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I felt something wet on my face and my arms. Groaning, I slowly opened my eyes. When I opened it completely, I was met with a pair of red eyes. Startled, I part my lips apart wide to scream. But, When I heard a whimpering sound, I stared at the red eyes again. They looked familiar, Very familiar. Then it clicked me; Luciano.

I got up from my bed. I winced as my back hurt. I looked at Luciano who was looking at my back with a questioning look on his face. "H-Hey" I stuttered. He looked at my arms than my stomach. He let out an angry snarl. I glanced at myself. Oh, shoot! I didn't change my clothes. "How're you?"

Luciano nudged me with his snout asking me to lie down on the bed on my stomach. I nodded my head and crawled back. I stared at him questionably. "What happened? Why're you here at this hour?" However, he didn't answer and began removing my bandages from the back. "Luciano! What're you doing? Stop removing my freaking bandages." I didn't want him to see the bruises and wounds.

"Go back to where you came from," I said while trying to get up. However, I got gently pushed down by Luciano. He growled making me obey him. When I felt my bare back come in contact with air I squeezed my eyes and bit my bottom lip for controlling my whimper. He growled very loudly as soon as bandages were completely removed from my back.

My eyes widened. I was sure his growl must have woken up everyone in the house, "Luciano! Go!" I whisper yelled at him.

The door of my room banged against the wall. Lights were turned on immediately after. I saw my father, my stepmother and Lewis standing inside my room with a fury look on their faces. I glanced at where Luciano stood before. He was no longer there. Did he really go? Did he leave me alone? Did he growl loudly on purpose?

"Bitch!" I snapped my gaze to my father. "We heard a growl. From where did it come?"

"From ou-outside, sir." I sat up straight. My back was paining. I controlled my urge to scream.

"Oh really? But I think we aren't deaf." Angelo glanced at my father. "Right honey?" My father nodded his head in approval.

He slowly stalked toward me. I got up from my bed and took slow steps towards the other end of the room. My back hit the wall. Whimpering, I tried to slip to my left but got caged between my father's arms." Now tell me was there a wolf inside the room?" I shook my head. "Don't lie to me!" He shouted.

He lifted me from the ground with his left hand wrapped around my neck. I struggled. However, he didn't loosen his grip. I tried screaming, but before I could even open my mouth he clapped his right hand on my mouth.

"Now tell me the truth you bit-" He got cut off by a loud powerful growl. He snapped his head in the direction from where the growl came from. He tightened his grip around my neck making me hiss.

He turned around with me still in his grasp. "Who the fuck are you?" I struggled to take his hand from around my neck but he didn't even budge.

"Leave. Her!" A very deep voice ordered my father. A tall, well-built figure was standing there, wearing a black hoodie and a sweat pant only. The person's bare chest and the body was on the show.

"Who're you to order me? My Alpha?" Father chuckled, interrupting my thoughts.

"Leave her."  The person's voice was very scary. It made me nearly close my ears. My air supply was getting slowly cut. I couldn't breathe. I tried to pry my father's hand away from me, but he didn't move it from where it was resting.

"No! I'll not! What will you do?" My father all of a sudden left me as if I burnt him. I closed my eyes to feel the impact of my fall to the ground. However, I didn't feel it. I opened my eyes to notice I was on the ground. Woah!

I looked back at the person standing there. His hoodie hid his face, I wanted to see him. He was helping me, I don't know from where he came from, Maybe he's God?

My father withered down in pain. He clutched his left hand which was once was holding me. He cried loudly in pain. Lewis rushed towards my father and knelt down beside him. "Stop it! Lewis! Aha!" Lewis just kept on looking at my father with sadness in his eyes. Angelo ran to her husband and held his palm.

"Stop! Stop! Ahaa!" He was turning pale. What was the person doing? Whatever he was doing, I wasn't gonna stop him. However, Tan's face flashed in my eyes, the person who tried to save me when I was small. He was hunted down like a prey and was killed. What if this person would end up that way. No. That can't happen. He seemed stronger but what if he would get stabbed later. No, I don't want to see that happen to whoever this person was.

So, I decided to stop this... for that person's sake. 

"Stop it! Who're you? Please stop whatever you're doing!" I said while I closed my ears as my father's pleas increased. I looked at my father, I never saw him in this state. He had tears pooling in his eyes. Lewis was rubbing my father's back soothingly.

The hooded person turned towards me. He tilted his head to his right. After a few seconds, he straightened his head and took long strides to where I was standing. 

"It's nice to see a father abusing his own daughter that too-" He paused. He was speaking calmly. Way to calmly. He turned to face my father,"-In my land!" He growled loudly. How was he growling?

Angelo looked as if someone stole her make-up kit. Lewis seemed like he was ready to excrete. Their faces paled. My father started shaking in his boots. 

"T-They did not-" The hooded person spun around to look back at me. He stalked towards me until he was right in front of my petite figure. 

