UNSHIFTED: The Mysterious Mate

Chapter 4

*Warning Self Harm in this chapter*

Silence

We didn't speak, we just were here, in his office. The Alpha sat behind his big mahogany desk. Typing away on his computer. I look at the books on the shelves that align the left and right walls. I've never seen so many books before. he had six mahogany shelves that touch the ceiling. Three on the left and three on the right, with 96 panels all together. He has the 1st shelve has the genres adventure and mystery. The 2nd shelves have fantasy and romance. Next, the 3rd shelve has spiritual and paranormal. The 4th one has the history of vampires and werewolves. After that the 5th shelves have historical fiction and non-fiction, finally, the 6th ones have horror and poetry.

"You really have a lot of books. It must have taken you years to gather them." I say lowly while scanning the mystery section. I pull out a book and the first page with writing that says

To: David, Our Loving Son. Happy Birthday/ Coronation day.
2019
From: Your Mother and Father.

"Yes, I've collected along the years, most was gifts from other alphas for birthdays or celebratory moments. I enjoy reading them," he says looking up from the screen. His eyes scan my body, well what's showing. They gave me my duffel bag, so I changed into grey leggings and a hoodie with tennis shoes. I shudder at his stare.
In which he chuckled at the reaction.
He locks his computer. Then stands and walks towards me with a poker face. As he gets closer I back up. Soon my back hits the wall beside the door.
I feel my heart beat quicken.

With his lips inches from my ear, he whispers.."But I'd rather enjoy reading together" a smirk grows on his face.

Just then my stomach grows like I haven't eaten in 24 hours. Or right I haven't.
He backs off and retrieves his phone from his desk. After dialing a number he placed it to his ear and say " please bring lunch to my room in 10 minutes." He hangs up and walks over to me with a worried look. His hand goes to touch my face. I avert my gaze. "Your wounds should have healed already... why aren't they?" He says checking the wounds on my face with careful movements. "I'm sorry this happened to you. If I had known, Smith wouldn't have hurt you like this, " he says with regret. "He wouldn't have been the first," I say with a sad mumble. I turn my attention back to the bookshelves. "What do you m." He went to say but I interrupted by saying "what's your favorite genre?"

"Mystery." He replied. " let's go eat" he opened the door and walked into the hallway. I quickly followed, having my head down and my hands to my side as I did at my old pack.  "You okay?" He asked confused.

"Yes, sir," I replied in monotone.
He leads us up the stairs and to two white double doors with golden designs going around the frame. When he opened them I was stunned as I saw the room. It looked fit for a king and queen. It was like a big penthouse inside this giant house. Except it didn't have a full kitchen just a mini fridge and a mini bar.

He ushered me in and shut the door.
We made our way to the bar table and he opened the food containers and served them on two plates. Making sure he stacked one of them up. In which he sat the down the plates in front of two of the 3 chairs. "Have a seat and eat." He says while filling glasses up with ice water. I go ahead and take a seat with the less filled plate. He sits a glass in front of me. But he switches the less filled plate with the stacked plate. "I stare at it with the most confusion." "Go ahead and eat," he says as he sits down. 'Maybe this is a test to see if I'll eat.'
"Skyla, it is gonna cold if you don't eat it." He says. I looked up at him with horror and then the anxiety hits. "Ho...how do y..you know my..my name??" I quickly get down from my chair knocking it down. And he is quick to follow.   "Stay away from me!"  I grab a wine glass that was sitting by us on the bar table. I broke it against the table and pointed it in his direction. "Stay away!" I said threateningly.  "Shay what are you doing? Put that down."  He said clear anger in his voice. "Get back!" I see his eyes turn jet black "I will not be another man's Slave!!!" I said sternly. I back up as fast as I could and hit a door, thinking it's the front door I open it and slam it shut. Quickly locking it. I turn and see I'm in a bathroom. "Skyla open the damn door!" He says beating on the door. A loud Bang is all I hear and I know it him trying to break down the door. Making a swift cut down my inner wrist and arm. All I can do is cry and whimper. BANG! The pain from my arm snaps me into reality and I realize what I did. I'm about to abandon Mia, Erica, Luke, and Alan. I think of how I protected Mia when she was first found at age 15, how she was being whipped for resisting her master. And I jumped behind her hugging her back to sacrificed myself so I took the punishment. I was locked in my room for 3 days without food or water,  when I finally was able to come out, I was bombarded by Mia with the biggest hug I've received since I got captured. I remembered how I met Luke. He got beat for looking at Stacy. I then spent the next hour with him stitching his busted forehead. I remembered how Erica's mom sold her to the Alpha of our pack for Erica's Step Father's release out of prison when he murdered and raped Erica's Bestfriend. BANG! I remembered how Alan was found barely near the line separating his pack from ours and was basically drugged across the line when he was only 13 and then locked away until he was 16. 
I slid down the wall with tears running down my checks. I start to black out and next thing I know the door shatters under pressure and I'm being cradled.  I start to bawling, feeling a cloth going around my arm and pressure being applied. "Hold on Skyla. Hold on." My vision becomes cloudy and next thing I know I black out.