Waiting
**CONTENT WARNING: This chapter contains violence that may be triggering to survivors.**
I held on tight as I ground against him with every need fiber of my being. He growled possessively in my ear and I made a bold move and kissed his lips, his jaw, his chin. Slowly, my kisses trailed down his neck and he groaned. I swallowed down a sob. I was already ugly crying, both tears and snots ran down my face. I was thankful, so thankful he was here. I pushed against his chest and obsidian eyes stared down at me.
“We don’t have time for this right now. We should get out of here,” I whispered.
His eyes dipped to my neck and chest. I could see the anger burning bright in his eyes and I knew this conversation wasn’t over. I would tell him everything and anything as soon as we were far away from here. My feet touched the ground and I turned from him, but a tingle on my wrist pulled me back. Large hands framed my face and I gasped as he leaned down. He pushed his forehead to mine, his nose to mine, and closed his eyes.
“Thank you for waiting,” he breathed. Unable to say anything, I nodded.
This time he turned from me, he started for the stairway, and he pulled me close behind him. I didn’t glance back at Ava as we descended. She’d stopped being my sister a long time ago. We needed to get out of here and fast. By the time we reached the bottom of the stairway, my gaze darted around as I scanned the area for guards. It was quiet and there was no one in sight. Thanks to Alpha’s order, there was no one around.
I watched his muscles shift as we darted down the hallway, his long black hair on his tanned skin, and thanked the Goddess I held on. The castle was big and there was still a long ways to go before we were a good distance away. If we could get out of here before Ava woke up we might have a chance of escaping, but if she woke up before, she could alert the guards.
Raised scars from abuse and the night he was whipped stared back at me. How many times had the whip sliced through skin? I doubted him and if I’m being honest, it was hard for me not to doubt that he was actually here. I didn’t think he would come for me, I just hoped he would. I should have known better. I didn’t think I would ever leave this castle.
He wasn’t ever a man of many words, but I knew, I always knew. It was the way he looked at me, the way he touched me, the way he did things for me, the way he scaled the wall and climbed through my window. He wasn’t normal, but how many people were actually normal in this Goddess-forsaken world?
I would do anything and everything to make my mate happy. Did that make me like Alpha’s mate? Yes. I knew right away that I wasn’t going to bring his sister up. It would only hurt him and it was best if he believed her dead. The woman… the creature she was now wasn’t the little girl he remembered.
I could see the light at the end of the foyer that waited for us on the other side of the hallway. If we could just get there we would be okay. My legs threatened to give out, but I pushed forward. I would follow him anywhere, because without him I’m lost. We’d be free and I would never have to see Alpha ever again.
My surrounding blurred as we ran as fast as we could. Body parts were flying, but I didn’t have the time to be embarrassed. I don’t know if I even remembered how to be. He would shift as soon as we were outside anyway.
So long as we could make it, I could ride him after he shifted. We were just about to make it out of the hallway. I could taste the fresh air on my tongue. I couldn’t remember the last time I’d been outside the castle. I was so close. One of the doors on our right opened, a flash of light him him, and my mate went flying into the wall.
I stumbled and fell to my feet in the foyer. Whipping my head around, my mate was on the ground thrashing wildly around. It felt as if my heart stopped beating as I stared in horror as a woman with silver-blonde hair floated out. Short hair hung above her shoulders, her eyes were a soft lavender, a color I’d never seen before.
Her feet hovered above the ground as she glided closer to my mate. No, anything but that. I wouldn’t let her touch him. I jumped to my feet and ran at her. I couldn’t let her do anything to him, I couldn’t stand by and do nothing. I didn’t need to know who she was to understand what she was. She didn’t even look at me as I slammed into an invisible barrier. I was right. Now that it was confirmed I knew there wasn’t much we could do.
Her outreached hand formed a c-shape as she lifted it into the air. My mate was lifted off the ground and he snarled and snapped at her. Only when my mate’s head touched the ceiling did the witch turn to face me.
“Haven’t you learned anything?” She asked.
My forehead wrinkled as my brows scrunched in confusion. We’d been so close to escaping, so close to being free. I had no one but myself to blame. My eyes found my mate, I shouldn’t have let him come here. I shouldn’t have run with him. I should have told him to leave without me. I should have lied, done everything I could to make him leave. I shouldn’t have been so selfish. Now Alpha will know and we’ll both be tortured. I should have pushed him away and lived this miserable life under Alpha. It would have hurt, but wouldn’t it have been better knowing that he was safe?
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