Sophia's POV"My guard said you asked to see me. Have you finally remembered where your mate is or do you need my men to jog your memory again?"."Can I at least get a glass of water? I'm very thirsty, my throat itches", I begged softly while my eyes were half closed. My tongue felt dry and the saliva in my mouth had dried also from all the screaming I had been doing. "Get her water". He commanded.Someone reached for the door and grabbed a pail of water. He turned back to me, "You can drink all of this when you give us a location".Water had never looked that good in my entire life.My throat itched more. "Okay". I was on the verge of fainting but revived myself. "I don't know where he is but I have reasons to believe he was headed to my stepfather's pack". I lied. I had nothing else to say."Why?".He snapped his finger before I had the chance to reply to him, "Don't tell me. He wants to make you his mate officially?" He raised an eyebrow at me.I still didn't get a chance to talk
Sophia's POV.I widened my eyes in shock. Was he willing to let me escape just because he liked me?My jaw dropped wide."I do but I can not afford to do that".I shook my head and returned to my normal facial expression "It is tempting to run away, however, I can not because I will be putting you in a tight corner. You have been too nice to me. I can not do that to you".He got up from my side with a smile on his face. "Don't worry, I can turn a blind eye, would you like to escape?".I wasn't sure.Was this a trap?How could he do this so easily? The punishments and everything else. Was he going to face them all because he liked me and I looked like his past lover? That was impossible."Won't you like to be free and safe? You need to take care of your child. If the boss comes back from his trip and meets you here after you had lied to him, I'm sure you would be killed".He cleared his throat, "In the most brutal way possible. You should think about that".He made so much sense with w
Sophia's POV"I let her escape. Please punish me!", I heard my helper say. My jaw dropped. "She is innocent. Please let her go"."Stop it, please!". I took a deep breath in. "I beg you. He had nothing to do with this!" I lowered my head in guilt. "Please, just let him go!" Our scuffle didn't stop anything for him. With the knife in his hand, my captor swung his hand at the helper's neck, and in one breath, I saw his neck fall from his head."No!!!!".His blood popped from inside and his body thudded on the ground."No!!!". I screamed."Yes!!!!" My captor yelled back. "Yes! Yes and yes!! That's what happens to people who lie. You think you'd be an exception, lie to me again and you will find out".His hands lowered to his side. He still held the knife in his left, it had my helper's blood dripping from it. I watched in horror, the lifeless body trying to survive.It was not too long after his head was cut off that his body stopped moving. I was still weeping when my captor stepped in
Sophia's POVInside his room, I found myself glancing around the walls. He had paintings of himself in portraits and landscapes. He had artworks too and a war armory. The feeling I was having from seeing all that was calmness. "Welcome", I heard someone open the door. "When I asked for you to undress, I didn't expect you to do it in the literal sense of it".He walked over to a wardrobe and brought me some clothes. They were all male clothes as expected. I took them from him and excused myself as I walked into the bathroom. "Thank you. " I came out not long after, wearing freshly cleaned clothes with my hair wrapped in a bun. "Thank you so much".He smiled widely. His eyes were on my legs and thighs. "You look lovely with clothes on".I sensed the sarcasm behind it. He was polite about it."You said your name is Sophia, right?".I nodded again. "You are?".He smirked. "I will tell you but in due time. First, why don't you have a meal to calm yourself down. I can see you've been thro
Sophia's POV.I waited for his axe to cut off my arm first but it never came. There was a minute of silence and then someone clapped.I opened my eyes to a half of its size to see what was happening. "Had they changed their minds and wanted to go boiling me in hot water?".I looked around to confirm and to my greatest surprise, all the men had left the table and were seated far from me. They held beer in their hands and had smiles on their faces."What is going on?"."I like her". Their leader said. "she doesn't scare easily. She is one woman I would have loved to have as a Luna. A woman who would easily take a shot at death for us. Wouldn't you agree?".They roared with laughter at once. A pang of sudden confusion hit me."What's going on?"."Alpha Brandon was not going to hurt you. He was merely trying to test you. He knows who you are and everyone knows how your father treated you. You don't need to explain".I pushed out a relieved sigh. Thank the moon goddess."Did you need to go
Brandon's POV.I stared into her eyes. She looked so pure and innocent. Sophia always had such beautiful eyes and an innocent soul. "What do you mean?".She opened her eyes, looking confused. "The start of what?"."Something beautiful".She looked stunned at what I had just said. "Alpha Brandon. I'm not sure I know you but I would appreciate it if you–Her hands went down to her stomach as she gently rubbed on it. I smiled again, I just have given her the wrong impression of myself.I chuckled. "Sophia. I didn't mean it in that regard. I would never have said it that way".She stopped."Then what did you mean? I'm a bit confused".I stood up from the bed and walked to the window. "I meant it in a brotherly way. I came because I had always admired you as a sister".The expression on her face softened. "I am still a bit confused"."Ever since you were a little girl, your pack and I had been on great terms. Your father was a friend of mine and your mother was an amazing woman. I loved
Sophia's POV.The next couple of days were better than the rest of my life.I had freedom. I was protected and more importantly, I was at peace with myself.It bothered me that I had not seen Derrick and I did not know how he was doing but aside from that, I was fine.All my scars had healed thanks to Alpha Brandon and his maids, once again, I was fine.Brandon had tried his hardest to give me the best comfort he could think of, even in the midst of not having as much as he had before his pack lands were taken from him. His men were not as terrible as they were to me the first day and as the days grew, they became friendlier.I didn't know how long it was going to last but I decided to make sure I enjoyed the peace I was getting."Alpha Brandon, we need to see you at the hall. Something has come up". A guard leaned over Brandon's ear to talk to him while I was playing chess with him.He whispered but I could still hear him. I think the pregnancy had increased my ability to hear better
Sophia's POV.Brandon didn't tell me who it was but he asked me to make sure I always had someone around."I will go with you", a guard said as I walked out of my room to the kitchen. I shook my head and waved my hand, "It's completely not necessary, trust me. This is not needed".He scoffed, "Only if you want the Alpha to break me into pieces".He walked me to the kitchen and back, regardless of what I said. I protested a couple of times but it still led to the same result. After some days, I grew tired of talking and simply went with the flow."Brandon", I called him when he entered my room. "Brandon, I need to speak with you".He asked me to carry on, "What could be the matter?"."What do you mean?"."I'm not comfortable with a guard following me head-on and not knowing the reason for it. What's wrong?".He sighed and grabbed a chair as he tried to sit by my side."It's nothing important. You don't have to worry yourself "."If it was not important, I'm sure a guard would not have