Alpha Loren

December 20th

Hestia's point of view

"3...2....1....and the 48 hours is up," the formidable man in front of me said as the devious smirk he'd worn for hours refused to move, "But Achilles is nowhere to be seen. How heart-wrenching it is to see such a young and pretty life wasted," he added with a pout.

"Do you find this entertaining?" I asked as a tear ran down my cheek.

He looked down at me and let out a short laugh.

"Sweetheart, going to the movies is entertaining," he said taking his back off the wall and slowly approaching me. "This is exhilarating."

"You're a repulsive man," I spat trying again to break free from the tight ropes around my wrists.

He crouched down to my level and placed his harsh hands on my cheek.

"The other man warned you not to touch me," I hissed turning my face away from him.

 In retaliation, he grabbed my neck in his huge hand and jolted it painfully back so that I could once again feel his warm breath on my skin.

It was clear that the other man, Leonardo, was the one in charge between the two of them and although neither of them really had any form of emotion, Leonardo at least realised my innocence in this and took some kind of pity on me. He had kept Luciano away from me for the past two days and had left with orders for him to continue not to touch me.

"Leonardo isn't here right now so I don't think we will worry too much about him..." 

He slowly trailed his fingertips from my cheek to my neck and then down to my shoulder before pausing. My heartbeat rose with every passing second as he continued to glare at me. I refused to be the first to break eye contact despite the spine-chilling darkness swirling around like some kind of evil potion in his irises. Eventually, his lips curled into that terrifyingly malevolent smirk, transforming his stony emotionless expression into something straight out of a nightmare.

"Please stop touching me," I said which seemed only to amuse him more.

"And why would I want to do that?" he questioned before suddenly moving his hand down to my chest and using the other hand to toy at the buttons of my shirt. 

I squirmed in the chair he had tied me to and put all of my energy into getting away from this monster. 

He held my shirt tightly and as I used the little freedom I had to turn my torso 90 degrees to the left, it tore leaving an 8-inch rip across the front.

"You bitch," he growled grabbing my neck tightly.

The tear was blindingly obvious. If Leonardo were to come back, he'd see it immediately.

out anyway," I said, struggling to

have nothing to lose

hand through the rip inside

and think twice, he would dare do this,

now fighting for air. My vision was clouding and my

from his grip. "Because I would love only one thing more than to cut your throat out right now and that is to make

rope off my wrists before bringing my hand forward, ripping off

making this harder for yourself. He's not gonna

me off the chair and tightly

you try the begging for mercy approach? Not so

reached my shorts and started tugging at

as I tried to

that, he roughly slapped his hand over my mouth and spun me around so that my back

of miles away occupied by the only person he actually cares for in this world: his mate. He doesn't give a shit about you. And you are far too weak and small to beat me alone. So

paralyzed in his arms. I whimpered as more tears dripped

up to date," he said withdrawing his phone from his pocket. He held it in front of me and I watched as

you?" Luciano asked as soon

no more than an hour," my

Luciano said before roughly pulling

her,"

for that," Luciano replied coldly before hanging up and shoving his phone back in my pocket. One of my tears landed on his hand as he

and slowly rocked backwards and forwards. I had run out of tears to cry and I was feeling too weak to even move across

I heard a voice say only minutes later. I immediately stopped my

and 36

have the information," he

then.

is safely by my side, unharmed and

late for that. She's already been touched," Luciano replied before a long pause.

on Luciano's face and

in my cosy bed with Achilles and my kids by my

asked eventually and I was dragged back into

"Not here."