Chapter 3. Mate!

"Mate." He groaned.

Sparks erupted all throughout my body. It suddenly clouded my mind with lust.

"What is your name?" He asked.

His voice was raspy, yet it sounded so sexy.

"Maia." I mumbled.

"Maia." He said, testing my name out.

I didn't know why, but the way he said my name sounded sexy as hell. I wanted to ask his name, but I was too scared to even talk.

"My name is Lucius, the King Alpha." He said, as if he had just read my mind.

My eyes widened with shock.

'I told you, Avi! He's going to reject us just like Uriah did.' I spat.

'He just asked your name, Maia! Stop overreacting and stop comparing everyone to that asshole!' Avi spat.

The King Alpha was the most vicious and feared Alpha in the country, not because he was the King, but because of his ruthlessness and brutality.

I was very certain that he heard when my heart rate spiked up. Alphas have very heightened abilities, not to mention the King Alpha.

"Tell me, Maia. How did I end up here?" he asked, burying his face in my neck.

His hot breath brought chills all over my body. Both the chills and the sparks were messing with me.

"I found you unconscious in the forest. You... you were bleeding, so I took you back to the lighthouse and cleaned your wound so that it can heal faster and properly." I stuttered.

He suddenly growled, and I closed my eyes as I prepared for him to either reject me or snap my neck.

"What is someone like you doing in the forest on a stormy night?" He asked.

"I got lost," I whispered, partially lying.

I felt him raise his head from my neck and he turned me around. I stared at the ground as I waited for him to speak.

He cupped my face and lifted my head up so that I was looking at him. I tried my best to divert my eyes from anywhere else but him.

What he did next blew my mind.

His face slowly inched close to my face until I could feel his hot breath on my lips.

Before I knew it, his lips were on mine. I could barely remember what was happening. The sparks and too much pleasure clouded my head. Suddenly, my body was begging for his touch.

The last thing I remembered was we were kissing by the table.

I woke up to the sound of crashing and growling. It still distorted my mind as I adjusted my eye to the brightness seeping through the window. I almost darted out of the bed when I realized Lucius was not beside me.

"Shit!" I cursed out loud, getting out of bed.

I was already by the stairs when I realized I was naked. I grabbed the blanket on the bed and wrapped it around me. When I heard another crashing sound, I immediately ran down the stairs.

I looked around and saw the whole place trashed with Lucius in the middle of it all. He was huffing and growls erupted from his throat.

When he saw me by the stairs, he walked towards me as if he was stalking a prey. I gripped the blanket that was wrapped around my body and looked at the ground.

'This is it. He is going to reject me now. He must have realized how weak I am.' I thought to myself.

"Who are you working for?" he growled.

The hair on my arms stood up as chills crawled up my spine. I kept my eyes on the ground and did not answer.

"Are you not going to answer me?" he yelled.

My heart was beating so fast with fear.

"Do you know how disgusted I am with you? Did you think you would instantly become Queen Luna because I slept with you?" He scoffed.

Hearing him say those words was like a knife stabbed in my heart.

"If you tell me who your accomplices are, I might let you live," he spat, his hands wrapped around my neck.

I didn't fight him when his hold on my neck became tighter. He lifted me up while choking the air out of me. It was only then, when I looked him in the eye with nothing but emptiness in mine. I could feel myself almost passing out when he dropped me on the floor.

I coughed as I massaged my neck that was bruised for sure. Even when he was choking me, I could still feel the mate bond doing its thing, sending out sparks and tingles all over me.

"Get dressed! If you do not tell me the truth willingly, then I will have it out of you," he spat.

I dragged myself up the stairs and wore the same dress I was wearing. I was sulking on the floor when I heard footsteps coming upstairs.

Before I could even react to what happened, he yanked my arms and dragged me down the stairs.

Feeling the sparks and fear at the same time was one hell of a roller coaster emotion. If I was not steady on my feet, I would have tripped down the stairs.

He grabbed both of my hands and tied them with a rope before telling me to go out.

What have I done to deserve this kind of cruelness? First, my asshole boyfriend cheated on me. Next, I found my mate bleeding in the forest. Now, I am tied and being dragged to who knows where.

How did it even happen this fast?

The walk back to his pack was quiet. The only noises that we heard were the breaking of the twigs beneath our feet. I was too scared to even complain. At one point, I didn't care anymore at all. I was hungry, thirsty, and exhausted. I was even sure that I would meet death before we even arrived at his pack.

After two days of walking, we had finally arrived in his pack. He had a big castle in the middle of a very green clearing. We entered through the back door, I assumed, and rode what looked like a service elevator to the top of the castle.

When we reached the top floor, he opened a door at the end of the hallway and pushed me inside. Before I could even do anything, he closed the door, and I heard him lock it.

I sat in the room's corner and stared at my tied hands.

'At least they have a nice cell. I won't die in a dirty cell like we have in our pack,' I told myself.

'This is not a cell. I don't smell any blood.' Avi said.

'Have you lost your senses already, Avi? If we're not in a cell, where would we be then, huh?' I asked.

Before Avi could reply, I heard the door being unlocked.