The faster Iris ran the thicker the woods turned in. Every single time her path was getting blocked by the huge trees decreasing her pace. The leftover rays of the dying sun disappeared bringing darkness around her. The only ray of hope was the moonlight that drew a silver line through the woods allowing her to run towards an unknown destination. Even though she had a plan of reaching her father's secure embrace, the wood and her unplanned running didn't do much justice to her plan.
Her bleeding feet, parched throat, dying breaths made her situation worse than she had expected. But she didn't stop thinking about the man back in the mansion who had promised to push her into his hell of torture.
Leonard came out of the mansion with Alex and Seth. Few more pack members were already aligned and given instructions to do whatever was needed.
"Why are we not hurrying to find her?" Seth's impatient voice made Alex chuckle. He knew his brother Leonard always had better p
Throughout the entire journey, Iris kept on dozing off due to exhaustion and fear. The moment she was taken down to the basement, the fear creped through her system making her nauseous. "What happened? Aren't you feeling courageous now?" Leonard grabbed her hair harshly to pull her towards another direction that was away from the last cell she stayed in earlier. She wasn't aware of where the corridor was leading them or where she would finally end. All she felt was pathetic and weak at that very moment. "Please..." Iris spoke meekly making herself a laughing stock for those men who were present around her. "Alpha, she needs to be learned some lessons. Let me teach her." Iris abruptly turned her face towards the man who threw such an ugly statement or offer towards her. "Everyone would get a fair chance. Don't worry. After all, she is perfect for us to end" Leonard fueled their desires more making Iris cringe. Her eyes didn'
Leonard looked at the pale figure lying I his blood. Her bruised body had everything that could explain the torture. He was angry about his actions and the rage that went out of his control."You shouldn't try escaping in the first place." He spoke grazing his knuckles on her pale cheek the had his handprints plastered as a red mark. Her lips were busted and a patch of dry blood was pooled below the lower plump.Even though she was looking disheveled, her body was tempting enough to make him insane.Her finger brushed the soft plumps where the cut was clear. A small inaudible painful moans left her mouth. She was going in and out of her senses. Every single second her eyes were trying to open yet failing to continue that.Leonard didn't understand when his wolf took over and his face leaned almost to her lips closing the leftover gaps they had. His hot breath fanned against her cold skin whereas her consciousness denied coming back. 
Alex was standing away from his brother but he didn't miss their conversation at all. Once Amber left he made his way towards his brother who was a little bit confused hearing the statement of Amber. "Brother, I was also thinking....." "That she is not a wolf right?" Leonard mocked Alex who tried to defend him but chose silence for the time being. "She is Tyler's daughter. Don't ever forget that." Leonard added making Alex completely shut. Being big brother he always had an upper hand in many cases. Alex didn't utter a single word rather chose to leave the conversation then and there. Leonard walked towards his room with a frown on his face. He had never allowed a single woman in his bedroom. This was the first time he had accidentally done such things. Iris tried to open her eyes when a small groan left her mouth. Her body ached as if there were boulders placed on her every single muscle. A burning sensation in her
Leonard When I looked into her eyes, she had allegations against him. With a knife deeply buried on her back, she didn't bother to seek answers through her unspoken words. She was terrified, broken and above all looked betrayed. "Eyes on me," I commanded her even though I knew that she won't avert her gaze because she wanted me to go through the same pain that she was going through. I saw a tsunami in her big blue ocean. I saw waves of pain and hurt. "Don't close your eyes." When my hand reached her back that was all I had managed to say. Because I knew if she would close her eyes, she won't open them again pushing me more into the guilt of the ocean. She didn't rather she fought to keep them open until I removed the knife stabbed on her back. That was the first time my heart jolted hearing her agonizing scream. "Ashton would pay." I took a mental note of that but the girl Iris was quitting righ
Leonard pulled her body softly and closely to him avoiding putting extra pressure on any of her delicate parts. Those welt marks were more than prominent and her shivering was giving him only a guilty feeling. "Iris..." He called her name but her daze wasn't broken. Her feverish body, incoherent sound all made him utterly disturbed. He wasn't annoyed but a different pang of guilt was bubbling inside him. She wasn't wearing anything on her upper body. Even though he had seen plenty of naked women, something was stopping him from watching the bruises unconscious girl in her naked form. She was wearing something on her lower yet he got some confidence and pulled a sheet up to cover her front. Slightly he pulled her body towards him keeping the sheet close to her chest to not extend her nudity. "Please... Please...." Those sobs kept on coming from her mouth as he stroked her soft fluffy cheeks to pass some comfort. "Relax..." He cooed
