The Blue Wolf
Chapter 10

Arabella’s Perspective:

I looked to my right and saw a tree that had a bigger trunk. I quietly moved and hid behind it.

I heard the voice of the girl scream out “Will! Dude! slow down. I’m telling you. If you do this. She’ll hate you forever. Two days from right now, when she wakes up, you’re gonna say (You were right Sophie. I shouldn’t have. I should have waited.)”

Then I heard another voice that had much more authority in it: “William Accardi! Son, your sister is right. This is wrong. And also if you’re mad at Ryker, that’s ridiculous, have you forgotten? that man saved our lives. He means no harm son.”

Then I heard William’s voice. It was filled with anger and violence, it made me light-headed: “Sophie next time you grab me, I can’t guarantee I won’t hurt you. So don’t touch me again.” I COMMAND YOU ALL TO LEAVE.”

Then I heard a voice that sounded very calm “Will. Bro. Stop and think about this for a second, she already hates it here and thinks you’re crazy. This is gonna make it worse.”

I hear someone fall to the ground with a thud. And a loud growl, which I think comes from Will. Will says “LEAVE. ALL OF YOU.” I hear Sophie “Michael, Dad, let’s go, leave him. Let Arabella hate him forever.”

Oh god. There’s nowhere I can run where he won’t see me. So I stay in my spot, un-realistically hoping he doesn’t find me.

Okay so Sophie said “hate him forever”, that means he couldn’t be coming to kill me, but maybe he just wants to punch me in the face. Okay, a punch. Hmm, but a punch by him. So I guess this is goodbye to my teeth.

I hear him getting closer to me. I take a deep breath for whatever is about to come. When he walks in front of me and sees that I’m standing here, previously hiding, with my back against the tree, it’s like his rage is turned ten levels higher.

I shriek as his hands tightly grasp my arms above my elbows. Will looks at me with pitch-black eyes “If this is the only thing that will make you mine forever. I have to do it. Now.” With tears going down my cheeks I weakly say “Do what?”

Suddenly he opens his mouth, and I see his canines elongate. No. He’s gonna bite me, this can’t happen. I start thrashing like a maniac. He just tightens his grip on my arms. I look into his pitch-black eyes and plead “Please don’t do this.”

He brings his mouth to the spot in between my collar bone and neck “This is going to hurt.”

I scream as his long teeth pierce into my skin with ease. He bites down on my skin and sucks it for a second.

After that, I lose consciousness.

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This time I actually wake up on a bed in a room. The room is decorated in a grey, black, and white aesthetic. The bed is in the middle of the room. When I look up there’s a luxurious chandelier on the ceiling.

I try to sit up but go against it once I start feeling the extreme burning sensation on my neck and grimace. I let out a g***n of pain. When I turn my head to the left I see a girl sitting on a black sofa looking outside the window and smiling.

Everybody is f*****g nuts here. Well except Ryker. But he was no help either. When the time came to do something, he did nothing. I decide at this moment. I’m not gonna ask anyone for any help again. They’re all useless. I start moving around in the bed and start making some noise.

When she sees me she gets up and smiles. I don’t have the energy to play nice after being attacked by a monster, so I just look away. She frowns but makes her way over to me, and sits on the long grey sofa chair on the right side of the bed.

She says “I see you’re awake Luna.” I sigh, then cough because of my dry throat, and say “Please just call me Ara.” She says “Luna Ara, do you want some water?” I nod my head and say “Also if you’ve got some poison, add it.” She looks up at me in horror.

She leaves the room. And comes back twenty seconds later with a glass of water.

I manage to sit up painfully and grab the water from her. I drink it slowly and hand it back to her. She puts it on the table beside her. I take another look at her, she’s got medium brown hair, and she has it in a ponytail, she’s got brown eyes, lighter than mine, a small frame, but an hourglass figure and she’s short. She reminds me of what my mom looked like as a young woman and I smile.

She smiles back at me and starts awkwardly “Sooo, I’m Loren, Michael’s mate. He asked me to come and talk to you.”

