Violet POV
That night Dane didn’t leave me even for a minute. He was relentless, and I wanted to give him all I had. And all I had was me, my virginity. I came with no status, no money or family. My only family abandoned me to be killed after injuring me. It was Moon Goddess who had bestowed this opportunity on me and I wouldn’t dare to lose it.
By morning, I was thoroughly exhausted. I snuggled into his chest and went off to sleep. When I woke up in the morning, he wasn’t there. But every part of my body was singing. I stretched my limbs, feeling great for the first time in my life. I think I was the luckiest she-wolf born. My wolf, Opal, was cartwheeling inside. ‘I am so happy, Violet,’ she said. ‘Our mate loves us, but where is he?’
I giggled as I walked to the bathroom. ‘He must have gone to the pack, Opal,’ I informed her, as if she should have known it already. ‘After all, he is the pack’s Alpha. He must have gone for his Alpha duties.’
‘Yes!’ Opal pricked her ears up and I could feel her thrill. ‘Ask him to take you to introduce you to his pack.’
I hesitated as I stood in front of the mirror. There were so many love bites all around my body. As I examined them with a blush, I also noticed how my breasts and hips were curvier. I don’t know how that happened and planned to ask him about it. Did they give me some kind of potion? Every wound on my body healed so well it was as if it was never there.
‘You have to ask him to take you to his pack,’ Opal reminded me.
‘Yes!’ I said and then walked under the hot water shower. After enjoying it for almost half an hour, scrubbing and rubbing my skin hard until it was raw and shining and pink, I came out draped in a fluffy towel only to find a lady in the room with breakfast. She was wearing a blue apron over a white dress. With light brown hair, she had a kind demeanor.
“How are you, Violet?” She greeted me with a smile and set down the tray that had fluffy buttered bread with bacon, lemon chicken, and steaming coffee. “I am Zena, your maid.”
A maid? I was the maid in my family, and now I had a maid? “I am well,” I replied, feeling slightly awkward.
“Oh, you can change in front of me,” she chuckled sweetly and took out a pair of blue denims and a black t-shirt with lacy underwear and bra.
Though I was surprised and jealous as to how come there were female clothes in the lodge, I just nodded, collected the clothes and slipped into them. While having breakfast, I said, “Zena, I would like to go and meet Dane’s pack members.”
Zena stiffened. "I am sorry, but Alpha Dane has given me strict orders that you can't leave," she said.
I stopped chewing the meat as I stared at Zena, trying to understand what she meant. I licked my lips as I debated whether to ask her to clarify what she meant.
‘What is she trying to convey?’ Opal asked, rather growled. She hated to stay in confines.
Emboldened by her words, I asked, “Why can’t I leave? I am Alpha Dane’s mate and one day he has to take me out to meet his pack members.”
The tension hung thick between us. She looked away, as if contemplating what to reply. When she faced me, she said, “It is not my story to tell, but you can’t meet his pack members as well. At least for now. Basically, he has ordered us that you can’t leave the lodge until further orders.”
I swallowed hard, my mind conjuring up all scenarios. Why would he imprison me? Why was he hiding me?
“Violet,” Zena sympathized. “I am so sorry that you are a rogue, but you have to understand that Alpha Dane is the strongest wolf in all of America and he is known to hunt rogues. So you have to give him time to find a solution to this problem.”
My mouth dropped to the floor. I lost my appetite. There was something that she wasn’t telling me. This wasn’t the whole story. “I am a ‘problem’?”
Zena shook her head with a sigh, as if pitying me. She got up. “I am here if you need anything. Alpha Dane is going to come by evening.”
“I want to see him now,” I demanded.
“Sorry, you can’t. He is too busy. He can’t come before evening, or maybe tomorrow.”
After Zena left, I paced my room for hours, unable to think anything about the situation. My mind was in complete turmoil. I needed to speak with Dane in order to allay my fears. But there was one thing that continued to prick me at the back of my mind. While Dane claimed me, he didn’t mark me. Why was that?
By afternoon, I was mentally tired. I decided to go out for a short walk, but the moment I stepped out, I saw there were a few warriors hiding in the woods. They came out and stopped me. “You are not allowed to leave the lodge!” growled one of them, looking down at me. I gasped as he caught my wrist and dragged me back to the cabin.
“What the hell is happening?” I yelled at him. Grabbing me by my arm, he shoved me into the house and closed the door.
“I told you not to leave, Violet,” Zena sighed.
I spun and faced her, rage bubbling in my chest. “Why? I have to talk to Dane now! Call him now!” I yelled, trying to suppress my fears.
