CHAPTER TWENTYSelena's POV“Let me go, you freaks!” I growled at them while I glared at Raymond and I still struggled to get myself out of their grip on my arms that they had pulled to my back but their hold was too tight and strong and I couldn't free myself.“Why should I do that? So you would try your lame attempt to kill me again?” Raymond fired back at me and I felt a blow to my ego as the beta of the pack. I felt insulted because it felt like all the training I had done for years didn't pay off if I couldn't just simply kill Raymond with one strike.I tried to release myself from the grip of his men again but they only held me back tighter and made me go on my knees while I still glared up at Raymond who was staring down at me with mockery in his eyes and all I wanted badly was to wipe that look off his face. I watched him as he bent on one knee in front of me then he smirked before he began to run his forefinger through the locks of my hair that fell on my face and he pushed
Selena's POVI heard the voices around me first once I began to wake, then I opened my eyes and when I looked around, I was still in Raymond's room. I took my time to sit up in the bed before I touched the back of my head and it wasn't hurting anymore so I felt relieved. Then I heard footsteps from behind me and when I turned around, it was Raymond.I inched away from him on the bed immediately he tried to get closer to me once he saw I was awake and when he noticed that I still wouldn't let him come close to me, he stopped with a defeated look and he took a seat on a chair opposite the bed. He looked at me and I looked back at him too with suspicion in my eyes because I couldn't tell what was going on in his head and what he planned to do to me now that I was awake and failed to kill him or myself.“Are you going to kill me now Raymond? Just like you killed alpha” I asked and he sighed before he shook his head and looked back at me.“I would never do that to you Selena. I'm actuall
Selena’s POVI was at a loss for words to say to Raymond after he asked me to marry him. I was still trying to figure out if he really meant it or if he was just pulling my feet even though he had confirmed my doubt and told me that he was serious. It was hard to accept because I had never expected him to ask me that ever since I found out he was betraying the pack. It felt unreal and unbelievable for him to ask me to marry him regardless of the fact that we were once dating and I didn’t want it, I never even thought of that happening between us from the start and if he thought that I was going to say yes to him and marry him then he was definitely deceiving himself.We may be mates as the moon goddess had ordained but he wasn't the only one who was my mate until he killed alpha which meant I had a choice back then. Even the moon goddess was being considerate to give me a choice because of the kind of person Raymond turned out to be but even though alpha was gone and Raymond was the o
Selena’s POVSeeing there was no way I could possibly recognize the person staring at me from afar, I shrugged the suspicion building in me off and I concluded that maybe he was probably looking at something behind me and not at me so I continued training as hard as I could so I could distract myself from the raging storm of intrusive thoughts in my heads.I was thinking about alpha, and how much I missed him. Even though we weren't really close when he was alive, from the little time we spent together when we found out we were mates, we grew quite a bond even though it was over a short period of time and I found myself wishing we had more time. Suddenly, I froze and I stopped punching.Was I falling for the alpha? I questioned myself in shock and it was quite hard for me to deny the question in my head. I didn't know if I did or not and there was no way to confirm it now because he was dead thanks to Raymond.I didn't know if it was because we were mates or if it was because we had a
Selena's POVI was frozen. It was like my brain was finding it difficult to assimilate any other thing at that moment as all I did was stare at alpha with wide and shocked eyes.“Are you really…?” I said, unable to finish my sentence and he nodded with that smile still on his face.“In flesh and blood Selena” he replied and I gasped. How was it possible? How could he possibly still be alive when I saw him burn to ashes in that huge flame that Raymond had his men set to his body?Slowly, the full realization that alpha was actually alive all along and never died in the first place hit me and I was overwhelmed with a sudden feeling of relief and joy. Still in the moment, I was about to run toward him and hug him tight to show him that I was glad he was alive but I quickly held myself back.I was beginning to find it hard to believe again that he could possibly be the one on my front because someone could be impersonating him to get information out of me. There was a possibility that Ra
Selena’s POVI jumped down onto the balcony leading to the room and the person on the other side of the door was still knocking, even harder than he or she was before and I sighed tiringly as I closed the glass doors to the balcony before I walked to the door and opened it.It was a maid and in front of her was a tray or I’d rather say, a platter of many dishes that were filled with so much food. I looked at her with shocked eyes.“I think you got the wrong room. I couldn't possibly eat all of this” I told her and she grinned before she bowed and gently pushed the tray toward me and I had to move out of the way for her to enter the room.“Nope, this is the correct room. Beta Raymond instructed that we bring enough food for you so you would eat to your satisfaction” she said as she placed the tray on the little dining table in a corner of the room and all I did was nod wordlessly as I took in what she just told me.Even if raymond wanted me to eat well, he would never put this outrageo
