CHAPTER THREE:
**Diane’s POV**I slowly trudged beside Pete who had his arm wrapped around me, to keep me steady as we walked out of the forest. I wanted to fall against him, to hug him, to hold him around me, but the pain in my legs kept snapping me back to reality at every step I took. “Is your house very far from here?” I asked quietly, feeling the pain on my foot slowly crawl upwards until it began to grip slowly at my knees. “Just a little bit far from here.” He drawled quietly, looking down at me with hooded eyes. “Could you walk a little faster?” I asked him, thinking that my father and Alpha Michael could be looking for me and could appear behind us at any moment. I couldn’t help but look over my shoulders at every minute because I knew that they hadn’t stopped looking for me that quickly. “Are you running from someone, or something?” He asked, turning to look down at me quizzically. I immediately nodded my head in negation and kept my mouth shut as we continued walking slowly deeper into the forest. It was already fully dark outside, and I was quickly becoming dizzy from lack of food and from the pain in my leg. I didn’t know for how long we walked, but at a point I knew I couldn’t move any further. “Are you okay?” He asked worriedly, but I was too weak to even answer, I immediately fell to the floor as my legs could no longer hold me up any more. In my subconscious, I felt him pick me up bridal style in his arms, and I snuggled into his warmth, allowing his sweet smell to envelop me. I tried staying awake, to maybe know where he would take me to, or to find out if he was working with my father and Alpha Michael, but I was too tired to stay awake, too weak to, and his strong sweet masculine scent was too heady. It was quickly clouding my senses. I closed my eyes briefly, reveling in the sweet feeling coursing through my veins at his touch, and allowed the darkness to envelop me… **^** I woke up to the smell of delicious food wafting through the air and into my nostrils. Feeling my stomach rumble loudly in hunger, I sat up slowly on the wide plush bed and gasped. Wow. I looked around the room in awe. It was a large antique room sparsely decorated with white and golden furnishings. It had beautifully decorated high ceilings with a massive chandelier hanging from its center. All in all, it was insanely beautiful. Where the Fuck was I? And where the hell is the Pete guy? Quickly sitting up, I picked up the plate of food which had been so fancifully kept on the bedside table beside me and gobbled up its contents like a starved maniac; as soon as I was done eating, I slowly walked into the bathroom, careful not to sprain my injured foot; and gasped again. The bathroom was massive! It was ginormous! It was beautiful with all the modern skincare facilities you could think of in it. Wow. I stepped into the bathroom slowly, carefully, mesmerized by its beauty. Regardless of how beautiful it was, I didn’t waste my time in it. I quickly had my bath, towel dried my body and walked out of the bathroom slowly. As soon as I got out of the bathroom, I noticed a petite girl standing confusedly at a corner of the room. “Hi.” I called out to the petite girl as soon as I walked towards her; and couldn’t help but notice that she was dressed like a maid. In response, she looked up at me and smiled. A small cute smile. “Good morning.” She greeted me with the small smile still tugging at her lips. “I was told to bring you clean clothes.” She said pointing to some clothes discarded carefully on the bed. “They may not really be your size, but they’re good enough.” “Thank you,” I whispered gratefully, running my hands slowly through the pieces of fine fabric lying on the bed. “Would you like to try them on now?” She asked, looking me down. She was seemingly too excited to see me try them on and I felt slightly bad that I wouldn’t do so in front of her. “No, I’ll try them on later,” I replied quietly, “but please where is Pete?” “Who is Pete?” She asked immediately, looking skeptically at me. “Pete, the young man who brought me here last night?” I replied fearfully. I prayed silently that my thoughts weren’t true about Pete and these people. “I do not know any Pete in this pack.” She said quietly. “And I do not know who brought you here yesterday.” Her reply made my heart race, for immediately I began to feel quite uneasy. My palms began to sweat too. I was absolutely scared. What if Pete and I were attacked but I couldn’t remember, the same way I couldn’t remember attacking Becky? What if Pete had handed me over to my step father. Or to Alpha Michael himself? Oh no he wouldn’t put me at harms way, he was my mate for fucks sake! “Are you okay, milady?” The girl asked, coming to stand in front of me as she waved her hands in my face. I couldn’t speak, I couldn’t find the right words to