Back To Where It Began

Euthalia’s Pov

PRESENT DAY

My wolf, Anastacia had picked on the feel of them immediately and I panicked.  My heartbeat increased at an unbearable rate and my hands flew to my chest as I ran further into the mansion. 

They were here now and were going to take me with them. There was no going back!

“Euthalia?” Eddie called out. He had managed to house me in his pack and I was happily playing the slave. 

I managed to mumble a reply from the back of the wardrobe but he found me in seconds. 

“What are you doing here?” he asked, with his brow cocked upward. He had seen much of my misbehaviour, so he wasn’t shocked. 

“They are here for me. They’ve come.” My voice shook greatly with fear.

He almost threw his head off his neck while laughing. “Nobody dangerous is here. Just a few people from neighbouring packs that were conducting surveys.’’ 

‘‘We just need to answer some questions, and we’ll be back inside.” He shrugged. 

I read something in his smile, a kind of sadness. 

I pushed the thought aside, believing I was overthinking it and slowly headed outside.

Aren't they wolves? Or were they hiding their scents? I wondered as I saw people standing in the yard, dressed in black. 

I tried to sniff, to get their scents- I got nothing!

“Good evening madam,” the taller one with a scar on his face said, with a small smile. 

“I heard you wanted to conduct a survey,” I said nervously, biting my lip. I had barely spoken to anyone for the past two years. I turned back, making sure Eddie was there. He was staring at the men curiously. 

“Yes,” they said, repeating the same thing that Eddie had told me. 

“Can't you come back tomorrow? When the day is bright?”

They both shook their heads. “We have a deadline to meet.”

Enticed by their sweet words, they managed to pull me away from the servant quarters to ask their questions. 

Each step I took made me feel like I was walking into another danger trap and I couldn’t push the feeling away. 

The men suddenly took off their face caps when we had walked some distance.

“Antonio?” I asked in shock, as my knees gave away in recognition of the faces. 

I was right. They were the exact people that I had been running away from. They found me!

“You remember me, Ma’am?” he asked with that same fond smile. 

I went on my knees immediately. It had been two years since I had seen him, and I didn’t want to be around him. 

“Please, just leave me alone.”

“And what shall we tell the Alpha?” Vincenzo, the other one asked, frowning with impatience. 

“You didn’t see me, please.” I pleaded again, my two hands joined together. 

They appeared deep in thought, supposedly remembering all the favors that I had done for them in the past. 

With a shake of the head, they both picked me up, getting a hold of each arm.

“He knows you’re here already. The whole pack knows.” 

I stop breathing immediately. 

Does it mean I will get to see my mom again? She never looked for me all these years. Was she eager to see me?

Without a word, I let them put me in the car. It was useless running away again. 

I looked out of the car one more time, making out the small silhouette of Eddie in the background. I looked away immediately, he had some nerve to watch us after he had just betrayed me.

I tuned out immediately, only coming back to my senses when Antonio touched me calmly. 

“We’re here, Luna,” he said, making me cringe at the sound of that title. Vincenzo walked out of the car immediately. 

“You know you shouldn’t call me that. Only the Goddess knows why he has called me back here. I can still hear him accusing me of all those things.”

Antonio closed his eyes for a bit. “I wouldn’t be telling you what they want to do with you, but you’re back to the pack, Luna.” 

He turned back and looked straight into my eyes. “You’re back to the pack. You finally have the chance to prove yourself.”

Before I could even process what he said, he was out of the car, holding out the door for me. 

I packed the flare of my red dress in my hands and looked around the palace.

They had changed a million things. Every single design that I had installed was stripped away. 

I swallowed hard and looked up, picking on the familiar scent that had tormented me for years on end. Just as I thought, he was there, looking down at me with his hands in his pocket. 

Anastacia lost control at the sight of him. Sure, she was angry, but she wanted him. Needed him! 

I shut her up immediately, tipping my chin up, and walked into the palace. 

His mother was there, just as I thought. She was on her swing and stopped abruptly at the sight of me.

“Who asked you to come here?” she questioned in a loud displeased voice. 

I noticed how the maids came out of their quarters, wanting to see the new drama that was unfolding there. 

“Good evening, mother-in-law,” I bowed slightly and said boldly. “Your son had asked guards to abduct me from the comfort of my home.”

“You mean Andrei had men abduct you?” 

Before I could even answer her, Andrei walked down the stairs with his eyes firmly on mine. My body trembled a little at his gaze but I decided to be brave. I was way past that. 

“We need to call the whole pack into the palace now,” he said at once to a guard, standing right beside his mother. 

I looked away at the sight of the both of them standing side by side. 

“What do you want to do?” I asked, obviously obstructing him and his mom’s mind link. A smug smile appeared on her lips, and I wondered what he said. 

“It’s about time I reject you.”