Chapter 10
Athena stared into space; she couldn't get Bella's word out of her head. She had thought he hated her because she sent him away from the pack.
What she didn't know is that he hated her before then.
_EARLIER_
"You didn't know he hated you back then?" Bella had asked.
"I had no idea, I thought he hated me for sending him away," she exclaimed.
"I don't know what happened between the two of you, but I know Lucas hated you since he was a little boy.”
"Did he tell you why he hated me?" Athena asked.
"He told me one night and that was the last time he ever mention it.
"What did he say?" She asked.
"He was angry because you did not even try to save him from his father's wrath," Bella began.
"As a young boy that was suffering so much, he wanted to feel loved, and he craved his mother's warmth. But he didn't get any of this from both his parents.
"And then you would get him dressed, saying swe
Chapter 11“How did she take it?” Landon asked when his wife walked into the house.Reina had tears in her eyes, she had been crying since she went to see Bella.She still remembers all her conversations with her.“What happened Reina, what did you say to each other?” Landon shook his wife who wouldn’t stop crying“What happened Reina!? Why are you crying?” His mind went blank at once, and terrible thoughts run through his mind.“Did something bad happen to her? Is she alright?” He roams her face, and she nods her head negatively.“Talk to me, what did you talk about and why are you crying?”Reina slipped to the ground; she clutches the hem of her dress tighter as her sob rack through her.“You are scaring me,” Landon muttered, he wanted to stop her from crying, but he didn’t even know what caused it.“She hates us,” Re
Chapter 12Bella pulled Elena close to her, engulfing her in her arm, and the two of them cried on each other's shoulder.She couldn't believe Elena will still be alive till today, she had seen first has the terrible thing the rogue did you her and everyone thought she would die.It was not one of the reason why she wanted to be a doctor all along."You are still alive?" Elena cried, and Bella shook her head on her shoulder."I am still alive," she sniffed."I can't believe I was in a coma for two years," she rasped. "I woke up a month after you left, and you can't imagine my surprise when I was told you left."What happened? Why did you leave?""It's a long story," Bella said, as the memories assault her all over."Good thing I have all the time in the world," Elena smiled.Bella pulled away from the hug, and stared at her."I can't believe you survived it," she cooed, her eyes glistening with new tears."I also didn
Chapter 13“What!? How dare she comes here and throw off my order?” Iris bellowed.The maid who had reported to her flinched at her tone, she got her knee in front of her.“Where is she?”The maid stood up from the ground and led Iris to where Bella was taking care of Sarai in the packhouse. A lot of the pack members have gathered there, they were astonished to see someone take care of the slaves.Without knowing it, she captured the heart of many pack members at once, they moved forward to help her with whatever she needed as she cleans up Sarai’s wound.The wound heals up completely after giving her a shot and that seems to baffle the members, they murmured amongst themselves. She smiled to herself secretly.No one understood but this is exactly why she wanted to go to the human lands to learn about their technology. Alpha Colton [ Lucas’s father] did not give chance to civilization when he was st
Chapter 14“Alpha wants to be left alone, he asked you to leave until he summons you,” the guard at the door told Iris.“Did you tell him I am the one requesting an audience with him?” she asked.“I did,” the guard bobbed his head in response.“Go back and tell him it is important I speak to him right now,” she demanded.“He specifically asks not to be disturbed Miss; I don’t want to get him angry.”She was suddenly in his face, looking down at him like a lion would look at his prey.“I will let the guards tear you limb for limb, I will watch with satisfaction as you plead for your life and then set you on fire. But before then,” she paused. “I’ll do you the honour of letting you watch as your family die a gruesome death before I end you.”She stepped back from him, she could see the fear in his eyes and that brought a smile to her f
Chapter 15“Get out all of you,” Iris yelled at the maids trying to get her attention.Angry would be an understatement, she was livid. She shoves the table in front of her away and yelled.“Curse you,” she screamed. “Curse you, Bella.”“I will make sure I ruin your life for trying to ruin mine,” she picked up her phone and dialled Khan’s number.His throaty voice filled her ear“I need you to take me to Lisa straight away, I am ready to do all it takes,” she instructs.He said something that got her even angrier. “Not even in your wildest dream would that happen.”“Fine,” she barked. “I will do it, but just this once.”She pulled the phone away from her ear and the urge to crash it against the wall gripped her.“I hate… I hate you all,” she yelled as she pulled at her hair.
Chapter 16“I warned you,” he growled at her.She stood her ground and lift her chin higher.“What will you do?” She asked glaring at him.Lucas smirked; he knew Bella like the back of his palm.She isn’t the type to back down from a fight, but he knows how to make her swallow back her word.With one swift movement, he wrapped his hand around her throat and kissed her hard, bruising her lip.Her eyes widened and she pushed him away from her.He stepped back, letting her think she was the one who pushed him, since she was so small compared to his large frame.“How dare you?” she snapped at him, her eyes burning with so much fury.He cocked his heads to one side and appraised her with his eyes. “You seem to forget that you are my mate, and I can do whatever I want with you.”“Do I look like a commodity that can be used whenever you want
Chapter 17“What did you just say?” Bella stared at him, daring him to repeat his wordLucas smirked and leaned forward on his seat. “You are to come to my room every night to warm my bed.”Bella jerked off the chair and made for the door.“Bella!” his voice thundered. “I will make sure he suffers the worst death if you dare to step out of that door.”“Do your worst Lucas, I don’t care anymore,” She grab the knob, intending to twist it open.“Do you find it difficult to sleep with me because we are enemies, or you are shy?” She didn’t fail to notice the mockery in his tone.She ignored him and twisted the knob.“You shouldn’t be shy around me when you have literally sleep with more men than I can count,” he chuckled and she closed her eyes, taking in huge gulps of air. “It shouldn’t be new to you since you are no lo
Chapter 18A scream bubbled out of me, and I jerk awake, my bed wet from where I sweat on it.“You dreamt about it again,” Layla told me, her voice low.“I'm sorry,” I muttered.She huffed and curled into the back of my mind, and I sighed. As much as she tried to make me forget those horrible memory, the more I dreamt about them.“I'm so sorry,” I mumbled again.Sleeping would be a problem now that I dreamt about my past, and Layla would be cranky until we are able to get some sleep.“I can count how many times we were able to sleep in the past 10 years, why can't you get it off your mind?”“I am trying but it isn't working, you would know if you were the one affected by it.”She rolled her eyes and went back to curling herself up.I tried to get some sleep, but it was impossible. In the end, I pick up one of the files Athena had asked them to move into my room and start going through it.My mind soon become preoccupied with jotting down names of wolves that needed quick medical atten