Chapter3
1425 Words
- Bitter truth
What just happened?
How did I get to the ground?
I met the ground with so much force, my body started aching immediately.
"f**k!", I heard Maggie wail on the ground beside me.
It took me a moment or two to recover from the blurriness I got from hitting my head hard on the ground. I was still trying to make sense of what just happened when I saw shadows of three hefty men cover my figure as they towered over me from behind.
I forgot my pains and immediately stood up to face them and saw that two of them were wolf guards, while the other was... Him.
The same man I saw before I got unconscious back at the ball.
My eyes widened in realization and fear as I immediately turned pale, knowing that I was in big trouble. Just when I was about to escape, the Lycan got a hold of me.
"How did... But when did you...", I couldn't get standard sentences out of my quivering lips as I stared from the guards to the Lycan, avoiding his fiery gaze.
"s**t!", Maggie cursed when she saw who I saw and tried to run away, but she couldn't get far before one of the guards caught her and held her up in the air.
"Let me go now!! Elora, quick, kick him hard in the nuts!! Do it now!!! Elora!!!"
But my whole body was forcefully held bondage by the eyes of... Him.
No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't move. Neither could I look away. I just helplessly stood rooted to the ground.
"Take her upstairs", he pointed to Maggie, and the guard landed her on his shoulders.
"Bring me down now!! Get me off!!", Maggie screamed and kicked, but it was useless.
"Where... Where are you taking my friend?", I managed to voice out through my dry throat.
He didn't bother to give me a reply. Instead he took three steps and stopped right in front of me.
I felt his fingers on my face, and my heart doubled its pace.
"The next time you try to pull this stupid stunt, I won't be this lenient with you", I heard his husky, rough voice filled my ears.
"Take her to a separate room", he ordered the guard and he began walking away into the palace.
"Where are you taking me to?! I want to get out of this place!! You can't keep me here forever!! Why can't I see my friend?! What are you going to do with her?! Come back here and order your guard to let me go right now!!", I cried and screamed, but it got picked up and taken upstairs.
He got to a room and dropped me on the bed. Without saying a word, he headed for the door.
I tried to follow him and confront him, but the door was shut before I could.
"Tell your leader to let me go!! I won't rest until you allow my friend and I to go!! Let us go right now!!", I kept banging on the door, but frustration got the best of me, and slid to the ground, tears pouring down my eyes.
What did I do to deserve this? Why me of all people? Why would the best day of my life turn to my worst nightmare?
***
Light taps on the door caused me to open my eyes to the sun rays that filled the room.
I didn't even know when I dozed off.
The knock on the door got my attention again.
"Who's that?", I groggily mumbled in frustration.
"We're your maids, my queen. We're here to run your bath, if you don't mind", I heard a sweet voice reply to me.
A stared at the door, half asleep and half confused.
Did I just hear well?
Maids?
To run my bath?
I got up from the floor and opened the door to see three young women dressed in maid uniforms, holding towels and gowns.
I stared at them, perplexed.
"Do you mind if we get in?", One of them asked.
I was too surprised to speak, so I moved out of the way.
They led me into the bathroom, and undressed me. They got me into the already warm bathtub - which was filled with rose petals, and with their own hands, they scrubbed my skin until it became sparkling clean.
They were soon done and got me out of the bathroom.
They dried me, rubbed my skin with honey oil and dressed me up in the gown they brought in.
And throughout their actions, one thing kept running through my mind-
What the hell is going on?
Was I not brought in as a captive?
How come I had maids all of a sudden?
"My queen", one of the maids knocked me out of my thoughts, "King Jace wishes that you have dinner with him at the dining table", she informed.
Queen?
Now I was really confused, but I had no choice but to follow them downstairs.
From the moment I stepped out of the room, my nose got filled with the aroma of delicious meals...
We finally got to the dining table, I just stood there, my face expressing utter surprise, my jaw dropped at the sight of the display of meals I was seeing.
I was staring at every meal that could make one salivate shamelessly; from omelettes to pancakes, french toasts, sausages and waffles, smoked salmon, bacon and scrambled eggs, banana muffins and more that I didn't think I would be on the table.
"Come, sit with me"
I saw Jace behind a chair he'd drawn back.
I stared at him for a moment, before taking him up on his offer.
I went over and had a seat at the table. He took out a plate and dished out the meals before handing them to me.
"I hope you enjoy the meal. I don't know what you like, so I had them cook everything-"
"Why?", I cut him off.
"What do you mean?"
"Why are you doing all of this? You massacred my pack and held me captive for no reason. Only for me to wake up with personal maids, calling me Queen. Why are you treating me like royalty, when you made me a prisoner?", I questioned him.
He took a sip of his juice.
"I need to tell you a story", he said.
"18 years ago, there was a woman who had a sick child in your pack.. Her daughter was terribly sick for years, and she did all she could make her better, but it was fruitless. At one point, her child was barely alive, and she became tired and desperate. She heard of a certain goddess in this pack, and decided to seek her help . The goddess promised her that her child would be better, but only on one condition - that the child would be betrothed to the future alpha of the pack, to give birth to children who would run over the werewolf empire"
He kept silent and glanced at me to see if I was putting two and two together.
I vividly remembered being sick to the point of death when I was little. I was taken to an old woman's house, and I was never sick from that day.
"What is the point of the story?", I questioned, refusing to play his games.
"You are my betrothed, Elora. Your mother offered you to be my bride as a price for your healing", he explained.
I scoffed.
"This must be a joke", I muttered.
"Elora-"
"You are a f*****g joke, Jace!! You come into my pack and cause chaos, and you expect me to believe this bullshit?!! Why haven't I sensed you as my mate? Do you know that I was about to marry the future alpha of my pack-"
"You can't sense it because you don't have a wolf. And I don't care what arrangements you have with whoever. I'm not exactly excited by this situation, but I have to fulfill my duties as a Lycan alpha. Don't make this hard for us-"
"Bullshit!! This is all bullshit!! I will not stand here and listen to you spit rubbish from your mouth after ruining my life!! f**k you!!", I yelled and walked away from the dining.
"Elora"
His call made me halt to a stop.
"If you don't comply and become my wife, your friend is never going to see sunlight. The choice is yours"
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