Ella's POVI rubbed my belly, feeling full. I had missed roasted food. The fishes we caught were much that it was a surprise to us."Who could have known that such a small river would have many fishes resting in it?" Loki smiled, chewing his sixth fish.I smiled and nodded at him in response, showing him I was thinking of the same thing. I had had my bath and loved how fresh and neat my skin felt. I was in bliss, feeling neat and satiated.I would like to sleep now but I knew that wasn't possible. I knew Kevin would want us to move quickly so we can cover more grounds while it was still daylight."Are you all full?" Kevin asked.I smiled to myself, knowing what he wanted to say. He could be so predictable at times it was amusing."Yes." We all replied."Let's take a break for one hour and leave." Kevin said.I was shocked, as were his men. We had spent two hours with making breakfast and I thought he would be pissed that we were wasting time.He chuckled as he saw the expression on ou
Ella's POV"Glad you made it." Liam beamed as we joined the other guys. "For a while, I though you saw another set of beasts and couldn't make it."I snorted. "If we had seen beasts, you would have heard us fighting them."I could see Kevin looking at me from the side of his eyes and knew that he was amused. He shook his head at me and I hid my smug grin. I was really spoiling for a fight, that much was obvious.I wished we could meet with the rogues so I could get my revenge on them, especially the bastard who had sold me off to slavery.I glanced at the slave mark on my wrist, hissing low at the distortion on my skin. I thought of Dalsa too and hoped that she was making progress on her journey, better than we were.I wished I could reach out to her but there was no way to. Our society wasn't like the utopia town. The world of the supernatural wasn't built like theirs and I guessed it was because they were mostly humans and didn't have abilities like we did. The utopia town was a mod
Ella's POVWe walked faster now after seeing the fire, without needing Kevin to motivate us. We got to the settlement fifteen minutes after we saw the fire they had lighted up.The people living there were gathered round the fire, talking and laughing as if they were having a family gathering. They were not more than thirty—men, women and children—round the fire and I wondered if that was all they were.It was no wonder the fire was burning brightly as it was for us to have seen it from the far distance we had. It had to be wide for them all to be able to sit round it.They didn't notice us immediately and it wasn't until we got closer to them that they did. They jumped up and glared at us as they saw us. Fear was written all over their faces and some of the men brought out swords from behind them while waving at the women and children to get behind them and get to safety.The women and children though ushered to safety still huddled at a far distance and peeped at us, curious to know
Ella's POV I had tears in my eyes as I looked at the marks on the wrists of everyone, even that of the children. I knew how hard their lives would have been. After all, I had lived their lives and been in their shoes. I couldn't imagine how anyone would be cruel to enslave children. Even as werewolves that we were, with wolves living in us, we were less beastly than the bastards living in utopia. "You must have seen hell in utopia town." The leader asked. I hesitated, wondering if it was a test or a means to bonding with them. I decided to be honest. "I was sold as a sex slave to the count." I said. Someone hissed among the crowd. "I heard he is a pervert. I guess the rumors about him were true." "Were they all sold as slaves?" "No. They came to get me from there." I glanced at Kevin and then back at the leader. "I'm his mate." "Mate?" The leader looked at me. "You are werewolves." He stated. I nodded. He nodded. "You are welcome to stay with us before you continue on your
Ella's POVI took my time in the bathroom, hoping that Kevin would be asleep by the time I get back in. I didn't want him to know how much I was affected by him.I could feel desire swirling in my belly. I knew he could sniff the arousal on my skin but I wanted to keep my body language a secret.He had his eyes closed and his hand resting behind his head when I walked back into the bedroom. I was relieved when I saw that he was asleep and unwrapped the small cloth around me, drying off my skin.I felt eyes on me and rebuked myself for being paranoid. Kevin was asleep and there was no one else in the room with us. I turned and gasped as I saw Kevin leaning on the bed and looking at me."What!" I squeaked, the cloth falling off from my hand. "I thought you were asleep.""I was but woke up when I sensed you.""Liar." I scoffed, bending down to pick the towel."Leave it." He growled, his eyes filled with lust and burning into my skin."I won't." I shook my head and picked the towel back u
Ella's POVI choked for breath and fought for my life. I clenched my nails on the fingers around my neck, trying to pull them off and my eyes swarm with tears as I realized that I was slowly getting unconscious as his hands tightened on my neck.I was losing and he was winning. The bastard leaning above me was grinning and I let go of his hands around my neck that I was holding on to and reached up with my hand, groping to claw at his face.He was killing me but I wasn't going to go down with that sick grin on his face as I went down to my demise. I wanted to yank it off.He laughed at my attempt to pull at his face. "You can't get closer to me.""Why not get your face closer to mine and see if I will die alone?" I choked out my words.He responded my wrapping his hands tighter around my neck and growled, his eyes flashing with hatred. "Die, bitch.""I won't." I rasped.He tightened his hands, crushing my head into the ground. "Let's see how far you can hold stubbornly to your life."
Kevin's POV My head snapped to him in shock, wondering how he knew that Ella was having nightmares. He chuckled at my shock. "Don't be surprised. We have all been slaves at the utopia town and have passed through what she is passing through at the moment." "I know. It's called trauma. She will get over it. She is having nightmares about the man who captured and sold her to slavery but that is because we have history and unfinished business with him. I'm sure she will get over it." He smiled, shaking his head at me. "You are more innocent than I thought, wolf. It's not because of any history she has with the person who sold her off to slavery, it's because of the slave mark on her body. Every slaves who escape from their masters without being set free experience it. We all had nightmares when we ran away from our masters and never had any history with our captors till we were sold off." "Really?" I was stunned, at a loss for what to say and hated that I was wrong. "Yes. I didn't
Kevin's POV "Where have you been?" Ella said as soon as she saw me walk into the bedroom. I had been worried about waking her up for the trip and disturbing her sleep but I shouldn't have worried. I was relieved I wouldn't be disturbing her though seeing her awake already didn't make me happy. It meant that she had barely slept again. "Another nightmare?" I asked, afraid of what the answer was. She smiled as she shook her head. "No. I woke up when I couldn't find you beside me." "I'm here now." I smiled as I moved forward to give her a kiss on the head. "Yes, you are." She smiled. "You don't have to make us stay here because of me. I'm sure I can deal with the nightmares. The men who want to be home shouldn't have to suffer and kept waiting because the mate of their alpha is going through a phase. I will be stronger, Kevin, for myself and everyone else." That was my girl. I smiled at the strength and spirit in her. "I know you are strong, mate, and I would be a fool to doubt t