I'll Make You Scream pt 1

Duncan

“What!?” Both Lucian and Julian exclaimed at once, causing Kayla to jump.

“I’m sorry, kitten. We didn’t mean to scare you,” Julian told her, pulling her in for another hug. “But if that’s the case, Duncan, then we definitely need to investigate more.”

“I know. Kayla, can you show me where they found Seren this time? And how much longer can you stay here with us before they start looking for you?” I asked her.

“I have a few more minutes. Enough time to show you where they found her, definitely, as it was right here on the alpha floor. Then I’ll need to get back to my mother. Are you going to help Seren?” she asked me, squaring her shoulders and looking me directly in the eye for a brief moment.

“Possibly. Probably. I need to investigate a few things first, but we’re leaning that way. We very likely won’t be able to do anything until after the ball tonight, though. You saw her this morning; will she last that long?” I asked. If she wouldn’t, then we’d need to come up with something on the fly, and I really don’t want to do that.

“I don’t know. I can try to get down to see her again. This is an old pack house, so the dungeon is underneath it and the entrance is in the kitchen. With how busy things are today, that helps there, but there are still the guards just inside. Maybe I can get Mom to distract them again, or catch shift change, or something,” she said thoughtfully. “I can show you where they found her right now.”

I followed her and Julian out the door of my suite, and she took us just a little further down the hall. She opened a door to what looked like a small supply room, no bigger than a walk-in closet. “They found her here, just inside this room,” she said.

I grabbed the door as she turned away and nearly stumbled with the force of the vision that hit me.

The girl’s back was to the door as she put away a variety of cleaning bottles. The alpha’s son walked up, and she turned around quickly to face him.

He sneered at her. “What are you doing up here on the alpha floor, mutt?”

“I’ve just finished cleaning Miss Amelia’s room, as she requested, Mr. Tobias,” she said, her voice trembling.

He reached out and grabbed her by the throat, lifting her to her toes. “And what makes you think you’re even good enough to clean her toilet, mutt? Haven’t we taught you anything yet?” He lifted her a little higher, and she grabbed his wrist with her hands, trying to keep from choking.

“Don’t touch me, mutt. Not with those filthy hands.” He flung her to the floor, then kicked her in the stomach. She didn’t cry out, just wrapped her arms around her torso and stayed on the ground, eyes down. His eyes flashed; he snarled. “Still so quiet, mutt? I’m going to make you scream for me eventually, you know. It’s inevitable.” Reaching down, he grabbed her by her hair, lifting her to her knees. He grabbed her left breast and squeezed. “One way or another. You’ll scream.”

She looked up at him then, hate and disgust evident all over her face. “I’ll never scream for the likes of you, little alpha boy. Kill me already and be done with it.” Fire blazed in her eyes, a flash of something that could have been her wolf coming to the surface for a brief second. Tobias didn’t see it, enraged by her words.

He slammed her head against the wall once, twice. Then he let her hair go so that he could punch her. He started pummeling her face, her torso. She curled up in a fetal position, trying to protect herself as much as she could, but Tobias was relentless as he rained down blow after blow and stomped on her.

“Tobias!” barked Alpha James as he came down the hallway. “Enough! Stop this at once!”

Tobias gave her one last kick, sending her flying against the wall. “Tobias!”

Heaving, he turned to look at his father. “She deserved it. Little bitch.”

“I don’t care. The mating ball is in two days, and we need her alive. I can’t make any money off of her if she’s dead, you dunce!” Alpha James roared.

“She’s mine! Sell anyone else you like, but we’re keeping Seren for me. I want the pleasure of breaking her,” Tobias seethed.

“If there’s interest, she’ll be sold. You know how this game gets played. Now take her to the dungeon—she’s staying there until everyone leaves. Don’t argue!”

I came out of the vision with a gasp, landing on my knees. ‘It was worse than we thought, Conn.’ My head pounded as I tried to center myself. Taking a deep breath, I looked up into the concerned eyes of my beta and gamma. Kayla was behind Julian, clearly unsure of what to do next. I focused on her. “We’ll help her.”