The voice I heard was definitely Riley. It brought tears to my eyes to know that she was close by.
I took in a deep breath and asked, “Are you okay?... Where are you? What's going on?”
“I'm so glad I can hear you,” she said and she was crying, “I thought you were dead C”
“Me too Ri and I didn't know what to do,” I said, clutching my chest in desperation.
I had been wearing the same clothes for God knows how long and it was evident from the way I smelled. I required a hot shower.
"It's obvious that they had a specific target in mind, and they had inside help," she said confidently, her voice steady despite the intensity of the situation.
"But we're not going to let them get away with this. We're going to figure out who they are, what they want, and how we can stop them. We won't rest until we've got this all under control.”
It had to have been an inside job because everything happened so fast.
My mind was swirling with different possibilities and to say I was scared was an understatement. I wanted it all to be over.
“Have you met their leader? He said I was supposed to be the strongest of them all. What does that mean, Ri?” I asked, feeling so confused.
“I have and he's such a pain. Alpha Derek believes you're some kind of child from the prophecy. I honestly have no idea what he's talking about and we'll only know what we're told until we can get out of here” she said, already exasperated.
I felt tears welling up in my eyes for the umpteenth time and I willed myself to not let them fall. What was the possibility of us leaving this place unscathed?
“I have to go C, someone's coming! Stay safe and whatever you do, don't give in to the torture. We will leave this place and we'll all be together again!” She said hurriedly as her voice faded in my mind.
“Noo! Riley!! Riley, don't go! Noo…At that, I broke down sobbing. I couldn't take the stress anymore.
The chains on my hands and feet stop me from moving to the door so I can bang on it.
I started shouting, “Let me go! Please let me go!” I kept shouting for a long time before I heard the footsteps of someone walking towards the door.
Thinking it was going to be Alpha Derek I straightened up to ask him questions and get to the bottom of this.
I didn't expect to see a woman dressed in tight leather pants and a matching corset top to walk in smiling at me.
I gathered enough energy to stand up but she kicked me at my side making me fall down and at this point, I didn't know what to do.
She sneered as I was crying, “Who are you and what do you want from me?” I asked.
“Oh, you don't see the resemblance? You must be really slow. Chains make you that weak?” She said sarcastically.
I tried to think of why her face looked so damn familiar but I couldn't come up with anything. Then it hit me.
“You're his sister,” I whispered fearfully.
“I am Fiona. And I'm going to kill and destroy anything standing in my way of having Christian Xavier all to myself” she said, dragging me up to my feet and walking from one end of the room to another.
“You can have him, of course. Why do you have to do all of this?” I said hoping I could make some sense from all that was happening.
It appears Fiona likes the sound of her voice because she continued talking.
“It's hard to get his attention when he has finally found his mate,” she said, fully turning her attention back to me.
With wide eyes I told her “Alpha Christian hasn't found his mate yet, the ceremony just happened and he didn't find her. We would all know if he did”.
She stared at me as if I had grown two heads. A bit of fangs could be seen as she slowly smiled at me.
“I'm sure you're wondering how we knew so much about the ceremony and the prophecy and who you are” She was walking towards me slowly.
“We have an inside man that gives us all the information we need down to where you live and the exact place everyone will be that day”.
As she was talking my mind was doing calculations on who the person she was talking about would be.
“Our man told us the exact time your Alpha found his mate. When he did we knew that was our cue to set our plan in motion” she said clapping her hands.
“Look…. I'm sure he lied” I said, trying to convince her.
She laughed maniacally, “he wouldn't dare lie to my brother now. I mean, it's not every day you get to work for the most powerful man in the land”
Fiona clearly had some screws loose in the head, that was evident. But I saw Alpha Christian the day of the ceremony and he hadn't met his mate yet.
Except, and if what she was saying was true…then that means…he's…. No he couldn't be.
“I'm sure by now the little gears in your head are turning” she said, laughing at me.
At the moment her voice was sounding so far away but what she said was still turning in my head.
He couldn't be my mate. It can't be. He was the Alpha and I was nobody. What does this mean Goddess? Why would you pair me with him?
“Well I'm sure you've added it up by now. He is in fact your mate, you just haven't realized it yet. You know these things take time” she said, waving her hand.
“It can't be,” I whispered softly.
“Why of course it can't. And nobody can come between Alpha Christian and me” she said angrily.
“And that is why you should know by now that you are in big, big trouble!”
