Choosing Mr. Destiny - Chapter 42: Chapter 42

Ashley's POV
My body is weak and tired. I'm seriously starving and I'm dirty. I don't know how long I'll be able to hold myself up.
Even with Azrael's order to stop the beatings, my situation was still far from being better. He never gave me even a crumb of food since then. He said he'll stop the beating in exchange for not giving me anything to eat. And for two days, they only give me a bottle of water to last me the whole day. It was pure torture. But I much rather have this than being beaten up and have my child harmed inside me. And even when I almost went to the point of collapse from hunger, I told myself to keep fighting for both me and my baby.
But I'm afraid that if this continues, my baby won't have all the nutrients they'll need to grow and develop from my lack of food. And by the time I give birth, the baby will come out malnourished, and I didn't want that. But at this moment, I couldn't do anything since I'm still being held captive. The only thing I can do is to stay alive and keep my unborn child safe, as well as keep the knowledge of me carrying a child a well-hidden secret.
And I'm certain that if they end up knowing I'm pregnant, I'll be in more danger than I already am.
"Quit daydreaming." A voice snapped me out of my worried thoughts, making me jump out of my skin.
Was I that deep in my thought that I didn't even notice him enter the room?
"You're coming with me." The voice said as the person walked closer to me, slowly showing me his face.
Once he was under the single bulb hanging at the center of the room that was giving us light, I was able to take a good look at him. He had a nice well-formed jawline covered in stubble. His eyes are, judging from the poor lighting of the room, was a hazel color. He doesn't look old but he doesn't look young either. I'm guessing he's in his thirties or something.
He went towards me and picked me up bridal style.
"Just stop fighting, kid. You're just gonna make everything worse for yourself. " He said as I tried to wiggle out of his hold but he was just too strong.
"Where are you taking me?" I questioned him weakly as I continued to wiggle out from his tight grip, but still to no avail.
And since I'm already in my weak state, I didn't have enough energy to fight back to get him to let me go, I just gave up. Might as well conserve the strength left in me for some time that is more needed.
"Where are you taking me?" I asked again after he didn't answer me the first time.
He looked down at me with a hard expression on his face, clearly annoyed.
"Will you just shut up? I'm just doing what I'm being told to do." Was all he said before he turned his eyes in front of him and continued walking.
"Why are you doing this? Why are you following Azrael?"I questioned weakly as I rested my head on his chest that I found to be really warm. I was just really tired that I'm slowly falling out of consciousness.
The unknown guy looked down at me again. This time, with a pained look in his eyes.
"Because if I don't obey whatever order he throws at me, he'll kill everyone in my family." He said, making me look up and meet his gaze. "He'll kill my wife, my children, as well as my parents."
I looked away. "I'm sorry," I whispered out tiredly.
"Most of us here are hostage of Azrael's threat to hurt our loved ones, Ash. We're not here because we're his believers or followers, we're here because we didn't have any other choice." He said as pain laced every word he said.
"Are you saying Azrael has your family?" I asked, mindful not to be too loud for those we pass to hear.
"Yes." He answered just as lowly. "They're locked up a floor under us along with many others." He stated, making me feel nauseous all of a sudden.
All these time there were people locked up under our feet? And I didn't even know about it? Does Winter know and just chose not to tell me?
"But aren't you a hunter?" I questioned after I swallowed the lump in my throat.
He shook his head. "No. I used to be a pack member once. But after Azrael attacked us and killed our Alpha, he took us captive and made us slaves. Every male they took in are forced to hold a gun, while the females are locked up along with the children."
I frowned after hearing what he just told me. "You don't happen to be from Night Spring Pack, are you?" I questioned, which he nodded.
"Yeah." He said. "And I'm guessing you learned about my pack from Winter?"
I nodded. "How many are locked up down there?" I asked.
He sighed sadly. "This is just an estimate, but maybe it's close to a hundred, my family included."
I looked up to meet his gaze but he had his eyes trained in front of us.
"That many?" I questioned in obvious shock.
I can't fathom the fear they might be feeling right now, and it's all Azrael's fault. His selfishness and hunger for power is what drove him to do all this. The reason why this much people are suffering.
"Look, kid. I know what we're being told to do isn't right. But like I said, we don't have any other choice but to follow." He paused with a sigh. "My family's lives are in my hands, and if I don't obey Azrael's wishes, they'll be in danger." He said with sadness in his eyes. "So, I'm really sorry if I had to do this."
Before I could respond back to him, another guy stopped in front of us.
"I'll take him from here. Azrael's orders." The guy spoke, making the person that was currently carrying me to nod his head.
He then handed me to the other guy before he walked away.
I didn't even get to ask for his name.
