Chapter 7: Book 1 : Chapter 7 Nincompoop In Tin Foil
October 11th
"Oh, sweetheart. You thought you could run?" He snarled.
I just lay still, staring to the side at the trunks of the trees, "get the fuck off me."
I nearly had the freedom I craved, but he'd crushed all my hopes. As a result, there was spite in my tone.
He grabbed my chin and yanked my face back to look at him.
"Watch your mouth," he said, still in a deep tone.
There it was again. That way he spoke that made me loathe his existence.
"Fuck. You," I said.
His hand interrupted me by snapping to my neck. He held a firm grip - not suffocating, but clearly a move of dominance.
"Are you trying to provoke me?" He snarled in my ear. "Because trust me, darling, you do not want to see me at my worst."
He was probably right about that.
"Now tell me where Luca is," he ordered, looking deep into my eyes as his hand remained around my throat.
I bit my cheek and glanced away, refusing to answer.
His grip tightened and I had to bring my hands to his fingers and attempt to prise myself free.
"Spit it out, woman," he hissed, "I will find out eventually. The longer I have to wait for answers, the more likely I am to rip his head off for leaving you unattended."
"He's escorting my brother to the edge of the pack territory," I said.
"Your brother?" He growled, "he should probably watch whose land he's stepping on or he might find himself a dangerous situation."
He released my throat, but his weight was crushing my legs.
I winced and his eyes flickered down, "what?"
"You're hurting me."
At first, he seemed to ignore me, slowly bringing his lips to my ear and snarling, "never dare run from me again. You belong to me now and you will accept that."
He then got up off the ground, pulling me with him and holding my wrist in a firm grip.
At that point, his phone rang.
"It's Luca," he said, letting go of me to answer it, "stay."
I folded my arms as he brought the phone to his ear.
"Ah Luca, just the man I wanted to talk to. Please, could you explain why I just found my mate running through the forest alone?" He growled.
As Leonardo spoke to Luca, I looked around me at the empty forest.
"How could you even consider leaving her alone? I haven't claimed her yet, so the bond is not solidified," I heard Leonardo say.
With that, my heart leapt in fear and on pure instinct, I turned on my heel and sprinted.
I got one metre, two if you want to be generous, before Leonardo's arm projected in front of me, catching me by the waist and lifting me into the air.
"What a feeble attempt. You really are desperate," he said.
"It was worth a try," I mumbled, as he carried me, still on the phone to Luca.
With his forearm pressing firmly against my stomach I was incredibly uncomfortable and squirmed. I had no idea how he was holding me with only one arm but he soon finished talking to Luca and he threw me over his shoulder.
It was far more comfortable up there and I just let him carry me.
"Just to let you know I have a cage in my cellar, and some handcuffs, and some rope," he said in a husky low grumble, "if this is going to become a habit, there are things I can and will do."
"Are you threatening me?" I asked.
"If it will stop you hopelessly trying to escape, then yes. I guess I am threatening you. I knew I should have marked you the moment I saved you in the woods."
"I'm sorry saved me?" I asked, "last time I checked, you kidnapped me."
"You can't hang around my border for long before you stumble across some danger. And what do you think my men would have done if it was them to find you on my territory and not me, huh?" He said.
"So you saved me from your own men. What do you want? A gold star?" I questioned.
"That's no way to thank your knight in shining armour."
"More like nincompoop in tinfoil," I said with a smirk that unfortunately, he couldn't see.
"Don't push it, I really do have a cage in my cellar," he growled.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone