A Wolf's Fairytale

CHAPTER 19: Cruelty for Control

(WARNING This chapter may have triggers for assult victims and or those abused physically, mentally, or those that have suffered s*x abuse. Please be advised)

Lola POV

Zed loved to abuse me, well me and the rest of his captives. He called us his soldiers and would always refer to us as his army when we entered into a new territory. I didn't mind it so much when he would hit me or kick me, the physical abuse was easy to take, what I hated was when he would take me to his bed. I know it was my choice but what could I do, he had my reason for living held back at my pack. Should I just let Zed kill my cub and my mate? No I came voluntarily so my village and family could have peace. Zed left behind a few that he could count on, that were loyal to him, but they had orders to just watch and wait for an assignment. If they touched anyone without Zeds permission they got severely punished.

So I left my mate and cub behind to join Zed. Before he arrived we where able to get most bears out to safety but some had to stay so Zed would think we wanted to join him. When villages fled, rumors said Zed would hunt down every member and slaughter them, all except one. He always left one alive to spread his message to not run. You only had two choices with Zed, that was to join him or die. So when he came to our village we had just enough left to make him think we "volunteered" to be in his service.

Zed was not a stupid man. When he came upon our village and found only a handful of families, he knew the rest had fled. He of course had to make an example so no one else would go against him or try to run. So he took an entire family and tied them up in the town square, he had them in a row on their knees. It was an older couple with two adolescent cubs of about 16 years of age. The cubs where twins, a male and female. Zed stood in front of the male, undid his pants and told him to open his mouth, when the man refused Zed declared "if you refuse me things will only get worse and I will still get what I want in the end" He kicked the man in the stomach then three of Zeds men grabed him and held him so he had to watch as Zed approached his male cub, he then begged for Zed to come back, that he will do his bidding, Zed simply laughed, He had the boy stand and go to his father, he told the boy to cut his father's ear off. The boy begged but his father told him, ordered him to do as Zed says. When the boy moved to do as his father instructed Zed sliced the boys face, furious because the boy did not do as he said but was so quick to do his fathers bidding. His men grabbed the boy and turned him to face his mother and sister. He approached the mother, undid is pants again and instructed her to open her mouth. The mother did not hesitate to do exactly what Zed told her to, her mate, cubs, and the entire village watching and Zed relieved himself in her mouth happy she did not move to spit or turn her face away from him. He loved teaching lessons.

Seeing that the lesson was learned he decided to take the female cub with him, as to remind everyone watching that it was he whom was in charge, also as punishment to those who let the others flee, he took all females with a mate and cub, we were forced to join Zed while our mates and cubs stayed behind. There were seven of us in the beginning. We are not allowed to speak about it, but now there are only four of us left and Bernadette. Bernadette was the young cub taken from her parents and twin, she was very close to Zed now and even took park in giving out punishments to the rest of us. She would even partake when Zed summoned us to his bed. Where Zed was gentle in the bedroom, Bernadette was far from it. Sometimes I wondered if she too had lost her soul. It broke us over and over again knowing our mates could feel what was being done to us.

When Zed came to rough me up and told me his plan, I welcomed it. I did not mind when I was sent away for one reason or another. It meant that Zed couldn't bed me and my mate would not have to feel the agony of me with another or the pain Bernadette was sure to inflict. That was the only reason Zed did it and I sure the only reason he let Bernadette have so much control was to cause pain to our mates and remind them who was in charge. So I stood there and took my beating. By the time he was done I could barely walk and was covered in blood.

If I wanted to be convincing I had to hurry, were-bears healed fast and I had a show to put on. Maybe if I completed my task and got Zed his prize he would release me and I could go back to my mate and my cub. But I knew if I didn't complete it my mate and cub would surely suffer. Zed liked to punish those we cared about for our failures, he always say "people fought harder when the blood that would be spilled wasn't only theirs"

I was half way through the forest before any patrols found me, the security of this place was a joke, but who was I to talk, my own pack was practically enslaved by a lunatic warlock. Now I had to convince them to take me to the leaders so I could get my hands on the old woman that Zed was infatuated with.

I feel to my knees, begging for sanctuary. I was covered in blood even though half the injuries had started to heal. It was easy to call tears to my eyes, I just had to think of my mate or my cub and what Zed would do to them if I failed. I saw the blond mind-link someone, they then lifted me to my feet and started to move. We where walking towards the interior of the territory. They did not ask my name or any questions, just grabbed me and told me to walk, when I tried to tell them the story Zed gave me, I was told to stay silent. Things did not go as planned, but little did I know they where about to get allot worse.