The next morning I didn't want to get out of bed. One reason was I'd have to see him, and another is I won't see my families smiling faces.

I looked around the room, taking in everything around me. I feel like most girls would try and escape, but I know better. The mate bond will make me want to stay and his like the strongest alpha I know.

Since last night I think my senses are finally coming back to me, cause this morning I'm angry with him. Which is odd to me cause I've never been angry with anyone, yeah I get upset but everyone does.

I sigh heavily, finally deciding to get out of bed. I go to the bathroom to fix my messy red hair, for it to be a lost cause. I walk out of the bedroom, looking down both hallways. Nothing there.

I quietly go downstairs, looking around to see if his home. I sniff the air sensing that his not; I sigh with relief.

I go into the kitchen to look around for something to eat when all of a sudden the front door slams open causing me to jump. Luca stomps upstairs, I don't think he even realized I was in the kitchen.

I turn my head to see the door wide open, Cara whimpers wanting to be let free. Without a second thought, I dash out of the house heading towards the woods.

I smile feeling the cold morning air hit my face, shifting into my wolf.

I howl with excitement feeling the earth beneath my paws. I jump over logs and rocks not losing my speed. I raise my head up feeling the wind hit my fur.

Some time passed and I felt like I went far enough, don't want Luca getting mad. I decided to stop at a stream to take a break. I laid beside it, watching the water go by seeing a fish once and a while.

The water was making such a sweet sound that I ended up passing out by accident. I woke up to a sound of growling, my ears perked up alarmed. I looked up at the sky realizing that the sun started to go down.

What the heck?! Did I sleep for that long?! The growling got louder as I started to get to my feet.

I have to get back to Luca before something happens, I dashed over the stream trying to lose whoever was growling at me. I hear paw prints, realizing they are chasing me I run faster.

Who the heck is this?! I start running from side to side trying to lose them. I huge bolder was in my path up ahead, I used all my strength in my back legs to push myself up over it. I was proud of myself it was huge, but I didn't stop running.

I got a good distance away from the bolder before I heard a pounce on the earths floor. They are still chasing me?! Before I knew it the wolf that had been chasing me, grabbed me from behind the neck and slammed me against the ground.

The air left my lungs once I hit the ground, it took me a moment to finally look up at my attacker. To my surprise, I see Luca's wolf with its fangs around my neck. I yelped in pain, feeling his fangs go deeper into my flesh. Luca growled warning me, I whimpered in pain showing more of my neck in submission.

Luca pulled me up onto my paws by my neck, walking us back to the pack. More of his wolves passing us, finally realizing they were there the whole time. Were they tracking me? Did they think I was trying to run away?

I kept silent the whole way back to the packhouse. Luca slamming me onto the ground once we got there.

"Shift!" He shouted in anger, shifting himself. I shifted quickly trying to get to my feet, but Luca grabbed me by the throat holding me up slightly in the air.

I wrapped my hands around his wondering why he was doing this. Before I could say anything he shouted "Do you think you can leave when you please?! Were you trying to hide from me?!" He threw me to the ground glaring down at me.

I wondered where the soft Luca went from the night before "I wasn't trying to hide!" I panicked trying to get the words out. "Don't you dare lie to me Cressa!" He shouted more, causing me to tremble in fear.

I was trying to hold back tears as I spoke: "I promise you I wasn't trying to hide or run, I fell asleep by accident!" I held my hands to my chest trying to calm myself down.

He grabbed me by the throat once again this time pulling me up onto my feet, dragging me away. We passed the house we slept in before which sent panic throughout my body.

"Where are we going?" I said softly looking up into his ragging face. "You'll find out shortly." He said coldly not even looking at me.

Then a thought hit me sending fear into my entire body. Oh, goddess please he wouldn't do that to his mate!

We stopped in front of an underground cell area, two guards standing out front bowing respectfully to their alpha.

"Luca please! Let's talk about this!" Tears started falling down my face, begging him to let me go. He took me under leading me to the last cell.

"Luca!" I clung to him not wanting him to leave me here. "You will learn your place." He threw me in the cell, one of his pack soldiers coming in holding sliver cuffs and chains.

I looked at Luca in horror "You wouldn't.." My lip quivered looking up at him. He smirked cruelly down at me "Oh I would."

Luca's soldier put the silver cuffs around my wrist, screaming in pain as they burnt my flesh. The soldier then put one around my neck while I tried to fight the pain going through my body.

I screamed louder than before feeling the sliver around my neck melting my skin. "Luca please!" I beg looking up at him trembling, trying to fight the pain.

He looked down at me expressionless, leaving me suffering alone without saying another word.

"Luca!" I cried out wondering why he would do this to me.

Tears fell from my face onto the cement floor, as I lay there in agony. The silver continued to burn my flesh, I could smell it already....burning flesh.

"Cara...Did I do something wrong?" I said faintly to her.

She whimpered in response "Our mate thinks we tried to leave him and challenge his authority....I'm trying to connect to his wolf but he blocked me out...I'm sorry Cressa."

"Why are you apologizing?" I say weakly trying not to move.

