CHAPTER 5- AWAKE SERENA'S POV

At first I didn't know where I was but it was the sunlight which poured in and made me open my eyes and knew that I was lying on a soft bed.

The only thing I remembered were heart-pounding escape, rogue wolves and panic.

 

I instantly regretted the motion as pain slammed into me.

After my fingers touched my fored , I realized was experiencing a throbbing headache similar to what happens when the skull is violently struck.

 I quickly blinked trying to dispel the fog. 

Where was I?

The floors were polished marble, the walls were tall and the rich atrs that hung on them all showed scenes of luxury. 

A commoner wouldn't have thought of it as a home. Right now, with the rush of panic returning I couldn't afford to daydream about stories. With my bare feet on the chilly marble ,I pushed off the covers. 

The room's height was the first thing I noticed, tall windows that let in enough natural light to confirm that it was no longer night. 

I forced myself to get up but my head hammered and my felt like jelly and I didn't know how to walk normally.

I was hungry, tired and felt like throwing up, I moved shakily to the window and when I stared down, I froze .

It was beautiful down below I might have enjoyed the expansive green space below me if I wasn't so afraid. But it wasn't enough to take my mind off the reality that I was trapped high up in what appeared to be a tower in a strange place.

 Other than taking a fatal fall, there was no way for me to get out of here. I took a deep breath, to try to quiet the raging inside of me. I ought to have been more appreciative of my existence, that I was saved by someone when I thought the rogues would tear me to pieces. 

But I was ignorant of far too much. I needed answers to too many questions. Before I could succumb to the panic that was tearing at my chest the door behind me creaked open.

 I turned and started to run but I stopped when I saw him. That man from last night. 

My breath hitches and a knot tightened in my stomach, I was scared, I wanted to ask  so many questions but my tongue betrayed me.

I didn't know what he really look like last night except that he was handsome but now I saw him. This eyes were forest green and those lips looked kissable.

Snap out of it , Serena.

“You're awake,”  he said. He seemed to be saying nothing more than a fact. 

With my back against the window sill, I stepped back. Though my legs were immobile, my mind begged me to do something—to run. 

“Where am I?” 

My voice cracked and I detested how weak it sounded. I cleared my throat and made another attempt. “Where is this place?.”

The man took some time to respond. He looked at me instead, his gaze darting to the way my body stiffened at the slightest noise. 

“You’re safe.”  he said as he moved in closer. “ Don't be scared.”

Uncertain whether or not I believed him, I swallowed hard. 

Safe? How could I feel safe here?

After everything I'd just been through after,almost dying at the hands of those rogues. 

“Safe?” I muttered a choked laugh. “You think I'm safe in a tower?”

 I could feel fear and rage combining inside of me. “ Who are you and why did you bring me here?” I demanded. “ I don't know you and you say I'm safe?”

 I backed up one more step and shook my head.

“I'm in danger. I'm not—.”

“Relax.” This time he spoke in a commanding sharp voice. The icy edge in his voice made me wince.” You're safe in this place. Nobody will harm you. “

He took one more step and I instantly flinched back as a wild panic took hold of me. “You are not going to die or whatever.”

I sounded confident but my voice was shaking as I demanded .

“Then why the hell am I in a room locked up in a tower?What you say doesn't matter to me. I'm leaving this place. I'm not sure what you want or who you are but—.”

 He cut in his voice a little softer.

“ You're scared. Your eyes show it to me.”

I swallowed hard, he shouldn't see, he shouldn't see how scared I was but I ended up saying another thing.

“ I'm scared of course.”

I fought back tears as my throat closed. “You think Im not? I'm not some weak little wolf who just gets captured and—.”

I shook my head .

“ Can you just let me go?”

For a moment his eyes wavered as though there was more to what he was saying than I could understand. 

“I'm not here to harm you and you're safe now. “

“I don't trust you.”I spat out, each word a sharp sting on my tongue. “I don't believe anyone.”

 Despite his eyes narrowing a little, he said calmly.

“ I didn't ask for your trust. But I'll have to work for it.”

As I attempted to make sense of everything my heart raced. My head felt like it was about to crack under the weight of all the questions I needed answered but there were far too many. 

He continued .

“Those rogues would have done so many things to you but I came through for you, you should be grateful. “

That struck me more forcefully than I thought, the fact that someone even if they were someone I didn't know well genuinely cared.  . 

He walked passed me and looked down the window as if he was expecting or hiding something.

“ Promise me you would do anything I say “ he said his tone carrying a hint of urgency.

“What,I- I—”

“Just answer me damn it.” He said just when I was about to respond there was a knock on the door.

“Open up now!”