say, so I quickly nodded my head affirmatively. “Where am I ?” I asked her, looking around me, “what pack house is this?” “I was told not to answer your questions ma’am but is there a problem?” She asked, staring quizzically at me. As soon as the words left her mouth, my heart sank in my chest. No! Pete had betrayed me! I slowly sank to the floor, rocking myself as fresh tears sprang into my eyes. I had been tricked! “Ma’am, are you okay?” The girl tried asking, but I ignored her as the tears in my eyes blurred my vision. Suddenly, Pete’s sweet smell assaulted my nostrils, making me look up at the direction of the door. As soon as I looked up, he waltzed in, clad in a white dress shirt and a loose fitting trouser. “Pete!” I cried out, sitting up on the floor. “Good morni—.” The maid greeted with her head bowed in respect but stopped halfway when Pete quickly brushed her off; then she scurried out of the room so quietly, her movement seemed mouselike. I looked up at Pete to find him staring intently at me, a bemused expression on his handsome face. “What’s happening Pete?” I asked tentatively. My heart beat ferociously against my chest. I felt like I had been swayed. Like I was a pawn in some stupid game of chess. Looking up at him, I saw the smile on his face fall slowly, until I was looking into his stormy eyes. “Stop calling me Pete, I am not Pete!” He growled, his eyes suddenly looking so dark, it was difficult to look into them. “Who are you then?” I asked slowly. My voice is quiet. “Someone you do not need to know yet. I know you’re on the run and I have a job offer for you.” He said slowly, his gaze steely. I gulped as a lump had immediately formed in my throat. The Fuck! I had been tricked! I had literally walked from the frying pan into the fire…CHAPTER FOUR:**Diane’s POV**I gulped again and again, staring into his deep dark eyes that had suddenly turned from accommodating and kind into something so beastly, it was difficult to look into them.“Pete…” I started, my voice thick with fear.“Just call me boss.” He corrected me. Tilting his head to the side as if trying to understand some big puzzle.“Why?” I whispered quietly, my eyes glazed with unshed tears as I stared up at him. I had nothing to say, even my brain was too mushy to form words.Suddenly I remembered that he was my mate and I gasped again. So aside from making me a defenseless human, the moon goddess had also cursed me with a beast of a mate.“Why?” He asked, his eyes boring into mine with so much proximity, it made my knees wobble. “Why what? Why did I save you from the bear’s trap? Why did I save you from vanquishing inside that thick forest or what Diane?”I gulped again, the lump in my throat increased at every passing second. “Why that too…” I whispered q
CHAPTER FIVEDiane’s POVFalling asleep became quite futile after that whole Pete or whatever he was called event, and do you want to know what became even more futile?To quit thinking about him…He was the only thing my mushy brain could think of as I laid in bed all night, and the only name I found myself whispering into the dark room in the silence.“I don’t like this!” I said to myself, shaking my head but what could I do? Absolutely nothing. He haunted my memories like a plague and instead of thinking about how he had tricked me into following him here, all I could think of was how his lips felt against my skin.What exactly was wrong with me?I didn’t like the fact that he, despite what he was, had this sort of strong hold on me and to think that he had kidnapped me against my own will was a different case altogether.How exactly was I having these sorts of thoughts for someone who kidnapped me?Things only got better… or worse when the large clock in the hallway sang a melodious
Chapter sixDIANE POV.I was finally able to escape Drew clutches when I came to the forest and found Michael resting on the trees with hands firmly in his pocket."Is it me or are humans stressful?" He asked, as Drew jumped from behind me. "I think they are actually stressful ," Drew muttered from behind me. "But how?" I asked, surprised to see both of them in front."I marked you, didn't I?" He asked, as I immediately understood the reason for the mark.He used the mark to be able to trace my location. I was doom as it's now dawn on me that I won't be able to escape his clutches."If you had asked for my help, I would have warned you that he could still find you, but you didn't," Drew commented."Now you angered him," he went on. "Were you really going to tell me that?" I asked him, taking a step back from them..It helps actually as I was able to pick up a broken glass."Now I think about it, no, I would love to watch him torture you a bit," Drew boasted.I looked at the two friends,
