AthenaMy wounds did not heal. Not even the slightest bit though it has already been a day.Usually, they would heal on their own during the day but this time they were drawn deep. They were like the invisible wounds Sebastian has given me all these days.He was destroying me bit by bit. He was ruining me every day and night. And after what he did last night, the need to escape from him was sowed deep within me.Last night, the realization had finally hit me— I had to escape his cage, not only for myself but for my soul. He'd already tainted me, snatched my innocence, leave me all shattered and scattered. And the way his tortures were increasing, I couldn't even imagine how he'd go.He certainly had no bounds. He was a sadist.And after the shower, I looked at myself in the mirror, and unknowingly I found my eyes filling with tears.The reality hurt more than the nightmare itself. The reality pained me and somehow it pained another part of me too—My wolf, who was like a shadow who mi
AthenaIt was late at night and Sebastian had not come to my room yet. As I looked at the clock, I came to realize, it was already hours past the time he'd usually come to my room.There were far fewer chances of him coming to my room, today. Maybe he was simply enjoying his night with his beloved mistress instead of deciding me torture me like every other day.I needed to go out of the room to reach Winona and get out of this place, but what if Sebastian comes all of a sudden?If he catches me trying to escape...I did even know what he'd do.Surely he wouldn't kill me, but whatever he'd do, I knew it was going to be worse than death.But sitting like this was not going to help me either.I might lose a huge opportunity because of my fear.What should I do?Sit here and wait for him or just put faith in fate and go for it?This was my last chance to escape. I couldn't miss it.Every minute with my so-called mate felt suffocating, I was dying little by little.....No! I couldn't miss t
AthenaEverything around me stopped, I couldn't breathe, I couldn't talk, my eyes stayed glued to the sight of Winona's beheaded body and my shaking hand moved to touch my cheek where lingered her blood. A momentary disbelieve shrouded my body and soul.He killed her? He...Killed her.He just killed her right in front of my eyes and I couldn't do anything to save the girl who was only trying to help me.She died because of me....I stilled on the spot, my blood felt cold as ice. For a moment I forgot how to move, and maybe even breathe. I did not know how to react, the horror I witnessed with my eyes left me petrified. I was shaken to my soul.He was a murderer. A bloody killer."Now that the first culprit has reached where sit deserved to be, it's your turn to pay for your mistakes, Athena Campbell," His voice sounded through the silent room breaking my trance.I looked at him, absolutely having no intention to run away or stop him even if, in his mind, he decided to kill me.I jus
AthenaI woke up in bed, alone in the room. Or so, that's what I'd thought until my eyes drifted to spot Sebastian sitting casually on the black couch set in the corner.Dread crawled up my insides just from the sight of him.It was indeed the morning, yet everything in his room made it seem still darker. The curtains were fully closed, the high walls with the deepest shade of black painting them and the minimal amount of lightning that was currently the only source of light, made it seem like there was a different sort of darkness that was draped over this room.Indeed it was expected, it was Sebastian's room— The Alpha who was considered the ruler of darkness with venomous nature and all of his barbaric deeds."So you are finally, awake," He spoke, letting the coffee mug set on the side table and stood up.I clutched the blanket tighter to me in reflex as he slowly walked closer to me.I found myself pressing my back further into the headboard of the bed, the memories of last night
AthenaJudging by the woman's facial structures and wrinkles that draped all over her face, it was not hard to scrutinize that her age could not be less than sixty. Her skin color was light brown and multiple freckles were dotted on her crinkled skin, grey covered most of her hair. There was a strange sort of care shining in her eyes as she looked at me."Who are you?" I asked.Confused and baffled by her sudden arrival. I did not even know who she was, and what could even be the reason for coming here late at night?"I am Julia, I used to work as Sebastian's nanny when he was a kid."Soon as she spoke what Sarah had said the day I came here after Sebastian purchased me rang in my mind as a recognition."If anyone who has the possibility to know about it is...Julia."— About his curse.If she'd come a few days, maybe I'd have bothered to ask her about Sebastian and his past but now, I just did not want to.What I experienced was enough to tell me he was and has always has been the ass
AthenaI couldn't breathe, speak or blink. I was horrified; There were so many emotions rushing inside of me at this moment. My entire existence was in denial right now. What I heard pained me beyond extreme, it was so severe that my body was trying to find relief by trying to deny the truth."No...no...no, you must be lying," I found myself vigorously shaking my head, despite knowing that there was not even a drop of a lie in everything she said, "It's not his story, it can't be his story."Julia must have seen the fear of acceptance that draped over my eyes because she did not try to convince me to believe her, she just kept speaking."His father killed his mother right in front of his eyes. He saw his mother's throat being slit by his father, I and many maids were there too but we all were forced to witness it just like the Nine years old Sebastian. Poor Carolina begged her mate, she knew there was none for her child except for her, her eyes constantly took glances at the tear-sta
AthenaI'd waited the entire night for Sebastian's arrival but he did not arrive. Maybe this was the first night I'd waited for him and this was also the night when I didn't get his glimpse.I knew I'd decided to help him out of his situation but was I going to be able to stay on my ground when everything he has done to me was still embedded deep inside my head?He had no control over himself or his mind whatsoever. But did that fully justify all his actions? No, I knew it didn't.Nonetheless, I still thought that my decision was not wrong.It was the truth that even if I did not get him out of the curse, there was no way of my escape. He was just so tied to the chains of his curse that he'd just never stop making everything hard for me, put me through hell because he was in need to suppress his feelings that the mate bond between us made him feel.Of course, getting Sebastian out of his curse was not only my want but also my need. I needed to do this in order to save both of us from
AthenaHe looked so unaffected and casual as if it wasn't just a murder he committed. He normally lit up a cigarette, the smoke that came off of it reflecting against his dark sunglass as he raised it to his mouth.There was no rage I could notice, there was no hurry, it was just an utterly calm demeanour of Sebastian that I had got to see a few times but that too was not this intense.The situation to me was confusing at first glance, and it was true that it scared me to see Sebastian killing another person right in front of my eyes with no emotion whatsoever. But when my eyes moved to take a look at the rest three men being held down to the ground by the guards, I became aware of what might be going on.But I still have no idea about who these people were and why they were brought here; Each of them was heavily injured as if they have badly beaten before they were put in this place and Sebastian's bloody knuckles told the story— He was the one who have beaten them."Are these the sa