CHAPTER FIVE.

IMOGEN’s POV

I gently open my eyes and the rays of the sun shine directly on my face, giving me a notice that the day is going to be bright.

My lips curl into a smile when I remember the passionate night I just spent with my master and my mate. I can feel his kisses still lingering on my lips and my body is still vibrating from the way his hands touched me.

Giving myself to master is not something I regret and I wish it can happen again, the Passionate love making and with the way master handled me, I can’t help but fall deeply in love with him again.

My thought is cut short when I realise I am the only one in the room. This is the room I shared with master the night before but he is no longer here and I can feel my heart break into a thousand pieces. Did he leave because he no longer needs me?

I can’t help but scoff at myself, what am I thinking by the way? Master already rejected me and I am nothing but just a play thing for me. But even at this, I can’t help but feel a thousand emotions surge through my body. Excitement and pain is all I could feel, master has a way of making me feel it all at once.

The fact that I have shared my first night with master, my fated mate makes me so happy but the thought of another man touching me makes me cringe. How can I allow another man to touch me after I have tasted the sweet pain that my master showed me the night before? No matter how I think about it, it still do not sit right with me and I am hoping master Athan will change his mind and let me stay. I don’t even mind being his slave for the rest of my life, as long as I can be near my mate I will be satisfied.

Heaving a sigh to myself, I grab my clothes which are scattered around the room and before I can even put them on, I see the door handle turn and the door slams open.

Silver enters and he has a gloomy look on his face, I can see the anger and the pain radiating within him. I didn’t flinch when he entered, not like he has not seen my naked body before. Silver is the one who took care of me when I am badly wounded from one of our extreme tasks and he treated my wounds. He is more like my guardian angel and I don't even care if he sees my naked body, there is nothing attached to it.

“Why are you looking at me like that silver?” I ask while throwing my clothes over my body, I can’t help but smile at the thought of me and master being intimate. It is a memory I am going to treasure for as long as I live.

Before I can even notice, silver rushes towards me and grabs my shoulder.

“What the heck is wrong with you, Imogen” he half yelled as his nails dig into my bare shoulder and i hiss in pain but I didn’t say a word. He is very angry and I am wondering what is actually bothering him,

“Just because it is the master, you don’t bother throwing yourself at him. Are you that obsessed that you can not see that he doesn’t even cherish you?” I can see the pain and hurt in his eyes but I can’t care less. I have already made up my mind, I will be with no other man other than master Athan.

“It is none of your business, silver” I push him off and hiss loudly, “he is my mate after all and this is better than being trashed in that dungeon for days. Don’t you dare come at me with that pity look on your face, at least I am closer to master than I am before”

Silver scoffs as he rakes his hand through his already dishevelled hair,

“You think the master will be with you just because you have thrown yourself into his bed?” The look in his eyes turned dark and he move close to me again, “this is going to ruin your future much more than you can even imagine imogen, master does not like you”

“And I don’t care, silver” i know he is looking out for me but when it comes to master, i know I have lost all my sense of reasoning, “when it comes to master, I will handle the consequences”

After talking, I made my way out of the room. I didn’t want to have any regrets at all.

After leaving the room, I make my way across the courtyard and the fresh smell of blooming flowers greets me. The scent in the air is so nice and I am already thinking how lovely it will be if I can take a walk around the courtyard with master Athan as my mate. The bougainvillaea and the merigold interest me the most, I am so in love with them.

I am thinking of master as I walk across the courtyard when I come across some of my students but I see how they cringe at the sight of me. Ever since the day I announced master Athan is my mate and he rejected me, everyone avoids me like a plague but I can’t care less. I am only in want of master validation. I see them pass by me and pretend not to see me and I don’t try to make them uncomfortable, I just continue on my way to master’s quarters.

As I get to the door of the master's room, the two powerful patronus warriors standing by the door halt me but I don’t flinch, I am not scared of them in any way.

“Let me in” I demand, “i want to see the master”

“You humiliate yourself in ways that make me cringe for you, Imogen” Claire, the oldest one, reprimands me, “don’t you have no shame?”

“She lost her shame the day the master rejected her” the second one mocks and before I can even open my mouth to say something, I can hear it. The moans of a woman coming from beyond the door and the hard creaking of the bed, I can hear and feel it all. I feel my whole world come to a standstill.

“Let her in” his voice filters into my ears but I find it hard to move, I thought master already…

“Go in '' Claire gives me a little nudge and I stumble into the room to catch the woman wearing her clothes. She didn’t look fazed seeing me while is master sprawled on the bed with an expressionless look on his face.

I can feel my heart congest in pain and I am struggling to breathe. We just spent the most perfect night together and he is already fucking another woman now? Did I mean nothing to him at this point? Am I ever going to be the one he chose?

My thought is interrupted when master turns his attention to me and I can see something unfathomable in them, it is like his eyes are mocking me and calling me a loser.

“Why have you come here, Imogen?” He rasps out, his voice devoid of any emotions.

“I have come to see the new plaything you have created again” I scoff at my own answer, pain written all over me. This is when the woman passes by me and makes her way out of the room and I am wondering where I have seen her. A look of recognition flash across my face as I suddenly realize I have seen a picture of her in the master’s office, I didn’t realize she is back and even fucking my mate.

“You are misbehaving again, Imogen” I hear his voice and I jolt back to reality, he is standing directly in front of me and his hand cup my neck, “it seems like I dote on you too much and you have forgotten where you actually belong” his voice is laced with sarcasm which pierces through my bones, he is making a mockery of me.

“I can fulfil all of your desires, why do you need another woman to grace your bed?”

I am still talking when I feel something prick my neck and I see a needle dangling in master Athan’s hand and a devilish smirk playing across his lips.

“I don’t think you have the time to fulfil my desires Imogen'' he leaned forward as the hand on my neck grip tighter, “you have only three months to finish off your task or I will finish you off in person Imogen” I can feel the hate emanating from his voice, “I can create a thousand Imogen’s If i so wish”

With that, he let go of my neck and shoves me towards the door, “ you can leave tomorrow, It is already too late” after he is done talking, master walks out of the door without sparing me another glance. I can only gulp and tug at my heart, maybe this is the last mercy master will show me. My life is hanging on a thin thread which I must not cause to fail, Master is going to kill me and nothing is going to change it. Our perfect night memories are ruined but even in all this, I can't help but admire his retreating figure. Maybe this will be the last time I can look at him like this, a tear trickles down my eye and I close it, maybe everything is eventually over.