate would be. 

The bus suddenly stopped and the door was opened. 

"Where's the Princess?" A familiar, mocking voice asked. I wasn't a princess, I hated how I was being called a princess. 

"What?" Someone pointed to me. 

"Come out!" I tried letting go of the little girl's hand but she wouldn't bulge. She held on tightly instead. 

I walked out of the bus. I knew someone followed me aside from the little girl but I didn't look back to check who it was. 

It was the man who had shot my mother that called for me. 

"Take her away," he commanded. 

"What about the others?" I asked. I still don't know how I made out that question. 

"That's none of your business," 

He scrutinized me, along with the two others with me. 

"Can't live without your maids now, can you?" He suddenly asked. 

I looked back to see the other person was one of my ladies-in-waiting back at the pack. 

"You killed my mother," I said, tears filling my eyes. I might have hated my mother's way of life but I never hated her for a minute. I loved her and now, she has been taken away from me. 

The man suddenly removed his mask, revealing his face. 

"I'm Alpha Seth of the Black Shadows pack. You can come after me later for revenge. Goodnight princess," 

He walked into the car transporting them and he left with the bus. 

I was standing outside a large, silver gate with the two girls with me. A signboard showed we were outside the Silver Moon pack. 

I wanted to cry and tell them to go with the bus but I couldn't. Maybe a part of me was grateful that they stayed with me even though I don't know the reason why. 

We were handcuffed and blindfolded before being taken into the Pack. By the time our blindfold was removed, we realised we were in the dungeons. 

"Where are we?" The little girl asked.

"Somewhere safe, I guess," I lied again and shared a look with the other girl who looked just around my age. 

No one said a word for the number of hours we were in that dungeon. Silence overpowered the room and just like me, I'm sure they were also deep in thought. 

My mind kept shifting to my mate. The dead, icy look in his eyes when he found out I was his mate. I'd always thought my mate would be my prince in charming armor but fate has a way of mocking you to your face. 

We heard footsteps and involuntary stood up to our feet. A man clad in black ensemble unlocked the dungeons door and pointed at me. 

"You? Follow me," he commanded. 

Briella held my hand and Akira stood in front of me. 

"What?" 

"Don't piss me off and make me peel your skins off," 

His threat sounded so sinister it sent panic through my spine. 

I assured the girls I would be fine and followed him. 

He didn't drag me or force me. He just kept walking and I kept following him like an idiot. We got to a door and my wolf reappeared. The same scent that I smelled earlier was here in this unknown pack. The door was opened and I became engulfed by it. 

A man was sitting on a large couch that perfectly fit his large frame. I didn't see his face but I knew he was Red Eyes. He was still dressed in the black ensemble from earlier and his shoes were covered in blood. 

My mother's blood. Anger and pain radiated across my chest. 

"Sit" 

The door closed suddenly behind me and I jumped. 

He looked up at me and my breath became hitched to my throat. He was that breathtaking. It was as though I was looking into the eyes of a Roman god. 

"I said, take a seat, Doll" he commanded again. 

I swallowed hard and quickly sat at a far distance away from him. 

"I'm Alpha Hunter of the Silver moon…" 

I interrupted him out of the blues. 

"Reject me," I demanded. 

He's a demon and I'd rather die than be mated to the man who killed my mother and my father. I would rather die than look at his face every time and be reminded of the horror I'd gone through. 

"I can't reject you. You know the rule binding an Alpha from rejecting their mate" 

I was aware of the rule. Any Alpha that rejects his mate gets burned at the stake.  

I stood up without thinking twice about my next decision and moved further away. "l, Akira Lupin, reject you, Alpha Hunter of the Silver Moon pack," 

He growled.

Within the blink of an eye, he was right in front of me. A hand to my chin at first then it became a hold around my neck. 

"Your rejection is invalid unless I accept it, Princess," 

"You should. Please, just accept the rejection." 

His eyes captivated mine but I could see the anger and the hatred within them," 

"I would've loved to reject you as well but the rules of the pack is the only thing stopping me but don't hold your breath, Princess," 

He moved closer and whispered to my ear. 

"The moment we're done with the clean sweep operation, I'll accept the rejection and you can take your sweet, miserable ass out of my pack. Till then, better act as if I'm sugar when we're around people," 

Tears flowed down my eyes as I watched him take several steps back. 

"I don't want to be your mate," I announced. "Real or fake? I want nothing of a demon like you," 

He smirked. 

"That wasn't a r

equest, doll, it's a threat. You make a wrong move, I make a wrong move too and mine, would be deadly"