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"Will you please kill me before doing that?" I whispered.

The look on his face was of shock for a minute. He opened his mouth and started to say something but I took a step back and shook my head in denial, refusing to hear anything further and continued talking in the same tone,

"I was not the one who wanted to become your mate. I was not the one who begged you to bring me... here! I do not even know which place this is, where am I, or what exactly you want! You were the one who brought me in your werewolf world. I was not the one who created a spell to remove my existence. I was not the one who brought someone here against her will..."

Christian moved forward, reaching out to grab my arm but I flinched away in disgust, filled with hate and hurt and everything that he had made me go through.

I took a deep breath before talking once again,

"Christian, to be honest, I did not even want to be a friend of yours, let alone soul mate or whatever you call it in this weird fucking place. Now when you have brought me here, I did not have any other choice than to think about the option of giving you a chance, trying to accept you. But today, after hearing your thoughts about me," I gave a little shuddering laugh that conveyed more disgust than humor before continuing, "I can say that maybe, you can mark my body forcefully but you can never win my soul and feelings, Ever."

After saying that, I did not have enough courage or patience to even look at his face anymore. I did not care anymore what he thought or what he did or what he thought about me. I had already endured enough of his bullshit. I turned around and then practically ran away from there so that no one could see my wet eyes and dripping tears but when I lifted my eyes to look ahead, I saw Kai standing a little away from me. He had a look of sympathy and anger on his face.

What a Fucking great welcome party!

******

It had been a week since that incident. At the day of the welcome party, that was my last proper talk with Christian. Staying here for a week and observing things till now had made me realize that I have to stay here forever, or at least until some miracle happens and I get rescued out of this place.

There did not seem even a single way or chance for me to run from here. Not that I had tried. I was not stupid. One wrong move could get me killed or get me shackled to the chains of the underground prison that these werewolves might have. No one told me anything. I did not know what the new day brought for me, love or hate? Or probably, and hopefully nothing at all.

I needed to gauge the extent of my surroundings first before making stupid moves to get myself killed. But as far as I could see, there was nothing but jungle & and trees and howls of the wolves when the night came or sun risen in the sky. After a lot of asking around I got to know that the whole freaking ground is surrounded with magic & spells & warriors & what not. In short, it seemed to be a whole new country on its own with no human rules or understandings. So going out & coming in, both are like walking on fire unless you know how to turn the fire off.

I was very upset with Christian. I knew he was a dickhead. But after going through all the extent that he went through to get me, I had thought that maybe he wants to marry me and live with me happily ever after, like a fairytale. I did not know that he just want me to fulfill his lust and keep me like a whore.

After that party incident I stopped talking to him completely. I had just walked off, silently and refusing to meet anybody's eyes. I was so humiliated, so ashamed. He could do and talk whatever the fuck he wanted but I was not going to tolerate him anymore. I did not want to even look at him, leave alone having a talk. This was my weapon. Silent treatment. I could stay without talking to him for my whole life. I did not give a damn as long as he never showed me his face.

I was having my breakfast on the breakfast table alone when a cute little boy came running to me. He did not say a word, just came near me and gave a sweet bright smile. I smiled back and spoke, more like asked-

'Hey... little buddy?'

I extended my hand to shake it with him. He grabbed my extended hand but instead of shaking it he pushed my hand aside and suddenly climbed on my lap.

I giggled with him at his mischief. He said,

'Hi Luna, will you please play with me?'

I was going say no but his cuteness and hopeful puppy dog eyes stopped me from denying him.

I pretended to think. He squirmed a little to show his impatience. I gave a mischievous smile to him and then started tickling him in his stomach. He laughed out loud and started running around in the hall.

Both of us were giggling like crazy and I was shouting at him about how I was going to catch him in a minute and then tickle him hard.

While running around in the hall I did not see the wall like human body in front of me and slammed myself in it hard. I prepared myself for the pain of hard ground and closed my eyes but a hand came around my waist to prevent me from falling.

As the shock passed, I slowly opened my one eye to look at my savior. There stood Christian looking down at me with a weird heat in his eyes. A second passed and then two, I stayed motionless, but then shot out of his arms so fast that I thought I might have gotten a whiplash.

