Whip! Rizine howled in pain as the whip landed on her bare butt cheeks. "Please, have mercy!" she cried. "You lost count again. Now I'm going to start afresh," Kilian said. Milan chuckled darkly as he sat down on the bed staring at Rizine, heaving and wailing in pain. You shouldn't be feeling smug, you're hurting mate. Milan rolled his eyes at his wolf. Mate hurt us first by killing our father. No, she didn't, his wolf retorted. I'm not having this conversation with you. You should be grateful that I spared her life! With those words, Milan turned off his wolf and then focused on enjoying the show. He would make sure that Rizine is in so much pain and suffering then she would confess who sent her to kill his father. Rizine stared at Kilian with teary eyes hoping he would at least let her be. "Please, I beg of you. Have mercy on me," she wailed. Kilian was having none of that as he stared at her beautiful brown orbs. He had been developing a soft spot for her but she had t

Chapter 14 Rizine groaned as she opened her eyes. She felt a splitting headache hit her and she sighed trying to massage her temples but she was shocked when she realized she couldn't move her hands. Her eyes got adjusted to the darkness and she saw she was chained to the wall. She panicked and screamed out. She last remembered being knocked out on her way to inform the twins about Aster's plans. Who could have kidnapped her? She wondered. She tried to wriggle out of the chains but it had sliver coated on it and it kept burning her wrist. Just then the door was slammed open and light flooded into the dungeon where she was kept. Rizine gasped when she saw who stood before her. "Did you honestly think a small knife could kill me?" Aster asked. He walked towards her in a menacing manner and she cowered in the corner. "Please, I didn't mean to stab you I just wanted to get away," Rizine pleaded. Aster chuckled. "I'm certain you didn't because you're a weak wolf and you can't do any

"We're going on a journey." Aster suddenly announced and Rizine looked up at him — she wished she was able to make a face to mirror her anger, the confusion she felt from hearing that statement and her overall hatred for Aster. But she was too weak. She hadn't eaten ever since she was kidnapped by Rizine, not to mention the physical and emotional abuse from him. She was too tired to move even the slightest of muscles. But that would mean she won't be able to put up a protest when Aster wanted to carry out his devious plan of going on whatever journey he had planned out. She didn't want to go. "P—please, no." Rizine begged feebly, vigor drained from her tone and her eyes were even more hollow than they were before, sleep deprived, hunger stricken and saddened. "Sadly,you don't have a say in this Rizine." Aster refuted her pleas, an evil smirk on his face. He enjoyed seeing how powerless Rizine looked, and also enjoyed being able to make decisions concerning them without her

Milan and Kilan left the fields and went back into the palace to further discuss on the top Alphas they would solicit help from during these tough times. Only both of them were present in the meeting room — they decided to keep it between themselves for now that they were too weak as a kingdom that they had to find help from others, announcing it to the rest of the council may instill some level of panic and they would start to get scared. So for now, the twins decided to keep it a secret and had the private meeting behind closed doors. They settled down on their chairs, a sheet of paper and a pen in front of them. It was time to start brainstorming. "So what Alpha are we starting with first, do you have any in mind?" Milan asked his brother and Killian thought about it deeply. He didn't want to make any mistakes with this and didn't want to settle for any Kingdom that might either refuse or take advantage of their state and instead of offering help, they use the opportunity to s

The maids paused immediately Rizine asked the question — all of them, like they were animated, and then they continued washing and scrubbing her, totally igniting the question she asked. It wasn't in their power to tell her about the reason she was here. She would know all about it in due time. For now, all they had to do was mind their business and focus on their job and that was to bathe her and get her ready for the mega feast that their Alpha was throwing in her honor. Yes, a mega feast. Rizine didn't know why the maids didn't answer her question. They were most likely forbidden to say anything to her. They must've been given orders to keep their mouths shut and going contrary to the orders may earn them a scolding from their superiors. She was a slave herself and she knew what would be her punishment if she defied an order. So she decided not to pester them and let them do their jobs of cleaning her. After she had freshened up, she was led to her given room where there