Chapter 6 Six

"Get in!" He commanded as soon as we arrived in front of a car.

"where the fuck are we going to?" Lora whimpered but at this point I wished I knew the answer.

I sat at the back seat with him beside me but his face wasn't turned to me, rather, he was staring at the road while his driver drove us past different places.

"Where are you taking me to?" I finally decided to voice out after contemplating on whether I would die if I said those words or not.

"You'll know when we get there" he answered. I wouldn't count it as an answer because it didn't satisfy my curiosity but now all I had to do was to fervently pray that I don't end up in a bad state.

I noticed his driver pulled over at a huge fancy store. I immediately recognized the store because I would always pass by sometimes and wish I could shop there. Most of my rich classmates did their shopping there while we were still in middle school.

There was a day when Ariel noticed how bad I wanted to shop in the store and came up with an idea to ask the Luna for some money but she had refused because Asher implicated them both.

Without any money on us, she dragged my arms into the store and they immediately welcomed her as the Alpha's daughter but rather than buying any real thing, we ended up testing more than dozens of clothes and they were even nice enough to give us some confectioneries.

The look on their faces when Ariel and I both walked out without buying anything was priceless and the memories of it got me laughing hard that I didn't realize the beast was still beside me.

"What's funny?" He asked.

"It's nothing" I immediately replied after clearing my throat and wearing a serious face.

"Actually, why did you bring me here?" I asked but he tilted his head away from me. Sometimes I get really offended with the way he responds to me but I dare not utter a word against him.

"Get down!" He commanded as he got down from the car, his response definitely wasn't the one I was expecting but I had no choice but to obey.

I got down from the car to meet him waiting for me, the moment he sighted me he entered the store and I followed behind like a little puppy.

I met him having a discussion with the manager whom's face I clearly remembered but I wished he would not remember mine.

"Yes sir!" The manager immediately answered and walked up to meet me.

"Right this way miss" he gently led me away from the reception and I could sense the obvious fear in his eyes. I turned to look at the beast who made himself comfortable on the sofa while the rest of the workers were on their knees with their heads bowed to him.

"Scum!" I scoffed but immediately covered my mouth, I really do hope he didn't hear me. The manager gave me a look that clearly said "do not implicate me".

"Amelia!" The manager screamed really loud that I had to cover my ears.

"Please take care of her!" The manager ordered immediately that the young lady ran to meet us.

"Yes sir" she obeyed before walking up to meet me,she softly held my hands and raised my chin so she could look into my eyes.

I would have freaked out if her hands weren't so soft and her grey eyes weren't so warm.

"You look beautiful" she complimented and I could feel the redness popping up in my cheeks, this is absolutely the first time someone who isn't Ariel told me I was beautiful.

She led me to some dress sections and selected quite a lot of dresses for me to try out.

They all looked so beautiful and I knew they must be really expensive with the quality of the materials and beautiful designs of the dress.

"Does this look good?" I asked Amelia immediately as I came out of the dressing room.

"You look.."

"Perfect!" Alaric walked in and interrupted Amelia, I could sense her trembling at the sight of him as she immediately went on her knees to bow down to him.

"Th..thanks I guess" I stuttered.

"Try on the rest of the clothes" he ordered and I nodded my head before walking into the dressing room with a wine coloured dress in my hand.

I came out of the dressing room to meet him seated, his eyes scanned my body from my head to my toes and I felt really awkward.

"I'll go try the rest on" I whispered but as I was about to turn back, his voice stopped me.

"Wait!" He ordered and I found myself frozen, I had no idea what he was up to and it wasn't making me feel any less uncomfortable.

I could feel his presence behind me and it was making it hard for me to breathe, his cold hands trailed on my hands making me flinch with goosebumps all over my skin.

He turned my body to face him but I still couldn't dare to look into his eyes because I feared I might turn into stone.

"Look at me in the eyes, baby girl!" He commanded and carefully lifted my chin to meet his eyes.

My heart kept on racing fast, making it possible for even a newborn to hear it without a stethoscope.

"Don't be scared" he said, while his hands kept on trailing on my arms.

But before I could comprehend anything that was happening, he pulled me closer to him and my head was now pressed on his rock hard chest.

