I Married A Beast

I felt the cold hands move from my waist to my stomach, though I was asleep I could still feel the rough breath on my face.

Proceeding, the hands played with my pant waistband as if angered by the difficulty in pulling it, the hands tore my cloth and I couldn't do anything about it.

Like my body was being controlled, I felt my body moving and giving the cold figure access, I've always been protective about my body but now? I feel my body being caged in the hands of a stranger.

Clank! I felt it penetrate my body.

Previously, I had thought I would scream, but, I felt awkwardly comfortable with the penetration.

"Your blood is so pure, it's mine now!" I hear the voice talk with a domineering tone.

Sacred to the wit, However, I have no control over myself. I could only help but wonder when the dream was going to end.

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The bright sun shone into the room, briskly, I opened my eyes. The room was strange, I sat up quickly after I noticed the room I was in was different.

I frowned as soon as my memory had been gathered, I knew I went out with Ella the other night after she had sign her wedding certificate and we got drunk.

She said she was going to drive me home before proceeding to her husband's house and here I am in an unknown room.

I find it awkward that I never got to meet her husband and from the way she sounds, it seems like she was not happy that she is going to get married.

I laid my fair leg on the floor only to feel pain as soon as I moved my thigh, I was scared but waved it off even though the pain was coming from between.

The thought that I am in another room shook me and I wondered what I was doing here.

Opening the door, I couldn't help but depend on the white wall for balance since I was feeling pain over my waist and between my legs.

With a small turn, I found myself facing a stair, this stair is different and fancy and it leads to a well-designed living room which I found myself going down to.

I looked around but wouldn't find anyone. The only thought that crossed my mind was to call out Ella's name, maybe she took me here by mistake.

"Ella?" I called. My voice came out small and low, it felt like I've been screaming which I know I didn't.

Another unknown turn, I found myself in the kitchen. The first thing I set my eyes on in the gorgeous kitchen was the fridge.

Quickly, my stomach yearned for it, I wouldn't blame it. Because of Ella's wedding, I was so busy planning things with my adoptive parents that I forgot to find something for myself to eat.

Without shame, I walked to the fridge to find something for myself only to be stunned by what I had seen.

The scene in front of me shook me that I couldn't withstand it. I fell to the floor at that point and scrawled back with my butt.

"Scared?" A calm voice sounded from the doorpost.

My eyes quickly glued to the person, this man is completely naked at the top side with a seducing playpant at the downside.

I almost poked out my eyes at the way I stared at him. I can't blame myself for it, the man in front of me is not only cute but each of his features are well outlined.

Remembering what I had seen earlier, I shook the thought of the handsome man in my presence and watch him come closer to me.

He did a little turn to the fridge and brought it out.

My eyes widened as he took a fine glass cup, he squeezed it inside the cup and send it to his mouth.

My mouth opened by itself, my eyes widened and I couldn't believe my sight.

Just now, I saw packs of blood in the fridge and.... this gorgeous man in front of me, picked one of it and gulped it down at once.

Who is this man?!

I swallowed the lump that had formed in my throat.

"Clump!" My throat let out.

I found myself fidgeting at the sight of this gorgeous man. The man licked his lips that had stains of blood on them, it sent shivers down my spine.

"Are you scared my dear?" His voice finally sounded in my ears again. His eyes turned to me, I could feel his obsidian-like eyes on my body.

"Linnie, are you scared of me?" He added.

I couldn't believe my ears at the sound of the name he had called me, I recognize that name to be the name on Ella's wedding certificate. I asked her why the name was different but she told me it her middle name but now, this man is calling me by that name.

Wait, the dream? Was it real? Is this man my husband or... Ella's husband?! Questions arouse In my mind like a volcanic eruption.

At the realization of this fact, I walked backward until this man was out of sight.

Turning to my front, I couldn't believe my sight.

I fell to the ground at the sight of the man in my presence, this time his eyes had turned red and he looked like he was going to devour me.

He approached me with predatory steps, I walked backward slowly.

"You shouldn't act like this towards your husband, you don't want to anger me" He let out like a whisper.

Suddenly, he raised his hand. My widened eyes flickered only to realize some girls in the same uniform had assembled.

He turned to them slowly, "Take care of my wife, she would be going to school now" He announced and disappeared.

My brain still had to process all that had happened. I can't believe his words at that time, why was he referring to me as his wife?!

I think he is mistaken, I don't look like Ella at all so why would he think I am Ella?

As these questions flooded in my mind, the maid had already picked out my uniform. Yes, I just clocked 18 and I am in my final year of high school.

Ella is the same age as me, I almost wondered why my adoptive parents wanted her to get married but because they hardly give answers to my questions, I didn't ask any questions. Rather, I would ask Ella and all she would say is; "It had to happen "

Because I was still in a daze, I didn't care that the maids dressed me up. After that, they took me carefully to a luxurious car which I know is referred to as a Maybach.

Ignoring the exclusive treatment, I told the driver to take me to my adoptive parents' house. I had to find answers to the burning questions in my head.

