I was terrified hearing his words.
“I am sorry for crossing your paths. I promise I will never do that,” I said, still shivering.
“Oh baby! We are not at all disturbed by the fact that we met you. In fact we are glad,” he smirked and I felt disgusted.
He picked me up and threw me on his shoulder like I was a sack of rice and immediately transported to an area I was stranger to. His other friends followed behind him.
When he stopped, I immediately struggled. Trying to free away from him and started calling for help.
“Help. Anyone please. Help me.”
He started laughing. "No one’s around baby. No one ever comes anywhere near this place. It’s all booked for us.”
He dropped me on the ground and I fell on my knees.
“Please let me go. Please don’t hurt me. I am sorry,” it all felt like déjà vu. Two whole years have passed and I still had not escaped from hell. Before it was my adoptive father, now it was these bunch of a**h****.
The muscular boy walked forward and jumped on top of me. The strong scent of alcohol disgusted me and tightened the knot in my stomach even more.
“Trust me. You will like it baby.”
I gathered all my strength and pushed him aside and without looking anywhere I ran.
I don’t know where I was, I don’t know where I was running towards, I just ran without any destination until my body halted when it dashed with another body. I looked up and it was that muscular boy.
I tried running the other way again but then he grabbed my back collar and ripped it. I still ran. My back could feel the cold air but it was not important. I ran as I held my hand near my chest, supporting the front part of my t-shirt from falling. I ran.
But soon, another boy caught up and grabbed both my hands. I started struggling until the muscular boy reappeared and slapped me hard on my face making me fall on the ground.
“I hate girls who play hard to get. This is not a novel and I have no patience.”
I crawled backward, still facing all those lustful eyes until I dashed against a tree and had nowhere to go. Yet I still had no intention to give up. I slowly got on my feet and when I was about to run away, the boy pushed me against the wall and tried kissing me. I avoided as much as I could, scratched his face, deep and hard.
“I told you I’m not good with patience,” he shouted at me and threw me on the ground again and jumped on top of me.
Tears started falling heavily from my eyes, but no sound came out from my mouth as his filthy nose sniffed my scent, his face as close as it can get to my neck.
“Please let go. I am begging you,” I pleaded but those words had no effect to them.
And just when my body was about to give up, the boy was thrown away like a piece of trash.
I was still handling myself, trying to calm my quivering body when I recognized the face of my savior. Ethan. Again.
He snarled at all of them and I saw those golden eyes yet again.
One by one, he went against everyone, somehow no one was a match to him. And when he finally went against the muscular boy who was still healing and was no more muscular when compared to Ethan, I saw the monster in him.
He was right.
He was a monster.
We all were monsters.
He went on him like a beast and started punching him, hurling him like a little angry boy playing with his toy. I will not lie. I was now more scared of him than anyone else in the world.
But somehow I got a hold of myself and went to stop him from harming that boy any more. He was becoming something he abhorred because of me. I could not handle having to live with that burden on my shoulder.
When I went near him and grabbed his arm to stop him, he pushed me hard and my body leaped like a frog until it hit a tree nearby.
It didn’t take him a second to realize that he’d harmed me. He left that boy and immediately ran towards me.
“Zayla, I am so sorry. Are you fine?” I looked at him and there I saw those beautiful brown eyes I’d bear anything for.
I nodded and he immediately hugged me. “Thank god!”
“Yeah! And thank you!” I pressed his body closer to mine. His embrace was one thing that would make me calm my shivering body, that would make me forget pain, and that made me feel safe.
He noticed my bare back and like last time, he took off his shirt and gave them to me. I wore it and we walked back to our tents.
“Hey Zayla, thank god you came. I was so worried when I couldn’t find you.” Hannah hugged me the minute she saw me walk out of the woods.
“Yeah, sorry.”
She broke the hug and froze when she saw Ethan. “Um, you do know that you are half naked right?” she said pointing at Ethan and his little abs.
