04

1

The lunchtime school bell rings and we all move to stand up from the bench. "Are you coming English?" Lola asks me.

I shake my head and bite my lip as I slide on my backpack. "Not yet, I will do. I'm just meeting Danny under the bleachers." I say as I try to hide my smile.

"Okay lover girl," Kayleigh laughs at me and I wave goodbye to my them.

I quickly dart around the sports block and into the car park hoping that I'm not caught by a teacher for being out of class. Approaching the path that takes me up to the bleachers, a white van rolls up in front of me causing me to stop.

The window of the blacked out van rolls down and reveals an attractive young man.

"Hey darlin," his voice is deep and rough.

I furrow my eyebrows slightly and purse my lips. "Can I help you?" I ask as I flex an eyebrow at him.

He pulls his head out of his van and looks up and down the road. "Are you Ava White by any chance?" He asks, a smirk laying on his lips.

My heart race increases and I feel my palms begin to sweat. "No," I say instantly and begin to walk away.

The back of his van opens and out jumps two tall guys. Fear spreads throughout my body when I see them tower over me.

"Grab her, she's the one." I hear the guy say before a hand clamps over my mouth and I'm shoved in the back of the van.

2

My face burns from the punch I just took, grunting in pain as blood collects in my mouth.

"Now tell me again, where are your parents?"

I partially open my eyes to look at my kidnapper, Lucien.

"I-I don't remember," I croak out, blood dripping out of my mouth.

I watch as he smiles at me. "Good girl."

"Now where did you used to live?" He asks.

"Minnesota." I say.

My face returns to it's stinging sensation. He hit me again, twice as hard. My body almost hits the floor but Lucien grips my hair so our faces are level.

"Where did you live?" He asks griping my head tighter.

I whimper. "I don't remember," I whisper looking at his face.

He lets go of my head and throws me back to the floor. "Good," he says standing up. "We'll try again tomorrow, it seems you still remember."

I close my eyes feeling tired and in pain, my body quivers against the cold floor. Only hoping that this is all over soon.

3

"There's my beautiful girl," Lucien flashes an evil smile at me as he enters the room I'm chained up in.

"Fuck you," I whisper harshly at him, having no energy to shout.

I hear his cackle laugh as he takes four steps closer to me. He raises his hand and smacks me round the face. The corner of my lip splits open and I can feel the blood begin to gather in my mouth.

I cannot ignore the burning sensation that is ringing through my whole face. I look up to Lucien again as I spit out my blood onto the floor by his feet.

He grabs my face roughly between his fingers and places his nose directly in front of mine. "Oh stupid mate, everything would have turned out alright if you were an actual wolf and not a human..." His voice is patronising.

My eyes begin to water as I stare into his lifeless grey eyes.

"Do you know how embarrassing it would be to bring out a pathetic, weak, human Luna like you?" He laughs.

"Just let me go." I say through gritted teeth.

"Oh sweetheart, but that's no fun!" His fingers dig deeper into my skin which makes me wince. "You still owe my Beta and my male wolves a show."

My skin runs cold when he mentions his beta, nausea rising in my stomach and up to my throat.

4

"You even think about showing me up and I swear to God, I'll make you wish you were never born." Lucien's eyes are hard and cold as they stare into my soul.

I already do. I thought.

"It's show time," he sings in a sickly voice before lightly tapping my cheek.

He pulls me up roughly by my hair which causes me to cry out in pain. Dragging me out into the hall and down to the room that I was absolutely terrified of.

This room made me wish I was dead.

As I enter I couldn't ignore the cheers and wolf whistles that I receive from the hormonal male wolves.

I kept my head down as I enter, too scared to look at anyone else.

"Remember what I said," Lucien's voice whispers in my ear as he breaths heavily against my neck causing me to shudder in disgust.

Nothing could prepare me for what was about to happen. Every time it gets harder, every time I just wish someone would put me out of my misery.

Lucien throws me down onto the floor in the middle of the wolves and I feel my knees scrape against the concrete floor. My head is remains down, in fear of looking up to anyone.

"Get on your knees stupid bitch," I feel Lucien's Beta grip the back of my head so I am fully leaning up.

My eyes are level with his crotch. His hands don't hesitate to unbuckle his belt and as I watch I can't help the tears that roll down my cheeks.

5

My body was giving up, that there wasn't much left of me. I couldn't remember the last time I had a decent meal or when I drank clean water.

I couldn't tell you how happy I was to die, I was desperate.

The door to my chamber opens, I don't normally expect Lucien at this time.

Except it isn't Lucien, it's his little brother.

"Ava," his voice is soft. He grips my face to get me to look at him but I am weak, weaker than I had ever been before.

"Evan," my voice comes out hoarse and quiet.

I feel him begin to undo my shackles. "W-what are you doing?" I was confused.

"They are going to kill you Ava, I'm giving you a head start you need to leave!" He whisper shouts at me and I shake my head.

"What's the point? I'll never be safe from them." I cough dryly and feel my eyes close slightly.

"Ava!" He shakes me again. "Don't you dare be stupid, Lucien has rejected you now! You have a whole life to live, please just run and never look back!"

He had a point. Lucien rejected me a few weeks ago and now I was just his personal toy.

Evan unbuckles my last shackle. "Theres a door down the end of the hall that they never lock, it takes you out into the forest. You have about two hours until they notice."

I look at him in disbelief. "Why are you doing this?"

"Because you don't deserve this at all and I'm sorry about everything that's happened. I can't just sit back and do nothing about it. Just go!" He yells and I pick myself up from the floor and dart out the door into the forest.