Chapter 4

• ROSELLA
• We drove into the pack’s territory, towards the four junction roads that lead to other pack territories. I wished I had escaped to a place farther from here to maybe one of the other packs, but Alpha James’s father was the former Alpha king, so he could have easily fished me out even though it took him longer; he wouldn’t rest till he caught me.
• I sat shriveled up in the car, wrapping my hands around my body, avoiding the look of contempt Alpha James was giving me. I was dead tonight, and no soothsayer could tell me otherwise.
• “See how skinny and dirty you look. You’ve grown some guts, haven’t you? To even conceive the thoughts of running away is extremely laughable.”
• “I’m sorry, Alpha...” I whispered, my voice hoarse from crying too much. I've cried enough tears to last a lifetime today, and t looks like I will still cry more tonight.
• Sorry was all I could say, even though I knew it wouldn’t change anything, any punishment I would be receiving today. My head throbbed as I imagined the pain I would have to be going through tonight, which method of punishment he would like to use to inflict pain on me.
• “Sorry?” his words snapped me out of my thoughts. I raised my eyes tentatively to see him pushing his brown hair from his face.
• To most females in the realm, he was the dashing, sexy, and hot son of the Alpha king, while to me, he was nothing but a monster who enjoyed inflicting pain on someone weaker. He was someone who deserved to burn in hell.
• “You should be busy trying to think of a way to give me an heir! At least that would hasten my claim to the throne. Instead, you were thinking of running away. Well, we’ll have to try again tonight, even if it means having you for the whole night!”
• He scowled and rested his head on the Limo’s seat, unaware of how I looked up at him in shock. Please, God, no!
• Dear Goddess, please don’t let him think of taking me, please, please! I begged whoever cared to listen with my eyes tightly shut, my hands hugging my body tighter.
• My whole body was aching already; I didn’t want to imagine how it would feel when he rips into me tonight. I had never had sex with my so-called mate; all he did was violate me, force himself into me again and again, no matter how much I cried for him to stop.
• I don’t know how it felt to want someone because he had killed that part of me. I had never wanted it but done it anyway; he never even bothered to get me wet or into it; he just forced himself into me like I was his sex doll with zero feelings.
• I remembered the day he took me from my father; I was only 18 then, totally naïve and innocent. I could recall vividly how he violated me throughout that night, tearing into me like a beast, grabbing my hair, making me do things that made me hate my own body. And ever since then, I haven’t ever had the urge to want sex; I didn’t even have a clue about orgasms.
• You can’t let that happen again today, Rosella; you won’t, or you’d rather die! I yelled in my head, forcing myself to think of something. As we were about to drive past the four junctions leaving to different packs, I let out a shrill scream, clutching tightly to my stomach.
• “What the hell bitch?” Alpha James snapped at me, visibly irritated, but I didn’t let it stop me.
• “My stomach hurts too bad, I think I have to use the restroom right now, or it might come out here,” I lied, filling my voice with urgency.
• “What, shit! Don’t you dare do that in here; stop the car right now!” he yelled into the intercom, and the car halted immediately. Then he ordered the guard sitting with the driver to follow me into the bush to do my business.
• Even after I exited the car, I kept up the act so that the guard following me wouldn’t be suspicious. While we trudged more profound into the forest, I looked around to make sure we were deep enough, and there were ways places I could hide.
• “Would you wait here or watch me do my business, Mr. Gates?” I asked, and the guard turned his back facing the other way.
• “Sorry, Luna, I’ll be here; you can go and ease yourself,” he said, and I walked farther without him noticing, all the while looking behind my shoulder to make sure the guard still turned his back. I removed my shoes gently, and I dropped my hoodie. I let go of the little pebbles I picked on the way, and I walked backward, still facing him as silent as I could.
• And when I was sure he was completely unaware, I took to my heels. I wasn’t running to be saved; I already knew that no place in the whole pack was safe for me, so I’d take my own life rather than allow James to treat me with that much horror again. I felt lighter for someone who knew she would die very soon. In fact, I had no regrets, and I was doing this for myself. Nobody would do it, so I did it for me.
• Breezing through the wind and taking off, I felt something I hadn’t felt in the past years. I felt freedom!