ANYA'S POVI walked down the forest path as slowly as I could. I had been running for a few hours now, and I was tired. I knew that I had to convey my strength if I wanted to get out of this place alive.I looked down at the men's clothes that I was wearing. I hadn't planned to disguise my identity before I left, but as I made my way out of the Palace, I thought that it would be best to disguise myself so that I wouldn't be caught. I had taken a pair of male clothes that I found outside someone's house. It would help me cover up my identity.I thought about Abel. I had thought about him a lot since I left the Palace. I almost wanted to go back to the palace because of how much I was missing him, but I knew that I couldn't do something like that. I would only be getting myself in trouble if I did that. I won't ever be getting a chance to leave. I will just give up on Abel. He and I were never meant to be in the first place. I will just bury whatever feelings I have for him. I felt
ANYA'S POV"I told you you shouldn't have left without breaking the mate bond, right? Do you think that you can really run away from him without Andrei ever finding you?" My wolf asked me. She sounded like she was boasting. I did not have the time to pay attention to her. Instead, I was thinking about the fact that I could be caught and brought back to the palace. I looked at my disguise. I had done a really good job with it so no one would be able to discover that it was me. But what if they know that it is me? Will I be forced to go back to the palace? Just thinking about what Andrei would do to me if he did was enough to make me sweat. He would think that I have disrespected him by running away, and he would find the worst ways to torture me and make my life impossible! "I left a note for Abel. I told him that I wanted to be left alone. This was supposed to buy me some time to get out of here!" I could not help but complain to my wolf in a low voice.She sneered at me. "Do you
ANDREIWhat do you mean by you can't find her?! It has been a few days already! What exactly are you doing if you can't even find a woman? Why do you all work for me?!" I yelled at the guards. They had their heads bowed, and I felt even more angry! They can't even find her even though it has already been a few days!"Why are all of you so quiet?! Are there guards guarding all the routes that lead out of the palace?" I asked them. They nodded thier heads meekly. "Since you guys are guarding it, why can't you find her? What are all of you doing?!" I yelled at them. "Sir....I think that she might not have left the pack yet. She must know that we are looking for her now, and she must be hiding somewhere in the pack. Instead of guarding the gates to stop her from leaving, I think that we should check all the packs in the Kingdom. I think that we are going to find her if we do that!" One of the guards said. That was enough to make me lose my temper completely. "Do you think that she's a
ANDREI"You have tortured her until she could not take it anymore! She is your mate, for goodness sake! Why do you have to treat her as if she's some maid in the palace?! You let Ariana frame her, and you did nothing about it! You've been mean and cruel to her! No one would be able to take that kind of treatment! It makes sense that she wanted to get away from you!" He barked, his nose flaring in anger.I frowned at this. I felt anger taking over me but I didn't want to lose my cool. At least not right now. I hate to wait to find Anya then. "You've already said it yourself that she is MY mate. What does it matter to you how I treat her? I am going to do whatever I want with her! I don't need you to get involved!" I said. I was already pissed with the way he was always spending time with her. She was MY mate for crying out loud. If she needed help, she could have come to me. Why did she have to go to my brother all the time? Has she forgotten whose mate she is? As soon as I catch h
ANYAI walked a few more days before finally arriving at a new pack. I was happy to be away from Andrei finally. I did miss Abel, but I knew I had to do this. The pack I chose to go to was small. I wanted to avoid the spotlight and thought Andrei wouldn't bother looking in such a small pack. I was shocked when I arrived at the pack and saw that guards were standing just outside the gates..they weren't just guards defending the pack. They looked like they were questioning people entering and leaving the pack because they stopped everyone and asked them a few questions before allowing them inside. My heart was beating fast as I approached the gates. I wanted to turn back and leave, but they had already seen me. It would be suspicious if I just turned and walked away, and I was sure they would chase me. I had no idea why they were standing there, so I decided to go over and see what was happening. I had removed my disguise at this point, so I could no longer pretend to be a man. As
ANYAI looked at the Alpha and blinked. I tried to keep an expressionless look on my face, but my heart was beating fast against my chest as he looked at me. "Alpha Andrei? I have no idea who that is," I lied. "Are you sure that you don't know Alpha Andrei? He is the Alpha of the biggest pack around here. Are you sure that you don't know him?" He asked me one question two times and it made me feel as if he knew I was lying and wanted me to confess myself. I refused to say anything, though. I did not want to give myself away. If there's a chance that he doesn't know who I am, then I am going to take it and live my life as quietly as possible. "No, Your Highness. I have no idea who he is. I want to stay here. I fear that I might lose my life if I went back to my pack!" I said. The Alpha looked at me for a few more minutes and then nodded his head. He even smiled at me. "Fine. I believe your story. You can stay here!" He said. I almost jumped up for joy when he told me this. I fel
ANDREIA few hours ago, I was brooding in the palace, thinking about what Abel had said and how I was going to get Anya back. I was still thinking about what to do when I received a call from one of the Alphas of the smaller packs surrounding my kingdom. He told me that someone suspicious had arrived at his pack and had asked to live in his pack from now on. I immediately knew that it was Anya. I didn't have to see her face. I just knew that she was the oke. I immediately left the palace and travelled to his pack as fast as I could. I arrived there at midnight. I knew that since Anya was determined to get away from me, she would try something drastic, so I waited for her outside the motel. Just as I had suspected, she came down a few minutes after the guards and the Alpha of the pack had gone to bring her down. She was planning on running away. When I saw Anya's face, I let out a breath of relief that I didn't even know I was holding. I was so happy to have her back. As for h
ANYAI glared at Andrei as he said this. He glared at me, and I knew he would not hesitate to do worse to me. I scoffed at him. "That's the only thing that you can do, right? Think of ways to torture me?" I asked him. "Don't test my patience, Anya or else I can assure you that you will regret it. Where were you thinking when you decided to run away, damnit?! Did you think that you would not be caught? You think that you are so smart, don't you?" He asked me. "What I think is none of your business!" I said to him. I knew that I should stop to avoid getting in trouble, but I could not stop myself. I was so mad at him, and I hated Andrei a lot. He just turned away from me as I said this. "Take her to her room. Make sure that she doesn't come out. And if she ever runs away, know that all of you will pay for it with your lives!" He said. .....I was in my room. The curtains were closed, and I refused to open them. I just wanted to be left alone. As I thought about what to do, I hear