Oh no
Everything seems to be out of my control. I was captured by a power-hungry man and his boy-crazy sister who thinks I'm the Alpha's mate. Things couldn't possibly be worse.Meanwhile, back home the men were packed at Alpha Christian's house, things were intense right now. People were taken from their homes and no one could answer how that was possible.The elders were furious. They needed answers and solutions, and most people were out for blood. “How could you allow this to happen?!” Marlow asked. “They took my daughter right from the doorstep of my home. How could that have happened? You're supposed to keep us safe!”Christian was deep in thought while everyone else was going berserk in the room.He couldn't understand how anybody could make it across the border without the alarm going off. They had men there for these things.Which made him think something was up! Who could've tipped those guys off and why?No one came to mind at all which caused him more discomfort. Someone had es
I didn't know what had happened back at home. I didn't know anything because since the last time Fiona came here I haven't had any visitors here. I was getting fed up and it was all because they thought I was Alpha Christian's mate. It's ridiculous that they would even think that. And what about what they said about being the child of the comet. Was that nonsense too? Right now I wished my dad was here to help me. I had no idea what to do. I heard clanging outside my door and then it swung open with a force. Inside came two fierce looking men and one girl in the middle who held a tray full of something in her hand. I tried to stand so I could talk to her but the men just looked at me like they would gut me if I tried anything. She dropped the tray not so far from me then proceeded to unchain my hands from the walls. She then chained them together in a tight but long chain so I could use my hands but not try to escape. “Thank you…” I said I was grateful, and went ahead to check
I didn't think about my plan 100% because, come on now, I didn't have a lot of options. I had to do something.I got ready for whatever was going to meet me when the doors opened.Riley needed me, hell my dad needed me right and nothing was going to stop me from getting out of this damn cellar.I heard about three or four pairs of footsteps bearded towards the door.Whatever stunt I was about to pull, I prayed it was going to be worth getting hurt like hell for.As the door was unlocked from outside, I hunched my back down and prayed to the goddess for strength.As they piled inside the states looking around the room and didn't find anything or anyone that would cause the amount of noise they had heard.They zeroed on me, one guard in particular started coming closer to me with the purpose of checking on the prisoner.He stood and slightly poked me with the butt of his gun, “hey…wake up” he said when he was at my head now.I quickly looked up and wrapped one hand around his gun and hi
Beep…beep…beep….That continuous beeping sound is driving me crazy. Can someone turn it off?I was slowly waking up and I felt so groggy. Wow, these sheets are so soft.I used my hand to feel the table and shut the alarm that was blaring.I tried opening my eyes and they were taking so long. My lids were very heavy and they hurt.When I finally managed to pry them open, the stream of light from the open window entered right into them and caused me discomfort.I hissed and used my hand to try to block out the sun from blinding me.I looked around the room slowly and realized, I don't know where I am but it sure looks very fancy.What happened when I ran into that smoke? Who came for me?Just then, someone opened the door and entered the room. It took me a second to react but when I did, my eyes widened.“You… Alpha Christian'' I said in surprise. I wasn't expecting that at all.“Celeste. How are you feeling?”, he said it politely.This was the man I had respected but feared from afar.
“What?!”, said Alpha Christian in astonishment. I've come to understand that people tend to do whatever he wants.The fact that I had blatantly disobeyed his orders and came downstairs with what I was saying, the surprise was clearly painted on his face.He came close to me and gave me a pointed look. If I could read his mind, I would love to know what he was thinking right now.“What exactly do you mean, you want to fight?” He said in a low tone, still looking at me like I had lost my marbles.“It's not exactly Chinese I'm speaking. I want to train, with you” I said pleading.“You are in no shape, you were tortured for days. Goddess! You're supposed to be in bed resting. What about that don't you understand?” He said, exasperated.I huffed and took a look around. If he wasn't going to train me, then someone else would have to.He noticed what I was doing and before I could say anything, I was being hauled like a ragdoll and the next thing I knew I was staring at a broad back.“Hey! L
I wasn't expecting that question from him. For as long as I could remember, nobody even asked me that question anymore.It's pretty much general knowledge that I don't know my mother. I've never even seen a picture of her till this very day.I mean I didn't really expect him to know this, being the Alpha and all. He had bigger and more important things to do.But why was it bugging me that he didn't know either?It wasn't his fault I grew up motherless. I had a father who was loving and present enough to overlook the fact that she wasn't there.Though it still hurts that I didn't get to meet her. Didn't know if she was dead, or if she ran away. What if she abandoned me for a better life.I don't like indulging this part of my life a lot because it was very disturbing. And sad.So taking a deep breath and brassing myself I turned to him. “I don't know my mother” I say to him, watching him carefully for his reaction.He huffed and walked back into the room, looking rather annoyed.“Ther
“Uhh Celeste?” Alpha Christian has been trying to talk to me for the past five minutes but I'm in a state of shock. But if he found me, isn't he supposed to tell me? There wasn't any way for me to know yet so it was up to him to let me know. It's probably because of the whole kidnapping thing that made the whole situation strained but still. It felt kind of surreal that he found me and didn't let me know. He shook me one more time before I finally snapped out of the trance-like state I was in. “I….this is a surprise honestly” I say to him solemnly. By the look on his face somehow he understood what I was trying to say. “It's a lot for anyone to take. I think when this is all over and you're safe and settled then you can deal with all this” he said to me softly. I nodded my head and sighed as the mood in the room had completely changed. I felt myself getting sadder and sadder by the day. My life had really turned into a sob story. It was rare for you to have a mate and not meet
It was very late at night, so hearing someone knocking on the door was enough to put Alpha Christian in protective mode.Who could be knocking on our door by this time of the night? And why didn't anyone inform him that someone was coming towards the door?We were quiet for a minute with only the sound of us breathing and the girl outside the door crying.I looked outside to see that none of the guards that were patrolling earlier were there right now.Confusion written all over Christian's face as he tried to make sense of everything.I walked slowly towards the window to check if anybody else was outside. I couldn't see anything but I could sense the change of energy.Things were tense as we moved towards the door at the same time but he signaled me to stay hidden.I did as I was told as he went to open the door. As he opened the door the girl behind it started to come into view.She slowly walked inside limping and saying ‘thank you, omg thank you’ over and over again.I watched fr