"Don't worry, we will have you nice and clean in no time." The guy said with an evil smirk on his face, telling me he's definitely one of the bad guys. I'm guessing he's a member of the hunters.
All I could do was glare daggers at him. I didn't want to waste my precious energy by fighting back so I settled with death glares instead.
"What? Cat got your tongue?" He mocked but I still didn't falter on my death glares towards him.
I hope if I glare hard enough, I could actually kill him. That'd be nice.
"You're no fun." The guy whined like a freaking child as he took me towards another room.
"Are you ready to get your ass destroyed tonight, little Ash?" He asked teasingly and tauntingly, trying his best to get a reaction from me. But I'm not gonna give him the satisfaction. He can try and try but he will never get even as much as a peep from me.
"Leave him be, Arnold, and just get on with the task." Another unknown guy spoke after we entered the room.
The person that was carrying me, whose name was Arnold, huffed annoyingly.
"I'm just trying to have fun." He whined.
The other guy shook his head disbelievingly. "Say that to Boss and you'll surely have fun in your grave while you rot." He said with a chuckle.
And that had Arnold quiet in an instant.
"Now let's get to it. The faster we're done, the better." The unknown guy stated as he opened a door towards another room.
And after seeing where they're about to take me, my body started to shake and my heart began to beat rapidly inside my chest.
"Aww, are you scared to have a shower, little Ash?" Arnold cooed tauntingly again after seeing me visibly shake. "Don't worry, we won't do anything even when we so badly wanted to." He said as he eyed me viciously like how a predator does to its future prey.
"Oh, I'm pretty sure we'll finally get a taste of him once the boss is done. He promised us that. So we'll just have to be patient and wait." The other guy chirped in as he turned the shower on. "For now, we'll just have to settle with a little playful bites here and there." He added as he slowly stripped off his clothing, causing Arnold to let out a small growl of pleasure.
"Now we're talking," Arnold said as he stepped inside the bathroom.
"As long as we don't leave a mark, I'm sure Boss will be fine with us having fun with his little Ash here." The guy said smugly as he eyed me like a starved beast, making me shake even worse.
Oh god. They're not... they're not going to do what I think they're about to do, are they?
I quickly got my answer after he took his underwear off, putting his junk in full view.
"Hold him. I'll strip off real quick." Arnold said as he placed me to the ground and pushed me towards the naked guy.
"Let me go!" I yelled as I fought hard to try and free myself from his grip.
"Like hell, I'm gonna do that." He sneered with a menacing chuckle as he turned me on my back. Holding both my hands firmly in place.
He then pressed his naked body on to me, making me shake in fear as well as wanting to throw up at the thought of them touching me.
He held both my hands in one hand and used his other hand to force me to look at Arnold stripping himself off his clothes.
"I bet you're enjoying the view," Arnold commented after kicking all his clothes to the side.
He then walked towards me in his naked form and took my face in his hands, forcing me to look up at him.
He smiled evilly. "You're in too much clothing." He said before ripping my shirt in one swift move, making me whimper.
"And one more thing." He commented as he inspected me with hunger. His eyes darting down to my lower half.
He turned to get my pants off but I started to fight back.
"Stay still if you don't want to get hurt." The guy who had both my hands in his tight grip said threateningly into my ear.
"You better listen to him, Ash. An angry Jason is a scary Jason, which I'm sure you don't want to see." He commented jokingly as he went to unbuckle my pants.
I didn't stop though. I didn't listen to them and continued to fight back.
I was already raped by Jacob before. Now, I'm not gonna let anyone do it to me again.
Not ever.
I turned to this Jason guy and glared. "You can't hurt me. And if you try, Azrael will kill you." I threatened back.
Jason then laughed. "Not for long though." He said before turning to Arnold. "Go get the ties. They're on the bed."
"Sweet," Arnold said before he headed out to retrieve said ties.
And that was when the fear really kicked in. My heart beating a mile a second just from the thought of being restrained. I was starting to panic.
"Hold still," Jason growled angrily as I continue to try and get him to release me.
As Arnold entered the bathroom once again, my eyes darted towards the object he was carrying.
"Keep him steady so I can tie him up," Arnold said as he went behind me.
"Let me go, you freak," I yelled as I kept fighting back. "Ahh." I cried out in pain as they tied both my hands really tight.
"Not too tight, you dumb*ss. If you don't want the Boss to bury you alive, I say let's keep him mark free." Jason said in annoyance.
"I don't get it," Arnold spoke. "This one time he ordered us to beat the living daylights out of him, and now he doesn't want us to even leave as much as a mark? Like dude, he's confusing me." He babbled.
Jason huffed, clearly irritated. "I don't get him either. But if it's what he wants then all we can do is follow," He said. "Now get to it. I'm too horny to even care."
