Lycan King or Alpha

Taken By Force

He was familiar from all the pictures she had seen of the fearsome Lycan king in wolf form.

"Who are you?" His deep voice resounded through the air. Hazel's heart stopped in her chest.

"Are…are you my mate?" She asked. That was the only thing on her mind.

"Who are you?!" He repeated louder. She could see the fear in his eyes. She wasn't the only one who felt it then. And she wasn't the only one afraid.

"Hazel!" She heard Emilia's voice faint from the other end. The Lycan king's head rose and Hazel interrupted him.

"I'm Hazel, daughter of Robert Ernaldor" She lied "I'm to be sold to you."

"You're the one?" He sounded surprised. Did he already know Emilia?

"Yes. Now please, would you get off me?" She grunted, his weight was too much for her. He stood up as he turned to his human form. Hazel's lips parted in awe as she gazed upon the majestic man in front of her. She had never seen an actual picture of his human form, only of his wolf. This caused shivers to run down her insides as a result of the mate bond. He was breathtakingly gorgeous.

"Who's that over there?" He nudged over to the other side where Emilia stood waving. Immediately she saw the Lycan look at her, she stopped.

"It's my friend, she tried to help me escape from you" Hazel lied, she couldn't let him know that his slave had successfully escaped from him, he could kill them both.

"How come she's over th…"

"She's a good swimmer and I hate the water"

"You know you can be killed for this" his authoritative voice caused her to shiver and she wondered if it was because the mate bond or just fear.

Hazel fell to her knees "I'm so sorry, I got so scared when my father told me that I was going to be sold to you..." she cried.

"Hazel!" Emilia shouted again, she probably got scared seeing Hazel on her knees.

"Get up!" he ordered, ignoring Emilia and Hazel obeyed. "Running away is not an option" he held her chin and raised it, shifting her gaze to his eyes. Instantly, the bond surged through her again and his grip and gaze weakened. Whatever she was feeling, he was feeling it also. He let go of her abruptly.

"Hazel!" A familiar voice shouted. It was Jake! She spun around and caught the sight of an entire crew. A few guards, Robert; Emilia's father and...the Alpha with his son. What was the Alpha doing here?

Jake ran over to her. "Are you okay?" He asked, touching her face and searching for any harm.

"I'm fine," she replied, smiling. He was here to save her. Jake looked to the Lycan king and bowed. He wasn't his king but the Lycan king was very respected and greatly feared amongst the werewolves.

"What're you doing here?" He asked.

"Hazel?" Robert said, looking around "Where's Emilia?"

"She…" Hazel looked to the other side, but Emilia wasn't anywhere to be found.

"Get the papers ready by tomorrow morning, I'll sign them" the Lycan king said to Robert, interrupting her. "But I'm taking her with me tonight" he grabbed her arm and pulled her towards him. Jake grabbed the other arm in objection.

"Why are you taking her?" Jake said. The Lycan tilted his head.

"Let go" he ordered, the authority in his voice was intense.

"Where are you taking her to?" Jake continued, his eyes darkened.

"Jake…" Hazel started.

"Let her go, Jake!" the Alpha ordered. "The Lycan king would take her tonight". It was final.

Hazel looked at Robert but he avoided contact, he probably understood everything that had just happened. He knew Emilia had already escaped and she was taking her place to save their lives.

"He has no right to have her, she isn't the one he's…" Jake objected again.

"Shut up, Jake!" The Alpha commanded. Jake let go of her hand reluctantly and her heart fell. She was going to be separated from him, from the love of her life.

The Lycan king took her and she followed, wondering how Emilia had disappeared.

As they passed through the forest and into the clearing, Hazel could no longer ignore the growing connection she felt pulling her towards him.

"You feel it too, don't you?" She said to him. He ignored her.

"Is it a mate bond…it's definitely a mate bond. I can feel it" She continued. He kept silent but his grip tightened around her arm.

"But that's odd, for a Lycan and werewolf to be mated by the moon goddess…" Hazel said.

"Shut up! You're not allowed to speak" He ordered and she didn't dare to disobey.

At the end of the forest, there was a sedan parked and a driver was in it. The Lycan king ordered Hazel to get in and they drove. They reached a massive gate after a huge clearing, the gates opened and the magnificent estate stood before her eyes, she marvelled at the amount of Lycan's who stood guard by every building and patrolled the streets. Hazel grew nervous, as they drove in. What was the Lycan king going to do with her now?

They stopped at an old building with a lady standing in front of it and he ordered her to get out. Hazel was confused. She got out and the car sped off, leaving her on the spot

The lady approached her. "Let's go" she ordered, grabbing Hazel by the hand.

"What're you doing?" Hazel flinched in pain.

"Shush!" She said firmly "You're not allowed to speak, were you not told?"

They entered the building, it wasn't a house or residence, it resembled a lodging house and she could see a few somber girls walking around. She wondered how many of them were here. Was the Lycan king really planning on leaving her here? She was his mate!

The lady took her into a room. She stripped her and Hazel tried to object but she paid no regard to her as she forced on some new clothes on her. It was the same clothes as those whom she saw in the hallways wear.

"You'll stay here until you're called upon." she stated before she left the room and Hazel heard the door lock.

She flopped into the bed, the room wasn't great but it was better than that which her stepmother had assigned to her back at home while her step sister took the room she had while her father was still alive. She wondered whether they would be relieved or angry that she was gone for good, angry that they had no one to do all the chores and treat as a slave or relieved that she could never be with the Alpha and take her revenge on them for the wretched way they had treated her all these years.

She thought about Jake and tears welled up in her eyes. Jake would be so heartbroken, what if he found out she wasn't mated to him but the Lycan king? She began to cry wildly in her pillow.

She also thought about Emilia, how devastated must she have been when she saw that she was caught? She wondered whether Emilia had found her mother yet.

Morning finally came and the lady came into the room, waking Hazel up.

"You have been summoned by the Lycan king. You must prepare and come down at once" she stated.

Hazel was terrified. Was the Lycan already ready to use her? What was he going to do with her?...