Shame

Shame

Seraphina’s POV

My body was on fire!

It hurt everywhere and I was still fucking bleeding. I was thankful that Lycan Fabian didn’t want me riding with him because, what would I have done with all this blood? My head spun and even staying awake was becoming a chore.

The was long, exhausting in that way. I don’t know for how long we drove but then, the cars suddenly came to a halt and Lycan Fabian approached our car. He barely glanced at me as he spoke directly to the driver.

“There’s a river here. I want all of the things her parents gave her thrown in there.”

What? My heart stopped and I turned to look at him in horror.

I rushed out of the car, my legs carrying me towards the said river in a flash. I didn’t care about the trunks of course, all if the things in there weren’t mine and I never had the intention of wearing them.

But then, that was the small problem. He clothes and jewelries my step-mother had packed for me all belonged to her daughter. She had given me those things not because she like me, but to further cement the belief that I was her precious daughter. Kristen was going to kill me –

A rough hand grabbed me, spinning me around.

“Did you think I would really have let you keep all your glittering jewels and expensive clothes?” he snapped. “Well, let me shock you. Life in my pack house will be nothing like the pampered and spoilt life you enjoyed while in your parents’ castle.”

My heart raced and I turned to see the last of the trunks sinking down the river. He smirked at me, dropping my arm down.

“Get back to the car or you will have to walk all the way there.”

Swallowing, I forced my gaze to look away from the river and returned to the car as he ordered. The seat where I sat was now filled with my blood and I was still oozing more.

I took a deep breath in to calm my nerves and my aching head but it was no use. I was suddenly even more exhausted than before that even breathing was too painful for me.

I leaned on the car, too tired to move a muscle. Behind me, I clearly heard the driver

takking into my ears but I couldn’t make out the words through the hammering in my head. Then he shouted something and the pain intensified.

My body trembled and I suddenly felt myself falling. maybe I was finally dying? Was I finally going to rest? Hands caught me before I hit the ground and everything went black.

I groaned awake, my eyes moving behind my lids as I tried very hard to pry it open. My tongue was too hefty in my mouth and there was something warm and damp on my head. After striving for a long time, I managed to pry my eyes open, closing them again as light almost blinded me.

Blinking away the harsh glare of the light, I stirred awake to discover that I was in a room.

A window in the corner of the room filtered in the sunlight from outside and beside the small bed I was laying in was a drawer ad cabinet.

I glanced around the room, trying to recall the last thing that happened before I fell asleep? Did I sleep off on our ride here? Did Lycan Fabian carry me all the way to this place? Oh goddess, did I faint?

I looked down at my fully clothed body. How much did he see? My scars…

My father was going to kill me if he knew I fainted and allowed Lycan Fabian see the scars. Then there was the tattoo on my shoulder. Did he see that as well? Could he tell what it meant?I pushed up from the bed with a groan, at the very moment the door opened and a woman walked inside."I see you're awake," she said, her expression changing to a subtle smile.

She walked further into the room, setting the tray in her hand on the dresser.

“Where am I?” I queried, taking in the woman and how beautiful she looked. She was way older than me of course, but her beautiful black curls gave her round face a youthful look which made her appear younger than she was.

“Rest,” she said flatly. “You lost a lot of blood.”

I shook my head. “I need to find Lycan Fabian. I don’t know what he’ll do if –”

“Fabian brought you here himself.” She said, cutting me off. I narrowed my eyes at her, surprised at how she addressed him without his title. Who was she to him?

“Now, rest. Your body is still healing.” She turned away from me, fixing herself in front of the cabinet as she began pulling out various bottles. “You were bleeding when he brought you here and some of your injuries were infected.”

“I –” I began but closed my mouth. What would she think if I told her to keep my injuries a secret from Lycan Fabian? Did she already tell him?

“You’ve been here for a week,” she continued. “But it is not enough to repair all the damage that has been done to your body. It looks like most of your injuries were decade old and all of them were not even fully healed.”

What? I gasped, my mind settling on the part where she said I had been here for a week!

“A week? I’ve been here for a week?”

Oh goddess! I was in so much trouble. I rose fluidly from the bed, staggering when my vision spun and my head felt like it was going to fall off.

“I need to go!” I announced.

“Get back on the bed!” she snapped, her demeanor changing instantly. “Your body is too weak right now and you need to heal.” She eyed me. “You have no wolf.”

She didn’t say it like it was an accusation but it felt that way to me. After all, it was all I heard in my father’s pack where everybody shunned and ostracized me for having no wolf.

Her expression softened as she looked at me. “If you are worried about Fabian, don’t be. He and his beta have been coming to check up on you everyday for the past one week and I told him I will keep you here with me till you are fully healed.”

Goddess, did he know I was an invalid too now? Just a little mishap from me and he found out everything! What was I going to do? what was he going to do to me? I not only lied to him, I deceived him as well.

Stinging tears filled my eyes as I searched for a way to extract myself from this predicament. She moved a chair to face me and sat, her stare directed at my face. “You are not the real daughter of Alpha Haynes, are you?”

My heart skipped a beat. What did she know?

“I – of course, I am.” I defended. “My father is Alpha Haynes. Lycan Fabian’s number one enemy and that is why I’m here.” Well, technically, I wasn’t lying. My father was really Alpha Haynes and I was his daughter.

The only problem was that I wasn’t the daughter Lycan Fabian thought I was,

“Don’t lie to me girl.” The woman snapped, her gaze darkening. “Even if you are Alpha Haynes daughter, you are not the daughter Fabian wanted.”

My heart began running a marathon in my chest. Who was this woman and why was she asking me all of these questions? Did Lycan Fabian tell her anything?

“Lycan Fabian told me nothing.” She answered my thoughts and I flinched, pushing myself away from her. “I am a telepathic. Lost Lycans are born with abilities and mine is to read minds. Lycan Fabian has more than two abilities and he uses them very well.”

My eyes widened. I couldn’t tell if she was saying the truth or intentionally messing with me. if Lycan Fabian had an ability like hers, that means he already knew all that was going on in my family. Did he choose to pretend he knew nothing?