Chapter 23

Scarlett

'The hell you will! ' I sneered back amidst the rollercoaster of emotions I was experiencing. My wolf was still silent on me, I knew that something was wrong. She wouldn't have abandoned me when I needed her the most. My spirits were sinking but I couldn't give up. I was tired of letting people walk over me just because they deemed me weaker. If need arose, I was ready to die fighting for my dignity.

'Oh but I will and there is nothing you can do to stop me. ' The joy in his tone sickened me, it revived memories I had buried. Pictures of him and his friend all over me at the dungeons resurfaced. The way their hands had felt as they tore my dress apart. The trail of disgust and hopelessness that their lust caused. I had been feeble, defenceless against two powerful men.

Not again.

I asserted in my mind, the need to prevent him from succeeding taking over. I took a hot, impatient shaky breath ignoring the feel of my heart as it jack hammered in my chest. My throat had become so