Carmen's Determination

Mom and I were jumping with anxiety as dad was standing right outside the door! We knew how bad dad’s anger was, so we did not want him to see me, not ready yet.

“Honey, just a few minutes! We will be right out!” mom yelled out to dad while gesturing me to hurry up and put on my dress.

I stood silently; I did not want to marry Ivan! I needed to get out of my house. My mom rushed into the bathroom to grab some my makeup bag to glam me up!

Taking this opportunity as my mom was not keeping an eye on me, I unlocked the window of my room and started to bunch up the excessive cloth of my dress so that I would not get stuck while jumping off the window.

This was the only option left for me to take and thankfully I lived on the first floor of the mansion. Though there was still some height from my window to the ground, it was not too much to the point where jumping could potentially end my life. I would just achieve a few random bruises and I was willing to take them all to get away from Ivan and my family.

I raised my feet on the edge of the window while holding onto the walls on either side of me. My heart began to skip a beat as I saw the ground. Wind blew against my face, making the loose strands of my hair to get into my face.

“Carmen, I found your makeup!” I heard my mother yell from the bathroom. I began to hear her footsteps coming my way. I had no time to think about anything whatsoever! If I wanted to jump, then I had to do without even wasting a single second.

At that point, I took a very deep breath and exhaled before hesitantly letting my go of my grip with the white painted wooden walls.

I closed my eyes to avoid frightening myself anymore. Soon, within seconds I fell onto the hard ground. I felt a sharp pain in my legs since they were the first to make impact on the ground. The grass did not help with the landing at all.

I scrapped a little bit of skin from my knees and a little blood dripped onto the bright green grass. My knee was in a bad condition, but I knew that my work was still not over. I needed to find a place to stay but, where could I?

“Carmen!! How did you get down there? Get back here!” I saw my mom yelling from the first floor.

I raised my head to see her concerned yet disappointed face at me. Everything turned ten times worse when I saw my dad approaching the window from behind. It seemed as if he either unlocked the door with a key or broke it down since I could see the angry expression on his face.

I gulped the accumulated saliva in my mouth when he noticed me standing out in the open with my wedding dress all ruined and covered in dirt.

“Carmen! Do not do what you are doing! Get back here at once! Or else!” he screamed while pointing his finger at me.

My body tensed upon hearing dad’s scream! It was difficult going against him considering what a powerful alpha he is. I needed to go somewhere far away from my home! A place where no one, not even my family could find me.

“Fine! This is how you want it? Then fine! I’ll come there and drag you to the wedding!” dad said before storming away from the window with an angry look.

At that point, I began hurrying my way out of the area. Dad’s power was too much that no one could handle it. I ran and ran as fast as I could into the near forest but the many branches and trees that came on my path made me reduce my speed a lot thus putting me at a severe disadvantage.

When I reached at a denser part of the forest, I took a moment to catch my breath and collect myself mentally. I stopped myself near a tree and rested my back against it. I closed my eyes to calm myself down.

I had no idea where I was, but I was happy to be anywhere but near my horrible excuse of a family! Being with them made me suffocated beyond anything.

I was so tired that I did not know what I was supposed to do next! I knew I wanted to go anywhere where my parents and of course Ivan were not but the big question was where! There was nothing but the woods for miles!

I was hoping that I was not around any border area connecting the human society or else a gamma would catch me and send me back to me dad!

Our family was the most powerful with my dad at the top amongst everyone else. So, naturally his orders were followed by all people in the area! Of course, except for me.

I took a good look at my white dress that had gone almost dirt brown after all it was been through.

I was never against marrying and I dreamt to reserve this dress and day for my one true mate that was chosen for me by the Moon Goddess Selene.

Too bad all my dreams were now shattered because of my stubborn parents. It was so unfortunate how my wedding turned out to be.

Just as I continued to take rest, my inner wolf was able to pick up the sound of a snap of a twig. I instantly began to be on alert as I knew someone was near me! Watching over me!

I moved my eyes as much as I could to scan the area without moving my body too much so that I could not alert the stalker about my knowledge about his presence.

I leaned in towards the trunk of the tree so that I could try and hide myself from any sudden attack from the stalker.

My heart started to jump once I heard a low growl sound itself from the ambiance of forest! I had no idea from which direction the sound was coming from but one thing I was for sure is that If I stayed in the same spot for some more time, I was a goner!

Just then, I heard another snap of a twig to the right of me and there I saw two glowing yellow eyes looking at me in the bushes.

I started to take a few steps back even though my body felt frozen. Slowly, the bushes rattled, and the grey furry creature came out of the bushes. It was none other than Ivan in his wolf form.

I got extremely nervous that he had found me! I wanted to run away but I knew he would catch up even if I transformed into a wolf myself. Nothing made sense to me anymore but as soon as I started taking a few more steps back...

Ivan pounced on me with a loud growl!