Josephine's Secret

26. Drifting

26. Drifting: Josephine's Pov

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My heart starts to beat faster as we approach one of the doors. Whether it's out of fear, exxcitement, or a mix of both. "This is Elia Mancini." the officer says, pointing to a woman standing in a room with a glass wall separating us from her.

A room with a purple light.

"He's part of this." I whisper, my heart dropping when I start putting things together. There's something going on between my family and Keaton. Something. "He's part of this."

"Elia Mancini," Nate shakes his head clenching his jaw. "That's not my sister."

"This is the Elia Mancini we have on file, sir."

As Nate and the officer continue arguing, all I can stare at is the purple light. The fucking purple light. It means something's coming, it always does.

Flashback (age seventeen)

"Do you understand now??" Keaton grabs me by the neck and yanks me towards him, forcing me to look in his direction even though I'm seeing spots from staring into the light for too long.

I force myself to nod, afraid that he'll do it all over again if I don't. "Who do you fucking take orders from?" he asks, grabbing my jaw to keep my head straight.

"You." I whimper, biting my lip to prevent a scream from escaping when he pulls me even closer, my body now flush against his.

"I didn't hear you." he growls, everything I'm doing just angering him more.

"You." I rush out, still panting from before. "I listen to you."

I get about five minutes to rest as everyone else in the warehouse leaves, just him and I left alone now. "Do you want to have a clean slate?" I don't bother nodding, knowing what will happen if I say yes.

Out of all the things he's done to me, that's the one thing I do everything in my power to avoid. Whenever the purple light comes on, he always gets close to doing it. But I'll take whatever punishment as long as he doesn't touch me in that way. "Do you want to have a clean slate?" he asks again, this time through gritted teeth.

"I heard you the first time." I cough, my neck probably bruised from the events of today.

Out of frustration, he throws me on the ground. Getting real close to my face, he looks me up and down, "One day."

Flashback Over

"I want to leave." I say out loud, tearing my eyes away from the purple light. The girl behind the glass smirks at me, knowing about the things that happened with Keaton.

"That isn't my sister." Nate growls at the officer, neither of them hearing me. "Where is she??"

While Nate is distracted, arms grab me from behind. "Don't fucking talk," he growls in my ear, slipping out of the room while Nate's back is turned.

"Don't bother mind-linking him either." Before I can register what's going on, I feel a prick on my neck and a burning sensation coming from that spot soon after. Wolfsbane.

"What the hell do you want?" I try sounding strong although my voice is wavering as I speak.

"You fucking belong to me." he growls, pulling me flush against him and putting a hand on my stomach. "Do you really think you can escape all of this just because you have an Alpha mate?"