04~A perfect lie

AUDREY POV

 I run until my feet start to hurt. But it doesn't stop me. I don't feel threatened,I only feel the need to survive. 

All this time, the only image that plays in my head is that of the mystery man. I feel so drawn to him, I feel attracted to him. 

In ways, I could never imagine. It's almost like my body pulled me towards him. Back there, I had an ache to trace my fingers over his defined abs and even kiss him. Was I crazy for feeling this way? Was I just being pathetic? 

He was a powerful man for crying out loud. I could tell from his aura. His scent was filled with dominance, He was a man in charge. 

But I still don't seem to understand where he is from.

Why had I not had the chance of seeing his face?

There are a lot of regrets whenever I think about that, i can tell that he felt exactly what I was feeling. He had not chased me when I started running. Only remained standing there, Like he was frozen.

The words he had shouted kept resounding inside my mind.

 Is it true? Is it possible? That the moon goddess has not forgotten about me and she had paired me with someone?. Yet someone so powerful and scary could only mean one thing.

He was an Alpha.

If he was indeed my mate, why did i not know? Of course, I felt pulled toward him and that can explain it all.

 My heart is filled with joy when I finally crossed the border, and I don't look back. I don't have the desire to see him. I can see the Warriors at a larger distance gathering in the backhaul. 

 I run faster and faster, sweats streaming down my rosy cheeks, my life was a mess. Did I not deserve freedom? Did I not deserve respect or to be treated like a normal werewolf? 

My dress is all dirty, perhaps from the struggle with the man in the forest. 

But that is the least of my concerns,when I finally reach the quarters and quickly ran up the stairs, my heart stops when I find none other than Marianne standing in front of my door.

“ Audrey!’’ That is the first time she had addressed me using my name and not some other stupid insults. 

I am so stricken with fear that I cannot find any words to answer her. She takes steady steps in front of me, She stares at me intimidating me. 

It makes me want to run,but I had done enough today. And running from her words only caused me much more trouble. 

   My mind trying to come up with the perfect excuse as to where I had been. punishment for leaving our quarters during the night was much worse than the punishment of failing to complete a task given to us.

“ Finally,’’ she says when she stands in front of me stretching out her hand as I flinch away, but she brings it towards my hair and pushes it back as if she had been kind all of a sudden.

“ Finally you learn how to make yourself useful. finally, you stop being a lazy useless b**** and you learned how to work,” she says these words with evil resentment. 

But the expression on her face does not tell me that she wants to hit me,and she isn't looking at me with the usual size of hatred.

“ So you woke up in the middle of the night earlier than all the other slaves to go and prepare for the coming of Alpha Heracles?’’ She says with a smile on her face.

 I am confused but I decided not to show it. I always remain quiet bowing my head and avoiding her eyes.

“You have learned so perfectly, you have become the perfect slave. You have shyed away from sleep and have finally prioritized what you are feeling born for. SERVICE!’’ She whispers the last word in my ear as though hoping to catch a reaction from me.

    But I don't know what's with her. And I do my best to avoid any emotions from showing.

“Tell me something, slave, what has motivated this admirable change of heart from you?’’ She asks me as she takes a step back.

“ I… I..” her fingers clasp my chin forcing me to look up at her.

“ Go ahead,tell me. Don't you think I would want to know what has motivated my most worthless and useless slave to have so much hard work and determination towards her daily job?” The selection of her words irritated me.

 She spoke about us like we were objects assigned to her. like we were not people, Not werewolves. But the only way I can get myself out of this situation is to face it, to tell her exactly what she needs to hear.

“ I wanted to avoid getting into trouble. That's why I woke up in the middle of the night and decided to go and work on it. I'm not yet finished but I want to make sure that everything is perfect before everyone wakes up.”

There is a big smile on her face when she hears this, And she is proud.

 What kind of wolf would be proud because the pain that she has put others in has anchored them to make decisions like this? Is this what she had always wanted question mark for me to have not had any sleep?

“That is very great Audrey. The Warriors will be happy when they hear this. It is at least great to see that one of my slaves has started using their heads.” She lets out a sarcastic hearty laughter after her statement.

 I scrunch my eyebrows with frustration wondering whether the comment was supposed to be a joke. 

But I don't show my disdain towards her. My expressions remain emotionless. The last thing I wanted was to have her thinking I was mocking her. 

“Very well. get back to your job Audrey. don't let me keep you here, slave.” 

 I bow my head at the reason and also her statement. My eyes are so heavy , all I want to do is shut them and go to sleep. The soles of my feet still burn. I'm so tired, but I wasn't going to get sleep anytime soon. And the lie I told was costly, much more costly than the truth.

 Because it meant that between now and the period when MaryAnn will decide to come to check up on me again, I needed to have finished all the work that I had allegedly done during the entire night and in the coming morning.

 I have made my bed and I was going to lie on it.