Oblivious

Anxiety, adrenaline pumping, and experiencing a wild rush like the animal that he is, "this is it '' he said to her. Mallory couldn't help but flinch when he whispered in her ears, saying the most insane thing she had ever heard. "You are my soulmate. And the moon has brought you to me".

Scared and unsure of what to do, she searched around for an escape route from the alley. Regretting certain decisions she had ever made in her life to have led her to this situation, she prayed for help. Wherever it may come from and in anyway. Shivering as she felt him inhaling deeply taking in her scent she pleaded with a shaky voice "don't hurt me please. I'll give you anything you want. Just don't hurt me" .

He chuckled deeply and said "I will never hurt you soulmate. I only want you. And you are mine for the taking".

For someone who has experienced assault before, Mallory thought her life was ending at this point.

"I swear you can have my car, I don't care. I have some money and I'll have my daddy send some money to you as long as you let go of me. I won't tell anyone I promise" she continued. Little does she know of the wild things that lurk in the dark and dangerous people she crosses paths with during the day.

Her captor felt uncontrollably attracted to her as her scent was an aphrodisiac to him. She smelt like honey and wild roses combined together and that is toying with his senses, more like his weakness. He felt drawn to her like a magnet and around her he felt dangerously lost in control.

"I've been following you around for months. You may not have noticed Cara mia but I notice you. And all I can say right now is that you have my attention". He told her.

"Who are you and why are you stalking me?" She asked with all the strength she had, still struggling with him.

"All I can tell you is how hot I am for you and how bad I want you in my bed" he whispered longingly in her ears.

She all but gasped as unshed tears began to gather around her eyes. She was beyond scared.

Mallory is a twenty one year old girl who is currently studying business in the institution of business and management studies in the capital. Her father is a wealthy businessman who owns a fleet of ships and a chain of hotels all around the country. She grew up in France with her mom and her latest husband who is obviously younger than her mother. Mallory lived in constant fear ever since her abusive step father Started noticing changes in Mallory as she grew and started developing in her private areas. Well who is to see? As her mother is constantly away shooting a movie here and there leaving her alone in the house with her d*ck of a husband. As soon as Mallory marked her eighteenth year birthday, she moved across the Atlantic, to live with her father much to her mother's displeasure.

Her parents went through divorce when she was ten years old and since then her mother took custody of her and moved to France. Her mother didn't really love her, but took her in as collateral security. Whenever she couldn't fund her lifestyle, she daps into Mallory's allowance her father made sure to provide every month. It's not like her mother was left unsettled during the divorce, but she ran down the fashion business her ex husband left to her and threw money away on frivolous things, spending lavishly.

"I need to think of how to make it out of here. From this maniac who thinks insanely" she thought to herself as something unexpected happened. He bit her with his canine marking her as his soulmate.

"Ouch!" She exclaimed "what the fvck did you do that for?" She asked with fire literally blazing in her eyes.

" You have been marked, Sweetheart" he replied shamelessly. " And this way, you won't run away from me or have someone else again" he continued.

"Who are you and what do you want from me " she inquired a bit rattled again.

"Well isn't it obvious Cara, you are my soulmate and I want you. You want me too. Case closed" he said as he felt satisfied with the blood he tasted on her. He withdrew from her and pricked his palm with his teeth drawing out blood. He offered his palm for her to lick to complete the process.

" Uh… what are you doing?" She asked him. "Are you insane? First you corner me in this dark alley, you withhold information about yourself from me, you also tell me unbelievable things and now blood? God does this day get any better for me?" She said the later part mostly to herself.

" Get the fvck away from you you sicko" she took a step back as she felt him coming closer.

She fell aback as she saw a flash of something that looked like desperation, hurt, longing and rejection in his face before he succeeded in masking those emotions to neutral.

"Don't let me do this the hard way Mallory Vanessa Quinton." He said as if they were old friends.

