Chapter three

CHAPTER 3:

"What do you mean?" Roman asked back immediately. He was incredibly confused about what was happening and why Dianne was behaving weirdly.

"The tattoo…" Adrianna said, in a low voice. She could remember seeing exactly the same tattoo when she saved a man in the forest near the orphanage.

"It's just a random tattoo." Roman replied with a smile on his face and then grabbed Dianne's hand.

"What are you doing?" Adrianna asked, she was incredibly irritated by the way he was dragging her continuously.

"Let me go!! I want to leave." She tried to fight but she was subdued by Roman.

He then carried her to the bed and then cupped her beautiful face.

"I'm sorry, Dianne. I can't let you leave me again." Roman said and then stood up from the bed.

"Get some rest, I'll get you something to eat. You need energy when you face the pack." Roman declared and then turned to walk out of the bedroom.

"Wait!" She suddenly called out before he could disappear behind the door.

"What's your name?" Adrianna asked.

Roman, on the other hand, felt a burst of pain in his heart, "I'm Roman."

He was hurt that his mate didn't even know anything about him. After a deep look at Adrianna, he walked out of the door.

Adrianna was speechless as the door slammed shut. She wondered if Roman was sick in the head.

How could he mistake her for someone else named Dianne?

"How do I escape from here?" She asked herself and then stood up from the bed. She had enough rest and she wasn't about to get more.

She walked toward the window and then realized she was a few floors away from the door.

She then saw people standing guard outside. The whole surrounding looked really wide to her and it was like a palace.

However, Adrianna was quick to brush off that thought. Why would she be in a palace?

"Am I mistaken to be Princess Dianne?" Adrianna said to herself, letting out a burst of mocking laughter.  

Adrianna continued to look out of the window, in order for her to escape. She tried to open the door but it was shut extremely tight.

"What do you think you're doing?" Roman's voice suddenly rang out in the bedroom.

"What?" Adrianna's head whipped to the side. She was suddenly scared, her hands placed on her chest.

"What were you trying to do? Do you want to escape?" Roman asked, as he moved closer to her. He had a scary expression on and a tray of food in hand.

Adrianna could perceive the aroma of the food and her stomach growled in hunger. She hadn't had anything to eat in almost a day. And at the sight of food, she was about to collapse.

"I guess you're hungry." Roman said out loud while gesturing toward her stomach. On the other hand, Adrianna was embarrassed by the sounds from her stomach but then she wished she could drag the food away from him.

For a moment, Roman forgot about her trying to escape and walked forward to place her food on the bedside table.

"Come eat. You need a lot of energy. In one hour you will have to face the pack. They have been waiting for you." Roman declared.

"Pack? What's a pack?" Adrianna asked in a confused tone as she moved away from the window and then sat on the bed."

"You're really asking me that?" Roman asked. Even though she was acting like a fool, how could she not know what a pack meant? That was how Roman thought.

"Yes, what's a pack? I only know of packs of wolves." Adrianna said innocently. But then she was suddenly reminded of what she had seen in the hotel room before she passed out.

She immediately scooted away from Roman. Her eyes showed the dread she felt at that moment.

"Can you transform into a wolf too?" Adrianna asked. His words reminded her of Lucy. The dread she had felt then was coming back in ten folds.

"Please, don't bite off my head." Adrianna pleaded in a squeaky voice.

Roman was rendered speechless and then he said, "You know what? You don't need to address the pack. They just have to know that you're back." Roman concluded and then stood up to his feet. He decided to just let her be.

"Can you at least let me go? I don't belong here." Adrianna yelled as Roman walked out of the door.

Immediately Roman was out of the door, he came face to face with his cousin.

"Hey, what's wrong with Dianne?" Roman's cousin asked, her brows scrunched into a frown. She had heard Adrianna's words, whom she had mistaken to be Dianne.

"Nothing…" Roman answered simply and then walked away.

Days passed and Adrianna had been staying all day in Roman's bedroom. She was starting to get suffocated. She couldn't even escape as everywhere was tightly guarded.

She didn't even have the time to find out what had happened to Dave and Lucy.

As she paced around the room she decided to go out of the bedroom. She didn't need a stranger to continue to control her life.

"For f**k's sake, I could be in the territory of wolves!!" She said to herself. She had read a lot of fantasy books about Werewolves but she never believed that they existed.

Immediately she placed her hand on the door, she heard the door opening from behind.

She was quick to move away from the door, guessing that Roman was about to enter. However, when the door opened, she saw that it was someone else.

It was Roman's cousin.

"Who are you?" Adrianna asked cautiously. Strange things had been happening around her. Strange people appeared in her life, she knew she needed to be cautious.

"Tch!! You don't know me? It shows you're fake. Why are you here?" Roman's cousin asked, her face scrunching up in disgust at the sight of Adrianna.

