Chapter 4

Aurora POV

After the stunt I had pulled earlier, the car didn’t stop, not for once.

It kept moving till we arrived at the place I once thought could never be real.

Dante De Luca’s island.

A place whispered about by people in fear. No one dared talk boldly about the rumors or else they would have their head rolling on the floor the next morning.

It was said to be the land of no return.

No one ever made it out alive once they stepped foot on the island. It was as if they had been swallowed whole and the water cleansed off every single trace of them.

People whispered about their lost ones but nobody had ever dared confront Dante about it, not even the police.

They all stayed clear away from the island like it was some kind of plague.

Everyone was anxious to know about the island activities. Unfortunately, nobody could describe the activities on the island as no one ever lived enough to tell the story.

My heart skipped ten times faster than it had as I stared at the dark body of water surrounding the mansions.

“Boss,” a voice cut through my thoughts, making me stare to the left.

Dante De Luca, the same man that had made my life change within hours from bad to worse, stepped down without any emotion, face hard as stone and his body moving with so much aura.

A strong hand pulled me off the car roughly. Apparently, it was the guy I had bitten while trying to run. He looked so mean, meaner than all of the guards.

Dante entered the boat that was already arranged at the water bank. His men all occupied it too and I was dragged in as well.

The boat rowed its way to the mansion standing in the middle of the water. The water paddles were the only sound heard.

About five minutes later, we were all standing before the mansion that looked nothing like I had imagined.

I was expecting a monster-like place, an ancient building, but what I saw made my mouth drop.

The mansion was built with modern structures, beautiful decor and designs. The building looked more like heaven on earth. This place looked like somewhere that had never held sins.

For a second, I forgot my predicament. I just stared, eyes admiring every effort and work put into making this masterpiece.

A lady rushed out from the door of the mansion, her heels clicking hard on the polished floor. She looked so beautiful with hair falling below her bra length. Her tight skinned gown hugged her body perfectly.

“Master,” she yelled happily, her hands embracing Dante in a hug.

I stood tongue tied as I stared at their interlocked bodies. Never for once did Dante try to push her away.

The lady pulled away, wrapping herself around his arm.

“You must be hungry. I told the maid to fix your meal,” she said brightly.

Dante walked alongside her, forgetting completely about me. Didn’t he just tell mom he wanted to marry me? Why was there a lady here already acting all lovey dovey?

For a moment I felt jealous, felt pained. Even though I knew I shouldn’t, my reaction was still justifiable as he had brought me here as his bride.

“Who’s that lady?” I asked before I could stop myself.

The shocked expression on everyone’s face told me I shouldn’t have uttered those words.

Well, I said what I said and I wasn’t taking it back.

The lady turned immediately, finally noticing my existence. Dante didn’t, he just kept walking in.

Is he crazy? Why is he still walking in? Why is he leaving me to this stranger?

She looked at me predatorily, a hateful stare I couldn’t help but notice. From her look it was obvious she didn’t like me.

“Do you know where you are?” she asked calmly but her voice was dangerous.

I didn’t talk. I just stared.

She wasn’t the one I had needed soeak to. It was Dante.

A hot slap landed on my cheek, one that made me see stars.

For a moment I couldn’t see clearly.

She grabbed my head roughly without saying another word.

“Let me go!” I yelled.

“Isabel, don’t stress yourself over her,” Dante’s voice rang out.

“She spoke rudely to me,” Isabel argued.

“Guards, throw her in the cell. No water, no food.”

“Make her start working tomorrow,” he instructed.

“Yes boss,” his men replied.

Before I knew it, I was dragged away to an air tight room, a room worse than the store-like room I inhabited back at home.

My heart sank again as I watched them shut the hard metal door, leaving me in total darkness.

Only the little dim light at the end of the room illuminated the space.

I sat on the floor after minutes of pacing around trying to find an escape but I found none.

I didn’t know how long I had stayed in the room before the door finally opened.

This time it wasn’t the guards, neither was it Dante or Isabel.

It was a lady dressed in uniform-like clothes.

“Shhhh,” she placed a finger on her mouth, urging me not to say a word.

“I came to help you. There is an escape. Just follow me,” she said.

Without thinking it through, I followed her, my legs cautious as I walked, trying not to alert the guards.

The strange lady seemed to know her way around as she avoided every guard in the hallway without being noticed.

She stopped when we got to the hallway.

“This is where I will stop. I can’t get caught,” she explained. “Walk straight, you will see a door. Open it and walk in. There is a tunnel that leads to the city.”

My heart warmed. For the very first time, someone was nice to me on this island.

“Thank you so much. I owe you,” I said before turning to walk along the hallway.

Truly as she said, I saw a door.

Without thinking much, I opened it as she instructed and stepped in.

A sigh of relief left my lips but it didn’t even last for a second before it was replaced with fear.

Before me was a big angry wolf staring at me with so much rage.

My heart skipped as I ran to the door to escape but tell me why the door was locked.

The big wolf scratched its claws across my back, tearing off my flesh through my clothes.

I screamed as I felt a crushing pain tear my skin apart.