Filed To Story: Goddess's Design His Fated Mate (Willow & Reuben)
My eyes widened in disbelief. “HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?!”
I roared, leaping up from the floor to charge out of my bedroom, Ken trailing closely behind.
“I’m baffled as well, Alpha. Just a little while ago, I received a mind-link from one of the wolves guarding the border, reporting that they had spotted Sky leaving,”
Ken hastily explained.
I hurried into my office and accessed the concealed room with my fingerprint, descending the staircase to where I had last hidden Sky. Instead of finding him there, I was greeted by an empty room, a huge gaping hole in the wooden wall that he had apparently escaped through. The iron rod I had discarded lay nearby, confirming my worst fears.
“Damn it!”
I exclaimed, shutting my eyes tightly and clenching my fists at my sides in frustration. It appeared that Sky had used the iron rod to breach the wall, a detail I cursed myself for overlooking. My mind had been preoccupied with the idea of clandestinely sending him away after he stumbled upon this room and its forbidden contents. It hadn’t occurred to me that he might attempt to escape on his own. Now, it was irrelevant. The crux of the matter lay in the fact that Sky was privy to everything. He had become a walking repository of my secrets.
“Find him,”
I muttered, horror gripping me as I ran my hands through my hair. “FIND SKY!”
I roared, whirling around to face Ken, who stood there silently, failing to respond. “KEN! AREN’T YOU LISTENING TO ME? GO AND CAPTURE SKY-“My words faltered when I noticed Ken’s unblinking stare, his motionless form resembled a statue. “Ken ”
I instinctively moved closer, only to realize that although he was still breathing, his eyes were vacant, as if his mind had been wiped clean, leaving behind a hollow shell of his former self.
“Ken ”
I muttered, my skin breaking out in a cold sweat as a sinking sensation settled in my stomach. Glancing around at my surroundings, I noticed a palpable shift in the atmosphere. The night had taken on an eerie darkness, the wind had ceased its gentle caress, it was now as still as death itself. It was as though nature itself had been drained of its vitality, leaving behind a desolate emptiness. Even my once-vibrant pack lay silent, their usual energy replaced by an unsettling stillness, reminiscent of a barren wasteland.
This desolate lifeless scene was hauntingly familiar. I had witnessed it once before, eleven years ago, when he had arrived
The partially shattered wall, already weakened by Sky’s earlier efforts, collapsed completely before my eyes. I gasped in horror as I watched the wooden fragments plummet to the ground in a cascade of ash. Through the swirling fog that enveloped the room, a menacing silhouette emerged, its presence foreboding and dangerous.
A tall, imposing figure materialized from the haze, just as it had in the past. The face that greeted me was hauntingly familiar-handsome yet sinister, with a pair of eyes that seemed to belong to different worlds. Locked in a chilling stare with mine, I involuntarily took a step back, my heart pounding in terror.
After eleven long years, he had returned
“Long time no see, Benjamin,”
Dark declared, his voice resonating with a depth that held no trace of emotion.
I immediately sank to my knees, bowing my head in deference. “Greetings, Alpha Dark. What an unexpected visit ”
“Unexpected?”
He interrupted, stepping into the room crushing the debris of the shattered wall beneath his feet. “I daresay you must have anticipated my arrival from the moment you learned about the first mysterious attack and fire.”
His shiny shoes came to a halt just inches from where I knelt, sending a surge of fear through my veins. Deep down, I knew he had returned the moment I caught wind of those enigmatic fires and the reports of decimated packs. With trembling limbs, I forced myself to meet his gaze, his dark countenance akin to the Devil emerging from the depths of hell itself.
“Alpha ”
“How dare you hide my Rose from me for all these years?!”
Dark roared, his fury palpable as he delivered a punishing kick to my stomach. My body was sent flying, crashing into the wooden door behind me before I plummeted to the ground, blood erupting from my mouth as I gasped for air. It felt as though every breath was a struggle, my insides threatening to spill out from the force of his blow.
Still reeling from the previous blow, I felt his powerful merciless grip on my hair as he yanked my head back with such force that it threatened to tear my hair from my scalp. “Did you think I was playing games with you, Benjamin?”
he growled, dangerously close to my face, his mismatched eyes piercing into my soul. “Have you lived long enough that you dare to provoke me?”
“I I didn’t hide her from you ”
I struggled to speak through the agony, my voice barely above a whisper amidst the pain and the looming threat of having my neck snapped. “I’ve been protecting her for you just as you commanded ”
Tears mingled with the blood from my scalp, staining my face crimson. I screamed in anguish, my nails clawing at the ground, offering no solace as Dark showed not even a hint of mercy.
“What a worthless guard dog you’ve become, Benjamin,”
Dark sneered, releasing my hair and stepping away to confront the frozen figure of Ken. “Under your watch, she’s been knocked up, mated, and marked by another male,”
he declared, his words piercing through the air like a dagger.
I watched him through eyes blurred from pain and fury as he lit a cigarette, his actions a cruel mockery of my suffering. “You’re nothing but a waste of air now, Benjamin,”
he spat, taking a drag from the cigarette before extinguishing it on Ken’s head. Instantly, Ken’s entire body ignited in flames.
“No ”
I shook my head, my eyes widening like those of an owl as I witnessed Ken’s demise unfold before me. “Noooo . KEN!”
I screamed at the top of my lungs over the loss of my best friend, only to turn mute when Dark looked at me with the corner of his eyes.
“There’s no need to be so loud. You’re next,”
Dark remarked coldly, his words sent a chill down my spine. It was clear that he intended to end my life as well. “PLEASE, FORGIVE ME!”
I pleaded desperately, crawling at the ground to grasp at his legs. In the corner of my mind, I knew that this day had been coming. That’s why I had wanted to send Sky abroad, “Please, don’t kill me. Spare my pack. Please ”
Tears streamed down my face as I begged incessantly. He simply stepped aside, causing my hands to slip off of him.
I watched as Dark’s gaze shifted to the old photos adorning the walls, his recognition evident as he tore one of them down with his claws. “I allowed you to flee, Rose, even though you betrayed me with another man. Yet, despite encountering me again, you chose to flee once more. Why are you playing games with me?”
he seethed, crushing the photo in his grasp.
As flames of anger consumed him, the other photos hanging on the wall ignited one by one. “Now, I will engage in one final game with you before you crawl back to me,”
he ominously announced.
Reuben
The Next Morning
Standing outside the soundproof window of the torture room alongside Bix, I watched as Alpha Adam groaned in pain.
“You can’t trust anything he says,”
Bix warned, his gaze serious as they rested on Alpha Adam, even though Adam couldn’t see us. “He’s a hypocrite, a greedy evil bastard. He would use and blame anyone for his own profit, so we can’t trust his claim when he says that Alpha Benjamin had anything to do with Dark,”
he added.
I nodded. “That’s why I haven’t disclosed this matter to Willow yet. Her respect for Alpha Benjamin is beyond anyone’s imagination. That old man really went out of his way to help my mate when she was pregnant and alone. It’s not like I trust him at all, but first I need to confirm whether Alpha Adam’s claim is true or not,”
I stated, fiddling with a cigarette packet in my hand as I studied Alpha Adam’s expression closely. He was full of guilt and sorrow over the loss of his daughter, and he didn’t seem to have any motivation to live anymore. “In this condition, Adam doesn’t have any reason to lie, and the sudden mention of Alpha Benjamin in this matter doesn’t seem like a coincidence to me,”
I shared my thoughts, which Bix agreed with.
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