I had no idea why he was doing this but what I found really strange was the fact that my body submitted to him. I had no idea why I hadn't pushed him away or why I was somehow liking this.

His hands left my arms as they trailed to my waist, the gown has a really big opening in the back making it possible for his cold hands to touch my bare skin.

"Don't give me any problems baby girl!" He ordered, I swallowed the lump in my throat before nodding my head.

Just when I thought this was a perfect moment with our bodies tight against each other, I heard a loud noise coming from the reception and it was turning into chaos.

"I promise to kill him today!" The voice yelled and Alaric's hands left my body as he went out of the dressing room section.

"You monster, you killed my whole family and today marks the end of you!" The voice yelled again and it was then I knew it was something really serious.

I ran out of the room, still in my wine dress to meet Alaric standing elegantly with no emotion of being bothered.

The man who was yelling was about to stab Alaric with the small knife he held when his guards suddenly held the man and broke his arms.

One of Alaric's guards was about to slit his throat with the knife he had with him earlier and my eyes turned to Alaric, hoping he would stop them and save the poor man.

"Stop!" Alaric ordered as he raised a finger to the air, his guards immediately responded and they left the wailing man on the floor to battle with the pain of his broken arms.

He was a minor so there was no way he was going to heal very fast.

I was somehow glad that Alaric had let them spare his life, maybe he had some conscience after all and wasn't so bad.

He slowly walked up to the man and ordered him to stand on his feet, the man obeyed but was reluctant at first.

"Would you like to meet your family once and for all?" Alaric asked, but before I could process the question well in my head, the blood of the man splashed all over my face and my eyes widened in awe.

Everyone's face in the store was covered with blood, I don't know how he did it with his hands but the man's lifeless body was on the floor.

"Clear up this mess!" He ordered the manager and he nodded his head in response immediately.

"Let's continue our selections, shall we?" He walked up to hold my hands but I jerked them away from him.

"You..you're truly a monster!" I yelled but as he was about to hold my arms again, my vision suddenly started to become blurry and my head couldn't stop spinning.

I was losing my mind and in no time everything turned blank.

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My eyes fluttered as the rays of the light shone on my face, I tried to get up but the heavy ache on my head forced me to lay back on the bed.

I shut my eyes tight as I was trying to remember what had happened before I suddenly remembered everything and my body abruptly stood up like it wasn't just having a headache some while ago.

"You're awake!" The cold voice softly rang across my room, making me flinch at the sound of it.

"Stay away from me you monster!" I yelled as I walked towards the door with my face turned to him, I was scared I could be the next dead wolf.

I glanced down at my body and realized I was still wearing the same wine dress earlier on. I touched my face to acknowledge the fact that the man's blood was now dried on my face.

I couldn't take it in any longer as I suddenly vomited on the floor, at this point I didn't care if it was in his room or not.

"You need some help?" He asked but I flashed him a stern look, warning him to not come any closer but he wasn't bothered about my look as he stood up from the chair he was seated on and walked towards me and my pile of vomit.

"Stay away from me you monster, I'm warning you!" I threw him an empty threat. Not like I was capable of doing anything.

"Why should I? You were enjoying what I was doing to your body yesterday so why should I stay away Lenora?" He stated and I couldn't be more disgusted, not with him but at the thought of me letting him touch me.

"Pretend none of that ever happened because I wouldn't even let a beast like you to ever come near me!" I spat.

"I didn't know you had a weak heart" he said but it's quiet this time.

It made me feel bad that even a new person could easily tell I was weak, I wasn't even supposed to feel bad because that's the truth.

I don't even think an elementary scholar would pass out merely by the sight of blood talk less of a wolf from a hunter family.

I was ashamed of myself and never felt more embarrassed, I could feel some tears building up in my eyes but I refused to let him see me showing how much more of a weakling I am.

I turned away from him and ran out of the door, no one was up yet and it was just me and my miserable self in the hallway.

I finally got to my room and the moment I opened the door, I saw a pile of bags containing clothes on my bed.

I ignored the clothes but immediately pulled off the haunting wine gown that was on me and walked straight into the bathroom to at least cleanse my eyes of what I witnessed.