Her scent

We walked into the cold basement once again and visions of last night appeared. It took me hours to fall asleep and now I was here again. Thankfully, there was a bit of sunlight so I wasn't as scared as I was last night.

The stench of damp stone greeted me the moment Nasser shoved me back inside the cell. My bare feet scraped against the cold floor, and I staggered before catching myself against the wall.

Nasser didn’t leave immediately. He lingered, his silhouette framed by the slice of light from the hallway. His lips pulled into that vile smirk again, the one that made my wolf stir with a growl even through the haze of poison in my veins.

"You think your little mouth will save you?" he asked, tone mocking. "You’ve already signed your death, rogue. Alpha just hasn’t decided whether it’ll be quick… or the kind that makes even Hell look like a gift."

I refused to show him fear. That was what he thrived on. Instead, I leaned back against the damp wall, focused my gaze on the wall.

“When my claws are back in my hands, you’ll be the first one I will deal you", I hissed out. His grin faltered just for a second then his mask slammed back into place.

“Enjoy your cell while it lasts, bitch. You won’t see many more mornings.”

And with that, he slammed the door shut.

Darkness returned, swallowing me whole.

....

Nasser showed up a few moments after and I was quite surprised when he was the one who got me food. After settling the tray in front of me, he moved back to the corner and used his phone for the rest of the time. I didn't understand his presence when I clearly wasn't doing anything except for eating.

I picked up the metal fork and glared at it for a moment.

Nasser would be dead and it wouldn't even take me a minute.

"Don't try to be smart, you still can't shift and I have way more strength than you came to imagine, rogue."

His eyes raised as he spoke. That was the sole problem -I couldn't shift and I was weak with aconitum running in my veins.

After finishing up, Nasser took everything out and locked the door. I groaned and walked back and forth. I wasn't going to spend the rest of my life here. I needed fresh air, sunshine, and humans. These male wolves were going to be the death of me and I was already in heat. My insides warmed up each and every time I saw these males-even Nasser, I couldn't help it. It came along with my strength. A lone female wolf without a mate was nothing.

Just before sunset, another male wolf arrived at my door and asked me to come out. At least there was someone who wasn't throwing his hands on me. The male was young, he seemed to have a mate as he didn't even glance at me.

"Where am I going?" I questioned.

"To the Alpha," He replied, his eyes were still narrowed down as he walked ahead of me. "And, what do you think he's going to do with me?"

"That's a question only he can answer," The male replied as he took me in front of the same door. He pushed the door open and let me go in first. That was a gentleman right there.

"Thank you," I mumbled as I walked inside.

"Sit," The Alpha commanded as soon I came in. My eyes snapped around the room and I noticed a few more men around me, including the beta, Nasser and the male who just got me from the basement. Being surrounded around a pack of male wolves wasn't a good thing for a female in heat.

I sat down in front of the Alpha.

"I have something for you," He said. "A task,"

"And what would that be?"

"How good are your tracking skills?"

"Better than the males you have in your pack," I

grinned. Deeming these males felt so good. I gave them a hard time to capture me in the forest.

"We will see about that," The Alpha said while getting closer. "Now, there is a little task I have for you, if you complete it and succeed, I won't kill you."

"And what is the task?" "You are going to track a scent-a specific one," He seemed to be very into the task and it was almost as if this certain scent was worrying him.

I tore my gaze away from him as he pulled out a locket, my locket.

My eyebrows crinkled in confusion and with a pang, I realized what he wanted to track.

"I want you to track whoever this locket belongs to," He said. It was my gold locket. Of course. It must've fallen in the ground as I was being chased by his warriors. Lockets were the only thing that stayed when a human shifted into a werewolf and it had my scent since I wore it since was born.

"Oh..." I trailed off while returning back to reality.

"Well, are you going to do it or not?" The Alpha asked.

"Of course. Why not? Let me have it," I reached out for my locket but he moved back.

"I don't want your scent on it,"

Fuck you.

"I don't have a scent, idiot." I snapped.

"Whatever. I don't want you to touch it and mind your language, you're talking to an Alpha, not your father." He reminded. That reminder tore me a little bit. My father. I never dared to speak to him like that until the very last day-when my parents decided that it was better if they killed me than letting me live.

I wasn't particularly in the mood to remember my past so I brushed it aside and looked back at the Alpha who was waiting for a response.

"Fine. I will do it then you'll let me go?"

The Alpha chuckled, "In your dreams," He pushed the locket inside his pockets. Jesus. It was mine but he could have it for a while. I was surprised by how he kept something so precious of mine safe. Was it because of the scent on it?!

Did that mean I was his......?

"We'll start with visiting the town nearby, Bleakburn, they have a pack name Red Walkers." He said as he turned around to his men. "You will track the scent and see who this locket belongs too," He added.

"Why?" I asked. "Does it belongs to your lost mate?"

The Alpha sniped a look at me, "Who told you that?"

"No one,"

"Tell me,"

"I told you, no one so no one. Now, can I smell the locket so I can start tracking your stu-mate?" I questioned as I stood up. I wasn't going to call myself stupid as I was his mate. If in case I was.

The Alpha hesitated for a very long moment before giving me the locket. There was my scent all over it.

"Reminds me of something..." I trailed off while putting up an act.

"What is it?" the Alpha questioned as he stepped closer.

"I don't know. I think I will remember it when I have something inside my stomach," My lips curled into a wicked smile.

The Alpha growled and turned around to his men, "Get her food,"

This was going to be fun.