"I'm not fake!" Adrianna yelled. At least even though she didn't want to be here. She wasn't in someone else's body.

"I know you are. You are not Dianne!" Roman's cousin yelled back and Adrianna stumbled at the sound of her voice.

However, she was glad that someone was able to tell her that she wasn't Dianne. But then before she could say anything, Roman's cousin beat her to it.

"I don't care if you're fake or not. You're not Dianne and you will never be. You're just a replacement for Dianne and in due time you will be discarded."

Those words were said to Adrianna and she stood frozen in shock. She couldn't comprehend what was happening to her anymore. Adrianna watched as Roman's cousin walked out of the bedroom.

"I need to get out of here…" Adrianna said to herself. She couldn't stand the negativity. She quickly ran toward the door and then tried to open it. However, it was locked!

"What!!" Adrianna said in disbelief. She was being locked up like a prisoner.

"Hello! Hello!! Is someone there?" Adrianna yelled as she banged on the door. She was desperate to get out of that hell hole.

Suddenly, the door was getting opened and Adrianna moved away from it. Immediately it was opened, she tried to rush out but she was stopped by Roman.

"What is it?" Roman asked in a low tone. He could see the look of distress in her eyes.

"Stop looking me up. I need to go. I don't belong here." Adrianna said and tried to go out again but she was stopped.

"What do you mean? I never locked you up. You can go anywhere you wish. I'm not stopping you." Roman replied.

He could never lock up someone who was his mate. He noticed the way she was turning frantic and then he immediately pulled her into a hug.

"It's okay. I'm here." He whispered in her ears. For a while, Adrianna wasn't stable. She continued to fight against his hold but after some time she got comfortable.

His embrace was incredibly comforting which Adrianna found weird. She had always craved a warm and loving embrace from her parents or a loved one but then she couldn't get it.

Roman's embrace gave her everything she needed.

"Are you okay now?" Roman asked and Adrianna nodded her head slowly.

He was relieved and then said, "Come to bed." His voice was calm and Adrianna followed after him.

"You have me here. You don't have to worry." Roman tried to comfort her. Adrianna looked at him and was greatly touched.

"It's obvious you really loved your wife, Dianne." She said immediately she got settled into bed. Also, she thought that he didn't look one bit like a werewolf.

"Lucy is sinister and he looks kind and innocent. They are in stark contrast." Adrianna naively thought in her head.

"Of course, I love and care for you. You're my Dianne. I don't…" Roman started but he was quick to shut up when he saw her expression. He knew she was about to deflect his claims.

"Alright, you're not Dianne." Roman relented. His heart clenched in pain at the thought of denying his love for Dianne.

"I feel like everything is a dream. How did I get here?" Adrianna was finally able to ask that question.

"One moment I was in a hotel room with two people and the next I saw that I was here. Does it make sense to you?" She asked, her expression showing that she was desperate for answers.

"You didn't know?" Roman asked, amazed at her thought process.

"I found you at the auction house. I guess you were dragged there against your will." Roman said, clenching his fists in anger. His thoughts about bringing down the auction house became more prominent.

"Obviously, I was dragged there against my will." Adrianna said, rolling her eyes. Her head turned to look outside the window.

A thought suddenly sprung up in Roman's head. He asked, "Would you like to go out? I need you to be somewhere."

"Of course!" Adrianna said, jumping up to her feet. She would do anything to get out of that bedroom.

"Get dressed. I'll be back in thirty minutes." Roman declared with an unreadable look in his eyes. However, Adrianna didn't detect that look.

She naively thought that he really wanted to take her out.

"Would we go sightseeing?" She asked in order to know if she would execute her escape plan.

"Of course." Roman lied through his teeth.

"Great!!" Adrianna screamed and disappeared into the closet. Roman had gotten her a variety of clothes the day before and she planned to change into one of them.

Both Adrianna and Roman had their respective thoughts and plans in mind.

In thirty minutes, Roman was back to get Adrianna. As they walked along the hallway of the pack house and out of the house, Adrianna felt different eyes on her.

The expressions on the faces of the people she had seen weren't friendly at all. She was reminded of the words the girl from earlier had said to her.

"You can never be a replacement!" Adrianna said to herself. She wouldn't allow herself to be downgraded. So she decided that she needed to escape.

Adrianna and Roman had gotten into the car that was set for them.

"Where are we going first?" Adrianna asked eagerly. She looked around as the car drove through forests and roads. She realized that the area was mainly covered with bushes and huge trees.

"We are here." Roman announced and the car came to a stop.

Adrianna got out of the car with Roman and saw that they were standing before a hospital. Her smile disappeared.

"What are we doing here, Roman?" She asked.

"We are here to get you checked up." Roman declared and Adrianna's face fell.