Carena:“What did you do?” I entered the hotel to find my sister yelling at me. It made me wonder if Sawyer had spread the news so quickly. He was obviously going to use my family to force me into accepting him. But why?Was he really that desperately in love with me, or had I become merely an object of his ego?It didn’t matter. The crimes he had committed made me afraid of him.“So, you heard,” I rolled my eyes, trying to head to my room when she grabbed my bag, and I almost tripped.“What the heck are you doing?” I yelled at her, freeing my bag’s strap. She went silent and hugged herself.This was the first time I had snapped at her like that. I was tired of her nagging and constant tears.“You will not yell at my daughter,” my father rushed out of his room, his finger pointing and his eyes red.I knew who he was defending, but the petty part of me wanted to show him he was not only her father but mine too.“Thank you, Dad. She was throwing tantrums at me,” I folded my arms and wat
Carena:"This is a big mistake. I didn't do anything," I protested, feeling every inch of my body heat up as the warriors surrounded me, one of them roughly handcuffing me."You must remain silent," the warrior hissed, applying too much pressure on my wrists.Something told me I needed to stop explaining and start resisting. It wasn't even my human side. I knew in cases like these I must let the warriors do their job, but my wolf didn't understand. She didn't know it was a crime to transition during an arrest.So, she did what we were not supposed to do. She began to transition. However, the moment my lips let out a small howl, I felt something pierce the back of my neck.I knew what had been injected into my body. My nerves started to feel the itch of wolfsbane while the warriors carried me to the troop vehicle.Soon, I drifted off. I wasn't supposed to. Wolfsbane shouldn't have caused me that much unease. I had been feeling tired long before the wolfsbane had even entered my body. I
Carena:Once Sawyer arrived, my mind began to be at ease. Crazy that I knew he was a killer, yet I felt a sudden comfort from his presence.He walked inside, taking long strides. His black suit looked so neat on him. Even in a dark room like this, his eyes shone beautifully."Come in here and tell me why she is tied to a chair like a criminal?" Sawyer yelled at his loudest, making them shiver and struggle to walk toward him."I didn't do anything," I almost whimpered, and he instantly ignored them, kneeling down to cup my face in his hands."I know," he uttered under his breath."We will let her go right now," Gavin whispered, but stood aside, waiting for Sawyer’s orders to proceed."She told us she knows Theodore and that we should call him for her, but we thought--" as Jim continued to explain himself, I saw something shift in Sawyer’s eyes."He is right. If she had used your name instead of calling for Theodore, we would have informed you and kept her in a much more respectful plac
Carena: He had left again and returned half an hour later. This time, he seemed like he had taken a shower and was holding a chicken wrap in his hand. The smell of food gave me so much pleasure. I had been starving, and I didn't even know how many days had gone by since I passed out at the bakery.“Here,” he said, sitting on the chair in front of me. He gently held my chin to bring the wrap near my lips. I didn't hesitate and took a big bite, consuming it instantly. The taste had never been so good. He made me eat half of it, and once my stomach was no longer growling, I focused on the main issue.“I have done nothing wrong,” I uttered, pleading with him.“I know. Don’t worry, I will get you out of here and take care of everything after you are done eating,” he spoke softly, using a tone that comforted my aching heart.“Thank you,” I replied with a smile. “I am not hungry anymore. Can you please get me out of here?” I was still shaking and feeling the wolfsbane in my system.“I will,
Carena:“You gotta answer me, Carena. You are wasting time at this point. I am here to help you but you need to meet me halfway,” he shrugged, his hands still in his pockets and his eyes sticking to my face without blinking.“Will we be married? Or will you release me after helping me out?” my voice trembled and so did my body but I wanted to know the answer to these questions before I made a decision.“Carena!” he shook his head in disappointment, his lips forming a pout, “in this life or next, i will never reject you. So, we are married forever.”I took a deep breath but it wasn't something that relieved me.“I'm being honest with you. And why would you be upset about it? Mates die to be with their mates and your mate is giving you his word that he wouldn't reject no matter what,” he was not wrong. I would have considered myself lucky had he not been going around murdering people.“Carena—Carena! Come on, you are taking way too much time,” he rolled his eyes casually as if it wasn't
Carena:“Huh!” as she scoffed loudly, she broke my attention back to her. Oh I have not missed her face. Leaving this mansion was so relieving. I remember my soul getting tortured here.“I am not even going to ask you where Sawyer is. I know you wouldn’t answer,” I hissed at her, remembering how she used to answer my every humble query.“Because you know where he is,” she shrugged her shoulders. I stared into her face in silence before she added, “wrapped around your fingers like nothing else matters to him anymore.”The way she hissed in my face, I felt her breath fanning on my skin. So, that is what had been bothering her?I rolled my eyes and pushed her aside, probably even shocking her because I heard a gasp from her. I wanted to go see what was going on. I had heard Sawyer talking about the pack members vandalizing whatever was left of my home and leaving weird notes via spray paint. He told me they were enraged and wouldn't back down until they got their hands on either me or my
Carena:“Get away from me.” I bent my knee to hit him between his legs, but he caught it and spread my legs, positioning his body between mine.“What are you—” My lips formed a big O, my eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.“What? You can hit me, but I can't make love to you?” he pouted, his eyes shamelessly examining my face.It was getting awkward as I was now bound to him, and subconsciously I was aware of what he was.A monster!“Where is my family?” I asked. Thankfully, he stepped away and set me free.“I have them in a safe place,” he uttered, walking away to his closet and taking off his coat.“Where? I want to meet my family. I want to know if they are fine.” I was yammering, using one breath to express all my concerns to him.“They are fine, Carena. They are in my care. And I will release them once you are done marking me. It is just that simple,” he spoke very casually, not even caring what I thought of him.“How can you be so—” he helped me finish what I was going to s
Carena: “The dinner went well, but you didn’t eat much,” Sawyer shrugged, walking ahead of me to the room.“You didn’t feel like talking to me first before planning a mating ceremony?” I grunted, and he barely slowed down to look at me.“You were fine with marking me. You were even going to mark me right now. So what is wrong with the mating ceremony? I think it’s about time that I tell the pack members their alpha king has found a mate, the best one,” he reached the bedroom door and held it open for me, making me hiss at him as I walked inside.My body was burning deep inside, my fists clenching.“We are not sleeping on the same bed, are we?” I instantly stopped when I saw him get into the room and head straight for the bed.“Why not? We are mates,” he shrugged, suddenly taking off his shirt. His abs were even more prominent than I remembered them from the last time. The cuts in his muscles made him look so ripped. I turned my head away and sat down on the couch.“I will sleep on th