First Attempt

SERENA’S POV

My eyelids fluttered open, only to see Lucas, staring at me from the chair he sat on. I didn’t know for how long he had been staring at me, but he still kept his straight gaze even when I opened my eyes and stared back.

“I think you passed out due to the overwhelming anger you felt.” He finally spoke, after a minute of weird silence between us.I scoffed a little, and pursed my lips before releasing them again.

“How is it possible for me to pass out due to an overwhelming anger?” I questioned, finding his statement or discover, ridiculous.

“Well, Serena, you’re probably still trying to handle things with your wolf, especially because you are in your natural habitat. You might experience stranger things.” He said, then rose to his feet suddenly.

My gaze followed his movement until he halted at the door. “By the way, this is my room, and this is where you’ll be sleeping.” He informed me, with a straight expression.I suddenly felt rage building up from within me, and it kept building up until I couldn’t hold it anymore.

“How’s that possible! Why would you keep me captive here, when you can’t find my parents, or give me the information I need?” I snapped at him, ferociously.

“As I said earlier, you are now my captive.” He spoke, then opened the door, and walked out.I got down from the bed immediately, feeling much better than before, and just before I could open the door, I heard it click.

“Damn it!” I cursed out loud.

He had locked the door, knowing fully well that I could come after him. I raised my hands, and hit the door several times to get his attention, regardless of he comes back angry or not, but there was no response from anyone.

I relented, and let out a frustrated grunt, then dropped to the floor on my butt. I buried my face in my palms, and a tear escaped my eyes. There was no way I could reach out to my mother, or anyone who could strategize his or her way here, to get me out of this mess; my phone was lost already.

My mother would have tried so many times to reach me, and would be so worried by now.A sense of guilt overwhelmed me; making me feel wicked for killing her husband, and then leaving her to be all alone.Slowly, I allowed my whole body to lay on the cold floor while I stared at the ceiling in tears.

The restriction my parents gave me back then, was still much better than being a captive here.

If only I wasn’t so stubborn, and went out to the bar on my 18th day, if only I had been obedient that day, father would still be alive until now.

~

“Miss… Miss.” I heard a soft voice, call out gently, and my eyes opened slowly.I wasn’t aware that I had slept off until this lady appeared. She looked innocent, and humble. She was wearing a short, white pinafore, and her hair was covered.

“Who are you?” I asked as I sat up, then stood up with the help of the bed I rested my hand on.“I’m Cindy, and I will be taking care of your needs until Alpha Lucas prefers not to. I’m here to give you what was prepared for dinner.”

She spoke humbly, then showed me where she had placed my food; which was on the bedside table.I noticed she had left the key, inserted in the keyhole, and judging from the way she had been acting, she seemed like an easy person. All I just had to do was to devise a plan.

“Alright, thanks. I’ll need you to do one more thing.” I said to her as I sat on my bed, and crossed my legs.“What’s that, miss?” “I need you to prepare a warm bath for me. The night seems a bit chilly for me.” I requested of her as I kept my eyes fixed on her.

“Alright then.” She responded, then walked right into the bathroom.I immediately tiptoed, and took the key out of the keyhole.“If you aren’t going to set me free, I would do that myself.” I uttered, under my breath.Shortly after she went into the bathroom, she came back outside.“It’s ready, miss.”

“Alright. Another maid actually came here to call you. She said Lucas has asked for your presence.” I said to her, hoping she would take the bait.“Oh, my goodness!” She exclaimed, looking horrified, then she hurriedly left and shut the door behind her.

I waited a bit to know if she was at the door, looking for the key, but she had left, forgetting other necessary things.I smiled, and then kept the key in my pocket. I opened the door slowly to avoid any attention, then stepped out of my room.

This was risky, but still, if I could risk everything to come over here to find out who I truly am, then this should have nothing on me.As I got out of my room, I walked gently to the stairs, and tiptoed down the stairs, leading to the hallway that led to the exit of the palace main building.

I managed to get to the exit and found myself in the palace’ surroundings. Feelings of excitement whirled from deep within me; but at the same time, I felt the dissatisfaction Lorna had.“I don’t care if you’re happy about my escape or not, I’m going back to my mother.” I said, nonchalantly.

The night sky was bright, and the crescent moon shone its bright light like it was bestowing blessings upon me. Immediately I sensed a few guards coming my way, I quickly in a secluded corner until they passed by.

“Phew! That was close.” I uttered under my breath as my body got relieved of its agitation.I walked out of the secluded corner, staring at the guards as they left, until I bumped into someone and fell to the ground.

“Shit!” I cursed under my breath as I groaned in pain, forgetting the fact that I wasn’t meant to be seen by anyone.

