THREE DAYS LATER
"Wh...why aren't you... eating?" Faith asked in a meek tone while eyeing the knocked over food on the dirty ground of the cell from the small looking glass. For the past three days, she has come to deliver food to this prisoner every day, but he has never eaten a bite,"I.. it's been three days... Yo...you will die...if you do... don't eat anything..." She said slowly and in a fearful tone, not wanting to anger the beast.A beast is a beast, injured or not. Even though she was scared of him, she knew he couldn't do much. He could hardly move a muscle as his whole body was filled with deadly wolfsbane. He couldn't heal himself because of that. Also, Jackson comes at every night to torture him to put him back to his previous state. So, in this state, he would really die if he didn't eat."Isn't that what you want? For me to die?" The man spoke up to her for the first time in three days and she felt as if an unexplainable shiver ran through her spine.That voice..."No..." Unknown to her, those words left her mouth without her consent."No? You don't want me dead?" The man asked in surprise. No sooner had he completed his question, he started coughing out some more blood as always. The wolfsbane has been messing up with him badly."No... I don't want you dead..." Faith whispered in a low tone which she knew he heard very well."Why? Do...do you know everything?" He asked in a desperate tone and there was little hope in his tone as well which confused her. But she didn't give much thought to it as she looked down at her feet."I just know that if I can't keep you alive, I and someone very precious to me will die. I know nothing more than that." Faith said as she remembered Jackson's parents, Lina and John's word about killing her daughter if she fails to do her job. They are keeping eyes on her daughter, so she can't mess this up."So, me eating food and staying alive is important to you?" The man asked while coughing some more."Yes." Faith replied in desperation."I will eat the food, if you answer two of my questions and do one thing for me." The man spoke up while walking toward the small looking glass slowly. Only her icy blue eyes were visible to him.The moment she realised he was coming toward her with wobbly legs, she immediately ducked down to hide from his eyes. He stood near the closed door of the cell. He could hear her racing heartbeat and his ragged breathing."Why are you hiding from me? You know that I can't do anything to you in this state, right?" He asked in a hoarse voice."I am not allowed to show you my face…" Faith quietly replied. "I am not even allowed to talk to you much. Please tell me what I have to do to make you eat so that I can leave." She begged in misery, making him sigh."Answer me correctly, Faith." The man spoke up while taking slow yet deep breaths in between but his last word hitched her breath."How do you know my name?" She asked in a terrified tone, ready to run out as soon as possible if necessary."I know things more than you can imagine, my love. So, you better answer my questions truthfully. Do you understand?" He asked and she could hear the same maniacal as Jackson in his tone as well which was enough to control her in fear."Y…yes…" She stammered as he heard her heartbeat getting crazier every passing second. He wanted to calm her down but it was necessary to get what he wanted so he quickly got back into business."My first question, why are you so scared of them?" The man asked in a tone which left her with no options of lying."I…I am the omega of this pack…an easy target for them to use me as their punching bag…" She couldn't say more than that and he didn't need to hear more as well. But she jumped when she heard an animalistic growl coming from the cell."My second question. Do you know why they sent you specifically to give me food?" He asked and she was confused after hearing that. She slowly got up from the sitting position but didn't turn back to face him. Her long black wavy hair was facing him at that moment."No… I don't know that…" She replied in confusion but before she could voice out her confusion, he spoke up."Because you heal me. Your presence doesn't let me die." He said in a soft tone which shocked her so much that before she could think what was happening, she had already turned around to meet his forest green eyes. Her eyes widened the moment her eyes met his."I couldn't ask for my third condition because you have already shown me your face." The man said with a smirk on his bloody yet handsome face, making her look at him with fear."Wh…what is that, you are holding in your hand?" She asked in a fearful tone as she doesn't remember seeing anything inside the cell whenever she went to give him food when he was sleeping."The antidote of wolfsbane, my love. Your alpha is a stupid if he thought he could catch me so easily." He said with a smirk as he opened the small bottle of antidote slowly and drank it while looking deep into her panicked eyes."Wh…why…?" She couldn't ask more as she felt sick in her stomach because she knew what drinking that antidote meant. She couldn't even move from her place in fear."Because I wanted something here and I got it. Now, don't run your little brain so much and look me in the eyes." He said with a smirk as he looked deep into her eyes and she couldn't remove her eyes even though she wanted to as she saw all his injuries vanishing into thin air."Sleep, my love. Go to sleep." No sooner had those words left his mouth, she fell on the ground as her world turned black."I promise I will be back soon to have you in my arms again, my love.""She's going to die if we beat her more than this now." One of the guards said to his partner while looking at the heavily injured omega of their pack. Faith was her name and just like her name, she had full faith on the moon goddess that she wouldn't do such injustice to her. Faith was chained and hung up with her hands above her head. Her feet could barely touch the ground. The old clothes she was wearing were torn, and the wounds caused by the whipping could be seen. Some of the blood had dried, forming a dark red stain on the clothes."What a shameless cunning bitch! She is dying but still isn't telling the truth!" Another guard snapped at her while looking at her in disgust. He looked as if he wanted to kill her. He spit at her. She couldn't flinch even though she wanted to. She didn't have the energy to flinch. She was numb. She couldn't feel her limbs. She was hardly breathing and she felt as if her ribs were breaking into pieces with every whiff of air she was getting inside
"Faith...Faith... Can you hear me? Wake up... Faith!" Faith opened her eyes slowly after hearing Erin's voice and found her looking at her through the looking glass. She slowly got up and ran toward the glass in shock."E... Erin... Erin! What are you doing here?! The..they are going to punish you as well if they find you here!" She shrieked out loudly in fear. "Shh, Faith! They won't find out. The guard outside is my mate and he has given me his word." Erin spoke up in an assuring tone while looking around."What are you doing here, Erin? And... and how's Echo? Where is she?" Faith cried out as she was desperate to get a small glance of her lovely baby. "Echo is with me currently. She's sleeping and she has a little fever as well." Erin said while looking down at her arms. Faith's eyes widened after hearing Erin. "Fever? How? why?" She freaked out, desperate to take her daughter in her arms to soothe all her pain. Erin quickly opened the door and gave Echo to her."We don't have
A FEW HOURS LATER "Why isn't she waking up? It's been hours already!" Kendrick asked, desperation clear in his voice. His eyes didn't move from Faith's tired and exhausted face. She looked pale at that moment. She wasn't recovering that well even though he was sitting beside her and holding her hands. "I…I.. I think it's the potion she had, my king…it's a potion made by a witch to control her mind. It took all her energy. Also…" The doctor stuttered, as if unsure if he should continue. That took Kendrick's attention and he moved his eyes on the doctor. "Also what?!" He growled, urging him to reveal whatever it is he was so reluctant to reveal. His eyes were glowing black, ready to rip the doctor off. "I…I think she doesn't have a wolf, my king… that's why she's taking time to recover on her own." Words tumbled out of the doctor’s mouth in a stutter, making Kendrick look at him with a deep frown. He didn't believe the doctor. "What the fuck do you mean by she doesn't have a wolf?
