CHAPTER 23: SECRETS BETWEEN THE WALLS

Olivia’s POV....

"Don’t make me say it again Olivia," Luca spoke, his voice calm and well-composed comb yet I knew what was underneath all of this, I knew of the monster that is waiting to be unleashed, my eyes filled with tears as I slipped out from under the desk.

I could feel my heart pounding faster and I could barely hear the thoughts that filled my mind, as I stared at the ground.

"Look at me," Luca spoke, I didn’t want him to say it again, I moved away from the place, my finger slipping as the brown envelope fell to the ground, my eyes filled with tears as I stared at him for a second.

I didn’t think this through, I didn’t think that he would find me here.

"You never thought you would get caught." He asked, and I shook my head. "When I speak, you will answer me with the word Olivia." He spoke and I nodded.

I could feel my insides begging for help my feet even though I wore sock to cover the cold, it felt like the sock just made it more hotter, it will like my leg was being placed inside a fire, I could feel my insides begging and asking for help, I could feel my breath getting hard and it felt like I didn’t have control over myself anymore.

Maybe I have never been scared before, maybe when I ran away. A part of me always knew I would be caught and I didn’t feel that scared but now I feel scared, I felt worried and it felt like I didn’t have any sense of what was going on

"First rule to be a great wolf, you never think you will be caught, a good wolf you always think you will be caught and you think of ways to escape that."

"Are you suggesting tips for me on how to sneak into your dodge again?" I breathed out and he didn’t speak. Instead, he took two strides toward me, he crouched down and I could feel the heat of his wolf when he pulled out the envelope and he handed it over to me.

"Are you scared of me Olivia?" he asked. A breath fell out of my kiss when he used his fingertips to touch me, he placed his hand over my chin and he raised my chin until my eyes met his.

I stared at him for a second when I tried to look away. I didn’t, I didn’t dare to because he won’t let me; he had control this time and he already knows that he has more control over me.

I stared at him again.

"Are you scared?" He asked again, my breath feeling heavy and I could feel my sight getting away from me.

"No." I lied, he knew I was lying, he didn’t speak, instead he led my hand softly and he led me out of the little space I am in. We headed toward the fireplace and without saying a word he threw the envelope inside of it.

I stared at him with shock.

"You didn’t read it, you were about to but you didn’t." He spoke again, I can’t even lie. I didn’t read it, he came in at the perfect time, the time he would want me not to know anything that is taking place, and even though I didn’t like it.

"Why?" he asked, I didn’t know what to say, I didn’t even understand what he was saying until my eyes met his and I realized what was going on, he wanted to know why I came in here. "Don’t lie to me Olivia, I would know if you are lying to me, so tell me why you did it."

"Because you-" I was about to say when he turned to look at me, his eyes met mine and I didn’t dare look at him before I stared at him again, this time I could feel a wave of anger washing over me

"Because you don’t tell me anything, because you feel like you have control even when it has to do with my life, because you feel like you can do whatever you feel like, it’s my life Luca and not yours, it’s mine and mine alone, not yours, if you want control so badly, why not control your own fucking life and not me, I am not some doll you can make decisions for, all I have done my whole life is watch people throw me around, whether it’s my family, or my bag and, they all want to toss me around and when it comes to you, you do the same too, you may say you want to protect me but save me the talk."

"I didn’t- I am not done," I whispered cutting him off, I didn’t feel like this before until he asked now. It felt like I could feel all the anger that was bubbling inside of me, all the things I had suppressed because he forced me to do that, because he made me do that.

"You and the rest of the world, you all make it look like I don know what I am doing, this is about my life, you don’t tell me how I would live it and you know what, if I could run away I will, I will do it again because you can’t always have control Luca. Yes, you got me for. My husband but did it ever occur to you that I have feelings, I know what I see and I am not fucking dumb, it didn’t right, because you don’t care, you don’t seem to fucking care about it because all you want is control."

"I don’t have control all of the time." He spoke and I stared at him because a chuckle escaped my lips

"You are the Alpha. What other control don’t you have, you own the city, you can behave the way you want." I chuckled bitterly. "You never know what it’s like to not have control, from the moment you were born you were royalty and everyone was told that you would be the Alpha, you are the leader that will handle all of them," I spoke.

"Is that what you think?" He asked, he placed his hand on mine, pulling me closer to him as my eyes met his, I didn’t know what to say, it felt like I didn’t have any control over what I had to say. "You think I don’t lose control, I always have control, form the moment I was born, I was told I would the alpha, I lost control when they told me that I would be Alpha, I was never asked if I wants to be the Alpha, do you think it’s easy or I was forced to become the image of what my father wanted us to be." He yelled and I didn’t speak.

For some moment he didn’t say a word, the silence cut deep, the silence between us was thick and almost choking, the fire was cracking between us and for once he didn’t look like anyone that has control, he didn’t look like anyone that owned the world, he looked like someone that didn’t have anything, someone that has lost a lot and all he wants is for me to give back, he wanted is for him to he heard.

"That’s the problem, everyone thinks that I have control, but they don’t like what it’s like not to have control." He spoke and I frowned at him,

He stepped in front of the wall and pressed something I didn’t see, asking. The hidden panel opened.

"You want the truth, I will give it to you, come with me, you will see it all" Luca spoke, I was scared, I wanted to know but I didn’t know where he wanted to take me, I was a bit scared of where he would take me.

I stared across the place and I held his hand in mine, I could feel my breath taking heavier and my heart beating against my chest.

The secret pages led to a room underground, with stone walls and it was dim, as we were walking through the hallways, I felt cold, I felt scared and I didn’t know what to think, I was even more worried that I would not be able to handle what it was.

The moment we walked in, I saw a cage, I glanced across the area, and there were claw marks on the wall The cage looked like it had been through hell, I didn’t forget the blood that painted the white glass, it didn’t look like it, it seemed like more had happened, I felt like I could hear the screams, and it terrified me, it tainted me.

It felt like there were things here that held the story when my eyes scanned across more and it met Luca’s

Where are we?.