Chapter Five

My eyes were shut and my body numb but I could tell that I was lying down on something hard, like a floor or table. My hands and legs were tied down as well. The smell of something strange filled my nostrils, it made me want to gag. I felt drowsy and decided to give in to the sleep but just then I caught his scent and heard his voice.

I struggled to open my eyes but failed. It was as if my mind was awake but my body had shut down. My eyes opened after much struggling and the first thing I saw was a worn out looking sofa and a coffee table at the corner of the room. I looked up and saw a smoke pot hovering over my body. Not just that but a hand was connected to the mysterious pot. I traced it to a woman who looked like she could be between the age range of sixty to seventy. 

She smiled at me, " Ah Luna you're awake"" uh..who are you?" I tried to sit up but wasn't able to. My wrists and ankles were bound with ropes. I also noticed that she didn't have the scent of a wolf but a...witch!!!

All in that moment I panicked and started struggling to break free. " what do you want from me?!" I exclaimed as I continued my struggle. She just continued to smile at me and it creeped me out. " please relax, I'm just coverin-" she was saying until someone interrupted. 

" Yes just keep quiet and let her do her thing" my head snapped in the direction of the interrupting voice. He was leaning against a window, his arms folded and his eyes were on me, glaring as usual. I liked the way the moon highlighted his features. He looked even more glorious.

'Oh my gosh! he's so handsome and so ours....just look at those muscles...damn!'

'Shut up!!!'

I blocked my wolf out and returned his glare. " Why did you bring me here? Why am I tied to this table?where-"" Celeste you don't happen to have a spell to shut her up, do you?" He asked the old lady. She chuckled, " of course I do-""what?"" But I can't  do that, she's your mate and my luna" the witch called Celeste said.

I stuck my tongue out at him, he gave me a scowl. The witch started chanting some strange words, the smoke in the pot she held above me started pouring out the sides onto me like dry ice. I shivered as it gave me a tingly feeling.

This went on for a whole two minutes before she stopped and sprinkled some invisible thing over me then put the pot away. She untied me and helped me sit up. " There all done, Luna" she said " um.. I'm not the Luna, my name is just Clover" I corrected her with a smile, he rolled his eyes. 

" Thank you Celeste"" You're welcome anytime Phoenix" she responded. I got down from the table and followed them to the door. We stepped out into the cold night, I felt a little cold due to my ragged clothes and loss of heat from malnutrition. Speaking of that, I'm terribly hungry.

" Goodbye Celeste"" bye alpha, Luna" she said " I'm not... whatever goodbye" I muttered, She closed the door. He walked in front of me as we headed back to I guess the cellar. 

I'm not sure he's gonna do that...

Whose side are you on?

I'm not on anyone's side I'm just saying that if he went through all this trouble to cover your scent then it means that we're not going back there...

Whatever..

" Why did you bother to cover my scent when I'm not staying?" I asked " what makes you think I'd let you leave?" He asked without turning, " the fact that you don't want me here and I don't want to be here, so..." I said taking note of how my body didn't hurt as much as before, almost like the pain was fading. Must have been the witch.

He stopped walking and faced me, his glare unwavering even under the moonlight. " I know who you are, I know what you've done and I know what's coming for you if they find you"" what are you talking about?" I asked totally confused. 

He walked closer to me, " The werewolf committee is looking for you as we speak and there is a ransome for whoever catches you and hands you over...do you know what your punishment is?"" Uh.." he paused " death...they're going to kill you" he said. 

I stared speechless at him as I also tried to digest what I just heard. " Oh...so you're keeping me here because?" I asked, the tiny string of hope that I still had for him stretched. He wasn't saying anything.

" If you die then I'll be helpless and probably die, then my pack won't have an alpha and then, they will be forced to be ruled by the werewolf community. If you don't know, an Alpha's life is his pack. And my wolf wants you safe" he says.

Just his wolf. Not him.

The string of hope broke and I felt rejected once more by him. But I covered up, " Whatever" I shrugged. He muttered something under his breath and continued walking. 

We had been walking in silence for only goddess knows how long. But I didn't mind because I had my wolf keeping me company even though all she talked about was how muscular his back was and how his arms flexed anytime he moved. 

'Talk to him'

'No way...'

'Come on just do it...'

'No'

'Do it'

'N. O. No!'

'Aww please'

'Hmm..fine..I will'

I'm so not liking this but for my wolf since she likes him, " I'm guessing you're taking me back to the cell?" I asked " no"" then where?" I asked again " my place" he simply answered. I raised my eyebrows at him, " why?" He sighed " where else am I supposed to keep you?" He spat " You say 'keep' like I'm some kind of stray animal, how rude" I say.

"To be fair, we are wolves and you're a 'stray' aka 'rogue' and I never said that"" I am not a stray, you,you hypocrite" I said. He stopped walking and faced me, " Don't make me regret saving you"" Last time I checked, I didn't ask to be saved" I shot back at him. He scoffed, " yeah you're right, you didn't ask me to do it but I have to for the sake of my pack which you won't understand since you're a rogue" he snapped. 

He turned around and continued walking, " bastard" I mumbled and followed him. 

'This is why I didn't want to talk to him, this your fault...'

'Hey! I'm sorry okay, how was I supposed to know he would be a douchebag...'

'The fact that he always is one should have rung a bell...'

'It's sad that both of you don't get along but his wolf and I are getting on fine...'

'What?! You can communicate with his wolf?!'

'Yes..not directly but through radioactive wave type thingies...'

'So like mind linking?'

'Uhh...I guess'

'Hmm cool...can you tell him that his human is a complete ass?'

'He already knows..he says that he's very stubborn and doesn't listen to him sometimes...'

'Well he should listen to his wolf more since his wolf seems more reasonable than him...'

'Hmm...someone also needs to take that advice to heart...'

'Hey! Don't compare me to this childish windbag...'

'You're also childish'

'I am not childish...hmph!'

'Sure...'

Soon we were out of the woods and on a small path lined with small flower shrubberies. Up ahead was a beautiful storey building made of woods and bricks...and glass windows.

It was surrounded by tall trees and flowers. There was also a little lake by the side of the house. " Wow" I gushed silently at the way the water sparkled under the moon light.

We reached the front porch which was illuminated by yellow lights. He unlocked the door and let me in first. I was immediately welcomed by his scent. I took a deep breath to savour the sweetness.

He switched on the lights. An involuntary wince escaped from my lips and I closed my eyes from the brightness. 

It had been long since I'd seen direct light so it hurt. I followed him down the small hallway to the door at the other end of the hall.

He opened the door and we entered a large living room with black leather couches, a glass coffee table with a medium black and white rug under it, a large flat screen TV and a fire place. 

I noticed the absence of pictures in the living room. On my left side there was a large dinning table and another door space leading to the kitchen. 

There was a staircase leading to the second floor. " Are you going to mope or are you following?" His voice boomed, I snapped out of my daze and followed him up the stairs.

We went down a long hallway that had like four doors on each side. He stopped in front of the last door on the right side and opened it, letting me in first again.

To tell the truth, I wasn't expecting the room to be as big as this. I imagined a plain white room, one window, a small bed with white sheets and one pillow, and a wardrobe. It was far from my imagination.

The room was painted cream and the ceiling white with a small chanderlier hanging on it. The king sized bed stood between two floor to ceiling windows and was covered in cream sheets, brown and cream duvet and four pillows, two cream and two brown.

There was a night stand with a lamp beside the bed and two doors at the other end of the room. A flat screen TV was on the wall opposite the bed with what looked like a false fire place under it and a single sofa sat at a corner in the room and also a dressing table with a mirror. At the center of the room was a brown and cream rug. The windows were covered with transparent brown curtains. 

" This is your room, that's the bathroom and the other is the closet. You can find all toiletries inside the cupboard under the sink and towels inside the closet" he said " what about clothes?" I asked. 

He examined me from head to toe. The way his eyes swept over my body made me feel self conscious and uncomfortable. He looked back at me, " I'll go get some for you" he simply responded and left me alone in the room. 

I closed the door and leaned against it. 

"Finally...a shower" I said to myself and went towards the door he pointed out was the closet. I opened it and marveled at how wide it was. Empty shelves were spread out everywhere. I found the towels and noticed three sets of underwear hiding in between the towels, I blushed at the thought of him putting them there.

I took a towel and went to the bathroom. It felt like I was in another world entirely. There was a bathtub as big as a mini pool, a shower hidden within tinted glass with built in shower heads on the wall, a wide mirror with a wide sink bowl and a cupboard underneath. 