I prepared myself for some smart ass comment or an ugly sneer or even an arrogant scolding but nothing came. My gaze went to look at his face to search for the angry look but something was off with him. His eyes did not have the same look that I had gotten used to seeing now. The one filled with disgust and irritation and anger. He was not like his usual arrogant self. His stance was alarmed and aware, his fists clenched on his sides but not in anger. His face looked more like something was eating him from inside but I did not think that feeling something like that was possible for a person like him.

I could not stand there anymore. His eyes were not moving away from me. I had removed my gaze but I could still feel his stare boring into my head. It was intimidating and scary.

I hated him for what he did to me and said about me but I did not like his this side also. I had gotten used to seeing a particular look in his eyes that did not quite loathe me but it did not seem that he was able to keep his gaze away from me as well. Like I was forcefully making him stay beside me or talk to me while did not do anything at all. Like he was unknowingly pulled to me when he did not want to but he did not have a choice.

But now seeing this side of him, where he looked utterly serious, trying to contemplate his words before speaking even a word, that confused and a bit overly conscious look in his eyes was not something that I wanted to see, because it made me even more scared. I did not want him to become good or different because I did not want to fall for him. I wanted to go home, and Christian was not it. He was never going to be. I will never allow myself.

I pushed him away from me while straightening myself. I looked at his face for the last time and then literally ran away from there to my room.

Christian's P.O.V

It had been exactly the seventh day since Ava last talked to me properly. I could not bear her unspoken anger. I knew she was angry, she was suppressing her fury in form of silence because her screaming aloud had never worked on me. But that was okay with me because she let me know what she was thinking, what was unbearable to her. But this silent treatment of her was killing me from inside. She had been aloof for far too long. I wanted to hear her voice. I wanted to make her smile.

I did not want to admit it at first but this was not what I wanted her and me to be like. This was not how I had planned to spend my life with my mate. I was disappointed at first for having a human as my mate because I was afraid of the mere idea of hurting her ever. Humans were far too fragile and powerless. I did not think that Ava was going to be able to stay with me long. And that fear was bringing out the worst of my anger issues to the surface.

That day at the party, I did not want to hurt her nor did I want to insult her. I just wanted to show her that I have many other options than her so that she could stay within her limits and never even think about betraying or running away from me. I had seen those pathetic humans. To me, they were just weak and selfish.

But in these seven days, I realized how much I needed Ava. In a few days only without even knowing how or why she had suddenly started to feel like my lifeline. I did not care if this was the mate bond or if she was a human. I just knew one thing that she was my mate and I had to love and protect her. I never believed in having just one woman in my life but now, I did not think I had ever wanted anything more than this. I was dying for her one look. I could not sleep, I could not eat, I could not work... I just could not concentrate on anything.

When I had brought her here, at least she was angry with me but she talked, even to scold me or fight with me. Now it had started to feel like she was not even here with me.

Now, I did not care for anyone. I just wanted my Ava's heart and trust. I was ready to do anything to make her try to work this out between us.

I strode out of my office in frustration and anger. Walking out of my office, I decided to search for Ava. I just could not see her gloomy face anymore. I was going to apologize and beg for a chance from her. I had made a mistake but that did not mean that I could not rectify it.

As I reached the hall, I smelled her amazing scent even before I saw her. Jesus! I could orgasm just from her intoxicating scent. I saw her running around in the hall, screaming and shouting, playing with a child. They were running around in the hall and laughing out loud. Gosh. How I missed her tinkling giggles.

Suddenly I saw her footing slip, she was going to fall down on the hard ground. Without wasting even a second I ran at a lightning speed and caught her before she could fall. This girl was giving me heart attacks ever since I have met her.

She was looking so adorable with both eyes clenched shut. She opened her one eye and then the other one, peeking up at me. Her eyes widened in shock, and as the surprise in her eyes passed, she straightened hastily, freeing herself from my arms. Just as I was going to say sorry to her, an unknown emotion crossed across her face and she ran away from there.

Shit!!! What have I done!!!