Ruby.
'Hey beautiful.' I am woken up by the most amazing female voice. That's not Zama, I open my eyes, slowly, adjusting to the sudden light that's almost blinding me. My eyes hurt and so is my body. I finally manage to open my eyes, but I can't see the person speaking. Am I going nuts? And I have clothes on, I am in an oversized t-shirt. It's definitely his, it has his scent all over it. How come though? I am definitely not home by the looks of it.'Hey.' The voice says again, making me flinch. I think I am going mad.'Of course not.' I hear the same voice again.“Where are you? Are you a ghost?” Omg I'm hearing ghost voices. I shoot up from the bed, knocking the sheets over and standing upright in a jiffy.'Don't be silly, Ruby.' Wait a minute, is the voice in my head? 'Of course silly, it's me your wolf Roxane.' My wolf?“Omg I have a wolf.” I say out loud.'Of course, duh! It's not a miracle, you are a wolf, aren't you?'“You have an attitude.” I say.“You don't have to speak loudly, you know, I can hear your thoughts pretty well.” She says.“Well I am so happy that you are here.” I say loud again, happiness overwhelming me.'Wait a minute, where are we?' I ask Roxane.'How will I know, I was asleep just as you were, though I woke up first.'? She brags.'Okay, now can we figure out where we are? Because this isn't my room.' That's when my memories of collapsing into Owen's arms comes rushing back to me. Just thinking about him makes me blush, I feel my cheeks becoming red.'Girl, you're already wet.' Roxs says, chuckling. 'And don't you dare call me Roxs, my name is Roxane.' She adds.'I will call you whatever I want because you are my wolf.''Fair, but I will get you, don't worry Ruby.' She says, going off.I scan the room I am in, it doesn't look familiar in any single way. As I am about to head for the door, I see the knob turning. Someone is clearly coming in, I run back to bed and pretend to still be asleep.I hear footsteps coming towards me and stop the moment they are beside the bed. I feel a kiss on my forehead, that sends sparks all over my body. My body reacts to Owen differently, for sure. He lingers there for a while, I can't stop myself from opening my eyes. My whole body longs for him.I am met by his enchanting eyes the moment I open my eyes.“Owen.” I say.“You are awake, how are you feeling now, baby.” He asks, squeezing himself beside me on bed and circling his hand around my body from underneath me, pulling me closer to his chest.“My body is in pain. Where am I please.” I ask politely.“You are in my room.” He says, his eyes not leaving mine.“Wait, your room? In the underworld?” I ask, my heart starting to beat so fast.“Yes you are in the underworld Ruby. I brought you back with me because you are my mate and I can't share you with the two morons.” He says firmly.“You are kidding, right.” I ask, freeing myself from his embrace.“No I am not, when you collapsed, I took the liberty to bring you with me.” He explains. This is the reason why I didn't want a mate, how dare he.“So you kidnapped me?” I ask in a low tone, I don't want to erupt. I try as hard as I can to play cool.“What? No Ruby, you are mine, so there is no way I kidnapped you.” He says, his ruby eyes scanning me. He seemed surprised at my outburst.“Take me back home now Owen, please.” I say looking at him.“You want to go back to your morons, huh?" He raises his voice, getting up from the bed.“Don't you dare speak to me that way Owen. The fact that I am your mate, doesn't mean you own me.” My anger gets the best of me. “As a matter of fact, I am going to reject all of you, I don't want a mate. I don't want my life to be tied down to a man, powerful or not, I don't care.” I utter getting out of bed and scanning around for my shoes.“No, please don't say that Ruby.” He rushes to my side and takes my hand in his. The moment our skin meets, my anger fades away. I see how devastated he looks, his Ruby eyes have a hint of tears in them. My heart tightens as I see him this way. “Don't reject me, please.” He begs.“I just can't…" I try to say something, but it seems like my mind goes blank.“I am sorry but please don't utter those hurtful words to me, they will completely shutter me, Ruby .” He pleads as a tear escapes his eyes. He makes me so confused, I feel so bad for saying the words in the first place.“I want to go home.” I say, not having another word to say to him.“Well, Ruby you can't.” He says, his face seems apologetic.