“Excuse me,” he walked pass us and I couldn’t help but smile. Was he embarrassed?
Her concentration was back on me. “And again, you do know that you are wearing a man’s shirt right?”
I looked down at them.
“Oh my god!” she raised her voice. “It’s Ethan’s isn’t it?”
“Shhh.”
“What did you guys do in the woods for you to walk out wearing his shirt and him not wearing one?” her mouth didn’t close.
“Shut that dirty mind of yours Hannah,” I ignored her and entered the tent.
I was changing when Hannah too entered the tent and she immediately gasped. “Zayla, your back.” She stated and I promptly wore back his vest as that was the nearest clothe at hand. “What really happened in the woods huh?” she questioned with a teasing tone. “I am not against it but you know, just warning that we are too young to be mothers.”
“Can you close that mouth of yours for a second?” I shouted. I was at my limit. What happened to me did not deserve a wrong interpretation that people would make fun off. “Just cut it.”
I didn’t even turn back to face her. I just heard her walk out and close the tent. I felt bad for hurting her, but I knew that, that night, no one was hurt more than me.
Since my wolf wasn’t such a big fan of me, I was slow when it came to healing too. With lots of pain throbbing my whole body, I laid down and just stared towards the sky that was clearly visible from the transparent ceiling, until my eyes felt heavy.
I was running. In the wild I was all alone. I could not see but I know I was being followed. I could hear voices, reaching near me, catching up to my pace.You will like it baby. *Endless laughter*I could not see the faces, not a single soul, but I was running on an infinite path like my life depended on it. I could feel my heart come up to my throat. I huffed, I was tired, but I did not stop.Those voices followed me no matter where I ran to, no matter which path I took, it lingered around until I tripped on a log of wood and fell.That’s when I woke up. I was still breathing hard, my heart still throbbing forcefully against my chest, my hands still shaking in fear. But I was all alone. Nothing that could possibly harm me was around, but that still wasn’t assuring, I was petrified.After a lot of debate, I walked out of the tent and went to sit near the fireplace. It was all silent. The other werewolves had still not come back.“You can’t sleep,” I jumped hearing the voice.“Oh! You
It had been three years since I came to this school and it had been three years since I first met Ethan.“I don’t know.”“What do you mean you don’t know? You guys are literally a couple only waiting to make it official. Everyone in the school knows it that you both are a perfect match.”“I am not sure.”“Are you still thinking? If I were you, I’d confess him the very day incidents with Nory happened.”“Hm.” Hannah was right. I shouldn’t have waited so long.“It’s the prom and his birthday after midnight. What better setting to express your love?”“I am not sure. What if I am not his mate?”“You surely are. The way you guys met, the way you guys care for each other and the way you both look into each other’s eyes, there’s no way in hell you guys aren’t meant for each other.”“Forget about me and Ethan and focus on your date tonight.” I order in an attempt to change the topic.“Whatever, I am not going.” She rolled on the other side of the bed along with Mr. Calm.“Hannah Scott.” I sta
The prom was as expected; beautiful people and more beautiful attires. Hannah also arrived with Liam and I swear I’d never seen him so happy ever before.Nory and her soldier minions were also undoubtedly there and they glared upon seeing me with Ethan but didn’t dare to do any more tricks on me.I was glad and proud with the fact that I had him to protect me. Trust me, I don’t support damsel in distress characters, but I also know the importance of having someone who looks after your wellbeing. Ethan was that person in my life.There was still time before the couple dance and so I walked into the restroom to re-touch up my makeup. I looked at my own reflection and breathed hard. I can do this.When I walked out to the hall and it was exactly midnight. I looked around for Ethan but he was nowhere in sight. I asked few people inside the room but no one had seen him. Almost ten minutes passed by but he was still not around. I did not know what to think or what to expect. I wanted to be
