Chapter Five : Captured

I really wanted to get away from the pack. I realised that I was wrong before. I should have left the pack when my father told me to. I was deep in thoughts regretting.

Suddenly I heard a knock at the door. It was locked from outside so I was wondering who it was.

The door opened afterwards and Zaden came to my room. Finally after a long time I met Zaden who was like a family.

"Oh Ella! I heard everything. I am sorry, even though I promised your father that I would take care of you, I couldn't even meet you when you needed a family. But you are not alone anymore. Whenever you want to leave this pack, I will help you. I said this before, you remember? " he asked.

"Yes, I remember," I replied.

"Do you want to leave now?" he asked again. "I can get you out of this pack tonight."

"Yes, please!! Help me," I pleaded.

"Okay, stay alert. Tonight I'm getting you out of this pack," he said and quickly left.

My wolf couldn't feel any love neither from Zen nor from Alex. Lexa was rather annoyed. She wanted to get out of their sights. Far from their loveless desires.

I was sitting on my bed looking at the woods from my window. I had already lost my family and closed ones. The sapphires were everywhere out there.

Uncle Zaden had just returned from our alliance pack. He surely knew the ways to safely get out of the woods.

But still my heart rate was increasing due to anxiety. "What if we get caught? He may end up being a rogue for trying to save me,'' I thought."Or what if we get caught by the sapphires in the woods? They will either kill us or torture us to the level where death would be the escape," I shivered thinking.

I couldn't continue thinking the worst case scenarios. "I killed so many of them. If they find out about my dad and what I did in the woods," I couldn't even think properly about the consequences that I would have to face. "Will I be safe in the town? Living with the humans?"

I was dipped in my thoughts while suddenly my door opened. And this time there was no knock. It was locked from outside and two wolves were guarding me. Uncle Zaden used his rank power to enter. I thought it was him again. I looked at the door curiously when Zen entered.

"What are you doing here?! You are not supposed to get the permission to come here," I quickly got up from my bed and asked angrily.

Due to Alex's mark, I wasn't feeling the bond between us properly. But still I was getting his fragrance. It was taking time to erase our bonds properly since we were actual mates. Also my wolf didn't accept Alex as its mate. She didn't feel the love that she was craving from him.

"Do you think some mere guards can stop me from coming here? " he replied mockingly.

He came closer and almost whispered, "That bast-d! How dare he to touch something that is not his!"

He leaned forward and caressed my face while brushing the hairs from my forehead. "I bet you felt disgusted," he said again.

"To be honest," I shoved his hand away from my face. "I'm disgusted at this moment. Can you please leave?"

He gritted his teeth in anger. I completely ignored him. He grabbed my shoulders and squeezed them. I wasn’t afraid of his glare.

"And also because of this mark, Alex can tell that someone else is trying to make a move on his marked one. Do you want the Alpha to know about this? He will probably kick you out of the next alpha's throne," I threatened him wishing that he would leave. I wanted to be alone.

He controlled his desires and backed. After that fight in the woods, an excellent wolf who was the master of self control seemed so lost. As if he was totally out of his character.

"My bad. I didn't realise what I was doing," he said calmly. It seemed like he was ashamed of what he just said. He quickly left the room without any words.

I sat on my bed again. The possession of the wolves was the real challenge. It was why my wolf was protesting. Lexa wanted a bond filled with love and care.

''He still looks down at me. It is just he can't accept the idea of seeing his mate becoming someone else's,'' I thought.

And about Alex? I didn't even know what he was thinking. Humans or wolves? angels or a devils? I laughed a bit by myself. Not even the earth itself could resist his beauty. His ego was hurt when I rejected him. If I had said yes today, I wonder if he would even bother to take the step of marking.

I was just waiting for the sun to set. Finally the moment came. After the sun was completely set I heard light knocks at my door. One of the guards came in and whispered that uncle Zaden was waiting for me at the end of the Valley. He was working under uncle Zaden.

I needed to reach there by myself. But it would be a trouble if Alex or Zen had sensed my presence.

But the guard told me that they were attending a pack meeting. He suggested me to shift in my wolf form and leave through the roof. I was sure that if I could shift properly that time, jumping out of the roof wouldn't be a problem. Then I would be able to avoid the chance of getting seen by anyone in the pack house. But shifting was the real challenge.

I took deep breaths. I tried my best to shift. But failed a couple of times. We didn't have time. So the guard grabbed me and jumped from the roof. I was scared beyond anything.

I was about to scream but his hand prevented me from doing so. I was surprised how they managed to jump from such heights without even shifting.

I reached the valley where uncle Zaden was waiting. We crossed the border without anyone noticing.

Uncle Zaden took a safe route through the woods where the sapphires weren't having any bases.

But somehow Alex and Zen felt that my wolf was getting away. They went to my room and found out that I was gone. They took a few wolves with them to find me. The incident after that was a total mess.

Because of them coming out in the woods, the sapphires got the track of us as well and also they attacked.

It was a total massacre, I was running away from the pack. But they fell in trouble chasing me. They got attacked by more than ten groups of the sapphires. They were strong enough to fight all of them but they were not in thier right senses at that time because of me getting away. Instead of saving themselves and fighting back, they continued to chase me.

They were blindly following my fragrance in the woods. My pace was nothing like them. They would reach me anytime. On the other side the sapphires were chasing them.

It didn't take too long. They caught up to me. Uncle Zaden had to slow down because of me. When they came and blocked my way, uncle Zaden faced them. He was trying to give me the chance to run away. He was preparing to even fight them if needed.

But the sapphires caught up as well. And we had no choice left but to fight them together.

A intense fight began. We fought together. Since I was in front of their eyes, Alex and Zen gave their full concentration in the fight. And it was easy as pie for them to win.