I moved towards the mirror and grimaced at me reflection. My red hair looked darker than usual, my blue eyes were dull, my skin was paler and stained with bruises and dried blood. 

I took off my shirt while wincing at the pains I was feeling. 

I fixed my eyes on my unrecognizable body. I had bruises, cuts, gashes and every other nasty injuries. It was the burn marks on my wrists that really caught my attention. It was red and irritated. 

And who's fault is it? Because I remember healing it after the chains were removed..

I did it for us and you can just heal it up again...

I'm not strong enough right now...

Maybe there is a first aid kit inside the sink cabinet...

I opened the cabinet. It had everything, tooth brushes, Combs, a blow-dryer, some bathing soap, shampoo and the first aid kit. 

I dropped on the sink and stripped out of my...rags then I went into the shower cubicle. I turned on the shower let it run until it turned hot before going under.

The hot water ran down my scarred skin, leaking into my wounds and stinging me. I pressed the shampoo on my hair and started scrubbing. I scrubbed until my scalp burned before rinsing off the soap. 

The water from my hair was brown and disgusting. I washed my hair three more times before bathing.

The soap smelled of coconuts and cool breeze. I made sure to scrub off every blood stain. After taking a shower, I brushed my teeth, treated my wounds and wrapped my wrists with bandages. 

I tied the towel around my body and came out of the bathroom. There were clothes on the bed for me, I grabbed them and went into the closet. I slipped on a pair of black underwear from the ones on the shelf then I picked up the clothes.

It consisted of some joggers and a large thin sweatshirt. His scent was on them, which indicates that they were his own. I slipped on the clothes on and brought the neckline of the shirt up to my nose giving it a nice, long sniff. 

'Hypocrite...' my wolf said.

I chuckled and walked out of the closet wearing a smile on my face. I sat in front of the mirror and smiled at my clean reflection. I opened a drawer and found a hair brush and a blow-dryer, it's been a while. I dried my hair and brushed all the tangles out.

'I wonder what he's doing?'

'Hmm...I don't.. but I'm hungry so I'm going to look for him...'

I dropped the brush and left the room. The house was quiet and I couldn't hear any other heart beat apart from mine. 

'Hmm... He's not here'

Heading down to the living room, I found the kitchen which was large by the way and had every and any cooking utensils or machinery...whatever they're called. 

But the bad part was that the refrigerator was completely empty. What the heck? Grooowwwl...

" Just great" I muttered.

*****

My tummy growled for the nth time and at the right moment, just as Phoenix came into the kitchen holding a plastic bag. He dropped the bag on the counter, " there are burgers and fries in there" he said and walked towards the sink.

I opened the bag and immediately started drooling. They looked so delicious that I didn't wait to attack. Sighing ever so slightly after taking my first bite, I asked, " where have you been all my life?" I took another bite " they're just a Burger and some fries, not salvation" Phoenix said.

" Well Mr Alpha if you didn't know this is my first proper meal since your guards refused to give me anything to eat and drink for like... I don't know..five, six, seven days? So please leave me in peace to appreciate this wonderful gift from the gods" I said " so you're calling me a god?" He asked.

I turned to face him, " uh..no you egoistical jerk...I meant whoever made it, I'm pretty sure it's not you"" sure" he simply replied and started heading for the door. 

" Aren't you going to eat?" I asked out of curiosity, " no" he replied and left. I returned to my food.

'So delicious...'

'So handsome...and dreamy and...'

'Annoying and rude and egoistical and obnoxious and big headed and a complete asshole..oh let's not forget a giant prick and a pain in my ass...'

'It's so fascinating how you get all of this in a space of three days!'

'You can say I'm observant...'

'We don't know much about him and you're already judging.'

'I'm sorry for being judgemental, but first impression counts or have you forgotten that he tried to kill us once?!'

'And whose fault is that?'

'I was only trying to help him decide...'

'By rejecting him? Clover you cannot reject an Alpha...it's like a wound to their pride...'

'Whatever I don't want to talk about it...'

'Fine...'

She broke the mind link angrily. " Pride my ass" I muttered and continued eating. 

After the scrumptious dinner I went back up to my room. My eyes were set on only one thing...the giant, soft bed calling for me to just lie in it and I did just that.

" So soft" I moaned and snuggled under the thick covers. In a matter of seconds I was dozing off to Dreamland.