Chapter 2 Running from him

(Alessia)

I woke up in a huge, comfortable bed. At first, I was confused as to where I was. It happened to me a lot when waking up somewhere new. But, when I recalled what happened earlier, I felt the embarrassment slowly making its presence known. My heart dropped to the pit of my stomach, making me groan as I shook my head in despair.

My cheeks burned as humiliation washed over me, I couldn't believe that I had fainted in front of my mate like that, so much for first impression.

Deciding to take my mind off things for now, I started to look around. The room itself was fit for a princess, with wide space and luxurious furniture. I felt jealousy taking its toll on me when I realized that I could never have such a life. Yes, my parents' house was huge, but this was beating it by a mile.

After I got over my momentary snooping, my eyes became wide when I realized that I was probably brought here by Nicholas, my mate. Throwing the comforter aside, I slid out of the California king bed and breathed a sigh of relief that I was still in my clothes.

I hurriedly made my way towards the door, yanking it open and scaring myself in the process. I was expecting it to be locked, but that's not the case here.

Frantically searching for a way out, I ran towards the first direction that I spotted. I didn't care if anyone saw me, I just wanted to leave.

Stopping in my tracks, I groaned when I realized that I was lost. This castle was huge. How could a first timer such as myself find the way out?

'Ask one of the guards that's making their way towards us.' Katy said, my eyes became wide, and I thanked her for coming up with such a brilliant idea.

"Um, excuse me..." I didn't get to finish what I was saying, as the guards suddenly stopped and pulled their swords out.

"Peasant!" They shouted, making me narrow my eyes. With hands on my hips, I started to think about something that would be a good come back. But, right as I opened my mouth to say something, they stopped and started to sniff the air.

"Oh, we are sorry, Luna. You aren't a peasant, please don't breathe a word to Alpha King Nicholas about this. We will do anything you ask." Wow, okay, this was easier than I thought.

"I want to leave here. Can you please show me the way out?" I asked in a sweet tone, even though deep inside me, I wanted to rip their throats out for calling me a peasant.

"B-But, Alpha King Nicholas will be angry." I waved them off, letting them know that it was alright.

"I won't say anything to him, as long as you know how to keep your mouths shut. Now, how about it?" Seems as if they were debating for a minute, sending mind links back and forth. I folded my arms and tapped my foot, waiting for them to stop wasting time.

"Oh, alright, Luna. We will accompany you out. Please follow us." After a brief celebration, I followed them until I was outside. The place was packed with guards looking in our direction, but once they saw that I wasn't any threat, they went back to what they were doing.

"Fuck." I said, as I stopped and started to survey the place. How the hell am I going to get out of here?

"My parents told my sister and I to meet back here at one, I seem to have overslept. Is there a way for me to leave here undetected?" They both looked at each other before nodding their heads. I could tell that they didn't want to do this, but I didn't care. I only wanted to leave here, that's all I cared about.

"Yes Luna, Alpha King Nicholas has many vehicles you can choose from. I'm assuming you have your license right?" Nodding my head excitedly, they told me to follow them once again. What a set of losers.

I could have shifted and run, but that wasn't safe during the day. The pathway was clear, and we had countless hikers nowadays. Some, were humans, so we had to thread carefully. Even though they knew about our existence, humans were unpredictable.

When we arrived at the garage, my eyes almost fell out of their sockets as I stared at the various cars, jeeps, and motorcycles that were here. From the looks of it, I could tell that they were expensive as well. I didn't know which one to select from, nor did I have the time to waste.

"I'll go with that Harley-Davidson right there." What I said seemed to shock them, they thought that I didn't know anything about riding, they thought wrong. I was somewhat a tomboy, I also like things dangerous.

"Okay, the keys are over here. He kept most of them in this safe as a just in case we had an emergency." Nodding my head, I was silently urging him to hurry. It seemed as if he was moving at a snails pace, which made me wonder if he was purposely doing this. My eyes narrowed when he finally opened the safe and started searching for the key as if he didn't know which one.

He didn't know that I figured out his tactics, so I hurriedly made my way over to him and grabbed the key that I was sure was for the motorcycle.

"Wait a minute, how did you know?" The man asked, looking a bit shocked. I smirked at him and grabbed the helmet.

"I know things, don't take me for a fool. Tell your Alpha King I said thanks for the ride and that I'll be seeing him soon. Make sure you let them open the gate for me, or I'm going to bash your head in with a bat next time I see you." He quickly nodded his head and did what I asked.

Finally, the freedom that I longed for. Speeding through the gates, I chuckled as I rode away like my life depended on it. While sending a silent prayer the goddess, praying that I won't see my mate for now. That's all I could ask for.