Chapter Four

I jolt awake to the sun blinding me, I sit up straight a little where I was initially disorientated, my brain hadn’t quite remembered what had happened yesterday and where I was. But after a few short seconds, realisation of what did indeed happen came to mind.

I sigh looking around the room, when I first arrived here, I was much too preoccupied with the matter of escaping this place that I didn’t take time to have a look around. The room was quite big, probably double the size of my bedroom back at my apartment. The layout of the room seemed very rustic, whoever designed this place really liked the country vibe. There was a door in front of the bed which I discovered was the bathroom, which was also huge with a shower and a bath! To the left of that door stood a dark wood chest of drawers, which I’m unsure if there are any clothes in there to start with.

To the right of the bed stood a large bookshelf, many dark coloured books to match the dark wood of the objects in the room, it’s more than likely no one has ever read one of those books, they’re just for show which is sad in a sense. The bed was in the centre of the room, the base of the bed matched the chest of drawers with the dark wood colour, with white sheets and duvet while the pillows were black.

I had been moved to lay comfortably under the warm duvet by who I’m guessing was Asher, why did I allow myself to fall asleep in front of him? But he did help me with my hands last night so perhaps, he isn’t planning to kill me, or anytime soon that is. I still don’t understand that guy, first he kidnaps me and throws me over his shoulder without a care in the world. But than he’s worried over me being injured and comes to my aid, I really don’t understand him!

I take a look down at my hands which were still tightly wrapped up, thankfully, they didn’t hurt as much as they did yesterday, but they were still sore. Before I had the chance to move, the familiar sound of the door being unlocked fills the room. Asher pokes his head through smiling once he saw I was awake, he was soon walking through the door holding a plate of food in his hands.

“Breakfast.” He smiles closing the door behind him, the mouthwatering food reminding me I hadn’t eaten the food last night, so it’s now been way over a day since my last meal.

“I’m not hungry.” Is all I say which was the biggest lie I had ever told; my stomach was wailing in pain due to not a single scrap of food being ingested in an entire day.

“You and I both know that’s not true.” Asher tells me with a stern look placing the food on my lap, which only caused my mouth to water at the sight and smell, but I needed to hold firm. “What is it going to take for you to eat?” He asks once I had crossed my arms over my chest, this action preventing my hands from reaching over to grasp an item from the plate.

“I’ll eat when I’m able to go home.” I say laying down the facts, I’m very thankful he had helped me last night but that still doesn’t change the fact I was taken here by force!

I see his emotions change for a second, his once calm demeanour was replaced with an agitated one. He only has himself to blame for the way in which I’m reacting, does he think I’m just going to lie down and take the fact he kidnapped me against my will?!

“If you do not eat, I will have no choice but to force feed you!” He says in a growl like tone, his eyes once again like before a shade darker than what they normally are.

This action did cause a wave of fear to make its way through my body, which did make me contemplate whether it would be a wise idea to eat the food to prevent him getting this mad. But than I thought, if I give into him this time, he’ll think he can act this way towards me, and I’ll always bend to his will.

“Oh, forcing people to do what they don’t want to is a running theme for you don’t you think?! I mean I didn’t want to come here and tried to escape you, but you forced me here, didn’t you?!” I scream right back at him matching the way he was talking to me, I’m not the type of person to back down if someone attempts to square up to me.

My action does take him by surprise for a few seconds, but a smirk fills his lips as he gets a little closer to the bed and looks over at me slightly.

“I really don’t enjoy being spoken to in that tone mi amour, if you continue, there will be a harsh punishment that will follow.” He tells me in a dark tone once again, I just roll my eyes climbing out of bed and standing my ground just like he was.

“You don’t scare me Asher, trust me, I’ve dealt with men just like you on many occasions and never backed down and I’m not about to start.” I say looking at him the way he was looking at me, the smirk only continues to play on his lips as he takes yet another dangerous step towards me.

“I can assure you mi amour, you have never encountered any man like me before.” He growls out, maybe a step away from me at this point, but I still refused to drop to my knees and do whatever he wants.

“I beg to differ, there’s been many men in my life who are as arrogant and manipulative as you’re being, I’ve even dated a few.” I say looking him right in the eyes as I spoke, but as soon as the dated part left my lips, his eyes changed in the most terrifying way.

Before I had time to assess what was happening, I’m pulled forward towards him but than pinned up against the wall with him looming in front of me. His hands holding my forearms against the wall, his face so dangerously close to mine I could even feel his breath fanning my cheek.

“You’re mine! No other man will ever get the chance to lay a single finger on you now you’re in my possession.” He growls out his breath close to my lips, this action was the thing which caused me to freeze in place at the sudden closeness between us two.

“I have no idea where you’re getting that idea from, I’m not yours.” I say my mind telling me I had to fight back against what he was doing, even though my body wanted to do the opposite and give into him.

My comment only causes him to let out a low chuckle looking down at me, his eyes holding desire, anger but also, pride in a sense. He moves his face even closer to mine, his lips beginning to brush past my cheek, where intense sparks and a weird desire feeling starts to ignite in my body. I gulp at the feeling whilst attempting to shake it off, but the closer his lips would go towards my lips, the feeling would get more unbearable.

I begin to try and move my face away from his to stop it, but as I was pinned against the wall I couldn’t really get that far. Although, when he saw what I was attempting to do, he chuckles even more and moves his head where our foreheads touch, my head hitting the wall which meant I was fully trapped.

He looks me dead in the eyes before they fall down to my lips, the burning feeling began to make its way throughout my entire body at such a rapid speed, I thought I was going to explode. I could see he knew exactly what he was doing and was highly enjoying it. He than does something which I thought would cause me to melt into the floor, his lips brushed against mine where my breath hitches in my throat.