Chapter sevenMICHAEL POV. As she spoke, I heard the pain in her tone, she wasn't afraid, she wasn't scared either. And I stood up to meet her, I expected her to shudder, to at least shut up but she didn't.She looked me in the eyes, not caring if that would get her killed. I sighed when I drew nearer, looking at the girl who was desperately begging for death."Go and shower," I ordered, heading to the exit and leaving while making sure the gate was shut tight. I am now in Drew's room and I was angrily punching the bag as I explained everything that happened to him. "Wow, that's a lot," Drew muttered at the list of punishments she has been through."Those families have someone to experiment like that, it's making me jealous," Drew complained."That's not the problem now," I grumble. "But seriously, I would need to meet her family, they have given me inspiration on how to torture my next spy," he ignored as he proceed to get a note."So please, state it again," he requested but when
DIANE POV He had me standing there while he slept, he marked a circle around me so I won't move as I wait. It was directly close to the window and the wind was really cold.I frowned, watching him sleep off as I stood there, I didn't face but rather I faced the window. My eyes fix on the beautiful moon and the stars. I looked at the stars, wondering which one Becky would be, the thought of her brought fresh tears down my cheek. I wanted her near me, I wanted her to console me like she usually does.But I know she would be angry that I am mourning her for too long. I spent the night playing several games, although it was cold, the ice bath I received made it much of a breeze for me.I only turned my attention when I heard his footsteps. "You are up, master," I mumbles as he nods heading to the bathroom, if only he knows how much I wish to kill him.Once he was done, he released me and let me have my bath. When I was out, he dropped a book with a lot of complicated pictures which he w
MICHAEL POV. "Over there," Drew yelled, pointing at a guard who laid over her. Her dress was fully removed and he was about to remove his trousers when we saw him. Quickly, he stood up running and I rushed after him, catching on to him quickly. He was terrified and was shaking really bad. "Please spare me your majesty," he pleaded, his hands clapping together, which made him notice what he was holding. A whip on his hand that was full cover in her blood."Did you whip her?" I questioned. "On Lady Gwendolyn order sir," he replied. "She instructed me to beat her with full force anytime she stopped carrying the load," He explained."And how many times did you hit her?" I inquired. "I don't know sir, I lost count when I passed hundreds of whips," he admitted."And the part you nearly molested her, whose orders was that?" I interrogated further. "My initiative, but lady Gwendolyn says I could do whatever I wanted," he confesses. "You are going to regret ever being born," I tell him, dr
DIANE POV He didn't tell me where we were going as he drove and I did not bother to ask him either, I didn't want to irritate him. There were still a lot of things I didn't want to do, in fear that I would offend him. I didn't know if I was allowed to talk to him, or if I was allowed to sleep either. I didn't even know the route he passed, I just stayed in the car, patiently waiting for us to get there.We arrive at a secluded area with Drew waiting at the entrance. "I'm leaving her to you," he says, leaving immediately.I sighed in relief, seeing I would no longer be with him, Drew laughed at my reaction as he led me inside."You can't be that happy," he mutters. "Not happy, just relieved," I admitted as he laughed some more."So where are we please," I asked. "Michael brought me here to train and I will be helping you," he replied."You see, you would be following him everywhere, including dangerous places," he explained."Why did you not ask him on your way here?" Drew asked. "
MICHAEL POV. "Drew, can I ask you for a request, it has to be between both of us," I requested."Oh, you don't want to say a favor," he grinned. "Favour would mean I'm owing you but then it's a privilege working for me, so what more do you get," I said as he rolled his eyes."You seem to forget I earned that position but anyway, what do you want, your majesty," he teased."As we speak, I have created a special training ground for my slave. I would like you to help me train her," I informed. "Really, why, why are you training her,"' he asked. "She seems like an object that would serve useful to me and I'm interested in what she becomes, remember the training is only between the three of us," I said, putting emphasis on the secrecy."What about if I have another objective to do," he asked. "You will live her with a task but lock the door so no one walks in,""I know I created it in a secluded area but we still have to be careful," I mentioned as he nodded."Relax, I have kept a lot o