(Alisha P.O.V)
I awoke to the sound of howls in the distance. It was dark. I had no idea where I was. I tried looking around for any signs to tell me where I was, but the moment I tried to move, my body ached with so much pain I cried out. I pushed through the pain and stood to my feet, only to fall back on the ground due to the unbearable pain that shot through my foot. I couldn’t see very far because it was so dark. My mind raced as I tried to remember how I got here. Then it hit me like a ton of bricks.
He said we were mates, and I ran like the coward I used to be. I hated myself for being so stupid. I let that scared little girl push back through, and look where that got me.... in the middle of the woods.... late at night...tried standing again, but it was no use. My ankle hurt too much. I don’t know how I’m going to get home, but I don’t even know which way to go to get out of here. Great. I guess I suck here. In the woods.... in the middle of the night..... cold.... alone.... and in pain... This is what I get for letting that scared little girl come back. I was mentally scolding myself until I heard a branch breaking. My heart raced as I quickly turned toward the sound.
Through the blackness, I saw glowing yellow eyes staring at me. I tried to get up and run, but I couldn’t because of my ankle.
I almost started to cry, but then I remembered that being scared was what got me here in the first place. The tears were gone before they even left my eyes. The eyes started getting bigger as they neared me, but my stern face never wavered. I knew that it was a big animal and I didn’t stand a chance, but at this point, I didn’t care. If I was meant to die, then I would, but I was not going to cry. I was going down as strong as I could.
Finally, I, the animal, stepped into the light of the moon, and my heart almost came out of my chest at what was standing before me. It was a Lycian.... not only a Lycian. It was all black and the size of him.... it was incredible. I’ve known werewolves and Lycian all my life from the books Griselda has given me to read, but I’ve never actually seen one in Lycian form. There is a difference between the photo of Lycian I have seen in the book and the one standing before me.
He kept walking towards me but taking slow steps, almost as if he didn’t want to scare me. His eyes are pitch black, and his canines are poking out of his lips. Long talons extend out of their hands.
The way he is regarding me makes my hair stand up at the back of my neck.
The creature standing before me looks dangerous and capable of killing me in a blink of an eye. But the strange thing is I didn’t feel scared of it; I felt attracted to it, like something was pulling me toward it.
With every step he takes towards me, I back away from him until my head hits the tree and I blackout, but before I blackout, I feel a pair of strong arms picking me up from the ground, and I don’t know why I feel safe in those arms like nothing, or nobody can hurt me as long as I’m in those arms.
(Robert P.O.V)
After she left and after I decided to get her back and make her mine, my Lycian clawed on my mind to let him out to out some steam. So I go to the forest, which is just next to our school, and let him take over me.
After some time, when he cools down a little after scolding me and accusing me, he let me take back control of my body, and then it hit me the smell of my mate.
*What is she doing here in a forest, especially at this time it was almost dark* I thought and followed the intoxicating smell of strawberries and chocolate and saw her sitting on the ground, and she heads some dried blood on her forehead. I hope she was okay and not badly injured.
I walk towards her slowly and cautiously, not wanting to scare her. At first, she sits there and watches me in a daze until she gets out of her daze. When I increased my speed a little, she started to back away from me and hit her head with a tree. I ran towards her and picked her in my arms gently, not wanting to hurt her any more than she already was, and started running towards my castle.
As I reach there, I mind-link Dr. Emma to be ready to check my mate. I put her gently on the hospital bed and ran to my room at lightning speed to get dressed and come back to my mate. I waited in the waiting room while pacing around the room, worried about my mate for Dr. Emma to come and tell me about her condition.
As soon as she comes out of her room, I run towards her.
"How is she?" I ask, getting impatient.
"She hit her head pretty hard and sprained her ankle, she will not get up until one day and can't be able to walk for a month, but there is nothing serious to worried about. You can go and see her if you want but don't disturb her she needs her rest," she said and walked out of there I walked to my mate's room t see her.