"Call the doctors as we speak", I heard Kaelen's chilling reply. "Tell them we've found a new subject that we'll use. I'll get them whatever they want. I must be healed at cost - even if it means ripping her open."

The thought of unknown men tearing my stomach open forced a gasp out of my voice.

My mind was reading danger.

I forced myself to get away from the door, but I ended up missing my leg and kicking a vase to the ground.

I couldn't see their faces, I knew I'd gotten the attention of the darkness in that room.

I could feel it.

"Is there anyone there?", I heard the old man's voice. "Show yourself immediately."

I felt my heart threatening to burst through my chest. Shadows kept getting larger and closer to the door, each step I heard making it known to me that I wasn't getting out of this alive.

Until it suddenly stopped.

"I'm sure it's just the wind", I heard Kaelen tell his old man. "Put your focus on the conversation.

Was that the Moon Goddess trying to give me a second chance to live?

As I saw the shadow return back to its original state, I didn't miss the chance to force my body away from the door.

I knew I suffered in my father's pack, but at least I was sure I was going to live.

Each second I spent in here, made the thread my life was hanging on, thinner.

I didn't bother getting into the room I came out of. I didn't have a plan. Just a will to live.

I was about to run down the hallway to get downstairs when I heard female voices and light shadows coming up the stairs.

Shit.

I needed to hide!

I frantically pivoted and barged into an open room, hoping it wasn't occupied.

I shut the door immediately and pushed all my weight on it when I saw it was without a lock.

"It's still a shock to me that Alpha Kaelen came back without having a single taste of blood to feed his cursed wolf..." I heard low echoes of their voices as they passed the door.

"With the way it kept getting worse each time he was possessed, I was scared he wasn't going this one."

"And... Do you have an idea who that lady is that he brought in his arms with him? Do you know if she had anything to do with his sudden return back to normalcy?"

"I don't, but if I were her, I'd run for my life. Every woman he'd come in contact with barely ever lived to tell the story. Whatever she does with him, she's going to get destroyed."

"Just the same way he destroyed his last woman..."

Wait... what?

My eyes widened in shock as their voices faded into the darkness ahead of them.

The same person who gently held my hand and begged me to be his Luna, destroyed his last woman?!

I was tired and weak. My head was still throbbing from the way I was flung to the tree. But the maidens' stories were enough motivation for me to get out of the palace while I still had my life in my hands.

Slowly, I found my way down the stairs when I was sure they were gone. It was deep in the night, and I could tell everyone was fast asleep, save for the guards I knew would be paroling outside.

Going through the front door would be as good as leading myself to the slaughter house, so I had to think of the next best exit route, and I needed to do that fast.

If only I knew where another exit could be located at...

Wait.

"The kitchen"

I remembered that every royal palace had an exit route through the kitchen instead of only the main door for the children and maid to get out through in case of trouble.

There must be another door leading outside in the kitchen. But what if there was someone in the kitchen? What explanation was I going to give?

Sending a little prayer to the Moon Goddess, I walked into the kitchen and to my surprise, no one was there. I looked around for a door, and soon sighted one at the extreme end of the kitchen.

I hurried over and I twisted the doorknob, hoping it wasn't locked.

It gave way.

Maybe the Moon Goddess did answer prayers.

I walked through the door and the cold night wind blew across my face.

Freedom.

Now, all i needed to do was to jump the fence.

I knew my life was as good as over if that beast caught his new lab subject trying to run away, but this was the only hope I had to live.

I took some steps back to gain enough speed to take me over the fence. I'd never done this before, but it couldn't be that hard.

"1... 2... 3..."

I immediately ran across the building to the fence and just as I was about to get my limbs all over the fence, I felt a strong force from nowhere drag me down to the ground.

****

What just happened?

How did I get to the ground?

I met the ground with so much force, pain rippled through my whole system. For a full minute, I lay sprawled on the ground, finding it impossible to understand what just happened.

I was in the process of dusting myself when I saw shadows of three hefty men cover my figure as they towered over me from behind.

I immediately stood up to face them and saw that two of them were wolf guards, while the other was the demon I'd grown to dread...

Kaelen.

My eyes widened in realization and fear as I immediately turned pale, knowing that I was in big trouble. Just when I was about to escape, Kaelen got a hold of me.

Shit.

I was relieved when he seemed undisturbed by the vase he heard me shatter.

How did he get here? And why this place, of all places?

"How did... But when did you...", I couldn't get standard sentences out of my quivering lips as I stared from the guards to the prince, avoiding his fiery gaze.

"It's too late to be wandering around, don't you think?" His deep voice caused the ground beneath me to shake.

"Kaelen, I can explain. I swear it's not what you think-"

"You never cease to amaze me. You're full of surprises", he muttered with an emotionless expression.

K...Kaelen, please-"

"Take her upstairs, to my room", he ordered the guards. "She just woke up from a coma, and she needs as much rest as can get." and in one swift swoop, I was lifted off the ground, my legs flying in the air, pleading for mercy.

Chapter 6 Escape at all costs!

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