Chapter 1
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Astrid’s POV
As the darkness swallowed the entire forest, I felt fear creeping into my skin. This will be another night of survival.
“Astrid remember what I told you? Stay in this house no matter what happens. Stay hidden and don't let anyone see you. I will come back once I secure enough food for both of us,” my mother told me as she started packing her bag containing everything she would need for hunting.
“Can I go with you, Mom? I’m already eighteen-”
I wasn't given a chance to finish my sentence when my mother looked at me sharply.
“But your wolf isn’t showing yet. You can’t fight the rouges or the territorial packs Astrid. It is better if you just stay in this house. You will be safer that way," she firmly uttered cutting me off.
I felt helpless. I want to do something to help my mother but I am still weak. Up until now, my wolf hasn’t shown. I should have met her on the night of my eighteenth birthday but no wolf came and I am starting to think that maybe I am wolfless. Maybe a rouge-like me wasn't granted a wolf and probably a mate.
“Please come back before the clock strikes twelve Mom,”
My mother smiled at me and nodded. She wrapped me into her arms and planted a soft kiss on top of my head.
“I won’t take long I promise,”
The moment my mother left all I did was stare at the hands of the clock waiting for it to reach twelve.
I am already sleepy but I can’t go to bed without knowing that my mother went home safely.
The hand of the clock is not pointed at twelve yet but I already heard a knock on the door…but my mother doesn't knock. She doesn't have to knock.
My heart became erratic as I slowly walked towards our door.
“Help me,” a weak voice uttered and upon looking at the small hole in our door I saw a man standing in front of our house his shirt soaked in blood.
He looks badly injured.
“Please help me,” he pleaded.
Mom told me not to let anyone in but how can I ignore this dying man?
Despite knowing that my mother will get mad at me I bravely open the door ignoring the fact that he might be dangerous.
The moment I opened the door his body fell to mine so I immediately held him tightly to prevent him from falling to the ground.
He was too heavy for me but I used all my strength to pull him inside the house.
I made him lay on our bed and using the light that was given by our lamp I saw his face.
His hair was disheveled and he was filled with sweat and blood but that doesn't hide the fact that he was handsome.
This is the first time I got this close to a man. All my life I have been living with my mother in this forest and contented myself by watching others from afar where they couldn't see me.
Out of curiosity, my finger started tracing his forehead down to his perfectly sculpted nose and then to his red lips which were almost as red as the blood that was coming out of his wounds.
Right blood!
He is wounded!
“Are you done? Can you please help me?” he asked weakly.
Filled with panic I hurriedly took out a clean cloth from our cabinet and used it to suppress the blood that was coming out of his wound.
“Can you hold this for me?”
I took his hands and made him hold the cloth before I ran towards the kitchen to get the first aid kit.
I have no idea what I am doing. All I know is I have to save him.
When I came back he was groaning in pain so I hurriedly sat on the chair beside the bed and placed the first aid kit on the side table.
My hands were shaking as I removed the cloth that covered his wound.
“What should I do? Should I stitch it up or should I just wrap it with cloth?”
He sighed and looked at me as if his patience was cut short.
He took out a deep breath slowly lifted his upper body and leaned against the headboard.
“Give me the kit,” he commanded so I handed it to him without any questions asked.
I watched him as he took out a needle and thread and without any warning, he started stitching his wound in front of me.
“Does it hurt?” I can’t help but ask.
He glance at me and the way he looks at me tells me that my question completely annoyed him.
“Should I stitch you up so you would know how it feels?”
I smiled sheepishly and immediately shook my head moving a bit farther from him afraid that he might do it.
I quietly watched him from a distance and while he was cleaning his wounds it felt like I could feel his pain.
“Are you done?” I asked when I saw him wrapping the white cloth on his waist.
“Yeah, you can clean this up,”
I looked at him in disbelief when those words slipped out of his lips. How dare he order me around when he was inside my house and lying on my bed but instead of getting mad at him I did what he told me.
I started cleaning the mess he made because I knew any moment from now my mother would be home.
“How did you get your wound?” I can’t help but ask as I remove the bloody clothes that he used.
He looked at me intently and the moment our eyes met I felt my heart race.
“I was attacked by ten rouges. I didn't know that this forest was filled with rouges,”
I can feel the beating of my heart in my throat when I heard his answer. He would probably hate me if he learned that I was a rouge too.
“How about you? Why are you staying in this forest alone?”
My hands started to feel cold and I could feel sweat forming on my forehead when I heard his question but I chose to smile hiding away my fear.
“I-It was a t-task from my Alpha. I want to be a huntress and this is part of my training…to survive in this forest,” he looked at me intently as if he was trying to decipher if I was telling the truth or not but after a while, he nodded his head accepting my reason.
Before he could even see through my lies I looked away and was about to leave when he held my hand putting me in place.
“W-What is it?” I nervously asked while looking at him.
He was silent but after a few seconds, he finally spoke.
“Can I ask for one more favor?”
I wanted to shake my head and tell him to just leave but I was not that heartless so even though what he would ask might put my life in danger I still nodded.
“What is it?” I asked nervously but instead of answering my question he pulled me closer to him and in a swift move he removed my hair that covered my neck and put it on the other side.
My heart started beating like crazy when I felt his hot breath on my neck but I couldn't move away even though I could already feel his pang on my skin.
“I need your blood to regain my strength. Can I mark you?”
My breathing became heavy but despite the fear I found myself nodding like a completely insane woman and the moment I felt his pang dug into my skin a soft moan escaped my lips.
He was sucking my skin intensely as if he plans to drain the blood in my body. I already know it will leave a mark…a mark that I have to hide from my mother.
When he let go of my neck I thought that was the end of it but instead, he cupped my face and looked at me with his eyes filled with lust.
“You taste good,” he uttered and without any warning, he claimed my lips and I found myself responding to his kisses.
I should pushed him away but when his hands started to wander around my body I lost my sanity and allowed him to do whatever he wanted.
A soft moan escaped my lips when I felt him touching my sensitive part but my breathing hitched when I felt something poking me.
“Do you want this?” he asked.
With my eyes closed I nodded and bit my lower lip as I waited for him to enter.
“Ahhh,” a soft moan escaped my lips when he started moving inside me.
It hurt but I started moving my hips against his rhythm and after a while, I felt something inside me was about to explode.
His pace became faster and in just a snap I felt something inside me explode and it was followed by his release.
A smile grace on my lips but the moment I opened my eyes my body ran cold when I saw his blazing red eyes.
“Who are you?” I asked fear evident in my tone.
He caressed my face and planted a gentle kiss on my lips before answering my question.
“I am Knoxx Voltaire the Alpha of Wild Midnight Claw. Now that I marked you, consider yourself as mine. I will ask you from your Alpha and bring you to my territory. I will make you my Luna,”
I immediately shook my head completely against his plan.
“I will come to you. I will go to your territory. Just give me a week to prepare myself,”
He looked hesitant but he still nodded and took my hand planting a soft kiss on it.
“I will wait for you. My pack will wait for their Luna’s arrival. You should not make us wait for long or I will forcefully bring you to my territory,”
Would take me in if you learned the truth?
Would your pack welcome me if they learned that I don't have a pack and I am a rouge?
Will you stay true to your words when you find out that you marked a wolfless rouge?
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