The Shrill Scream

Chapter six

Diana's pov

She closed the door behind her and stood, her back pressed against the wall, “Surprised to see me?” Emily's voice bounced against the walls as she sauntered down the stairs towards my cell.

She wasn't wrong though, I was quite surprised to see her and wondered what exactly she was doing here. She is the prime minister's daughter which I've had the pleasure of not meeting a couple of times. The few times that we did cross paths, she knew how to make my life more miserable.

Not to mention her father was basically the king's right-hand when it comes to decisions of the state. I never wanted to cross her path, but sometimes, it was inevitable.

She smirked as she could and then came to a halt in front of my cell. I sat on the ground and strained my neck to look upwards at her.

“Yes, well, I'm surprised as well. I wouldn't dare visit such a place like this meant for commoners and low-class miscreants,” she said, her expression twisted in disgust as she glanced around before her gaze settled on me once more.

“A place befitting of scums like you,” she glanced around once more. If she felt so disgusted, then why exactly was she here in the first place? I said this within myself as I had already disrespected a highborn, particularly the royal family. I didn't want to incur much punishment after and so I dropped my gaze from her face to her feet instead.

“But I'm here today because I wanted to see the one chosen by the moon goddess to stand by his highness the prince. He was right, you know, she must have gone crazy for such a pairing,” she kept going.

“You know when he uttered the word mate at the ball, I was really hoping it would be someone that could compare to me and that I would have to bring down, I guess I didn't need to trouble myself, you were already at the bottom of the chain, even I couldn't believe the moon goddess would do such a thing, what the hell was she thinking, trying to bring our kingdom to the ground?”

She arranged her hair in a girly manner, being proud and contented with her looks and the fact, she thought herself better than anyone else.

“You two are heavens apart, not to mention how you are not even worthy of him, I mean look at you, dirty, weak, pathetic,” I tried to drown out the sound of her voice as she berated me the more.

I've gone through a lot of these which I took well but this time, I wasn't doing a good job as there was still the constant throbbing pain in my heart, she kept on listing all the reasons why I couldn't be loved by someone and how I don't deserve it.

“Can you please stop?” I couldn't stop my voice from quivering as I tried to get her to leave me alone, but my voice was probably way too low over hers. I doubted if she even heard me. The pain in my chest increased. I hadn't gotten over the pain of the rejection, but knowing why I was rejected by someone else didn't bode well with me.

“It's weird how you probably must have thought he would accept you, he would want you,” she scoffed while I placed both my hands in my ears, I could feel the hot tears as they welled up at the corner of my eye ready to spill.

“Well now that you've been rejected, I can finally become his princess for good.” The fact that she was literally going to be with my mate only made things worse. I knew he didn't want to be with me, he made that very clear at the ball, but it still hurts, it hurts so bad. “The prince had always been waiting for his mate, hence why we all had to wait as well, even the king himself, but now that he has found the mate unworthy we can finally have a crown princess.”

She did not stop coming after me, and I tried to get her to stop multiple times as I shook my head, getting the image of her with my mate out of my head. Why were Lycans so cruel? Why was she hell-bent on making me suffer even more than I already was?

I sniffled a bit and wiped away the falling tears.

“Please just leave me alone.” I wouldn't have spoken up to her on a normal day but all I wanted now was to be left alone and I was beginning to lose my mind.

I shook my head vigorously, “Please stop, please,” I pleaded but she didn't seem to want to yield, with the same smirk like she was getting exactly what she wanted.

“Am I hurting your feelings? You are an eyesore and he would never be with someone like you, just do us all a favor and put us out of our misery from your existence,” her voice raised higher.

I closed my eyes and let out a shrill scream, my throat was itching, my hands clamped on my chest and it felt like my heart was about to give out. I could feel the blood constantly pumping within my veins, faster and faster, it made me a bit dizzy.

I didn't know what happened but it all happened so fast.

There was a loud thud that followed after my outburst, when I glanced up, Emily wasn't in front of my cell, rather she was all the way on the floor at the other end, her hair disheveled, there was a shocked expression on her face as she stared at me, her breathing elevated.

My brows knitted in confusion as I wondered how she was on the floor, she tried to rise on her feet but failed, her eyes widened in shock, “What the hell did you just do?” She questioned before the sound of the cell doors opened once more.

I was too preoccupied with what just happened to bother about who came in this time.