Ethan’s p.o.vZayla. That was her name. I met her for the first time today and I don’t know why I felt the want to be close with her. She had just transferred to our school and I never knew I could be so jealous. I wanted to have all of her for me, exclusively. No, I am not the maniac who craves for physical pleasure and that is not why I want her. It is like she was a strange castle of treasure and I was the knight who had to guard it.I still remember that one day, we were supposed to meet in the library for the group project, I was waiting for her but she didn’t come on time. She was always the early bird type; always before time and never late, but that day, she was late by several minutes. At first I was thinking of all the ways I could tease her for being late and committing a henious crime, but my heart wasn’t enjoying the wait. It was telling me that maybe, she is not late, that maybe she was in danger.I walked out of the library and called her but she didn’t pick up her phon
We went back to the tent area and Hannah approached us immediately at sight. I felt uneasy and embarrassed with her questions so I straightly walked to my tent to grab another pair of shirt for myself.While I was in the tent, I used the werewolf power and heard their conversation. I heard Zayla shout. She was never the one to shout. I again felt angry at those boys for pushing her to her limit and making her like this, but then again, I knew that at some point in her life, she had to learn to speak out loud.I laid back on my mattress and stared at the clear sky through the transparent ceiling. I don’t know how long it had been but then I heard her tent chain open. I wanted to rush out immediately, but stopped with the thought that maybe she was going to the bathroom. But as I waited for a long time, I did not hear her come back. Negative thoughts reappeared in my head and I rushed out but was immediately calmed down seeing her sitting alone by the fire.I noticed she was still weari
Almost half of the people in the party were drunk and the other half were chatting, mostly with their date. But here I was. All alone. I regretted not running after Zayla, but Bethany’s words swirled around my head. I did like it when she kissed me, or precisely, my wolf liked it when she kissed me. The pleasure was far above the one I had when I kissed Zayla, but that was not love. It was crave for pleasure, not love. I loved Zayla, and I don’t know about my wolf, but my heart wanted her. “Hey Ethan.” My dad approached me and for a second I was happy I got a distraction. “Congratulations once again. I just finished my talk with Bethany’s dad in my office. Her was very happy that you were her mate.” Or not. “Dad? I love someone else.” I told him the truth. His support was one thing that could cent percent help me fight this mate thing and go back to Zayla. “What?” “Yes. I know Bethany is my mate, but I don’t want her. I don’t love her.” “You will Ethan. Give her some time. You gu
The day of our graduation was the last time I spoke to him. Nothing more than a simple congratulations and best wishes for the future. He asked me about my future plans and I replied with a simple I have not decided yet answer.That was true to a point. I did not know what to do. But it was not completely true since Hannah and I had already decided that we’d moved to the city and live together. She had threatened Liam that he should never speak about anything related to me to Ethan that was not of importance, like my address after leaving high-school. I was glad she was looking out for me.She and Liam started dating one month after the prom and Liam turned eighteen the very next month. It turns out they were a couple in love and destined. Hannah and I shifted to the city and rented a small, cosy, affordable flat. It was a two BHK flat and we loved it. She refused to go back to her country and we both started looking for jobs till the time our results were out.I found a job as a rec
I knew I was losing this job, but I did not want to tell him the real reason and make other people lose their job too. And most importantly they were all permanent employees.“Not speaking?”“I am sorry.” I said trying to hide my inner tensed self. “I wanted to meet you personally so I came here,” I regretted the second I said those words.“You came to meet me in person?”I subconsciously nodded. “And what part of you told you that I’d be in the closet and not on my chair? That is if I was present in the office to begin with.”“No actually, I was here in the office and then I heard footsteps and again I was scared to face you so I hid there,” it wasn’t a lie.“I see,” he went and sat on his chair across the wide table, rested his back and folded his leg. Way to give that dominating vibe. “So?”I blankly looked at him.“Why did you want to meet me?”Think Zayla. Think. “I wanted to…” my mind was not working.“Go on.”“I wanted to…”“You wanted to what?”“I wanted to…”“Say it or get th