I felt the heavy punch which sent me to the ground and then, I saw these two hefty hands that used a sac to cover my face, pushing my head inside a pool of blood.
"Finally. We have caught you. And we can finally use your blood to cleanse our dying race and sick pack."The voice said in a shrewd manner as I struggled to free myself from his strong grip.The more I struggled, the more he tightened his fingers around my neck, almost strangling me as I choked heavily."I never believed it was ever possible to come in contact with a blood moon wolf."I heard another thick and manly voice that came with a heavy door bang."After the alpha destroyed their pack, who ever believed someone actually made it out alive?"The man with the thick and manly voice laughed hysterically."Go harder on her. She mustn't escape."He ordered the hefty man that was pulling my head inside the bathtub filled with blood.Slowly, I was losing my consciousness as the blood soon filled the sac and I could feel it enter my eyes, nose, ears and even my mouth as I kept on begging for my life."Noo-ooo!!"I screamed with a loud voice with my hands on my neck as I jolted up.I could feel the heavy heartbeat. The sunlight had blinded my eyes for a while which made me shut them and this time around, I opened them slowly.I looked around and all I could see were two strange faces I haven't seen in my entire life and then, a neatly decorated room that had a chandelier at the center of the room and long beautiful curtains and a sofa chair, wardrobes, cabinet and every other furnitures present here were mostly black."Is everything alright?"The young girl that sat close to me asked as she got frightened by the way I had screamed."You kept struggling on the bed and holding your neck like someone was strangling you. A nightmare?"The girl asked as she looked at my eyes sternly like she was trying to read through my mind."Where am I?"I fired immediately as I looked at her and the little chubby but thick body boy that stood next to her.Looking at them I could see the striking resemblance but what I couldn't tell was how I landed here."You are in the Night Howlers Pack!"The boy said in a rather disgusting manner as he furrowed his eyebrows at me."Stop it, Pete!"The girl snapped as she looked at the boy."Don't be mean to her."She said as she turned back to me."Wait! Did you just say Night Howlers Pack?"I trembled immediately as my brain processed what he said and from all that I could possibly think of right now was for the ground to swallow me.I tried linking the scattered memories I had and all I could remember was the one man my wolf declared my mate interrogating me on the wooden chair where he had tied me to and in an old cabin that reeked of blood and sewage."You are a blood wolf, aren't you??"I heard his cold voice banging in my head heavily."Your bathrobe, your duvets, your scent, everything about you draws me to you. Something wolfish!!"The more I thought deeper, the more I heard his voices in my head."You have been out for a whole day."The girl cut through my thoughts, bringing me back to reality."I need to go. I need to leave now!"I said in a shaky voice as I tried getting up."Leaving?"The boy scoffed."Do you think you will be allowed to leave? Just like that?"He chuckled softly as he asked me."I have always waited for my brother's second chance mate. Please don't go!"The girl held my hands as she pleaded, popping her eyes out."Don't be scared. He won't tear you apart like he did to his first mate."The boy ridiculed as he approached where I was."My name is Peter Steele, your soon to be brother in-law."He said with a smile on his face.Looking at him smile now made me more uncomfortable."What did he mean when he said Jace wouldn't tear me apart like he did to his first mate?"I shrugged within at the thought of it.He definitely wasn't helping matters."And I am Jane Steele, the only girl in the family of three boys and other male cousin I have out there. And for Pete, he's mostly a loud mouthed, chubby baby. Don't take his words seriously if you want to have a happy life."Jane introduced herself briefly before smiling effortlessly."What do you mean by I was his second chance mate? What happened to his first? Why did he hijack me and then forcefully brought me here?"My heart raced really fast and my head spinned as well.Right now I couldn't think straight. I just needed answers to my questions."Uh-uhm. I wouldn't lie to you but yeah, something like a tragedy happened to his mate but I could swear that it was nothing but just a mistake and it won't repeat itself again and he didn't hijack you, c'mon - he brought you home, where you truly belong."Jane said with a smile on her face.I wasn't fully convinced with her answer. I knew she was hiding something from me but then, taking Peter for his words also sent down cold shivers down my spine."How long have I been here?"I asked as I looked at the both of them."Okay, 2 days and you recovered poorly from the bruises you had."Peter answered as he leaned on the wall."2 days?"I gasped out in terror."How possible was that? How could I have passed out for completely 2 days?"I asked in shock as I couldn't also believe it."You can ask your wolf about that."Peter snapped as he looked at me."I-i-i I'm growing Wolf-less."I whimpered as I lowered my head in shame."Whattt??"They both gasped in shock as they looked at me."What do you mean by you are growing Wolf-less?" Peter asked and she could see the disappointment that lingered in his eyes visibly."Are you being serious right now that you are growing Wolf-less?"Jane went on to ask again to confirm that what I was saying was nothing but the truth."I keep trying but then, I have been rejected twice by my mates. The more I get broken, the more my wolf hurts and the more she grows weaker."I said calmly as I looked at them.Whatever I had said wasn't convincing enough but how can I possibly explain to them that I had no clue to why I was growing Wolf-less. This was rare, highly rare and mostly from a curse but then all my life I had spent, hiding and running from my past and finally I could no longer run but face it. "And when last did you shift into your wolf? What's her name?"Peter asked as he looked sternly at me."Raven.""Ohh! At least you shift."He exhaled softly as he looked at me."I have never shifted before. No matter how hard I try to
"I don't think you really want to talk about that right now."She snapped as she looked at me. "And why is that?" I became more terrified within the thought of what the haunted villa was all about and why Jack Steele had threatened me with it. And I knew he wasn't just coming up with the whole haunted villa stuff to scare me. The dream I had an hour ago, the man who was drowning me in the pool of blood also had the same tattoos as Jack and the voice of the person that had walked in, urging him to go harder on me so that I couldn't escape still had his voice, manly enough and thick. "They are just rumors, nothing more and nothing less, you can trust me on that."She shrugged as she forced a smile on her face. Looking at her right now, I could tell that she was definitely hiding something from me. "Can you take me there?"I asked in a curious tone. "Take you there? Are you insane? Hell no, there's no way that I am taking you there or even stepping my legs inside that building."S
I walked gently behind the four ladies and they kept quiet like they were dumb. All they did was to lead me to wherever Jace Steele was.The more we walked, the more I could perceive his whiff which was very strong and the stronger it got, my heart slowed down. "Drop it already?"I groaned as I could gradually feel Raven (my wolf) get agile. I could feel the excitement in her as she kept on pacing in my head and wagging her fluffy tail. We were closely bonded that the slightest movement she made I could feel it and after the last time I heard her say that word, "MATE" she had dropped weak and now again, I could feel the excitement. "I hope his wolf gets to like me!""Can you just stop with your daydreaming already?"I snapped her out of that thought of Jace's wolf getting to like her. "He knew you all along and yet, still had the mind to torture us."I scoffed as I kept moving. And right now, I could tell that we were very close to where he was. "C'mon, don't be such a killjoy."
