In Reach?
A stroll in the Woods

One Week Later

Mira's POV

So, it has been about a week, and I haven’t seen Liam since that night in the library. I don’t want to toot my own horn, but it’s starting to seem like he’s avoiding me. I know he is a busy man, but damn. This is his house, his room is just a couple of doors across from mine. What are the chances that I don’t see him in all this time?

I guess he must be very busy, because I don’t see anyone else in the house either. It’s very quiet. I can’t even find Theo anywhere. And this house arrest is working on my nerves. I need to get out of here before I lose my mind.

But since Theo isn’t here, and I did try to look for him, I guess I can sneak our for a while. I just want to go for a walk, alone. It’s not like I’m going to ‘hang out’ with their wolf buddies that they’re so afraid I’m going to get killed.

I step out from the front door and notice how empty it seems around here. Strange. There is probably some ‘pack meeting’ going on, that I’m clearly not invited to. Great. That means more privacy for me.

I don’t know how far I walk, but I finally reach the stream. This is where Katy hung herself. That’s what Theo told me. Why would she come all the way out here?

I sit behind a huge tree trunk and face the water. It’s quite peaceful here. A few minutes later I hear voices from behind the tree. Shit! If they see me here, they’ll probably run and blab to their dear alpha that I’m probably ‘planning’ something again.

I pinch the bridge of my nose, hoping that that they won’t know I’m here if I just remain still and quiet. Maybe they’ll just walk past.

They continue talking, sounds like two men. But I hear a soft whisper, it sounds like a woman.

“What are we doing all the way out here? I should really get back home.” I hear her say softly.

“Why would you say that? Don’t worry. You’re safe with us.” I can tell that he’s probably smiling as he says it. Creep.

“Yeah, we’ll get you back to the pack in no time. Besides, weren’t you the one that said you wanted to have a look at the deer. They’re usually this high up in the hills.” Dweeb number two says. But he’s right though. I saw a couple of them on my way here and they really are beautiful.

“It’s starting to get dark though. Maybe you can show me next time.” The girl says. But I hear a whimper right after.

“You aren’t going anywhere, sweety”.

Okay, things just got really serious real fast. I try to sneak a peek from the side of the trunk. I see two men dragging a young woman to the a tree trunk next to me.

“What,…….what are you doing?” She can barely walk properly as they drag her along.

“Don’t worry, you’ll enjoy this.” Dweeb one says.

“But probably not as much as we will.” Dweeb two finishes chuckling.

Are these guys really going to do what I think they’re trying to do? This is bad. And here I am stuck right in the middle of it all, again. Not to mention, I think I know those guys. I’ve seen them before, from all my tag-along trips with Theo. Dweeb one is one of the patrols this side of the woods, and dweeb two is one of Masons warriors, one of the assholes that gave Katy and me the dirty looks at the training grounds.

That’s when I hear the sound of cloth ripping. I look up and see that warrior guy holding her body up against the tree, with one hand covering her mouth while the other is holding her ripped...... panties. The patrol ‘dog’ is standing behind the tree trunk holding her arms and her in place.

“Don’t hold her too tightly, we don’t want to leave any marks.” The warrior guy says to the other one.

Crap! I don’t want to be caught up in this. I can’t just leave, because they will see me. And I can’t just stay here to listen to all this. I already know the odds. I shouldn’t play hero. Alex says that is how people get killed.

I can hear her whimpering as she’s trying to scream for help.

“No one will hear you out here.”

Shit! I step out from behind the huge tree trunk. These assholes are so lost in what they’re doing they haven’t even noticed me. The ‘warrior’ is already sucking on her neck as his other hand is slipping up her dress. What makes it even more disgusting is that both men are shirtless. Damn this wolf fashion. The other one is just standing there and watching. Is he enjoying this?

There is no time to waste. I run up to the creep kissing her and pull on his hair, and pull his head back to the ground as hard as I can.

Aaahhh! I hear him scream as he’s on the ground grabbing his head. I panic as I don’t know what to do now. So, I kick him in the balls. That should teach him, getting a hard on from trying to rape a woman. Oawh! He whines like a kicked puppy. I actually thought that would have made him scream louder though.

The guy behind the tree is still not letting go and I know my small hands won’t be able to pry his hands off of her. I look around me and spot a rock, about the size of his head. Things are already bad, I might as well go down screaming, I pick up the rock and walk to the asshole still on the ground trying to catch his breath as he’s holding his junk. He barely notices my presence as I raise the rock above my head, and bring it crashing down on his. Knowing how quickly these assholes heal, I hope this will be enough to give him a concussion.

Dweeb one finally lets go of the girl’s arms and comes rushing to his buddy-in-crime’s side. I would be worried too. That’s a lot of blood.

I run to her and pull on her arm to get us going. “Come on, we need to go.” Thank goodness she’s running along with me, but I can still hear her whimpering. It’s either she’s strong or she’s very afraid of getting caught by them.

“You bitch!” Dweeb one is running after us and he seems very pissed. He’s very fast, shit!. He jumped on us and we tumbled on the ground.

