Chapter 08

Courage is a lie. I shouldn’t have run in the first place and triggered his anger. Right now, as I stare at the wide hallway and large walls in front of me, I blame my courage for taking the opportunity to escape.

I’m completely immobilized under the thought of him trailing behind me, hunting me down. Adrenaline crushes over my body as I tried to run for more distance.  I bolted out of the center of this hallway and find myself in the same dimension.

My heart is pounding out of fear, and my mind is swirling from the design of this house. Why does it feel like this is a maze and there is no way to get out of these large walls? Shuffling of shoes and distant noises fills my ears and I know that he was near.

Fear cascaded over my body as I look around and notice that I have nowhere to go. This is a dead-end and if I don’t move, I will end up as a lump of dead meat. Panting, I aim for the last door in this hallway. I don’t know what it was but I have this gut feeling that this will save me. I hope this will save me from that Alpha.

I don’t have the luxury to hesitate as I run through the last room and slide through the door and slam it gently as I heave, my hands are above my chest trying to calm myself. The intense fear that is crawling into my body made me want to throw up. I needed to bite my hand to stifle any sounds as I heard his voice.

Taunting me like he is the predator and I am his prey. Like I am the hunt and he was the hunter ready to devour me mercilessly.

The wood felt so cold as I lean towards it. My eyes survey the place and I found myself in the room that I should had avoid. It’s no use blaming myself as I stare over the pile of books and the lonely wooden table at the center of this room.

This must be an office. And I’ll be damned to know that it’s his.

My breathing was hitched when I hear someone from the outside. Without much thinking, I run through the desk and settle under it. It was large enough to cover me and I hope it was perfect enough to hide me from the monster lurking outside of this room.

My hand was on my mouth, trying to stop any noise from getting me caught. I can feel the fear and everything that is in between. There is an urge for me to cry because I know that I’ll be damned.

While I was wishing for him to spare the door, the universe laughed at me as I heard the door creaking open. From this position, I can only see a small amount of what’s happening in the room. Only a small portion of his feet.

“ Come out now, little wolf,” he whistles, still leaning on the doorway and not moving much further. His voice is too deep and dangerous.

Oh no. This can’t happen. He can’t catch me yet. No.

I didn’t move, hoping that he would realize that I wasn’t here and hiding.

“ I can smell you,” he chuckles, and I almost forgot that he is an Alpha. Of course, he can smell me and it terrified me more.

Inside of my mind, I am contemplating to come out and beg for his mercy. But a part of me wanted to take my chances as I stay there and watch him slowly walk closer to the study table. He was an inch away and I almost shrieked when I heard him slap the table causing a loud sound of vibration. It’s a good thing that my hand is covering my mouth or else it’s over for me.

His leather shoes were the only ones visible to my eyes. It’s just right in front of me and I know that he was just in front of this desk. That thought makes my body tremble for more.

Scenarios started to flash across my eyes. What will he do after he found me? Will he punish me after I’ve attempted to escape or we’ll he kill me? The last thought almost made me shiver.

I know that they planned to kill me but the thought of knowing when it will scare me right now.

He takes a step back and that watered the hope inside of me. I’ve fooled him, right?

“Patience is not on my language, Victoria. Come out now or I’ll drag you into my hell,” he growls.

I took my opportunity and before I knew it, I was slipping past by his body and aiming by the door. My legs felt light as I see the hope of escaping from his wrath. I know that I can make it, just a few more steps and I can reach the door to escape from him.

I brake shoe on my feet, faltering my motion but it wasn’t enough for me to pass through the door. A yelp escape my lips as soon as I felt his arms snaking through my waist. I resisted and tried to push my body out of his holds which only receive a loud chuckle from him.

For a moment, I just stand there as my chest is heaving past by the idea that I’ve been caught. Maybe this is the last room that I will see in this lifetime. He’s incredibly strong and there is no way that I can pass grip his holds.

His arm is too firm as he holds me in place. 

“ Too bad I caught you, eh?” he chuckles just beneath my ears letting me feel the warmth of his breath. He was too close and it made him more dangerous.

Finally, I force myself out of his hold and find the opportunity to escape but the moment that I’ve run through the door is the moment where a thick wall started to fall out from the above of it like a fucking fence trapping me inside of this room. I look around and if the fascination isn’t enough to describe what I am seeing right now, I don’t know what word to use.

“ Now, it’s only two of us where you can’t escape and neither am I,” I heard him whisper and I was just frozen from my standpoint. In just a minute, the doors and windows disappeared and was replaced by the thick royal blue painted walls.

He looks up and I had the audacity to part my lips out of amusement. Above us is the sky, the nightfall only separated by a glass roof. How is this possible?

I let loose a loud scream when I felt him suddenly beside me, his arms gripping my waist and lifting me up from the floor.

“ No!” I shouted.

He growls before I felt him settle me on top of the desk.  I look like a small wolf waiting to be slaughtered by a monster like him.

An awaiting monster.

“ Don’t cry, Victoria. We haven’t started yet,” he whispers as I felt his thumb grazing over my cheeks and wiping my tears.