Darren's POV.
I could smell her immediately she got close to the room, before she opened the door, I knew she was the one close.Her scent filled my nose like a drug, a mixture of pine and earth, and rain, and honey with hints of jasmine and vanilla.My eyes closed as if by choice while she walked in, she wasn’t looking at me, not even for one second. Her gaze went straight ahead to the figure next to me.I could see the hurt on her face when she watched us fuck each other, her face contorted into pure rage.She opened the door and ran away. I couldn't help it. I picked my towel, wore it and ran after her.“You can't run from me forever.” It sounded desperate, but I wasn't concerned about that right now.I had to find her, make her listen. I honestly didn't know what I wanted her to listen to, but I needed her listening ears.I followed her scent until we were out of the garden, and on a small path running through the park. My feet crunched loudly in the gravel and mud.I used her scent to trace her, and I soon found myself among the pack's forest.The trees and bushes swayed gently in the breeze around me as the sun warmed my skin. It felt nice in my bones.I smiled involuntarily. She looked beautiful, standing there among all these trees.“I should take care of her”. “I should hate her.”These thoughts occupied my brain as I kept staring at her, without having anything to say to her.“There you are.” I spoke after a few seconds.She turned, her eyes widening in surprise. I saw her bite her bottom lip softly.Her lips were pink and full, so fucking soft and kissable. I wanted those lips on my mouth.I don't know why I was having these thoughts for someone I hated, but I had them anyway.She stared at me for a while, her face showing me the pain she was feeling. I didn't have to ask her how she felt, I could see the hurt on her face.The way she looked away and sniffled, like she spent the whole day crying, I walked closer to her, and she stepped back immediately.She turned away to hide her tears, and I walked closer to catch up with her more.I should be happy seeing her this way, her eyes filled with tears.But I wasn't happy, I felt bad, I felt sad, and I hated it so much.I wanted nothing more than to hurt her, make her weep, beg and beg and even ask for death from my hands.But here I was, worried about her, worried that she saw me with another woman, I hated it so much.Hated that she invoked feelings I never thought I had in me.I hated the fact that my heart ached for her, I felt so angry, so upset that she made me care, she was driving me crazy.Her eyes searched mine for a few seconds, she looked down immediately, sighing, I could hear her sniffling, and I moved my hands to comfort her.I stopped midway when I remembered who she was and what I brought her here for.I shouldn't be doing this, shouldn't be caring about her, making her feel better.I should let her suffer, make her cry more, I shouldn't get attached to her or be attracted to her, I should hate her.She looked up again, her cinnamon brown eyes met mine, their depth was hypnotic.It felt like time slowed down, everything blurred. I could barely breathe when our eyes locked together.“You have no right to be upset.” I scoffed suddenly.She blinked rapidly, trying to hold back the tears.“What are you saying… I thought…” She said, her voice cracked.“You don't deserve my pity or apology, you deserve this hurt you're getting and more.” I spat, moving away from her.She shook her head desperately, as if begging me to reconsider my words.Her eyes watered harder, her breaths became ragged.I wanted to reach out to her, but I suddenly remembered whose daughter she is, so I stepped back immediately.“I should kill you, you stupid bitch.” I growled.“But I won't, I will make your pain and torture more massive and unbearable.” I added with a wicked smile.“No. Please, I've done nothing wrong, I don't even know what I did to you.” She pleaded.“Just reject me, please.” She added.I suddenly pushed her away roughly from me, “Leave.” I commanded.I watched her walk away. I wanted to follow her and stop her, but I couldn't do that.Not when she was that man's daughter.The last thing I heard was her whimpering cry.“I don't like what you keep doing.” My wolf said.I rolled my eyes, and I just ignored him. I don't care if what I did hurt him, all that matters was me bringing pain to her, I didn't care how bad it made me feel.I'm not sorry. And I'm not going to apologize, either. I haven't even started what I have in store for her.I took off, my legs pumped quickly through the woods towards my house, the air in my lungs burning with every step.When I returned to the house and got into my bedroom, I threw myself face down on my bed and screamed into my pillow.I was furious, I couldn't calm down, I was angry, I needed to do something, but there was nothing I could think of.My mind was filled with anger, frustration, and hurt.All I could think about was what happened earlier.I was angry, I was frustrated, I was hurt.I was also confused, I didn't know why I was hurt because of what I did to her, but I could feel the churning pain.Why did I feel that way? I was supposed to hate her, despise her and I did, but I just……couldn’t stand to see her like that.I was supposed to hate her for being the child of that man, I thought she deserved my hatred, so how could I have any feelings at all for her?Why the hell did I want to protect her, care for her.Leila's POV.I rushed back to the slave quarters in tears, feeling so ashamed I could hardly stand it.My cheeks were wet with tears that had come from my eyes, and my heart pounded in my chest as the reality of the situation hit me. He didn't care about me at all, he only cared about hurting me, the hope I had when he came after me squashed away immediately he revealed his real intentions.I deluded myself into believing he would somehow stop hating me.I sighed in frustration as I laid down, thinking of everything that happened earlier today, how he said those things. I shut my eyes, waiting for sleep to come.But even with my closed eyes and the sound of soft snores and the occasional thump of a body shifting in its bed across the room, it was hard to get to sleep. It felt like my mind kept replaying those words over and over again, unable to make sense of what happened.My eyes eventually became heavy, and soon I drifted off into deep slumber.*******I woke up with a start, fe
