Sold To The Alpha
A Lost Princess Chapter 51

His wrists tied tightly to the arms of the chair, Graham glowered at the wolves that surrounded him, snarling at the traitorous figure that was Rowan who was lent against the wall looking at him with unashamed loathing. 'Where is Felicity?' he spat angrily toward Justin as he strained against the ropes that bound him to the seat.

'Watch your tone when addressing the Alpha' Karl snarled, stepping forward and connecting his fist with the bound werewolf's face, snapping it to the side.

'That dog isn't my Alpha' Graham growled back, 'his precious Empress threw me out of the pack before he took the position, remember?'

'We remember' Justin replied grimly, 'we remember tossing a piece of garbage that likes to hurt women out of our boundary'.

Graham caught the Alpha's eye, staring him down, 'yeah, I guess that would be what you remember, Alpha' he sneered condescendingly.

Timidly the door swung open and Felicity stepped into the room, gazing around at the warriors in terror before her eyes fell to her husbands bruised body strapped to the chair.

'Felicity' Graham croaked, his face relaxing slightly at the sight of her.

'Graham?' she said, twisting herself away as the two warriors who accompanied her tried to hold her back. Running over to him she dropped to her knees, checking his injuries before cradling his face in her hands. Rounding on the room she shouted, 'what did you do to him? Why have you done this?'

Justin looked down at the young woman who was holding on to her captor, glaring around her angrily.

'Felicity, I don't know what he has put in your head, but he took you from your home without your consent. Justin said softly. 'What are you talking about Alpha?' Felicity replied confused, 'I went with him willingly!

Silence filled the room at the woman's words, 'you went willingly with someone who abused you?' Justin asked skeptically.

Standing up again, Felicity composing herself before she bowed her head respectfully and then raised her eyes, meeting her Alpha's confused stare. 'Graham has never abused me Alpha, my injuries never came from him, he used to protect me.' she said quietly. Justin looked between the she wolf and the man tied to the chair before signalling the two warriors that were present, to bring in some chairs from the other rooms. Hurrying to comply, the two men set out seats for all before returning to their place behind the prisoner.

Taking a seat and signalling to the teenagers, Rowan and Sebastian to do the same, Justin caught Felicity's eye, 'I think I need to hear this story from the beginning' he said as the timid woman nodded, sitting down next to her husband and taking his bloodied hand in her own.

'When I was born, I wasn't what my father wanted, he wanted a son not a daughter. My mother had always been his punching bag and when she failed to provide him with a male his fists became harder and his beatings more frequent. When I was 9 years old one of his beatings got out of hand, my mother tried to protect me from his anger and she ended up dead in a pool of her own blood on our kitchen floor.

With no-one left to stand between us, I became my fathers new release for his rage. He would use knives on my skin, burn me with lighters, break bones, I was rarely allowed out due to my black eyes and bruised skin.

When I was eighteen I had to start working for the clan, I worked on the fields so that I was away from others just as my father liked me to be.

One day a man was walking through the plants where I was tending the crops, picking some tomatoes from the stalks, he was one of the clan's warriors, I recognised him from the few times I had been allowed into the square.

He came up to me and asked if it was OK if he took the tomatoes he had picked, he said he was making his mothers bolognaise recipe and she had always insisted that you had to use tomatoes straight from the plant' Felicity smiled across at Graham as she spoke. 'Keeping my head down, I said it was OK, and he introduced himself as Graham. He talked to me like a person, the first member of the clan to ever do that. He asked me to look up at him, and when I finally did, his face clouded, I got scared thinking he was going to hit me just like my dad did and I ran away from him.'

He came back to see me again the next day, keeping his distance so as not to scare me again. Everyday he would come and replace me, we would talk and he became my friend. One day I finally built up the courage to confide in him the secret my father had made me keep my whole life.

Graham told me that he was going to help me and he went to my father and started to befriend him, convincing him that he was just like him. As the day of my auction grew closer, Graham informed the committee that he wanted me for himself, he got my fathers support to bid for me and the Committee agreed that I was to go to Graham just as my father had wanted, thinking he was handing me over to someone like him.' she said sadly.

'But your bruises, we saw them' Justin argued, looking over at the tearful woman, 'they were fresh Felicity, and you had been married to Graham for a few years before we turned up, are you sure it wasn't Graham who hurt you?' he prodded gently.

'I would never lay a finger on her' Graham snarled furiously at the Alpha's words causing the two warriors that remained to step forward and restrain him.

'He is telling the truth Alpha, Graham has never placed his hands on me in anger, he has never forced himself upon me or done anything that I did not consent too' Felicity said in a low voice.

'So who hurt you?' Justin asked.

Raising her eyes to his Felicity whispered, 'I did'.

Staring at the she wolf open mouthed, Justin managed to stutter 'you did it to yourself? But why?'

Holding the Alpha's gaze, Felicity gave a sad smile, 'because if I didn't, my father would have known that Graham wasn't treating me as he thought and he would have taken me back. I begged Graham to inflict some sort of injuries on me but he could never bring himself to do it.' 'Of course I couldn't' Graham muttered sadly, 'I love you, I couldn't hurt you baby!'

