Total darkness.
A dirty cell and the metallic tang of blood struck me the moment I opened my eyes.
I didn’t want to imagine where I was or who had taken me but there was an idea in my head. Finally the fools captured me.
The Alpha of the Red Moon Pack , Kane did won.
The reality of my situation hit me like a wave. My body ached, and my mind raced, trying to make sense of how I ended up here. Kane’s warriors—merciless, ruthless, and precise. They chased me and I ran away so how did they finally catch me?!
The last thing I recalled doing was fighting them unfortunately maybe the Alpha’s warriors won and they finally captured me.
Alpha Kane had me. Finally he succeeded in capturing me.
I was in his pack’s cell with my hands tied together.
The ropes dug into my wrists the moment I tried to break free. My hands were tied behind my back therefore every time I stood up, I fell back on the ground without any hope.
Shit!
I shifted slightly, trying once more to test the strength of the ropes binding my wrists. They didn’t give. They were tight, expertly knotted, the fibers biting into my skin with every movement. Whoever tied me up knew exactly what they were doing.
I tried again and again but every movement only caused the fibers to dig deeper into my skin, leaving raw, stinging marks. My feet, bound tightly together, left me immobile, unable to even crawl.
Closing my eyes, I forced myself to focus. Panic wouldn’t help me; it never had. I’d been in dire situations before—none quite like this—but I’d survived them. I would survive this too.
The cell was deathly silent, save for the faint drip of water from somewhere unseen. The damp air clung to me, making it harder to breathe. I twisted again, this time trying to feel for anything sharp, anything I could use to cut through the ropes.
Nothing.
The minutes dragged on, stretching into what felt like hours. The weight of exhaustion began to press down on me, threatening to pull me under. Just as I felt myself slipping, the faint sound of approaching footsteps snapped me back to attention.
My senses sharpened, adrenaline coursing through my veins when the heavy boots echoed against the stone floor, their rhythm deliberate and measured. My pulse quickened as the sound grew louder, closer. Then the heavy iron door creaked open, flooding the cell with dim torchlight.
The Alpha’s second in command stepped inside.
He was every bit as imposing as I remembered—tall, broad-shouldered, and radiating an air of dominance that made the air feel heavier. His dark eyes locked onto mine, a cruel smirk tugging at the corner of his lips.
“Well,” he drawled, his deep voice echoing in the confined space. “I finally caught the infamous rogue. Tell me, was the chase worth it?”
I glared at him, refusing to show fear. “Is that what you call it? A chase? Looked more like desperation to me.”
His smirk faded, replaced by a cold, calculating stare. “Careful,” he warned, crouching to my level. “You’re in no position to provoke me.”
I leaned forward as much as my bindings would allow, meeting his gaze head-on. “Do your worst, bastard. You’ll regret not killing me when you had the chance.”
His laugh was low and humourless. “Oh, I don’t think so. You see, you’re much more valuable to me alive. The Alpha wants to see then he will reward me”
The implication behind his words sent a shiver down my spine, but I didn’t flinch. I wouldn’t give him the satisfaction. Instead, I held his gaze, silently vowing that no matter what he planned, I would find a way to escape—and when I did, I’d make him pay.
“So you enjoying your little victory?”, I asked.
He chuckled at my question, a deep, rumbling sound that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end.
“Oh, this isn’t a victory, rogue. Not yet. That comes later after your death.” Stepping closer, he crouched down to my level, his gaze locking onto mine. “You’ve been a thorn in my side for far too long, I have killed most of the rogues but you always escaped,” he said, his tone soft but laced with menace. “But now, I finally have you where you deserve to be. The Alpha really has to appreciate me”
I leaned forward as much as the ropes would allow, meeting his gaze with defiance. “You don’t have me where I deserve to be you bastard, Not really. And you never will.”
His smirk faltered for a fraction of a second, replaced by something darker. He reached out, his hand gripping my chin with just enough force to remind me of his strength.
