Into the Arena

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

He ran his nose along my neck, taking in my scent while I was frozen in shock. Apparently this delusional male thought I was his mate? The Alpha. The ruler of the pack thinks I'm supposed to be the Luna. This must be some sick joke. Why can't he just kill me and get it over with?

"Why have you been running from me? You must feel the pull as much as I do." He murmured at my ear.

I shivered, not expecting the question. It would be a lie to say there was nothing between us, but I couldn't take in his scent without permission, it would be considered disrespectful since he was a high ranked wolf. And I would need scent to confirm the bond.

"I obviously don't want to be caught." He lifted his head to look at me.

"Try using past tense, Wild Cat. You'll find that I have already caught you." I glowered at him and his cockiness.

"You have me held against my will, as soon as you let go I'm out of here."

He gripped my waist with his two big hands and held me to the ground, I tried to tug his arms away, but it wasn't really any use.

"You see, Wild Cat, I have no intentions of ever letting you go. So you can get rid of your notions of escape, it's not happening."

That's what he thought, but if I had to resort to my last possible resort I would.

I breathed out a large breathe of air and looked towards the ground, in defeat. Seeing my relaxed state the Alpha put down his guard and lessened his hold on my arms.

Which, of course, gave me plenty of opportunity to knee him in his groin and run as fast as I could in another direction.

I could hear his pursuit behind me, and of course he was gaining on me rather fast. I could risk it and climb another tree, but I was doubtful that he wouldn't just start climbing up into the tree with me.

Honestly, I don't know how I was supposed to lose his trail. I hadn't really thought this far ahead into the plan, I wasn't even sure I would end up making it this far.

I kept running but it was starting to get difficult because the Alpha kept following after me. I ran, ran, and ran yet he still kept following after me and I just don't understand how I'm supposed to lose him. It just doesn't make any sense, this arena is supposed to go around in a circle and I guess that's so a female wolf will get lost. They just make it impossible for us to ever win it's like they're trying for the males to always win against us.

Which is hardly fair when you think about it, right? It's not fair that they always try to get the males to win instead of the females. Why is this such a male dominated society, the female wolves are just as strong as the males. I mean, I guess the males are a little bit stronger at times, but that doesn't mean the female wolves can't be equal. We are just the same fighters in the pack, we just can never be called Alpha. It's always a Lunas this, Luna that, Luna my ass. I didn't sign up to be the damn Luna.

I just want to go home.

I stopped running, the most stupid decision of my life, I can probably guarantee you but I did, I stopped running. Soon enough I heard the Alphas footsteps behind me as he turned back into his human form which, probably meant he was naked. Oh God.

As he approached me from behind I turned around and averted my eyes as quickly as possible from his naked form. And in a sudden explosion of bravado I bared my entire mindset to this freaking man. Its probably the biggest mistake of my life because he didn't take it as well as I'd hoped.

"Look, I didn't ask to be your Luna!" His expression seemed confused, but he didn't make a move to come near me.

"I didn't ask to be your Luna, I didn't ask to be your mate, and I certainly didn't ask for you to throw me over your shoulder like a barbarian carry me back to the Packhouse." Again, he stayed where he was and gave me almost the same expression. Only this time with a bit of anger.

"All I want to do is survive this freaking tournament. I want to survive it, I don't want to have a mate, and I want to go home at the end of it back to my pack with my parents."

"My sister came here a few years ago and guess what, she died! I don't want to end up like my sister. Whether it's because you kill me, or because it's just kills me to be your Luna. But either way I didn't ask for it!"

His expression gave nothing away as I continued to spew emotions.

"So please go back to the Packhouse, find some other Wolf to be a Luna, and leave me out of it. I just want to go hide in the woods for the next few days, and then as soon as the bell rings and the gates open I'm going to run out of here for my life and go back to my pack. Whether that means that I'm gonna be alone for the rest of my life or not, I don't care."

"So please, with all due respect, leave me alone. I promise you that I am no good for you. I'm no good for this pack. I'm not made to be Luna, I wasn't trained to be Luna, and I won't make a good Luna at all. I'm saving you from ruining this pack. From ruining yourself. I won't be good at raising pups, I won't be good at being a leader, trust me when I say you don't want me."

I stood there breathing heavily for a few minutes and he stayed where he was, still in silence, eyeing me up and down with this curious look on his face.

"Oh, honey."

I was startled when he began to speak.

"That's where you're wrong. Very wrong."