EMILY'S POV.The night had crawled in faster than I thought but would, at this po,int I no longer saw Snowball but then I had lost track of Time and his words the moment I began running faster and deeper into the wood.I feel my throat burn with intense harshness and my belly growls just on cue, I did make the foolish mistake of not bringing either food or water, Neither did I have breakfast before leaving earlier, I stop to w halt, my arms above my head before rubbing them down from my temps and across my faceThe strong stink of sweat hits me as I realize how drenched my clothes are by now. The only thing that seems to be at ease is the wind which howls strangely and blows against my skin calmly.I bend slightly to reach out to my knees which had cuts and several bruises on them from the running and the leaves, shy spikes on trees and shrubs.As well as a few mosquito bites, all these make me feel nauseous, weak, and hopeless.I feel a warmth on my cheek, it's my tears streaking d
Luke'S POV.I watch her intently as she moves away from me, takes her away and then picks up a book which I had set in place for her when preparing the room.She seems to be just plain and void of emotions, I'll have to b sincere seeing her calm makes me pissed.She didn't see me for days and now she finally gets a chance to speak to me. Is she acting so lame? Ignoring me?.Although I do know I deserve to be ignored, I've almost forgotten she was up here.I had issues, people were beginning To talk and I had eyes watching my every move. I couldn't make out time to visit her but she must have gotten hurt at some point.I know Emily to be soft hearted and I'm pretty sure she just waited for my arrival for days before finally giving up.I'm not holding it against her. I had just hoped there would be some excitement on her end rather than this challenge.I cough you to gain her attention but she doesn't speak, move or check, she's playing pretend and acting like she's so engrossed in th
Emily'S POV.I swallow hard not wanting to annoy the woman by asking further questions, pressing further will only make her irritated and that's a risk I am not willing to take, I swallow hard, unable to give the whole thing a sensible explanation.I'm sold once more into slavery and this time there's no way around it, there is no way out,I'm branded as a slave now with a huge logo immersed into my skinFunny how I had thought Luke would come bolting through the doors to see me once again,and how I had hoped he would be at the other end waiting for me as he had bought me yet again once more.All still I end up in the hands of a nice lady who seems too good to be tried and now she's shattering every ray of light in me by telling me she isn't master.It's just so annoying, it's causing me lots of pain that I have to get through this but more still each time the memory sinks deep into me.How I had been treated all my life and now I'm stuck at the very starting point having nothing to do
LUKE'S POV.The only reason I had left her to herself was because I wanted to act tad but cocky, she acted like she didn't miss me and was not happy to see me which was why I had left.I planned on visiting her the very next day and here I am, I was restless all through the night, scared that I had not spoken to her and she might take it wrong, If an odd feeling etched at the back of my mind.I was restless and I felt uneasy all through, that being the main reason I had lied about resting in.I made it known to my personal omega that no one was allowed to come in and visit, no one, not even Shayna, not my mother or my father but if anything important were to come up he should mindlink me.Unknown to me this would happen, I had come to the storage room which served her house for a long time but here I am once again,deep kneed in trouble and unable to speak out loud.I feel my blood run dry as I scan through the house in search of her, the room Is empty and so is the bathroom and the to
Luke'S POVI knew my actions would definitely have consequences but these are too heavy of a burden for me to bear, how then am I to continue this whole thing?.I'm stuck between choosing my mate and going for my birthright and alpha.No matter how much I think of the odds. The risks are just too high, I can't let Emily go, the fault is all on me and if she ends up somewhere as a slave to someone else it would all be on me.I can't bear to see her in despair or suffer in the hands of another,I'll blame myself till I drop dead.I storm out of the storage room down into the main building, raging and furious, he clashes into Shayna who seems Disturbed.For the first time since she had gotten to the pack she doesn't bother him I stead she passes him by placing him in oblivion.For some reason I think she has something to do with Emily's disappearance, she did nothing the first time and here she is again repeating the very same odds.As much as I'd love to pressure her on what to do and as
Luke'S POV."I'm not" I say in a fierce manner finally voicing out my anger, I'm literally explaining to him that I have to go after my mate whom I had wringed in every manner and now I learn that he did all of it.He had taken her to the slave hunters, now she's branded it makes things even worse for me, she will forever have an imprint of being a slave on her, how did I get down to this?."You are the worst father ever!" I say to him but he doesn't seem fazed either z it's safe to say I'm going crazy as I'm not getting an emotion or expression from him."Anyone there?!" He calls out and a guard walks into his office in haste."Take him into his room and have another companion be with you, you are both to guard him and make sure he doesn't set foot out of his room until I say otherwise"He then drops his eyes which shoots darts in my direction, he walks closer to me talking slow strides, pulls me closer and leans into me."You will see that all these I do are just for you, then I'm n
Emily's pov.I had panicked seeing the man whom I had long fallen for seated with his face turned to the door.I waited for an expression to form on his face but I got nothing, it was all blank apart from the little tilt which I had seen.I stood frozen with my eyes averted almost immediately I saw him. I had been scared of him once and hoped for him to meet me twice.I had wished to explain it out to him maybe just to get a chance to meet but none of it happened.Now that I feel the need to begin afresh I run into him.I can't seem to put the pieces together but if there's anything it's the fact that I'm broken.I had hoped that at least someone would be out searching for me but I guess I was wrong.I can see liaz, Alex and even Luke here which meant this is more important, I had thought that notwithstanding anything Luke would search for me.Maybe truly I had become dead to him like he claimed the last time we met. I had expected him to leap in joy or approach me but all he does is
emily's povI decide not to move nor show signs of any feebleness, instead I stand tall fixed to a spot and unfazed.I would not let him perceive me as weak, not now not again and not anymore, I'm done kissing up to him and acting up for him I'll just be who I really am."emily, I can't keep this up anymore. I know I hurt you big time and I don't deserve a second chance but please come with me.You can visit Jenna later or this pack in particular any moment you want, I'll make no restrictions in your movement.I'll make sure you are the most protected person henceforth, I'm sorry I had locked you up out of scorn, I'm sorry I let my anger get the best of me" Luke apologizes, unable to look straight up at me, I stead his eyes are glued to the floor."What do you want me to say?" I ask with my eyes glaring at him, move away from him keeping a reasonable distance with my voice under string restraints to remain calm at all times."You left me there Luke, you left me there to die so do not