“You’re bold,” He said, his voice barely above a whisper. “I’ll give you that. But boldness won’t save you. Not here. The Alpha will surely deal with you.” He released me abruptly, standing to his full height. “Enjoy your stay, rogue,” he said, turning toward the door. “It won’t be long now.” He added while brushing non-existent dust off his hands.
“Trust me, the Alpha may even kill you himself”,
He turned on his heel and left, the heavy door slamming shut behind him. The closure of the door immediately plunged the cell back into darkness.
“Alpha kane?!”
Meeting him?!
My heart pounded as I leaned against the wall, the reality of his words sinking in.
I was running out of time. And if I didn’t find a way out of here soon, there would be no escape. I had known this day might come, but I never thought it would happen like this and I knew it that Alpha Kane won’t spare my life.
A faint sound reached my ears again—a steady drip of water somewhere in the distance. It was the only noise aside from my ragged breathing. The silence was oppressive, pressing down on me like a weight. I needed a plan, and I needed it fast but my exhausted limbs didn’t allow me.
The eye lids were starting to close by themselves.
“Take her to the Alpha’s office. He wants to see the whore we had been fucking chasing for three years.” The second time I woke up, I realised late that I was being dragged out of the cell towards the Alpha Kane’s office.The frantic fear pulsed like a living thing inside me as the guard dragged me inside the room. I was shaken and terrified yet the fear gave me courage -courage I had never seen before. The guard twisted his fingers and pushed me down to a kneeling position. My dirty, tangled hair fell in front of me as I closed my eyes shut immediately and prayed for my life.“Raise her head. I want to see her face,” I heard the Alpha speak.The guard grabbed my hair and pulled it up until I did come face to face with the Alpha. As soon as my gaze locked with his, I felt full. I maintained the struggle within me and didn’t flinch at his sight but I couldn’t control what I was feeling in between my legs. My mate!It was unbelievable but he was mine, and I was his. We were mates.I wa
“Don’t try to make any surprising moves,” The guard who was ordered to take me to the whore house warned while grabbing my wrist and started to drag me out of the Alpha’s office. “Who told you that am gonna do it”, I hissed out. I had chains all over my hands but I was hissing out.“She smells, goodness”, One of the men who were walking behind us murmured. “And whose fault is it?, bastard”, I snapped at him.“Watch your language, bitch”, The bastard out of the blue pulled my hair from behind and a scream escaped out of my mouth.“Good that you have reached in this house, that’s the way you gonna start screaming beneath us”, The one who had his grip on my wrist said with a smirk on his face.I didn’t respond, I just had my eyes on the house.The furnishing was reddish brown and everything was open. There were two girls seated on the sofa’s, a drink in their hands while a robe was around their bodies. Upon hearing us, they turned and instantly peered at me.“Who’s she?” One of the ladie
The sound of footsteps approaching broke my concentration, and I stiffened. The door opened, and another girl, I hadn’t seen yet entered her eyes scanning me with an almost calculating expression.“Oh, God! Are you the new whore?” She asked, her eyes fixed on me like I was some kind of curiosity. I didn’t reply. Her gaze lingered as she started walking toward me.“You haven’t showered, have you? Goodness, you smell like rot,” she muttered, her tone dripping with disgust. Still, I ignored her.She sighed and shrugged, undeterred by my silence. “Fine, don’t talk. But the rumors are already spreading-about how the new whore the Alpha rejected”My chest tightened at her words, but I held my ground. Finally, I spoke, my voice hoarse and cold. “And do you think I give a damn about that?”She snorted, a dry laugh escaping her lips. “I don’t give a damn either, but being rejected hurts like hell,” she said, heading toward the closet.“Anyways I didn’t expect you to still be standing,” she rem
