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I sat beside him and looked out of the window silently. I felt his eyes on me all the while, watching me pensively, further constituting the tension that buzzed in the air.

Now and then, a shiver would run down my spine whenever I would feel him running his eyes from my head to toe. Even though I remained calm on the outside, my heart was constantly racing in my chest.

We were alone again and the way he was looking at me, I knew he was already undressing me in his head. I glanced at him for once to find him looking at me already. He was leaning back in his seat and one of his feet rested on his other knees, his hands spread out on the hand rest. He looked like he was sitting on the throne. His eyes were set on me with this strange look decorating his face that I couldn't name.

His long dreadlocks remained scattered over his shoulder and his jaw was clenched, a muscle in it was ticking away. As our eyes locked, another shiver ran down my spine. The dark look on his face was constantly feeding my anxiety. I wondered what veil things he was planning to do to me. I bit back the urge to ask him again but I knew that it would be useless nonetheless, he wouldn't tell me no matter what.

I swallowed hard and asked him, "When would you let me go?"

The silence stretched between us as my question remained hanging in the air. He continued to stare at me, his eyes narrowed and he answered, "If I could, I'd never let you go," the darkness in his tone sent a shiver down my spine. My heartbeats quickened even more.

What did he mean by that?

"You cannot keep me here against my will," I told him, "They will come looking for me here," I tried my best to sound stern as I spoke to him but the power that was oozing off his body was somewhat making my wolf feel slightly week. He was exerting all his dominance on me and it seemed to be working to some extent.

He cocked an eyebrow at my words and questioned, "And do you think I'll hand you over to them if they simply ask for you?"

His words made me somewhat panic but I kept my calm. This started as a play but things were slowly taking a dark turn. I didn't like where it was heading. I closed my eyes and put my face in my hands and sighed deeply to calm my racing heart.

What did you get yourself into, Celeste?

I lifted my head and looked at him in the eyes. I swallowed hard and told him, "Look, I really regret coming here and I promise that I wouldn't come here again. If you want to punish me then do it but please, let me go back after this,"

For a moment, I found it really hard to believe that I'd said that to him. I didn't have any other option left at that moment. He watched me pensively before the tips of his lips curled up slightly into a smirk.

He was enjoying this.

"So you're giving me the permission to do whatever I want to do with you as a punishment?" He asked grimly but that small smirk still sat at the tip of his lips. His eyes were simmering with lust and the angry look on his face was a dead give-away what he was planning to do with me.

"I want to go back, Ezekiel," I told him.

"But there's no fun in that," He spoke darkly, with that evil smirk stretching all of his lips. I swallowed hard and parted my lips to beg him again but the carriage halted abruptly and the door opened. Ezekiel stood up and stepped out first before reaching into the carriage and grabbing my arm roughly before tugging me out. He growled at me again in warning as I struggled against him but this time, the dark look on his face really scared me.

I was regretting everything at this point. I was being hurried away with him. He took me inside his castle which looked very different than the one in Zaeris. The one in Zaeris looked very old fashioned but there was something about his castle that looked very futuristic.

Instead of torches hanging on the walls, there was this strange light that was coming from the stones stuck on the ceiling. There were other such different things that I had never seen before but I was just panicking too much to even pay any attention to my surrounding properly.

He dragged me to this unknown place. I was constantly trying to struggle out of his hold but the struggle only ended up making his fingers dig deeper into my arm.

It was very painful at this point but he just didn't seem to care at all.

He pushed me past a door without any warning. I lost my balance and ended up falling down but I soon heard someone come to my rescue instantly and help me up. I straightened up to find a beautiful woman holding me by my arm. She was much gentler with me but the judgemental look on her face wasn't anything gentle.

"Prepare her for tonight," I heard Ezekiel bark behind me before the doors were being shut by two lycans who seemed to be guards of some sort. I looked around the place. It was beautifully decorated. Beautiful paintings of naked women adorned the walls along with Ivy plants and flower pots lining the place.

There was a beautiful fountain with the statue of a naked woman standing in it, looking as if she was lost there. I shared the same reaction as her.

What was this place?

"Come with me," The woman spoke to me as she gently tugged me deeper into that strange chamber. I was still frantic. I shook my hand off her, making her frown at me.

"What is this place? And why did he bring me here?" I asked her urgently while heading towards the door. I tried to open it but it seemed locked from outside. I tried to use some of the basic spells that I had learned for opening doors but nothing worked.

Panicking, I turned around the face the beautiful blond woman who was standing there and watching me pensively, with that judgemental look still on her face.

"It's not that easy to get out of here," She told me as she slowly took a couple of steps towards me and again wrapped her fingers around me.

"Please tell me what place is this? And why did he bring me here?" I asked her in panic but she remained very grimly composed, making me even more anxious.

"This is the Lycan King's harem," she answered me very calmly, making my eyes widened. I was left staring at her for a moment.

What the actual fvck did I really get myself into?

"I want to get out of here, NOW!" I roared but she continued to stand there and look at me calmly. She raised an eyebrow at me and replied, "The King decides who stays here and gets out of here but for now, you must come with me. He has ordered to prepare you for tonight,"

"No!" I hissed at the woman but she stayed composed and watched me with the same bored and judgmental look. she sighed deeply before calling guards who dragged me away with her.

I struggled, fought, used spells but nothing seemed to work on them.

"Stop struggling," she told me casually before taking me into a chamber that was full of other women. They turned their attention to me as soon as they saw me.

"I need help with this one," I heard the woman speak to someone before someone was taking off my clothes one by one. The guards had disappeared.

"Stop struggling! We are not going to hurt you," I heard a girl tell me. She was much younger than me and I was somewhat surprised to see her there.

"What did he mean by preparing me for the night? I am not going to sleep with him!" I shrieked while the women watched me with a bored expression.

"Don't worry. I don't think he's going to sleep with you. He has other plans tonight. He simply told us to dress you properly," The woman told me while eyeing my clothes. I was completely naked in front of them.

I didn't have any problem with nudity because I was a wolf at the end of the day but the way those girls and women were eying me, it made me feel very self-conscious.

"She needs to get a LOT of work done," A woman commented and I saw others agreeing. Before I could ask anything else, I was being taken into another chamber to be given a bath.

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