"I'm the one that wanted to go for a run and I should have woken you up before it got too dark." She said whimpering more, trying to soothe me through my mind.

I smile faintly realizing I'm not alone, I'll always have Cara.

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It had been a week since Luca put me in here, I started going numb to the pain but only when I didn't move. The guards would bring me food, but I was too scared of the pain to eat.

What I was scared of most is that Cara is getting weak, she needs to be let out if not she could die.

Lucas POV

It has been a week since I put my mate into the pack cells. After finding that she escaped into the woods till dark. She needed to be taught a lesson like how I've done to others that have questioned my authority.

She will not be treated like she is special.

"Definitely didn't treat her special the night before."

"Shut up Kit! It was your fault that it got to that point anyway!"

"You act like you didn't want to eat her either." He huffed in the back of my mind.

I rolled my eyes blocking him out, going over some pack paperwork. I did lose myself that night which pissed me off the next morning.

I hate how that she-wolf drives me crazy, she makes me act out of character. Weakness is not welcome in my pack if she can't handle a week with silver chains. She's not welcome as my mate.

"Are you really going to toss her away if she's weak? She showed us she can take a buck down by herself. If that's not strength I don't know what is."

He has a point, she is strong. I'm curious about how she's going to come out after this. Will she give up or fight me? It brought a smirk to my face thinking of what she could do.

I don't want this she-wolf changing me. I have to keep my guard up.

After a couple of hours of paperwork, I go down to the pack cells to fetch my little mate.

I walk to the last cell seeing her laying there with her eyes closed. I open the cell causing her to open her eyes. She looks up at me with an expressionless face, which causes my heart to hurt slightly.

I go to take the cuffs off but she pulls away with a painful intake of breath. "Gloves." She says looking me dead in the eyes.

She doesn't want me hurting myself with the sliver, I have such a caring mate. I smile at her slightly as I grab the gloves and take the cuffs off gently. She yelps in pain, the cuffs taking some of her dead skin off.

She breathes heavily trying to control the pain going through her body. "I'm going to take the neck one off now." She nodded exposing her neck more to me, causing me to smile from her obedience.

I take it off slowly which causes her to breathe heavily. Once it's off she sighs with relief.

I scoop her up in my arms, taking her out of the underground cells and heading towards our house.

I lay her on our bed, getting the first ad kit from the kitchen. I put some medicine on her wounds then wrap them. She watches me quietly looking curious.

"All done," I say putting everything back into the first ad kit. She looks up at me and smiles, I can't believe she can still smile at me after everything I've done.

"Thank you." She says resting her head on the pillow "And I'm sorry."

I look at her surprised, not knowing what to say she continues. "I'm sorry for making you feel like you had to do that to me..." She bites her lip looking away from me with hurt in her eyes.

My heart quivers in pain from her own. This she-wolf is going to be the death of me.

I let out a low growl, trying to fight back what I'm feeling for her. I stand up quickly and leave the room without saying anything else to her.

Cressas POV

I stiffened, hearing a low growl come from his chest. He stood up and left the room without saying anything else to me.

I relax once he leaves the room, I'm not sure how to feel anymore. My other half chained me up into a cell and left me there for a week.

And what did I do apologize for something I shouldn't have been chained for. I let out another big sigh, resting my head on the pillow wanting sleep to take all my problems away. I let the darkness come and take me to a place far away from here.

I woke up the next morning to the smell of bacon. I slowly got out of bed, my wounds still hurting, I take a deep breath trying to control the pain.

I head downstairs to where the smell is coming from. I look over to the kitchen and see a lean man with dark short hair. He looks over sensing my presence, he smiles brightly once his eyes land on me.

"Luna! Your up, good! I made breakfast want some?" He tilts his head slightly, putting a plate of eggs and bacon onto the counter.

I nod my head slightly curious about this man, sitting on the chair I look at his back muscles moving the eggs around in the pan. He senses my eyes on him and turns his head slightly smiling at me.

I look down turning red, trying to stuff an egg into my mouth realizing its really good I look up at him wide-eyed.

He laughs genuinely looking at my facial expression "It's good huh?" He continues to smile at me as I stuff my face with his food.

I basically starved myself in the cells give me a break.

We ate in silence but it wasn't an awkward silence, it was calming honestly. I finished my plate rather quickly "Um, thank you for the breakfast." I smile at him getting up to put my plate in the sink.

"It's no problem Luna, glad I could help out." He gave me a charming smile that left me blushing. I grabbed his finished plate and put it in the sink with mine.

"I'll wash them Luna don't worry." He tried to step in my way of the sink but I didn't let him. "You cook, I clean, also call me Cressa. Calling me Luna when he hasn't marked me yet feels weird." I start washing the dishes as he smiles at me.

"Alright, Cressa thank you for doing the dishes." He continued to smile at me, moving to the other side of me grabbing a towel and picking up the dishes I've already cleaned.

"I'll dry them then." He smiles playfully, drying the dish in his hand. I roll my eyes at him smiling happily.

This is how it should be, I wish this guy was my mate.