Alora's POV…Then grabbing my hand - this time without asking me, he pushes me towards a corner in the room- I guess that is where the hidden tunnel is. “We need to start moving…” but he stops when we hear pounding on the door. My heart stops and my body threatens to shut down. “ have finally been found…” I shake in fear. “Lucas, you don't need to get involved just turn me in… tell them you found me…” I look at him with watery eyes…The pounding keeps coming heavier. The person knocking is so insistent. We have tried to ignore the person but they keep knocking. I am so afraid and frozen to a spot, but Lucas grabs my shoulders, trying to push me toward the tunnel entrance."Go, Alora! Run as fast as you can and don't look back!" he urges. I can see that he is scared tooBut I stand firmly on the ground, shaking my head- I cannot betray him like this. The guards know that he is on here with somebody, if I leave, he would be queried. I shake my head again. "No, I can't! They'll know yo
Lucas's POVOfficer Frendricks closes the tunnel door behind him and he lets out a sigh of relief- thankfully, it is only the both of us that know about the tunnel. “I pray she gets there safely,” he clasps his hands together in a prayer form“Me too,” I reply, my heart still racing from helping Alora escape. I don't like seeing her tear-stained face because it haunts me. It has been such a long time since I last saw her cry. After I broke our bond and broke her heart, she cried so much and begged me for days. That time, I had bled in my heart, cursed myself for not being man enough and screamed at the moon goddess for putting me in that kind of situation. When I continued walking out on her, she toughened up around me and avoided me like a plaqueNow I have seen her cry, my heart bleeds again. Life is so … cruel and unfair towards her. Sometimes I think to myself if she had committed a crime in her past life that she is suffering for now. I silently pray to the Moon Goddess to ke
As they split up, I catch Frendricks's eye. The slight nod we exchange shows that we both know what we are doing.The commander pulls out the cloth- a small white shirt that is definitely for Alora and he takes in a long hard sniff. My heart nearly stops working at the sight of it, but I force my face to remain with a confused look. The shirt looks worn and familiar- I recognise it as one she often wore while working in the garden at night. It is a long sleeved shirt. Since Alora doesn't have any sweaters to protect her body at night from insects, she always wears the shirt whenever she is working late at night. The shirt is not even originally Alora’s, it is Leah's old, worn out shirt. To make the shirt authentically hers, Alora had put a floral embroidery by the collar- I was there the day she did it“What the hell?” I mutter to myself. They came prepared. Now I have to pray that they don't smell Alora’s scentAfter sniffing the shirt, he passes it round to his troop- I guess this i
My heart nearly stops when I hear Commander Darren bark orders to head towards the Cha-Cha grasslands. Frendricks is anxious, so am I. He looks at me, “What are we going to do now?” he asks in uncertainty. We both know what this means - they're heading straight for Alora. I start to think of all the things you can do to her. Commander Darren is not exactly nice. In fact, I think he hates her. He might probably even start torturing her before he even takes her to her father- he is wicked like that"Stay here," I tell Frendricks in a low voice. "Keep up appearances. If anyone asks, I'm reviewing security protocols in another sector. Tell them I asked you to stand for me. Tell them what I want to do is urgent"“So what are you going to do now?” he asks“I don't know… I just know that I would do something…” I let my voice fade in uncertainty. What am I going to do?He nods in understanding. I can see that he is sad about the situation of things. If Alora is later found, our effort will g
Alora’s POVThen I see itIn front of me is…In front of me is…In front of me is… a cupboard full of…Full of food!!!In front of me is a cupboard full of food! FOOD! REAL FOOD!I run to it so fast that I almost trip. I get to it and my hands shake violently as I yank the cupboard doors open so hard they bang against the walls loudly. But I don't care. I don't care about anything except the food in front of me - stacks and stacks of food for my hungry stomach and tired self. I get more and more desperate as I approachI grab the first thing I see - a sweet, soft looking loaf of pure white cheese rubber bread- a rare type of bread to find in werewolf territories. We always have it in our pack house, but I have only eaten it once and that is because I stole it from the kitchen when I saw the opportunity. After stealing and eating it I felt bad for days. So bad that I had to go tell mother that I stole bread and she will punished me- I cannot forget that day in a hurryI grab the pure
