Filed To Story: Goddess's Design His Fated Mate (Willow & Reuben)
I breathed out, feeling a slight watering in my eyes at the sight of him alive. I closed my eyes for a moment, regaining control over my emotions. When I reopened them, I found his intense green gaze fixed on me, as if he couldn’t blink.
I felt very strange. Why was he staring at me so intensely? It was then that I became aware of the dirt and mud smeared across my face and body. My hair was a tangled mess, I must have looked utterly disheveled and dreadful at that moment.
I instinctively released his hand, whispering, “Rest for a while.”
Then, to my surprise, I felt his grip tightening around my hand. Startled, I turned to look at him.
“You said you’d take me home,”
his deep, yet oddly alluring voice reached my ears, catching me off guard. Despite his bloodied and wounded appearance, his tall stature and commanding voice hinted that he was around sixteen years old. It dawned on me that he had opened his eyes only when he heard my promise, a promise I couldn’t possibly fulfill. I was trapped here just like him. In my desperate attempt to wake him, I had uttered words of comfort that he seemed to have taken seriously.
Fearing that the truth might crush his spirit, which was already weakened and battered, I chose to lie. “Yes, I’ll take you home,”
I assured him, placing my hand over his and gazing deeply into his eyes. “I’ll protect you, so please don’t give up, okay?”
I whispered, holding his hand tightly to conceal my own trembling.
At my words, I noticed a slight shift in his green eyes. Suddenly, he drew me a little closer to him. “Do you promise?”
his whisper his breath brushed against my face, and my heart raced at our closeness.
Unable to meet his gaze, I lowered my eyes and nodded. “I promise,”
I whispered, lifting my eyes to meet his once again.
I knew making such a promise was utterly nonsensical, but something about him compelled me to agree. His eyes glistened as he continued to stare at me until the sound of the cages opening interrupted us. I quickly distanced myself from him, but he remained leaning against the bars, fixated on me. I reluctantly tore my eyes away to see a rogue standing outside the cages.
Suddenly, the cage door swung open, and a piece of bread was tossed near my feet. It was hardly enough to alleviate my hunger.
As the rogue began to shut the cage, panic surged within me. He hadn’t given any bread to the boy. “There are two of us!”
I reminded him in a rush.
The rogue paused, his expression twisted into an ugly scowl. “Shut your mouth!”
he growled before slamming the door shut.
I tightened my fists at my sides, feeling a surge of concern for the boy. Why hadn’t he asked for food? Was he planning to starve himself? “Eat this!”
I pushed my portion of bread toward him.
He seemed taken aback for a moment, then furrowed his brow. “Why? You eat. I don’t want it,”
he refused.
“Don’t worry, I know you’re hungry too. I’ll ask them for more,”
I insisted, pressing the bread into his hand. He looked at the bread then back at me.
Swiftly, I crawled closer to the iron bars before all the bread was handed out. “Can I please have one?”
I called out to the man outside the cage.
Ignoring my pleas, the man outside the cage remained indifferent. “Please I’m hungry. Just give me half a piece of bread,”
I pleaded desperately. His gaze wandered, but then he paused, noticing my outstretched hands through the bars.
“You’re hungry?”
he raised an eyebrow.
“Yes,”
I nodded, hoping he’d relent.
“Here,”
unexpectedly, he opened the cage door and extended a piece of bread toward me. I stared at him in disbelief. Was he really giving it to me? “Take it before I fucking change my mind,”
he grumbled with a growl.
I couldn’t afford to lose that piece of bread. Hastily, I reached out to take it from him, when he tightly gripped my hand. I stared at him, terror flooded my senses as I noticed a sinister grin spreading across his face. Frantically, I tried to retrieve my hand, but he yanked me out of the cage.
“AHHH ”
I screamed in terror as he threw me to the ground and slammed the cage door shut. My knees struck the ground, causing intense pain. Tears welled up as I cried out in agony. “You’re hungry, right?”
the man sneered, unfastening his pants. “Let me fill your stomach with something else.”
“No ”
I shrank back in horror, scrambling back on the ground. He grabbed my hair and forcibly drew me toward his lower body.
“Open your mouth!”
he ordered sharply.
“Please, no!”
I cried out in terror, fighting desperately to break free.
“You little ”
He erupted in fury and slapped me sharply across the face. The blow was so intense that it knocked me to the ground. Tears streamed from the corner of my eyes as my head throbbed violently. My vision blurred as I saw him advancing over me.
As his cruel laughter echoed around me, I struggled to remain conscious. “No no ”
I weakly attempted to slide back, but my efforts were futile. He pushed me down to the ground, laughing, and reached for my clothes. I felt utter despair as I thought I was about to be violated.
Just as I resigned myself to a terrible fate, a large black wolf leaped over the man’s head. The wolf opened its jaws wide and attacked, swiftly tearing the man’s head off in a single ferocious motion. My eyes widened in shock as blood splattered all over my body and face. The wolf tossed the man’s head back into the cage, which now lay broken and empty.
Suddenly, a swarm of pack wolves stormed the area, attacking the rogues and liberating the caged juvenile wolves. It was a raid by the pack, and the large black wolf that had leaped to my rescue earlier was their Alpha. My eyes widened as he shifted into his human form. He had been the wounded dying boy from earlier, his shifting left him completely naked. His features were defined, his eyes darker, and his naked body was lying atop mine.
“You you’re not dying?”
I whispered in disbelief.
He leaned in close to my lips, gently raising my chin. “I found a reason to live,”
he murmured.
New Book: Returned To Make Them Pay
On her wedding anniversary, Alicia is drugged and stumbles into the wrong room—straight into the arms of the powerful Caden Ward, a man rumored never to touch women. Their night of passion shocks even him, especially when he discovers she’s still a virgin after two years of marriage to Joshua Yates.