SOPHIA'S POV
the moment I hugged him, I felt him freeze. It was an involuntary action, I needed someone to comfort me and he was the only one present.
Tonith was purring and jumping around excitedly and that moment I knew he was my mate. I felt sad cause I know he will never accept me as his mate.
"Are they dead?" Leonidas asked, immediately shutting his eyes.
Seriously, that's the first question he ask.
"Are they dead?"
'What happened to asking how am faring? I was almost raped.' Tonith is screaming in my head.
I'm not surprised that he asked about their welfare, no one cares about me, he doesn't care about me. And it makes me wonder, does he know we are mated to each other.
I do the only thing I know how to do best, give him a savage reply.
"I don't know" I replied taken retreating steps.
"What do you mean, you don't know? 2 guards are passed out, probably dead in your room and you don't know?" He ask, half yelling.
"That's the first question you ask? A concerned alpha, and that's the first question you ask." My tone takes an emotionless turn and from the look on his eyes, he's shocked.
I'm staring boldly at him, not looking away, neither am I bowing my head. Then I hear this voice inside my head and it sounds like him.
'Where does she get her boldness from? My people quiver in fear when faced with my presence, why is she different.'
"What? If you expect me to shiver in fright in your presence, think again." I snorts, glaringly before walking past him.
"Get back here, Sophia!" He barks out an order and I'm sure he thinks I'll cower in fear.
I stop in my track, my back turned to him "they tried to rape me, one minute I'm scared and uncomfortable, the next, I'm screaming and then the next they're on the floor. You can check if they're breathing."
I know he walks to the body to check their corpse.
"They're fvcking dead, Sophia and you still don't know what happened. "
The little clothes I have are dirty, so I'm arranging it to take it out
"if they're dead, be sure to tell your girlfriend that her lackeys didn't make it alive... "
There's only one person who wants me gone and is Nally. First, she lied about me hitting her, when I actually do, the next thing she's doing is sending guards to rape me. She will have to up her game, cause of can't be gotten rid of easily.
"What do you mean by that? What does Nally have to do with the dead guards in your room." He's yelling again and Tonith is begging me not to rile him up further. I tune her off, she has no idea what it takes to survive in this place.
"She has nothing to do with the fact that they're dead, but she has everything to do with the fact that I was almost raped."
"Stop your accusations this instant!" He commands pointing a finger at me.
I look at him, a bored expression on. If we were another situation, I would find his demeanor hot, but nahhh.
"Alpha, 3 fingers are pointing back at you, majority carries the vote, I'm innocent." I shrug, chuckling.
My chuckling seems to get him more pissed, because I can hear him growling.
"She'll surely lie when you confront her and you'll believe, because you can't see past her boobs and butt." I laugh at my sneaky comment as I leave my room, allowing him to check the bodies.
I'm in the storage room and my heart is thumping in my chest. I just killed someone, I'm a cold blooded murderer.
My parents wouldn't want this for me, wherever they are.
I'm suffocating and I'm finding it harder to breathe.
"Sophia, try to calm down." I hear Tonith trying to comfort me.
My breathing is unsteady and I'm hitting my chest while hot tears are pouring from my eyes.
Then I let it out, I scream. And it's more like wailing, I see this force leave me immediately and the impact hits the room, scattering everything.
"What am I?"
"What powers do I possess?"
I'm asking out loud, but my questions are unanswered. I weep again. For not having any to talk to, for being hated by my mate, for being cursed and lastly for being me. I don't know how many minutes I cried for, but I slept off after and when I woke up, it was mid morning.
"So this is where you come hide, avoiding you chores?" I'm met with the head maid accusation.
"I'm not feeling too well." I mumble, for once I pray she looks at me and understand, but as always, it doesn't happen the way I want it.
"You're probably pregnant, whore." She looks at me with disdain.
What?
Pregnant? How?
"What do you mean, I've never had-"
"Oh keep quiet, lying tongue. Everyone knows, you don't only fvck the guards, you also murder them. Witch." She walks off after her rude statement.
How on earth do they know about the guards?
Leonidas! I scoff at the thought of him.
I didn't make him as someone with a runny mouth.
I turn, heading back to my room, when another thought hits me.
"Witch." I mutter.
Clara, the head maid might be on to something.
I might be a witch, a powerful one at that.
That can only explain the surge of power I feel when I'm angry. It's nice, at least am not all that weak and pathetic.
I get to my room and they're guards waiting for me.
"You're coming with us, Sophia." One of them says and with that they drag me along with them.
I don't make a sound, instead there's this sly smile tugging my lips.
"Alpha, here she is." They say throwing me to the floor.
We are now in his office. I get on my feet to see Nally on his lap and they're making out.
I roll my eyes, Tonith on the other hand is not pleased.
"I guess I'll just leave and come back when you guys are not depositing disease into each other's mouth." I say, about to leave the room.
The guards are looking at me with a shocked expression on.
"Get back here, Sophia." Leonidas says breaking his little make out session.
He walks to where I am, we're only few feet away from each other.
"I'm guessing you know, I'm your mate." He began.
My eyebrows raised, he takes it as a cue to continue.
There's a visible red string connecting both of us. I'm sure Nally is seeing it also because she's looking angry.
"I Alpha Leonidas,hereby reject you as his mate."
The red string uncoils from his end.
"I, Sophia Blake, gladly accept your rejection."
The red string completely disappears and I'm thrown backwards from the impact. Before I pass out, I see a victory smile on Nally's face…