The door suddenly rattled, jolting me from my panicked thoughts. My grip tightened on the knife, my heart hammering in my chest as I pressed myself against the wall beside the door. The knob twisted, the sound of keys jingling faintly. Someone was coming in.I held my breath, every muscle in my body tense. The door creaked open, and a shadow fell across the floor. A deep, gravelly voice spoke, low and commanding. "I know you're in here. Come out quietly, and I might go easy on you."The air felt heavy, suffocating, as I stayed rooted to my spot. He took a step into the room, his boots thudding against the worn floorboards. His scent hit me—a mix of alcohol and something primal, something dangerous."Don’t make this harder than it needs to be, the Alpha sent you here in the whorehouse for us to use you" he said, his tone dripping with menace.I clenched the knife so tightly that the rusted edges bit into my palm. If I had to fight, I would. I wouldn’t go down without a fight. Slowly, h
I sat there for a moment longer, trembling but resolute, as the adrenaline coursing through me began to ebb. My mind was a battlefield of fear and determination. If they thought I was going to quietly accept this fate, they were wrong.I stood and surveyed the room again, searching for anything I might have missed earlier. The dresser had yielded the knife, but it didn’t hold much else—a few scraps of fabric and some tarnished trinkets that wouldn’t help me. My eyes darted toward the vent near the ceiling.It was small—too small for me to fit through—but the screws holding it in place were rusted. If I could open it, maybe I could use it to listen, to learn the patterns of the guards or where they kept the keys. I dragged the chair from the corner of the room over to the vent and climbed up, knife in hand.The blade slipped a few times against the stubborn screws, but eventually, I managed to loosen one. Then another. The metal grille creaked as I pulled it free, revealing the dark tu
When Alpha Kane moved more closer, the knife trembled in my hand, but I didn't let it drop. My chest heaved as I stood my ground, glaring at Alpha Kane. His eyes bore into mine, sharp and calculating, as though he was deciding whether I was worth the effort of subduing or breaking."I won't go back," I growled, my voice shaking but determined. "I'll fight until my last breath before I let you or anyone else control me."His smile faded, replaced by a cold, stoic mask. "You're brave," he said flatly, his tone devoid of emotion. "Braver than most. But bravery doesn't mean much here." He stepped forward, and I instinctively took a step back, only to feel the solid presence of the guards closing in behind me."Stay back!" I shouted, thrusting the knife out in front of me. "I swear I'II-""You'll what?" Kane interrupted, his voice laced with a chilling calm. "Kill me? Stab a guard? Run?" He shook his head, almost pityingly. "You're playing a dangerous game. Do you even know what you're up
The heavy door shut behind me with a resounding thud, and I was once again surrounded by the cold, sterile corridors of this hellish place. The guards didn’t say a word as they led me back to my room. The silence between us was suffocating, thick with unspoken threats. I tried not to meet their eyes, keeping my gaze fixed ahead, my thoughts racing.What did Kane want from me? The offer of comfort and luxury was a trap, I knew that. A way to break me without having to lift a finger. But the way he had spoken—calm, controlled, with that unsettling hint of curiosity—made me wonder if there was something more behind it. I couldn’t let my guard down, not even for a second.When we reached my room, the guards shoved me inside, and I stumbled forward, barely catching myself against the doorframe. They didn’t even lock it behind them. I was left alone again, and the silence in the room felt like a weight pressing down on me.I paced the small space, my mind racing, trying to process everything
The bed sheet was snatched from my body and coldness seeped through my whole body. I felt anger flow through my body but, I ignored it and went on with sleeping." Wake up , wake up", Jane screamed way to loud for my liking. My eyes took so long to open and notice it was already morning. I didn't even remember falling asleep. With no word said ,I sat up on the bed . I was feeling dizzy and my stomach pain was lingering."Am warning you", She started when l failed to sit up. "If you don't get up before else does , nothing will go well for you , you the one who said that you want to shower ,we can only use the bathroom when other slaves are asleep",she said and at that l forced myself up. "Unfortunately I currently have no cloth, they are all short ",She went on."It's fine", l said in a low voice as l stood up. I didn't only have stomach pain but also every muscle in my body twitched in pain . The bones in my back cracked and a faint pang hammered inside of me. I was so hungry."Where
