CHAPTER 3: HER SINFUL PUNISHMENT

CLARA

My escape plan gone wrong!!! I kept yelling on top of my voice that I wasn't a thief, but none of the soldiers paid heed to my cries. I was being dragged to the town's hall and I received disgusting stares from the onlookers.

I could have just stayed right there in his suite rather than trying to escape and ending up getting caught. Just see the amount of trouble I had landed myself in. I sighted Gennieve as she also saw me, her face squeezed into a contorted frown.

She ran to me at once, but the soldiers restrained her as she kept struggling with them. "Leave me!! What has she committed?" Gennieve yelled at a guard who threw her a glare, but she maintained her stance unfazed by the intimidating glare.

"She was caught trying to escape from the palace this morning. I'm sure she came to steal." A guard spat, staring at me in disgust.

"Watch your words!! Search me and see if I took any of your valuables. Don't just go around, labeling people bad names." I warned with an eye roll. It was just my first day of stepping into the palace, and it had to end like this. Just what the hell was wrong with my first visits??

"Whatever, but you should await your trial. You're going to explain to everyone what you were doing at the palace." The guard muttered with a sneer, and I glared at him.

"On whose order are you doing this?" Gennieve asked.

"The Alpha is yet to give an order. He will soon be here to pass on judgment." A guard replied as they resumed dragging me to the pack hall.

"Judgment!! Let's see about that!!" I thought with a smirk, which Gennieve noticed. She raised her brows questionly, and I gave a slight nod. My little way of communicating to her that ''I got this".

Right there in the hall, I was made to stand , some guards stood behind me like I was a criminal who was about to be sentenced.

The hall was filled with the pack members already. The news spread around like wild fire. I got scared at a point but I shook off the feeling as soon as Alpha Rhys’s presence was announced. I glanced up at him, a glimmer of hope in my eyes as he began walking towards me.

A silent hush fell on the hall as soon as he came in. His aura and charisma was wild and untamed as everyone's gaze followed his every step.

I gulped down, not knowing what his next move might me due to the scrutinizing stare he threw at me. I knew I was surely going to be in trouble. I began nimbling on my nails until he finally got to me then he did the unexpected.

He held on to my waist and crashed his lips on mine in the presence of everyone as gasps filled the air.

Shyly, I tried to break the kiss but he held me in place and I slowly gave in. From the corner of my eye, I could see Gennieve eyes widened in utter shock as she kept on blinking, thinking she was hallucinating.

He broke the kiss and he faced the guards with an icy face, his veins pooping out of his neck.

"Now listen to me, don't ever self judge without my consent!! Anyone who repeats this same mistake will be beheaded. Do I make myself clear?" Rhys fired.

"We will heed to your warnings and forever remain loyal my lord!!" They said in unison as they bowed.

"And you Killian!!, You're my personal guard and the head guard, how could you allow this?" Rhys asked, referring to the guard that had replied Gennieve's question earlier.

"I'm sorry My lord!! You can discipline me, my lord!!" Killian apologized as he bowed with one knee.

"Oh! Sure, I will." Rhys sneered.

"Now listen up everyone, Clara here is my mate..." He said, placing my hand in his. "And therefore the Luna of this pack." He announced as everyone froze like he had just said the unimaginable.

Then there began to be mumurs from all angles as they whisphered amongst themselves. Well, Rhys cared less about their reactions as he led me out of the place and back to his suite.

As soon as we returned back, he left to shower without saying a word. I knew I had gotten him upset and I shouldn't have tried to escape in the first place. I just acted like a little kid.

But I was confused, why did the pack members react that way when he announced me as his mate? Was it forbidden to have a human as the Alpha's mate??

Well, that's wasn't my concern at the moment.

I did all this just to get over my ex– Charles and nothing more. Rhys seemed like the perfect tool to use at that moment to get over Charles. The blissful night yesterday was splendid and I could clearly remember how I almost moaned out Charles name. It was good I quickly reshuffled it and called out Rhys’s name instead. I had to get up quickly to leave as soon as I woke up this morning because I felt we just let ourselves drown into the heat of the moment and just did what every adults do, no strings attached.

Little did I know, I was getting it all wrong.

Soon, he came out of the bath with a towel tied around his waist as his masculine, sexy abs were exposed to my gaze. His hair was dripping wet and it stucked to his face giving him a demi god like look. I couldn't help but drool insanely on it, I watched as water ran down from his head to his shoulder, passed through his abdomen and disappeared down beneath the towel.

"When you're done drooling, you can get the door." He said, without looking at me and my face flushed. How did he know I was staring and why couldn't I hear that there was a knock!

I got to the door and I opened it but to my suprise no one was standing there.

"But there is no one he.."

My words hung in my throat as I turned back, he was standing so close to me and my breath hitched under his intense gaze.

"That means you were really drooling because there was no knock on the door." He said and I felt stupid.

"So you tricked me?" I mumbled slowly, already feeling hot as I took my lips in.

He tilted his head a bit as he caged me right there to the door. He held on to my hands, as he caged it above my head, staring intently at me. My heart began fluttering as I stared at his handsome features.

"Why did you try to escape?" He asked in a low voice and I shook my head, "a way of saying nothing."

"Fucking use your words Clara!" He said in a deep husky tone that sent chills down my spine.

"Nothing." I mumbled shyly.

"Then you should get ready for your punishment!!" He whisphered, his eyes darkening as he rolled up my gown, his hands trailing my thighs up to my panties and then he slid my panties to a side, a naughty smirk playing on his lips .

I gulped down as my body began reacting to his touch.

"And what could that be?" I managed to ask breathlessly.

"This." He said and with that he inserted three fingers at once into my clit.

Fuck!!