Cassie POV

It take a whole forty-eight hours before we finally arrive at the country we were heading to. At some point in the journey, I was wondering if we are still on earth or have gone to another planet. You won't blame me, right? That was the longest journey of my life.

We finally arrive at the strange place, and I must confess that I feel so weird being here. Strangely, we didn't take a single belonging from the mansion and it's kind of driving me crazy now. What the heck is going on? As much as I want to feed my curiosity and ask questions, I dare not to. Just the look on the mysterious man's face sends shivers down my spine. I wonder what his name is.

As the car drives down the road, I keep observing the area as I stare out through the window. Unlike other places that are filled with houses, this place is strangely filled with nothing, but plants and wild animals. I cringe when I see a deer.

As the car drives farther in the rough and bushy route, my hope of seeing at least a house keeps shattering, because the farther we go, the thicker it becomes. I need no one to tell me that we are in the woods already, but what we're doing in such a place is what I can't seem to understand. Looking at everyone else in the car turns out that I am the only one getting disturbed about our journey. The rest of them look calm as though nothing weird is happening. This is becoming scary.

After almost an hour of going farther and farther into the thick forest, or should I say woods? The car finally stops at a spot and I wonder if something has happened to the car or if they are going to throw me into the woods and go their way. As much as I want to be calmed, I can't help the tons of questions that keep parading my mind and it keeps driving me crazy and making me scared.

"Come on, Cassie. Come down," Madam Leila's soft voice brings me back to reality, and that is when I notice that she is holding the door open for me. I force a faint smile and step out of the car. There are horses tied to trees.

"What's going on?" I finally whisper to Madam Leila, since she's the only one I can talk to.

"We're about to head home from here," She replies to me, and I pull a puzzled look. As much as I want to ask further questions, I decided to be patient and watch the next thing that is going to happen.

"Come on," She nudges my arm, walking toward one of the horses and that is when I realize that everyone else has climbed the horse each, except for the two of us. Gulping down the lump in my throat, I drag my feet behind her until she gets to the horse and unties the rope from the tree. She climbs it swiftly like the pro she is. She is skilled at this, maybe she must've been doing it for a long time.

"Come here," The ever-cold voice sounds through my ears, bringing me to an abrupt halt. I gulp down nothing as I turn around and walk over to him. He helps me climb the same horse as him.

"Hold me firmly," He says in his usual cold voice and I gulp down the lump in my throat. I wrap my trembling hands around his waist and weird sensations shoot through me. The ride was fun.

After a few minutes, the horse rides into a magnificent building and that is when it dawns on me that we are in another place different from other parts of the country. Just the sight of it, tells me that there is something about the place which is weird.

"Alpha," A young lady calls as she walks over to us elegantly, having an exciting smile dancing on her lips. She looks like she has missed this man so much and has been looking forward to seeing him. But wait! What did she just call him? Alpha? As in alpha of wolves? That's not possible.

"Leila, you know what to do," He says to Madam Leila before walking away, ignoring the young lady that called him. This place looks weird and I wonder what is going on. Since Madam Leila is kind of nice to me, I think she'll answer some questions for me later.

"Come with me," She says to me, walking away while I follow her. She leads me through the veranda that has pillars and turns out that the building isn't just an ordinary one, but a castle. How the heck did my life ended up like this?

I trail behind her until she gets to the last point in the veranda and takes another turn, leading me to God knows where. After walking for what seemed like forever, she finally stops in front of an old wooden door, which looks more like the doors I see in ancient movies, mostly in castles. I can't help wondering if we traveled back in time or something, because this is confusing.

"This will be your room," She says to me, and I glance at her confusingly, taking my gaze to the door afterward. As much as I need someone to explain what is going on, as much as I have so many questions to ask, I just need to be calmed first. I can ask all the questions I want later.

"I'll leave you now," She smiles at me before she finally saunters out of the room. I stare at her till she is out of sight. Letting out a brief sigh, I push the door open, earning a creaking sound from it. It seems like it has been a long time since the door was opened.

Peeking inside the room, I grimace at the sight I behold. The room looks so dirty and dusty. Broken pieces of furniture are littering the floor. God! How am I supposed to clean this up?...