Semua Bab After I Died, My Ex-mate Beg for My Mercy: Bab 1 - Bab 10

ASHLEYPain brought me back to reality.I gasped as I came to, jolting upright with eyes wide and unblinking.Where was I? I was in the forest. Obviously. The Blackriver pack house forest.Coughing to clear my throat as it felt like I had feasted on the damp soil, and it was scratchy; everything that happened came flooding back in.I heard her voice. My wolf’s voice for the first time since my existence. I decided to follow it for our first connection because it was essential to connect to your wolf to shift.However, the connection didn’t last long because I had been ambushed. A sharp pain to the back of my head, and the world had turned dark afterwards.My head spun as I staggered upright, and a wince escaped my parted lips as I caressed the back of my head.I couldn’t tell who had attacked me. I never saw faces. But I knew I needed to return to the pack house to warn everyone. Perhaps an invasion was coming. That could be the only reason I'd be attacked in our territory.Sprinting

ASHLEYJason wanted to see me.That was the only thing I could think of as the overseer's face turned ghost white, panicked, pulling me up to a standing position, for I could barely stand on my own.She looked at my tattered dress and unkempt appearance before rushing to the corner, only to return with a new dress. Well, not entirely new, but better than the one I was in. She pulled off the one currently on me, put on the new one, and brushed a hand through my hair, which had last been brushed three months ago.Grabbing a rag and a bowl filled with water, she rubbed at the dirt on my face. I looked at her, curious.This was the first time she'd be nice to me. She had never treated me as if I were a living being before, and even made them punish me more than the enslaved people in the prison.Now, she was acting all nice.“Get me that bandage and don't just stand there looking at me as if this is a circus!” She snapped at Kelly.Kelly jumped, moving to grab the bandage in the medicine

ASHLEYSlowly, I rose from my slumber as I heard noises from outside. Rubbing at my eyes, I looked at the door, wondering who it was, as it was night.I was in the cell in the basement of the Beta’s building. I should be glad my father had brought me here instead of taking me to the slave barracks. Compared to the latter, the room here was heavenly. Despite how old and torturous it felt, at least I didn’t have to bear the moist and moldy bed in the slave barracks while still being tortured.The noise persisted. I looked around in confusion.If there was one thing I knew about this cell in my father's side of the building, it was that no one came here at night. Most times, it was morning that you'd see the guards, and they would only come to check in on you if you were dead yet or to punish you.Using the low light in the room, I navigated my way to the door, careful not to stumble into anything to draw attention to myself.I touched the doorknob, twisting gently. I was startled by it.

ASHLEYI lay still, barely breathing, as sunlight spilled across the cracked ceiling.For a moment, everything felt…right.I was still Beta’s daughter. The privileged princess. The spoiled brat everyone knew me as.My parents loved me. My father, especially.I was Jason’s mate, and he had acknowledged me as his, too.“You're my mate, Ashley Lockwood. Mine.” Jason had whispered, cupping my face. Leaning into me.I had hoped it would be real. That I wouldn't snap back to reality and find out everything wasn't as it seemed.I should have held onto that, rather than being delusional, because it was only a dream.I sat up on the bed, my head pounding and sweat dripping down my forehead. I leaned forward as nausea surged through me. I wasn't fast enough to make my way out of bed to go relieve myself. I convulsed as I spilled the contents of my stomach on the floor.Blood.I coughed, gasping for breath, looking towards the door. My gasps and coughs were loud enough for anyone in the house to

ASHLEYI did nothing. Neither hesitating nor panicking. Anyone in my position would have. I mean, having the sharp end of the needle close to your neck and knowing it was poison…that was a valid reason to scream bloody murder.But I didn't. I couldn't understand why. But I believed my senses must have fled from me the moment he held me. Or the calmness of his voice did it for me.Relaxing into Kael and my eyes not leaving the needle, he turned me to face him sharply.“Pretty courageous, huh?” Kael said, a smile formed on his handsome face.I wasn't that. But whatever.“Is that meant to be a test?” I asked him as he turned his back to me, dropping the syringe in a red box filled with others. Used. I guessed.Kael nodded. “I need to know you won't be the first to flee from the clinic when issues arise. Maybe not the greatest test, but it works. And welcome to the clinic. I am Doctor Kael and will officially be your tutor.”I took his hand and he extended it to me, nodding. I muttered my