Alora’s POVMy hands are still sticky as I rush to check the locks, leaving honeyed fingerprints on everything I touch. Part of me wants to go back to eating - my stomach still feels so empty, but I have to set my priorities rightI nod at the warning, forcing myself to step away from the food. It physically hurts to leave it, but survival has to come first. Still, I grab a piece of dried meat to hold in my hand as I move through the cabin, checking windows and doors. Just holding it makes me feel safer, even if that's foolish to me- I feel I should bolt out of there and find safety first"Do you think he really broke our bond to protect us?" I ask my wolf ,but she has gone quiet again. “Would he want to claim me as his mate if he saw me like this anyway?" I keep talking to myself and as soon I say it, I magically change into a new- prettier cloth. “Wow!” I say, startled- there is a lot of things that I don't know yet about this house“Stay inside. Lock everything. Don't come out unti
Hours pass like this - me inside, them searching outside. My body is aching from hiding in uncomfortable positions. The fake Lucas tries a few more times to convince me to come out, but eventually gives up. I hear Darren cursing, ordering his men to expand the search area. Why is Darren even trying to sound like Lucas? Does he even know our relationship? I stay hidden until I know that they have gone far awayBut I don't relax. This could be another trick - what if he is leaving a few quiet men behind to watch. I stay alert, checking windows, listening for any sign of movement. I am not sure of the extent of the magic in this houseNear midnight, exhaustion starts to weigh me down. I haven't slept properly because the events of the past twenty-four hours have drained what little energy I had left. The bed in the other rooms calls to me, but I don't dare sleep there - they are too far from the exits.Instead, I drag a blanket into the corner of the main room, where I can see both the f
Leave. Tonight. Go to another pack or somewhere else far away from here," he pulls something from his pocket - a small leather pouch that makes noise with what sounds like coins mixed with paper money. "There's a human town three days on foot and it is towards the north. If you use a vehicle, you will get there in a day, but I don't advise you to use a vehicle. There would be a lot of stop and search on vehicles, so just walk. The pack has no influence there. You can start over..."I stare at the pouch. "You want me to live as a human?""I want you to live as anything. You are an Omega, it doesn't really make a difference.." His voice is fierce. "Besides in the human world, you are powerful…”"But I've never... I don't know anything about human communities. How would I even begin to..."He cuts me off by pressing the pouch into my hands. "There's money, documents, and instructions inside. I've been planning this for months, ever since I overheard your mother talking about arranging an
Lucas's POVAcross the room, Alora starts screaming. It is a shrill scream that almost blocks the ears of everyone here if not some. The guards holding her falter, momentarily distracted by her screaming and they almost leave her to focus on closing their ears shut to prevent them from blocking "Lucas!" she screams, my name in her growling. This is the first coherent word she has spoken since I entered the room.Her eyes meet mine, and I see nothing but tears in them now. Tears and rage. She wants all of this to end. She is tired. Her gaze drops to the blood running down my face, and I can see her fangs extend. I am in shock. She doesn't have a functioning wolf, how come her fangs are extending? This is the second time she is acting abnormal for her standing. For an omega wolf… she has been displaying a lot of strange things "Don't touch him," she snarls, her voice getting deeper and the guards almost leave her alone. I am very sure that they remember the last time she reacted to Ag
Lucas's POVNow it is my turn to hold her down. I can't possibly do what Agatha is telling me to do… How am I supposed to…? I am thinking of several ways in which I can play this off without getting into trouble and without getting Alora into deeper shit. I don't want to be part of this evil thing that Agatha is trying to prove to the pack members- that Alora is an uncontrollable wolf who needs a male figurehead- no matter how toxic and perverted- to control herSo instead I stare at her, my heart pounding. I start to think of a way to escape this situation without actually hurting her or looking suspicious to Agatha. Alora keeps fighting and growling. At this point in time, with how much she is in distress, she would not even listen to the moon goddess herself- not to talk of meAgatha's suspicious eyes are on me. I know that she is searching for any sign of deception- I know she does not completely believe that I am on her side. It surprises me on how simply she just took my lies.
