Chapter 06

Victoria Stephens

The golden rays of the sun touch my cheeks. The crisp wind brushes over my skin as I looked at the other side because the sunrays are hurting my eyes. There is a myth about wolves, a myth where werewolves are just supposed to be on a mountain. Hunting or doing what animals do. But like what I had said, that is just a myth.

We are as accustomed as humans. The only difference is that we go in pack not family. Not blood-related, but the relationship is as much as what the human called family. Of course, we also have our own family. Or should I say, I used to have a family?

A slight pain hit my chest and at first, I thought I didn’t become numb about remembering my family, but then the pain became too much that I opened my eyes only to see that Alpha Zach is doing something on my chest.

My eyes widen. Bodies tremble at the sight of his sharp blade and the light stinging pain of my exposed skin. I scream but he only glances maniacally in my direction.

The blade moves down and a single tear escaped my lips. Is this it? Is this how I am going to die? Life has been hard but dying seems to come so inevitably. Just as I thought I’ve been healed by the past and probably gain a hope to continue life, here I am bounded and was again, ready to die.

I squeezed my eyes tight. The blade felt so sharp that it will only take a minute to drag it deep into my heart. That’s how I like to be killed. A fast death because the pain seems to linger longer in my life that I got used to it.

A fast death, yes. As I closed my eyes, I wonder about how would Alpha Vladimir would feel. My alpha, my only alpha. He’s the only one that I have. And I believe that he feels the same too.

Then, the feeling of the sharp metal against my skin fades along with the sound of a loud howling voice. My eyes opened out of curiosity and what I saw terrified me more than death.

Away from his usual dark green amber eyes, Alpha King stood in the doorway whilst howling at the sight in front of him.

It makes me tremble and the courage to meet his eyes left as the wind brushes over my skin.

H-How? H-How can an Alpha have that kind of eyes? Alpha usually have a red eyes, it’s in their nature. Sometimes when they are angry or when there is too much emotion inside of them, they transform into their wolf form.

I saw Alpha Vladimir. His eyes are red when he’s angry. But right now, this man’s eyes are different.

It’s too red. Too dark, actually. His eyes aren’t just red but it’s a combination of dark red like the color of the cinnabar or the red ore. Looking at his eyes is too much. It almost feels like I’m welcoming darkness in my life. Embracing darkness in my life. 

“ You told me to give her freedom,” Alpha Zac asked in his rather scared voice. His blade is on the floor, I’ve been too lost in my own pool of thought that I haven’t noticed that it’s been dropped.

Alpha Riley closed his eyes and then in just a blink, it returned to his normal eyes color. Dark green.

“Unleash her tie not to kill her,” he calmly said. I look at my hands and felt that it been freed from the tie and I can move my hands as well as my feet.

Alpha Zac looked at me, then his gaze landed on my body. That’s the only time that I have felt how exposed I was. My stomach and chest are as naked as a newborn in front of their eyes. I panicked, but Alpha King is quick enough to cover my body with a blanket.

He roared to the other person inside of the room. “I thought she’s a toy,” he whispered with a wicked grin, shaking his head and picking up the blade as he runs it over his hands.

He chuckled to himself before gazing at me. “Too bad, eh? I’m bored,” he said before just walking out of the door.

I don’t know what to say. Or what to feel. Toy? What the fuck is his deal? I was too stunned to notice that there is still one alpha inside the room.

He scoffed. Had the audacity to scoff when he was the one who kidnapped me. When we both know that he was the one who put me through this situation. Clearly, I wanted to ask what I have done to deserve this but then, I remember his eyes earlier and just that, I've know better than to ask. 

“ Wear this,” he mentioned as he throw a shirt in front of my face. It looks too big and I don’t want to think that this is his.

I don’t want to wear any of his. “ No,” I declined with a firm tone. I will rather be naked and dead than accept any kindness from this cruel man. From this very cruel man who kidnapped me. 

He chuckles as he stepped forward and abruptly pulled my hand, causing the blanket to fell out of my body. I shrieked, but he was bold to survey my naked body with his own eyes. I can feel the hotness pierce through the bits of my skin. 

A grin formed on his lips. “You rather be naked and dead?” he mocked my words earlier in my head.

“ H-How can you read my thoughts?” I asked because no one did. No one ever did after I’d been too broken inside of my head.

Alpha has the ability to read minds. Only Alpha can if they wish to. However, something happened before that causes for me to develop a barrier inside of my head. A barrier where it pushes everyone who tries to read what is inside. A wall that my body develops as a response to the pain. No one can read my thoughts.

Alpha King chuckles as his fingers graze over my bottom lip. I felt the texture of his skin, the rough mixes with the moist texture of my lips. My chest is heaving as I felt him being near. 

“  I didn’t, Victoria. That’s why I’m amused, why I can’t read your mind?” he asked, a snarl curling on his lips as he watch for my reaction. 

I shivered. No, I am afraid. There is a part of me that I’ve been burying for a long time. The reason why no one can read my mind and no one should know about it. Not even him. 

Alpha King shook his head, and I wished he was dismissing the thought. “ Get dress, Victoria. You don’t want to be naked just as much as I don’t want you to be,” he cleared his throat and walked away.

His last words sounded as crooked and almost like a distaste coming out of his mouth. My hand held his arms and even at having a short contact with his skin, I tremble for him.

“ W-Where am I?” I asked in a shaky voice.

I wanted to know where I am or if I will ever have the chance to live the day. His eyes follows our touching skin, a connection that I’ve build when I touch his arms.

His gaze then landed on mine. It’s dark and nothing but dark. “You’re in our kingdom. Welcome to darkness, little wolf.”