I don’t know how long I have stood in the middle of the room chained up. My hands were now pulled taunt above my head causing them to ache. My fingers were tingling from lack of blood flow but I had nothing to do. The stupid beta made sure that he cut me then later came back and chained me again.
Right now I could feel hunger starting to eat it’s way into my body. It was a parasite I couldn’t get rid of. The last time I ate was the day before I attacked the beta. It was probably three days now without eating anything and the beta made sure that no food was given to me.
He was doing a lot of things to me but I had a feeling that he won’t kill me right now but the moment, I will be set free, I will surely deal with him.
I will drag him to hell, painfully and......
My thoughts immediately stopped when the door burst open.
My heart stopped as an intoxicating sent of vanilla and citrus hit my nose. I didn’t even have to turn my head to see who was entering. It was the smell of my mate.
What the hell is he doing here?!
“Yeah , my beta has done a great job, this will make you know where you belong “, Slowly he strutted over in front of me with a sneer on his handsome face. I glared right back at him.
“Tortured or not, it won’t still change the fact that I’m your mate.” I stated coolly.
He immediately gritted his teeth and walked over to the wall of torture devices. He stared at them long and hard making no move to pick any of them up yet. I watched him, silently pleading with the Moon Goddess that he doesn’t pick up the whip.
“You can imagine my shock at finding out you were my mate. Such a weak, useless whore. Sadly I have no desire for a mate. I think I’d have much more fun with you in a setting like this, don’t you think?” He spoke as he picked up a syringe of wolfsbane.
He was going to torture me too.
I looked at him with no fear. I refused to treat him as my enemy yet. We are still complete strangers in every sense and until I am convinced that every bone in his body is evil, I will not treat him as such.
“Omega or not , your wolf wants me, right?” I said with snottiness trying to get a reaction out of him.
He grunted as he walked over to me and slammed his fist into my soft stomach. My wolf whimpered in my head but I refused to show any indication that I was in pain.
“I’ll take that as a yes!” I said with fake cheerfulness. Suddenly my demeanour became dark and serious as I got ready to say my next words. “I, Rinah Martinez, reject you-“
My words were abruptly stopped as Alpha Blair’s hand shoot out and covered my mouth. I felt sparks erupt across my body as I took in the seething male towering before me.
“Don’t you dare finish that sentence. No one and I mean no one will ever reject me of anything. I get to be in charge.” He yelled into my face like I was a little kid. His wolf had taken control. Maybe some small morsel of his wolf actually wanted a mate. I knew my wolf certainly did but she hardly ever made a strong decision in my everyday choices.
Blair slowly removed his hand from my mouth and I found myself unintentionally missing the feel of his skin against mine. What has the Moon Goddess gotten me into?
“I can and will most certainly reject you if I do please to. A ruthless Alpha like you doesn’t deserve a mate”, I spat out with venom.
If my hands weren’t chained up and raw with silver burns I would have punched him in the face with all my left power. I didn’t know what the hell was wrong with me but I had no fear for anyone in the pack.
He didn’t reply immediately but then out of the blue, I felt a small sting in my upper arm and looked down to find him injecting the wolfsbane into my system. I i’mmediately started to feel my body shut down and my eyes started to drop but I fought to keep them open. Every part of my body started to burn with this intense fire. It was making my blood feel like acid and I was shaking from pain.
“You mean nothing to me and I don’t want you as my mate. By the time I am done with you, you won’t be more then a heap of bones and blood.” He spoke as he walked over to a metal trash bin and threw the now empty syringe away. “ And if you tell anyone that we are mates I will have your head separated from your puny body.” He added.
I scowed at him.
As if I had anyone to tell and if I did I wouldn’t want them to know that this obnoxious oaf was my mate.
I bite my tongue as another wave of agony worked it’s way through my body. I leaned my head forward and looked at the ground as beads of sweat form on my brow.
Blair watched me the whole time with a frown on his horribly perfect face. I saw him look at me with nothing close to pleasure but more of a business like mode. It was as if I was just another chore on his list to complete. My wolf cringed at the thought. I could tell she was outraged that our mate of all people would treat us so poorly. I almost agreed with her but as my body began to become weak, I changed my mind then I opened my mouth.
“I Rinah Ma.....
“Bring this bitch to the punishment area”, He cut me off immediately with anger evident in his body.
Jackson's hands moved over his heart, and a roguish smile covered his lips. "Never call it such. Daisy Dame," he laughed. "I better go fix the jukebox before Floyd gets here and starts beating it again." "He does love his music," I muttered, turning my attention to the door as it opened.Royce and Bryce, regulars at the bar, entered, shaking the snow from their jackets as they removed them. Grabbing a pitcher, I tipped it to fill for them and took the $20 bill he placed on the bar, breaking it into change for them to play pool. Once they headed off, I started mixing the drinks we'd serve for the special.People began filing in as the clock ticked on, and the music got more bois- terous. I'd finished mixing the drinks for a group of women who were slumming it, their words, not mine. Jackson worked beside me, moving through the orders for the kitchen while I focused on the drinks.I was pouring another pitcher of beer when the doors opened, and a man entered. My senses screamed in warni
BraelynStepping out of the shower, I peered around the small cramped room. It was hardly big enough to turn around in, but it was clean. We'd rented a new apartment in a high traffic area, close to work, once we'd noticed the wolves around the one Douglas had chosen for us. It would have been more dangerous to be around wolves, especially considering Saint had left me in a precarious condition.I dressed in a pair of soft, stretchy jeans and pulled the camisole top over my sensitive breasts. Turning sideways in the cramped room, I looked at the gentle swell of my belly in the mirror. It was noticeable now and hard to hide that I was pregnant. Groaning. I grabbed the sweater and slipped my arms into it, shoving my hair into a messy bun before I left the room. The stale scent of takeout food made my nose itch, hating that it wasn't the fresh food we'd had on the mountain. I missed the mountain and the protection it would have offered me in my current condition. I hated waking up every
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Saint-Three Months LaterI watched Cole Van Helsing climb out of the Blackhawk helicopter, shield- ing his eyes as he moved toward me, shaking the snow from his heavy coat. Tat- tooed fingers righted the collar of his jacket, and he smiled upon seeing me. "Van Helsing," 1 announced, running my eyes over the tattoo that covered his brow and his temple to vanish into his hairline. "Kingsley, pleasure as always," Cole said in a heavily accented tone that most women would fawn over. "You are causing quite the issue for us. I hope your mate is worth it," he concluded, nodding at the other helicopters that were coming in as Cole's took off to refuel."She is, and I believe she's pregnant with my child," I announced, watching his face pinch with distaste."Seems to be in the water lately," he grumbled. "Someone needs to invent some immortal-proof birth control.""You too, huh?" I asked."No, not me." he said in a tone filled with anger. "Rhys is going to be a daddy, but he's rejected his mat
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