Chapter 9 ATTACKED

CLARA

I heard a maid whisper to the other as my eyes almost bulged out of its socket in shock. I mouth palmed, leaning on the door as my heart pounded heavily, almost breaking out of its ribcages.

Could she have heard of the news and decided to rush down. Was she actually thinking she could save him with her blood?

The antidote to the poison is the blood of his true mate. Did she in anyway think she was his true mate? Is that the main reason why she's suddenly rushing back here?

I had so many unanswered questions as I listened carefully to the talkative maidens conversation.

"But why is she returning all of a sudden?" I heard a subtle voice asked as the rest scoffed, gnashing their teeth irritatingly.

"Isn't it obvious that she is the Alpha's true mate. She has always being destined to rule along with the Lycan Alpha as the rightful Luna of Silver Pine." A stupid voice replied. I found it stupid because what she just uttered was out of stupidity.

"Not that peacock of a human who thinks she can just walk in here and become the Luna of Silver Pine. Are humans this foolish?" A mean voice muttered cruelly as I clenched my fist in agitation.

I really wanted to open up the door and give her a little piece of my mind but it took all will power in me to hold back.

"I'm sure she's just a whore to the Alpha, because if she wasn't, what's stopping her from giving the Alpha her blood, since she claimed to be his so called true mate." A feminine voice mumbled sarcastically as the others scoffed, totally agreeing with her claims.

How dare they label me a whore? I thought with my fist clenched.

Isn't that what you are? You gave yourself to him on the first night of meeting him. My subconscious mind reminded me as I bit my lips in shame.

But still that doesn't means I'm a whore. At least I wasn't jumping from one man to the other. I just had a one night stand with him and I wasn't planning on repeating that mistake ever again.

"Hey what are you all doing there? Is this your duty post? So this is where you come to gossip right ? Scrap!!" I heard a guard yell out in anger as the sound of their running footsteps could be heard.

Why were they here anyways? This wasn't the palace.

I returned back to my diary as I went through it with a sad look on my face. I sighed out in frustration as I tossed the diary back into my drawer and glanced out of the window overlooking the town and the beauty of nature it possessed.

I recalled my first day here, I was so excited abd thrilled that I finally moved here to enjoy a peaceful life and gather more experience for my upcoming gallery show. I was also happy that I would finally be able to get over my heartbreaking experience.

Everything was going smoothly, so smoothly until I crossed paths with him, Alpha Rhys.

I paced back and forth in my bed room as I ruffled my hair, squatting at intervals to scream a bit.

Maybe if I screamed, it would reduce my problems a bit. I wish.

The tension was too much to bear. What was this so called Princess Elena's sole aim for returning so fast? Could it be what I was thinking?

Why was the thought of her being his true mate messing so bad with my head? Why was I feeling devastated without even hearing the outcome of the while thing?

I grabbed my camera, tripod stand and a sketch book as I walked out, heading to the woods, an isolated part of the town where I could have an alone time.

I knew I supposed to inform Gennieve of my whereabouts but I didn't, I needed a really quiet time of my own with no intrusion of any kind.

I got to the woods as I sat on a short stunt of a fallen tree, crossing my legs.

I set my camera in place as I began my usual recordings. It was almost dusk and I saw colorful birds chirping loudly on a tree as they flew from one tree to the other.

A bird stood on a branch, staring at me closely and I decide to try a motive trick on it. I tilted my head to the left a bit and it did the same slowly.

I chuckled lightly, not wanting to scare it away as I tilted my head to the right. It followed my every single move as more birds soon joined it on the same branch.

Together, they all followed my movements slowly as I began tiptoeing lightly to the branch.

I succeded in grabbing one but the rest flew away in fright. The one I caught beaked me hard as I let it go with a loud shriek.

"Ouch!" I yelled in frustration as I held on to my finger. Asshole!! I cursed beneath my breath as I returned back to where I previously sat.

I wasn't having any intention of harming any one of them buy they harmed me instead.

I shrugged as I continued with my sketch but I could swear my heart flew into my mouth when I noticed two wolves with light blue furs standing a bit afar from me.

My instincts became at alert at once as I shifted back in terror, thinking they were about to harm me but my real fear began when I heard a loud dark growl behind me as I leaped forward in fright.

Turning to look, I saw a rugged looking wolf, his fur scattered and in its eyes were mucus as flies hovered around it, buzzing loudly. It's eyes were as read as a volcano pulp, glistening with fire and it's mouth dripped with saliva as it gazed hungrily at me.

I was damn scared to death. I didn't know whether to run forward or run backward. Two normal looking wolves were behind me and a hungry looking one was right in front of me, snarling at me with hunger in its eyes, ready to devour me to my very bones.

It suddenly charged at me as I fell to the floor in fear, shielding myself with my arms.