Aurora frowned, yet still perplexed, looking at the soldiers as they were pulling her with the rope that was tied on her both hands, to the crucifixion stand along the townlet.
She put on ragged clothes, her hair looked scattered and unkempt, she walked with her barefoot, blood was flowing down, wherein she sustained an injury from the flogging she received earlier before death was passed to her.
She looked unstable, starving, and fragile, she tried to conceal her pains from the people of Uruk, who were gawking at her with deep hatred on their faces.
Furthermore, she knew how much they hated her for their Alpha's death. Her cries won't stop her death, knowing this, she hid her pain and showed a steady expression. Moreover, she was trained to be an impenetrable brick wall.
However, she hated the fact that she was dying, and somewhat appreciated the death she will face soon, it would stop the relentless pain in her heart and her everyday restless nights.
She has been in the prison for the past five months. The day the late Alpha died, her death has been longer than she expected, she thought she would die the second day she was caught with the late Alpha's dead body, but she realized the new Alpha wanted to be crowned as the Alpha before he would condemn her to death.
Murmured aroused by the people of Uruk who saw the steady expression on Aurora's face, they became furious, seeing no remorse in her eyes, many of the town people rushed home to bring stones, eggs, water etcetera.
The soldier leading Aurora and the other soldiers to the crucifixion ground heard the murmuring of the passengers, of Aurora's steady expression, he looked over his shoulder to confirm the whisper of the passing by. His face fell on Aurora's steady face with a grin plastered on her face.
His face looked dreadful instantly, he halted the movement of the soldiers, turned, and moved to Aurora, he punched Aurora hard on the face and aimed an uppercut punch just below her jaw, Aurora's head jerked downward as pain sent chills to her spine.
He waited for her to face him, she raised her chin defiantly, then he punched her as hard as he could in the nose, blood gushed out from Aurora's nose relentlessly, and she fell to the ground.
She had blurry vision, and as she fell to the ground, the soldier didn't stop punching her, he started kicking her hard, in the stomach. As she lay flat on the ground, a sharp pain escaped Aurora's mouth.
She felt weak and tired already, she wished death would come quickly, she was tired of the abuse, she couldn't hide her pain anymore. Tears flowed down her cheeks, and she spilled blood as the soldiers kicked her harder in the stomach.
He stopped when he saw tears flowing down from her eyes, he tilted her chin up, stared at her with cold eyes, and whispered into her ear.
“I will make you beg for death before I slaughter your head,” The king's brother, whose name was Jericho, said to her ears, his face looked deadly, and Aurora couldn't bring herself to look at his face.
Jericho was the new Alpha's stepbrother, Aurora knew how much the late Alpha adored him, and she knows he must have hated her with passion, facing the person who killed his father.
“If she ever walked slowly again, let her feel the torture, the pain, the soldering iron can Inflict on her spotless body” Jericho roared to the soldiers.