“Why Owen, I need to go. My mum must be worried sick about me.”“It's impossible for now Ruby, I am sorry. The portal only opens once in a month for another Supernatural to pass through.”“You are joking, right?” My eyes widen at the realization that I might spend a really long time here with him.“No Ruby, I can move in and out, but you can't, you have to wait for the portal to open first.”“And you knew all about this before you brought me here unwillingly.” I ask, fighting the tears that are threatening to come out.“Yes Ruby but…"“Don't you dare utter another word. Just get out.” I say calmly. “Leave me alone, get out of here.” I add.“I am sorry Ruby, please…"“Get out!!!!!!.” I scream, yanking a bedside lamp at him. He dodges it, it crashes on the wall, causing it to break. “Out." I scream again, throwing a pillow at him. He stays there for a long while before exiting the room.I throw myself on bed and cry my heart out, how could he do this to me?RubyWhat do I do now? This is the reason why I didn't want any man. Now, who gives him a reason to behave like that with me? He doesn't know who I am completely. What do I do? I remember, I once took classes in drama, Zama always used to say that I was a good actress. I am going to give him one, he'll of an act that is going to make me get out of this place. I start coughing loudly before he goes further away. I want to capture his attention. I cough as loud as possible and when I hear his footsteps approaching, I start clutching my stomach and making disturbed noises. “Ruby what's wrong.” He comes in rushing beside me and scoops me in his arms running outside and screaming orders to someone I can't even see. By now my eyes are closed partially. I scan my surroundings, it seems where I was kept, it is pretty far from where he is running to. There is a dimly lit corridor which leads to the room I was in. It's like I was a prisoner or something. “Open the gate.” He shouts when he
Ruby's POVI close my eyes as I see his hand moving towards me. But when he doesn't touch me, I open them, only to realize that I am all alone in my room. “Owen.” I call out, but he is nowhere to be seen. Did he just leave me when I wanted to be with him so badly? Maybe he went downstairs. I get off my bed, open my bedroom door and proceed downstairs calling his name every five seconds. “Ruby is that you?” My mother's quivering voice calls out to me. “Mom did you see Owen.” I ask, approaching the living room.“My darling, it's really you.” Tears escape her eyes as she embraces me. “I thought I would never see you again, my dear. I thought that monster had taken you from me.” She adds. “Where were you, Ruby?” Damien's concerned voice makes me realise that my living room is packed. “Did that bastard Owen do anything to you?” Rowan asks, already by my side, checking my whole body. I am so glad to see them both, all I want is to be all alone with them, including Owen. I just can't ex
Ruby’s POVI get to the park earlier than I had intended, I couldn’t wait to see my three gorgeous men. I still don’t know what I am going to talk to them about. All I want is to just see them, maybe this ache in my heart will go away. Surprisingly, they are all here, and they seem to be in a heated argument which stops the moment they spot me. They all stand up pretending to be quiet except Owen, who doesn’t even seem to care. Why does his rebellious nature seem to turn me on? Part of me wants to rush into his arms. He turns to look at me and I see his face light up a little. I guess he read my mind. However, I feel the same way when Damien offers his hand politely, so I can sit down. And Rowan hands me a bottle of water, I don’t even know how he knew I was thirsty after walking all the way here. I take a seat on the bench beside Owen, Rowan sits next to me and Damien kneels before me taking my hand in his. Every contact with them makes me want more, I am afraid if we don't fin
Ruby’s POV“She is waking up.” Rowan's dejected voice says, I open my eyes slowly, I am surprised I am in another environment. How I got here I don’t know. My body seems so heavy, but I don't feel any pain. I remember getting stabbed, and losing my consciousness. Three pairs of eyes are looking at me, the shock and pain is evident in them. Rowan kneels beside me and takes my hand carefully. “I don't know what I could have done if anything bad had happened to you, Ruby.” He speaks his eyes on my hand, I can feel how hard he is holding his tears. “Don't you dare touch her again, blood sucker.” Owen interjects, yanking Rowan off me. This is what made me get hurt, these fights, how am I going to make peace reign between the four of us? “You lost that right when you hurt her.” He adds, blocking the path to both Damien and Rowan with his huge arms. “Stop it please.” I beg. I feel so defeated. “You have to ask them to leave Ruby, you are mine.” “She is mine too.” Damien and Rowan say i
