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"You look different, I didn't expect you to be..." I started saying.

He turned to me, we were about three feets but I could see the burning intensity that almost turned his calm blue eyes a violent purple.

"What...?!." He demanded, I should have listened to my mother.

"I'm sorry." I pleaded hoping that he would not change his mind and take me back to my father.

I tried to go down on my knees, I would rather keep my mouth shut forever than to be returned to my father's house. I thought of the punishment that would befall me if I was sent back, I might be exiled.

"Why are you apologizing, you haven't finished your statement yet." He said, it was obvious that he was trying to keep his emotions In check by holding his anger. 

"Please, forgive me. I can't finish my statement." I said bowing my head.

He held my arms and pushed me against the door of the car. My heart was beating wildly in my chest.

"Do not make me angry, Liliac. Finish your statement."

I swallow hard.

"Everyone said you were covered in scars, they said you were very ugly and that you were deranged and mad. You don't look like how they described you." I said fearing that my words would put me into more danger.

The corner of his lips lifted in a fine sexy grin.

" How do I look?." He asked as his grin turned corky, was he teasing me?.

"Handsome... Very handsome." I confessed.

His eyes moved down to my lips, he released one of my wrist and he used one finger to trail the outline of my collarbone.

"You're married to one of the most feared, the wealthiest and the most mysterious man in the whole country... Aren't you scared Liliac, what if the rumours are real... Aren't you terrified?." He asked In a soft whisper not breaking eye contact just to see my reactions.

"I- I am." I admitted. His grip on my arm were no longer hard. "I just didn't have any other choice."

An expression crossed his face, it looked like shock but before he could say anything the driver spoke up.

"We're home sir." The driver said to Leonard. He let go of my hands and opened the door for me to walk through.

He was a gentleman, I was shocked. This was the man who was rumoured to be arrogant and violent.

" Thank you." I mumbled.

The house was grand. I couldn't help but gasp, my father's house was considered a mansion but this was the biggest most beautiful structure I had ever seen.

I climbed the stairs touching the pure gold railings.

"No one apart from me lives here, so now that you're my wife and you're going to live here, I would like to warn you... You're not allowed out of your room from midnight to dawn. You're not allowed in the hallways once it's eleven PM and lock your doors at night. Don't come out even though you hear sounds or knocking, I'm warning you because It would be very unfortunate if you die and the rumours would spread like wild fire." He said, I was scared of his statement. 

But there were maids and servants walking around, it was as if he read my mind that instant.

"They leave the house once it's eight PM." He explained.

I was still shivering from fear, my hands felt cold, I didn't want to ask him any questions but i felt that if I didn't ask him, I would loose my mind.

" What's... What's so dangerous, wh- what would happen if I step out at night?. " I asked him

His eye brows shot together.

"You'd get eaten alive. I'm not going to say anything more." 

He started walking up the stairs, I was left to wonder what was happening in my life, I remembered what he had said to me on our way here, what if the rumours were actually true...

"Mrs Alaxia, please come change out of your wedding dress." A young maid said to me with a small bow.

When I walked to my bedroom my jaw dropped, if this was a prison, I would lock myself in and swallow the key. My bedroom was sol beautiful and we'll furnished. 

"Let's get you into a warm bath." The maid said.

As I was submerged in the warm water, I still couldn't take my mind off the way Leonard had warned me to stay in my room.

"Where is my wife?." I heard Leonard asking from the door. His voice made a shiver run down my spine, he entered into the bathroom not long after I heard his voice, I tried to cover my nakedness with my hands.

The maid left immediately he stepped into the bathroom. I couldn't meet his eyes and I hoped he sensed my discomforted so that he would walk out but he still stood there without saying anything.

When I decided to look up at him, I saw his eyes burning with lust and desire. 

"Why are you staring at me like that?." I asked him. His corky smile returned, he walked towards me, It was impossible to hide my naked body. 

"Are you shy?." He asked me.

"Ye- yes." I stuttered.

"Lilac, you know what happens between a husband and his wife on their wedding night, right?." He asked me, his grin stretching forward and displaying his beautiful set of teeth. 

His hand touched my wet hair and I shuddered.

I knew that I was shy but that was not the main reason why I was hiding my body from him.

I was hiding the scars from all the whips I've earned in my father's house. Not just the whip scars, the claw marks I got when the betas bullied me, the bite marks from when the she wolfs tried to take me down to prove their superiority.

 I was afraid that if he saw them he would have no choice but to send me home. 

"You don't have to hide your body from me Liliac, you're mine now." His voice was rough, my heart was stuck in my throat. 

My shut my eyes as I felt his hand touch both of my wrists, ready to lift it away from my chest. 

"Wh-what the hell?!." His voice thundered In anger, I shuddered because he had seen the scars.