Chapter 5

Killian didn't lie when he said the girl before him was prettier than his daughters, but that wasn't why Grey accepted to take her. He was taking her because she was his mate, and that, no one knew, not even her.

Grey made Maya stand properly as he turned to Killian. "It is settled then," Killian said with a nervous smile. He was glad that he his conniving tricks had worked.

Grey turned sideways. "Ready the car, we're leaving," he said to the three gammas that came with him, and they immediately went to do his bidding. Maya could hardly believe her ears. She was going to leave the Oasis pack to the dark moon pack. Was that not like jumping from frying pan to fire?

She turned pleading eyes to Killian. "Please alpha, don't do this to me," she pleaded softly. 

Killian ignored her and turned to Grey. "You can take her away," he said, and Maya's heart ached. Why was fate being cruel to her? What wrong has she committed to be a living soul? She wondered in confusion and hurt.

"You don't tell me what to do, old man," Grey said, his eyes narrowed at Killian, and he immediately apologized.

Grey held Maya's hand, and turned in the direction of the door. Maya took her hand away from his, as she felt the large hand, calloused with years of hard work touch hers. "I will not go with you," she said to him in a determined voice, and everyone gasped at her audacity.

Grey stared at her, as he narrowed his eyes. "Repeat what you said," he said.

Maya gritted her teeth, as she looked at him. "I'm not going anywhere with you even though I don't like this place," she said, and everyone gasped again. Was she seeking for death? No one speaks to the Alpha of the Dark Moon pack with such audacity.

"What's wrong with you, Maya? Can't you be quiet for once?" Riley said, in a tight fake smile. She attempted to come closer to Maya, but, Grey raised a finger, stopping her, without his eyes moving from Maya's face. He immediately got hold of her name.

He stared at her, a little twinkle of amusement flashed in his eyes, and just as it came, it was gone. "I don't need your opinion on this matter, neither do I need your approval before I take you. You're mine now," he said, and she flinched at the sound of it.

"I refuse to..." She began, but could not continue as she was swooped off her feet by Grey in a bridal style. She was too stunned to react, as she found herself holding on to his shirt.

"I do not have the time to banter words with a woman," he said, as he strode out of the pack house. All eyes on him, as he held Maya in his arms. The omegas were relieved that he was gone with her, but deep down, a jealousy sprang in their hearts, but, they all had a common belief, that she wouldn't last seven days in the Dark Moon's territory, and definitely not in the hands of Grey Stone.

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Grey placed Maya in the car, already opened by one of his gammas. The door was closed, and he went over to the other side of the car, and the gamma quickly opened the door for him. He got in, and the door was closed.

He leaned into the seat, his eyes closed in thought. The woman sitting beside him felt familiar, but, he could not tell where he had seen her from. 

Maya looked out the tinted window, as the car drove out of the territory. Just when she was thinking she would never escape from the Oasis pack, she has just being bundled out against her own will. She buried her face in her hands, as she sobbed silently, for fear of what cruel misery was waiting for her in the Dark Moon pack. She had no fair knowledge of what the man seated beside her was capable of, and she feared greatly for her life. She was mated to him, and yet she felt like he wasn't her mate. Every normal wolf would have voiced it out if they were mates, but he said nothing. This made her doubt if he was.

She lifted her face from her hands to stare at him, and she noticed every details of his face. With his eyes closed, she noted each symmetry lines, his full arched brows, his sharp pointed nose, and his chiseled jawline. His black hair in strands of slightly messy curls, giving him an arrogant roguish look. His lips were firm, with stubbles of moustache on his upper lips, a bit of beards from his jaw to his chin. Everything about him screamed forbidden and dangerous.

"You can stop looking now," Grey said with his eyes still closed. "I do not like glances being stolen at me without my permission," he said.

"Why did you take me? Why am I here? Why did you accept me, and not someone else?" She asked, all at once.

He kept quiet without giving her an answer.

"Answer me," she demanded, without an hint of fear despite her heart racing hard against her chest.

"If you don't stop wagging your tongue at me anyhow you please, you might end up putting it exactly where it belongs," he said, his icy blue eyes fully on her.

"It belongs in my mouth," she said.

"Yes, but it also belongs in a long piece of manly flesh," he said with a little tweak of his lips, and Maya's eyes widened in puzzlement.

"What are you talking about?" She asked, inquisitively.

"Don't act dumb with me," he said, and eyed her, before closing his eyes again. "Now, shut up," he said, in a deep drawl, that Maya had no choice but to sit still and utter not another word.

They got to the Dark Moon pack house, and Maya was awed by as she gazed at the magnificent building. Two gammas opened the door at each side of the car, and they both stepped out. Maya was rooted to the spot as soon as the car door was closed. Her fears came again as she realized she would be walking into another pack with hate and nothing but despise for her. She shuddered at the thought of it, as memories of her sufferings eluded her, as she began to shake visibly, accompanied with the fact that she had been starved for a day and half, she slumped, but before she could hit the ground, Grey was quick to hold her before everything blacked out before her.