Fated for Life

Olivia's POV

I ran. As fast as my legs could carry me. If I were a strong wolf, it would have been a different thing, but the strength of my wolf was barely any different from the strength of a human.

The sounds of the guards were getting closer, and I knew that if I didn't do anything soon, I would be caught and a date worse than death awaited Elana and me. My heart was scared for her and I found myself worried.

“I think she went over there.” I heard one of the guards yell in the direction that I was running in. I quickened my pace and soon found a waterfall. I hid at the back and waited for a while, the water should be able to mask my scent until the guards had given up on their search or at least changed directions.

“I don't think so. We should go back to the palace. It's already late, and you know how close this is to the Lycan borders. We don't want their crazy mysterious animal king to hurt us.” another one said, and I was relieved that they were changing course.

After I had waited for another thirty minutes to one hour, I carefully made my way out of the waterfall and tried to climb so I could also find a way to hide from the lycans.

Just as I set my foot on a steep wrong, I missed my step and was sent tumbling head first into the water. The last thing I remembered was the muffled sound escaping from my mouth and then tasting the metallic feel of my own blood mixed with salty water.

When I regained consciousness, I was in a room. It was one of the most beautiful rooms that I had ever seen, but somehow it didn't feel strange. I felt so strongly that I had been in this room before.

The blinding lights caused a wave of headache to hit me as I tried to sort out my thoughts and adjust my eyes to the brightness of the room. The door suddenly opened and a very handsome man with a tanned face came in.

“Oh, miss. You are finally awake. I am truly pleased about that,” he said, immediately he noticed that I was awake.

“Where am I? What happened? How did I end up….”

“One question at a time, miss. You haven't changed one bit Mistress.” the man said, I looked at him shocked. He didn't sound like he was a stranger to me.

“Do I know you from somewhere?” I asked him, my heart nearly jumping out of my chest.

“Yes you do, but you'll understand that later. It is not in my place to tell you the truth about the questions you ask me.” he responded calmly, leaving me more confused than I was.

“Where am I?” I asked him, willing myself to not ask a barrage of questions like before.

“You are home. Next question.” he asked.

“What's your name?” I asked him.

“I am Alexander.” he answered curtly.

“How did I get here?” I asked him, genuinely concerned about that. I silently hoped that the guards from my lack had not found me after I fell in the water and taken me here.

At the thought of my fall in the water, my hands instinctively reached for my head, and I found that it had been heavily bandaged.

“You were found floating in the water by the edge of the pack, our alpha found you and brought you here.” he explained, and I heaved a sigh of relief.

“Oh.” the sound escaped from my lips, barely more than a whisper.

“I advise that you do not leave your room or go anywhere. You might find the environment slightly hostile, just be patient.” he said, but the look on his face made me feel that it wasn't just the environment that he had been talking about.

“Thank you.” I replied, too scared to ask him anything else for fear of what would happen.

As soon as he left, I got up and looked around for the nearest possible escape. The door wasn't locked, which made it a lot easier for me to leave the confines of my room. I was definitely in a palace because this was the most beautiful place I had ever seen. I was almost changing my mind, but the uncertainty of the fate that awaited me if I stayed made me want to leave.

I made my way to what, I thought, was the entrance, but it only turned out to be the kitchen. I heard sounds and immediately hid behind a counter. Several servants dressed up, and they looked like they were delivering food for a special occasion.

“The alpha has never wanted to kill something so big to celebrate. This must be truly special.” I heard one of the servants say, and a cold chill ran up my spine.

The alpha was planning to kill me. Elana's sacrifice had been in vain, as it now looked like I was being dealt the same fate as I had been in my pack. The only thing that was different was I was not going to sit back and watch myself get treated badly anymore.

I got up and continued on my escape, stopping at intervals to steady myself whenever the wave of dizziness hit me. When I finally managed to go outside, there was a frenzy of activity going on, and I wondered what the festival was that made them even want to kill me for it.

Finding my way to the back of the house, I tried climbing the fence, but I couldn't. I looked around for a tree that was close to the fence and eventually found one. I managed to climb it, cutting my hand with the sharp edge of a rock.

“Shit.” I cursed.

I felt a sweet scent hit my nose, followed by a strong pull that nearly knocked me down the tree.

“Mate” I heard my wolf growl with a strength that I had never heard before. I felt myself dizzying out again.

“Took you long enough to find me.” I heard a man's voice just before everything went black.