I try getting up, but he gets on top of me holding my arms in a firm grip above my head. I see the girl standing there not knowing what to do.

“Go, run!” I scream to her. I can see her hesitating. “Go get help!”. I can hear Dweeb one snickering on top of me.

He turns his head and says, “Eli, you go finish off with her. This one is mine.”

I see the bloodied face of that other asshole stalking his way to her. The moment she sees him she turns and runs the other way. He just laughs as he runs after her. What is it with these men and ‘enjoying’ a chase?

I look back up and remember my own predicament. “It wasn’t very smart of you to wander around here all alone, ‘rogue’.” He leans down and tries to kiss me, but I turn my head. He laughs as he begins sucking on my neck. He moves one hand down and pulls my leg to the side as he rests his body between them. I know my fight right now is futile. He is too strong and just too heavy. I none the less try to thrash under him, but something tells me he’s enjoying it. I can feel it, as he pushes his hips harder against me.

He brings his hand up and roughly cups my breast, I can’t help but whimper from the pain.

“You asshole! Get off of me!” I hear him growl against my neck.

“I never thought I would like such a feisty one.” He starts sucking on the other side of my neck. “You smell so delicious. I’ve never smelt anything so sweet. Fuck! I can’t wait to taste you.” He says between nips on my neck.

He’s roughly pulling up my dress and gripping my thigh so hard, it’s like he’s trying to do me with our underwear still on. And right now, I’m feeling very disgusted with his very, very hard member against me. I’m too weak to fight against him, and I hate the thought of being forced to just lie here as he has his way with me.

I’m not going to cry. I’m not going to cry. I chant to myself. I clench my fists out of anger and it almost hurts. It’s like my nails are digging into my palms, but I know they’re not that long to do that. It must be the anger building in me. So, I hold onto this anger and it seems to be turning into blood thirst. I’m getting the sudden urge to tear this man’s throat out. And right now that seems to be my only move.

I bite on his neck as hard as I can. Aaaahhh!!! I hear him scream. But I don’t want to let go of him, not yet. I need to make him feel pain. I wrap my legs around his waist and pull his head closer to me the moment he lets go of my hands.

He’s pulling on my hair as he tries to sit up, trying to get distance between us. He’s still screaming, but I’m still angry. I’m practically sitting in his lap right now and the taste of his blood in my mouth both exhilarates and disgusts me right now. I pull my head back, ripping the skin off and spitting it out onto the ground next to me.

He’s gripping the wound trying to make the blood stop from spilling out. He’s looking at me very terrified and is trying to say something, but all I hear are gurgling noises.

I get up from him and wipe his blood off my face, watching him lie on the ground gasping for air. Right now, I feel very much in power as I look down on him, with fear in his eyes for me, and me licking the last bits of blood on my lips.

“What the fuck is going here?!”

I turn my head and see gorgeous Liam looking at the scene in front of him and then looks straight into my eyes with such anger in him. Dammit. But I’m getting angry with the way he’s looking at me and I swear I heard a growl from my mouth. This man has me constantly feeling such conflicted feelings every time he’s around me. Just looking at him makes me so angry but then again, his presence makes me so excited, and I don’t know why.

He seems to notice something and looks almost confused, but soon after he growls back at me.

Really? Did he think I was trying to challenge him? I look back at the choker on the ground, as Liam holds onto his neck to help apply pressure on the wound.

“Aiden! Hurry, Max needs help now!” He shouts over his shoulder and looks at me with even more anger, I can see his eyes glowing.

“Shit!” I hear Aiden say as he runs up to this ‘Max’ guy, and realize more people popping up afterwards. They must have all ran this way. She must have gotten to them to ask for help. But what’s with all the pissed off faces towards me?

“Theo. Take her back to the house. We will sort this out there. Aiden, how is Max doing?” Liam is at it again with his orders.

“We made it just in time. He’ll be fine, but I still need to get him to the infirmary.” Liam just nods.

“Let’s settle this then.” Liam walks past me with a disappointed look on his face.

Theo pulls on my arm as he forces me to walk between Liam and the others, behind me. Why does it suddenly feel like they’re escorting a prisoner? Not to mention, Theo never touched me this roughly before. I guess there really are far more scarier personalities behind closed doors. I mean, I don’t even know what happened to me back there a few minutes ago. I’ve never done anything like that before, and actually liked it. Am I really capable of killing?

“Let’s see you try to talk your way out of this one.” I look to my left and see Liz looking at me with so much anger. She even looks like she wants to cry. “You dared try to hurt one of my men. If he dies, I will make sure to be part of your torturing.”

Wait what? Is she defending him? I look towards Theo on my right and he refuses to look at me as he clenches his jaw and tightens his grip on my arm.

Of course, I’m going to get the blame for all this. Is this the destiny you had planned for me Selene? Your promises are starting to seem like a lie too.

It’s already starting to get dark and something is telling me that it is going to be a long night.

I’m so screwed.

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