When fate writes a different story

Becky 's P.O.V

I stared at his heaving chest and dark, angry eyes in disbelief, my hand clutching my stinging cheek as tears streamed down my face. I could see Marietta rooted to her spot but glaring at me from my side view. If I thought my life was miserable as her little sister before, I could tell it was about to get ten times worse.

My vision blurred as more tears spilled over my cheeks. I wiped them away with the back of my hands and prayed that the ground would swallow me. At least it would save me from having to see everyone witness my humiliation while they whispered to each other behind their hands.

Unable to stand the stares any longer, I turned to run when a large bang made me freeze and thankfully, diverted everyone’s attention away from my debacle with Lucas.

Pandemonium broke loose as screams erupted from all sides of the hall and ran helter-skelter in different directions from a threat I was yet to see. Several men dressed in all-black riot gear barged into the ballroom with big heavy guns that spit bullets wherever they pointed them.

I ducked, fear making my limbs quake as I pushed through the crowd. The press of bodies slowed me from making my escape while providing me with cover from the flying bullets. Around me, people dropped to the ground whenever they were hit.

My wolf, still annoyingly fixated on Lucas even as I was trying to run for my life, made me look over to him, finding him amongst the crowd with unerring accuracy. He howled over the noise, attracting attention to him as he demanded to know who the invaders were.

The men obliged his cry for attention, all stomping towards him in a rush. Fear clogged my throat and I had to plant my feet firmly on the ground to prevent my wolf from pushing me forward to help.

“Who are you? What’s going on? How dare you enter my pack and-” A blow to his abdomen by one of the armed men broke him off. Another took his hands and restrained them tightly behind his back.

“You’re the Alpha eh? Bold wolf, throwing a party and inviting everyone in these hard times.” The one who punched him joked and his men laughed.

“Relax. We’re the Lycan King's men.” Lucas made a sound that was half growl, half yell.

At the mention of that dreaded name, I flinched and overruled my wolf, turning again so I could run. Rough hands grabbed my arms and I screamed but no matter how I struggled, I couldn’t break free of them. I couldn’t even see the face of my abductor. He just bundled me with those large arms and told me to move forward.

When my struggles proved tiresome, he pulled me back into his body and bent his head till his mouth was level with my ear.

“You better act behave yourself, little wolf. Don’t make me hurt that pretty face of yours. Keep giving me trouble and I won’t be so nice. Got it?” He whispered menacingly. I swallowed my terror.

Where was my dad? Where was Marietta ? I needed to get out of here. I couldn’t let this awful man take me to the Lycan King of all people!

“Lucas? Lucas! Help me! Please.” I turned my neck to look back at him. They’d let go of his arms, but he was still surrounded and could do little more than fist his hands to his side as the Lycan King’s men dragged out his people right in front of him.

He looked away from me and his helplessness doomed me to my fate. Fresh tears poured from my eyes.

“Move it, girlie.” My captor grunted and pushed me out of the mansion. I stumbled outside to see others like me, some of them bound with several more menacingly armed men loading them into a car. It was mostly females captured I noticed, with the males either dead or fled.

It dawned on me then that no rescue force would be mobilized to come after us. This was it. The Lycan King who had been invading packs for the past few years had finally come for us and we fell so easily.

Another armed man collected me from my captor and threw me into the back of the van with some other captives. Apparently, I was their last because the heavy doors closed after me, throwing us into darkness.

I recognized some of the wolves in the room as other females in my pack. A moment later, the engine of the car I was in started, and then it began to move, taking me from my pack into somewhere unknown.

We drove for hours without stopping. By the first hour, I panicked, trying to rationally think up a way out of my predicament. By the second hour, I was desperate.

By the third, I was practically shaking and sobbing in the dark corner, my sniffles buried underneath the wails and whimpers coming from the other females kidnapped with me. It wasn’t until the fourth hour that the car slowed and then stopped.

A few moments later, the door to our prison opened. The first thing I noticed was how dark it was. Shit. The next was that our van was one out of three cars in a convoy.

“Alright, you lazy bitches. Get out so you can ease yourselves and get something to drink. We’re not stopping for another four hours once we get going again.”

I gingerly picked myself off the floor of the van and climbed out. My limbs were stiff from hours of being folded up and tossed around as we sped through the road. My heart sank when I noticed just how many guards there were. Nearly ten that I could count. Probably some more coming behind or waiting ahead.

Other than a Jeep and another Van, there was one sleek, black-tinted Mercedes in the middle of the convoy. No one came out of that car and I was almost certain I could guess who was in it. I swallowed.

The need to get away from whatever danger lay in the Lycan King’s pack overruled any sense of reason. I drank the water I was given and underwent the indignity of peeing at a corner on the ground, in full view of everybody else.

Barely a minute later, the guards waved us to get back in the Van. I bit my lip. Was I really going to go like this? Be kidnapped by the Lycan King and never heard from again?

“Hey? Are you deaf? I said get back in the van!” A guard yelled at me and planted one of his massive hands on my arm.

Making a split decision, I slid my hand into my hair, freeing my hairpin, and then with all the force my human and werewolf strength could gather, I pushed the pin deep into his forearm. He screamed and let go of me. Immediately I ran.

I’d barely made it a few feet when he caught up with me, grabbing me by the shoulders and turning me around roughly.

“No!” I screamed but he slapped me so hard I fell to the ground. I practically saw stars. My ear was ringing, my cheeks burning even more than when Lucas hit me. A fresh set of tears made its way to my eyes as I looked up at my assaulter. He glared down at me.

“Get the fuck up before I really hit you. And if you try that again, I will make you bleed.” He growled out so fiercely that I didn’t dare doubt his words.

I picked myself up from the floor, stumbling when he pushed me in front of him. We made our way back to the cars with him muttering curses and swearing at me the entire time.

“You’re lucky the Alpha has plans for you females. I’d have killed you for the shit you just pulled. Stupid bitch.”

He growled at me again and pushed me so rough that I ended up on the floor again. Damn, I should have kicked him in the nuts as well, I thought, gritting my teeth against the pain. I dragged myself back up and limped the rest of the way to the car.

As we arrived at where the others were waiting, the door of the black Mercedes opened and a tall man stepped out. He was over six feet for certain, his lean, muscled body encased in a very fetching black suit.

Thick brown hair was swept back off his forehead, curling lightly at the nape. His almond-shaped, grey eyes narrowed on me and my attacker as we approached, the ice in them nearly enough to send me to my knees a third time.

“Is there a problem?” He asked in a tone that promised hell if there was. I trembled from head to toe and dropped my gaze to escape the weight of his glare.

“No Alpha. Just a little run-away who had the wrong idea. She won’t be misbehaving again. Will you girl?”

“N─No.” I stammered. I sensed rather than saw him nod and then he turned towards his car.

“She rides with me.” Was all he said before disappearing back inside the sleek machine and I gaped after him, terror stealing my words. Did he just say what I think he said?

“You heard the Alpha, girl. Move!”

The guard growled and I stumbled forward towards the car. I was going to ride with the Alpha. Boy was I fucked.