Moon Cursed and Rejected

Empty mind

The last thing I heard was the sound of chains near me, they were putting shackles on me. Waking up in that cold, dreary room, I had no memory of anything, as if all my memories had been erased from my mind forever. I felt empty, scared, with a splitting headache that made it impossible to even think. I had chains on my feet, hands, and even my neck.

"What am I doing here?" I began to ask, my voice sad and muted.

"We're in the mansion's prison, waiting to be bought. The slaver will come to buy us if we interest him. If not, they'll kill us."

My bones and throat ached terribly. It felt like a log had fallen on me. A voice answered me, another person was in this place with me. I rubbed my eyes to see her. It was another young woman, wearing dirty, patched clothes. She had a sad look.

Looking at me, she dropped her eyes to the ground, as if disgusted by what she saw. I lifted my head. There, there was a large mirror in which I saw my reflection. I understood then why she was looking at me with such distaste. I was a monster, I understood why he was looking at me like that. I felt bad because he was looking at me with a distaste that I couldn't hide.

"I didn't mean to offend you, I'm sorry..." she murmured, her voice soft. She was also chained.

"It doesn't matter, anyone would be scared to look at me." I lamented, trying to hide my face a little.

I was so confused, I tried to walk a bit, every part of my body ached when I moved. I coughed.

"Is this a prison?" I asked, trying to remember something.

Desperation made me very nervous, I didn't understand what was happening. This place was dark, damp, the walls were covered in moss. Looking ahead, I noticed a door, completely closed. I couldn't get out of here.

I didn't even remember my name. I made an effort to clear my mind.

Nothing, as if I had never lived anything other than being in this prison.

"Yes, when you're here it's because you've done something bad. Did you hit your head? It's just... It seems something happened to your face..."

She spoke with some shame. I got angry. I didn't want to look up to see myself. Damn it, if this was a prison, I didn't understand why there was a mirror there. I felt fear, anger, everything at the same time. I could only see myself in that mirror and contemplate how horrendous I was.

"And what did you do to end up here?" I asked, still annoyed by how she was talking to me.

"I tried to steal from someone I shouldn't have." She replied, her head down, as if deeply ashamed.

"And they're going to sell you as a slave for that?" I made a face of disbelief.

It wasn't something so serious as to deserve this sad fate. I asked myself again why I was here. It had to be a mistake. I didn't remember doing anything wrong.

"They'll sell us as slaves. The slaver will be here soon. They'll drag us in front of the important people here. A damn alpha has come to claim his moon and everyone says it's Queen Dawn."

"Dawn?" That name sounded familiar, but my memories were void. There was nothing in my mind to remember.

"Yes. The alpha came looking for his mysterious beloved and Dawn threw herself at him like a leech."

I didn't understand what she was talking about. I didn't understand anything. I just felt scared again. I felt more and more uncomfortable. My face, everything about me was disgusting.

Someone was approaching. Footsteps could be heard in the silence of the room. A burly man opened the door and without even looking at us, pulled on our chains to drag us out of the place.

"Move it, fast, if you don't want to suffer more." The man was so strong that as he dragged us, we could barely move.

The pain of my body being dragged against the ground was enormous. Every second seemed endless. The jailer dragged us up the stairs, climbing, without stopping, without slowing down for a second. The blows to my body multiplied. Neither of us could defend ourselves.

When we reached that place, the light blinded me for a few seconds. There was a lot of clarity there, the opposite of the prison. I raised my head to be able to see again. When my eyes finally started working again, I saw a lot of people there.

A girl was staring at me, with a smile on her face. My heart started to beat rapidly, as if I was having the worst of presentiments.

My cellmate was next to me, hiding, as if she could save herself that way.

I didn't recognize the face of the woman who was watching me.

"Oh, this is what you deserve." That stranger murmured, smiling at me maliciously, as if she hated me.

A man was in the distance. I couldn't help but see him, because he was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen in my life. I felt a shiver run through me from head to toe. He was an imposing man, with blue eyes and curly brown hair. Muscular, well-built, with a huge back and incredible arms. He was perfect.

He wasn't looking at me, of course, because I was the most horrendous creature that had ever existed. Another man approached me, a thin guy wearing a light brown jacket.

"Are these my new slaves? But this one is very ugly; I don't know what I'll do with her." He wrinkled his nose, pointing at me.

It made me feel bad. Every person who saw me showed the same disgust. I wondered why I was born this way, why I looked like this. My mind didn't respond, no memories appeared.

"You can do whatever you want with this ugly girl. Use her for whatever you want, I don't care in the least. I won't sell her to you." The woman, who was dressed very elegantly, pointed at me with contempt. "I want you to take this cursed spawn away from here, she only brings bad luck."

I wanted to cry, but no tears came out. What had I done to deserve all this?

The very attractive man started shouting, demanding that everyone there present themselves to him to see them. Even the woman who was telling me these things had to come forward.

"Don't you remember, we were together the other night...Oh Hades..." she said, smiling seductively. "You were saying my name, you were saying Dawn. You loved me, you enjoyed my body... Don't you remember my face?"

Hades wrinkled his nose, sniffing her hard, as if to make sure she was the woman he was looking for. However, he didn't seem at all satisfied with the woman. She kissed him hard on the lips. That made me angry, I couldn't stop imagining myself in her place, I wanted to be beautiful, I wanted everything to be different...

"I guess it's different from the first time. You're not what I expected." He said, with a look of disappointment.

This was too much for the woman named Dawn, who turned red with anger and embarrassment at the comment. She clenched her fists and kissed him again. He pushed her away.

"I'll take you to my castle. Because there is no other explanation..." he began to say, looking at her with resignation. He interrupted himself suddenly and stared at me.

No, it wasn't possible, I must be confused. It was impossible that someone like him was looking at a monster like me.

"Who is she?" asked the great alpha, in a voice so imposing that it made everyone there tremble.

The woman named Dawn rushed to answer, nervously.

"A slave, she is a criminal, a cursed creature. She is so horrible because she has committed evil deeds. Just like the other one next to her, they are both criminals." She looked disapprovingly, pointing at us as if we were worse than garbage.

He was silent, looking at me, sniffing. He sighed in disappointment. Apparently, no one had the scent he was looking for.

"It's time to go, you said you would take your lady to your castle and I am your lady." Dawn said, hanging on the alpha's arm.

He looked at her sternly. Without any kind of attraction. Then, he walked to the front.

"Very well. If I have come here to find my lady, you will come with me. Until I see if you are really the woman I want." Hades gave the order, all his wolves were obeying him.

His presence inspired too much fear.

"And those slaves, they will come too. In my castle there are terrible chores that no one wants to do." He said, pointing at us.

His gaze met mine. I felt intimidated and a tingling sensation ran through me from head to toe.