Iris found her mouth went dry. There wasn't a little amount of saliva left for her to gulp. His big mouth opened coming towards her and all she could do was to close her eyes. A fresh trail of tears appeared just by imagining her death in the hand of a wolf that too inside a luxurious room. The man standing near the window was no longer the man but a ferocious wolf who chose to hover over her. Iris kept on cursing herself for extending her hand to pat his head. It wasn't a dog that she would pat and he would be wagging his tail making a little purr sound. It was a big bad wolf whose one claw was enough to rip her heart open. What sort of a possessed person she did become a few minutes back to take such drastic steps she didn't know.Seconds passed instead of throbbing pain from her back she didn't feel anything. Rather a sudden rush of warmness with sticky fluids touched her neck."Lick. Not again." She frowned scoffing mentally when she realized the wolf was lic
When Iris woke up in the morning all she could feel was a sharp pain in her back. But the warmth beneath her body was giving her some relief. Without opening her close she pushed her trembling body more towards the warmth to snuggle. Her fever didn't subdue and all she could search for was just a bit of comfort.She felt something hard and masculine when her hand tried to grab the thing on which she was resting her body. To her utter surprise, the feeling of human skin scared the shit out of her. But she was too exhausted to pull herself from her lying position.Blinking twice she opened her only to welcome a pair of golden orbs looking at her pale face."No......." A meek voice left her mouth when she tried to push herself from the danger zone but a strong arm wrapped around her body to keep her body still in its previous position."Ahh..." A scream left her mouth when she realized becau
The next morning when Iris woke up she found herself lying in the same room wrapped in a sheet. Her eyes landed on the nightstand where the water jug was kept. Balancing her body on her elbow she leaned a little to grab the jug to quench her thirst. But it wasn't easy especially when her right shoulder was badly injured. She extended her hand and carefully held the jug to pour herself a glass of water.She was about to pour the water when the door of her room burst open taking her attention completely away from the current task she was doing. As a result, her trembling hand missed holding the jug which fell on the floor shattering into pieces.Her eyes remained widened we she met those petrifying golden ones looking at her with some deadly intensity."Sorry... I didn't....." She tried to apologize for breaking the water jug but raised his hand to stop her in the middle."It's fine." His voice w
When Iris slowly fluttered her eyes open, she felt someone had kept boulders on her eyelids. There was so much drowsiness and heaviness that she felt to go back to her previous peaceful previous slumber. She didn't want to just keep on staring awkwardly at the ceiling. "So, you are finally awake." A little mocking yet deep voice was heard by her before she could escape reality. Her head was tilted sideways and all she could see was the devil giving her a different look at her condition. "You......" She didn't finish her last sentence remembering vaguely all those past incidents. The moment her mind captured the situation where she was badly bitten, her hand involuntarily moved towards the swell. "Ah...." A small hissing sound left her mouth when her hand touched the area and a small drop of tear left her eyes to roll down her cheek. Leonard was sitting on the couch placed a bit away from the bed, resting in a relaxing manner. But his eyes didn't leave her figure even for a second.
"I don't........" "What did you say?" Leonard let out a dry chuckle asking her the question. "I don't....." Iris spoke maintaining the same authoritative tone. "You are highly mistaken...." Leonard took a step closer to her making her flinch. "If you think....." He took another step closing the remaining distance in between them. "that your opinion matters." And thus he grabbed her throat in his tight grip giving it a scary squeeze to make her realize who had the ultimate power to take the final decision. "Pardon Alpha, you may......" Leonard tilted his head towards Jonathan who immediately closed his mouth being scared of dying a painful death in his hand. "I know her words or acceptance doesn't matter. But I wish to hear her sweet voice accepting her defeat in front of me." Leonard turned his head towards Iris watching her face going red due to lack of oxygen. Bringing his mouth close to her ears he whispered seductively to scare the shit out of her. "If you say yes, the proce
Iris was sitting in front of a mirror where two women were trying desperately to hide all her bruises caused by those tortures. Luckily that day Leonard didn't hit her with the vase made of glass. He threw it in such a way that she thought it would hit her face but apparently it smashed just beside her. Even just by remembering the situation, she could feel the hairs on her neck getting straightened up. "It should be like this. Cover that dark patch..." Iris's daze broke when she heard the girl who was helping her with the dress show the leftover unattended mark on her body to the other one to cover. "Oh. Yes. I miss that. There are too many." A dry laugh left Iris's mouth when she heard the reply of that girl who was fixing her condition. After thirty or more minutes those two girls left keeping Iris alone inside the room. Minutes passed when she heard a knock on the door and she didn't dare to spare a glance knowing that it would be her tormentor only. "Iris...." A female voi
