Danika pov
A whimper escapes my lips as the pain mixed with arousal torments my body. I ball my hands tightly into fists and grit my teeth , fighting the urge to scratch every inch of my skin My body feels like it's been set on fire. It's scorching from the heat. A moan slips past my lips when another wave of bitter sweet arousal sweeps through me and I double on the bed. My legs are chained at the foot of the bed. I can't escape. He made sure of that—the devil who imprisoned me here. My tears wet my cheeks, flowing freely. I don't know if it's because of the pain or the frustration I feel. I am helpless and hopeless. It's been three long days of pure torture. I have cried, screamed and even begged but every attempt has been proved futile. I feel my word crumbling, falling apart but what breaks me even more is the fact that we invited the devil into our homes or rather,my father did. The sound of approaching footsteps echo and attempt to stifle my cries. A moment later,the door is pushed open and he comes into vision,a victorious grin plastered on his face. “ Danika,”Lucan,my step brother and tormentor, calls in that sweet sickening voice that makes me want to throw up. Behind him,a woman I recognise as the pack doctor follows. “ The doctor is here to check if your womb has descended enough to breed.”He announces with a big smile on his face. My stomach churns and the urge to vomit overwhelms me but, I hold it in. I don't want to cause unnecessary trouble for myself and end up punished. I have not recovered from the last punishment I received when I tried to rebel against him. The lady steps forward and sets her briefcase by the bed. I watch with lidded eyes as she retrieves a pack of surgical gloves and puts them on. “ Be a good girl and listen to the doctor. It's the only way to make the pain go.” Lucan mutters and I feel disgusted just thinking about what he is insinuating. I repeat the process we have been doing for the past three days. Using my knees and elbows,I assume a kneeling position and spread my legs apart. The doctors two fingers insíde my soaked confines and an unrestrained moan tears through my lips. I hate myself for reacting that way —like a needy slut,but I can't help myself. Lucan has kept me intoxicated with heat triggering medicine for three torturous days. A moment later,the lady withdraws. I slump on the bed just in time for another wave of heat to hit me. I scream out loud and let my tears flow freely. I have never been humiliated to this extent all my life. As the only surviving child of the Alpha of White moon pack,I was used to being praised, loved and respected. Things changed three days ago. “ It seems you are finally ready to carry my pups,Danika. Isn't that wonderful?” Lucan says, giving me a predatory look that makes me cringe. I watch as he empties his pockets and begins unclasping his belt. “ Please, Lucan. Let me go.” I plead with my tear stained face. Lucan pauses then lifts his eyebrows at me. “ Let you go? I have been planning for this moment for years and you want me to let you go?” He taunts. I know begging Lucan is akin to shouting to a deaf person. It's useless. Begging is something I never thought I'll ever do in my life but at that moment,no amount of dignity mattered. “ I am still your sister.” I whisper amidst my pain. Lucan answers me with a mocking laughter. “ Sister? I never saw you as one. Just an object of my fantasy and that's what I am doing now. Fulfilling my fantasies.” Lucan taunts. I feel sick to the stomach from his confession. “ You shameless bastard. My father won't let you go when he learns about this.” I scream at him,using the only name he seems to respect. I expect a crack in his smug expression but what I see is a smile painted with sheer mockery. “ Preach Danika. No one is saving you from me. The sooner you realise that the better you stop struggling and give in.” Lucan replies,a dangerous glint flickering in his eyes. “ You want to run from me? Who will you run to? Daddy dearest is no longer here to help you.” Lucan declares smugly. Something about his words rub me the wrong way. I ignore the pain,the heat and narrow my gaze at him. “ What happened to my father?” I ask,my voice rich with suspicion. “ You didn't hear the pack bell ring? Daddy dearest is dead. Torn piece by piece by rogues.” He answers casually as if he is talking about the weather but not the death of the man who raised him. “ I was starting to worry he will live forever so I gave him a little push to hell.” He adds with an evil grin. My stomach drops and my mouth hangs low open. “ You killed my father?” I ask with a trembling voice. “ Technically,I didn't. The rogues did. You can’t accuse me.” “ You bastard!” I curse him. “ You killed my father. I won't spare you!” I scream,thrashing about. I try to lunge at him but his powerful hands pin mine over my head,his grip painful. “Bastard?” He repeats as if testing the name on his lips. “ I never said I wasn't one so you better be good now or I won't be so nice to you.” he growls and I flinch at the danger laced in his words. I glare at him hatefully but my spiralling emotions seem to feed his ego. “ Don't think I can't hurt you because I lust after you, Danika.The only thing I need from you is your virgin pussy and your fertile womb to breed my pups. The rest of the body is as useless as your pathetic life.” Lucan snarls dangerously. “ You are a murderer!” I scream at him and he chuckles. “ That's right. My hands are covered in so much blood I don't mind taking another life. Killing is like a hobby to me. I am the one who killed your brother with my own hands and staged a rogue attack to fool your stupid father. He believed everything like the dumbass he was. It's such a pity your father never listened to your suspicions.” Lucan confesses and I suddenly feel like I have been robbed of all blood He killed my brother. He fucking killed my brother. I always suspected it, always thought that things didn't add up but my father was too blind to notice the truth. He housed his son's murderer and indulged him, calling him his son. “ Do you know how satisfying it