Drenched in sweat, water, and fatigue, Ariel expelled a huge sigh for what ought to be the one hundredth time. It was way over that anyway, but sighing so much could not do a thing to change her circumstance.
Being a slave was her life now and nothing she did and no matter how many damaged bones she got, she was still what she was. It would be repaired, and her suffering would continue.She let out another sigh and wiped the sweat on her forehead with the back of her hand.She stopped for a moment and stared at the sink. The dishes kept coming in. The pack was hosting a triumph party, and they invited an abundance of people.Not to add that, the alpha had conquered a different and small pack and blended them into theirs, making the numbers available, twice higher than what it used to be, and she was the only one in the kitchen doing the dishes.Her stomach growled, indicating how hollow it was, and her wolf whimpered in pain of her own. It’s been how many days already? She asked herself and smiled bitterly at her unfortunate life.Three days! Three days and no food had been able to touch her lips.She drank water until she could no longer entertain any more liquid, and why was that? Because she had bumped into another slave and made her break a dish.The head maid had clearly not been a good one and everyone had despised her, especially Ariel, for a long time.Who wouldn’t? When she was the cursed offspring of the rogue wolf that changed the fate of their pack? Their once harmonious pack, where she could laugh, play and be just happy, had turned into one filled with fury, hate, and rage over her and life itself.Why was that so? Her father. Her father had carried out the greatest brutality of all time and had slaughtered the one he shouldn’t have killed. The alpha.He eliminated him in cold blood, while the other rogue wolves he involved, went into the village and eliminated as many wolves as they could, leaving that night a blood filled one.They cut her father off that same night, but even after his death, she suffered for his sin and so did the other slaves.Her family was a big one and her father was the head, but when he went rogue and caused such a mess, causing the downfall of her family, the entire family was evicted, and she was the only saved one, probably to inflict the pains on her.The Alpha must have planned everything years back; how to make her suffer for something she doesn't even know about.She suffered at the hands of everyone for being the daughter of a traitor and a murderer, even her fellow slaves treated her poorly for what her father had brought against them.Ariel had thought that they were simply furious and that it would pass. She was a victim too and had suffered as well, she lost her father. But, they were still family and would treat her better in the future. She was twenty-one now. It never changed.So, when the head slave had noticed that something had gone wrong with her hands, though it was as little as breaking a dish, she didn’t hesitate before punishing her.She banned her from eating, tasting, or leaving the kitchen. She could stay and see food, dishes and even leftovers, crumbs on the floor and the ones wasted in the dustbin, but she could not taste them.What a despicable life! She thought again.“What are you doing?” a voice suddenly barked at her, waking her from her numb mind, and she jerked.Fierce, dark eyes stared right back at her, and fear gripped her heart.Ariel whiffed her head with fear and turned back to the dishes she was washing. They placed more on the sink, and it was growing by the seconds.“You sick little thing!” Courtney sneered with viciousness and hate. It dripped from her voice like the very air she breathed, and Ariel shuddered. Tears burned the back of her eyes, as she cursed her life.“Were you slacking off on your duties?” Courtney grabbed a handful of her black raven hair and pulled fiercely.Ariel screamed loudly and grabbed her hand to ease the pain and burning in her scalp, as she shook her head at the maid.“No… no… please, I didn't… I…”, she pleaded.The head slave pushed her off and wiped her hands against each other in disgust. She glared at Ariel, wishing that she could drop dead and die, but even that wish could not come to pass, not when the alpha wanted to see her alive.Ariel disgusted her. So much.“Don’t even think that you will have anything to eat when all this hasn’t been done with. Do you understand?” she barked at her.As tears ran down her cheek, she nodded her head vigorously and started with the dishes again.Ariel cursed her wretched life. She cursed her father and what he had done, she cursed everyone and, more importantly, she cursed that man and wished he could die, the alpha, whose greatest pleasure was to see her suffer. She really wished he would die.He was bent on making her life a living torture.Ariel fisted her hands into a ball. Until when would all this torture and torment end?Speaking of which, a powerful presence suddenly washed all over her skin and fear gripped her heart as a sharp, icy gaze penetrated her skin and very bones, making them grow cold, numb and lifeless.Speak of the devil himself. Alpha Damien!Alpha Damien, the great and prestigious Alpha of the red moon pack and one of the strongest, leading billionaires and businessmen of all time, stood right at the door of the kitchen, from which Courtney had just left. His cold gaze, glazed against the body of that woman and in comprehensive pain followed by rage, overwhelmed him.He wanted to just shred her into pieces.Ariel immediately cringed, knowing absolutely what it felt like to be close to him.It was like death, the hand of death clutching her, clawing at her and choking her. But, instead of it taking her, it toiled with her.She had suffered endless times by this hand, this traumatic mental torment to know instantly who it was—who had entered her presence.Her legs voluntarily carried her to the very edge of the kitchen, where her back hit against a wall. If she could run into it, she would…if only she could simply disappear.A whimper escaped her mouth, as her heart raced inside her chest and her body jolted with fear, fear
