Chapter 12

Chapter Twelve

Nina

Begging for Alpha Aiden’s mercy after what just happened will be an absolute waste of time, so I didn’t.

I kept quiet and let him drag me away like a sheep taken to the slaughter. I could feel every inch of his strong, muscled body against mine, but my eyes couldn’t focus on anything but the blood on his skin, dripping from the cut I had inflicted.

With his grip hard and gaze cold , he dragged me out and down what seems like a never ending black tiled spiral staircase.

“Alpha Aiden, I can punish her …” came Beta Connor’s voice appearing from nowhere but Alpha Aiden only raised his free hand up and Beta Connor backed up disappearing the way he appeared.

This can’t be good, he wants to deal with me himself. Oh goodness, my heart started beating more frantically hoping that he wouldn’t take me to the pleasure room and harm me.

I bite my lips while following him behind barefooted, at the same time, I kept taking in the design of the house to see if I could find a crack or a door that could help me escape.

“Where are you taking me to?”I asked the moment we stepped outside into the massive compound.This side of the house is a different view from what I see through the window of my room. We didn’t stop and continued moving till we arrived at a massive land of tall trees.

I am glad that he isn’t taking me to the pleasure room or one of his dungeons but on second thoughts, this could mean worse. What if he chooses to kill me outside so that he can bury me when he’s done with me.

I stopped in my heels but he easily dragged me to follow him with his arms, which I did clumsily. Keeping up with his long strides is enough punishment.

“You talk too much”

“You really should get your wounds checked “ I replied changing the topic. Maybe if I play nice , he will forgive me.

I looked around the vast piece of land that I couldn’t see its end. Just a sign of a mountain far away and that’s it. Only his king sized mansion that looks like a dark castle out of a fairytale stood in the environment. What kind of a man builds a house surrounded by a thick forest with no neighbors around ?

The chilly wind that blew on my skin through my yard thin dress reminds me of the days I haven’t been outdoors.Didn’t get to see the sun or outside world since when I was kidnapped days ago.

“Do you live alone ?” I asked curiously ,still in the hopes of acting nice and friendly for him to have mercy.

“No” came his abrupt answer before he came to a halt looking around. I took a glance at his chest to find out that the bleeding had stopped but I know that he needs to get it treated to avoid infection.

I wanted to tell him that but I won’t , hoping that the infection will kill him and I will be set free.

“This is how you kill,” he said, bringing up the pocket knife and looking at me with a calculating gaze.

My legs stayed rooted to the mushy ground , scared of his next move. I closed my eyes and waited for him to get it done when I felt a flick of a finger on my nose.

“Ugh?” I opened my eyes looking up to him with confusion.

“You are you this dumb? Running and looking for where to hide should be your first line of action. Defense is not for the weak…” before he could finish talking, I stumped my two legs on his feet , turned around and went on my heels.

I started running aimlessly towards the thick forest away from the beast and his castle without thinking and hoping that I would find some hunter in the thick forest to save me.

This place doesn't look farmilair and it is obviously thousand of miles away from home, we came on private jet and I wonder how I will get home if I get lucky and survive this thick forest.

I didn’t feel him follow me or run after me but that didn’t stop me from running as fast as I could, ignoring the tree branches and sh that kept getting in my way. I turned around to check if he was after me when my head bumped into a solid mass.

“That was too Slow Red” came a voice from the solid mass I just ran into. I raised my head to meet his smug face looking down at me, holding up the pocket knife with a glint in his eyes.

“Alpha…” I could get his name out of my mouth as I tried to turn back and run away from this ghost, because there was no sensible explanation for his movements and actions to be this fast and quiet.

“Not so fast” he said, twirling my hands and jerking my body towards his hard chest , my braless boobs plastered on his chest. I felt his sharp intake of breath before he turned me around.

My back and butt now facing his chest as he brought the pocket knife dangerously close to the pulse point of my neck.

I swallowed, biting my lips to stop it from trembling or saying anything stupid while beads of sweat form on my forehead.

My senses heightened with the rush of adrenaline as I felt the blade of the knife almost poking my skin.

“Please don’t …” I whispered in a low pleading voice. But his ragged breathing and intoxicating cologne was the response I got from him till he lifted the hands holding the knife.

“Arghhh!!! “ I shouted , closing my eyes shut and waiting for the swirl moment of pain to ease.

“Now that’s how you kill” his voice whispered to my ears before I felt him move away.

I waited for the pain to shit right through me but I felt nothing, slowly opened my eyes and scanned my body. Touching every part, especially my chest, frantically.

Nothing, not even a single blood.

“I’m alive” I sighed with relief

“You never cease to amuse me” I turned around to see Alpha Aiden looking at me with a smug smile on his face. Hands crossed with no pocket knife.

Shit, did he kill someone else?

I looked back questionly at him , following his eyes to see a shadow on the ground a few meters in front of me.

“No, no no!” I panicked and ran towards the body , my steps stopping when I discovered it was just a big deer, dead.

My ragged breathing came back to normal as I turned to look at Alpha Aiden, a man that I Don't think I could never understand.

“This is just an easy kill, it could be brutal” was the only thing he said snapping his fingers and signaling for me to follow him back to the house, I stood looking around and not moving.

“You are an easy prey but you should know that my men are always around and on guard Red '' he said and continued moving without a backward glance.

I sighed and followed Alpha Aiden behind, feeling so bad for the innocent deer that died for nothing. I was so into my head that I didn’t notice a Little rock in front.I tripped and fell down to the ground.

“Yishh”

“What’s wrong ?” I felt Alpha Aiden’s arms around me, helping me off.

“I tripped “

“You’re so slow and clumsy. Need to do something about that” he said as if thinking to himself when he lifted me up ,held my hands and before he could drag me all the way back.

We saw a cute little white rabbit running pass us, stepping on my feet which made me jump up in fright.

“Boom”

“Alpha Aiden!” I shouted when I reloaded that he brought out a gun and smashed the rabbits head into pieces. Some of its blood stained the hem of my dress.

“What?”

“The rabbit is completely innocent?! “Seems like his hands are always itching to kill, it’s clear that he must want me for something important for me to be alive till now.

“The rabbit made you hurt yourself “ he said , slightly bending down and carrying me bridal style in a swift.

“”Ugh?!” I looked down at my body. Nothing , I felt the pain at the ankle of my legs a few seconds later. It’s just a small graze, we are out in the forest and I’m barefooted.

“That’s because I’m barefooted and that cute baby rabbit would have made a beautiful pet“ I said into this chest without a reply from him as we made the silent journey back to the black castle.

Alpha Aiden brought me back to my room and gently dropped me on my bed, I held his hand. before he could turn to leave.

“Alpha Aiden, I need to know how my family are doing. I’m tired of all this, I want to go home” I said in a quiet voice.

He gave me a long hard look with his face which even when it’s void of expression ,it is capable of instilling deep feelings of terror in me.

“Tomorrow “

That’s the only thing he said before bolting thee door ,leaving me behinds with my wild thoughts.