Lance's POV.Seeing her increased my rage, it felt like he was staring right at me.My eyes burned from the intensity of my glare.She stared at me nervously, her eyes darting around the forest.I wondered why she was here, but my mind was clouded with refreshed hate right now.The memories that came in the form of nightmares made me angry, they were all I could think of as I came here to get rid of them.She looked like him and that made me feel like he was here right now staring at me.I felt like he was mocking me as well, through her, I felt like he was staring at me.But it was just her with her crazy resemblance, nothing else.The way she looks so similar to him. I don't know what's wrong with me, but I can't stop looking at her, it feels like I should make her pay again.I walked closer to her and she stepped away fearfully.But I didn’t care if she was afraid, my gaze never left hers.She stared back at me with such terror, such desperation in her expression.Her breathing s
Alyssa's POV.I ran immediately. He screamed at me to go, my throat still hurting, but I ran anyway, because he wanted me to run away from him. With the way he was angry, I don't know what he would've done to me after pressing my neck.My eyes were watering again, tears of pain and fear, and it felt like my heart would beat out of my chest if it didn’t calm down already. I had been so afraid when I saw him, I came to the forest to calm down a little.I kept running, until I reached the stream. I stopped in front of it and started taking deep breaths, trying to calm myself down. It wasn’t working, I could feel the adrenaline pumping through my body, making me feel hyper aware of everything around me.The water made my neck sting, but my heart didn't feel any less heavy as it pounded against my ribcage, and I needed to stop that too.I started crying, as I remembered how he was cruel to me.If I kept it up, it'd only make me cry harder, and then I couldn't control myself anymore. S
Lance's POV.My route back to my room after my angry episode was cut short.When I was suddenly approached by the head slave, I raised my eyebrows in question."What is it?" I asked."All the slaves report to the slave quarters every time they finish what they are to do for the day, but every time Alyssa fails to do that.""It feels like she's always evading the job.""Or maybe she's in cahoots with the rogues for real." She added sternly."She'd never dare." I scoffed, I already knew she was in the forest where I left her.But for some wicked reason I want her to suffer."I'll see that she pays for it." I said and the head slave nodded and walked away."Oh and when she's back, punish her." I added feeling a little gleeful for what I said.I stalked to the forest finding her asleep on my way there, her body wrapped in branches close to the stream, her face still covered by the thick leaves.I sighed, annoyed, I really wanted to hurt her more than this. I knew she fainted from exhausti
Alyssa's POV.I woke up with a cold due to lying down on the cold hard floor.My whole body feels sore and it hurts when I move my neck. My eyelids are glued shut as if trying to block out the pain I felt, yet they wouldn't budge even an inch.There’s no sound in the room and I have this feeling of suffocation that I can’t get rid of, so I try to focus my eyes. My vision is blurry because of tears forming at the corners of my eyes as I remembered everything that happened last night.My heart was beating too fast and I kept thinking about how I could escape from here, but then I realized that there was nowhere to escape,I was in a hidden cell.I didn't know which part of the dungeon he hid me in, but I hoped it would be easy for me to escape.Though I knew escaping would only make the Alpha angrier.I glanced around the cell room, my head throbbing.I groaned in pain as my headache seemed to increase ten times more when I tried to stretch myself as I glanced around.My whole body f
Alyssa's POV.I woke up tired and weary again, my whole body sore with a dull ache from sleeping on the cold floor for too long.A thin layer of sweat covered my skin as I struggled to sit up.My fingers were stiff, the pain reminding me that the cold night wasn’t all that good for my joints. The door to the apartment was shut, and all I could hear was the steady pitter patter of rain against the zinc.I tried standing and it hurt, but I managed to get my legs underneath myself before falling back down. My arms shook so much my muscles were barely functioning.How many days had passed since he left? Too little sleep, too much thoughts.The only times I got to think in here were when I fell asleep on the floor and dreamed of him being nice to me, not the way he treated me that way.I sighed suddenly feeling dejected, unable to fight the feeling that came over me like a dark mist.My throat felt thick with tears even though I desperately tried to suppress them with every fiber of my b
Lance's POV.I carried her over my shoulders, my cock already hardened, and my balls burning with desire for her, I held her tightly as she struggled trying to get down."Don't tempt me into dropping you." I said my voice was a little husky.She just huffed at me like an exasperated mother, but still continued to struggle. I couldn't blame her though, I didn't know what I was doing or why I carried her.I was done with punishing her, I didn't even know what to do with her anymore.I sighed as I dropped her on the bed immediately I reached my room.I watched as she stood up immediately, rushing to the bathroom immediately.I rolled my eyes when the door closed with a loud bang.I knew she was hiding away from me, from what I had done.I don't know why I freed her, but I felt tired and suffocated from every punishment I gave her. If I hit her or injected her with something, I would be hurt more than ever.The more I punished her, the more pain I felt. The more I tortured her, the dee
