I groaned and stretched my limbs, turning over in my bed. No. Not a bed. I was on a rough floor. I opened my eyes. I was back in my cell.The girl in the corner was singing a soothing song. Her voice was nice. I remembered everything that happened before I passed out for the last time.I must have imagined the soft bed. I craved for my own bed so my mind was probably just playing tricks on me. I wondered how many days I spent here. Two? It felt like forever. What was Imogen doing and would she find me? Were they even searching for me?I groaned and sat up. The bandages around my chest and back were gone and I was dressed in a soft cotton gown. I no longer felt pain as I moved too. Did I imagine all of that? The whipping, the men, and the bed? It all felt so real.I flexed my shoulders and tried to touch my back. I winced from the pain caused by stretching my muscles. I stood up and walked around. I was perfectly fine. I frowned. Something was definitely wrong somewhere. Did I imagine
My body was shaking in fright just from looking at him. The hate and glare in his eyes. If I could disappear, I'll do it in a snap. But I couldn't so I had to endure his gaze, squirming at the intensity."Are you ready to talk now?" he asked in his usual cold voice."I...." I stuttered helplessly. I wanted to defend myself again but I couldn't find the words. Not when he was staring at me like he wanted to tear my limbs apart. He stood up and instinctively, I took a step back, bumping into the guard who www closely standing behind me. My arm was grabbed roughly and the scary alpha growled. At me or the man behind me, I wasn't sure. His growl was terrifying and I figured out it was for me because why would he growl at the man?He growled lowly again and the tight grip on my upper arm instantly disappeared and I was left to stand on my own again.The alpha took a step towards me and I shuddered."Maybe you should remain calm," the elderly man beside him said but he ignored him."The mo
I didn't know what time It was when I finally finished cleaning the small room. But I felt so exhausted and it was a struggle to remain standing and awake. I had to do away with the mattress because it was soaked and it smelled so terribly. When I was finished, I lay on the hard ground. I would feel pains all over my body by tomorrow and this wasn't ideal but It was the only option I had. I couldn't sleep sitting up and she had made it clear that I had to sleep inside the room. My body gave into exhaustion and I closed my eyes to sleep. It felt like I had barely closed my eyes for five minutes when chilled water was dumped on me. I woke up startled looking around to see where I was. "You" a voice thundered and I sat up. A new woman was glaring down at me with so much contempt, holding an empty bucket by her side. "What are you doing still sleeping? It's time to get a move on" "But I just went to bed" I complained. She grabbed my hair in her fists, pulling at the roots unt
After a week, I was able to fall into a routine and get enough time to have a quick meal before returning to my work. Palesa never found out of course that would be asking for trouble.But she had eyes everywhere. Or maybe she just didn't care about what I did. I believe she must know because I was the center of attraction at meals -the girls looked for every opportunity to bully or pick on me- so she must have heard something. Anyways, I had the attention of all the mean wolves and that meant all of them, and not in a good way. It first started with some forceful pushes. They were subtle with it, sometimes mumbling about a mistake or not seeing me but then they stopped bothering to hide it. They were bullying me.......collectively and I couldn't do anything about it. I wasn't sure about the hierarchy amongst them so I couldn't report to anyone and even if I did nothing would be done. Humans were at the bottom.I heard it every day. The only other higher-ups would be the alpha and hi
ALPHA TERGEN'S POVI dropped the last paper I was working on with the rest of the stack and got up from my chair, looking out of the window. My wolf tried to break through the barrier I had set up but I was having none of it. He wanted me to go after the human. Because of her stupid mark on us, he somehow wanted to keep us close completely forgetting that she was the reason our sister was dead and not here with us. A stupid disadvantage of the mark. I slammed my hands against the window bars in annoyance. We should have left her in the dungeon, torturing her until she firmly confessed to her deeds and revealed where they had dumped the body. But my wolf didn't want that. It was why I was forced to bring her out. I found a different way to torture her. The maids were excited to have a human in their midst. I wanted them to mentally torture and exhaust her until she said the truth. I also did my best not to see her. It would be harder to retain my wolf. But Aldrid had been reporting
When my eyes opened for the first time, my vision was blurry. I closed my eyes and rubbed it and when I opened it again, I was looking up at a pale blue ceiling. Like the type, you’ll find in a fancy house. To my left, I saw beautiful drapes and a large window. Was this how the afterlife was? I expected it to be full of nature. Not this....... I sat up slowly, I could no longer feel any pain in my head which was great. I mean it'll suck to have a killer headache in the afterlife. I took in my surroundings carefully. The room was more grand than I thought. A lot of gold would have been used to furnish it. And the bed, it was so damn fluffy and comfortable with dozens of pillows surrounding me.It didn’t feel like I was on Earth at all. I stretched my arms above my head and grinned happily. What a reward after my suffering. The door opened and instead of an angel or ethereal being, I saw the frightening alpha with his signature evil look.I screamed loudly in fright at his presence.
I continued to beg and cry as he dragged me outside but he ignored me. He had already made up his mind about what he planned to do to me.“Please” I kept on wailing but he continued to ignore me. There were a group of maids outside. I recognized them by the uniforms, standing in groups and watching my humiliation. There were few others there and they were talking loudly. Alpha Tiegen pushed me to the floor and I fell on my arm, fracturing my bones. He let out a thunderous growl and everywhere went silent instantly. Even my sobs died down to a sniffle because I didn’t want to upset him. He wanted silence. "Tie her up" he commanded. And a burly man moved immediately. He grabbed me and dragged me towards the pool that had two tall poles on the side with another one, laying over them. As we drew closer, I realized it wasn't a normal pool. It was deep, almost like a well and you couldn’t see the bottom. I instantly started panicking remembering what had just happened to me before I passe
I was a mess after waking up, my head couldn't stop replaying the torture. They were sick. All of them. They tried to kill me, lied against me, and tortured me as punishment. I couldn't face it anymore. I had to leave this place. I could still hear voices outside so I remained at my spot. My senses were on alert. My body knew how important it was not to fall asleep. The voices outside finally died down and I stood up from the hard floor. I walked quietly down the hallway and climbed out of the basement. The creaky stairs were extra loud today. No guard was in sight when I reached the top but when I passed by the kitchen, I could still hear voices. I didn’t expect anyone to still be in the kitchen by this time. I heard sounds coming towards me and I hid behind a wall. At the same time, the kitchen door opened and I heard footsteps. It was Nerida coming out with another lady. They seemed to be arguing about something and paid no attention to their surroundings because if they had look