I Claim You (Trapped)

Catherine's POV

Walking through the tunnel, I kept returning to the same spot.

I felt tired and at the same time regretting my decisions, I wanted to go back home. All of a sudden, I felt weak.

My body stiffened, and I could barely move an inch. “Oh, my mom, I'm sorry, I didn't listen," I said with tears forming in my eyes.

I managed to sit down, taking my backpack. I gulped down some water. Everything was dark, and I began to fear. The atmosphere was silent, making everything creepy.

All of a sudden, my necklace began to glitter. I gasped in shock. “What's going on? Fantasy is really happening to me," I whispered as the necklace produced light.

I stood up, following the light of my mom's necklace. This time around, walking through the tunnel, I didn't make a mistake.

I walked through the passage of every tunnel, following the direction until I reached a dead-end.

Suddenly, the lights on my necklace

flew off like butterflies and formed a teleportation portal.

Confused, I reached my hand into it and felt a passage leading to the other side of the world.

“This is your time, Catherine," I whispered. This was the exact teleportation I read about in the book. Only those who have the power can go beyond it.

“Let's do this," I whispered to myself.

As I walked through the magical passage, I entered a place where the moonlight shone like crystal, the exact moonlight Noah always wanted.

The place was beautiful but at the same time inside the woods. Amazed by the beauty of the place, I sat down on a rock to paint the scenery.

I heard distant sounds but continued admiring the view.

As the sounds intensified, I stood up and looked around, feeling confused.

I heard howling and snarling in the distance. I tried to avoid the wolves but tripped and injured my ankle.

A pack of wolves with different colored eyes surrounded me.

The Alpha wolf approached me, about to pounce on me.

I gripped my head tight. “Argh!" I screamed in fear when all of a sudden, a gray wolf appeared, crushing down the other wolf, biting his neck.

Immediately after the other wolf was killed by the gray wolf, he snarled at them, and they all backed off.

My eyes began to glimmer as the gray wolf appeared. A sense of connection enveloped me.

“My mate." Those words were exact like the ones I had in my dream.

I couldn't understand my feelings. Still in fear, I watched as it walked over to me.

“Climb on me," I heard those words, as if the gray wolf was communicating with me.

Fear gripped me because of what happened. I hurriedly sat down on the back of the wolf.

“Hold me tight," I heard again. I bent my back to hug it tight as it began running.

After running out of the forest, I gasped, seeing another world. Right in front of me was a palace.

The entrance was written “Uranus Kingdom."

“Get down," I heard the communication again. I got down, standing in fear.

“Where am I?" I asked the wolf. I went backward, seeing it howling, transforming into a human being.

My eyes widened in shock as I took in the sight of the man before me,his muscular chest, piercing red eyes, and dick everything else.

A strange, unfamiliar urge to hug him, to feel his touch, surged through me.

I had never felt this way before. Seeing him transform from a wolf to a man left me frozen in place.

“Follow me,” he commanded, his voice deep and authoritative.

Before I could respond, he grabbed my hand. a shiver ran down my spine as he pulled me, all of a sudden I blacked out.

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I woke up to find my self on a bed, feeling comfortable, I remembered the incident of what happened yesterday, I turned around seeing a man beside me.

I blurted out in fear, his gaze fixed on me.

“Excuse me, who are you? I asked hurriedly, grabbed more bed sheet to cover my body.

"My mate” he smiled looking at me, I looked at him awkwardly I stood up from the bed.

" I need an explanation of how I got here!! I yelled at him.

“Really, I think it time to the needful" he said, he stood up shirtless coming towards my direction.

My heart pounded in my chest, a mix of fear and something else I couldn’t quite name. Despite the confusion, a part of me wanted him.

He leaned in, his lips inches from mine, his breath hot against my skin.

I felt my body responding to his presence, unable to resist. Suddenly, he bit my neck.

“Ouch!” I gasped, the pain sharp but fleeting. Strangely, I felt a connection to him, something deep and inexplicable.

“How dare you!” I shouted, my voice shaking with anger and fear.

“I hereby claim you as my mate,” he said, his eyes glowing with an intensity that sent shivers down my spine.

I felt something stir inside me, a mix of emotions I couldn’t quite understand.

Without thinking, I slapped him. “How dare you hurt me!” I cried out, my voice echoing in the room.

He smirked, his expression cold and unyielding, he grabbed my wrist, his grip like iron.

“Is it because I allowed you to yell at me?” he asked, his voice low and dangerous.

“Let go of me!” I screamed, trying to pull away.

“And if I don’t? What will you do?” His voice was filled with contempt.

“Do you know how many years I’ve been searching for you, enduring insults because of you?” His face twisted with anger.

“I don’t care!” I shouted back, tears streaming down my face.

“I need to go; my mom will be worried.” but he wasn’t listening.

“Don’t make me deal with you,” he warned, his grip tightening painfully.

“You are going nowhere. Mind your speech.”

Tears blurred my vision, and I whispered,“I’m sorry.”

He released my wrist, his eyes still cold as he walked out. I ran to the door, but he locked it behind him.

“Let me out!” I banged on the door, my sobs filling the room.