Allyssa's POV.I picked my way in the direction of the slave quarters, I sneaked off when the Alpha was not looking.My mind whirring, the wheels turning in my head, my thoughts are in disarray, I'm sure my confusion is clearly written on my face, and the reason for my confusion is none other than Alpha Lance. The Alpha's hot and cold behavior towards me is getting to me and it's making me uncomfortable and confused. First he locks me in a cell and tortures me to his fill and then he starts doting on me as though he wants me to be his mate, which we both know is untrue.The Alpha has always made his hatred for me and my father known and if he had a choice in who his mate would turn out to be, then I would definitely not be on the list.I have no idea why Alpha Lance hated my father so much, the blatant dislike he has for my father has passed onto me and he hates me with a passion, which explains his actions days earlier where he took me to the cell and tortured me, my body still ach
Allyssa's POV.I wake up groggily, a sharp pain shooting through my skull, I attempt to stand up but my body feels foreign, painful, I look around me, I'm in a shed, on a pile of what looks like hay.I blink I'm confused at first, then everything starts rushing back, the lie the Alpha told the Head slave, the punishments, fainting out of exhaustion.I try to roll over but instantly regret it, my back is on fire, I let out a low sob, looking at my arms and legs, surely enough angry welts with the outline of the Head Slave's whip look back at me and I hid my face in embarrassment and shame, taking a bath will be a real hassle.I have to stand up, my shirt is stiff in some places where the blood has dried, I walk to the door of the shed and yank, but it doesn't give."Great! So I will just stay here, hungry and covered in my own blood, because of something I didn't even do." I muttered to myself.Anger bubbles inside of me and I try to suppress my emotions, Belinda and the Alpha are just
Allyssa's Pov. I wake up in my bed, the bed I and the Alpha share, I don't even remember dozing off, I just remember the Beta dropping me off here and me going inside, worried sick about my mate. Who is currently leaning over the bed, looking at me, his breath fanning my face and a smile grazing his lips."You are beautiful" He murmurs and nuzzles my neck. I smile and then when my eyes trail to his arms my breath catches in my throat." And you're hurt" I whisper, alarmed, he straightens and I jump up, getting the first aid box." You're adorable, it's okay though, I don't need that, I'm going to heal on my own anyway" He mutters and I glare at him. Applying some antiseptic cream to my thumb and forefinger, then opening my palms, I mutter, " Bring it here" He looks at me and sighs, " It's really okay"" Those cuts are so fucking deep, please let me treat your wounds, please " my voice cracks at the end, buy I try very hard to keep my composure, and fail miserably. There scratch
Allyssa's POV. Belinda leaves my jaw, examining her nails to see if any damage was done to the new manicure, then she orders Adrian to untie my hands, and he does so, keeping his hands on my shoulders to keep my from escaping, I almost roll my eyes, there's no way in hell that I'd be able to escape, I don't even know there the hell I am. I am so angry and also, so scared at the same time. Belinda, this bitch, came in and started gloating about my predicament, and considering the fact that she is the one that put me in it, I think my murderous thoughts are justified. "How does it feel huh, answer me" She screams at my face and I look up at her, then spit on her feet. "How dare you?" She shrieks, "hold her" she commands Adrian and he does just that.He yanks my head back so that my throat is bare, Allyssa's sharp pointed nails trail in my neck, and I hold my breath. If she sinks her nails in my flesh, she might hit a vein or major artery and I may die from blood loss. Pak. The sla
Lance's POV. I'm on a searching spree, my wolf is beyond angry at this point, there is no word in the vocabulary that can describe the intense feeling of fury and rage that I am feeling at this point, it's red hot and blinding, searing me from the inside out. I'm still waiting for Dylan and pacing the clearing, clutching her hair to my chest and trying to use the mate bond to lead her to me, I call out to her using the mate bond, but it's either the mate bond has been weakened or the distance between she and I, is too far for the mating pull to reach. I still feel like it's all my fault that all these happened, I am the one that got angry and left while she was still in her feelings, had I behaved like a sensible person and tried to calm her down, we would not be in this position, she would be in my arms now and not missing. Had I taken the time to explain everything to her then maybe things would be different right now, but I had let my emotions cloud my judgment, I had acted base
