Sold To The Untouchable Alpha novel Chapter 60

[Arissa's POV]

Everything hurt and my vision was hazy. How was it possible that Gillian was the same as me? Was this some type of joke? How was I supposed to kill him when he was damn near invincible.

"You aren't allowed to die." Ivan's soothing voice drifted through my haze.

"Who said I'm dying?" I tried, causing pain to race through me.

Fuck, it really hurt and that was saying something given all the injuries I had suffered.

"That's the spirit. If you're able to argue, then you're going to be fine."

"Yeah."

I only managed to get the word out before my lungs began to feel as though they were filling with water. Fits of coughing began to overtake me. Breathing became impossible and dark circles danced before my eyes.

"Pick up the pace!" I heard Ivan roar over the ringing in my ears. "IF SHE DIES SO WILL YOU!"

Despite my attempts to try to calm him, no words came. Any they may have was muffled by the blood that was quickly filling my mouth.

Shit, it seemed that Gillian had meant for me to die with his blow. And here I thought he would want me alive to fulfill his ridiculous plan.

Feeling a laugh want to escape me, I tried to stay conscious as Ivan's muffled words drifted around me, along with an odd sensation that I had never felt before, but something about it was so damn comforting.

I don't know when it happened, but I suddenly found myself in pure darkness. The pain was gone and I couldn't sense Ivan around me at all. From what I could tell, I was completely alone.

Confused, I looked around, trying to find something, anything, that would give me an indication of where I was.

"Am I dead?" I muttered in frustration.

Sure, since turning 8, all I had wanted was death. However, now that I was possibly experiencing it, I found that I felt hollow and like something was missing.

Deciding that staying put wherever I was wouldn't help me, I began to move. Maybe I would find something at some point, or I would simply wander in the darkness forever.

As my feet took me further and further, I began to sense something familiar and foreign at the same time.

Continuing to move, I made my way towards swirling red smoke that tried to hide a large white creature that seemed to glow. A powerful aura radiated from it, but it was easy to tell that the creatures true power was being contained.

Quickening my pace, I moved closer and closer until I could see that the creature was a white wolf. A large white wolf, bigger than any wolf I had ever seen before. It was clear this wolf was meant to be an alpha, but for some reason it was being contained here in the darkness.

Reaching out, I tentavely touched the creatures head, causing a growl to erupt from it's lips.

I watched in horror as it tried to move, but was stopped by black thorns that dug into it's hide, drawing fresh blood in patches of already dried blood.