Iris I always had a dream of marrying the man whom I would love with my heart and soul. I always thought to be in the arms of a man who would be the reason for my happiness and the cause of my well-being. I have always seen my father mourning my mother's death and I have also seen his love for her. I believed marriage is a sacred bond where not only two body becomes one but two souls entangled together. My man was always David since I started attending my classes in the UK. It was not because we had started dating each other, it is because we knew we are the reason for each other's happiness and betterment. "Dave..." A whisper left my mouth as I sat on the floor inside the room that was allotted by Alpha. I didn't even know what is this stupid mating ceremony or marking until I hear some whispers. The first person I could ask was the maid who was attending me since I started more time lying on a bed being injured. But one particular statement inflicted more fear in my system than Le
"Painful Punishment." These were the only two words that were utterly registered in her brain. She was shocked and her body went to flight mode. She didn't know what to do or how to react. All she knew was to run away. Madly she tried to pull her wrists away but his iron grip didn't help her much rather he smirked looking at her helplessness. She was frightened and her tears made their way out of her eyes. "Please... Please.... I don't know....let me... Go...". She started begging in her pleading voice but all fell on his deaf ears. He laughed dryly looking at her face and situation. When Samantha told him to kill Iris, he thought to snap Samantha's head but that would be igniting the old flame of war again. Somehow they chose this peace treaty which he couldn't let go of easily no matter what. Killing a witch would be his last option for sure. "Shhh... They are just questions sweetheart. Be a good girl and answer them properly." Leonard brought his face near her to speak and Iris
Two days passed and all Iris did was to wake up finish her morning routine take a shower and went back to sleep after taking medicine. Since Leonard and they shared that complicated encounter, she hadn't seen him coming to her room anymore. Her back healed and the pain subdued. Few faint scars were there along with that the marking of the knife stab. But the pain left and so did the other wounds. Still, the horrible memories were fresh in her mind. Now and then she was looking around her to confirm Leonard's absence. His presence always brought terror and pain to her. These days she didn't need to leave the room to show up as Leonard's maid. Even though she asked Agnes whether she was spared or not, Agnes chose to keep her mouth shut.Every night she went to sleep with a fear of waking up in front of him or beside him. Since she was utterly bruised he had twice kept her in his room.The day was sunny which made her mind a little happy. After taking the shower she
"Alex..... Alex...." Leonard yelled through his mind link while walking towards the study where his brother was supposed to be."Brother,"The door of the room burst open showing the face of anger filled monster that was none but Leonard itself."You better come with me." He gestured to Alex who was going through some documents. Even though they are werewolves they are a part of the biggest business. Rather the entire Knight Corporation was built by their ancestors and they kept on enlarging that making a significant place for them in the global business arena."What's wrong." Alex opened his mouth but looking at the furious state of his brother, he could clearly understand that everything was wrong."You better see it by yourself." Leonard became impatient and came closer to Alex."Fine. Let's go." Alex ignored the rest of his work and made his way upstairs with Leonard. Even in those few seconds, he was only thinking of n
The next morning when Iris woke up she found herself lying in the same room wrapped in a sheet. Her eyes landed on the nightstand where the water jug was kept. Balancing her body on her elbow she leaned a little to grab the jug to quench her thirst. But it wasn't easy especially when her right shoulder was badly injured. She extended her hand and carefully held the jug to pour herself a glass of water.She was about to pour the water when the door of her room burst open taking her attention completely away from the current task she was doing. As a result, her trembling hand missed holding the jug which fell on the floor shattering into pieces.Her eyes remained widened we she met those petrifying golden ones looking at her with some deadly intensity."Sorry... I didn't....." She tried to apologize for breaking the water jug but raised his hand to stop her in the middle."It's fine." His voice w
When Iris woke up in the morning all she could feel was a sharp pain in her back. But the warmth beneath her body was giving her some relief. Without opening her close she pushed her trembling body more towards the warmth to snuggle. Her fever didn't subdue and all she could search for was just a bit of comfort.She felt something hard and masculine when her hand tried to grab the thing on which she was resting her body. To her utter surprise, the feeling of human skin scared the shit out of her. But she was too exhausted to pull herself from her lying position.Blinking twice she opened her only to welcome a pair of golden orbs looking at her pale face."No......." A meek voice left her mouth when she tried to push herself from the danger zone but a strong arm wrapped around her body to keep her body still in its previous position."Ahh..." A scream left her mouth when she realized becau