EPISODE 3: Darkness seems better FLASHBACK.The night was gloomy, and it was peculiarly cold. Little Ariel had a blanket over her body as she watched the streets while her mother carried her on her thighs. It was late, and she was waiting for her father. However, the family was complete and, unlike the other times, her father was late and had indeed missed dinner. Every single man, woman and kid was presence, it was regularly a ritual to have dinner together at least and he had missed it. It made her worry and sad that she wished to wait out for him with her mom.That was when they heard the chaos, the fire that quickly rose from a distant. Her mother hurled up from her sit and carried Ariel in her arms in alarm too. Everyone flew into the house for fear of what was happening. Werewolves were attacking and killing people, and they had to hide. "Everyone!! Get inside!" But her father wasn’t back yet and while her mother gave orders, she had mistakenly kept her little daughter dow
EPISODE 4: Searching for one Damien shook the hand of the man sitting opposite him and smiled. His eyes shone beneath the sky and his hair danced and bounced with each move he made. A business deal was done and dusted and once again, his territory had been expanded. It was something to be proud of, something to be excited about, something to want too merry for. And yes, he would feast again to celebrate this new expansion and let the world know that he wasn’t going to stop.Anyone can feel threatened, he didn't care. He must get what he wants and everyone knows better than to get in his way.He smirked to himself.Once the business deal was done, his beta, Alex stepped forward and started walking beside him while guards followed behind. As they stepped out of the busy and largest skyscrapers in Emerald city, reporters swoon in with excitement, flashlights and a lot of questions to ask and more news to spread. It was intoxicating to see them going to such length, but it was a life
EPISODE 5: Wishes and deathAriel was back at the kitchen and this time, her hands were all red and her skin itched with irritation and irrationality. Tears were dripping from her eyes and her nose dripped so much, it had further turned red. However, her tears weren’t for the pain she was feeling in her gut, due to the fact that she had not eaten for days, neither was it because of the pain and ache her chest and bones felt for laying on the cold, hard ground for days, it was not because of the thirst her throat felt that seemed like it was burning neither was it for the pathetic life she was living. It was because of the punishment she was serving. Rather than coming into the kitchen to work like every other slave was, she was being given a punishment for waking up late. Her eyes watered as she turned to the bag of chili pepper right before her. It had not gotten anyway yet. Her body was burning so much. How was she supposed to peel them all?“How can I ever finish this?” her though
Ariel slowly opened her heavy eyelids. Peeling them open took such a tremendous effort from her, that she immediately felt the little energy left in her veins drained off like water in a basket. She groaned, only able to open her eyes to a tiny squint. Not only were her eyes swollen, and in pain, but they were also bloodshot, from crying so hard from all the suffering the Alpha inflicted on her last night.She had cried so hard that her eyes ran dry, with the salty residue of her pain, leaving nasty crusts in her eyes that only added to the extreme discomfort.Slowly, she moved her head to the side, blinking to clear her blurry vision. It felt so cold around her, that she could not even tell her surroundings apart. The cold was permeating her head from beneath, soaking into her brain and scattering her senses. She could not even tell left apart from right.Slowly, she recognized where she lay as the floor of the Alpha’s room. She was in the Alpha’s room.That realisation sent the cold
Luckily for her, he walked past her like she didn't even exist. She was sure he had something to do in his room, if not, he would have stopped to hit her and for the first time, she was grateful for the fact that someone ignored her. Maybe he was storming into the room to look for her, her subconsciousness said. She quickly hurried to the kitchen.As she got back to the kitchen, the feeling of dread at what awaits her, befell upon her. She was still in pain over what he did to her, and she knew that there would be more work awaiting her as she got there.She was right, as she stepped into the kitchen, she saw the heap of plates awaiting her return, and the head maid was ever so kind to point it out."You have to finish up the dishes. I asked one of the girls to begin the work after your little fiasco," she said, sneering, as she obviously believed that she had no reason to have fainted upon hearing their great alpha's name."After you're done with them, let me know, so I can compile th
It was going to be a huge party and a sophisticated one at that, the whole place was busy with maids going about making sure everything was set. They were not exactly doing anything, just monitoring what Ariel was doing.Ariel was in the dining room, cleaning the tables and chairs and setting them perfectly for the guests. She looked around the big dining room and wondered how she would be able to finish cleaning it and setting it up before the Alphas arrived.She wished somebody could come and help her with the chore at least because she was so worked out. As she may have had it, a little luck shone on her and a girl who was one of the servants, came to assist her.Ariel felt so happy, as she saw the girl come in. She couldn't remember her name, but she knew she had seen her often in the kitchen while she was doing the dishes.Ariel walked towards the girl to try to start up a conversation, at least she was her helper.“Hello, I'm Ariel,” she said, smiling, trying to stir up a convers
In tears, she walked into her room. She couldn’t help but think about how she’d cope with such treatment for the rest of her life. She sniffled, as she wiped her tears before shutting the door behind her. Ariel knew she had to get used to this sort of treatment, as there was no one to even help her.She knew there would be no one to stand up for her, but deep down, she wanted someone to. She wanted someone that would always take a stand for her, someone who would punish anyone who dared to say shameless things about her, but sadly, she had no one.Remembering all these, tears streamed down her cheeks. She remembered all the shameless words those alphas had spoken about her and worst of it all, they didn’t say it behind her, they’d said it right in front of her.Didn’t they think she’d have feelings? Did they not think she was a creature who had the right to feel bad whenever such things were sad about her? She slid to the ground in tears. All she wanted was to live a decent life, one,