My Knight In The Dark World

Nora Pov

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I was sitting in the corner of my room. One of my legs was tied with a silver chain attached to the bed leg. From the nearby glass window, I could see the moon glowing. 

My tears dried after a painful month in a cage. 

Georgia wasn't lying when she told everyone she would convince Sebastian to make me his mistress. 

His alpha ceremony was after one month, and before that, he couldn't force himself on me, but it didn't mean he left me. He was making sure to make me pay for slapping him in front of everyone.

A month before, he gave power to Georgia to do whatever she wanted to do to me; she could, and she used the power to the fullest.

She never left a single second to torture me. 

Every day they give me wolfsbane and the potion... Hope of ever receiving my wolf had died long ago. 

After giving me wolfsbane, they forced me to work for them, making me do chores until my body gave up and I went unconscious.

They wait until I get conscious and beat me until I lose all strength to fight and get back to work even when my body refuses. I had to work to save myself from more beating.

There were days when I lost all hope and thought of ending my life, but then I didn't.

I won't die... Not until I take revenge for my parents' death.

They made my life a living hell.

I was tied to the corner with a silver chain after getting humiliated by Georgia in front of everyone.

She called me trash and slapped me because her precious Alpha glanced at me while I was cleaning the floor outside his room. In her twisted mind, that meant I was trying to seduce him. Only if she knew how badly I wanted to kill him.

But honestly, this wasn’t new. Georgia and her loyal minion, Sia, never needed real reasons to hurt me. My body had become their favorite place to dump their anger.

My body arched as I moved and sat with the support of the wall, thinking about everything. My eyes fell on the lantern, the only light keeping the darkness away. But judging by the weak flame flickering inside, I knew it wouldn’t survive the night.

I sighed and looked back at the blooming full moon.

"Are you even their Moon Goddess? Till when do I have to bear this?" I asked as it was getting unbearable with time.

I shook my head, refusing to give up. I needed to get out and then return with a plan to kill Sebastian, but with this chain, I don't know how.

"Moon Goddess, do something before your child gives up," I whispered. My body tensed the moment I heard the knock on the door. They were here to force wolfsbane and that burning potion down my throat again.

"I think you should kill yourself." I raised my head and looked to the side to see who was giving me such cruel advice, only to find Mary standing at the door with a plate of food. She was the same maid who had served poisoned food to my parents and shoved me into this room. After that day, I never saw her again.

"If I were you, I would have killed myself," she muttered and walked inside. Hearing no response, she sighed and placed the tray of food beside me. I looked at the food, then at her. 

There was no way I was going to eat it. Who knows she had mixed something in it again.

"Sebastian plans to come here tonight, after everyone falls asleep, so he can make you his without anyone finding out what he did to you." My eyes shot up, and my body shivered at the thought of that jerk touching me. She smirked after finally getting a reaction from me.

"Imagine what he will do to you in this dark room where no one can hear your screams or pleas." Goosebumps rose at the back of my neck, understanding the meaning behind every word. She bent down and unlocked the silver shackles around my ankles, finally freeing my feet.

"Jump from this window if you want to save yourself." She pointed toward the glass window in the corner of my bedroom, showing me a way to escape Sebastian—or a way to kill myself. This room was on the fourth floor. If I jumped from here, my chances of survival were minimal.

"Why are you helping me?" I asked, because I now understood that everyone here hated my parents and me. The reason was still a mystery to me.

"Because I want you to die," she answered in a stern tone, without any hesitation. It would be a lie if I said animosity in her eyes surprised me. I was used to it. Pack members hate me.

"This much hatred for me?” I was shocked after seeing how much bitterness these people held inside them.

"Your father killed my daughter. I wanted to do the same, but I'm a weak omega. I couldn't go against an alpha. When Sebastian said he would kill your father, I was ecstatic, thinking he would kill you as well. But that stupid maid dropped juice on your dress, and you were saved. Then out of nowhere, Alpha Sebastian announced to you as our Luna." She grimaced and shook her head in disappointment. “And I will not let it happen,” 

I took a step back, realizing her intentions were not good for me.

"Either you jump out of this window, or I will push you," she said in a threatening tone before lunging at me. 

Thanks to the Moon Goddess, I moved in time and dodged her attack, but she wasn't someone who gave up easily. 

"Stop fighting," she growled and picked up the lantern kept on the side and struck my head with it. 

"Ah," I whimpered and touched my head, feeling something wet on my fingers. 

My eyes shot open in horror as I pulled my hand away and saw it covered in blood.

"You have to pay for your father's deeds," she hissed and slapped me. Unable to balance myself, I fell to the ground. My head was spinning and throbbing with pain. She took out wolfsbane from her pocket.

“This will keep you in place.” She smirked and injected me with wolfsbane before I could understand anything that was happening or protested.

"You know what I'm going to do now?" she asked, sitting beside me and caressing my hair, while I prayed to the moon goddess not to let me die before I avenged my parents' killer.

"I want to torture you more, but I don't have time. Our Alpha can enter this room anytime, and I can't take that risk," she said.

She stood up, grabbed my hand, and dragged me across the floor toward the window.

"Let's end your misery," she grunted, forcing me to stand. I tried to push her away, but every attempt was in vain because of my head injury and the wolfsbane in my system.

She smirked at my fragile attempts and pushed me towards the window. The glass cracked under the sudden impact of my weight.

Broken shards of glass pierced my body, and I screamed in pain. I held the frame of the window to balance myself despite the broken pieces of glass cutting my palm.

"Arghh... You're so stubborn," she hissed and kicked me, making me lose my grip and fall backwards.

The next thing I knew, my body was in the air. I closed my eyes, waiting for my body to hit the ground and feel the pain of broken bones, but surprisingly, it never happened. Instead, I felt someone's arms around me.

"Wow... I always hear apples fall from trees, but no—apparently, even girls fall from them." I opened my dizzy eyes to look at the person, realizing someone had saved me.

His face was hidden behind a mask. Only his mesmerizing blue-hazel eyes were visible.

“Is this the time to joke?” My savior asked his friend.

"Who are y—You?" I asked, wincing from the intense pain in my head.

"Your Knight in Shining Armour." My savior shot his friend a dead glare for uttering rubbish. 

Those were the last words I heard before everything faded as I was slowly losing consciousness. 

I raised my hand to remove his mask, but my body failed me, and darkness wrapped around me—just like my savior's arms had moments before.