Wide eyed she stared at him without knowing what to do. The next thing she knew, she was set to run. She turned right and ran like her life depended on it. Oh yeah only that it did. And the faster she got to her car, the better for her. But fate wasn't really on her side today because Mallory's heels gave way and she was falling. Before she hit the ground, her knight came to her rescue. Only that this Knight came in the appearance of non other than her tormentor. He held on to her so that she fell on his body instead.

"Uh… you can let go of me now" she said when she felt like eternity spent on his body.

Struggling to get off his body she wiggled and continued. "I said let…" that sentence was shortened as she felt a metallic taste in her mouth and swallowed it up because she wasn't given a chance to resist.

"Now say this after me Cara" he insisted.

" What…, why…how did you…?" She began to question when he kissed her silly. After he was able to shut her up, he released her lips slightly bruised and insisted she repeated after him the pledge he was about to declare.

" Fine then I will if you'll let me go afterwards" she said.

"Fair enough Cara" he agreed as he lifted her up and stood up at the same time.

"Now say this after me" he started.

"I accept…"

"I accept…"

"Mallory Vanessa Quinton…"

"... Uhhh…"

"You'll say Alexander Joey McLean here ". She stopped and stared a bit confused. "McLean? The McLean? That name is uncommon." She was spiraling right within her. " Now Cara. Before the moon hides in the Clouds". "What's with the pledges and the moon anyway" she asked him, a bit irritated with the whole situation. "Remember my promise Cara" he reminded her.

" Huh? Okay. I accept Alexander Joey McLean" sounding a bit unsure yet resignedly.

"As my soulmate…"

"As my soulmate…"

"I reject…"

"I reject…"

" Any other that has been…"

" Any other that has been…"

" Will be or is, except you…"

" Will be or is, except you…"

"I swear by the moon on this day goddess Luna"

"What?" She said unbelievably.

"Just say it Cara" he said impatiently.

"I swear by the moon on this day goddess Luna". She said hurriedly, hoping to get away from this crazy lunatic who is also depiction Eros. Yes. The Greek god of love.

He immediately let her go, having accomplished what he wanted. She drove away, thinking about what had just transpired between her and this man.

Mallory's mind was everywhere at the same time. "McLean…. Could Corrine have a brother? No. She wouldn't have this lunatic as a brother." She kept talking to herself.

"There's only one way to go about this. I'll ask Corrine as soon as I get to school next week. Hmmm speaking of strange things. It's like he is in my head". Mallory almost ran into a street sign as she wasn't paying much attention to the road before her. She had to stop and clear her head, still shaken up by her experience in the alley. After a series of questions with no answers, wondering with no logical explanations and pacing, she got into her car and continued to drive till she wound up in her father's property in a secluded place.

You couldn't see the house from a mile away. The house is standing on a hill surrounded by tall trees for miles away on each side, making it the only property miles away from the city.

"Good thing daddy is on a business trip" she said to herself as she parked her convertible car in front of the house and walked right in. She dismissed the workers for the weekend. She always wants to be in charge of the house whenever she comes back home from school either for weekends or holidays.

Tonight has her home with Magda the housekeeper and nanny when they were still living in the house with her mother before the divorce.

"I'll be upstairs Magda. Thanks for waiting up for me. But I'm fine. I already ate" she said.

"Okay. But I'll leave some food in the thermo for you in case you feel hungry later Mallory. Which I know you will" she said knowingly.

Mallory moved upstairs like a zombie feeling tired to her room and collapsed in bed. Not long after, she fell into a deep sleep.

What Mallory did not know was why Magda stayed with them for this long and why she was evidently concerned with intensity these days, asking her so many weird questions. But she shook all disturbing thoughts to the wind. Magda on the other hand saw Mallory with an obvious nip on her neck. For any ordinary person, it's just a prick not worth noticing. But for any supernatural, it speaks volumes.

Mallory had been marked by her soulmate which unknown to her is a big deal. But Magda knew and she knew it was time Mallory knew what she and her father already knew too.

A secret they kept hidden for so long.

It's time for her to realize who she really is.