Amira was running as fast as her legs could carry her, she has succeeded in escaping the palace, and has taken a darker route that would lead her out of the borders of the pack.
Her feet hurt, but she won't stop running. If she doesn't leave the pack by morning, they may find her and if the King finds her, he will surely kill her for running away from him.
Either way, Amira was certain she wasn't going to survive his wrath.
She came to a sudden halt when she heard the deep growl behind her, fear steadily trickled over her body. She swallowed her fears, and gripped her gown tightly in her hand, she started running again.
The wolves came after her, her small feet could never be faster than those wolves, Amira knew but she didn't stop, she was going to risk it all.
One of the wolves jumped in front of her. "Got ya!"
Amira screamed and fell back, the wolves surrounded her, grinning widely.
"I thought you could run, bunny." Three of the wolves that surrounded her, the one in the middle with short hair, laughed and pulled her by the hair and made her look at him. "Uh, she's a pretty one." He chuckled, and showed her face to the other wolves.
"How about we have some fun?" The wolf who had jumped in front of her asked, he hunkered down beside her, and caressed his fingers on her cheekbone.
Amira bit the side of her cheek in disgust at his touch, they weren't the King's men. She thought they came to get her but it seems they were after something else and didn't know she was the King's chosen mate.
"Look at me, Vixen." He growled and traced his finger down to her jawline, and then to her collarbone. "How about you take those clothes off, and give us a little show or we will feed you to ourselves. Our wolves are very hungry to have a taste of your blood. Don't think you can defeat the three of us, seeing how you run earlier, I doubt if you have a wolf." His finger stopped at the aim of her dress, and he stared at her lustfully, Amira mustered courage and kicked his groin with her kneecap.
The wolf groaned, and backed away from her. "Fuck, Rolly are you okay?"
Seizing the opportunity of the distraction that she caused, Amira got on her feet and ran, without any direction in mind, she wanted to get further away from them.
Rolly glared at Amira. "That bitch!" He got back on his feet, and charged after Amira. He knew he wouldn't be able to catch if he used his feet, so he shifted into his wolf form, and ran at Amira, and the two others were behind him.
He pounced on Amira from behind, she fell face down, and his large wolf body was trapping her beneath him.
Amira searched the ground with her hand blindedly, and got a hold of a stone, she raised it and hit Rolly's wolf on the face.
He howled and with the annoyance of being hit by her in the face, he retaliated and bit her leg, he dragged her along to the rest of the wolves with her left leg in his mouth.
Amira cried for help, clutching anything she could on the ground. He stopped pulling her, and tore off some part of her dress with his fangs.
He shifted into his human form, and lifted her jaw roughly and slapped her across the face. Amira glared at him. "How dare you stare at me that way?" He barked and hit her again.
"She doesn't talk. Is she mute?"
Amira's face twitched to the side when she got hit.
"We should take her here and now and make her pay for the disrespect!" One of the wolves snorted and tapped his friends on his shoulder, they both stared at Rolly. He was having the same thoughts, and he hated how the girl looked at him.
He was going to make this experience painful for her.
"I would love to hear you beg, and scream my name to have mercy on you." Rolly gritted out and wiped the blood away from his face.
Amira could barely move from the ground, the wound in her leg hurt, and her body was aching all over.
Rolly was already naked when he shifted, his clothes had torn off his body. He reached out to Amira's body, and was about to take the remaining clothes off her when they heard a deafening growl.
Rolly and his men backed away from Amira, and froze on spot.
The howl came out louder, more fierce and angry.
Rolly didn't fail to recognize the voice of the King, he lowered his head, cursing under his breath. Why would the King show up in his cabin?
They saw his shadow, and cowered, the King was hardly seen and anyone who gets to see the King outside the palace only means they are facing death.
"…she was in my cabin, you gave me this area to keep watch, and it was forbidden for anyone to come across. She came in here, and what we do here has nothing to do with the palace or the pack." Rolly explained before the King got close.
"Didn't you hear, the King was looking for his chosen mate?"
Rolly lifted his head to know who had spoken, it was the Beta, Sebastian.
"No, we never heard about that and we didn't know who the King's chosen mate was either." Rolly defended himself.
The King stepped closer into the moonlight, and raised a hand to Rolly, he clamped his mouth shut immediately. His eyes went to Amira, whimpering on the ground, and the blood in her leg, her reddened cheeks with fingerprints of being stroked, almost naked in front of them, her clothes torn from her body.
He went to her, leveled himself to stare at her in the eye. Amira's lips quivered when she saw him, she broke down in tears, and he just stared at her.
He didn't know why she was bringing out emotions in him, he was never the King to worry, but when his wolf felt her in danger, he ran from his office like he was being chased.
Slowly, his fingers brushed the skin of her cheeks, he took off his jacket, and wore them over her shoulders. His strong hands went underneath her thighs and he lifted her in his arms.
He looked over his shoulders, staring at his Beta. "Kill them." He ordered.
He walked out of the wood with Amira in his arms, she buried her head in shame, and couldn't look at him. She has run away from him, that he was going to kill her only to end up with wolves that intended to kill her.
"Alpha King…" She cried softly.
"Don't say a word, you've lost a lot of blood." He grumbled, and tightened his grip around her. Her eyes were on his chest, and her sight was becoming more blurry. "Don't cry." He whispered, and looked down to catch a glimpse of her face. She nodded, and sniffed.
"Do you hate me so much that you've to run away from me?"
His question startled her, and she didn't know how to respond to it, she doesn't hate him. She was just scared, that's what made her run away. He waited for her to speak, when he heard nothing he sighed.
He was patient with her, but she couldn't see that, she was so dense to understand that he wouldn't hurt her.
Though that was their initial plan, he doesn't think it would stand any more.
"You do not trust me." He said, Amira shook her head to deny it, but she didn't even trust her own words, she doesn't know if she trusted him or not.
"Save your breath, and I can tell when you lie to me."
Amira fluttered her eyes slowly, she was still in his arms, and walking along a bushy path. He carried her like she weighed nothing.
"You are light as a feather, that's why I wanted you to wait till the mating ceremony and then I will let you decide."
Slowly, she lifted her head to his face, his jaw was clenched tightly in a frown, she didn't want him to stop talking, she loved the sound of his voice.
They said the King was a man of few words, she doubts it.
"What will you let me decide?" She mouthed, he locked her gaze with hers, he went to the bruises on her face, killing them that way didn't seem enough punishment for what they did to his mate. "If you can stay with me forever or leave."
He brought her home, and carried her to her bedroom, he placed her gently on the bed, and took a box from the top of her wardrobe. He came back to the bed, and Amira watched his every move.
He sat on a stool, and placed her wounded leg on his thighs. His touches were gentle, he was careful with her, cleaning her wounds and treating them neatly. His jaw was clenched tightly, and he didn't smile not once.
His hand reached out to her face, and he scooted closer and blew air from his mouth on the side of her cheek, Amira's heart pounded on her chest, the feel of his breath on her skin, gave her goosebumps and made her cheeks go beet-red.
"I will kill them." He blurted out.
Amira blinked her eyes at him. "I am not a King that shows mercy not after seeing you this way. I will make them beg, cry out blood from their eyes, and plead for their lives."
"Alpha King." Sebastian knocked on the door.
"I have taken them to your dungeon." Sebastian said from the other side.
Jaziel stood up from the stool but Amira quickly placed a hand on his shoulder and pulled him down to her. Before King Jaziel could react to it, she stretched and embraced her lips with his…