The Howl of Claim | COMPLETED

Salud ( B l e s s Y o u )

Darius had been walking for a few minutes with me still tightly packed between his arms and slammed to his chest - it wounds my Alpha pride, just wait till I get my wolf back completely.

I am not going to wait a second before running away.

I looked around a little by the small movement I could make to find that we were walking next to a very small town. We were in the forest and outside it was the small town.

"I am hungry," I whine, my aim clearly to annoy the hell out of him.

If he holds me captive, I am going to make the best of it.

"I am hungry," I say once again when he straight out ignored me - but hey, I was not going to stop just there.

I started lightly punching his chest to somehow break his hard stoic facade - so he could be annoyed.

"IamhungryIamhungryIamhungryIamhungryIamh-" My wrists were grabbed by one of his hands and a hard glare was thrown at me.

"Stop that!"

"I. Am. Hungry!" I grit back while glaring in his eyes just like he glared in mine.

If the Lycan pleased, he would've snapped me like a twig but the bond was stopping him. No matter how angry he was, he could not kill me.

A light growl passes from his chest, causing it to vibrate - sadly I could not growl back - and try to get away from him.

"Stay here, I will get you something." He plants me on a rock that was poking in my ass and was really cold. My under thighs started to get cold instantly and I started to feel the intensity of cold after being pulled away from my man heater.

"Sure," And come back to find me froze to death.

He walks away and I sigh. Hardly a few minutes had passed when I decided that I was not going to die like this and so I stood up and jumped on the snowy ground before I could stop myself.

Big Mistake.

Immediately my bare feet burned from the cold and I yelped and waddled to the road next to which were some shops and cafes.

Being a human sucks.

I quickly skip to one of the shops which I hope had some shoes for my poor self but then again, I had no money.

Not giving it much of a thought, I ran into the store - literally not caring what Darius would think - and went to a random aisle.

I hope no one looks at my feet and kick me out of the store for being homeless.

I ended up in the snacks area and I sighed, atleast this area was a little warm. I decided to stroll around the shop.

I was still strolling when I spotted something or more like someone.

It was a female and from her glowing black eyes, it was clear that she was a werewolf.

I watched in interest, frozen in the middle of the aisle.

The female slowly walked behind a human who was still looking at something and swiftly pulled her car keys out with some money from the purse.

So slowly and gracefully, I would say that she was at it for years, maybe she was.

I watched wide-eyed at how much concentration she put into stealing stuff from that woman without anyone knowing there - except for me of course.

The female - as if she felt someone watching her - looked up straight at me. She assessed my features and then slowly a smile pulled at her lips.

She winked at me and fled to somewhere else.

I narrowed my eyes - ignoring what just happened - and walked to another aisle, still in search of some shoes or a jacket to warm myself up. Maybe whatever happened was normal here.

I still don't understand how I lost my wolf? If it was wolfsbane then I should've been able to smell it, no?

I looked at a shelf that held boots. I looked at my bare feet that were freezing blue and then back at the boots. A sigh escaped my lips and I turned around.

I cannot steal them.

I scoffed when I came face to face with the same female who had stolen from the woman from the last aisle.

"Hello, thief."

"Well hello, fellow female." The female in front of me chirped with a sly smile on her face.

"Look, I don't have anything on me for you to steal so you can go away and stop wasting my time. I myself don't have money to buy these boots." I point at the ones that were black.

"How about, I get you those boots in exchange for that bracelet that you have." I look at my bracelet tightened around my wrist since the night I was kidnapped and back at the female.

"This old thing?"

"Believe it or not, it means a lot to me. It's quite eye-catching."

I raise a brow and after looking around, I finally make up my mind.

"You've got yourself a deal."

"Great, now wait outside, I will be right there." I nod and walk outside the shop - back into the cold weather - and patiently stand beside the doors.

Thank god someone shoveled the snow here.

Maybe I shouldn't have trusted her, What if she was just playing with me.

I looked around just in case Darius was coming from somewhere and warmed my hands by blowing air into them. He had gone to take some food and wasn't back yet.

I wish I get the boots soon then I can run away.

I waited hardly another ten seconds when the doors of the shop beside me open and the same female stroll out with my boots tightly clutched in her fingers.

"Here." She throws them at my feet and I immediately put them on, sighed at the satisfactory warmth I was receiving.

"Deal is a Deal," I say and pull off the bracelet and drop it into her palm.

The second she got it on her palm, her eyes shined like stars and I raised a brow.

"If you don't mind me asking, what is so special about this bracelet?"

"To any normal creature, it would be a very old bracelet but to me, it's intriguing. Believe it or not, I steal things that intrigue me. I am what they call a 'Kleptomaniac'." My eyes widened.

So that's why.

She was a kleptomaniac.

"Oh - Um, by the way, my name is Freya Ruth." I start with my hand out for her to shake.

She looks at my palm and then back into my eyes.

"Alpha Freya Ruth?" My eyes widened. How did she know? I didn't know if she knew I was a wolf or not and another thing, she was not able to smell wolf on me - I was sure about that.

Then how?

I nod.

"How do you k-"

"What are you doing in the human territory? Why are you here? Are you here to kill me or my family?" She starts to get angry and that's when I notice that I was correct and that she was a werewolf - probably a rogue - by the way her eyes changed colors.

"Hey! Listen!" I sigh and then continue, "I was kidnapped by my mate and I am trying to escape him. I promise I am not here to harm you."

The female look at me with anger still swirling in her eyes before she clenches them tight.

"You are mated to a Lycan King?" She asked slowly and I nod.

"He is coming this way, I can smell him. We better hide." She says and suddenly grab my hand and rush into another shop with a lot of humans inside.

"I don't want to die by the hands of a Lycan." She later adds and I nod.

"What's your name by the way?" I mean, she knows me, it's best if I know about her too.

"Just call me Klepto, I am used to it by now." Okay then - she just doesn't like me that much to tell me her real name.