Chapter 13 - Eyes Down

*******Maddison's POV******

I can't believe that this guy is my mate...

My kidnapper... although I wasn't as surprised as he probably expected me to be.

Despite me living in this depressing land amongst the vilest of rogues, I could always still feel a strange bond between us.

Hell I used to hate myself for the ways I found him oddly attractive whenever he would visit my cell.

I found it totally mad that I could even think about him being attractive since he had literally ripped me away from my life back home.

I didn't ever understand why he did it? He never used me for pleasure, he never used me for anything at all. I was just stuck here like some pet...

It had been months here before he even started to drink my blood too... which is still a mystery to me but I don't exactly feel comfortable asking him about it yet after today.

But in that moment when I felt the rush of desire course through my veins at an immense speed, I knew he was my one. It all made sense the second I looked into his dark emerald eyes.

I could never really hate him for bringing me here. He had never hurt me too bad, despite the few times that he had lost his temper and had gotten a bit rough, but he would never actually leave me injured.

I still knew that he had a bad temper that I had to watch out for. A horrible dark side if you will. But something tells me that there's a lot of darkness in his life... a darkness that seems to haunt him on the daily.

If only he would tell me everything so that I could work on fixing him...

"You okay? You look really troubled and I understand that it sucks to be here and I apologise again, but I'll get us out if you just give me some time." His rough, deep voice breaks me away from my thoughts, as we continue on our walk back to the house.

If you can even call it a house.

More like a building filled with evil souls.

"I'm okay and I understand, I'm trusting that you will get us out." I say, keeping my eyes on the path, knowing that when we get back he will have to go back to acting harsh with me again.

We had sat at the water for another hour or so, before we headed back here.

It was peaceful and relaxing for once. Two things that I never really got often whilst being here and the comfort of finally understanding why I was really brought here was slightly calming for me now...

He was my mate.

"We are nearly there, I'll need you to walk behind me." He states, keeping his head tall as his shoulders square out to make him look more aggressive.

He even scared me whenever he would plaster that cold, heartless look across his face, mate or not it was terrifying.

I begin to slow my walk, letting him take the lead with his large strides, as I follow behind him with my gaze kept firmly on the floor.

We get to the steps, feeling watched by a few men as we approach before I follow him up them and in to the house.

"Got a fucking problem?" I hear Coda growl out to who I'm assuming is just some random rogue.

"Uhh... no Coda." A weaker voice replies, as I just stand there keeping my eyes on my feet.

"Keep it that way then and don't fucking stare again." Coda finishes, before I see his feet begin to move again, me still following behind him.

We step in to the elevator and once the doors close I assume that it's now safe to lift my head up... but before I get the chance I feel his strong hand touch to back of my head holding it firmly down.

"There's cameras in here so don't look up yet or it may seem that you're too relaxed around me when it's just us and I don't want anyone to think that." He whispers and I do as I'm told.

I allow him to exit the elevator first, as I step out next behind him onto the floor where his bedroom is.

We reach his bedroom and he unlocks it before pushing me inside, not too roughly though, just rough enough to impress the guard down the hallway.

He closes the door and locks it, before releasing a slow sigh.

"You can look up now. I've checked this whole place for cameras many times and there's none in here." He assures, as I lift my head, my eyes slightly teary.

"Come here." He states, stretching out his arms for me, as I walk into them without hesitation.

I wrap my arms around his torso, as he winds his large ones around my body making me feel secure for the first time since I had been brought here.

"It's awful here." I whisper, before I feel his lips press against my head.

"I know... but not everyone is as they seem... we just have to be careful." He states, making my mind wander about what he means.

"They are all just rogues..." I mumble, causing him to tense slightly.

"Most of them aren't here by choice babe." He confirms quietly, causing my eyebrows to furrow in confusion.

I can tell he doesn't really want to talk further though so I just drop the topic until another time.

"So how about I order us dinner up here and you can pick out a movie?" He asks, causing me to smile lightly.

I mean at least he's trying to be a lot nicer now that I know about him being my mate and all.

"What do you want then? Don't be shy." He questions, causing me to shrug.

I haven't chosen what to eat in so long. Usually Warren would just turn up with my meals already planned out.

"Well I know you like pasta? How about pasta? What kind?" He presses on further, as I think.

I do love me some pasta, at least he's been paying attention to my likes and dislikes whenever Warren brought me pasta my whole face would light up.

"Umm spaghetti bolognese?" I ask, causing him to smile back at me, flashing his pearly white teeth.

Why did he look so perfect?!

Surely he wasn't born to just be some rogue! He's far too angelic looking!

I watched as he got out his phone, probably texting Warren to organise our dinner, before he tucks it away and goes to his closet.

"Do you want to shower and change into these?" He asks, handing me some comfy looking clothes.

A shower sounds amazing right now...

"That would be good, thanks." I nod, as I take the stuff before heading into his bathroom.

He shows me how to work the dials and gives me some stuff to wash my hair and body with before he leaves closing the door behind him.

I turn to look at myself in the large mirror, my dirty, unkept hair all tugged up into a large ball on my head. My eyes have dark circles below them, probably from the stress of being here and from how many times I cry on the daily... none of this was healthy.

I turn away, feeling sad since I used to be that girl who loved doing makeup and doing my hair all nice and dressing up to do fun things with friends like getting my nails done or going to dance classes.

Now I have nothing.

"At least now we have our mate"

I hear my wolf whimper in my mind, causing my heart to naturally flutter slightly remembering Coda.

I know what he's done is terrible... but can I honestly hate him for it? No. I've tried to hate him many times since day one and I just couldn't... but now I know why.

He's my mate.

Mates stick together through thick and thin.

Even if it means living amongst rogues for the time being, I'm willing to wait for my freedom.