Reina's POV
'We are getting married next week' Damien said, finally breaking free from the girl he was having sex with. He stood straight and threw a robe on and walked out without sparing me a glance.
The news took me aback, we are getting married, that was the last news I expected to hear anytime soon. He ignored me for months, cast me aside and let me suffer, and now he wants to get married something wasn't right. I tried to go after him and talk to him but was stopped by the guards that brought me in earlier.
'We were told to bring you to the garden' the tall one said and dragged me off.
Walking through this hall, reminded me of the days I spent here with Damien, our laughters echoed in my subconsciousness, it made my heart flutter, I wish we could go back to how things were, but that bond we once share is now broken beyond repair.
'We are here' one of the guard said, and they both left. I looked up and saw Damien, his back turned away from me. He didn't turn to look at me and just played with the flowers. I know he could feel my presence because of the mate bond because I felt his presence so strongly and just wanted to hug him.
'Why are we getting married?' I said, breaking the silence. He finally turned to look at me, and my heart skipped a beat when his eyes met mine. I took a deep gulp and tried to maintain eye contact so that he won't think that I was weak or anything.
'Because you are my mate' he said plainly. That made sense, but it just didn't sound right. I knew something was up, but I just had no way of confirming it.
'I thought you hated me' I said nervously. His eyes lit up after I said those words, like he had been waiting for me to say those words for a long time, there was something about the way he looked at me that made me scared, he looked normal, but there was something dark beyond those eyes.
'I do' he said with a smirk in a cold and concerning way, sending shivers down my spine.
'What do you mean?' I stuttered. He didn't reply. Instead, he started moving close to me slowly, I felt scared and moved backwards in response till my back hit the wall, and there was nowhere I could go. He came really close to me and tucked my hair behind my ear gently.
'You don't get to just live after what your parents did' he said gently, looking me dead in my eyes with no emotions. He leaned in to my ears and whispered.
'I am going to make you suffer' he said and leaned back. I tried to fight back the tears, threatening to fall from my eyes. Hearing words like that from my mate stung so badly. I looked into his eyes, trying to see if I could see a string of emotion. But I couldn't. It was as if he felt nothing now. This wasn't the Damien I knew.
The Damien I knew never hid how he felt from me, he shared everything with me, he never did anything to hurt me and now, that was all gone. I cleaned the tears on my face and spoke back at him.
'Fine have things your way, but remember I am your mate and you will not be able to hurt me' I said with my head held high.
'Not if I reject you' he said back coldly, and my heart stopped beating for a minute. The worst thing that could ever happen to a werewolf was to get rejected by their mate, after the rejection they are cast away from the pack and become lone wolfs and are hunted down by other wolves till they die.
'You wouldn't' I whispered, breathing fast, my heart pounding furiously in my heart. Aside from being the mate whose parents killed his, I was his friend for 20 good years. There was no way he would do that to me.
'I will. After I make you suffer my way, then I release you to the wolves' he said coldly. Beads of tears started rolling down my eyes. This wouldn't be happening if we had consummated our bond. If we had, there was no way he could reject me, but we had not, so he can very much reject me.
I was a little bit grateful that he was not doing it right away, I still had time to find out who framed my parents and if I do I can be free, but if I don't, I am doomed.
I stared at him, and he stared at me back. It looked like he wanted to say something to me but held back. I tried to read his emotions once more, but I got nothing. His eyes looked empty and dangerous.
'Leave' he said, and I immediately left. I wolfed out and started running as far as my paws could take me. I need to find who framed my parents, going back to that dungeon would be pointless and I have no clue of where I need to start looking, but I was sure of one thing whoever did this has to be someone the late Alpha and Luna knew and my parents also.
I cracked my brain to try to remain people who had close connection with both the late Alpha and Luna and my parents, only two people comes to mind, Miley's parents and the Late Alpha's brother. The late Alpha's brother is out of town, so that only means one thing, it's time to pay my ex female best friend a visit.
I ran as fast as my paws could get me, till I got to miley's house, I transformed and put on the pair of extra clothes I always took with me.
I was nervous as I stood outside the door, I knew I was pretty much the last person she wanted to see now, so I just stood there for some time before I finally knocked on the door. I heard footsteps approaching before the door was finally opened by Miley.
'Hello bestie' I said softly.