Chapter 4

"My precious jewel. Wake up." Cold hands cupped my face. "Oh, Jewel." He whispered sweetly.

Ugh, another tiring day. Can he just let me die?

His creepy voice made my eyes snap in frenzy.

I wanted to vomit but I could not since he only fed me a bread two days ago.

He sat in bed beside me, and I still couldn't lift a finger. I wanted to squirm away from his disgusting touch.

My frantic eyes soon landed behind him.

I wanted to scream out of fright. My brain couldn't comprehend having such a appalling-looking monster with us. It was struggling to get out of the huge rectangular cage. I was surprised, its size was able to fit the metal door.

The thing that was raging in his cage has long, sharp claws and hind legs. I did not miss its long snout and sharp teeth. It was growling aggressively.

Its red eyes show nothing but craze and hunger. They were supposed to be myths.

This world continued to surprise me more and more. I could not believe what I was seeing.

I wondered how this maniac managed to capture a grotesque monster.

"Do you like it?" He said it in an enthusiastic voice.

"Fck you!" I managed to say it out loud. For the first time, I finally cursed at him.

Instead of getting angry, he smiled creepily at me for long, scary seconds... and his face darkened.

The hairs at the back of my neck stood up.

Soon after, his lips neared my ear.

"I know where you come from." He chuckled lowly. "You are from another world, like me." He whispered.

He brought me to a state of shock after that.

So I was not alone in this world.

"What's with that foul mouth you have? This is the first time you've talked to me like that. I am very disappointed." He sighed and stood up, acting like he hadn't just given me some surprising news.

"Look at this magnificent creature I caught today. Are you proud of your Popa?" He went closer to it, amazed by its features.

I knew this. I didn't believe they existed at first, but...

"It is a rogue Lycan. Marvelous, isn't it? It is possessed with elevated senses and great strength! Look at its body! It is packed with muscles. Too bad, the first one I caught died early, but I caught another one. Are you proud, Jewel? Hmm?"

He looked glorified by its existence, parading around it with wonder.

"Do you not see youself as a freak too?" I blurted instead of keeping it in mind.

The next reaction he got from me was a glare of disgust as I did my best to sit up without wincing.

"The numbness will wear off in a while, so save your strength for now." He stated this with his hands behind his back.

I guess he had accepted the fact that he is ugly.

"Are you finally going to kill me with it?"

"Kill you with it? NO! My years of hard work for you will go to waste. Aren't you curious about how I caught this magnificent beast?"

"....."

A beast is no different than him.

It was raging in anger, trying to claw its way out or I think aiming to kill at us.

"This is a cowardly attempt to tame me, you psycho! I am not afraid to die!" I seethed.

He ignored my words as my fierce eyes flickered from the monster to his crazy ones as he continued to boast himself.

"These things aren't easy to capture. Look at the size of it! There are more of these around, and I was hoping to catch more. I hope you will not disappoint me and end up like your sisters."

There was a wicked glint in his eyes as he spoke the last sentence.

"What did you do to them?"

I could feel my strength coming back.

"I should be the one asking you that," he smirked. "Well, here's a clue. You just had a full course meal last week didn't you? Was it... delicious?"

My face turned pale, and the bile that had been reaching up to my mouth squirted.

I vomited my acids vigorously, couldn't hold my tears back.

"NO!"

I cried and screamed to the top of my lungs. How can he do this to us? I bit my trembling lip, stopping myself from squirting acids.

"I swear, I'm going to kill you!"

"How dare you raise your voice at your Popa!" He punched me in the face and I scrambled down.

His punch wasn't even that painful anymore, yet I spat blood and glared back.

"We are not even related!"

I stood up and fisted my hands. I want to squeeze his eyes out so bad. I'll do it to him what he did to me!

"Calm yourself, Jewel. This isn't you."

I tried to punch him, but he caught my hand and smacked me across the face. I landed on the floor and grunted.

This body is as weak as ever.

I don't care about this creature in front of me or this psycho. This world is crazy as it is. It did not surprise me that much anymore.

If I die today then, so be it!

A scream came out of me when he pulled me by my hair to forcefully gaze at his deformed face.

"You will survive this, and you WILL be tamed," he lowly warned to my ear and shoved me towards the wall.

THUD!

My head was smacked against it.

That's how easily I was tortured. Like a rag doll.

Blood rushes out of my nose after tasting it. I steadied myself but failed to lift my body.

I was about to chase after him when he closed the metal door and I heard a click.

The beast was left in my cell.

No matter how painful it was, I stood up and ran towards the metal door. I withstood it, wincing at the same time.

BANG!....

BANG! BANG!

"Popa!" I screamed, loud enough to be heard outside this dungeon. "You hideous deformed psycho!...Let me oouuuuut!" I banged the door hard as I could and cried out.

I thought it was over for him, but rather, it was over for me. The metal door creaked eerily behind me.

The hairs in my neck arose when I realized what will happen next. Every fiber of my being trembled in terror.

I gathered up all my courage, took small steps, and turned around.

The beast was out, and I did not have the time to guess how as I was hopelessly devoured by fear and didn't move a muscle.

We are in a small cell; where could it be?

I only moved my eyes from side to side as I trembled helplessly.

And before I knew it, I felt a warm wet subtance. Dripping on my...head

I looked up, and my eyes grew wide.