"What!?"They gasped as I told them the cause of my bruises. "You mean my brother did this to you?" Peter growled as he grabbed my hand. “How could he do this to you?”Jane cursed as she came closer to me to examine the bruises I had gotten. “How could he be so cruel towards you?”She whimpered as she had me sir on the bed. She brought out a first aid kit as she treated my wound. “Uhm!” Katherine cleared her throat as she rolled her eyes. “What is it you want to say now?”Peter scoffed as he looked at her. “I doubt if Darcy Snow stands a chance of being Jace's mate.”She rolled her eyes again as she sighed. “C'mon, don't give me that look again, Jane.”She scoffed as she hissed. “How could a man in his right senses hurt a lady in such a manner? How could he send his claws deep inside her flesh and even in her neck? Wasn't that extreme?”She paced about as she kept on ranting and pouring her heart. “That is why I hate powerful men!”She concluded with a heavy hiss. “Can you
I stood up as I took the cloth and then went to change my cloth. I treated the little bruises I had incurred from Jack's brutality. “Are you insane?” Peter questioned as he saw me wearing the maid's gown. “Wait! Don't tell me elder brother, Jace Steele did this to you?”He shuddered as he looked at my right fingers.“And why would he have you do the maid's work when you are his beloved second chance mate? This is crazy. I mean f*cking crazy.”Jane said in a disgusted tone as she sat down on the bed. “Are you really sure you want to walk down this lane, Snowy?”“This lane would really be a difficult one because he despises you already, so what are the chances that you get to be accepted as his second chance mate?”Peter went on and on asking several questions.I stared at him and wished he was my mate after all. At least, ever since I stepped my feet here, he has always been caring and concerned about my well-being. “I will go talk to Jace.”“It wasn't just Jace's decision but Jack
I swept and mopped the floor, not leaving a single dirt. He ordered me to scrub the dining table thoroughly before leaving which I hurriedly did before I went to prepare another oyster Rockefeller and sandwich for him again.I walked down in the lonely street to get few stuff.Luckily for me I was able to get them and before I was done with his dinner it was already few minutes past 10p.m.He ate the food and ordered me to do the dishes as a punishment for starving him. And when I was done with the dishes I was completely exhausted.I had never worked this hard in my entire life. I also had to scrub the kitchen floor and clean the gas cooker and the table as well.Moved to the dining and I also scrubbed the floor with a little towel which made it a very tiring task. And before I got done with all the chores it was already few minutes left to 1a.m in the morning. My eyes were heavy and I really needed to sleep as well. I returned back to the room I had been occupying just to see Jac
He stepped out of the room after advising that I follow him now unless I was never ever going to find out.I felt this curiosity that came with the hate in me.“What other secret were they hiding from me?”Everyone came with different secrets and now, the one man I am about to go all down for just whispered into my ear and the calmness I felt immediately went sour and my heart skipped in fear, racing really fast as my head would not stop spinning. It all didn't make any sense but then when my eyes met with his cold eyes, it crushed me from within and when he went on to smirk, this numbness slowly spread through my chest.I followed him and kept following him in silence. This was unusual, Peter was silent and that was different. We exited the royal villa as he took me down a quiet street. Only a few werewolves were up already and they were preparing for the day's work ahead. “Where are you taking me to, Peter?”“What secret have you been hiding?”I finally asked two major questions t
We returned back to the royal villa before it clocked 6a.m.The guards greeted us in unison with a smile on their face. Peter wasn't much interested in their greetings as he wore a cold face as he walked past them and all I did was to reciprocate their every smile. “Please, no-no-no-no-no!”Allison's voice rang in my head loudly as I walked into the villa. “Don't do this to me, please!”“I have always loved you, Snow. I was just blinded by her deceit, her lies, her desires for power which I couldn't see. Please, don't reject me as your mate, please Snow!”He pleaded as he cried in a weak manner, struggling with the chains on his body.“If you don't come with me, our pack will fall to the ground. Everything we built together will collapse. Snow, don't! Please, don't do it!”He went on begging and begging but then I couldn't just stand his sight. Peter was right, if possible – I would have tore him apart for the pains he made me go through. For cheating on me with my own best friend,