Chapter 7

Chapter 7

          Venetta 

My heart kept beating hard against my chest, what were we in? A fucking maze runner game? I wasn’t the only one that had changed, Louis had changed too, but only for worse, I had no idea what he meant by his threat and but I know one thing for sure, I wasn’t sticking around to find out. 

I could feel the anger threatening to spread throughout every part of me, a werewolf could not claim someone they were not mated to so what the hell did he mean by that? 

Or were Lycans different?

“You promised!” I shoved at his huge chest, Louis had grown so much that i was exactly half his height, and that infuriated me further because i had to fucking look up at him while he was talking. “You said you would let me go once I checked on your father.”

“That was until you broke your part of the deal by trying to run away.” His voice was calm and collected, unlike mine that felt like a raging storm. 

“I just fucking told you I was attacked minutes ago, your pack people are out to kill me and I haven’t even stayed up to twenty four hours! How do you want me to remain here?”

“Why should I believe you?” He twisted his head to a corner, still squatting. “What I believe is that you are just trying to find your way out of this, trying to escape, I warned you about what would happen if you did that.” 

A scoff escaped my lips… “you’re unbelievable.” This man infront of me wasn’t Louis, I wouldn’t be surprised if I was told he died and someone else took over his body. 

Standing up from where he squatted infront of me, he folded his arms. “I am going to ask you this, One more time, Ven, Be very careful of what you answer and answer with just the truth.” 

“Like hell I will.” I said in a low whisper, like my hands weren’t shaking, God! I could only imagine how my kids would feel right now, a smirk appeared on his lips because he knew… he knew I had no say in this, he knew he had the power.

“Your kids…” he began and I couldn’t help the instant way my body tensed up, the shock blocking out everything in my surroundings. “Are. They. mine?” 

My gaze met his neutral but concentrated eyes, the way he was staring at me right now, with every fiber of his being. Like he was ready to tear me into piece if I said the wrong thing but if he thinks I’d give up my kids, just to save my own skin then he’s a coward.

 “No!” I said boldly, lifting my chin to meet his face, he was still standing while I was curled up in the ground, his expression didn’t change, not one bit. “You’re right, I found out I was pregnant when I ran… and I killed the baby, your baby. I’d rather die than have your seed in me.” 

His poker face turned to rage, “Good.” He said, his voice radiating throw the woods, “Because now, I’ll make sure you’ll never cross these boundaries unless with your throat torn apart or a fucking bullet in your chest, but mark my words, you won’t be leaving here.” 

“You can’t keep me here, it’s against the rules! you already broke me once, what else do you want from me?!.” 

He gave me a smile that I interrupted as we’ll see about that. “I’m giving you five seconds, Little Mouse. Five second to change your fate and run, because if I catch you, You. Are. Doomed.” He stressed each word before he instantly turned over so his back was facing me. “One.”

Fuck, fuck, fuck! He was counting already, this was my only chance, my one chance to escape this hell hole and go back to my family, come on Venetta! 

Dragging my leg that was injured from the fall  to stand up, I sprinted into the darkness of the woods in time to hear him count the second number, I knew these woods, the moonlight shinning through the route I was taking made things more easy for me, I was leaping, a side of my leg could barely stay on the ground firmly. 

“Run, Little mouse… Time is up.” his voice taunted, i looked around me with fear, still running to the part of the woods where the boundary would be, I couldn’t follow the other route, he wouldn’t let me.  My legs stamping heavily on dried leaves, my eyes constantly looking backwards but no one was behind, Louis wasn’t there, was that a good thing or a bad thing? 

I felt it, I felt the wolf territory melting off, gods! Please, if you let me escape, if you let me go back to my kids, I’d help them embrace the werewolf culture more, please… the harsh wind from all parts of the woods caressed my checks as I kept running,  dried tree trunks brushing against my bare feet.

Just one more minute… please… one more—

Hard hands grabbed my neck from infront of me, so fast that I couldn’t see the shadow coming and the next thing, my back was jammed to a tall tree behind. Louis standing infront of me, “no, no no no!” I screamed, shaking my head profusely in fear  and trying to move his hand away from my neck as tears gathered in my eyes, he had caught me and now there was no way I could escape. My chest riding up and down 

“You’d sadly have to do more than that to escape, Little mouse, I caught you without breaking a sweat.

“I hate you so much!” I screamed at him, my hands trying to drag his down and from my neck and hitting his chest with intensity as I thought of my kids, they would think I’ve left them, they’d think I ran away… “I wish I never met you, you bastard!” 

His brows furrowed. “It’s too early for that, Don’t you think? Considering I haven’t done anything to you… yet.” He bent his face to a corner. “I am going to make you pay for what you did to my child, every day of your life.” 

“Why are you doing this! I’ve never done any bad thing to you, you betrayed me! I should be the one who is angry with you, not the other way around!!” A tear slipped down at the realization… Louis never really knew me, he was my best friend but yet, it never occurred to him that I would never harm a baby, it never occurred to him how much i had loved him, it wasn’t just a silly childhood crush, it was more than that and he knew it, yet… he dropped me like I came from the bin.

So why the hell was he angry!

I couldn’t let him mark me, if he did then it would be all over for me, i would belong to him and i would rather die than belong to him, i needed something, a miracle.