Selena’s POVI watched Raymond as he couldn't stop smiling from what I just told him and I didn't feel a bit sorry for him to know I was putting up an act by marrying him. I was going to make sure his end was painful and he paid for all the times he hurt me and made me feel pain in his hands.Sighing from exhaustion of watching him celebrate endlessly, I stood up from my chair and he looked at me. Finally, I gained his attention.“I want to go to bed and I obviously won't be able to sleep with you here so leave. Good night'' I told him and he grinned instead.“We’re getting married Selena, don't you think it would be unusual if we used separate rooms?” he asked me and I folded my arms across my chest before I gave him a stone-hard stare.“So says the psycho who is threatening me to marry him. I would never share a bed with you Raymond and I want you to have that embedded in your brain'' I replied and with that, I turned to leave for the bed.I was going to ignore any other thing he sa
Selena’s POVThe plan was to take my time to have my bath and that was exactly what I did. I heard when Lily returned to the room and I heard her footsteps as she went to and fro in the room and I figured she was picking out the clothes I would wear for me. I was going to make Raymond pissed again because it was now my newest hobby as I had discovered. I knew I could piss him off and get away with it because he wouldn't hurt me anymore like he used to due to his delusional love for me.Once I was satisfied with how long I had spent taking my bath, I got out of the bathtub and I wrapped myself up in my robe before I drained the water down the bathtub. Then I made my way to the room and Lily was in a corner of the room, standing and waiting and I felt bad thinking about how long she must have been standing and waiting for me.I rushed toward her then I placed my hands on her shoulders before leading her to the bed and I sat her down.“Next time, you shouldn't stand and wait for me. Just
Selena’s POVTWO DAYS LATER…I just stood and watched as the soldiers picked their weapons one after the other and hand laid on my shoulder. I turned to look and it was Alpha. Our eyes met and he smiled at me before he wiggled his eyebrows and I couldn’t hold back my laughter at how silly he looked. I couldn’t figure it out, how could he be so calm and relaxed when we were about to do something that would determine if we were going to live or not?“Don’t worry, it will all be fine. It’s just a matter of time and this will all be over, you’re my badass luna so I trust you to bring those men to their knees when we get there” he said before he gently held me by my chin and I nodded after we shared a very intense gaze that said a lot of things.I couldn’t even die when I had him. I was going to bring all those guards down with everything I had because I wanted to be with Alpha and nothing was going to change that. Nothing was going to take him from me.“I’ll be fine too Alpha, and it wil
Selena’s POVI finally woke up and I found myself in a room that I had never been or seen before. Once I was fully awake after taking in everything around me with my eyes, I sat up with a start while wondering where I was because I couldn't remember coming to such a place and the last thing I could remember was a blurry memory of how I was laying in Alpha’s hands and he looked extremely angry but I wasn’t even sure if that actually happened.Or did Raymond change my room after finding out I passed out? I thought to myself as I sat still in the bed while listening attentively for any sound to know if someone was coming or not.Suddenly, the door went open and I just froze as I stared at the person that opened the door with wide and scared eyes and I watched as his eyes went wide too when he saw I was awake. Then he closed the door again and I heard his footsteps as he ran off to where I didn’t know and I was left more confused as I wondered what was happening.I didn’t know the person
Selena’s POVIt was a difficult task to have to endure everything that Raymond did to me and on a few occasions, I felt my will breaking but when I remembered that Lily was going to come for me and I was going to be with Alpha soon, my resolve to endure it all only got stronger and I could see the frustration on Raymond’s face, he was getting tired because I wasn’t yielding but then, he should have known that.I’m a soldier or I could say I was a soldier and I will always stick to the rule of secrecy because that’s what we do for our teammates all the time.Raymond stopped electrocuting me for the hundredth time and I couldn’t even feel anything again after the shock died down in my body but my head was still ringing and my nose was bleeding. I was sure that I also had scratches on my face from his punches and slaps to get me to talk and my face stung so bad due to the sweat that kept running down nonstop.“So you aren’t going to say anything Selena?” Raymond asked me as he sat opposi
