I’ll take my chances with the garage. If I go to the lobby, then there’s a good chance someone will see me and alert Killian.
It takes some time for the doors to open again. When they finally stop, I rush outside, stopping dead in my tracks when I spy all those fancy sports cars.
Fucking rich people.
There has to be an exit down here somewhere.
I tiptoe across the concrete floor, my eyes darting around the large space. So far, so good. I may actually pull this off.
A honk sounds in the distance, and my heart speeds up.
That sounds like the street.
I pick up the pace, focusing on the sounds of traffic, and I wonder vaguely why no one's around. Do they not have a night watchman to keep an eye on all these sports cars? Something seems really off indeed.
Still, I’m going to seize my chance. Freedom will soon be mine, and then I can find my log cabin in the woods.
I can hear the frogs calling me already.
Come to us, Ravyn.
We missed you...
Unfortunately, I was too busy thinking about talking frogs to notice the shadow looming behind me. It swallows me up in its strong arms, and I kick and scream.
"Let me go!"
“Freeze.”
I freeze, dropping my arms to my sides as I allow the alpha to lift me in his arms. My feet dangle above the ground, and I have no choice but to concede.
Tears drip from my eyes.
It had all been a test. I should have known that escaping him wouldn’t be easy, and now I fear his retaliation.
Killian presses a hand beneath my breastbone. My heart thumps against his large palm, and he purrs into my ear to calm me down.
Despite how terrified I am of him, my heart slows at the sound of his soothing purr, and the amount of power he has over me chills me to the core.
Why do I have to be so utterly helpless? I have never hated myself more than I do now. As if to add salt to injury, I grind my ass against his swollen knot, and I wish I could die.
“Don’t be afraid, Buttercup.”
I am like a rabbit that has been ensnared by a snake. He said he would kill me if I tried to escape, and my heart thuds again.
Killian buries his nose into my hair, and I close my eyes, hoping that he may just forgive me.
Maybe he will go easy on me.
“Oh, Buttercup. I really wish you hadn’t tried to escape. Now I have no choice but topunishyou.”
Fuck.
The sweat drips down my face, and I guess he really meant it earlier when he talked about a dungeon.
Killian scoops me up in his arms, carrying me far, far away from the exit. All the while, I lay completely still, a helpless omega who just wants to appease her alpha.
I hate him, and I swear I will get him back one day.