Obviously we won. Alex and Zen tried to get me back with them in the pack again. But uncle Zaden stopped them. Since we were almost at the end of the woods, uncle Zaden ordered me to leave alone.

But while leaving I saw the alpha himself coming there to get Zen and Alex. Zen and Alex would have followed me till the end. But the alpha also ordered them to let me go.

While leaving I heard a few of alpha's words. He was talking to Zen about choosing the right mate. He was the key to the spring. Without a strong vessel it would never awaken. I wonderer what that was about. But I ignored and ran as far as I could till the end of the woods.

After all these troubles, I safely managed to get away from the woods. In fact the alpha let me run away. He was totally against the idea of me being the luna. So letting me run away was a part of his plan as well.

After running for hours I finally came out of the woods in a river bank. I saw a farm on the other side of the river that was flowing.

That was the area from where the human territory began. I didn't know how to cross the river. I couldn’t swim. But I decided to cross it anyway. And without thinking, I jumped on the river.

But the wave was so strong that I was almost drown. With my blurred vision before drowning completely, I felt like I saw a man on the other side of the river. He was painting something. I tried to shout for help. But water entered into my respiratory system and I lost my consciousness.

The next thing I remember was right after I came back to my senses. I was inside a cottage. The man saw me drowning. He saved my life. I was really thankful to him for saving my life.

He was a very good looking young male between 25 to 27. He was an artist. I took a look at the place. It was surrounded with arts every where. Beautiful and unique pieces every corner in the house. The man was warm and kind. He was taking care of me without any questions.

He made me a coffee and then sat beside my bed after I woke up. He awkwardly smiled at me and waited for me to finish the coffee. I was feeling much better after drinking the coffee. It seemed like he had a lot of curiosities going on in his mind.

"How are you feeling right now?" he asked.

I tried to bow in my semi sitting position.

"I can't thank you enough for saving my life and for your kindness," I said awkwardly. I never talked with a human before aside from my mom. She taught me about all the etiquettes and human cultures though.

"Ah,you don't need to thank me. Actually I wanted to ask you something," he said again.

I gulped. I was worried if he was going to ask me my identity.

"Last night I tired to get rid of your wet clothes. Though I didn't take out everything and also tried my best to be modest. But I noticed something. The scars on your hands, they healed by themselves after a while. I mean, they just faded away. This doesn't happen to a normal human," he said very calmly and then looked into my eyes.

"Look, don't be afraid. Since I have grown up in this farm, I have often met people from the other side of the river. I know the people who live there in the woods are not humans," he said slowly. "Are you one of them? Did you ran away from your home?" he asked.

I guessed he knew a lot about the wolves. Besides I needed help to survive. And I had no choice but to believe him. So I decided not to hide anything from him.

I told him everything briefly. He was a good listener and a kind hearted person. He listened to every details with curiosity. He was amused.

For the first few days I was afraid of him because I told him everything. He might have had a bad intention.

Also I was not feeling safe there at all. Since he said that he had met with the people from the other side of the river, so wolves from my pack or other packs could be here anytime. They would obviously feel my presence here.

The guy was not a bad guy after all. His name was Edward. After a few days he suggested that I should move on to the town.

But I was afraid. Afraid of going to the human cities and town all by myself. He volunteered to come. He took me as his responsibility.

After that there was a long journey that we took together with holding each others hands.

A journey full of his careful nature, a journey full of how he helped me to get through all the troubles of hiding myself, a journey full of how he stayed up the night while I was crawling in pain due to the marks on my neck, a journey full of how we started to grow feelings for each other,a very rational one.

How simple yet wonderful he was. How we managed all the troubles of running away from cities to cities. How he finally proposed. How I started to feel the marks on my neck was becoming lighter day by day. A journey full of how we became each others habit, a journey full of love and how we got married and how he never complained about anything and always supported me.



After several years ~

It was a beautiful sunny day. We were living in a small countryside. We bought a small house there. Since Edward was an artist, we carefully chose the best place for landscapes. We were living our happily married life.

We woke up together in the morning. After having breakfast he came to the yard with his art supplies. On the opposite side of the yard there was a very beautiful small forest, it was not a forest actually. A bunch of big tress and different kind of flowers growing here and there.

I did the laundry and came to the yard to let the clothes dry. The bite marks on my neck had lightened a lot. It was hardly even visible. But it was still there. It never faded away. Also I had two marks actually. Zen's that small pierce on my skin that night also left a mark. Not a visible one but it was also there.

After so many years I couldn't feel anything about them anymore.

I almost forgot about that life. I thought I was finally out of that past.

But for the last few days I was not feeling well. A weird sensation was always there surrounding my mind the whole day.

That morning, suddenly after so many years I was feeling strange. I was having an ominous feeling.

I looked back at Edward. He was so focused in his painting. He looked so handsome when he worked like this. Just by looking at him I felt so warm.

Dad was right. Edward was the one for me. I finally found him. I kept my hand over my stomach. I rubbed it with love. I felt so happy.

Suddenly a strong breeze hit me. My face became pale. My hands were trembling. This feeling. I was afraid to look back. This couldn't be happening. To lessen my pains, Lexa my wolf chose to be in an eternal sleep. So I couldn’t get the tracks when they were chasing me. I slowly turned back.

A few feet afar I saw two figures standing there. A gorgeous man in white, and a handsome one with black hairs, two familiar faces, Alex and Zen.

They finally found me. Their eyes were fixed on me. A smirk appeared in Alex's face. Zen's face was full of jealousy. Their eyes slowly followed where Edward was still doing his painting.

I quickly turned back. Edward was so focused on his painting that he didn't even realise their presence. A wolf's obsession never dies, I remembered.

I turned back and screamed from the top of my lungs, "Edward, Run!"