Chapter 8

"He's crying for help, won't you help him?"

Eve's heart thundered against his ribcage, he sweats profusely, hands tightly

gripping the sides of his shirt, his eyes burning but they couldn't dare look

away as Alpha's eyes held them captive. He felt like he was being

imprisoned by those big, dead eyes haunting him like a ghost.

Alpha lowered down to Eve's height with a maniacal gaze causing Eve to

gulp in terror, his conscience betraying him.

Eve gave the man a terrifying side eye, blood oozing from his nose and

mouth, every cell of his body yelling for help. Though Eve was a good-

hearted kid, helping that guy didn't even cross his mind; in this life-or-death

situation, helping others was the last thing he wanted to do.

Eve shakes his head unconsciously as fresh warm tears roll down his cold

red cheeks. He flinched, when Alpha chuckled in his face, intensely staring

as he sniffled.

"You don't want to help him?" Alpha smirked obnoxiously, the uproar and

twisted expression on his face enhancing his beauty as if he was made for

this madness.

And something tells Eve, based on Alpha's fascinating expression, that he

was just waiting for him to give the wrong answer and grab the opportunity

to catch Eve off guard with his insanity. This throws Eve into a never-ending

dilemma because he no longer knows what to say to him.

Alpha looked menacingly content and happy to see him in pain. Which causes

Eve to shiver uncontrollably.

Eve glanced towards River, in the hope of help.

However, he was taken aback when he noticed a playful smile on his face.

Eve's face twisted in disgust. So this is his true face, his true colours. Sage

was right about him, and he should have trusted him. But there was nothing he

could do now but regret.

"Alpha, the kid's really nice and innocent. I don't know how he ends up here,

but please don't be so hard on him," River smiled worriedly. He looked at

Eve and nodded, "Be nice and he will be nice to you."

But then something crossed his thoughts and he abruptly stood up, "Wait!

Where is Sage? Didn't I leave you with him, so why are you roaming around

alone!" And this time Eve could see the real fear on his face, real

nervousness while asking about Sage.

"Angh!" Meanwhile, Eve suddenly stumbled back and gasped heavily when

Alpha suddenly raised his hand towards his face.

"Sorry, did I scare you?" Alpha pulled an innocent face, feigning concern as

he closed his hand in a fist, the lack of empathy in his gorgeous silver-brown

eyes that gleamed with absurdity were so still, it seemed like they were stuck

in one place.

Eve looked at his calm face, which appeared as if he doesn't have anything to

worry and fear about. But what Eve couldn't see is that there was so much

going on in Alpha's head, so many conflicting thoughts circling, and scheming

how he could torture the sobbing face in front of him because he found Eve's

crying amusing.

The more Eve cried, the more frantic Alpha was getting to somehow resist

his desperate urges to torment Eve to the point he would no longer be able to

cry anymore.

Which piqued the devil's curiosity, the anguished lamb was just so

irresistible that the king couldn't hold back himself from asking.

"What did you do to end up here?" Alpha demanded, because no matter how

many guesses he made, anyone could tell that this trembling mess doesn't belong here. If Eve could cry this easily just by seeing someone covered in

blood, then how could he be Alpha's roommate?

Eve flinched so hard at Alpha's question that his legs buckled and he fell flat

on his bum. His ears began to ring with familiar screams and cries of

someone

as his eyes darted around the floor. He squints his eyes tightly, but the image

of a

young, cheerfully smiling face

keeps flashing in front of him despite his best efforts to block it out.

"Well, he's your roommate which explains-" River started, voice slightly

worried as he looked at Eve, who had his hands collapsed on his ears while

shaking his head and whimpering out incoherent words.

"Did I ask you?" Alpha roared without taking his eyes off Eve having a

breakdown on the floor.

"Woah! Easy, fine I won't say anything, dude," River raised his hands in

surrender. "Can't even express my emotions, humph meanie!"

Alpha ignored him and knelt down, extending his hand and this time Eve

didn't startle or flinch away because he wasn't in the right mind. Alpha

presses his middle finger against Eve's chin, forcing him to look up at him.

"Open your eyes," He whispered impatiently, and glared at Eve's tear-stained

red face when he didn't open his eyes. Alpha's eyes stilled on the red and

blue marks imprinted on his pale neck and smirked as he got turned on. "Ah,

the marks suit you. Should I give you some more?"

Eve's heart raced when he felt the cold feeling of Alpha's finger under his

chin and hot breaths tripping on his face.

He heard something rustling in Alpha's hand and his heart skipped a beat.

His wet eyes fluttered as he slowly opened them; his glistening sapphire-

colored eyes, met with silver-brown, chaotic ones. When he noticed a knife

in front of his face, all the colour left his face.

His eyes darted to Alpha, who was expertly twirling the knife between his

fingers with a wicked grin. A moment's lack of concentration would result in

a big cut.

"Well, if you don't want to help him, that's fine. I can't force you now, you

know, consent matters," Alpha leaned in closer, his face inches away from

Eve and his knife inches away from Eve's eyes, which were widened so

much that it appeared his eyeballs would fall out any second.

Alpha suddenly moved to his ear, his face slightly brushing against Eve's

cheek but Eve could still feel the coldness which made him shiver.

It was the same feeling he felt last night when he got choked to death.

"However, since this little baby is already out it can't go back without getting

a taste now," Alpha whispered in his ear and Eve shuddered at how excited

this psycho sounded.

Alpha yanked his hand back with full force and hurled it back at Eve. Target;

his eyes, and Eve heard a nerve-wrenching scream but couldn't realise that it

was his own.

"Hey!! NO!" River yelled too.

However, the pointy knife halted before it could dig out Eve's shocked and

frozen eyes, his eyeballs fluttered and he instinctively threw his head back.

"You guys are so dramatic," Alpha snorted and shook his head. He crouched

on his hands and knees to hover over an unresponsive Eve. Alpha had his

hands on either side of Eve's legs, trapping him beneath his broad body.

"Relax, did you really think I was going to harm you?" Alpha's lips curved

into a crazy smile as he innocently blinked his eyes at Eve. "Why would I

want to hurt my beloved roommate?" He sarcastically exclaimed, not caring to be more generous with his words. "There's nothing you need to do. We just

need a little help from you."