Seeing Victoria’s reaction, River was pleased momentarily. But the next moment his betrayal bit her sharply. She wanted to do nothing with him or his proposition. All she wanted was him to leave with his mate whom he had marked in front of the entire school.
He continued, “If you agree to be my mistress, I will ask my father to stop you from sending to the Veil.”
“What?” River rasped.
Victoria’s eyes bulged out in shock. Covering her ***with her hands, she ran out of the room.
Brianna seethed with more jealousy. She would have happily stepped in Hector’s mistress’ shoes also.
Hector thought that River liked the proposition. He said, “Yes, I can convince my father to cancel the documents with the Lycan King and he can go and find a bride for himself somewhere else.”
Heat crept up her throat and face. She hated the shameful thing that he said right now and caused it.
She felt so humiliated that her self-respect got a ***. Her ***dried that he could actually ask his real mate to be his mistress. She placed her hands on his chest and using all her power, pushed him away from her. “No!” she said. “I will never be your mistress! Tears threatened to burn behind her eyes.
He grabbed her hair and yanked her head back. “You know that I can make you submit to me.”
River winced as she tried to remove herself. Her scalp was burning with pain and tears slipped out of her eyes. “Leave me!”
“Hector!” Alpha Maxim’s voice startled them both. He was standing there, snarling at him.
Hector left River grudgingly as he glared at his father.
“Are you ***mad?” Alpha Maxim spat. “If Hunter comes to know, he is going to **half of us and that would include. you. Just let me ***deal with this problem in peace!”
Throwing one last glare at River, Hector stomped out of the room.
Alpha Maxim turned his attention to River. “Till evening do not come out of this room.” Then he said to Brianna, “If she gets anywhere near Hector, I will skin you alive!”
Brianna started shaking in fear. “I will make sure she is right here, Alpha!” she said hastily.
Alpha Maxim spun and exited the room.
River was so emotionally strung that she sagged on the floor sliding against the wall. She curled her legs up and placed her head on her head on her knee. Fresh bout of tears poured out. Brianna closed the door as soon as Alpha Maxim left and then looked at her older sister. Slowly, she walked to her and said,
“What is your problem? Do you want me to die?
Can’t you just leave without causing trouble?”
“But I-” Before she could complete her sentence, Brianna slapped her hard across the face. River’s face twisted down. Pain seared her skin. She was sure that Brianna’s fingers got imprinted on her cheek.
“Shut up!” Brianna growled. She got up and walked away from her.
All River wanted was to escape from this madness. But how to do it? She just wanted to meet Lena once and then she knew she would sort it out. She heard heavy footsteps that came to a stop on her door.
Guards.
After a long time, when she could no longer cry and when her cries were a dry retch, she rose to her feet shakily. Shel glanced at her sister who was now in the balcony of the room and reading a magazine, totally unconcerned. Picking her bag up, she went to the bathroom and dug her phone out.
River had very few numbers in her contact list. She dialed Lena’s number and waited nervously for her to pick up.
“River?” Lena picked up on the last ring.
In a very hushed and hoarse voice, River said, “I need to escape Lena. Can you help me?”
After a long silence, Lena said, “Where exactly are you?”
River explained to her the location of her room.
“I’ll see what I can do,” said Lena. “Be there in an hour.”
With trembling hands, River stashed her phone back in the bag.
River washed her face as she looked at her gaunt reflection in the mirror. She felt like all her blood had drained from her body. Her red hair framed her face in curls as her blue eyes stared back at her. What had she gotten herself into? Had Hector not been her mate, she would have been leading her life quietly.
Her gaze went to her ***bridal gown that was hanging over her shoulders. She looked like a wraith in it.
She wanted to change her gown but Hazel had said that it was customary for the offering to wear it especially when offered. If she changed it now, she was sure that Brianna would make a lot of hue and cry over it.
River went back to her room and sat on the only bed with a huff. She looked at the clock and realized that only fifteen minutes had gone by. Lena said that she would come in an hour. She plopped back with an exasperated sigh and closed her eyes. A heavy knock on the door made her sit upright. Her eyes darted to the clock and she realized that she had slept. all this time. She got up to open the door but
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