Lucas’s POVLeah nods, but even the blind can see that she doesn't want to leave me behind. "Don't move from this spot," she orders me like I am so sort of puppy that she own. "I'll be right back."As she is going, she turns back again. “Wait! I need to make sure of that,” she brings out a similar cuffs to the one that she put on my neck before. But this one is for the hand and she cuffs me. “This is silver and there's a tracker in it. I don't wish to be harsh but, you can change your mind and I want to be the one that will help you bring it back”With that done, she hurries away, following the messenger. As soon as she disappears from my side, I move.Not toward the great hall. Not toward the exit. But in the direction the messenger came from. Toward the sounds of commotion. Toward Alora. I don't know what I'm going to do there, but I'm going to do somethingThe silver collar is not something that can go on notice to period it is on my hand. My father's voice echoes in my mind- “si
Chapter 92Luca's POVLeah takes the leash off my neck- stwp one in actually winning this game if I use my head well. "Come," she says, taking my hand. "Mother arranged for us to have special seats. Right at the front."I follow her outsidw of the door and as soon as I step out, I make suee to take a deep breath. I have not been outside for a pretty long timeMy cell is in a separate wing of the main pack house, isolated from the common areas. It has a reason why it is called an isolated cell- a type of cell build so that the prisoner would have a deep thinking about what they did. Three guards stand at attention at the end of the hall, nodding respectfully to Leah as we approach. “Good day, Lady. Good day, lady,” theay all geat her anr Leah act like ahe is deaf in the ears because she does not act like she heard them greet her"I'm escorting the prisoner,” she looks at me. “Lucas to the ceremony," she corrects herself as she informs them. Just incase mother asks. But it is by her o
Luca's POVIt takes every ounce of my willpower not to recoil. Her lips are soft. I hate that I notice that her lips are soft. But they are demanding, her hands clutching at my shoulders, dragging my hair. She tastes like fish and desperation. My wolf is going bunkers, screaming, gagging, demanding thar I push this false mate away. “Why would you lwt this happen!?” he growls. “Lucas! Lucas! Lucas!” he screams. “Just take a chill pill!” I try to convince him despite my irritation too. I am going bunkers myself, but I force myself to respond to Leah's lips- if I have to pretend, the. i should do it well and get the best result there is. I force myself to cup the back of her head, to make a sound of pleasure that I don't feel. It os irritating, but I do it anyway When I finally pull back, Leah's eyes are shinning, her breathing rapid. She looks at me like I'm a prize she's finally won. "I've waited so long for that," she whispers. Then slowly, I see her face begin to redden. I think s
Lucas's POVShe steps closer, close enough that I can smell her smell of her desire and it makes my stomach turn."You, of course," she whispers. "Once Alora is bound to Alpha Leo, there's nothing keeping us apart. Mother has already agreed that after the ceremony, you'll be released into my care. As my mate, then our wedding preparations will start “The arrangement is so absurd I almost laugh, but the deadly seriousness in her eyes stops me. She truly believes this. She truly believes that I will allow myself to be married to her?"Alora is dangerous," Leah continues, switching her useless manipulative tactics when she sees my expression. "You haven't seen her. The heat has made her wild, uncontrollable. She even attacked a guard. She could hurt herself or others. Alpha Leo is the only one strong enough to handle her now, can't you see?"Alpha Leo is ten times her age," I growl. "He is a predator. Everyone knows this!”Leah waves a dismissive hand. "He is a respected Alpha from a s
Lucas's POVI am ready for the drama that I am going to actBut instead of heavy boots hitting the ground, I hear light graceful clicking of heels just towards my door. This should be someone different and unexpectedI quickly throw the rest of the ceremonial clothes on top of the bed and I position myself behind the door. The broken spoon's jagged is still with me. I don't know what this new plan is, but I will sure make it jell for them. At least one werewolf must go downThe silver lock clicks with a small noise and the door opens up. I take a pose, ready to strike. But this is not a guard or an ordinary servant. O know because of the scent that rushes into my nose- a familiar perfume mixed with sweat and royaltyIt is LeahI see her as she steps into the room, and I freeze in surprise. Someway, somehow, she is the last person I expected.She's alone. No guards. No backup. She is not scared of me. And she looks... different. Disheveled. Her usually perfect appearance is in in slig
Lucas's POVOf course she does. Agatha wants me to watch as Alora is bound forever to another. She knows I was originally bound to Alora and she knows I have not moved past my feelings for her. So she wants me to witness my own personal hell. I hate that woman so much. Of tables were turned, no I would not kill her- I am not built like that, instead I would give her a a million years of hard community service so that she can atone for all the wickedness she has done in this world"What did they do to her… Alora?" I demand, stepping closer to the guard. "What is that scent?""I don't ask questions," he replies, but his eyes move towards the direction of the door "And if you're smart, neither will you. Curiousity kills, Sir Lucas.""It's killing her." I think aloud. "Whatever are giving her to trigger this heat …it's too strong. It could damage her system permanently. What do they want from her!? Have they not done enough!?”The guard still does not look at my face. "I will give you th
Lucas's POVI wake to the blood in my mouth, fog in my eyes, ringing in my ears and a pounding in my skull that feels like a hammer hitting inside of my forehead. My head is pressed against the floo, and for a moment, I can't remember anythin- including the reason why I am on the ground"Get up," my wolf growls inside my head. "Something iss happening."I push myself to my knees, groaning at the pain I feel all over my body including my teeth . “How long was I unconscious?” I want to say along but it is as if my tongue is tiedThe scent that send me unconscious before hits me again -Alora's heat- it is still lingering in the air. But it is stronger now. It is more wrong. Why is it too sweet and too intense, like someone took her natural fragrance and twisted into this hideous smell. My body reacts immediately - my pupils are dilating, heart racing, blood rushing to my dick despite my disgust at myself. I am aroused"Oh goddess, what is happening to me," I mutter, forcing myself to st