Ruby’s POV“Ruby.” He looks at me with his ruby eyes, there is something behind them, something I have never seen before. He looks vulnerable, he looks broken, and it's like he has given up. It's so unlike him. “Owen, please don't.” I know he knows what is running in my mind.“But you have already made a choice, beautiful. I have resigned my fate, baby.” He tilts his head sideways and shrugs. “What do you mean?” I ask, wrapping my hands around his neck. “Don't do that baby, you know it really hurt me when you chose Rowan over me, I thought you wanted me more.” He says, I feel how sad he is. “I thought you were going to choose me, you were all that I wanted, you are the person who can save me Ruby, I might sound selfish, but I don't want to be reduced to nothing.” He smiles feebly.“What do you mean by save, Owen.” I ask. “It doesn't matter, seeing you earlier on the verge of death, made me realize that you are the most important person in my life and that your safety and happiness
Ruby’s POV “Wooow, what's this place?” I ask when I find myself standing in front of an expansive compound and in front of me there is the hugest house I have ever seen. It looks like some kind of Palace. “Come.” He says taking my hand, he leads me towards the palace, there is a fountain right outside it and two wooden carvings of dolphins at the either side of the wide door. There is an actual cemented floor on the compound the paths leading to the palace. Besides the paths, there are beautiful flowers planted. It's breathtaking. Wow, the door automatically opens when we get near it automatically shuts the moment we are inside. My jaw almost drops once we are inside. The entire first floor is furnished, it's so wide that I can't see the end. What surprises me is that I haven't seen a single soul since we stepped in here. A house this huge, how can no one be around? “Are you alright Ruby?” Rowan asks turning around to look at me. I just nod, I am a little scared, I came to an unkn
Ruby’s POVWhat's wrong with me, the more I kiss him, the more I want him. But something seems a miss, it's like he isn't enough, it's like he can't satiate me. My mind keeps on wandering to Damien and Owen. I find myself wishing that they were here with us. I feel incomplete without them.I slowly pull myself away from Rowan. “I am starving.” I smile. “I know, I can hear the rumbling already.” He kisses my cheek and puts me down. “Why don't you make yourself comfortable, and I will be with you in a short while, alright.” He says, smiling. I really thought that he was grumpy and all, but he looks so different, homely I can say. I just lie on the couch and wait.The next thing I know, I am being woken up by a kiss on the forehead. I open my eyes slowly, Rowan's smiley face greets me, he is kneeling beside me. All I can see in his eyes is his love for me. “Hey, love, the food is ready.” He says. “Sorry, I took too long.” “It's fine.” I get off the seat, my body feels so heavy. I fee
Ruby’s POV“Owen, you are here." I feel so happy seeing him in front of me. I move to where he is and embrace him from behind. Earlier, I felt like I was missing something, but now that he is here, I am glad my night will end well. “Yes I am Ruby, right here with you.” He answers, turning to face me. “Aren't you angry with me?” I ask. I got the vibe that he might be when I noticed him in my room. And he definitely listened to my thoughts about Rowan. “No I am not, how am I even going to bring myself to be angry at your baby.” He asks, cupping my face in his huge palm. "And that Rowan guy, can't surpass me in anything, I have so much faith in myself Ruby." He adds with so much confidence, this is what attracts me about his personality. “Thank goodness, I was so afraid that I would never see you again Owen.”“Well to be honest, I was really mad when you chose Rowan first. But then I saw how broken he looked after hurting you. The whole time you were unconscious, he was miserable, I