Zena clenched her jaws in silence. Her silence was irritating. I stomped to my room and crashed on the bed. I didn’t know when sleep took over me, but I felt well-rested when I woke up next. Feeling hungry, I went downstairs to the kitchen. I took a cursory glance at the newspapers opened on the island table and walked to the fridge to take out an apple. As I took the first bite, my eyes fell on a picture on the front page of the newspaper.
The image in the newspaper punched the air out of my lungs. Dane was standing with a beautiful blonde with green eyes, his arm wrapped around her waist. He was wearing a tux while she wore an olive silk dress that fell to her knees. She was smiling and looking at him with pure love in her eyes while he had that smirk on his face mingled with a look of victory.
The text beneath read, “Famous model, Emily Thorpe, got engaged to a wealthy businessman, Dane Miller, today in the afternoon. According to the sources, they are set to marry in the next fifteen days. Emily and Dane have known each other since childhood and want to finalize their love in the form of matrimony.”
My mind became numb.
The text continued, “Emily’s agency is very happy to announce the engagement. They are saying that Emily will be completing all her assignments and then retire to focus on her marriage.”
My heart silently shattered into a thousand pieces. I felt as if someone had plunged a dagger into my heart and then twisted it. Tears flooded my eyes, and I felt as if I was going to faint. I shrieked. Zena rushed to me, shouting my name.
Zena helped me go up to the bedroom as I clutched my chest. My mate betrayed me. He cheated on me.
Zena made me lie on the bed and tucked me into the comforter. She sat on the edge of the bed and stroked my hair, mumbling softly about how unfortunate I was. I curled up in my bed in a fetal position after she left, unable to think or make out of the situation. Dane had sex with me last night. We were mates. How could he get engaged to another woman?
It was too dark when the door of the room banged open and he strode in. “Violet!” I was in a mess. My eyes were swollen, I had a fever, and my limbs refused to move. I was numb. But his touch sent shivers down my body. His touch soothed me. I was dying to feel him and so I found myself pathetically snuggling in his chest, clutching his shirt like it was the last straw.
So many questions bounced in my head, but my throat was choked as hell. Eventually, in a hoarse voice, I managed to ask, “Will you marry me?”
He scoffed. “Violet, I can’t marry you. My family and my pack won’t accept you, but—” he pinched my chin and lifted my face. “But you will stay in this lodge forever. And that’s an order.”
“As your mistress?” I asked.
“You may think whatever you like.”
“But you won’t mark me. You will mark Emily.”
“I have to mark her,” he said, as if this was undisputable. “She is the daughter of the Alpha of Red Claw pack and my fiancée.”
“You can’t accept me because I am a rogue?”
Violet POV Dane got up and walked to the bar to pour wine for himself. “Please don’t make it difficult for me, Violet. You will stay here in this lodge and you are going to get every benefit. I will surround you with every luxury.” “What if I refuse?” “Why would you?” he growled. “If I remember, you were a rogue who had no family. I have rescued you and will provide you with everything you lacked in all your otherwise shabby life. Besides, it is common amongst Alphas to have more than one woman beside their Luna,” he shrugged. That was a bolt to my self-respect. My mate will be fucking another woman, have her children while I will watch them? Something inside me snapped. He made me feel… used. All at once, a shrill voice boomed. “Dane!” Dane snapped his head. “Shit! Mother is here! How did she know of this place?” He strode out, ordering me, “Stay here!” “Where is she?” his mother shouted at him. “Stop it, mother!” Dane growled. “Reject her!” she growled. “Now!” I came out
Violet POV Next morning, the bed was empty and cold when I woke up. No doubt Dane had gone to be with Emily. The thought left me wounded and depressed. A heavy weight rested on my shoulders that he would never accept me fully. I saw a little note on the bedside table. It was from Dane and read: “I will be back by night. Eat food. Don’t think of leaving. — Dane.” I dragged myself out of the bed and went to the bathroom. When I looked in the mirror, it reflected back a very despondent girl. My eyes were puffy with crying and my lips were swollen. There were strains of tears on my face. Everything hurt, but my heart hurt the most. The whole day went like a whirlwind as I charted my escape. I had lost my appetite, but I still ate. I found a satchel in the lodge and started stashing important things in it like a pair of clothes, food and a torch. I was going to escape during the night. Dane had sent more warriors to guard the lodge as a warning that I could never run away from hi
