Chapter2

1468 Words
Sienna - - - 1 Year Later - - - When I woke up, Eliana was gone. I remember screaming, and scratching my face until my eyes were too swollen to stay open and my face and arms were bleeding. There was blood all over my bed, on the floor, and on my body. This was my punishment for failing to protect one thing that mattered the most to me in this world. I hurt myself. I wanted to die. Yet, the thought of Eliana suffering and being scared somewhere in this world pulled me out of the darkness that consumed me. At that moment, something changed inside me. How could I think about dying even after knowing that Eliana might be waiting for me to save her? I couldn’t be that selfish. I couldn’t leave her to meet her eventual death and get tortured by the monster who took her. I decided that day, one year ago that I would find her. I have to find her. I won’t let her die. She will become a singer, she will fulfill all her dreams and she will be happier than anyone else in this damn world. “ I don’t trust her, Dad. ” Brianna saunters towards us. I sigh, looking around my Dad’s office. His office is in the study room, in the packhouse so he can stay here and keep an eye on all pack activities. He works from here and manages his pharmaceutical company from this same office instead of shifting to the city to handle matters better. I look around the office. The interior is simple. The walls are painted white and there are big windows on the left wall. A couch set is placed beside the windows and the main door is right opposite those couches. The mahogany desk of my father is placed on the right side of the room, with his revolving chair behind it and two visitor chairs in front of it. He is currently sitting in his spot, observing my every move. From the time Eliana was taken, I stopped fighting him or Brianna. I became what they wanted - - - A submissive omega who was ready for any Lycan to come and buy her. One of them did come. He is interested in buying me but he says he wants to court me first in some old style. His name is Noah and he is a 25-year-old low-ranked Lycan who serves as a warrior in the Shadow Lake Pack. It’s the strongest pack around and being good to him can get me to places I desperately want to go to. “ I have no wrong intentions behind this. I am just doing what Noah wants. ” I shrug. “ And what does he want? ” Brianna perches on the desk’s edge and watches me. Dad believes my act to some extent but she never does. “ He wants me to attend the full moon party at the Shadow Lake Pack with him. He will introduce me to other Lycans. ” I tell her the lines I prepared. It was the other way around though. I convinced Noah to take me to the Shadow Lake Pack because I knew he would be there. Kieran King. The Alpha of Shadow Lake Pack and the man who bought and has Eliana. If I go with Noah, I might as well meet my little sister there. But that’s not what I am excited about right now. Instead, I am mentally and physically preparing myself to do my thing. I am determined to Kill Kieran King to free Eliana. No Lycan will buy a breeder who was already bought by a Lycan once so she will be free for the rest of her life. “ Are you sure it’s not because you know Eliana is there? ” Dad leans back, his hands placed on the desk between us. “ Dad. I can’t lie and tell you that I don’t want to see her. I do. I want to meet her because it’s been a year since I last saw her or talked to her and this trip will make it possible but this is not the real reason. I want to spend some time with Noah because that’s what he wants. ” I let out, fisting my hands in my lap. “ He can’t take you anywhere until he pays for you. ” Brianna scoffs. “ Brianna. ” Dad warns her sternly and she instantly closes her mouth. “ That’s why I am trying so hard to impress him. He needs to get attached to me if you two want money for me anytime soon. ” I sigh. It is sick, but this is the world I live in. This is my life. I am a thing that is up for sale and I have to pretend to market myself to appear sincere about this whole damn thing. “ You know no other Lycan will accept you if you have already spent some time with another Lycan? Are you sure he is going to take you after you return from this party? ” Dad asks me. After this party, Noah will not even see me let alone buy me. Once I kill his Alpha, I will make myself disappear so no one can catch up to me and my crime won’t catch up to Eliana. “ I am sure. ” I utter with a weak smile on my lips. “ I don’t believe her, Dad. If she sleeps with this Lycan, and he doesn’t pay for her after, she will be done for. ” Brianna glances at Dad from over her shoulder. Nausea hits the back of my throat. I want to yell at her for being a w***e, for talking about selling me out like this to our own father but my mouth remains shut, and my lips sealed. Just until I free Eliana, I will endure all this filth and after that, they will regret ever doing this to me or her. “ She is not that stupid. ” Dad shakes his head. I release the breath I held. My back relaxes in the chair as my gaze switches between Brianna’s scowling face and my father’s deep black eyes. “ Right, Sienna? ” He asks for confirmation. “ I was rebellious for a while, Dad, but I have learned my lesson. I will never disappoint you again. I will serve my purpose. ” I whisper. “ That’s what Mom said before she took off. ” Brianna chuckles darkly. My hands clench tighter. Dad looks at the back of her head and then at me. Mom ran away after blocking her bond with Dad when I was five. She never returned after that, not for even rejecting my father. During her last days here, she was compliant and submissive instead of fighting with Dad like she did every day. I never understood her before but I do now. History is repeating and I am the protagonist this time. “ I am not like Mom. ” I utter. I will not run away and leave Eliana behind. I will protect her instead of forgetting about her. I can never be like a selfish woman who dumped all three kids of hers and took off to spend a peaceful life. “ You are exactly like her. That’s why you should have died that day, Sienna. ” Brianna hisses, leaning closer to me. A lump forms in my throat. I try to gulp it down but it’s impossible. I know which day she is referring to, but I can’t bring myself to let the memories of that time resurface. “ Enough. ” Dad slams his palm on the table and gets up. I avert my gaze from Brianna’s hateful stare and look at Dad. He is standing to his full height now, his muscular body on full display. He is in his 40s but there is no gray among his black hair. His eyes are sharp, and his jaw is chiseled like it is in the pictures of his 20s. “ Go with Noah and make him pay for you. ” He tells me. I exhale a breath of relief. For a moment, I thought he wouldn’t let me go and I couldn’t miss this chance. “ But if he won’t pay after this, Sienna, I will strangle you with my hands. I can’t have you lying uselessly around me. ” His hand forms a fist on the desk as he threatens me. I look at him and try to feel a ping of disappointment. But nothing. My heart is void of emotions when it comes to this man. “ He will pay. ” I whisper, but they don’t understand the meaning behind my promise.
Free reading for new users
Scan code to download app
Facebookexpand_more
  • author-avatar
    Writer
  • chap_listContents
  • likeADD