Caught

Isabelle.


"Kaden is going to be here in the morning."

I reminded myself for the umpteenth time. I was terribly missing him, the constant worry of losing him bothering me even more. After that one bight that turned my entire life upside down, I never really found the courage to keep myself steady and carefree.

After so many years of being locked in the same room and bearing their torture, I'd found my happiness in Kaden. I didn't want to lose him, at any cost.

The entire world had gone cruel towards me even the nature who didn't bless me in fact only burdened me with sleepless long nights. Whilst I'd felt like the entire universe was against me, Kaden pulled me in his embrace that made me feel safer than ever. I'd found peace...in him.

Once he come, I was going to tell him everything. About those monsters who killed my family in front of my own eyes, who destroyed my life and their motive behind it. I would not hide anything from him anymore, I was going to tell him everything he deserved to know.

I didn't know much about how I felt for him, why I felt like I could give up everything for him even my own life...but all I knew was that he mattered to me. I had heard of love, but never knew how it felt until I met him.

The sudden knock at the door broke my trail of thoughts. My eyes glanced at the clock to see the time, it was 10.00 at night and apparently everybody had gone to sleep. Who could be here at this hour?

I removed the duvet off my body, the cold floor instantly send a zap of chills through my body. Today's weather seemed a little too cold than usual. I could hardly identify any sort of warmth coming to the room, I had closed the windows but that didn't help much and that was the reason I had tucked myself under the duvet precisely to avoid the cold.

Or perhaps all these could be baseless, maybe I was just missing Kaden's warmth since I had gotten used to sleeping in his arms. There was no better place for me than his arms around me, and the sound of his steady rhythmically beating heartbeats that made me feel even more comfortable.

I tied the silk robe around me before I headed to the door, I twisted the doorknob and opened it. The sight instantly surprised me, it was Layla.

"Layla, are you okay?" I asked worriedly as the event of the other night came in my recognition, "Did something happen again?" I tried to reach her but what I hadn't expected was for her to furiously push me inside and lock the door after she entered the room.

Shocked and flabbergasted by her sudden aggressive behavior, I found myself taking a few steps back.

Her nails had extended and her eyes were black, the fury burning in her orbs and there were canines that peeked through the parting of lips  ....I couldn't believe my eyes. The sight of her long nails and the change of her appearance had left me unable to say anything.

"No, I am not okay you piece of shit!" She spat walking closer to me, the fear started making itself visible inside of me, those extended nails and canines reminded me of those monsters who had come to our that night before they destroyed everything.

My palms got sweaty and my breathing turned heavier as I watched her approach me, the bead of sweat slid down from the side of my forehead.

"What did you think huh? You can take Kaden away from me and I'd watch everything silently without uttering a word?!" She grabbed my face, her nails dug into my skin but did not draw any blood, "You really think Kaden would be okay with having a cheap ugly mate like you?"

Her words were hurting me more than her harsh grip on me.

I winched when she grabbed my arm, her hold was painfully bruising.

"Layla, you are hurting me.." I muttered, trying to get myself away from her child but she furiously shook my body slamming me against the wall.

A stinging sensation spread on the back of my head.

"And you think I am here worship you? Damn if I could kill you and bury you somewhere right now!" He wrapped her finger around my throat, her hold tightening making it hard for me to breathe.

It was getting suffocating, my energy started getting lower and lower as the seconds passed, I tried to remove her hands but she was too strong and terrific. The sight of her nails and canines constantly remained me of them, the sight of my dad's dead body falling on the ground, the sight of my mom's blood gushing out of her mouth, the screams of Orabelle as the monster continually kicked her in her ribs.

I started feeling dizzy. All my senses started fading into nothingness but then Layla removed her hold.

I greedily intake air, filling my lungs with the oxygen that had left from my system for the past few seconds. My knees started getting weak but before I could fall to my knees, Layla grabbed me, and using all of her strength she threw me on the ground.

My head hit the floor and the burning feeling took over my forehead, my ears buzzed at the impact. The whole world around me spun for a second. The tears now began gathering in my eyes.

The next thing I knew was Layla behind down and grabbing a handful of my hair to raise my head and make me look at her, her eyes were as malicious as those demons.

"Pathetic, you are as pathetic as you look," She spat, her harsh grip on my hair tightening to the point where I felt as if my skull would fall off my body, "What did Kaden even see in you? You belong to garbage because you are what you are--A waste!" And she slapped me hard on the cheek.

I could feel the sting on my cheek, she had almost torn my skin apart with her movement.

The small cry escaped my lips. The malice in her gaze made me want to cower away. All the horrible flashbacks of the night came swashing in my mind like a frantic wave. I tried to push them away, tried to make it to the shore only to gather some courage but the intensity of it pushed me to the depth again.

"Aww, so you are crying," She faked a sympathetic voice and forced me to look at her again, with her fingernails she brushed away my tears as if it disgusted her, "The trash is crying, huh?" Her voice grew full of hatred again.

She grabbed my face with her other hand, her grip so hard that it made me feel as though my jaw would split into two, "This is where you belong, Kaden is mine and will always be mine. It was a big mistake of yours to think that you can take him away from me!"

"He's my mate...."The whimper slipped past my lips and this seemed to infuriate her even more. Without another second she landed another slap on my face, this one made me fall to the ground again.

The tears rolled down my cheeks, I could hardly breathe. The suffocation continuously increased.

"He's not your mate, he is only mine and has always been mine. I'll cross every limit even if it means sending you to your dead parents you pathetic Orphan!" She seethed, the mention of my parents working like heat melting away the last traces of strength left inside of me and the sob ripped through my throat.

She crouched down in front of me at this point, grabbing my face with her left hand and turning it around to look at her again, "Listen you piece of shit...I am here to warn you," She began, "You will leave this place before Kaden comes tomorrow, I don't want to see your pathetic self around this mansion. I want you out of Kaden's life and one more thing..."

She paused for a second, harshly shaking my face. Her nails painfully hurt my skin, it could tear the thin layer at any moment, "If you dare to think that after Kaden comes you are going to tell him all of these, let me tell you.....it's going to be your worst mistake ever. I'll not think twice before killing you and sending you to your parents to play the sweet little family in heaven." The evil smile took upon her lips.

"Do you understand?!" She raised her voice.

"I-I..." I tried to speak but she cut me off.

"Don't you even dare to say another word or argue, just pack your bags and..." Before she could finish her sentence, the door opened.

My eyes slowly drifted to look at the door and I saw him--Kaden standing there with his eyes wide in horror that soon turned full of fury as he looked at my state.