CHAPTER 3

Vivian burst out laughing, her laughter hysterical and haunting. It's like she heard the funniest thing ever.

“Don't worry Kiara, I don't have the intention of staining my hands with your filthy blood. However, I am going to put you in a situation worse than death.” She declared with a dark glint flashing through her eyes.

“ Guards!” She called and only then did I realize that she had two men accompanying her.

“ Hold her down.” She ordered with a sinister smile playing at the corner of her lips. I shivered, fear gripping my every nerve.

“ What do you want to do?” I asked, terrified of whatever madness she was up to.

“ Don't worry, you'll see what I am up to.” She answered. The two guards grabbed each of my hands in a tight grip, restraining my movement.

I watched in horror as Vivian removed a dagger from goddess knows where.

She started approaching me with calculated steps.

“ I have been wondering why everyone seems to like and protect you. I mean,you are nothing but a pathetic weak omega who can't even shift. That man was willing to die for you and Hunter? Although he claims to hate you, he still hasn't rejected you. Every time I bring the matter up, he keeps hesitating.” Vivian said before scoffing.

“I wonder what he likes in you. Could it be this pretty face?” Vivian asked, already standing before me. The dagger in her hands trailed dangerously across my face and I fought the urge to pull back.

“ Tell me Kiara, would he still hesitate when your pretty face is gone and replaced by bloody wounds?” Vivian pondered. Her words made my insides churn in horror.

“ What do you want to do? Vivian, I am warning you, don't…” Lena started but before she could finish, Vivian sliced the side of my jaw. A scream echoed through the four walls as my blood trickled down my chin and soaked through my clothes.

Vivian burst out laughing, clearly pleased by her hand job. The guards holding me down released me and I slumped on the floor.

“ Now, let the game begin.” Vivian announced before walking towards Lena. Her hands and legs were bound with silver chains and tied on the wall, leaving her weak and vulnerable.

My eyes widened as I watched Vivian drive the dagger she used to slice my face straight into Lena’s heart.

A mouthful of blood sputtered from Lena's mouth as her body slowly fell to the dirty floor.

A blood curdling scream tore through me as I pushed my weak body to crawl towards her.

" Not so fast." Vivian declared before prying my hands open and thrusting the bloodied knife in my arms. She then wiped her hands clean before screaming. I could hear her say something from the back of my mind but I didn't bother to make out the words. I pushed harder to reach Lena where she laid.

I saw her life slipping out of her body and just when I was about to reach her, she breathed her last. I managed to catch her last words to me " Don't give up."

Tears I thought I had exhausted earlier trickled down my cheeks as I held Lena's lifeless body, sobbing my eyes out.

My mourning was however interrupted by a sharp heavy kick on my ribs which detached me from Lena, sending me slamming on the walls before slumping on the floor. I coughed out a mouthful of blood, my head suddenly feeling heavy and vision disoriented.

" Very well Kiara. It seems I underestimated the extent of your cruelty." Hunter barked, his voice pulling me from whatever knockout his kick gave me. I struggled to lift my aching body to look him in the face and when I did, I wished I didn't.

Anger. Hatred. Disgust.

Those emotions swirled on Hunter's face as he regarded me. My fleeting gaze caught a smirk on Vivian's face. The realization of what was happening hit me hard and I felt my heart tremble.

" I can't believe you had the guts to silence your best friend to stop her from testifying against you." Hunter

said, his voice laced with venom. His gaze held disgust and loathing.

I shook my head, trying to shake away the pain and dizziness clouding my head.

" Hunter, I didn't do this. You know I would never hurt her." I argued, pleading for him to listen. His hateful gaze however didn't falter, if anything , it intensified.

" Vivian told me everything that happened. I am not blind either, I saw the bloodied dagger in your hands.” Hunter declared. I could not help but smile mockingly. So, he believed the lies that Vivian fed him, again? Without as much as investigating what happened, he tried and sentenced me as a murderer?

" You have the guts to smile after all the atrocities you have committed?" Hunter snarled. I didn't flinch at the intensity of his anger.On the contrary, I smiled, yet again.

" Isn't it funny? I am your mate but you'd rather listen to her because you feel guilty for sleeping with her? You believe her words, no matter how ridiculous they are but won't open your eyes and see the truth?

I killed Lena? For what reason exactly? Why would I bother harming the only person who treated me like a true friend just to hide the so- called truth? I am already damned and in hell, what else can possibly happen to me? " I screamed. I didn't know what came over me but my words seemed to have the desired effect.

Hunter was speechless,for a moment.He had no more words to feed me. His eyes however betrayed his uncertainty. He wasn't sure of what was the truth anymore. However, that didn't last long as their hatred returned in his face after Vivian whispered something into his ears.

" Smart move Kiara but I am not stupid enough to fall for it. You think you are in hell? Let me show you what hell tastes like.” Hunter declared with a sneer before turning around, barking orders to the guards outside my cell.

***

I lost count of how long I remained locked up in the dungeons. Days and nights passed with no sign of Hunter or that wretched bitch Vivian.Hunter promised me hell and hell he was giving me. Every day,the guards would whip me with silver hooked whips until I passed out.

After days, whipping wasn't the only thing they did. They started forcing themselves on me. Hunter could feel them tainting me but he didn't try to stop them. I mean,why would he when he made sure to sleep with Vivian as many times as possible,adding more to my pain.

What was worse was having to remain with my best friend’s dead corpse in my cell. The smell was one thing but the sight of her lifeless rotting body as a result of my mistakes was the most haunting part.

Nightmares became a solid part of my nights.

“ I'll make sure to break you until you beg me to kill you.” Those were Hunter's last words when he walked out of the dungeon.

He made sure to fulfill his promise because every time a new set of whipping and torture started, I would pray for ny death.

The wounds from the whips piled up with each passing day.Unable to bear the pain and torture, my wolf finally deserted me. Without her, I could not heal the wounds which led to them being infected.

“ Have you learnt your lesson yet? Are you ready to confess?”