100- The Night of Blood and Vengeance
POV Lunara Grimwald:
It wasn’t his scent, nor anyone belonging to the Eldoria.
It was the scent of the Eclipse pack.
He turned toward me. I widened my eyes and twisted to the side, dodging the blow that would have struck me. He snarled, furious.
“What the fuck?” I asked, confused.
He lunged at me. I straightened again, kicking the hand that shot toward me. The object he held flew across the room, hitting something in the dark.
“You bitch!” he roared.
I jumped from the bed and ran to the door. He caught me before I reached the handle, pulling me against a hot, hard body. His hand closed around my neck, pressing tightly and cutting off my breath.
I struggled against him, trying to free myself from his grip. I kicked the air twice before hitting the door, forcing us both backward. He fell on his back, dragging me with him. A groan of pain escaped him. I gasped as all the air was forced from my lungs with the impact, though he had taken most of the blow.
Half-dazed, I rolled to the side and crawled in the dark, trying to slip away from the intruding male.
“I’ll kill you the moment I get the chance,” he growled.
A hand clamped around my ankle and pulled. I fell, hitting my chin on the floor. I blinked, forcing myself to ignore the pain, feeling around for something I could use against him.
He stood and yanked my nightgown up, then grabbed my ass.
“I’m going to fuck you so you’ll learn to be an obedient bitch and follow your alpha’s orders before I take you to him.”
“My alpha is Eldoria,” I spat, venomously.
He tore off my panties. Panic flooded me as I tried to kick him—unsuccessfully.
“Mmm... you actually smell good,” he said. “Like a bitch in heat.”
He could smell my arousal—the one caused by that damned dream.
I opened my mouth to scream, but he covered it with his large hand. I tried to bite him.
“A biting bitch. I like you even more,” he whispered, rubbing his hard cock against my back through his pants.
This was a nightmare. A fucking nightmare.
The only immunity I had when I lived among them was being the daughter of an alpha and the fiancée of another. But now, I was worth nothing to Alessio—marked by another male, mated. No longer untouchable. They wanted revenge. They all wanted to break me, to touch me until I submitted, until I became obedient.
Tears filled my eyes. I looked at the closed, silent door. He was only a few steps away from me but must not have felt my despair—he was asleep.
Please. Please. I begged silently.
I would be raped and taken away without anyone to help, without anyone even knowing.
A sob flared in my nostrils. The bastard laughed behind me as he unbuttoned his pants, freeing his hard cock.
I squeezed my eyes shut and kept fighting, but the arm holding me was like steel.
No. No. No.
Alessio didn’t just want revenge. He wanted to destroy me completely. That’s why he allowed his males to touch me. That’s why he sold me to them.
I wouldn’t give in easily. I wouldn’t surrender without a fight. If I had to, I would fight to the end.
He was distracted with his waistband, lowering it. I seized the moment, threw my head back, and hit his chin. His grip loosened. I lunged forward, slamming against the floor with brutal force. Dark spots clouded my vision, but I refused to let it weaken me. Crawling away, I felt the cold floor beneath my hands.
My fingers brushed against something just before he dragged me back. I looked down—it was a syringe.
I didn’t think. I didn’t hesitate.
I twisted sharply to the side and drove it into his face.
The needle pierced his skin and struck the bone at his temple, bending it.
He screamed, clutching his face.
“You fucking whore! Bitch! Fuck!” he bellowed in agony.
I scrambled away, crawling toward the door. Before I reached it, it burst open with a crash and the light came on.
Edric stood there—hair tousled, face swollen from sleep. He wore only sweatpants, his chest bare. His eyes flicked to me, then to the Eclipse male crouched in the middle of the room, pants down, hard cock exposed.
He moved so fast I could barely register it. One moment he was at the door, the next his hand was buried in the intruder’s abdomen. He pulled it out, tearing a length of intestine free.
“How dare you touch her?” he demanded, his voice deep and monstrous, almost inhuman.
“Please,” the man whimpered.
Edric drove his other hand in, shredding flesh and organs. The male convulsed, eyes rolling back as he died instantly. Edric didn’t stop. He split open the man’s abdomen, gutting him right before me.
The scent of blood thickened, saturating the air, and a pool of crimson spread across the floor.
He released the body and turned to me, eyes falling on my half-naked state.
“Did he touch you?” he asked, and I saw the storm behind his gaze—not just the beast, but the man. Both felt the same fury.
“He only tried,” I whispered, my throat raw.
He came to me and pulled me by the waist, smearing the bastard’s blood on my pajamas. He held me close, cradling me in his arms like a pup. His breath came heavy.
I inhaled his scent, letting the wave of longing I’d been suppressing wash over me.
“I felt your despair the moment I heard his scream,” he murmured, his breath warm against my hair.
I hadn’t realized how much I needed to feel his arms around me until I was there. A broken sob escaped me, and tears overflowed. I felt so fragile, so useless, so... disposable.
Everything Alessio and I had was a lie—I knew that—but didn’t he have any shred of respect for me? None at all?
“How... how did he get in here? How?” I stammered, clinging to him as if my life depended on it.
He shook his head, distraught.
“I don’t know, little wolf. This should never have happened.”
I cried harder, soaking the heat of his chest that held me so securely.
“Alessio sold me to them. They can do whatever they want to me, touch me however they please, as long as they take me back.”
Edric’s jaw tightened. A growl rumbled deep in his chest—low, dangerous, a warning against what he heard.
“When I get my hands on that bastard, death will be the greatest mercy he finds in his miserable life.” He gripped my shoulders and pulled me back to meet his eyes. “I need to summon Anton and Andrei for a meeting. That scum should never have crossed the borders, let alone entered the house. There’s a traitor in my pack.”
I nodded, sniffling.
“All right.” He kissed my forehead.