I showered up, getting rid of the soreness of my muscles. I had never worked out in my life before and exerting my body so much in a single day has taken its toll. I had cramps everywhere.I heard some voices coming from downstairs. I couldn't recognize them. I mulled over the fact that I should go and check it out because it could be Nikolai's business partner. His business partners were not the kind of people you want to make a conversation with.But then I heard a shrill female voice.I went out of the door and stood at the top of the stairwell. Still, all I heard were the voices. I went downstairs and saw a tall, lean middle-aged man with a young blonde woman standing beside him. I could only see their side profiles. The woman turned and I sucked in a sharp breath.It was Grace Russell, Nikolai's wife-to-be. I know because I had attended their engagement. Her face was engraved at the back of my mind, the sight when Nikolai had slipped the ring on her finger replayed in my head on
"Have you ever worked out before?" he asked.I looked around with wide eyes. "Does running around in the gardens count?""No,""Then no, I have not""Come on, let's do a little warm-up first then I'll teach you how to box."My mouth hung open. "Box? As in boxing?"He heaved a sigh. "I want you to learn how to defend yourself, Natalya."I thought for a while before I nodded. Turns out, I don't even know what warm-up is, he had to tell me everything. The thing that annoyed me the most was his tone, he was speaking to me like I was a child and repeating his words so, that I'd understand clearly.Another thing that annoyed me was his toned muscles, and his stupid sculpted chest.When it was time to step into the boxing ring, Alessandro handed me a pair of boxing gloves. I was about to put them on but he came to me and put them on me himself as if I don't know how to put the stupid gloves on.I rolled my eyes and out of nowhere Alessandro gently smacked the back of my head. "Roll your eyes
Someone pounded on my bedroom door waking me up from my deep slumber. I groaned and stuffed my face back into the pillow to block out the sound coming from the door. The knocking intensified, whoever it was, didn't really have much patience.I sat up and glanced at the wall clock. It was only six o'clock in the morning. I rubbed my eyes to rid of the grogginess, tossed the duvet aside, got to my feet, and headed for the door. I opened it and was met with an unknown face. She was wearing the uniform the household help used to wear."What?" I asked."Don Alessandro had requested you to freshen up and wear this before you come downstairs."Frowning, I took the clothes from her and noticed that they were gym clothes. I heaved a sigh, I liked it better when I could say no to him but I dug my own grave when I promised him that I'd listen to him and follow his rules but that's all there was to it.I'm not the same girl who had a massive crush on him.I closed the bedroom door and glanced at
"I'll make sure to do everything he did to you... but his torture will be a hundred times worse," he whispered softly.His one hand was in my hair while the other was on my cheek caressing it with his knuckles. I leaned into his touch, feeling the security and comfort I used to feel when I first met him."They all took turns in beating me up, they laughed whenever I screamed in pain," I said as tears rolled down my cheeks and dripped down to the ground.His hand left my hair as he cupped my face with both of his hands. He tugged me closer. "I will make their death an object of ridicule."I looked into his eyes. "Promise?"He let out a deep breath with a hint of a smile."Promise," he declared. "Do you want to see it happen?"I considered it and then shook my head. I don't think I have the stomach for that much violence. "No...""Do you want to go home now?"I looked up at him. It's hard to forget what Alessandro did to me too and the fact that he was engaged was the hardest pill I eve