But then, I realized that, and looked up quickly to find out who I had just bumped into, and to my shock, It was Lucas, with his eyes, looking razing red.

ALPHA LUCAS’ POV

I flipped the pages of the book on my table, trying to bury my head into something else for a while. That Serena of a woman kept getting into my head, and as I had not discovered what exactly to do with her, she was more of a disturbance if she kept evading my head.

“So, what are you planning to do with her?” Elijah asked, finally breaking the silence that reigned between us for a while, except for the sound I made with flipping pages.

I connected the heel of my palm on my face, and tried not to let out my frustration, then dragged my hands down until I placed them back on the book.“I don’t want to talk about this, Elijah. Talk about something else.” I said to him, ignoring his question.

“But…”He was interrupted by the sound of a gentle knock. From the sound of the heart beat outside, I could tell the person was nervous about something.“Come in.” I urged as I leaned back on my seat, staring at the door and waiting for the person to walk right in.

“I was told you… you asked of me, Alpha. I’m sorry if I must have stayed later than expected in her room. She… she asked me to prepare a bath for her.”

“Hold on. Who told you I asked of you?” I questioned her, sensing something suspicious. “Miss Serena told me you sent a maid to call for me.”

Right there, I knew something was off, because I sent no one to send for her.“Where is the key to her room?” I asked, calmly, but with a cold expression.

Cindy dipped her hands into her pockets, and her eyes widened in shock as if she had realized something.

“Shit!” I cursed out loud, and growled, then dashed out of the study room as I had realized what exactly happened.

I hurried to my room only to find out that she wasn’t there. Even if I didn’t know what to do yet, with her. I couldn’t let her escape as she was likely an enemy. I quickly ran out of the main building and to the compound, searching around for her until I caught her scent, and trailed it down to where I saw her, staring back at the guards who must have missed her.

I stood firmly, waiting for her to look forward, but she failed to, and bumped into me, which caused her to fall down.

“Shit!” She cursed out loud in pain.Then she stopped moving like she realized something, and she looked up at me.“Oh, no.” She muttered under her breath.

~

“Let me go!” She yelled out as the guards dragged her back into the room and I watched as they closed the door, and locked it up.“Alpha, here is the key.” One of the guards presented it to me, and I collected it from me, then headed to the garden to clear my head.While standing in the middle of the garden, staring into blank space, Elijah came to me.

“I think a decision should be made, regarding her, because you can’t keep her locked in the room, all day. She came here to find answers. Locking her up could also prevent you from finding answers as well.” Elijah expressed his concern, which I understood.Ever since I knew that she is somewhat connected to the rogues, I couldn’t just help but feel a growing hatred for her, and it doesn’t seem to stop, despite the fact that we are mates.

The case she is connected to, is a very sensitive case for me. Having my father die, when I hadn’t learned a lot from him, or spent as much time as I wanted, with him, was the worst, the rogues did to me.

The mystery surrounding the leader of the rogues fueled my desire to know exactly who it was and give him the punishment he deserves. Going back to three years when I became the Alpha after my father’s death, I had sworn to the moon goddess to wipe out all that were involved in my father’s death, and to also destroy their lineage.

Seeing as my fated mate seems to be connected with them, it broke my heart and confused my mind on what to do. Going back on promises, especially one which was sworn to the moon goddess wasn’t very good to do.

“Lucas.” Elijah called my name, breaking me out my chain of thoughts.“For now, I’m just going to keep an eye on her. If you feel I need to stop keeping her locked in the room, then I could do that. But you’ll have to keep a watch on her. Any suspicious move she makes, you have to report it to me.” I instructed him, and he nodded.

“I’ll certainly do that. But I have a feeling she might not be connected to the rogues at all.” Elijah made his thoughts known to me.“Time will tell.” I uttered, and let out a sigh.But shortly after we ended the conversation, I felt something strange within me. It was something really strange which I had never experienced before; like someone dear to me was in danger.

“Something is going on.” I spoke out, attracting Elijah’s attention.“What’s that?” Elijah asked, out of concern.I couldn’t tell what exactly was going on, but the feeling was sickening and disturbing to an extent that I could punch my fist right into a wall.

“Mate.” My wolf purred sadly. “She’s in danger.” He informed me.

That’s when it came to my realization that something was wrong with Serena. “Goodness!” I voiced out angrily, wondering what she had gotten herself into.

Then I dashed out of the garden, with Elijah, following after me.I hurriedly ran into the main building and ran up the stairs as fast as I coul.

On getting to close to the room, a maid who I saw, looking scared, halted before me. “It’s Miss Serena. She’s bleeding seriously.” She informed me, with a horrified look on her face.