was to watch that senile old man treat me like some precious treasure? I shouldn't have missed the pleasure of seeing his reactions after knowing that I killed his son with my own hands.”Lucan’s POVThe person lying down there is a woman. As I point my flashlight closer to her face, I see herIt's Elaina. My mother.The way she says my name is not very clear. Her voice sounds broken and weak. Like her throat is trapped in a kind of underworld. But as she makes the sound, I know that it is my name that she is calling. “Lucan,” her voice sounds so strange as she calls my name again. It makes me wonder what happened. Even though she is weak, something is wrong with her voice. Something that I cannot figure outImmediately I see her, I forget that I am weak. I forget that I am tired and my own body is screaming for help too. I don’t know where I find the strength. I rush towards her and I bend to feel her in my arms, scared that she would die and this will be the last moment of us together I forget my pain for the time being, and I hold my mother in my armsHow is this possible? I had personally made sure that my mother was locked up in her room because she kept throwing
Lucan’s POVI hang up the phone and kneel back down beside my mother. My attention is on her. She looks like she is going by every person second. She's still conscious but barely. She does not even try to call my name or say anything again like she had been doing before. Her breathing is shallow and it looks like it is taking too much of her energy. It is like she is slowly seeping into unconsciousness. I feel my heart race. It feels to me like she is going to die. I probably should be talking to her. I should let her know that you should fight. I should let her know that I am here and I don’t want her to die."Someone is coming to help us, Elaina," I tell her, stroking her hair gently. “Don’t die on me. Just hung on a little, somebody is coming ,” I know that I don’t want to call her mother. I know that I have been angry at her earlier that day, but I cannot watch her die. She might be a pain in my neck, a thorn in my flesh even, but I am not tired of her yet. Only me can decide if
Lucan’s POVThey look in my direction and see my beaten face. I can swear that I see them smile in victory before they roll their eyes and kiss their teeth to make a very loud sighing sound. They continue walking in as if nobody just said anything to them. They do not even discuss about me, they just move.“You must help your alpha this minute!” I try to put fury in my voice.They still act like nobody is saying anything. They keep moving, not uttering a word to me “Your aloha is talking!” I said again, just called their attention But one of the women just looks at me and she starts laughing. I know her. She is Lady Marie, the woman who used to deliver groceries to my mother. My family, I’ve given her a life, a job and yet she sees me and refuses to help me? She has always been so ungrateful. I knew she didn’t like me, but I never knew that she would look at me in my vulnerable state and just walk away. “You look so bad. Maybe your weakness, cowardice and cruelty is finally catchin
Lucan’s POVI launch myself at the chief guard with all my fury. I aim at his throat. I am going to squeeze his throat until I kill him. I will make sure that he pays for everything he said to me. I will make an example out of him today. I will make sure that I embarrass him. This bastard! He does not know that I have been training all my life! I have been taking combat classes. Dealing with him would be easy. He is challenging me because he thinks he can beat me, I will kill him today But when I hold him, the stance he takes makes me realise that I might have underestimated. He might be stronger than I gave him credit for. Or maybe not. Maybe if I just grab him by the leg. Maybe if I just get to his throat properly…But the chief guard is stronger than I thought. Much stronger. His hands come up fast and grab my wrists. He twists them hard and I try not to cry, but unfortunately, I do not know when I even cry out in pain. Before I can react, his knee comes up into my stomach. He co
Lucan’s POV"You fool!" I scream at him. "You worthless idiot! You are a bastard! I would have cut off your balls, but you are castrated already! bastard! How dare you talk to me like that!"The other guards shift beside us nervously, some already shifting their weight from leg to leg. It is obviously a tensed up situation, but nobody moves to help me. Nobody tells the chief guard to shut up. It is like they fear the both of us-me and the chief guard - but they fear the chief guard more. They just stand there watchingI had told Elaina that I wanted to be crowned immediately, it was her idea that I wait a while so that it looks as if I am mourning Holland. Now see what it has caused? This bastard does not respect me!"I am the alpha of this pack!" I shout. "I am your leader! You will respect me!"The chief guard shakes his head. "You killed Alpha Holland. You are just a coward and a mother. I am sure that you think nobody knows, but everybody knows"“ I don’t care if anybody knows!” I
Lucan’s POVI have to grab my car so that I will not fall down. I can’t feel the cast still vibrating, still warm, I did not even turn it off completely. I cannot believe my ears. The last ticket to Danika just left. How can I be too sure that he is not with her? "Left?" I repeat. "What do you mean left?""He rode out about two hours ago," the chief guard explains. "He said he had things to do in his spot that were urgent.”Two hours ago. While I was yelling at Devin, wasting my precious strength on him and telling him how I will deal with him. While I was trying to figure out what to say to Alfonso, all the speeches that I rehearsed up to seventeen times, he was already gone? Galloping away? While I was practicing my speech, he was riding away from my pack. "I told you not to let him leave! We still had a timeframe to work with!" I screamed, slowly coming out of my daze. The chief guard shakes nervously. I see how his Adam’s apple bobs visibly as he swallows. “We could not do any