"You always deny it, al-fuckin'-ways."  Always? The only person that I have ever got a chance to deny was-

"Xanthos?" I asked in shock. "W-w-what are you doing here?H-how?"

"Don't intrude my life, huh?" He repeated my words, anger lacing each word. I swallowed, what was I supposed to do now? He poked the side of my head and asked, "Are you ill here by any chance? If I wouldn't have come here, you would've continued with the lies yea, Dulcis coniunx mea?"  (my sweet little mate) 

Angelo gasped as soon as Xan said those words and told something to Lewis and my father.

"It's not possible," my father whispered. Lewis paled even more than before.

"Alpha." They three bowed their heads at the person. Angelo continued. "Nos autem non the aliens ut sint vobis in illa mate."
(We didn't know she was your mate)

I didn't understand anything she spoke. Which language were they conversing in?

"oh non, dixi tibi, mi male,"  What is going on? What in the world are they talking? I peeked at Lewis. He too was looking as confused as me. (oh no, I should've informed you, my bad.)

"Ita, non est enim bonum est, mihi Alpha. Illa est acts ut a abusivam bitch. She si suus 'non est tamen innocent." Angelo blabbered something which made him let out an angry snare.
(she is not good for you, my Alpha. She is a manipulative bitch. She acts as if she's innocent but she is not)

How was he snarling? 

"Ut sciat maritis suis honorem. si enim patitur se esse liberum, et tunc se oblivisci quae nata est." However, Angelo continued.
( she should know her place. if we allow her to be free, then she will forget who she is)

Xan made a sound which resembled a roar. "You're in no place to talk shit about her!" Angelo was immediately lifted in the air and was thrown across the wall. Lewis and my so called father ran towards her; to check on her. "Why am I even wasting my time talking?" Xanthos was about to remove the hoodie cover off of his face but I quickly interrupted his action. My abusers can't know his face, they'll harm him later. 

"I don't want you to get into some unwanted trouble 'cause of me," I said while pulling my hand away from his but he caught my wrist back.

"Finally, you admit your reason for your hostility towards me." 

"I-"

"Let me tell you a secret," He bent to reach my height and whispered loud enough for them to hear. "They're useless bugs for me." He removed his hoodie cover, revealing his perfectly sculptured face. 

"Even though you're an Alpha, you can't do anything-" As soon as my father yelled those words, a black smoky ring surrounded. He began spitting blood, knowing where this was going, I stopped Xanthos by going in front of him, causing him to immediately stop. 

"Xan, I don't want them to die!"

Xanthos looked at me. "Dying is far better than what you've gone through. So, they must go through the same before they die, right?" He took a step forward and continued, "I'll take care of it."

"What're you planning to do?" I asked. I have seen him beating the shit out of people before but what was he planning now? 

He smirked, "Lets go step by step, I'll let you decide step one, mate." 

A smile formed on my face. "I want them to serve me for the next ten days." 

Xan tutted and said, "aren't we being lenient here?" I shook my head. It might sound lenient but it's gonna be painful for them. 

"I want to make them do what they made me do everyday." I don't know from where I was getting the confidence but it could be 'cause I got someone strong to support me I believe. He was strong enough to put them at their place... I can see that. How didn't I trust him before? I was stupid. 

"Do we look like some plaything to you, bitc-" Before Angelo could complete the word, she started spitting out blood. 

"If you utter or do anything that my queen dislikes, your own shadow will turn against you. Now scram and make her a nice room." 

Xanthos be playing with their shadows wow he was smart. 

They were reluctant, I could see from the fisted hands but they ended up moving out. I looked back at Xan who spared their lives just because of my words. No one in this world had ever obeyed me, but he did, he allowed me decide. My heart began beating faster as I stared at him. The way he referred to me as his queen even though it could've been sarcastic, made my heart to jump. 

"And how am I supposed to punish you?" Xan asked with a playful glint in his eyes. He wiped my tears with the pad of his thumb.

"I've a say even in this? Damn Xan, your future partner would be the luckiest person." I wasn't able to say that line wholeheartedly as I felt jealous of whoever it was gonna be. 

"If you want, you can be that 'future partner' from now on, mate." I'll take this serious. Stop, Xanthos. "Well, I'm not gonna talk with you until you make me believe in you. You make me trust your words." 

"I'm grateful to you, Xan, forever. I'll do anything, trust my words this time." I cried and hugged him. Someone was there by my side finally. Someone whom I kept pushing away from the start.

"Anything?" He asked as he pulled away. He clutched my hand and kept it on his chest, "The way you spoke in the hospital truly hurt me, I thought of giving you a silent treatment." He dropped my hand. "And that's what I'm gonna do."

"Past is past, Xan. You can't be this crueler! I just didn't want you to get hurt!" 

"Anyway, prove what you said earlier, until then don't expect me to look in your direction, mate." He took few steps back and before he was gone he said the one sentence that I expected to him to say anytime soon.

"Be prepared to be my roommate."