“I’m the only person who will ever make you feel like this.” He whispers against my lips; my body was begging for him to plant one on me, but my mind was telling me how bad of an idea that really was. “You will never think of another man in that way ever again, you’ll only ever think of my name.” He continues to whisper while I was transfixed on every word he would say, it was as though I was under a type of spell, he was putting me in.

Before I had time to respond, his whole face goes blank and he freezes on the spot. I only stare at him confused for a second, it was as though someone had hit a pause bottom and he was completely paused in time. But as quickly as he was paused, he snaps out of it and smirks down at me.

“I hate that I must leave to get some work done, but do not worry, we can commence this on a later date.” He whispers slowly before starting to pull away from me, but now he wasn’t so close, I was slowly leaving the trance he had put me in.

“I wouldn’t count on that.” I manage to say without my voice cracking, which took much more willpower than I thought it would.

“Oh, believe me mi amour, you’ll be screaming my name by the end.” He chuckles lowly at me, where once again, I had to use all of my willpower to stop the heat from rising to my cheeks.

“Funny that, you don’t even know my name.” I say chuckling myself in hopes to draw my attention away from what he was saying, but it felt as though he knew what I was trying to do.

He fully backs away from me where I instantly, miss his touch and longed for him to get even the tiniest bit closer. He looks me up and down for a second with his hands in his pockets, with a wink he turns and begins to make his way towards the door. I remained with my back against the wall which meant I lost sight of him, but I did hear the door open.

“I expect to see that plate empty when I return.” I hear his voice say which caused me to laugh again, even though I wanted to eat that food more than anything, I was holding my ground.

“Be careful what you wish for, the room may be empty when you return.” I say fighting back at what he was telling me, but when a laugh fills the room, I knew he didn’t believe that.

After a second, I hear the door being closed and the sounds of the key locking soon after. Once I was sure I was alone again, I sink down the wall until I land on the floor with my knees up to my chest.

What’s happening?

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Asher strides down the corridor away from the room his mate was in, the anger he had felt from her comment regarding other men still plain in his mind. How dare another man even consider touching what is his! He had to show his little mate what would happen if she were to discus another man with him, even though she enjoyed fighting back.

But he had to admit one thing, he did enjoy the way she held herself when he challenged her. It only proved to him what he saw back when he found her, she is extraordinarily strong willed and sticks to her guns, all the qualities of a perfect Luna.

He was unsure when the right time to explain to his mate why he had taken her and the drastically, different world she has been thrown into will entail. But he knew it had to be soon, now he has found her, and his wolf has been able to claim her as his, she will need to be marked or she’ll go into a type of heat. Any male wolf around will smell this and want nothing more than to take her as their own, which will only lead in their demise at the hands of Asher.

But the pain alone from heat will be excruciating for his mate, a feeling he never wants her to endure. This meant he had to find the correct time to explain to her, but with how she is acting around him, he knows that time isn’t going to be soon.

With haste, he enters the hall which leads to his office. His Beta Cameron had mind-linked him whilst he was talking with his mate and told him they had things to discus, Asher wanted to get this conversation out of the way so he could head back to his mate.

Once he walked through his office door, Cameron and his mate Becky stood in the middle of the room their hands all over each other. This interaction only caused annoyance to spread throughout Asher’s emotions.

“You call me down here in a manner of urgency, but I walk in to discover you and your mate fornicating with one another.” He growls out closing the door behind him, his action makes Becky embarrassed and uncomfortable but Cameron, laughs watching his old friend walk deeper into the office.

“We were not fornicating, but it may have led there if you didn’t walk in.” Cameron smirks which only makes Becky that much more uncomfortable, while Asher took a seat at his desk sending his friend a deadly look. “I can only assume you are in this mood because your own mate is still protesting you.” Cameron says feeling sorry for his friend, there is nothing wrong with being mated to a human, but it is much harder to get them to trust and accept what is happening.

“She is fighting me at every corner, even down to eating and drinking, she has not eaten a scarp of food or drank a drop of water since arriving here.” Asher confessed placing his hand on his face in frustration, he was unclear of what he could do now to try and make his little mate eat, but he was at a loss.

“I don’t want to seem as though I’m poking fun but when I learnt your mate was human, I spoke to a doctor to see what kind of differences we can expect because as your Beta, it’s my job to access the situations and see what blocks we may face.” Cameron begins to explain, which caused Asher to lift up his head and send his friend a look to continue. “It’s believed, humans can go sometimes 21 days without eating, but only 3 days without drinking. If she has been here for almost a day and has yet to have a drop of water, it’s dangerous. We can go a lot longer due to our wolves, but she doesn’t have that.” He finishes with a worried look, but his comment does cause Asher to rise from his chair and begin to pace with the worried thoughts surrounding his mate.

“How about I go speak with her, you know woman to woman?” Becky interjects before Asher’s blood pressure gets any higher, he turns to look at her not sure initially.

“I mean what have you got to lose at this point, Becky may be able to get through to…. we really need to learn her name because I honestly, don’t know how to address her at this point.” Cameron says now placing his hands on his hips, people could also rely on Cameron to be a sort of comic relief in tough times, which is one of the main factors which led to Asher appointing him as Beta.

“Very well but remember do not discus mates or wolf like things at all with her, she is not ready to hear that.” Asher sighs handing Becky the key to the room eventually, understanding he may not be the person to persuade his mate to eat, but it’s in her best interests that she does.

“Don’t worry, I’ll keep to persuading her to eat and you never know, I could learn her name.” Becky smiles being optimistic, she leans over placing a kiss on Cameron’s lips before leaving the office to talk to Asher’s mate.

Asher watches the encounter where annoyance takes over his expression, why can’t he and his mate act like that with one another?