Flora was taken out of the cage by two guards. Confusion was written all over her face but she knew no answer would come out.
She was taken to the infirmary where the pack nurses were. Everyone stared at her naked and bruised body. They all knew who she was.
“Alpha wants her ready tomorrow evening” Finn instructed and left while two nurses helped her to the bed.
“She’s badly injured, let’s start with first aid before we check for internal damages” Marcie muttered as she assessed Flora’s body.
Flora was in too much pain, she could feel almost every part of her body swollen and hurting badly. She was a thin line between consciousness and unconsciousness.
She was too weak to notice that she was alone in a large room and several equipments were placed at her side, she couldn’t notice how awfully white everywhere looked and the choking smell of antiseptic.
“I wonder what she did to Alpha to get this kind of treatment, what did you do?” Rose, the pack’s gossiper questioned, looking at Flora with contempt.
“Rose! We need to save her life, questions can come in later. Right now she needs a lot of things” Marcie scolded and grudgingly, Rose went to get the first aid box.
Marcie brought out a cotton wool, added spirit and slowly and gently, Marcie wiped her back, earning groans and screams from Flora.
“Ahh!” Flora screamed, the spirit stung and it felt like her hot coal was being dropped on her skin. She was groaning but her voice came out weakly, her mouth was too weak to even pronounce words.
“Sorry” Marcie muttered, feeling somewhat pity for her. Flora couldn’t even move her arms. She raised her hand slowly but didn’t have the strength to keep it up.
Her eyes were puffy from too much tears, as Marcie slowly cleaned her wounds, more tears rolled out of her eyes. Marcie saw her present condition and decided to sedate her.
The older she-wolf decided it was better to treat her while she was unconscious. She injected the drug into a syringe and plunged it gently into Flora’s hand.
Flora couldn’t understand what the woman was doing to her but she knew that the woman was too kind to hurt her. Slowly, she watched as the woman put the syringe into her arm and after a few minutes, her eyelids went close.
“What do you think she did to deserve this kind of merciless beating?” Rose demanded, nudging at Flora while Marcie gently scrubbed her body.
Marcie’s face was filled with pity for Flora, she pitied the little girl a lot.
“Have you informed the doctor? We need to run several tests” Marcie replied and Rose eyed her maliciously.
“What’s the big deal? It’s not like she’s a family of yours” Rose spat out angrily.
“We ought to take care of everybody, her family should be alerted immediately”
“Does she look like someone who has a family? She’s the asthmatic omega, duh! I wonder what she did to our cute alpha to get punished this way?” Rose replied and Marcie hissed before she went to get the doctor.
Doctor Steph assessed her body gently, checking her heartbeat and little details.
“When did she fall asleep?”
“Almost three hours ago, I sedated her so I could clean her wounds,” Marcie replied.
“What! How could you do such a thing to a weak patient! You should have informed me before doing anything Marcie. It’s up to the moon goddess for her to wake up” Doctor Steph replied and panic filled the whole room.
“…..” Marcie was speechless, she couldn’t utter anything while Rose concealed a smirk.
While Steph scolded Marcie, Flora’s eyes flashed open. Her head was spinning and she felt a throbbing ache. Her whole body felt like it had been beaten overnight.
She closed her eyes, dimming her gaze as she tried to adjust to the whiteness of the area.
“Wa…wa…” She stuttered weakly and everyone turned to her. Marcie was filled with gratitude as she rushed to her bedside.
“What do you want?” Marcie demanded as she swallowed, it was a painful moment. She tried to talk but words were hard to form, she ended up pointing at the jug.
“You want water?” Doctor Steph demanded and she shook her head, sighing and panting gently.
Marcie grabbed the water, helped her sit upright and placed the cup in her mouth. Immediately it touched her mouth, she realized how thirsty she was and began to drink hastily.
She gulped down two cups and decided to lay back on the bed, gazing at the ceiling and breathing gently.
“Get her some food, I’ll administer some painkillers which she would take after eating, a little rest and she would be good to go. And Marcie, please no sedatives again”
Doctor Steph warned before he penned down some words and handed it to Rose.
Marcie disappeared only to return later with a tray filled with food and fruits. She placed it on the small table and woke Flora who was already dozing.
“You need to eat” Marcie muttered, the delicious aroma that hit Flora’s nose made her mouth water, her tummy tumbled and it dawned on her that it had been days since she ate.
Marcie began to feed her, urging her to chew slowly while informing her that there was still more food.
Rose returned to see Marcie returning the tray. She threw the drug bag on the bed.
“Take it according to the instructions” Rose muttered while looking at Flora with contempt.
Flora felt Rose's sharp gaze on her and her spirits weavered, she couldn’t voice out anything and to her dismay she tried calling on Fiona but got no response.
“Tell me, is it true that you proclaimed the alpha as your mate?” Rose demanded, folding her arms and Flora shrunk back with fear.
“So it’s true? You had the guts and effrontery to call someone as handsome, powerful and amazing as the alpha your mate. Why does it feel like you don’t know your place? Do you know what you are? You’re just a worthless omega who’s of no use to the pack. You’re lucky you’re still alive because our alpha is kind. Pathetic thing” Rose spat out and Flora bowed her head.
The insults were very touching and it sliced through her heart painfully. She just sobbed slightly, unable to raise her head and look at Rose’s face.
“Oh, she must be the omega that was brought here this morning. So the rumors are true. It serves you right, how dare you try to tie out alpha down in the name of mate bond?” Another nurse entered and faced Flora.
“Look at me!” Rose thundered and Flora raised her head, she was staring at Rose whose eyes were filled with hatred. Rose felt like strangling Flora.
“You deserve death for what you did. Consider yourself lucky that we haven’t stoned you to death because that’s what you deserve. Imagine our alpha having this week omega for a mate, our pack would be doomed for life” Rose replied viciously and fear trickled down Flora’s spine.
Her body was quivering with fear, she felt deserted and filled with agony. Everyone seemed to be against her, even Fiona.
“Could it get any worse?” She asked herself and Finn barged inside, the nurses composed themselves and tried to appear nice before him. Rose tried to talk to Finn but got interrupted.
“Get some sleep, I’ll come pick you up tomorrow” Finn announced and exited while Flora’s heart shattered. She knew that she was in for the worst, if not death.
“What will happen to me tomorrow? Would I be beheaded or commanded to do something extreme?” Flora asked no one as fresh tears tricked down.