Allyssa's POV. I open my eyes, my head hurts, and I sway to the side, my head lolling, I'm tied up, that's the first thing I notice, and I'm alone in a very nondescript room. I turn my head around, my head feels heavy on my shoulder and I feel like it is going to fall off and roll down but my hands are tied and there is nothing I can do. I look around the room, there is a single light bulb that produces smoky illumination which hurts my eyes, the chair I'm chained to is made of iron, there is an iron table with all sorts of torture items sprawled on top of it. The room is bleak, and my heart jumps in my throat as I realize that this may be the end for me. I am going to die without even seeing Lance, I am going to die with the image of my aunt's dead body crawling through my mind. I squeeze my eyes shut, hoping this is just an hallucination, a dream, but when I open my eyes, the rope is still fighting into my wrist, the table with the torture instruments still looks as menacing a
Lance's POV. The sweat drips down my back as I head back to the room, I needed to clear my head and figure out exactly what is going on around me, and what better way to do it than to pour all my rage on the punching bag, which now lays in pieces on the gym floor by the way. Now that I have had some time to think about my actions and cool off, I find that I actually have done some things wrong, first and foremost my approach. That slap was well deserved because when Allyssa had talked about her aunt, no, Elaine, I had laughed in her face, with Elaine's dead body a few meters from me and her blood on my hands. That had been a completely unacceptable approach to the issue, in my defense, I didn't want to laugh, it just bubbled out of me without control, but it was still wrong. And I also get the reason she would have to doubt me, she witnessed me crouching over Elaine's body, her blood on my hands, face and clothes, telling her immediately that I was not wrong would have been like
Allyssa's POV. My emotions are all over the place, I can't believe anything that happened in the last twenty four hours, I cannot believe that my aunt that talked to me some hours ago is no more, and that my mate killed her. I moved into a blank room, with only a bed and a chair, the room seems empty, and lacks life, just like my life at this moment. I wanted to move to Elaine's old room, but that would hurt too much, it's like I am relieving my mother's death over again, I cannot even believe that I am back to square one. The Alpha had been so enraged when we had our last conversation, but he had no right to be, I saw it very well with my own eyes, the blood splattered on his hands, his face, his clothes. He could not convince me that someone else had killed her and splattered the blood on his hands, his face and his clothes. I just need space, I need a place to retreat to and cool my head, a place to nurse my wounded heart. I also cannot believe that Belinda had come immediate
Belinda's POV.HappinessHow long does it last? Because mine suddenly seems to last forever.When last did I smile and treat myself to a bottle of wine and a pedicure? I think I'll do that right now, I'm so happy I feel like I'm going to combust, I am so happy that I persevered, I am finally getting very close to my goal.This is the happiest I have been in ages, I'm not even lying.The look on the Alpha's face when Allyssa told him that she did not want to be his mate anymore, and the broken look on Allyssa's face as she flung baseless accusations at the Alpha.Their relationship is at rock bottom and I am so very happy about it, I cannot believe that idiot Allyssa.I'm convinced at this point that her brain is only for decoration and she does not use it to think at all, it's all for fancy.I laugh out loud and pick a bottle of champagne that I iced in a bucket, pouring the sparkling white wine in a glass, the paper brownish-gold color excites me.I lift it to my lips and taste the b
Lance's POV.I'm angry and frustrated, Allyssa has succeeded in making me utterly enraged, she is not even giving me the chance to speak for myself, she just up and assumed that I was at fault, and I guess in a way I am, but I wasn't the one that killed the woman and she is not allowing me to clear myself.And I am even more angry when she just threatens to end our relationship, like it's some superficial bond, like the mating bond means nothing to her, it makes me so angry that my wolf growls. I'm so angry, rage fills my head, my vision turning red and dangerous.I look at as she speaks, barely registering her words, my head feels like it's about to burst, she is shaking, from whatever emotions are rocking her body, her eyes are red and bloodshot, the tears still falling in torrents like it's not going to end.When she says that she wants to end our relationship, I laugh in her face, the laughter just erupts from the pit of my stomach, bubbling it's way out of my mouth with an intens
Allyssa's POV.The shock on my face must show because he is taken aback, I feel a lot of emotions at this point, disgust, rage, anger, sadness, I feel betrayed.I think I'm going to vomit, I look at him like he is sick, deranged, unstable, and honestly, he is.She warned me, she came to me and begged me to save her from him, but I denied, maybe if I had not denied all the facts she told me, if I had not brushed all of it off as hysterics, she would still be alive.When I look at her again, her body mangled on the floor, I bend over and vomit in one of the shrubs.When I turn back to look at the Alpha, the blood on his hands, on his face and his clothes tells me everything I need to know, tells me who exactly is responsible for this crime.I watch his face closely, wondering why the hell he had to do this, a tear gleams on his face and I am taken aback, I feel the urge to laugh at him.Why is he crying? The almighty Alpha? Why is he showing this emotion? He fucking killed my aunt! My o