Cornered

Amber

Alisa and Aria both passed and managed to get the red cloth back. We were finally fed dinner and I could see the relief on everyone's faces as they finally ate. I felt so bad for the four girls who got eliminated. They were going to be returned home.

I couldn't even think of what would have happened to me if I were sent back home. My father would go livid and beat me until I passed out. Then he would transfer his anger to my mother and siblings. I was suddenly grateful for Jarek's help and I looked forward to seeing him. He asked me to come to his room.

Once it was time, I excused myself from my room and headed straight to his. I did not know my way around too well, but I already knew my way to Jarek’s room. The palace was quiet and I slowly walked to the room.

I wondered what Jarek wanted with me and on getting to the room, I slowly lifted my hand to knock, but I paused midway when I heard sounds. Moaning sounds precise.

“Oh yessss…harder…please fuck me harder.” A female voice moaned out in pleasure and my shoulders fell. I was standing so close to his door and could hear everything that was going on in the room. He was with a woman, having sex with her.

I was not supposed to feel anything, but I felt sad. He was having sex and I immediately began to wonder who it was. Was it one of the girls? Was she Sienna? The Alphas could fuck whoever they wanted. So what if he had started choosing the girls? And if he knew that he was going to be busy fucking, why did he asked me to come? And to think he even gave a specific time.

I stumbled backwards and immediately turned to leave, not wanting to disrupt his time. I did not go to my room, instead, I went in another direction. I felt the need to cry and to be alone. I kept on walking till I found a dark corner and going behind the pillar, I sat down on the ground, resting against the wall as I burst into tears.

Both of my knees were held up as I buried my face in my lap while I cried. I didn't even know why I was crying. Jarek was going to have sex with every girl in the selection. I was not supposed to care, but something inside of me felt betrayed and I just couldn't stop the tears.

I sniffled, wiping my eyes with the back of my hand, but the tears wouldn't just stop falling. I heard some footsteps and I quickly stood up on my feet. I was supposed to be in my room, on my bed as it was already curfew time.

I thought that it was a guard that had come but I was quick to sense a family feeling and looking behind me, I saw Kael standing not too far from me, and beside him was his dog. Zoe. He looked just like his brother but I knew that it was him. It wasn't even the piercing on Jarek's lower lip. And even if he didn't have that piercing, I would still be able to differentiate them.

“A…alpha Kael.” I was quick to wipe the remaining tears off my eyes and face.

“You only heard him fucking a woman and you are already crying?” Kael scoffed and I briefly lifted my eyes to look at him. “This is just the beginning, Amber. You are going to cry even more.” He stated and a tear slipped down my eyes.

Why did he even hate me that much? I hated that he did. Could he just leave me alone? Who knew what he was going to do to me next? Hang me upside down?

“Can you just stop?” My voice was very low, but he heard my words.

“What?”

“Can you just stop this? Please. I only played with your dog. I like Zoe a lot and that was why I even attempted to touch her. Calling me filthy was rude and I only pointed that out. Can you just stop? Okay, I'm sorry for talking back to you. I'm not even worthy to do that. But please, stop hurting me. Stop trying to drown me.” He was so mean and I began to lose hope that I would be able to keep up.

“You dare ask me to stop?” His eyes darkened and he took a step towards me. I took a step back and he took another step forward.

“I….i….” I began to stammer. I should have just kept my mouth shut and walked away.

“You are just a lowly human. How dare you ask me to stop?” My heart almost jumped out of my chest, when I saw him ball his fists. He was going to hit me. The only thing that he had been doing was wrapping his hands around my neck.

He was going to hit me. It suddenly felt like Kael was my father. Balling his fists to rain blows on me until he got tired and then he would kick me away like I was filth. “Please don't hit me.” I let out a sob and Zoe let out a bark.

Kael frowned. “Please don't hit me,” I begged again and I kept moving backwards. Each time he took a step forward, my whole body flinched and it felt like it was my father coming at me.

“I would do anything, please don't hit me. Please don’t.” My body shook with sobs and I trembled, still moving backwards until I felt the cold air hit my skin.

“Amber, stop moving. Have you lost it? There is a window behind— fuck.” He cursed and when he came at me, I thought that he was coming to give me a blow, so I moved and tripped, I let out a scream when I realized that I was falling out of the window.