"No! You controlled my entire life but this is the one thing I won't let you control. You can't take this away from me!"
Iris Faith Jones is trapped. Every aspect of her life is controlled, and the ones controlling her are the ones she is supposed to call her family. Tired of her imprisoning life, she goes as close to being free as she can. She reads, and those books are the only source of happiness in her life, they give her hope, enough hope to dream of being free. Little did she know that her dream was about to come true. 
Adrian Cole Roberts is the future Alpha of the Blood moon pack, But he can't take the position without his mate. He longs to have her in his arms, to rule by his side, to love forever. He has been searching for years and is about to lose hope until he meets a small, shy girl in need of rescuing. 
What will happen when they cross paths? What does faith have in store for them? Will he be able to save her from the clutches of her so-called family? Or will he give up?

The Trapped mate

I timidly made my way inside the house, I had been nervous the entire ride home, thinking that Braden had seen me with Adrian and he’d told Father already. I wasn’t allowed to have friends and if Father was told about me hanging out with a guy, the punishment would be much worse than being grounded. 


My school and reading privileges would be taken away. I couldn’t let that happen because they were my only hope of ever escaping this nightmare. I held my breath as I made my way towards my room. 


I thought they would be waiting inside my room and would start questioning me the moment I walked in, but there was no one in my room. It was exactly how it had been when I left it this morning. 


I was relieved for a moment until my mind was swarmed with negativity again. What if they were going to question me at dinner? what if they wouldn’t even let me explain and would take me out of school and take my books away? What if they never let me out of their sight again? 


Before my mind could explode I put my bag on my table and went to the bathroom to freshen up. I went back inside the room and started on my homework, but I couldn’t focus. A certain pair of green eyes distracted me. 


Why was he talking to me? Was it all a prank? Was he a player? Was he just trying to get close to me to break my heart or was he actually genuine? I had seen a lot of fake people in my life so naturally, I could easily spot them but for all I knew he could just be really good at deceiving others. 


For some reason, my heart refused to believe that his intentions were anything but sincere. After a while, I finally managed to finish my homework and picked up a book to read. I hadn’t even finished 1 chapter before Kendra walked in and informed me that dinner was ready. 


I walked out of my room and towards the dining room slowly. Any worry that had been washed away from reading had come back with all the negative thoughts again. I entered the dining room and sat on my chair. 


I waited for someone to say something to me about school, but it never came. dinner was served and everyone ate quietly. I kept glancing at Braden, thinking he would start telling everyone about how he saw me with Adrian and I would be punished for making a friend, but that never happened. 


Dinner ended and I went back to my room. The negative thoughts had lessened a little but the fear was still there. 


What if Braden told Daniel and they came into my room in the middle of the night and threatened me? or worse, what if they hurt Adrian? no, they wouldn’t do that. They had to maintain the perfect image of this family and beating a guy up at school for no reason would not look good. 


Negativity swarmed my mind again, making it hard to focus on the book in my hands. I got up from my bed and put the book back on the shelf. I wish I could go outside, but I wasn’t allowed to leave without my parents’ permission and for that, I would need a valid reason and someone would have come with me. 


I sighed as I went outside the balcony and looked up at the stars twinkling brightly. I closed my eyes, fisted my hands and brought them under my chin, and said ” Starlight, Starbright, First star I see tonight, I wish, I may, I wish, I might have this wish, I wish tonight. I just want to free.” 


I gasped as I heard twinkles and opened my eyes to looks at the stars. It was like they heard me, and call me crazy, but I believe they did. It’s probably the effect of reading so much. 


With a content heart and one thought in my mind. I went back to my room to get ready for bed. 


Chapter 4- Wish upon a star