16

~Aurelia Williams~

Another 2 days passed in which I could not leave the room. Arsen used to bring me food morning, noon, and night and then leave after I still didn't want to talk to him.

He kept asking questions which I didn't answer. On the one hand because he scares me and on the other hand because I also wanted my questions answered. Besides, I didn't want to be here. I just wanted to get away, as nice as it may seem that he would let me have such a large room. Still, it's just a prison cell.

The ceiling fell on my head, because I was bored to death here. Day in, day out I lay on my bed, caught up in my thoughts while my wounds only slowly healed.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, which was unusual because Arsenic didn't really know knocking. I've noticed that lately. Besides, it wasn't time to eat yet.

I didn't answer and turned my head back to the wall. Can he just come in, like he always does without permission anyway.

"Hey Auri," came my best friend's voice, which made me look up in disbelief. But it really was him. There he was, standing in the doorway, grinning almost shyly at me.

I got up and hobbled towards him and he wrapped me in a tight hug. All this time I thought he might be dead, but now he was more alive than ever before me. Finally a ray of light.

"Shut up, you're going to crush me." I tried to say as he almost choked the air out of my lungs. My broken ribs didn't like it either.

He broke away from me and stroked his brown hair. "Sorry, I forgot."

"It's okay, but what are you even doing here? I mean I thought you were dead. My father said he shot you. I was so worried and now you're h..." I faltered as a thought struck me that made an awful lot of sense. Especially when all this secrecy started. "Y-You're n-not a-a Werewolf?"

"So you know," he stated, turning his head away from me. "I'm sorry, I wish I had told you sooner, but people are strictly forbidden from knowing our secret. Hence all the secrets Aurelia . I wanted to protect you. If you had found out, I would have had to kill you as punishment, as it would have been my fault."

He looked me in the eye again and took my face in his hands. He suddenly seemed so strange to me. Did I ever really know him? And has he ever killed anyone?

"W-why am I still alive then?" I finally asked the question.

"I do not know it myself. The Alpha wanted it that way. But as long as you stay here where you're being watched, you don't have to worry about anything. You've also been assigned a new guard. And now guess who this is!"

"You?" I asked in disbelief. Then maybe I wouldn't be so alone anymore.

"Exactly. I hope you're glad about it."

"Sure, I just have to digest that you're a werewolf too." Or that werewolves even exist. But so far it could all be a big lie and this is something of a cult. But that is now rather unlikely.

"You'll get used to that and now come on, I can show you around."

"I can go out?" I was already leaping in the air. I was also very happy about Steven's support. I finally had someone to talk to and it seemed that he finally answered all my questions.

"Yes and now come, unless you don't want to."

I got up and followed him. Of course I wanted out. Maybe Steven will help me get out of here too?

He showed me one of the kitchens, which isn't private to the Alpha, and dining rooms that Arsen talked about. He then led me into a large living room-like room, with several sofas spread around a small coffee table in the center of the room. There were also two large tables where children sat and painted. The walls were adorned with bookshelves and on the wall opposite the entrance was a large glass front that gave a view of the forest. It was really nice.

When I entered the room, the conversations of the people who were there stopped and everyone suddenly turned their eyes to me. Even the children stopped drawing and laughing.

I felt uncomfortable from all the stares and wanted to leave the room, but Steven grabbed my arm.

"Don't worry, they're just not used to having a human under them," he said, pulling me closer with his left arm. This made me feel safe.

"This is our common room. This is open to every pack member. There's another training ground outside, but the alpha has forbidden you to leave the house."

Great. So Arsen imposes more bans, and even though I was a bit more free, I was still locked in this building.

Then I noticed a tall, slender woman. She was terribly beautiful and her hair was almost white blonde. From her measurements, she looked like a top model.

"Are all werewolves so terribly pretty?" I accidentally blurted out my question out loud.

"So you think I'm pretty?" Steven asked me amused, but then he noticed my gaze on this top model and his gaze got a little annoyed. "That's Savanna, but she thinks she's something better, so just ignore her. "

After that he took me around the pack house a bit, but it was more like a castle as big as it was.

