Chapter 2

Elena 

“Mate!” growled the young, handsome man as soon as our eyes lock. He is tall, bulky, and handsome, just like they said he was. “Come with me and I will protect you” I shake my head no; I still have something to do, and I cannot leave without finishing it. He stalks towards me without taking his eyes off me for one second. I stand when he gets close, but I forget I have a knife hidden on my sleeve and it falls to the ground, making a noise. 

We were in the hall having a feast before I mate with the monster when this god in front of me entered. Silence filled the room; no one was expecting him to come. There were whispers all around until he walked up to me and acknowledged me as his mate. “She is trying to kill the alpha, cease her!” someone picked up my weapon and yelled, breaking our moment. 

I panic and look around. All the warriors were coming at me, and the alpha was on his feet. Fury present in his eyes as he glares at me. My mate comes to my side and stands in front of me in a protective manner. He glances at me and speaks. “Run! I will take care of the warriors,” he tells me, and I run towards the door, but then look back to have one last look at him, and that is when I see a warrior plunge a knife into his heart. “No!!” 

I jerk up from bed panting hard, my heart beating fast, and I take deep breaths to calm down. I am sweating and my shirt is clinging to my body with all the sweat. “Why the hell would I have a dream like that about someone I don’t even know?” I thought aloud, thinking how real the dream felt that my heart is still racing. 

I take more deep breaths to calm my racing heart. I slept late last night; my wolf has been restless since we heard those servants talking. She would not tell me why, but she was causing me one hell of a headache with her pacing. I do not even know when I managed to fall asleep and now this. 

I sighed, laying back on the bed. According to these servants, the mating ceremony will be any day now and still the bastard has not shown his face. My weapon is ready so they can have their mating ceremony. My mind drifts off to the dream I had, and my wolf paces again. I groan, frustrated. "What is wrong Lee, are we in danger?” what am I even asking? Of course, we are in danger. We are the Blood Moon pack, and I am about to mate with a monster. Of course, my wolf does not reply to me, making me groan and pull the blanket to cover myself. But it was not for long till I uncover myself with a frown on my face. 

“I need a bath.” I smell terrible. No woman should be treated this way. I mean, no human being should have to be treated like this. At least their basic needs should be taken care of, not only feeding them, and taking them to the bathroom. “You are right, you need a bath.” I get excited as my wolf speaks to me. 

She has not said much since we got here, and it is exciting to hear her speak. I was starting to lose my mind being locked up here all these days with no one to talk to. “Hey, Lee, good to have you back,” I say with a little smile on my face, but my wolf says nothing more, and I sighed feeling defeated. 

Right on queue, the door clicks and opens. My usual servants come in and hand me my breakfast. “Don’t you want to use the restroom first?” she asked, and I nod placing the plate on the small table. She accompanies me to the bathroom, and I do my business before washing my hands and my face. I come out and we walk back to the room. 

“Eat up, so you can take a bath. We will get you clothes.” I look at her with questioning eyes. The alpha decided today was the day he comes to see me, and if that was the case. Good, I am ready for him. “The mating ceremony is today.” My heart drops when he tells me that. 

I have been so preoccupied thinking about killing him and now dreaming of men I do not even know to think about how I will get this man alone. It does not matter though; I am not losing my virginity to that man. I will kill him before he gets the chance to do anything to me. The servant looks at me with pity before she left the room. 

I look at the breakfast on the table and lose my appetite. But I force myself to eat. I will need my energy for what is coming. The house cleaner soon comes back and takes me to a room further than the bathrooms that only have a toilet and I assume it is the showers. She opens the door and hands me a toiletry bag. “I will be here when you come out.” She tells me and I nod, then go inside. 

The showers are lined up on the wall, and there is no privacy at all. But who cares? I am the only one here for now, and I need a bath. I strip, throwing my clothes on the floor, turn the shower on, and stand under the water for a few minutes. It feels so good. I wash the blood off my body before taking the shower gel and lathering my body with it. 

I clean myself well taking my time. When I close the water, I feel nice and clean. I dry myself with a towel, then wrap it around my body when I am done. I will not be wearing those clothes again. When I step out, the house cleaner leads the way back to my room, and when I get inside. There are clothes on the bed.

“They instructed me to help you get dressed. Lotion and there are some undergarments there.” She tells me, then leaves the room to give me privacy. I wait for her to be out of sight then take out my weapon and placed it under the pillow. I then lotion my body and wear the undergarments. She comes back in just as I finish. 

She helps me get dressed in silence and I let her. The only thing on my mind right now is killing that son of a bitch tonight and getting the hell out of here. I do not know how I will escape yet, but I will find a way. The most important thing right now is killing him. After dressing me, she tells me to sit so she can do my face and hair. 

I sit and she turns to take something from the bag she had, and I quickly take the weapon and hide it on my sleeve. I do not get time to secure it before she turns so; I sit still and let her do what came here to do. When she finished with my face, she does my hair. My mother would have loved to see me this way. She only saw me with bruises and pants. Never a dress and never with makeup. 

When she is done, she takes a step back and admires her work. “Thank you.” I do not know why I said that, but she has been nice to me. She does not say much, but she always smiles and greets me when she brings me food. She responds to me with a smile. “Please stand and let me do the last touches.” She tells me and I do as she asks. 

She fixes my dress, then comes to these long sleeves on the dress and I clench on the weapon I have. When she is done with one hand, she comes to the one that is holding the weapon, and I look at her in the eye with my hand clenched on the sleeve. The weapon is not fully secured and if I let go, she will see it and tell her people about it. 

“It will give you problems during the dinner. Let me fix it for you so that it’s out of the way.” She tells me, looking concerned as if something will happen to her if she does not do a decent job. I say a little prayer to the Goddess, apologizing because I will have to kill her. I then let her do what she wanted to the sleeve. She sees the weapon as she folds the sleeve as she did to the other one. 

She looks at me, then at the door, and back at me again. She hurries to close the door, then comes back to stand in front of me and clench my hands, looking me in the eye. “If you are going to kill William, then you will be taking revenge for me on behalf of my parents and younger sister. I have wolfbane. You should dip your weapon in it.”