Leila's POV.The head slave glared at me, my heart thumped, I didn't know what she wanted, but I hoped I didn't do anything wrong."The alpha met me." She started, I clutched my clothes tightly, trying to stop my shaking hands. "He said you'll be his personal slave and it looks like you don't understand the meaning of that word." She stalked closer to me.Her face was red from anger and her dark eyes glittered with malice. I flinched but kept silent. "You are not worthy of being a wolf. You've been brought here by mistake or some foul means of trickery on Alpha's part, but you are making him complain to me, I've worked with slaves under me without complaints.""I'll show you the consequence of disobedience." She added.She reached out to grab one of my wrists, pulling me towards her so fast I tripped over myself as I stumbled backwards in shock."What do you mean?" I blurted before she could grab me again. My heart beat harder in fear."He reported that you didn't clean his room yes
Leila's POV.He cradles my face softly, making my eyes widen, I can't believe he is touching me.For someone who hated me so much, who never failed to show how he hated me, he was touching my face now.His gaze landed on my lips, and I saw something flash in his eyes, like he wanted them, wanted it badly. Then his hand came to rest at the nape of my neck, he pulled me closer.When his mouth came to mine, I closed my eyes. He's kissing me as if there is no tomorrow.My heart beats in rhythm with his as the kiss deepens and I wrap my arms around him tightly, afraid that if I don’t hold him, he might disappear right before my eyes.This was a rare moment for me, a moment where he didn't hate me, he didn't treat me with disgust.I am drowning in his scent and I'm lost in the sensation of him holding me close.The kiss gets deeper and harder until he suddenly breaks away from me, his breathing rapid and uneven.We stare into each other's eyes for what seems like an eternity.Suddenly his e
Darren's POV.***Several hours ago**I didn't know why I came here, but I really needed to see her, the sudden urge I got to see her was surprising.I've never felt so affected by anyone before, but I felt this sudden urge to always see her.I sighed in frustration, ruffling my hair in annoyance as I made my way towards the door, the sound of the loud music playing inside the club resonating around me, making me feel more miserable with every passing second I'm walking into that bar.I came here to dance everything away, so my thoughts of her will go away.I never understood how the mate pull worked and how having a mate felt like, but I understood everything now.Thinking about her when I'm supposed to think of ways to make her suffer was so annoying.The music in the club felt electric, but I still couldn't shake off my feeling of discomfort and my thoughts were filled with a particular face I didn't want to think about. I wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible, so I too
Leila's POV.The slave that bothered me decided to leave immediately.I was tired of this constant humiliation I got, even as a slave, I didn't have the energy to challenge other slaves, I was with a weak wolf."Leila." I turned around immediately.I swallowed nervously when I saw the head slave walking towards me, I wondered what she wanted with me again.Her minion was already done, and now she was back."The alpha said you should come to his room." She announced.My heart thumped nervously, but I nodded in agreement rushing to his room immediately.I paused at the door, knocking softly, waiting for an answer."Come in." His voice said from behind the door I opened slightly before coming inside the room.I paused immediately as I entered, the instant pain I felt was unbearable, my wolf whined in pain at the sight before us.Alpha Darren was on his bed with Shantel, he spared me a glance, his eyes narrowing like he didn't just tell me to come in."Clean and leave." He ordered looking
Leila's POV."I'm sorry." I muttered immediately hoping whoever I bumped into wouldn't get upset with me."Nah it's okay." The man replied with a smile.My eyes narrowed suspiciously wondering why he was acting all nice.I looked around trying to confirm if it was one of the Alpha's tricks, but it wasn't, I couldn't see the Alpha close.I still gaped at the man, surprised that the alpha's soldier was nice to me."You're Leila right?" He asked."Yes." I replied."You're more beautiful up close." He winked at me and I blushed."Well I've gotta go now so bye." He turned walking off.I watched his retreating back and I mused at how weird that conversation was, I didn't know his name, yet he knew mine.And I had to admit it felt really good being admired by him.I wasn't admired easily and the one who ever did it made me feel terrible after.This guy however was different though, I liked his confidence, I wanted to be like that too.Maybe if I went on the hunt for him, maybe I'll stop lik
Darren's POV.I've never felt this consuming rage and need to murder someone, but I felt it immediately when I saw him with her.My wolf growled, wanting out immediately, I swallowed dryly, thinking of a way to calm myself and my wolf down."You've given another man the opportunity to touch her." My wolf growled.I sighed rolling my eyes, I don't know why I felt so jealous or even bothered by what I was seeing.But I could feel the jealousy, which was extremely surprising to me, it made me extremely angry.I wanted to punch that boy in the face, the sudden urge to go murder him right away filled me immediately.It felt like it took all my strength just to control it at that moment.It took everything inside my wolf not to shift into our full wolf form, I needed to keep calm.I couldn’t let my wolf take over. It would only make matters worse, I had to hold back, for now I couldn't afford to make them see me as obsessed with her.They'd only think I'm an idiot. My pack members will wond
Leila's POV.I heaved a sigh of relief when I walked past the alpha.His mood scared the heck out of me, I didn't understand why he was acting that way, his anger was very surprising to me.I was happy Beta Aidan came around when he told me to kneel, I don't know what would've happened.I groaned in frustration when I bumped into someone, "Please watch your step." I sighed."Did a slave just tell me to watch my step?" My eyes widened as I stared at who I bumped into, the pack's official was glaring at me."I'm sorry, I didn't know..." I stuttered.I wasn't ready for the slap that hit my cheek, it made the world spin and I almost dropped on the floor from dizziness."You little slut!" He growled at me.I gasped, shocked and horrified, I never expected anyone to react like this towards me after I made a mistake.This man really has no compassion!I stared at him in surprise,"I didn't mean it, I was just saying-""Shut up!" He yelled at me.I flinched, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offen