Not An Escape

Athena


It was late at night and Sebastian had not come to my room yet. As I looked at the clock, I came to realize, it was already hours past the time he'd usually come to my room.

There were far fewer chances of him coming to my room, today. Maybe he was simply enjoying his night with his beloved mistress instead of deciding me torture me like every other day.

I needed to go out of the room to reach Winona and get out of this place, but what if Sebastian comes all of a sudden?

If he catches me trying to escape...I did even know what he'd do.

Surely he wouldn't kill me, but whatever he'd do, I knew it was going to be worse than death.

But sitting like this was not going to help me either.

I might lose a huge opportunity because of my fear.

What should I do?

Sit here and wait for him or just put faith in fate and go for it?

This was my last chance to escape. I couldn't miss it.

Every minute with my so-called mate felt suffocating, I was dying little by little.....

No! I couldn't miss this opportunity.

I had to go.

I pushed away the duvet off of my body, grabbed a scarf, and draped it over me to cover my face before I finally walked out of the room.

The peril shrouded my insides soon as I stepped out of the room.

What Sebastian said to me the first day he brought me from the auction rang inside of my head.

"If you try to show any sort of disobedience or attempt anything stupid such as trying to escape...I'll throw right where I have brought you from and do you know what those auctioneers do to the returned goods?"

His smirk flashed before my eyes.

"First they use them and fulfill their thirst and then they tear them into pieces and share it among themselves."

"No! You can't let the fear of him take over you!" I told myself and shook the thoughts away.

I inhaled a deep breath and look around to make sure there was no one around me and once I became sure of it, I slowly began heading downstairs.

Once I reached the stairs, suddenly I saw a guard patrolling, and then he looked back where I was.

Oh no...

His eyes were seconds away from catching me but I hurriedly hid behind the nearest pillar. Putting my hand over my mouth to stop the gasp that was on the verge of tearing through my mouth.

I held my breath tight, trying not to make any sound at all.

I heard the guard's footsteps getting closer and my heartbeats picked up a pace.

God, please no! I did not want to get caught and be thrown at the same place!

Please! Please! Please!

The guard was only a few steps away from me behind the pillar when another guard interrupted,

"Hey, Mark. What are you doing there? We need to check the garden area, apparently, a few guards have noticed some intruders, come."

Intruders?

"Okay, I'll come." Thankfully he let go of his speculation and walked away.

I released the breath I was holding once I saw the guards walking away.

What a narrow escape!

I waited for a few minutes before I took the stairs and carefully walked down and finally reached the hall.

My eyes instantly spotted Winona at a corner and I hurriedly reached her.

"Winona..."

"Athena, finally you are here," She released a sigh of relief, "Has anybody noticed you coming here?"

"No, none did. Can we go now?"

"Yeah, sure. We should go now," She led the way, "Come with me."

She led me toward the backside of the mansion, this side of the mansion was completely silent and dark; The more we walked, the darker it got.

Suddenly the feeling of someone watching me caused my feet to halt on the way.

I whipped around to look back, but to my surprise I found none. I hastily looked around me and I was met with the same silence.

There was none around me.

"Athena, what are you doing? Come on." Winona ushered in a low voice when she saw me frozen on my spot.

Maybe I was just thinking too much. There could not be anyone here at this hour.

"Okay." I nodded and followed Winona once again.

It took a few more minutes before she finally opened the door of a room and walked inside followed by me.

The room was very dark and full of dust and old pieces of furniture that were no longer of any use. The half-broken lamp was the only source of light and there were spider nets everywhere.

Winona walked towards the window, hurriedly removing the spider nets with her hand to get access to the lock, and then she pulled out a key before she opened the window.

The sudden moonlight fell over my face causing me to shut my eyes for a moment, a gust of wind was second to hit my face.

"This way will lead you out of the mansion, you see the guards usually come for a security check in this around every fifteen minutes and you'll be able to get out of the mansion within less than five minutes if you follow this path."

I couldn't believe this was finally happening.

I was going to be able to run away from Sebastian forever.

"Thanks a lot, Winona," I engulfed her in a hug, and my eyes began brimming up with tears "I'll never forget your help."

But then, the response that came shook me to my core because....it was not from Winona.

"But your great savior here has certainly forgotten to tell you something important, Athena."
His voice buzzed through the room causing every hair on my body to stand up.

Sebastian.

It was Sebastian.

No! This can't happen. I am so close to my escape.

Winona's shocked gasp rang in my ears and my hands around her loosened on their own; My body acted before I could, and I found myself turning around and looking at Sebastian.