I had my headphones on as I continuously flipped the pages of the book that was before me. I hadn't read a word, the music blasted in my ears blocking out all the other sounds.I slammed the book shut and got off my bed. Alessandro had called Sabrina earlier, I knew that he did because Sabrina and I hadn't talked after his whole engagement fiasco.I pretended to be asleep while Sabrina waited for me.I didn't wake up until she finally gave up and left the house.I got to my feet, straightened out my dress, and headed downstairs. His house was crawling with his soldiers, they all tried to avoid making eye contact with me.They were moving some stuff into the house, some furniture, suitcases, and whatnot. Was Alessandro redecorating?I hopped onto the couch and put on the TV at full volume. Someone grabbed the remote out of my hand and turned the volume down.I huffed and looked up to see Alessandro looking down at me. He placed both of his hands on the headrest of the couch and dipped
She turned her back towards us and went into the kitchen. Probably to cook breakfast for herself, she didn't know how to cook shit."I'll be right back," I said to Scott, who nodded still clenching his hands like he wanted to punch something or someone. It won't be Natalya, I will fucking break his hand off before he does that.I followed her into the kitchen and saw her using her cell phone while she placed some of the ingredients on the counter. It looked like she wanted to make pancakes. She played a video and placed it before her while she followed whatever the lady in the video was narrating."Do you remember the rules?"She stopped whatever she was doing and glanced at me, her facial expression was bored, uninterested."I remember" she answered and before I could say anything she added. "But I could care less for them"Rage coursed through my veins. She was testing me, trying hard for me to slip up so she could hold it against me."Natalya, don't disrespect my men. I won't toler
I'm weak.Too fucking weak.I let her get too close to me.Until recently, I only ever really loved one woman in my life. My mother, I respected her, loved her.Anastasia Costello.I thought she was the only one who really knew me, the only one that can tear down my walls. I thought my ability to love ended with her, and I was fine with that.I've watched her writhing in pain, struggling to breathe, tears leaking out of her eyes but she couldn't move. My mother fought long and hard with the disease before she lost that battle. I thought that was it. My only weakness, the only woman I ever loved is dead and now I'm fucking invincible.But then she happened.The morning Nikolai Martinez died, I didn't fucking know what I was getting myself into when I brought his daughter into my home. I hadn't given it a second thought, I didn't even know what I was going to do with her.The men in my circle had many ideas about what I should do with her, but I didn't fucking agree with them. I thought
"I'm sorry, Angel, I'm sorry I let them take you, I'm sorry I wasn't there," his voice was so low that I barely heard it even though his mouth was right next to my ear."No! You are not sorry!" I choked out through my sobs. "I know I don't matter to you, I know I don't mean anything to anyone, least of all you!""Shh... I'll make it alright, I promise,"I tried to shake my head. "You can't! You can't""I will, I need you to trust me, okay?" he placed soft kisses on my temple."I hate you!""I know, I'll fix it""Nothing can fix this, nothing can fix me!""I will, Angel, I promise you.""I hate you so much.""I know.""I mean nothing to you.""That's a lie.""I don't want this, Alessandro.""I know.""You scare me too.""I know, Angel, I will make it alright""I don't want this, Alessandro. I don't want to be here.""I'm not letting you leave ever again."I cried harder. "Why?""I just don't want to," he answered softly."I don't want to get abducted again.""I won't let that happen."
Another day...Another morning...Still, it did nothing to calm the turmoil I felt inside of me. Everything around me was just the same but I didn't feel the way I used to. I feel hateful all the time, anger is the only emotion coursing through my veins right now.Ten days, I spent ten days in that cell but it felt like a year. It felt as if that cell didn't belong in this world, time passed by slowly there.I looked out of the window and felt nothing... this view always brought me comfort but now it did nothing to me. Nothing to calm the storm brewing inside of me.I remember looking out of this window and dreaming of a life outside these four walls. I thought it'd be a fairy tale. I thought my parents were wrong and the world out there was anything but evil."The world is a dangerous place and you are easy prey, Natalya. You are innocent and naive and you lack physical strength. This world will chew you alive."My dad wasn't wrong. He wasn't wrong at all but he betrayed me too. He l