Rosa POV.

My eyes widen in shock as I stared up at the man that I had bumped into earlier, this time, he was so close that I could feel his breath on my face.

Before I could scream, the man in front of me got a hold of me while the man behind me, covered my mouth with his hands. I tried to fight, scream and kick them off, instead, I was dragged into the parking lot and further into the nearby bushes with thorns piercing into my skin roughly.

Who were this men and why was I their target? I couldn’t help but think to myself as I was being dragged along.

We got into the woods and i was violently pushed to the ground with the men contemplating if they should tie me to the tree or just tie my hands and legs together. While they talked, they never took their gaze off me.

They finally agreed to tie my hands and legs together because to them, tying me around the tree was an hassle for them.

"Please don't hurt me..." Before I could finish talking, a duct tape was sealed over my mouth as my hands were tied behind me while the other man proceeded into doing same to my legs.

As soon as they were done binding me, one of the men received a call as he pressed the phone on his ear. When he was done with the call, he called his partner over and I overheard them talking about how they were given an instruction not to harm me and that I should be brought alive and unharmed.

What really bothered me was who could be behind this? Could it be an ex? A friend? Because I was sure that I had no one I made enemies with so who could have done this to me?

Amidst my thoughts, I heard a ruffle that came from the bush. The men who were discussing between themselves also stopped talking and decided to check what could have made that noise.

I held my breath as they continued to search and before they moved close to where the noise emanated from, a man jumped out of the bush.

My eyes almost bulged out of their sockets on seeing the nightmare happening before me.

I stared at the man who had jumped out of the bush. He had walked out of the woods. His chest was well chiseled as he was huge and stood bare before us.

The more I stared at him, the more I realized there was something familiar about him. I kept thinking of how he had some similarities to the man I had a one-night stand with days ago until his next action got me screaming my lungs out.

The said man had shifted into a freaking wolf.

What just happened? I questioned myself as I squinted my eyes to make sure I had seen it clearly and that my eyes weren't deceiving me.

No, it was a werewolf. I thought they weren't real but now I am seeing a real one. It was huge and had brown fur as it came charging towards the two men still stationed at my side.

I watched as it approached and tore one of the men into pieces. Legs and arms lay in pieces. The scene looked bloody and I knew I would never be able to recover from the trauma it came with. I tried to loosen the rope I was tied with but I couldn't.

I fidgeted as the wolf approached me. Its eyes fixed on me coolly yet it made no move to attack me, instead, I noticed how it lifted his paw to my cheek before sniffing my hair?

It just sniffed my hair and that was all I needed to yell out my lungs. My scream was enough to keep it away as it let out a growl before turning towards the other man still sprawled on the floor.

"Don't come close to me, we didn't have plans to harm her. We were instructed by someone to bring her to him without hurting her ``I heard the other men who were still alive blurt out.

I frowned my face as I wondered if he was telling the truth. Why would anyone pay them to bring me to him and why?.

I heard the wolf growl and fear gripped me. I struggled with the rope even more and inhaled sharply as it fell to the floor at last, realizing me as well.

I threw one last glance at the wolf who had jumped on the man before running into the woods.

I ran like I was competing at the Olympics. I mustered every little strength I could summon up at that moment as I ran down the dried crunchy leaves. I didn't want the wolf to hurt me so I had to force my feet to move faster.

I thought about Jenna and imagined her reaction when I tell her later on that I had encountered a werewolf in the woods. We had argued countless times with her insisting they were real and now that I had encountered one I knew I won't calling her talks bluff ever again.

"Fuck" I groaned in pain as a thorn pierced through my left leg, sending me to the floor.

I heard growls and turned to see the wolf behind me. Tears flowed down my eyes as I imagined myself being torn apart by it.

I struggled back on my feet and tried to make another run for it but ended up bumping into a tree.

I felt a ringing in my ears as my body start to drop towards the floor before it landed on something soft with furs on it and I let out a sigh.

"Mate," I heard his voice groan out in satisfaction as I let complete darkness swallow me whole.

**

I woke up hours later in a soft surface, absolutely nothing like what I had expected. I groaned as I tried to take in my surroundings in utter confusion.

The room was tastefully decorated. I could swear I had been rescued by the man I had a one-night stand with at the bar until I saw someone who looked like him turn into a beast in front of me.

I thought back to all the supernatural books I had been reading as I tried to take in all that had happened earlier and still couldn’t believe any of it.

It has to be a dream and soon, I’m going to truly wake up from it.

I got up and tried walking toward the door. I was about to placed my hand on the doorknob when it was pushed open from outside, causing me to jerk backward.

I watched the stranger I had a one-night stand with walked in with a grin on his face. I knew I shouldn't be scared but I couldn't bring myself to be comfortable around him, especially not after everything I witness earlier.

"You are awake, " he said to me and I swallowed not sure how to respond to that.

"I’m Marc, sorry you had to see all of that earlier but I couldn’t stand to see those men hurting what’s mine" he said and I arched a brow.

Is that possession I just heard in his tone or I’m still imagining things.

“Tell me, what’s your name” He said with a smile and took a step forward and I took another backward causing him to halt.

“Don’t be scared, I won’t hurt you. You are my mate” He said the word as though it meant something big and my brow furrowed in confusion.

"Mate?" I questioned him and he nodded his head.