Un-interested I say “Why?” She smiles and says “Well see I think I can kind of understand your point of view, me and Michael met at a grocery store, that I used to work at, we had a friendly exchange, and talked for a few minutes together, two days later I was kidnapped by him, and now two years later we’ve been together for all this time and we’re both very happy with each other.”

Oka,y this girl has a major case of Stockholm Syndrome. I feel sorry for her, but I was the opposite. No way in hell was I gonna develop feelings for someone who kidnapped me.

I looked at her, she couldn’t be more than eighteen. I asked her “Two questions, how old is Michael, and was your first time with him?” She giggles happily and says “Yes, he’s my first everything. And Michael’s 23 now. We’re five years apart.”

Oh god, poor baby. I looked at her sadly and said “Sweetheart, you’re not in love, you’re sick.” She looks at me offended “No Luna, I know what you’re thinking, that this is Stockholm Syndrome. Or something along those lines. It’s not. It takes a while to adjust because it’s so surreal but eventually you’ll see.”

I opened my mouth to say something back to Loren, but suddenly I hear Will’s voice in my mind “Ara, I don’t know how the mind-linking works for a Blue Wolf, but if you’re getting this, I just wanted to say, I’m so sorry I hurt you, please forgive me. What I did was completely wrong. You don’t understand, I’m so gone for you. You make me behave in ways, I didn’t know I could. I’ll come to see you soon.”

Loren looks at me with a big silly smile and says “Was that Alpha Will? Can you hear him yet?”

I lie through my teeth “Hear what? Will? Where?” Her smile fades, “When I first heard Michael, it was so cool.” I say “Wait so you were what? sixteen? when he bit you….on your neck?”

She looks up at me smiling again “Yes, but he gave me lots of time to think about it, he waited a month to k**s me, a month to make love to me, a month too….”

I interrupted her. “Please stop. So do you realize your mate had s*x with a girl who was five years younger than him?” She frowns and looks away “Yes, but I was at the legal age of consent, and plus Michael never forced anything with me.”

I look at Loren in disbelief and say “But still, you were just a kid. And PLUS, wake up, he kidnapped you, that’s not a love story.” Loren looks at me uncomfortably and says “It’s a lot to explain.”

Now again, my head is filled with questions, and I feel like this girl is easy enough to get answers from. I say “You’re saying Michael never forced anything with you, meaning you got bit by him voluntarily? Like you asked him to do it?” A happy expression appears on her face as she says “Yes Luna, that’s how it happened.” Then I ask “And how did you come to become so relaxed here, or so accepting to your circumstances even though you were taken?”

She says “Well the first couple days, I behaved the same way you did, I was scared, paranoid, freaked out, scared of Michael, but then slowly I started realizing how gentle and calm he was with me. How he didn’t ask anything of me. And he didn’t force anything with me either. And every time he’d grab my hand, or our shoulders would brush I’d feel sparks. And when I finally gave him a little chance, everything between us felt perfect. That’s how it’s supposed to feel anyways.”

I can’t tell if I want to hysterically laugh, or if I want to start screaming. I look at Loren like she’s insane “If that’s how it’s supposed to be, then Will and I are definitely not mates. Maybe it was real for you. But Will has been nothing but forceful, rude, mean, and insensitive to me so far. And honestly, he just seems like a prick in general. Also, he forcefully kissed me, forcefully bit into me, grabbed me, several times. What the hell is perfect about that?”

Loren suddenly has a very serious expression on her face. “Luna the thing is, first of all, William is an Alpha, which means all his feelings and emotions are much stronger than any other wolf’s. Also, the other thing is, this thing happened to Will. A couple of years ago. And so because of that for him, finding his mate is a very crucial thing. So now that he did, maybe he felt like it was critical to mark you as soon as possible.”

Now my anger peaks. But I try to keep my voice calm “What thing happened? Erika? What’s the story there?” Loren says “I don’t think I’m the best person to tell that story, I wasn’t a part of this pack at that time.” I huff in utter frustration and just lay back down aggressively.

Loren smiles sadly towards me: “I’m sorry Luna, maybe this was a bad idea. Sophie was right.”I’ll be leaving now.” She gets up and leaves.