Jackson.She knocked again. Closing my eyes, I took a deep breath. Kelsey was my mate and I was not yet convinced enough to want to kill her. “Give her a benefit of doubt,” my wolf Kai said in my mind. It seemed he was not convinced with the evidence provided. I, on the other hand, had lost all trust of Kelsey. I wondered if she had come to finish me completely. Had she accepted me as my mate because she wanted to use sex as a weapon?“Not today, Satan.” I muttered.“Did you say something?” Kelsey asked from the other side of the door. Her voice was sweet as ever. In the past few weeks, I had craved to hear that voice every day, but now I wanted it as far from me as possible.Standing up, I went and threw the door open. She smiled upon seeing me and tried to hug me but I raised my hand and pushed her back. My chest was aching but I had to let her go. “I do not want to see your face right now.”“What’s wrong?” she asked, looking so innocent. No wonder I had been fooled. She had a face

Room 24 was a small, cramped space. There was a thin mattress on a tiny bed in the corner. A small wooded stool was on the side of the bed and two brown dresses were on top of it. The concrete floor was rough and dirty. There was a small high window covered by a wooden shutter. As soon as she opened the door, Mia pushed me into the room while laughing. “Ah Ketty, I think we found the perfect workout prop,” Mia told her new friend who nodded in agreement.“What do you want?” I asked. Mia’s fist connected with my nose, and I winced. I placed a palm on my face and looked down to protect it. Mia kept hitting me everywhere she could but I just stood there, waiting for her to get done with it. She kicked me on the butt.“What the hell is wrong with you?” she asked when he assault on me was done. “Why aren’t you fighting back?”I sighed and looked up, blood flowing from my nose to my dress. “You’re still angry at me for what happened last time. I think it’s fair to let you get your revenge

There were nine people standing around me, getting closer each passing second. There were four girls and five boys. Mia stood up next to her friend Ketty and the other girls. I noticed the atmosphere in the large room had changed, becoming tenser. I glanced around and saw that everyone was staring at us. “What’s going on?” I asked.Ketty stepped forward and smiled at me. “Mia is our leader, and we will make you pay for what you have done.”“What the-Someone grabbed my hair from behind and pulled it, forcing me to bend my head backwards. Ketty lifted her hand and slapped me across the cheek. I was about to lift my right hand to slap her when someone grabbed it. Another person grabbed my hand. I looked around wondering why no one was doing anything. They were all watching as if we were acting a play. There was nothing playful about what was about to happen.For the first time since I had returned to the slave house, I was afraid. What if they really decided to kill me? Ketty stepped b

Seeing that Jackson was gone, I decided to return to the dinning hall and finish my food. My food was still there on the table. It was cold but I had to eat it if I did not want to starve all night long. The dining room was mostly deserted by that time as most people had gone back to their rooms. There was a group of four on one table; two girls and two boys. In the corner was a girl with dark eyeliner and mascara. She was reading a book that had a picture of a ghost on the cover. When I looked in her direction, she placed the book on the table and stared at me, as if to scare me. Sighing, I turned back to my tasteless food and continued stuffing sizable amounts in my mouth. The room was quiet save from the noise coming from the group at the table. After finishing my food, I went to my room and removed the blood stained cloth I was wearing. Changing into the other dress, I went and washed the dirty one in the bathroom. I found a bucket under the sink and used it to rinse out the blo

Leilani took us to a room at the end of the ground floor in the main wing of the house. The room had two small beds on opposite ends. There was a large table in the middle and a closet divided into two. There were a few pairs of clothes in each and other clothing articles like underwear. I sat on the bed that was not by the window, claiming it.“I want this bed,” Kat said, sitting on it as well. She looked haggard and worn out but her eyes bore a silent challenge. I smiled and stood up. “It’s alright, I’ll take the other one.”“The toiletries on the table will be shared,” Leilani announced. “You’ll both see how to split everything. I’ve made sure to put everything you need in the room. Unfortunately, I chose the clothes randomly so they may not fit perfectly but they’ll work. You’ll be having supper soon so I’m going to leave so you can get cleaned up.”“Thank you so much, Leilani.”“I’m just doing my work,” she told me before opening the door.When she was gone, I turned to Kat who