"Where were you last night?" A man came and grabbed a delicate girl with her long hair heartlessly. She hissed from pain, her eyes covered with tears as she felt the pain. She raised her arms slowly and stopped the man from pulling her hair. Grabbing his arms, she forcefully removed his hands from her hair.

"Fucking answer!" the man yelled and threw her against the wall. Biting her lips, she looked at the man in front of her and parted her trembling lips to speak but before she could do so, she was slapped by him heartlessly.


"Fucking whore. You slept with a wild man last night?" cold sweat appeared on her forehead, she felt utterly helpless. Not knowing what to do, she subconsciously shook her head. Her heart was aching and she was hurt and scared beyond the expectation. She could do nothing but curse Ahren for forcing her to sleep with him.

"Atarah… who was the man last night?" he asked her. Her heart skipped a beat with horror and she said nothing but stared at him. He was none other than her brother. Her heart ached with the thought of her brother treating her like this.

She had done nothing wrong, but he was hurting her like this and treating her so badly like this. Tears rolled down from her eyes and she felt all her tears were for herself, for her pathetic self. She shook her head, she was not going to tell him the man she slept with. If she told him that it was Ahren Lucas, her life would be finished on the spot.


"This is the reason why I fucking didn't let you go out of this damn house. Look at you Atarah.. Already fucked by a man!" he snarled looking at her. She shuddered because of his angry tone. She wiped her tears and looked at him. She wanted to tell him the truth but at the same time, she couldn't.

"How the hell am I going to send you to Demir now! You were asked to be with him but yet you fucking slept with a man" her body trembled as she heard the name Demir. Her heart tightened and turned cold, she doesn't regret sleeping with her mate last night. She doesn't blame herself. At least she got the warmth from her mate before getting married to another man.


"Why do you want to give me to him? You know he's not a good man, Emres. I'm scared" she cried helplessly and walked towards him as she took his hand and looked up at him innocently. She really didn't want to get married to Demir.

"Giving you to him is the only thing I can do now. It's your fate Atarah. You were chosen by him from the first day you were born" his words stabbed her heart. She slowly removed her hands from his and lowered her head before letting out a deep sigh and nodded at him.

"Alright.. Anything you say" she painfully smiled at him and said. Then he emotionlessly watched her face and looked at her body as his eyes turned cold and sharp. She knew it was because of the bites and marks on her body.

Ahren went crazy on her last night. Even though they didn't want him at first, when they became one, she couldn't help her bond with him. Her wolf was howling from happiness and pushing her towards him. She melted in his touch and she just simply forgot everything last night and slept with him.

"Who was the man?" her brother asked again. Her lips trembled and she immediately lowered her head and took a deep breath. Then she waited for a while before answering.

"I didn't see him… it was dark in the room and I don't know who he was," she muttered. Her brother's eyes were covered with suspicion. She stared at the glowing blue orbs of her brother and clenched her jaws with fear. Then he took a few steps closer to her and grabbed her from her chin.

"You really don't know him or you're not telling me? Don't play with me Atarah.. And don't make things complicated. You know the man you slept with should be dead before Demir marries you. So don't lie and tell me who he is"

A reflective shudder ran through her body hearing him. Should be dead? Why? What's the meaning of that? How come the man she slept with should be dead? It was unfair and she didn't want anyone to be dead and especially she's not letting her mate die even if he was an enemy of hers.

"I'm honest, Emres. I don't know.. I didn't see his face" she said with a confident voice. Then he watched her for a while and hummed before letting go of her chin. As he walked away from her, she sighed in relief and ran into her room.

Entering the room, she closed the door behind her and locked it. Then she walked towards the bed and sat on it, burying her face against her palms. She was helpless, her mind kept showing her about his handsome profile. The way his emerald eyes stared at her and the way he clenched his jaws when she struggled.

Her body trembled with the thought of his strength, he could have just crushed her with his strength but yet he was somewhat gentle towards her. She never expected Ahren Lucas to be her mate. Her heart was beating fast, she remembered the way he was sleeping. His hair was messy, his thin lips were slightly parted. His breaths were steady and calm as if he was sleeping peacefully.

She even watched him for a while before getting up from the bed, his strong muscles moving as he breathed. She just forced her wolf back so hard not wanting to pound onto him and get fucked by him without mercy again. Even though her wolf wanted to get fucked by him, she didn't want to, knowing the fact that she had made a mistake by sleeping with him.

"What should I do now?" she spoke to herself helplessly. She was scared, she knew what kind of a man Ahren was and she clearly knew that he would definitely try to find her after everything that happened between them.

"No! I shouldn't get attached to him. He was the murder who killed my parents" her eyes turned sharp and hatred filled inside of her heart. He killed her mother and father, at that time he was just eighteen years old and she was just sixteen.

She saw Ahren was leaving with blood after killing her parents. But he didn't see her. After her parents death, she was just tortured by her brother for nothing. It's been years since she lost her parents. Not only that, it's been years since her brother had turned into a heartless man. Before, he always loved her but look at him now. Hitting her and hurting her without a gentleness.

she really didn't know the reason behind it but she was already curious about what exactly happened years ago after her parents death. She remembered that her parents didn't want to give her to Demir but after their death, her brother simply agreed to give her to Demir knowing that he was a beast and a disgusting man.

She was scared, but she had no choice. She always thought that her mate would save her from the cruel fact that she was going to face but not anymore because her mate was also a man who hurt her deeply. Even though he was not aware of his fault towards her, he really made her life like this and he was the only reasons of her endless torture and suffering after her parents' death.

"Atarah… in three days. I'm taking you to Demir. You better not think about escaping or I'll fucking kill you"

Her heart went numb hearing her brother. In three days? She was going to marry that disgusting man? Her heart cried from pain and her wolf let out a painful whimper. She didn't want to get married but she didn't know what to do other than agreeing with her brother.

"I will be ready" she muttered with tears in her eyes and she slowly got up from the bed and walked towards the washroom wanting to take a warm shower.