mi

front door. He was one of the two guards assigned to watch me, an

lking past as he kept pulling

cry anymore. My voice was stra

agged in. I weakly stretched my arm out, hoping one of them would feel

wn my cheek, and I s

the voice of the wom

It was like a late-night jog,"

, staring down at me. "S

while. You know I don't enjoy

bably neither were the rest of them. But how could they so casually speak about someone like that, es

rning away from me. "What a damn

mach t

unning a hand through his hair with a low gr

outed dramatically as

upping his face with both hands like he w

kissed hi

red against his lips. "Yo

let go of my arm, completely ignoring me now

d to th

into his arms, her giggl

not even sparing me a glance as he carri

ight anymore. The second he let me g

should touch me again, but then one of them, who looked

," he s

n my own, but my ankles gave o

gripping both my arms and practi

, not even the maids who stood near the walls with

der and darker. The ground wasn't

r resembling that of a prison cell

ately began sobbing as the

p, shivering, trying to keep my eyes close

re passing. But this time, they weren

aw it was the old woman. The

ld have thought she was dead,

uth. I looked closer and gaspe

to warn me, but that just sealed the

d lived under their roof and served them pro

d a warning-and they

d

he girl

he Alpha h

the wall, trying to make myself s

three days. Still shirtless

t there was nothing in the cell but stone, so I gave u

the bruises on my back-which thankfully weren't as deep as I feared-and then

it always left a nasty taste

ost of my pain had dulled and

that my father had realized I was missing. That he'd

w, they would burst through these ston

the four

st as I tried to find a comfortable position on

ilently. Following behi

e maid and guard usua

fight, as usual, but instead of taking me to the filthy

oing on?"

one of the guards snapped befo

cy, but it was decent. There was a soft ru

Alpha doesn't like being kept waiting,"

door. But the guards had already left, and

maids scolded. And before I could eve

fight, but they were fast and stro

y hair and cleaning under my nails. I hadn't had a proper bath in t

meant. Still trying to tell myself that maybe

said, pointing to the lingerie

all clicked. My

standing in a different

he intimidating size of the bed, the fireplace

, trembling in a piece of clothi

red. The only thing that was

yself, trying to keep what

tall frame, I collapsed to the floor, crawling toward him and gra

, tears burning hot down my cheeks. "I'll

e and shook his hea

face. My body shook

eas

r on my lips, forcing me

nd gentle as they roamed my body, but t

sp as he yanked me closer. Our faces were just inche

red, "How fast can