I go to the bathroom and quickly splash my face and do a quick wipe of my body to remove the sweat from my training. I then join Zachariah back in the bedroom. We sit down at the table with our dinner in front of us, now I have been dying to question him about the others and even my friends after he mentioned selling those he kidnaps from our village, maybe I can find out what happened to my mother.
He smiles, as he puts a fork full of steak into his mouth. I don't miss the sparkle that passes over his eyes. He finishes his mouthful before answering,"A mate? Well... To understand what a mate is to us, you need to understand what I am. Do you really want to know?" He puts his fork down and leans back in his chair. "Yes!" He then gets to his feet, moves around so he is standing in front of me, and holds out his hand. I hesitate for a second before putting mine in his. He then tugs lightly and I stand. He then leads us over to the bed. I tense a little as he lets go of my hand and climbs on, moving up so he is leaning up against the headboard. He then holds out his hand again to me, waiting for me to decide if I will join him. I'm not sure if I trust him, especially on the bed with me still in a dress... But I want to know if it can help me understand why my mother was one of the vanished, why
We lay there kissing for a little while longer before getting up and heading into the shower, where he washes us off and then makes me quiver in his arms again, moaning his name. I relax back against him as the waves of pleasure slowly subside. I can feel him pressed up against my lower back and tense just a little as he whispers into my ear. "I can't wait to be inside you..." He tightens his arms around me more, lowering his hand and running his fingers between my legs again, making my body shiver as he continues. "To have you screaming my name as I make you come while I release inside you..." I tense at his words, but it doesn't last as he growls and I moan and shudder in his arms once more. He holds me until I can stand on my own once again and then he gets out, saying nothing more than wrapping a towel around his waist and heading back into the bedroom. I place my hands on the side
I finish getting to my feet and make my way slowly over to where they are standing; I stop just short of them as she pulls back, wrapping her arm around his waist and facing me. I ignore her for a minute and just stare at Zachariah. He just smirks at me as he pulls her into his side just that little bit more. I return his smirk and give him a right hook that not only connects with his jaw but also connects with her nose. I then turn and walk away, shaking my hand. I meet up with Jade just inside the back door. She passes me a bag of ice, saying. "Well done. You just met Vivian, the pack slut, and I watched as you put her on her arse on your first day of training. You are good, with some more training you would probably be even better than some of the high-ranking males here... I have been wanting to do that to her for years and you probably just broke her nose with that last shot. You also gave my brother a nice right hook to the jaw. Probably not the best
As Raphael sits on the stall next to me, I face him and ask quietly and hesitantly, "Did Zachariah... Did he ask you... Did you find anything on my mother?"Raphael smiles. "Yes, he asked me as soon as he came down to the field this morning... You showed good form, stamina, and skill out there this morning, even with how many he made you fight... You have had other training??" "Yes, it wasn't much just what one of the Elders in my village had learned and was teaching some of the younger guys..." "You're not like the other girls we pick up from the villages... They are all... Well, girls!" I smile and laugh. "Yes, I am. I have always been different, I never felt comfortable wearing the dresses and the skirts, or learning how to properly wash a man's really smelly, stinky underwear and clothes, or how to pick, prepare and cook food for a man just because he is just that a man. And that a girl's or women's
He glares at me as he bows to Zachariah and leaves; he returns not long after with another plate and places it in front of me. This one, however, has a cover over it. Zachariah, seeming to be happy with this, then picks up his knife and fork and, after taking the first bite, everyone else then follows. I sigh and remove the lid to find a very small serving of food. I look over at the Omega that brought it out and see the smirk on his face. I guess he doesn't approve of me either.I pick and eat a little. I then just watch Zachariah as he sits, eats, and discusses different things with Zaire and Raphael. I carefully and silently move my chair back and, while everyone is preoccupied, I slip from my chair and out of the room. I stop just outside the doorway and move into the shadows, turning back just to watch. I wish I hadn't looked back though as I watch Vivian get up from her seat at the other end of the table and make her way down approaching Zachariah. I guess she was
Valentino runs the knife, making a small cut along my arm. I gasp at the shock and sting of it, but I do not scream. I smile a little to myself at his confused and disappointed look. I guess he was expecting a little girl, one that will break quickly and easily, but I can stand more pain than most girls and I don't intend to give him the satisfaction of hearing me scream. At the sight of my slight smile, he tightens his hand around my throat a little, making it harder to breathe.He then makes another cut, but he starts this one from my left shoulder and goes down at an angle, stopping once he gets to the middle of my chest between my breasts.When I didn't make a sound other than the gasp as he first started the cut, he passes the knife back to the other beast and moves real close to me, whispering once more,"What are you to him? What is his weakness?"I struggle to answer him as he tightens his hand a little more around my throat.
Valentino growls again as he slaps me hard before turning his back to me and facing the young girl that is still standing just inside my cell. He says something to her; she nods, and he leaves. She follows him out but is back a short time later, carrying a bottle of something and a tube of something else. As she gets closer to me, she whispers,"I'm not meant to talk to you, but you probably wouldn't trust what I was trying to give you if I didn't..." I just watch her as she continues to get closer, she takes the lid off of the bottle and moves it to my lips as she says,"This is a healing tonic. It will help with the pain. It will also give you what you need to stay alive."I shake my head. She sighs, lowers the bottle from my lips and places it on her own, and takes a small mouthful. Lowering it from her lips and facing me so I can see it in her mouth, and then she actually swallows it, showing me her empty mouth afterwards. As she steps back up to me and lift
I drift in and out. I feel like I am trapped in water. I fight my way to the surface but can't seem to stay there as something pulls me back down into the darkness again. I fight my way to the surface again and this time I can hear voices. I can't make out what they are saying but at least one of them sounds familiar.I then get pulled back into that darkness again, the next time I fight to the surface I wait to be pulled back but I seem to stay this time, I then wait for the cold and pain that would run through my body after each session with Valentino but that wasn't there either. I start to wonder if I am dreaming as I am laying on something soft, I am covered and I am warm instead of cold. I then panic a little as a warm arm moves over my side and the hand stops laying flat on my abdomen.I flinch a little in pain as he hits a recent slash from the whip and I then shiver in fear, thinking, did he finally do it? Did Valentino take me out of my torture cell and take