Chapter 4

For days, I had been locked up in prison without food or water. I hadn’t seen daylight in days and for the first time in my life, I knew how important the light the Goddess blessed us with was. However, if Rico thought he could keep me here and I would rot, then he was delusional.

I was a pureblood, a breed that could withstand anything. I wouldn’t die just from not eating but even at that, I wanted to get out of prison so bad. I thought of tearing out the iron doors from their hinges but that would be a total waste strength. 

If I escaped from prison that way, it might kick up an unrest, one that I would be buried in. Deep down, I knew I didn’t have power over the Pack yet to go against Rico.

More days passed but I anticipated help from my father. He knew I wasn’t guilty of impersonation or misleading the people. I expected him to stand up for me since he knew who I was but then he never showed up. Was I abandoned once again?

At the same time, I wanted to know how Jeremy was doing. Would he come for me like he did in my past life? But then it might be too late again.

In the next second, I heard footsteps and immediately, I stood up to my feet in anticipation that it was my father or my mate. However, I came face to face with Rico who looked at me with a devilish smile on his face and I frowned in disgust just at the sight of him.

“I see you have not learned your lessons, yeah?” He said to me and I sneered in disgust.

“What lesson? Do you think your act of cowardice of locking me up here would make you feel better?” I asked as I looked down at him. I was tempted to exert my powerful aura on him. Something I had been suppressing for a long time now but then I had to be calm and not show myself.

Rico could kill me easily in prison if he wanted to.

“You bitch!” he yelled and before I knew what was happening, he stretched his hands past the space between the iron bars and held onto my neck.

His grip tightened, just like how I held onto him at the party.

“You are gonna pay for rejecting and humiliating me before everyone! I can decide to kill you however I want and even fuck your body afterward.” He threatened with a vile look in his eyes and I was irritated by his whole existence.

How could he think of something like that? How dark was his heart?

But at the same time, I couldn’t breathe. His grip on my neck was sucking out all the oxygen in my body and I felt my heart and lungs constrict.

My eyes turned red and as I put out my hands, ready to strangle Rico as well, I suddenly heard hurried footsteps.

Before I knew what was happening, Rico was thrown off me and his body landed on the dirty prison floor, rolling to the end of the wall.

I staggered backward while I let out a series of coughs. My eyes watered as I let out a series of coughs.

But then I started to hear the sounds of a heated fight and at the same time, I perceived my mate’s scent. Swiftly, I rushed toward the bars while I saw Jeremy dealing Rico several punches.

My eyes widened in surprise seeing him but then I was giddy that in this life, he had come to save me for real.

“Get off me, you bastard!” I heard Rico say as he tried to fight off Jeremy but he couldn’t. I had never seen Jeremy so strong and he could even fight an Alpha wolf.

“You asshole! Do you think you deserve her? What right do you have to lock her up because she rejected you? She is mine! Mine, alone!” Jeremy thundered, laying his claim on me. For the first time in my life, I felt needed and I smiled, with love-filled eyes.

“Who the fuck are you to say that? Randelle belongs to me and I can treat her however I can!” Rico tried to fight back. He dealt Jeremy a heavy punch which threw my mate a few feet backward. I saw my mate wince in pain and I winced too like I could feel his pain.

Rico was about to attack again but Jeremy suddenly brought out a pocket knife and threw it at Rico. The knife got lodged in Rico’s shoulder with blood spewing out. That was a delicate area to attack and Jeremy smiled cunningly.

“You wanna know who I am? I am her mate and I will protect her till I die!” Jeremy declared and I nodded my head in affirmation. There was no need for us to hide our bond like we did in my past life. We were meant to showcase our love else we might regret it again.

“What the fuck are you saying? You are her stepbrother!” Rico yelled but Jeremy had nothing else to say and he launched a feral attack while Rico was still trying to make sense of the situation.

Jeremy sent Rico a kick to the ground and then stepped harshly on the lodged pocket knife. Kneeling on Rico’s chest while the pathetic Alpha wailed, my mate brought out another knife, putting it at Rico’s neck.

Now, Rico was at Jeremy’s mercy and I grinned widely. The tides had turned now and we would no longer be at Rico and Eva’s mercy.

“Let her go right now and we will go far away from the Pack. Otherwise, you will lose your life right this instant.” Jeremy threatened and I frowned.

Why would he want us to go far away? But then seeing Rico was acting stubborn, Jeremy pressed the knife on Rico’s neck with blood spewing out.

Rico saw his life flash through his eyes and he yelled, “Take her away! Don’t kill me!” He pleaded and it was a thrilling moment to the high and mighty Alpha pleading for his life.

Immediately, Jeremy took the keys and rushed toward the prison bars, opening them up.

“Come with me, my love. Let’s leave together to gain power!” he offered but then I knew that I would follow him to the ends of the earth if that was what he wanted. However, I wanted one thing.

“Let me be yours, forever, let’s love and cherish each other, and show the world that we are mates...” I said and he agreed without qualms.

“...Then we shall be back for r

evenge!” he completed my words just like he completed me.