Within some minutes, we arrived.

"We are here, ma'am" The drive excluded me from my thoughts.

Without glancing at him, I got down from the car and proceeded into the house.

My adoptive parents were in the house with Ella in the dining room, I watched as they talked and laughed.

"I'm so happy Eva suggested this to me, if it wasn't for her, my precious daughters would be in the hands of that beast" My adoptive mother sneered.

"Mother?" I called. Immediately, they all turned to me with surprise on their faces.

Ella's small face suddenly turned pale, she looked at me with her innocent face.

Ella is very stunning, she had a doll-like face and her features are delicate. She looks like a small egg and that's why my adoptive parents always cared for her.

"Claire, what are you doing here?" My adoptive mother asked, since nobody offered to say anything, she took the front.

"Mother, I don't understand what had happened. I woke up in another house and the person... the person..." I paused at the sight of what I had seen the gorgeous man doing earlier. I shook the thought off and proceeded but before I could talk, a blossom voice intruded.

"I see you enjoyed your night" Her voice came out soft and sweet.

She gestured to the Hickey that had appeared at the top of my shoulder, I glanced at it, it almost made me puke.

It wasn't a dream?!

It wasn't a dream, I thought before glancing at Ella's smirking face, she looks different with the smirk on her face.

Suddenly, she shook it off and ran to me.

"Sister, I know that place favors you. See, you even have evidence on your body." She pronounced, her pretty face looked more delicate at that moment.

"Why did he call me Ella's middle name, mother? Did he mistake me for Ella? Tell me, mother and father, if he did, will you tell him I am not Ella and I'm not ready for marriage?" I voiced, my voice came out weak and shaky. Tears threatened to fall off my face.

At once, my adoptive father who had been sitting down peacefully looked up at me. He came towards me with hatred in his eyes. I have never seen him look at me that way.

"You're Linnie!" He yelled, his eyes reddened at my previous ranting. I watched my adoptive mother stay beside him and nodded her head.

"Father, how am I, Linnie? Isn't that Ella's middle name?" I asked, tears began to encircle my face.

"Mother, tell me, isn't it suppose to be Ella getting married? You told me Ella was going to get married so why Is that man calling me his wife?" I furthered, tears had begun to fall off my face.

"Claire, please listen to us. We'll explain everything" Mother's ferocious eyes had calm down and she came closer to me.

She held my hand and stroke my hair slowly as she does to Ella.

"See, when Ella was younger, she was sick with a rare disease. At this time, no one could heal this diseases until one day, a man approached us. He told us he would heal Ella but, once she is 18, he'll marry her." Mother began.

At that time, I knew the man she talked about is the gorgeous man at the building. I guess this is why Ella always replied to me with "It had to happen" anytime I asked about the marriage.

"So?" I urged her to continue.

"The man healed Ella because this man looked older at the time, we knew when Ella would be 18, he would have turned to an old man which is not suitable for our delicate Ella." She glanced at Ella who had begun to cry.

"So you adopted me to lure the man?" I raised my brows. To my surprise, they admitted it and mother continued.

" it is not like you have a bright future, if not because of us, you wouldn't be alive. Weren't you sick before we adopted you, we spent a lot of money on you so you wouldn't die? Isn't it right for you to pay us now" My adoptive mother sneered, she looked at me with those brutal eyes yet again and walked to Ella.

She carefully wiped her eyes and stroked her hair.

Finally, it became clear to me, the words mother had said about her friend Eva began to make sense to me.

Mother and Father adopted me at the time Ella was sick so I would marry him instead of Ella.

Undeniably, when I was younger I was sick with pancreatic cancer, and when they adopted me. They spend a lot of money to make sure I was okay, they did this because of a day like this.

Although that never showed me a quarter of love, I was always grateful because they saved my life but now? I realized they did it for themselves.

Seeing that I had kept quiet, mother came closer to me and say; "Do you want to be so heartless, after all these years that we've cared for you, do you want to pay us this way? Can't you see Ella is so delicate, she can't be under that man." Mother cautioned.

And what about me? I thought without saying a word to her. Ever since I was young, they had always made me do all the work, saying Ella is so delicate and she can't do anything difficult.

Because I owe them a lot, I would do everything cheerfully but now, this is too much for me and I can't do it.

I shook my head briskly and removed mother's hand from mine. "I can't do it, I don't want to do it. I will go back to the mansion and tell that man, I am not Linnie, I am not Ella!" I protested and tried to do but my adoptive mother held me back.

"Claire, listen to me. If you do that, you'll merely get yourself killed before he kills us. One more thing, when he healed Ella of her sickness, he added that Ella must be pure until the very end but right now, Ella is no longer pure so she's of no use to him." Mother added.

When I looked up at Ella, she had begun to cry.

By pure, she meant Ella isn't a virgin anymore. That statement brought back the man's word to me.

"Your blood is so pure, they are mine now!"

At the thought of it, fear crept my heart again.