In the evening he brought me back to my room, where dinner was already waiting for me on the desk.

"Are you staying for dinner?" I asked him shyly. Unfortunately Steven shook his head.

"No, I'll eat with the others downstairs in the dining room. Bon appetit Aurelia." And then he left the room, closing the door behind him.

I stayed in my room for the rest of the evening before finally going to bed.

At night, the loud moaning of this woman woke me up again, which disturbed me extremely. I would have loved to give them their opinion, but I was locked in my room. Also, why did Arsen have to give me the room directly across from his?

~Aurelia Williams~

In the following days, instead of arsenic, Steven always brought me the food and took me for walks through the pack house. I hadn't seen Arsenic since then, but Steven said he was attending to something else outside of the pack.

I kind of missed him when he brought me my food or clothes for the day. Most of the time he would be so awkward since I wouldn't talk to him, which was kind of cute. Yes, I still didn't have any clothes of my own. But today that would change. Because today Steven is going into town for me to buy clothes for me. He is the most suitable for this assignment as he knows both my taste and my dress size.

The city was a bit far away, Steven said, so he wouldn't be able to spend the day with me, so once again I stayed in my room the whole time.

I was now able to walk quite well again, although I was still dependent on crutches. The swelling around my eye also slowly went down. My ribs still gave me occasional pain, but I had gotten used to it.

At noon I heard the door lock and I wondered what Steven was doing here again. But Steven wasn't the one who entered the room, but, to my surprise, Arsen.

"How are you?" he started the small talk again, which made me chuckle.

When he wasn't here, I thought about him again. Although it scared me at first, it never hurt me. So maybe it's not as bad as initially expected.

"Fine and you?" I answered his question this time.

“I see you finally found your voice again. Is that because of your new guard?", his deep menacing voice sounded and I mean that there was something like anger in his eyes, because it could hardly be jealousy. But why was he angry now?

"Perhaps."

"You're going for a walk with me now!" he suddenly spoke up in a commanding tone.

"Ehm no? You're probably not telling me what I have to do.", I said and got up to somehow push him out of the door again. His domineering manner really annoyed the non-existent sack. With that he has this small step forward between us , nullified right away.

Who does he actually think he is? The Big Bad Alpha? I'm a human, I don't listen to any alpha.

"If I tell you what to do, you'll do it too!" He looked menacingly into my eyes and I could swear they turned red. Now he was intimidating me again.

Then he took a step towards me and I backed away. Unfortunately, I was now with my back against the wall.

Arsen took another step towards me and he was now standing so close to me that not even a sheet of paper could fit between us. His eyes darkened until they finally turned black. He gave me that greedy look and then looked down at my cleavage.

"But you really don't make it easy for me with your small, perfect breasts." He whispered in my ear.

Please what??? What does he actually think of?

"You perv! Get away from me!" I yelled at him, trying to push him away from me. But this guy felt like he was made of steel.

I slammed my fist against his cheek, but Arsen still didn't budge. His eyes then turned red, which frightened me again. My hand, however, felt like it had just been made into a pulp and I whimpered softly.

shit that hurts

His gaze softened again and he took a step back. His eyes also lost their red hue again.

"How I would like to take you now," he said, more to himself than to me, in a regretful tone.

It was enough for me. He just made me so incredibly angry. Was that his reason I wasn't dead yet? Did he want to use me as a bed bunny? But no, not with me, I'd rather sleep with Steven than with that bastard. He's probably shagging a different one every night anyway. I really feel sorry for his mate.

That asshole!

My emotions were riding a roller coaster again. I don't want to be here What's wrong with him? Why can't he just let me go and what's that other feeling besides the fear and the anger?

When Arsen realized I wasn't talking to him anymore, he took a few more steps away from me and turned around.

"I'm sorry, I sometimes forget that you're not one of my pack members.", he began much softer now. "I wanted to ask you if you would like to go for a walk with me? Then I could show you around the grounds a little. "

He wanted out? With me? Finally. Even though I didn't really want to be near him right now, I still wanted to finally get out into the fresh air. So I gave up and agreed with a nod.