"Alright, all done," Arnold said after finally tying me up.
After that, they carried me under the spray of warm water, which only worsen my cries.
So much for not giving them any reaction.
"Now let's take this off so we can finally have fun," Arnold said as he forcefully took my pants off, leaving me utterly vulnerable to their disposal.
"P-Please don't..." I cried out as they both started laughing.
"Hold it right there, boys." A familiar voice interrupted, making me turn towards the source. And there I saw Jacob standing by the doorway with his arms crossed on his chest.
"Jacob. What can I help you with?" Jason said, acknowledging Jacob's presence.
He stood to his full height. "Just wanna remind you that Boss didn't give you both the permission to f*ck Ash. So if you guys didn't want to end up dead by his feet, I say continue on just giving Ash a shower and get it over and done with." He said with a cold expression on his face.
"But we're both horny," Arnold whined very unmanly.
Jacob remained standing there with a blank look. "Not my problem." He said before turning around to leave. "You can suck each other off for all I care, as long as you finish your task."
"Dude, but that's gay," Arnold said.
Jacob turned to face the guy with an unimpressed look on his face. "Sure. You were about to f*ck Ash's asshole and that's not gay." He said with a shake of his head. "Just finish cleaning him up and take him to Boss' quarters." He added before finally walking out, leaving me to deal with these two idiots.
Once we all heard the door slammed shut, the two of them turned to look at each other.
"Do you mind if I suck you off?" Arnold asked Jason, who only shrugged, making me want to throw up right then and there.
"Nope," Jason replied. "Do you?"
Arnold also shrugged. "They say guys suck better than girls, so I don't mind." Was his reply.
Oh my God, are they seriously gonna do it right in front of me?
They're not just idiots, they're also out of their freaking minds.
Goodness, is this some kind of a joke?
After that little incident I found myself in with the two idiots, they took me to Azrael's room, all nice and clean, completely dressed in new clothes, which isn't good.
Now the possibility of him finding out I'm pregnant is really likely. He can instantly tell I'm carrying my mate's child the moment he gets a whiff of my scent, and that's bad news for me. I don't know what will happen if he did find out.
Looking around the surprisingly spacious area of my captor, I prayed to the Gods to find something I could use to at least mask my real scent. Something strong maybe.
Scanning drawers after drawers, I finally found a little bottle of what looked like perfume. I sprayed my wrist with it and breathed it in. Sighing in delight after smelling the good aroma it has.
This will do, I guess. I thought to myself.
I just hope it's strong enough to hide my scent from Azrael. Because if not, then I really am doomed.
I pretty much showered the perfume I found, just to make sure it does it's purpose.
Coughing from inhaling too much of the mist, I placed the perfume back into the drawer I found it from. Inspecting my surroundings again, I turned to the huge windows, overlooking the large area the mansion occupies. There I saw all the guards scattered all over the place. Some of the rogues are in their wolf form, some in their human form, while most of the hunters are equipped with heavy armory.
A guy found me standing close to the window and he smirked before telling his friends, making them turn to look at me as well. They all wore the same knowing smirks, which only made me feel uneasy. I backed away from the huge ceiling to floor type windows with my heart hammering inside my chest.
They obviously know something is up, which makes me wonder what it might be.
Now that I thought about it, I also found everything that had happened to me today somehow weird. They gave me a shower and cleaned me up really well. They even gave me food before they took me here inside Azrael's room, which was really weird.
Is there something I'm missing out?
As I continued to back away from the windows, and away from the guard's view, I suddenly crashed into something. And that something happens to be warm and breathing, making me freeze on the spot.
"It's nice to see you all clean and groomed, my love." Azrael's voice rang from behind me, effectively making me shake from where I stood.
Azrael leaned down into my neck and took a long intake of air.
"And you smell really good too." He added. "Maybe I should reward both Arnold and Jason for doing such a great job at completing their task."
I shuddered from the mention of those two names. I didn't wanna remember a thing that happened to both of them while we were in the bathroom. Just pure and utter nightmare for me.
Azrael then snaked his large hands around my waist, instantly making me wince at the thought of him feeling my tummy where my unborn child rests. I gulped nervously as he leaned into my neck once again and took another look whiff of my scent.
It makes me think he's trying to find a specific smell, which happens to be my real scent.
I stood there under his hold, pretty much paralyzed as I kept praying to every known God there is for them to keep me and my child safe.
I was holding my breath as Azrael kept his ministrations on me. I didn't want to move since I know he had his hands on top of my still flat stomach. I also didn't want him to suspect a thing, so I tried, as much as I can, to stay still and force myself to calm the heck down. I was obviously terrified of what might happen next after he's done sniffing me like a damn dog. But I told myself to keep it together and steady my heartbeat.