Alpha’s POVI wasn’t calm and Lily could see it too. I just kept on pacing to and fro in the room and I couldn’t even bring myself to leave for the night because I was scared that Raymond could do something to Selena by harming her. That was if he hadn’t begun torturing her already and just the thought of that got me more infuriated and scared for her sake.“Damn it Lily, what do we do now? We have to get her out of there before he hurts her beyond her limit. We can’t just leave her there with him to have his way and you know that, she’s my mate and it is my duty to protect her, I can’t just let her remain there for him to have his way with her. He’s going to blame her for these attacks and would want to know everything by forcing her to tell him what she knows. I trust Selena to not say anything but I don’t trust Raymond, that bastard would go to any length to get what he wants and I really hope he doesn’t kill her while doing that” I rambled on and on while Lily just sat down silent
Selena’s POVWhen I woke up, I was sure that a lot of time had passed and the room was completely dark so I couldn’t even make out or recognize where I was. There was a little stream of light coming through the little window that was up high in the wall though and I could tell from the moon light that it was already night and I wondered if Alpha had gone through with the plan. I wondered if Lily would be able to tell him about my predicament and I couldn’t help but also wonder what he was going to do about it.I hoped that he wasn’t going to lose his cool and do something rash because it could get him caught by Raymond and that was going to be the end of our plan so I only hoped that he was still going to go ahead with the plan without letting his feelings get the best of him while I faced Raymond and whatever he was going to do to me.Then I tried to move from the chair where I sat but I then realized I was tied up and I couldn’t move an inch unless the ropes were loosened. Grunting
Selena’s POVWe began to train and training was fun for me. I was feeling good after seeing the defeated look on Raymond’s face and the want to see him like that the more was just so strong that it was hard for me to fight it.Laisha, who was training with me as I threw punches at the bag that she held suddenly let the bag go before she sat on the floor and she crossed her arms to make an X sign while I looked at her, while wondering why she suddenly stopped.“I get that you’re ecstatic and all Selena, but girl! You’re going to break my arms if you keep on throwing strong punches like that!” she exclaimed and I burst into a loud laughter when she was done speaking because I never expected that would be her reason for stopping the training with me.“But I wasn’t throwing punches that were that hard though” I tried to defend myself with a playful smile on my face and she shook her head immediately before she stopped drinking from the bottle of water in her hand.“I totally disagree. My
Selena’s POVAfter eating, we finally began our discussion about the next plan that we had to work on immediately before Raymond would be able to get new soldiers because that was just going to make our effort be in vain and we would have to start all over again. “So what next Alpha, are we doing anything this time or will it just be you and the soldiers?” Lily asked Alpha and he sighed before he wrapped his arms around my waist since I was still sitting on his thighs and he was silent for a while, like he was deep in thought before he finally spoke.“I want us to get the random attacks over with quickly and from my calculation, three attacks would do it to weaken the palace’s security so we have two more attacks to carry out before the big one” he said then he averted his gaze from where he was staring into space and looked at Lily.“The next attack is going to be tonight again. I know Raymond like the back of my hand and I know he would think whoever the attackers are won’t return
Selena’s POVI was excited and I couldn’t deny that but a part of me was still anxious and I knew it was because I hadn't seen Alpha yet to be sure that he was completely fine. I still couldn’t stop smiling though and it was because I knew that Alpha succeeded and didn't get hurt in the course of the attack. After all, they didn't get any of them and knowing that he was fine was another reason to be so happy but I still wanted to see him.Also, in a matter of time, it wasn’t going to be too long until we would be able to retrieve the pack from Raymond… Once we had weakened the pack’s security, it was going to be easy to defeat him and it was only a matter of time before that happened, it didn’t seem so far away anymore. Feeling overwhelmed with excitement, I squealed out loud to myself before I fell on the bed and let out a sigh while Laisha and Lily just watched me with smiles on their faces too. We were all happy and it was very obvious, now the next thing was to meet Alpha the nex
Selena’s POVIt felt like the days were moving even faster than they were and it wasn’t a bad thing for me, it only meant we were going to get our mission over with faster and Raymond was finally going to be out of the picture while the pack would be restored back to the way it was but a part of me was getting nervous and I knew it wasn’t like me. I was always the brave one who takes the first step and gets into most missions before thinking it through but now, I was getting scared before we even started anything and I knew just why.This time, I had someone to lose and I was scared of losing him. What I had with Raymond was never going to last but I could see myself spending many days with Alpha once we were through with this mission but that could only happen if he stayed alive and didn’t get hurt until the end of everything for me… for the two of us because it would all seem futile if anything bad happened to him and I ended up losing him. I didn’t even want to think of the possib