IN THE DUNGEON"Stop fucking laughing!" Kendrick growled, trying to control his anger. He wanted nothing more than to kill Jackson but death was too easy of a punishment. He was enraged knowing his mate had a baby, A child that was not his, and that wasn’t something any wolf or Lycan takes lightly. The mate bond meant everything to them, and although he couldn’t change the past, he had the opportunity to get his revenge on the person who’s responsible for everything that has gone wrong."I think I am going to continue laughing because that seems to irritate you." Jackson wanted to get on Kendrick’s nerves, and by the looks of it he was succeeding."Then I am going to continue to beat you until you stop laughing." He prepared to continue Jackson’s punishment. All he wanted was for Jackson to shut up and take his punishment as he got whipped. If anything he wanted him to beg for death as he continued to torment him for everything he’s done."What happened? Why is the mighty Lycan so up
"Wh…where are you taking us?" Faith quietly asked as she held her sleeping daughter close to her. As if wanting to protect her from all harm."To my kingdom. To my pack." Kendrick coldly replied. His heart still wasn’t able to come to terms with her betrayal. Maybe it never will, the more he thought about it the colder he felt."To the kingdom of Lycans.. a place full of monsters…" Faith’s fearful response made him enraged. He still couldn’t believe that she would think of his or his pack as monsters, especially when she was living with one."Yes, a place full of monsters. Don't try to play your games there. The monsters will tear you into pieces." He snapped, making Faith shrink back in fear. He had not done anything to make her fear him yet she behaved as if he was going to eat her alive. But he felt it was good that she feared him, especially after what she had done."Wh…what did you do to Jackson? Are you going to kill him?" Her voice shook as she questioned him. How could she sti
IN THE LYCAN KINGDOMFaith was looking around fearfully and carefully as she followed Kendrick inside the big palace she has never seen in her entire life. She has never seen such a palace. She has hardly seen anything in her entire life anyway. It was very late in the night. She guessed it was almost 3 AM at night. They were very quiet in their way here and she heard Kendrick ordering his people to not to make any noise so that no one notices his arrival. He didn't want to disturb the sleep of his people.So kind he was for his own people! She thought bitterly.The palace was quiet and they weren't making any sounds as well. All the other people with them vanished at the back of the mansion. It was just him, herself and Echo. Echo was asleep soundly. The journey was very long but they didn't exchange another word after he called her a betrayer. They both hardly got inside the living room when the dark room palace was lit up and someone shouted in sheer happiness from a little dista
"This is going to be your room." Kendrick said while getting inside a small room near the kitchen downstairs. She was inside the room as well. She wasn't going to complain. It's a thousand times better than sleeping on the kitchen floor. It even has a bed. Her daughter is going to sleep peacefully and more comfortably now. She put Echo on the bed and stood up."So, you are going to punish me now by making me your maid? For something I don't even know." She asked while looking up at him. Her eyes were blank, void of any emotions. Her words seemed to push the wrong nerve of his as he bent down to her level and squeezed her cheeks in his hard hold. Her words sounded like a taunt to him. As if being a maid was not a big punishment to her. She didn't let out a single sound even then. "You don't know? Look at that pup sleeping on my property and ask yourself if you have done something or not." He fumed before pushing her face away and retreating his hand faster than light. As if her skin
A FEW HOURS LATERFaith somehow managed to slip into that awfully revealing dress and started working on the third floor as she was instructed. She fed Echo well after requesting the head maid and then locked the little girl in that room. Echo was used to it now. She was a good girl. She wasn't going to create trouble. She didn't see Kendrick or his parents yet and she was thankful to her stars more than ever. She focused on the work in hand. Someone from a glass frame of a big wall painting. She was instructed to clean all the glasses before everyone woke up from sleep and start walking from that path. She was trying to be as careful as possible but her weak and shaky hands were sleeping every now and then, cutting her delicate yet already injured hands more and more. She was hissing silently but continued working on cleaning them. Her blood was rolling down her hands on the floor but she thought of cleaning that later. She was doing her work with complete attention when suddenly