CHAPTER 4: HELD CAPTIVE

Summer had been living in the Lycan kingdom for a few days, and she was not coping well, at all. She has been constantly on edge, waiting for the other shoe to drop.

To make things worse, she had not let her wolf out since she arrived, and her wolf was getting restless. But she could not bring herself to do what she really wanted—to let loose and run into the abyss, never to return again.

She had attempted to leave on the second day when she had been rudely informed by the guards that she was not allowed to leave. Aggravated, she had gone searching for Dominic, but he was barely present in the palace, always doing one work or the other. She had made sure her displeasure was known by being rude to the other Lycans, especially her personal maid, Hilda.

She had been trying to confront him since then, and it seemed as though the goddess was on her side, as an opportunity had finally been presented before her.

She had been strolling around the garden, the only place she was allowed to go outside the confines of the palace building. Coincidentally, she spotted the Lycan king staring at her with a foreign expression.

"Dominic!" She yelled across the garden before she moved towards him.

Hilda stared at her with shock at the tone she had used with their king. She quickly followed after her.

"Wait!" But Summer had already reached the king before the word left her mouth.

Summer sped over to Dominic and gave an annoyed glance to Hilda behind her.

"I've already told you to stop following me around! I want to talk to the king." She said exasperated. At this point, Hilda had begun to feel less like a maid and more like a spy, with how she was never let out of her sight, even for a moment.

"But-" Hilda spluttered with a red face.

Summer huffed, directing her gaze to Dominic, who had been watching the two with an amused glint in his eyes.

Noticing his amusement, she squinted her eyes at him.

"Why am I not allowed to leave? Am I a prisoner here?" She demanded with a scowl.

"And where do you plan to go? Back to your pack?" He asked with raised eyebrows. A frown grew on his face at the thought that Summer was trying to leave him. He would not allow it, not again.

"I can go wherever I want, I just want to leave this place!" She exclaimed, glaring at him.

They both knew that she could not return to her pack.

That look came over his face again, that signified he was using the mind link. After a moment, he gave her a hard stare, replying with just one word: "No!"

She stared at him in shock for a few seconds at his blatant refusal, before she regained her composure.

"What do you mean by no?" But her words only fell on deaf ears, as he had already left while she was gathering her thoughts.

Summer heaved with anger, she refused to be held captive by her pack rivals. And she could not bear the thought of being left in the dark again.

"Asshole!" She screamed into the air, kicking a ceramic vase into the water fountain.

"What have you done?" Hilda shrieked from behind her as she looked at the scene in horror.

Summer felt a twinge of guilt as she looked at the ruined sculpture, but that feeling disappeared as she remembered that she had been forced to stay in the palace.

She ignored her maid's outburst and angrily stormed away from the garden, heading in the direction of her room. She glared at the stupid guards as she passed them, making sure to show her dislike for them.

"You're not supposed to speak to the king like that, it is against the-" Hilda voiced out as she followed her into her room.

"Well, to hell with your stupid laws! I don't even want to be here in the first place!" She cut her off with an intense glare, baring her teeth at her.

Summer was filled with so much anger that she could not contain her emotions.

"Get out!" She demanded, staring straight at the woman.

"But-"

"I said get out!" She thundered, punching a hole into the wall beside her.

Hilda stared at her fist and the wall with fright before she scurried out of the room, shutting the door behind her.

Summer let out a scream, throwing a lamp into the mirror. She was still unsatisfied and went about thrashing the room until it was in disarray.

Her mind ran wild with many thoughts racing through her head. She refused to be used as a tool in another person's hands.

She recalled the betrayal of Davina and her mate, their outrageous accusations, and snatching her pack out of her hands. She thought of the people who had beaten her until she lost consciousness.

A tear slid down her face as she remembered her parents, they were the only people she thought she had left, until she discovered that they had been murdered. A sob broke out of her at their loss. She was sure that Alan and Davina must have killed her parents so that they could take over the pack.

She cried for her freedom that had been hijacked from her, she cried for her humiliation; she cried for her mother and father.

Summer remained in that spot for several hours, sending Hilda back when she had come to call her down for dinner. It was only when she caught a glance at the moon outside the window that she rose to her feet.

She walked over to the balcony and stared at the silver moon with tear-stained eyes. Wiping her face with the sleeve of her dress, she had a sudden surge of determination.

"I'm going to avenge my parents and make them pay for everything they did to me, even if it is the last thing I do!" She declared into the night air.