Dane’s POV For the whole day, they bogged me down with meetings. I wanted to go back to Violet as soon as possible but my Beta Jackson came up with a relentless schedule of meetings. I remembered that after drinking my blood, Violet recovered pretty fast. An Alpha’s blood was like an elixir to his mate. All her curves filled in the right places. The black and blue marks faded and her skin glowed. I gritted my teeth, recalling that mother had done something too nasty yesterday. She had announced my engagement to the pack without consulting me. She had invited all the guests. I wanted to wriggle out of it by calling it off, but when Alphas from other packs started pouring in, it was impossible. Emily was extremely happy. She had called many of her human friends from the fashion world. She also invited the paparazzi which I hated. I had a long fight with my mother and she ended up crying, so I agreed to the ceremony. Even though I wanted this to be a simple affair, my mother and
Dane POVShe was sitting right in front of me. It had been five years since I had been finding her. I had spent thousands of dollars on spies and private agencies, but no one could trace her. She haunted my dreams every night.It was me who had rejected the mating bond between us, ever since my heart felt like a shrapnel in my chest because it knew what it wanted. And it wanted its mate. My wolf wanted his mate. I realized that I couldn’t stay without her, but it was too late by then. Regret swamped me all these years.And here she was — looking beautiful as sin. Gorgeous as sunshine. She had dyed her sandy brown hair to blond that cascaded till her shoulders. But why were they appearing like they were natural? She had no makeup except pink gloss on her lips and white kohl in her eyes.I couldn’t help notice that her hips and breasts had swelled even more. She was a thin girl and now she exuded womanly grace. Suddenly, every feeling that I had fought to keep inside surged like a tsuna
Violet POV I had never been this flustered and frightened in the last five years, ever since I escaped the White Fur pack’s Alpha. Seeing Dane brought back every memory that haunted me over the years. His sharp green eyes, his midnight blue hair… His had tousled hair and bags beneath his eyes, but that didn’t do a thing to minimize his Alpha aura. Even now, he looked like a God, commanding and sucking up all the air of the room, his tall and muscular presence looming over everyone else. His rejection twisted like a dagger deep inside my soul at that time. Even now, it carried the same acrid feeling, though I had come so far ahead in my life. Dangerous attraction and bitterness warred inside me. I hate to admit that seeing Emily with him brought forth hot and ugly, rage-filled jealousy that I struggled to suppress. But that was least of all the problems. My two major problems were: First, my wolf that had slept inside me for so many years inside me and who I was sure would never w
Violet POVJayden got up. “I am not taking a ‘no’ for an answer. If you don’t want the new assignment, you are coming on a date with me.”What kind of deal was that and how did it solve my problem? But I knew Jayden. He would surely force me to go to Emily if I didn’t agree. I took a ragged breath and nodded reluctantly. “Okay, but you shouldn’t put your hopes high. I don’t want any man…”“Finally!” He grinned, his blue eyes beaming with a twinkle. “I will book us a reservation at the Ginger Hotel’s rooftop and will pick you up at 8PM sharp.”I sighed, nodding at him. Jayden got up with that hopeful look and exited my room while I plunged into a bit of researching about Emily so that I could feed Martha, reasons not to take her. An hour later, I had enough material about Emily, but everything was good. I wanted one bad news desperately. It was as if those around carefully crafted her career. She was truly a successful model. So why was she changing her modeling agency? At the same tim
Violet POV I clenched her teeth to stop them from chattering and focused on Jayden, even though Dane’s presence in the room sucked all the air out of me. I think the goddess allocated the entire shitty luck quota of my entire life today. “Is anything the matter?” Jayden asked when me. Surely, I was looking lost. “Nothing,” I smiled, unable to stop the blush on my cheeks. I could feel Dane’s heated gaze on me, but I kept my eyes on Jayden. Jayden smiled back. “Thank you for coming for a date with me,” he said, taking the napkin and spreading it on his lap. “I wonder what it would be to have you by my side forever.” I picked up the glass of water and sipped it to wet my dry throat. “I wouldn’t keep my hopes high,” I explained to him for the hundredth time. “Please don’t push me away, Violet. Give us a chance.” I shook my head. “You are a good catch, Jayden, but—” “Violet,” he said, placing his hand over mine. “Don’t reject me. You are a beautiful woman who is very talented and an
Dane’s POV After I had met Violet in the morning, my wolf was restless. He wanted to chase his mate, and he chased. Out of anger, on my way to her office, I ended up buying ropes and other bondage material to tie her to my bed once I got her.When I parked the car in the basement parking area, I clenched my jaws, wondering if I should make my presence known right now or later. After the way Violet reacted upon seeing me was, I wasn’t sure if she would flee again. She might cause more chaos at the office. So I waited. To get a glimpse of her.Emily’s modeling career was nosediving. She was blaming me for it and not because she was getting old. She put me on a guilt trip, saying that she almost gave up her career to marry me, but I didn’t marry her. So it was difficult for her to get good modeling assignments any longer. Load of crap. But anything to keep her off my back would do. Since Emily’s career was going down, she wanted to take one last chance with a modeling firm in Miami wi