Chasing the rejected Luna novel Chapter 32

Alpha Ryven stopped. I watched him through the eyes of my wolf. He spun around and watched me, his eyes wide. Somehow I felt exhilarated by the look on his face. The look of pure fear, and happiness. It was like the moment I had been waiting for all my life. 

I relished in the moment. The way my skin felt. It was something I had never felt. I was on all fours as I stalked towards him. Toward Alpha Ryven. I saw him more clearly and heard the sound of his heartbeat as it beat vigorously in his chest. 

I have never felt so alive in my entire life but it was time I became the person I had always wanted to be; to be free from the clutches of society. I knew Alpha Ryven wanted to use me. I didn't care! I was happy he wanted me, wanted to do something with me. 

I was no longer useless. No longer the trash I was called all my life. Fuck everything that had happened to me. I wanted to be something!

I did a slow walk toward him, my paws hitting the floor which trembled with my heart. I was happy, nothing like I had ever felt, every moment I walked toward him.

He was watching me, his eyes were on me, his hands on the door of the room as he involuntarily took a step back. I wondered what I looked like but I knew one thing - he wouldn't hurt the man. 

He was innocent. What kind of an Alpha would hurt his people by telling the truth? 

"Finally you have shifted. I guess the cell was the right decision for you," he smirked when I was close to him. Letting go of the door, he walked to me. I could see the emotions dancing in his eyes. 

I didn't want to shift. But I had to. I had to tell him everything that swirled in me. With pains coming off me from different angles, I shifted back into my human form and fell to the ground. 

I was naked but that was the least of my worries. With my head up, I watched as Alpha Ryven's eyes roamed my body. A piece of clothing was thrown on my bare back. Looking back, I found a shivering maid by the corner of the room. I guessed she was the one who brought my clothes.  

Alpha Ryven's eyes were still on me, a dirty smirk etched on his face. I wanted to wipe it off and tell him I wasn't all that I was made to believe but what came out instead made me hate myself a little more. 

"Yes, it was the right decision. Now you can do with me what you've always wanted to do." I said, standing up slowly and draping the clothing around myself. It was a comforter that was on me. I was lost in it. 

He walked closer to me, and his smirk widened into a full-fledged smile, "Yes, we need to talk. But first, I would like you to have your bath and some rest," he said, resting his massive hand on my shoulders. 

I felt dizzy from the shift. It drained my energy and I couldn't feel my wolf. She rested at the back of my mind, the shift also taking a part of her energy. 

My lips found their way between my teeth, biting hard. I tried to fight off the drowsiness that threatened to overcome me. Alpha Ryven noticed the state I was in as he came behind me and carried me bridal style. 

It was something I had wished for when I was little. To be loved by someone. But this wasn't it. I was cared for by Alpha Ryven because of what I had to offer. 

I felt fear. Real fear that froze my bones while he walked us to my room. I barely registered the faces we passed by. I was more concerned about my future here. What does it mean for me? Would I ever be loved for me? Or because of what I had to offer?

I watched Alpha Ryven from below, his jaw was set, and his eyes were soft. He was happy. I was the bargaining chip that delivered as he expected. 

We reached the room. And soon enough, my head came to rest on the bed. I couldn't think any longer as my head hit the soft pillow and I was claimed by the darkness. 

I was awoken by the sound of knocking on the door. I was groggy for a while until I remembered the events of the day before. My heart came to stay in my mouth as I recalled my wolf. I didn't even know her name. And the worst part, I couldn't feel her. It was like the days before I got her. 

The knock on the door the second time made my head snap to it. Fear wrapped around my throat when I thought it would be Alpha Ryven. He came to tell me about it. What I came here for.