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Isabella’s POV
I was confused. Did he mean that this other side of him was named Antonio? But that didn’t completely make sense to me still. Even though I was sure that such a disorder existed. In all the time I had known Alexander, I had never seen this ‘other side‘ which leaves me with the only other possibility which may be even scarier than the first: The possibility that this could be a whole entirely different person.
I eyed this person warily as I took another step back, glad that even with all the step I’d been taking backwards, he hadn’t moved an inch. “Where is Alexander?” I asked feeling quite stupid while doing so but also genuinely eager to hear his reply.
He shrugged, “In his pack, tearing the whole place down looking for you. He knows he can’t leave because once he does ‘whoever it is that kidnapped his mate‘ will attack.” He took a step forward, “I mean me, sweetheart.”
I took a step back, my heart pounding in my chest. I didn’t see any reason to doubt what he had said for a second. Everything made perfect sense and I now realized that I was in big trouble. When he was Alexander to me, there was a small hope in me that he would come to his senses. I believe it was due to the familiarity but I thought he wouldn’t truly hurt me. He had tried to get me to eat and even uncuffed me after all. But now that I knew that this was someone entirely different, someone who didn’t care for me or have any reason to care for me, my blood had run cold. Everything had suddenly become a hundred times realer.
“Why do you look so much like my mate?” I demanded, a lump forming in my throat as I realized that the reason why I could not feel the bond from this man was because he was not Alexander. It was the same reason why I
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“Because he’s my twin.” He said simply before rolling his eyes like it was the most displeasing thing ever. Like he couldn’t believe it just as much as I could not wrap my head around it.
I know we were the most unconventional pair of mates out there but how could he have a twin brother and I didn’t even have the slightest idea about it. Apart from that, he was the Alpha. How could the Alpha have an identical twin that didn’t reside in the pack and it was a secret from everyone? It didn’t make sense but it’s not like I could doubt the evidence that was his face being a reflection of my mate’s.
“He wouldn’t immediately realize that I’m behind this since he likes to pretend like I don’t exist but he will eventually and he would come here to watch me take the life of what matters most to him and then I’d end his own life right after.”
Something twisted in my stomach and I wondered whether he had already driven a knife through me because it sure felt like it. I felt bile in my throat and my face wrinkled as I was forced to swallow it. His plan was to kill both Alexander and I. Why? He just said he was his twin brother, why would he want to kill him. And then I wondered if he was sure Alexander was searching for me or he just thought he should. And wondered that because I had been wondering if Alexander had indeed. gone ahead to pick a Luna of his choice. If that was the case, would he even realize that I was missing?
What would this psychopath do then in that case?
“Why do you care if I eat or not then? If you’re going to kill me anyway, why do you care?”
“You’re a beautiful woman and I think you have just the right amount of flesh on your bones. Why let you starve yourself and watch you become an ugly skeleton when I plan to make your death a lot more quicker. So
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cat if you’d like, I’ve not managed to lure your mate yet so dying now would be pointless.”
I tried to seem indifferent. I really tried to pretend like his words weren’t getting to me, like I wasn’t getting really frightened but I was certain that even though I may have managed to get my poker face right, my heart was beating so loud that not only he could hear it, but the other people outside this room as well and then he smirked, letting me know that I wasn’t exactly far off.
Now looking more closely at this man that I thought was my mate just a few minutes ago, now that I knew he wasn’t my mate, I could spot the little differences. The tiny lighter streak that this man had in his hair that my mate didn’t. The way their smiles were different based on the dash of wickedness in Antonio’s and I know that does not seem like a real thing, but I swear it, it was the only way I could describe it and if anyone could see it, they’d agree too.
They seemed to be about the same height but there was quite the difference in their size. While Alexander had more toned muscles even though he was quite lean, Antonio was just lean. It made me wish that he was right about Alexander searching for me because it seemed like Alexander could handle him easily and save both me and himself. I’ve seen him at training and he doesn’t play at all. But still, I thought, for Antonio to make such a move, it had to have been something he had spent a lot of time planning, right? He obviously knows that Alexander would be very strong both as an Alpha wolf and with all the training he had to be doing and yet when he spoke of his plans he had sounded so confident.
I felt chills run up and down my body. If whatever he had planned was that great for him to be so confident, did I really want Alexander to come here? And what happens if he doesn’t come for me? Would Antonio just keep waiting? If he decides that I’m useless would he let me go or kill me? Looking at him, killing me seemed like what would be his preferred option. I had to find my own way out of this place if I wanted to live. If I must die it cannot be for a reason I was so clueless about. I will die simply
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a bait for Alexander and a trigger for him to lose his mind and then his hold on the pack. Not only would such a death do no good for my name, it would also bring my pack to ruins as well.
Even though I was not in chains or even in some sort of cell, I didn’t think it’d be that easy. I hated to give him any kind of credit but Antonio did not seem like the type to unchain someone when it very well may be a catalyst to help them run away from his clutches. That smile of his couldn’t be wicked for nothing.
He walked up to me while I was still in my head and when I came back enough to move back, he was already right in front of me and my back was just about to hit the wall.
“I’m going to say this for the second and the last time. Don’t you dare run away from me. It pisses me off when people do that. It’s like saying I’m dumb and you’re trying to outsmart me and I will nnot hesitate to kill you on the spot.” He moved forward and I finally bumped into the wall, quite painfully if I might add. “Do you hear me?!” He demanded and I didn’t know when I nodded, my movements depicting my fear. “It’s Alexander I‘ m really after and if you try to run, I would kill you and look for another way to kill him. You are just a bait and I have no real use for you. Remember that if you ever think of running.”
I swallow and he moves away from me while still maintaining his hard gaze, probably getting off on my fear like the sadistic asshole that he was proving himself to be. And then he turned around and made his way to the door, twisting the handle and pulling it open before going out and banging the door behind him.
I didn’t cry. I stared at the door for many seconds while I waited for my heart to calm down before going back to the bed but I still didn’t cry. It made me wonder whether I had indeed cried out all the tears I had to
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