"You seem tensed, my love." He murmured lovingly into my neck, making me want to slap his face away from me, but I refrained.
"I didn't want to be around the devil, that's why," I commented harshly.
He chuckled before he nuzzled his nose into my neck, which had me shuddering in the process.
"I can be fun to be around. All you need to do is give me a chance," He stated, sounding all playful.
I gritted my teeth. "Like hell, I'd do that," I said as I pried his hands away from me, but he didn't budge. "Let me go," I commanded lowly with threat lacing my voice.
"Aww, but I'm enjoying having you close, love." He whined like a damn child asking for his toy. "A couple more minutes please," He said as he buried his face into the crook of my neck.
And because of that, I forcefully freed myself from his hold and stood a good distance away from him.
"Don't even try and touch me again," I warned as I hugged myself.
He smiled sweetly at me as he advances. "I will if I want to." He stated, gaining closer to me. "And I always get what I want." He added, now eyeing me like a prized possession.
"Get away from me," I yelled as I kept a good distance between us. But when my back hit the glass windows, I knew I was on a dead-end.
I looked around for a place I could run off too. Where he couldn't corner me.
"You can't run anywhere, love." He said, looking amused at my current state.
I glared at him as hard as I could possibly muster before I continued to look around for an escape route. A slightly opened door caught my eyes. And after catching a glimpse at the sink, I knew it was the bathroom. My eyes then darted towards the doorknob and saw no entryway for a key to unlock it. Just great. He can't get it unlocked from the outside.
"Whatever it is you're planning inside that little head of yours, it won't work." He said with a chuckle.
I turned to glare at him again before I started to count from ten inside my head.
"Just give up, Ash. You should just accept that this is your destiny. That you were born to be the purpose of giving me back my immortality." He said as he took a couple more steps closer to me. "You were bonded to me even before you were born."
When I finally counted down to zero, I bolted towards the bathroom door, catching Azrael off guard. But instead of chasing me, he only laughed like he found it very entertaining.
"Oh, Ash." He sighed after I shut the door and locked it firmly in place. "A wooden door won't keep you from facing your destiny tonight, love." He added. "When the Moon is at its peak tonight at midnight, I will finally gain back my immortality. So you can hide all you want inside that bathroom, nothing will still change." With that, I heard footsteps retreating towards the door, making me sigh in relief.
For now, I can find refuge inside this bathroom. And until I can find another way out for me to escape, I can never truly rest. Especially now that I know why he's preparing me. It is because tonight is the full moon. The time he'll put his plans into action.
If only I could find somewhere to escape.
Suddenly, the ventilation system at the ceiling of the room caught my attention.
I inspected it and saw it to be big enough for me to fit in. I could use that to escape. But then, where am I suppose to go? I don't have a planning map I could take with me. And I didn't know where's the end of this. Without any knowledge where to go, I could end up getting lost in there. But then again, it's better than not trying at all.
I looked up to see the vent again and sighed. How am I suppose to get up there?
I inspected the sink and saw it wasn't too far from the vent. I can use it as leverage to climb up there.
Great.
"I can do this," I whispered to myself.
I was about to climb up the sink when I suddenly heard a loud commotion outside. And what's got my attention was the continuous gunfires, followed by shouting and pained cries.
"What the heck!" I exclaimed lowly as I turned to the door.
I was about to place my hand on the doorknob to check what was happening outside when a voice suddenly stopped me.
>Don't.< The voice halted me, making me freeze on the spot.
I frowned. The voice sounded like it was everywhere. And it sounded close.
>Don't be scared, Ash.< The voice said again, which made me gasp loudly.
It sounded like it's inside my head.
>I am inside your head. But I'm not your imagination. I am you.< The voice explained calmly.
I frowned deeper. What the heck does that mean?
"Who... Who are you?" I asked as I started looking around. Who knows there's someone in here with me.
Or maybe there's a hidden camera somewhere along with a bunch of speakers. What if it's just Azrael making fun of me?
>I'm Ariah.< The voice introduced, causing me to rack my memory of that said name.
"How are you talking through my head?" I questioned while eyeing my surroundings warily.
>I've just awoken from a long, long slumber, Ash.< The soft voice stated, making me feel confused.
"That didn't answer my question," I spoke.
>I've always been with you, Ash. From the day you were formed to the day you were born, and up to this very moment. It just so happen that I only woken up from such long sleep that's why you never get to meet me.< The voice inside my head, Ariah, explained.
"I... I don't get it." I admittedly said.
Ariah chuckled softly inside my head.
>I'm Ariah, your wolf.<