Chapter 6

My jaws dropped open as I gazed at his blank face, he didn’t seem fazed by his words.

“Don’t even think about running away again,” he added. It didn’t take long before we stopped in front of my room. He gently dropped me and nudged me towards the door.

“Go in, and be careful with your silly thoughts,” he said and before I could speak, he puffed away.

I trudged into the dark silent room and sighed tiredly, collapsing into the bed.

My adventure is completed.

The door creaked open and Mary walked into the room. She jumped at my sight and sighed.

I wonder why she always jumps at the slightest noise.

“Ma’am,” she bowed.

“Call me Deborah,” I said and she nodded.

“Would you like to eat anything?” she asked.

My rumbling stomach answered her question, she smiled and left the room.

My mind jolted back to Dominic’s words.

Does that mean that he can hear my thoughts from afar?

I groaned and banged my fist in the large bed.

That means that there is no escape plan for me. I won’t be able to get out of this skunk hole if he keeps listening to my thoughts.

I have to find a way to get out without him finding out, but how?

I slowly looked around the dimly lit room as an idea skyrocketed into my head.

“My phone,” I muttered, eyes glistening in hope.

But the hope diminished when I remembered that I left my house with nothing.

But then, I can still get out, right?

Yeah, I have to find a friend here, but what friend will be disloyal to the almighty Alpha Dominic?

I scoffed at the phrase, “Almighty my foot!” I stamped my feet on the ground and a sharp pain shot through my ankle.

“Damnit, I forgot that I’m wounded,” I mumbled and nursed my awakened wounded ankle.

I sucked in breath to prevent me from bursting into pathetic tears.

Did I mention that I am a crybaby?

I don’t think I did, my friends and family always taunts me about my crying habit. I cry over irrelevant kinds of stuff, kinds of stuff that I bring upon myself in the first place.

The last time my cries almost brought down our house was the day my high school boyfriend cheated on me with my best friend and broke up with me.

I promised myself that I would never fall in love or have a best friend again.

I’m not the type that keeps promises, I’m likely to break a promise a second after making it.

That was what happened with Julia, I met her in college and we became best friends. You will be shocked to find out that I asked her to be my best friend.

Things ended up as usual, she severed our friendship because of Casper, a guy who had a crush on me in college.

Funny enough, I rarely have friends, the ones I thought were friends will always end up betraying me. If I can’t have real friends in a normal world, how can I make friends in an…abnormal world?

“That’s human for you,” I mumbled.

“What?” I jumped at a voice behind me.

I turned around and sighed when I saw Mary standing by the door.

Mary strode towards a table and placed a tray on it.

“What did you say?” she asked.

“Nothing,” I shook my head.

My stomach rumbled loudly as I glanced at the large tray.

My cheeks flushed in embarrassment and Mary smiled.

“Come on, I can tell you are starving,” she smiled.

I stood up slowly but the itch of breathing in fresh oxygen outside this prison-like room stopped me.

“Uhm, glacier, I would like to ask for a favor?” I said and she raised her eyebrows in surprise.

“Favor?” “Go on,” she added.

“Can I eat out?” I asked and she craned her neck in confusion.

“Sorry, I can’t let you do that. The Alpha has instructed me never to let you out of the Pack.”

Pack? I never said pack.

I realized that I made a mistake by saying ‘eat out’.

“I don’t mean outside the Pack, maybe in a garden or something,” I clarified.

“Uhmmm,” she hummed, she was contemplating whether to grant my simple request. But I don’t think it’s a simple request to her.

I’ve always been teased about having good acting skills, it is time to display them.

“Please…,” I cooed, showcasing those puppy eyes that make even the strongest man succumb to my wish.

“If that’s what you want,” she shrugged and picked up the tray.

And, she also succumbed.

Phew, finally I’m leaving this breath-draining room to find a friend.

A grin of triumph danced at the corners of my lips as I shuffled out of the room.