Rebecca/Belle's POV:
I found myself in total darkness with no one around me.
Where was I?
What was this place?
I said, "Hello? Anyone here?"
I felt cold air all of a sudden, and I had goosebumps on my arms.
Suddenly, someone said," You can't hide from me forever. I always mean what I say."
I looked around, but no one was there.
"Who are you? What do you want from me?" I said confidently, hiding my fear.
I felt someone's presence behind me, and I slowly looked back. When I turned around, I saw that evil face that I feared most of all. He had many bruises around his face and body, and I almost did not recognize who it was.
It was Patrick, the man who kidnapped me. The man who almost raped me.
My anxiety started kicking in. I walked backward away from him till I accidentally fell onto the ground.
I realized that I was back at the place where I was held as a prisoner.
He held my wrists tightly and shouted at me, "Look what you did to me! My face is fucking ruined because of you!"
He grabbed my shoulders and shoved me hard, so my back hit the wall.
I cried in pain and said, "You are dead! Leave me alone! You deserve what you did to me!"
He laughed evilly and said, "I won't leave you alone! I will make you suffer like what you did to me! I will make sure to crush every bone of yours and feed them to the devils."
I cried and said, "Please, leave me alone! This is just a dream. Please go away."
He started to kick me in the stomach and used all his strength to bang my head against the wall.
I shouted, "William, help me!"
"He won't help you, little girl. He can't even hear you. Finally, I have you alone," Patrick said, laughing.
I felt blood trickling down my forehead, and before I could regain my strength, he grabbed my neck with both his hands and squeezed it hard, lifting me.
"It's time for you to die, bitch!" he said while laughing.
I gasped for air as I struggled to breathe. I tried with all my strength to kick him, and slowly, I felt myself not breathing, losing my power to him.
Suddenly, I was awake with someone saying, "Rebecca, are you okay? What happened?"
I looked around and found that many people were in my room. When I spotted William, I quickly wrapped my arms around him and started to cry on his shirt.
I said, "I…I saw him in my dream. It was scary. He was strangling me, and I couldn't breathe."
William said while hugging me back, "Shush, he is already dead. You are safe now. I will always protect you."
I repeated to myself, "He is dead. He can't harm me. He can't harm me."
I heard William instructing everyone to go back and sleep and that he would handle me.
The others started to go back to their rooms, but I noticed that Blake was standing at the corner of my room. I just ignored him and focused my attention on William.
William said, "Do you want me to stay with you till you sleep?"
I nodded my head in response and went back to my bed to lie down.
William pulled the blanket up for me and said, "Go to sleep now, okay? Everything is fine. I promise."
I nodded my head in response and felt myself falling deep into sleep.
William's POV:
When I saw that Rebecca was breathing normally, which meant she was sleeping, I motioned Alpha Blake out of her room and said, "Didn't I tell you to stay away from her?"
Blake said, "I just wanted to make sure that she is alright. After all, she is still my best friend. I know that I did many things to her in the past, but I feel truly sorry for what I have done to her, and I regret rejecting her. Just give me a chance to make it up to her."
I smirked and said, "Make it up to her? Did I hear incorrectly?"
He shook his head with a sad expression and said, "I'm willing to do anything for her."
I thought for a while and said, "Then stay away from her and get back to that fake mate of yours. Rebecca does not need you."
With that, I walked inside Rebecca's room, leaving him standing outside.
I made my way towards the side of her bed and admired her sleeping beauty.
I laid next to her and kissed her cheek, saying, "Goodnight, my princess."
I wrapped my arms around her and slowly fell deep asleep…
Unknown POV:
I said to the trusted guard, "Have you found her?'
He nodded his head in response, passed me a picture of her, and placed it on my table.
He said, "Yes, of course. She changed her name to Rebecca. She is currently staying with Alpha William, the Alpha of Gold Moon Crescent Pack."
I said, "That Alpha was the one who lost his mate when one of our members killed her?"
He said, "Yes, boss. Her name was Sophie."
I said, "Okay, good. Let's continue playing this nightmare game with her, and then we will take her."
He said, "Okay, boss. I will find out more information and get back to you by tomorrow."
I nodded my head, and with that, he bowed and left the room.
I got up from the seat and went to look at the picture that someone had taken of Rebecca, and I smirked.
I said to myself, "Looks like you have changed. It seems like we have the same taste in women."
I looked at the picture of a particular person that I missed so much, and I promised him that I would get revenge for him, whatever it took.