'I know' Felicity said with a small smile before turning back to Justin, 'so I started to use knives on myself, slammed my fingers in doors and drawers, dropped heavy rocks on my leg to bring up bruises and lacerations that I could go to Dr Nat about and keep my father oblivious.'

'But why did you say it was Graham when we asked you that day?' Justin asked confused, 'why not just tell us the truth?'

'I was scared' Felicity said, the pain in he voice. 'You had just arrived in our territory, you beat up one of our strongest warriors. The Empress then told us that everything was going to change and that the Committee's rule was over. I didn't know if you were just a worse version of what we had already, if you would even be able to over throw the Committee members, what if they managed to win against you or worse, you beat them and then they regained power? What if you were a test sent in by the Committee to make sure we knew our place?' she whispered.

'But when you knew that we were there to help, why didn't you come to me?' Justin asked, obviously upset. Smiling sadly, Felicity shook back her hair from her face, 'because when you dissolved the Committee, every member went back home to their families, which meant my father returned to me and Graham was no longer there to protect me.

'Your father was part of the committee?' Justin growled angrily.

Felicity nodded, 'My father was the Head of the Committee, when Graham was shouting at me the day you threw him out, he was warning me of what would happen if I didn't go with him, what my father would do. I was just too scared to follow him, and I have regretted it ever since.'

Standing up, Felicity slowly turned round and pulled up her shirt to reveal numerous slices to her back from blades and whips along with dozens of fresh bruises.

'He hurt you again' Graham roared, his eyes turning black as he thrashed against his restraints, 'I'll kill him Felicity, I am going to rip his head from his body so he can never hurt you again!'

One of the warriors grabbed the raging man in a head lock whilst Felicity dropped her shirt and grabbed his hand trying to calm him down. Glancing over to her Alpha, Felicity gave him a pleading look, 'please Alpha, I know what he did was wrong but he did it all to save me, please don't kill him.' she begged, tears running down her face.

'Graham' Justin commanded, his Alpha tone evident, 'calm down'.

Graham automatically relaxed slightly unable to completely defy the Alpha's command. 'I understand why you did what you did Graham, but the fact still remains that you kidnapped an Alpha's daughter, you used her as a weapon and you attacked my pack. I cannot let that go, you understand that?' he asked, watching as the bound warrior nodded his head.

'I am not asking for forgiveness Alpha, nor am I asking for a pardon, I just want my Felicity to be safe, please, just let me take out that bastard who hurt her, let me inflict the pain upon him that he subjected my baby too and I swear on her life that I will kneel down before you and take my execution willingly. Graham growled.

'No' Felicity cried out, 'Please Alpha, don't kill him, please' she begged, grasping on to her husbands shirt desperately 'I love him' she added as her eyes sought out Graham's.

'You do?' Graham asked, a smile flickering at the corners of his mouth, 'you've never said that before baby!

'I know, I was scared too, in case you turned against me, but I do' Felicity said smiling hugging him too her. Suddenly she sat up staring into his eyes, 'mark me' she demanded, holding on to him tightly.

'What? No! When they kill me it would kill you too! I won't mark you' Graham replied shocked.

Looking into the horrified wolf's eyes, Felicity pulled him close, pressing her lips to him before whispering, 'Mark me, I would rather spend the next few moments knowing how deeply you love me and die, than spend the rest of my life alone without feeling the full extent of your feelings'. Suddenly she pushed his head to the side and plunged her canines into his flesh as Graham gasped out loud his pupils dilating before his eyes turned black and his wolf automatically sunk his teeth into his wife's neck. Suddenly a cool air swirled around the group, the breeze dancing through the room causing the hairs on every ones skin to stand up, goosebumps raising on their flesh as a soft power permeated the air.

Staring into Felicity's eyes, Graham breathed, 'mine', his gaze captivated by his wife, oblivious to anyone else around them.

'Mine' Felicity replied with a shy smile laying her head onto her husband's shoulder.

'What the hell just happened!' Sebastian yelled, glaring around the room at the shocked faces that gaped back at him.

'umm, I'm not completely sure, but I think they just became mates' Riley said stunned.

'How is that even possible? Mates are chosen by the Goddess' Daniel protested.

'It looks like the Goddess just made a decision then' Riley replied with a smile 'because that definitely looks like a mated couple to me!

Turning her gaze back to Justin, felicity gave him a hopeful look, 'please Alpha, the Goddess would not have given me a mate if she wanted you to take him from me.' she whispered.

's**t' Justin moaned, 'where's my Luna when I need her? How do I kill a man who just found his Mate? This is all sorts of f****d up!'

'Alpha, could I suggest, postponing the decision of an execution and returning Graham to the pack? I am sure the Luna will have an idea of how to deal with this and we still have the issue of Felicity's father to deal with' one of the Warriors said respectfully. Nodding, Justin signalled the pair to untie the werewolf and accompany him out of the house.

'I don't ever remember Alistair or your father having to deal with s**t like this' Justin grumbled to Isabella as she laughed, giving his arm a tight squeeze as they made their way out of the room and through the front door.