The moonlight fell over him, causing a dark shadow to roof half of his face because of the thick mass of his hair, in the darkness of the blue in his eyes I could see the death itself.

My body went cold.

"The same path that'll secretly lead you outside of the mansion also holds an opening of the side of the jungle where most of the dangerous predators have found their hiding spot to jump on their prey." He took a few steps closer.

His calm demeanor was not normal. I knew he was up to something.

"Did you forget to tell her? Or did you not know?" He looked at Winona who was pale as if she'd seen a demon.

"I-I...." She did not get a chance to speak.

"Either way, I don't give a damn about your reasons," He let out a low chuckle, "This woman right here is my property, and she's mine to hurt, mine to break, and mine to own. And anyone who'll try to hurt her or take her away, will die."

"And I can see your intentions through your facade of this whole bravado. You surely did not wish for her to escape but rather let her be the target of someone." A death glare set on his face.

What the hell was he even talking about?

There was nothing wrong in the intentions of Winona who wanted nothing other than to help out of this hell Sebastian have created for me.

"No...I just wanted to..." She couldn't finish her sentence because, in the flash of a second, he grabbed her throat and raised her so that he could throw her against the other side of the room.

Winona landed against the pile of wooden furniture and a loud crashing sound was heard throughout the room.

"Athena is my property, none can ever take her away from me!" He growled and every hair on my body stood up in terror.

Sebastian attempted to get closer to her but I took the courage to grab his hand.

"Let her go, Sebastian. Please."

I could not let any innocent die because of me. I just could not.

"Don't you dare to speak a word!" He grabbed my jaw pushing me against the wall, my eyes closed shut in pain as he tightened his hold, "I won't bother twice before killing you along with this piece of shit."

"Let her go. She has no fault in this." I spoke, putting all my fear aside. I could hear Winona's whimpers and groans as she tried to stand on her feet but failed.

I had to save her.

It's because of me that she's in this position today.

"Of course, you'll think she doesn't. Haven't I told you that you can never escape from me, you are stuck with me forever, Athena? Tell me, haven't I?!" his loud voice banged against my eardrums.

I found myself nodding before I even knew it.

"You knew the consequences, you knew the boundaries I had set for you, yet not only did you disobey me but you tried to escape and pull this stunt. Now just wait and watch, first I'll deal with that bitch and then make sure that the word 'freedom' gets wiped off from your remembrance for eternity."

He slammed me against the wall resulting in the world spinning around me for a moment; He strode towards Winona.

I ran at full speed and stood in front of Sebastian to stop him.

"Please I beg you, don't kill her." I dropped to my knees and joined my hands in front of him, "You can kill me if you want, but let her go."

"You should be thankful that I am making it easy for her by simply killing her and you know very well that I can put her through worse than this." Sebastian looked at me, his eyes full of rage, "So move away from my path and stop wasting my time."

"I'll do whatever you say, I'll never try to escape from you ever again. Please let her go," A sob finally broke through my throat, and tears streamed down my face, "Please. Please. Please. Don't kill her."

Sebastian chuckled darkly. Nothing I'd said affected him.

He leaned down and grabbed my jaw, he lifted me to my feet.

He spoke the words against my lips, "Don't worry, Athena. After today you will never even think of escaping, not even in your dreams."

"Please, let her go," I begged, my voice lower than a whisper.

"That is what I am doing, letting her go." He whispered, a sinister smirk spread on his lips.

And then, he pushed me to the side; Within the flash of a second, he grabbed Winona by her throat.

"Alpha...please, it's not my fault. It's..." She tried to speak but ended up gasping for air because of how crushing Sebastian's grip was around her neck.

"I know exactly who told you, and I am going to make him realize what a big mistake he's made. But before that let me send you to the right place," His nails extended and cannies tore through his gums that gave away the signs of the awakening of his wolf.

I rushed toward him with the last hope of saving that poor girl, my guilt killing me from inside bit by bit.

"Sebastian, please let her go. I was the one who told her to help me escape, it's all my fault."

"You know what, Athena? This piece of shit was meant to die anyways but with all these lies  you have only brought miseries for yourself because what I hate more than crimes, is lies." He spoke through gritted teeth, "You better start wishing for death from now."

And the next moment I saw Winona's head flying away to the other side of the room and hitting an old closet.

Blood came splashing against my face, and my eyes widened in horror as I looked at Winona's lifeless body dropping on the floor as Sebastian let it go.