Episode 4
1514 Words
Valeria Romanez:
My father asked the guard to set me free from my ropes. He asked me for the last time,
"Who is responsible?" But I said nothing.
"Alright then," he said loudly before the entire pack of werewolves.
"She is my daughter but that does not mean she is allowed to disgrace our pack because of her title" he looked at me.
I had sweat all over me, my chest rising and falling as I tried to catch my breath. My nerves were weak and fresh wounds on my body were still pushing blood out of them.
I looked at my father and sighed. My stepmother laughed at me.
"I, Alpha Romanez, hereby imprison my daughter for bringing shame and disgrace to our pack. I shall not be partial or kind to a sinner, take her away"
The guards nodded and came to me. I watched as they pulled me by the arm into the building.
A few seconds later and I was in a prison cell. Everywhere was quiet and dark. I was alone with my thoughts. I folded my legs in as I sat comfortably on the cold dirty floor. I tried to find encouragement but I had none. All I could think about was crying.
I tried to remember the stranger I had had s*x with but nothing came to mind.
I could barely even remember his face. I never asked for his name or family and worse, I was Imprisoned now.
Slowly, I started to cry again when I heard Karina come in with food at night. Our eyes met when she lit up the candle. She said nothing as she sighed and sat beside me.
"What have I done?"
*****
The next day, I was taken out of my cell to the meeting ground again. This time, I was put in chains.
My father could barely look at my face when I stood before him while my stepmother kept smiling and talking.
"Who is responsible for this?" Kate asked me with her high-pitched voice. Everyone else was quiet. I said nothing.
"Speak!!!"
I still said nothing.
My father faced me.
"Speak!!" His voice was gentle, yet, I still said nothing!
"Valeria. Do not tempt me. Speak!!"
But I kept mute. It wasn't that I didn't want to speak, I knew nothing to say.
My father angrily lashed out at me when he asked. I mumbled nonsense. He tried to slap me again but Karina interfered so he slapped her.
My stepmother grew upset and tried to slap me when I held her hands.
That was a mistake. A reflex action.
It must have annoyed my father because I heard him immediately call the members of the pack.
"Members of the Wolf Banes Pack!!"
Everyone chorused their response.
My father stood up as he was now before me. He held her stern expression and then turned to look at them
"Everyone will join in to torture this sinner until she confesses. I will not spare her. Never!!"
Before my eyes, I watched as members of my pack, those I loved and cherished, those I respected and admired, even those I never knew, all rose up to their feet and came to me.
My father commanded them to pick me up.
"Punish her in whatever manner you feel is best suitable for her! Do not spare her!"
Members of his pack lashed out at me, both young and old until they were satisfied.
Many times, Karina tried to come in between us but my stepmother always pulled her away.
At her last attempt, someone had smacked her to unconsciousness. I also passed out.
Waking up, I was greeted by the stench of a prison cell and the coldness of the floor.
Karina slept peacefully beside me. I sat up straight as I tapped on her shoulder.
When she finally realized where she was, Karina started to cry.
"We'll be alright, okay?" I tried to assure her but it didn't work.
I could not even assure myself.
A few months passed with the continuous punishment that came with the rising of the sun. They treated me terribly, and fed me nothing but water while Karina managed to bring me food until one day, I had had enough.
"We are going to escape tonight" I whispered to her across the iron bars. Karina looked curious with her widened eyes.
"How"
"Follow my lead," I said while I explained the whole story to her. From how I would do, act and where we would go.
"Do You think it will work?"
I could see the doubt on my friend's face.
I said nothing but inwardly, I prayed to the moon goddess that it worked.
"Don't worry, go for now. We meet tonight"
Karina nodded her head and left.
I sat in silence, slowly munching on the hidden snacks my best friend had brought to me, I thought of our plans.
The following hour, the guards came to take me. They unlocked my gate as usual and dragged me by the arm.
"Take it easy please," I said as I managed to get up.
"You know I am pregnant"
They paid no mind to me. I even got pulled harder.
Judgment and torture were over faster than usual. My father leaned on his chair while my stepmother and the entire pack punished me the way they liked.
One omega wolf hurt my feet which caused me to scream. I looked in my father's direction, expecting him to do something but he did nothing.
When it was over, I was told to be taken back to my cell. That was where I made my move.
I had asked Karina to call up some rogues for me which she did. On my way back, I had those rogues ambush the guards that held me.
They pinned them to the floor and punished them until I was finally able to escape.
Karina had grabbed me a bag filled with snacks, food, water, some clothes and other things necessary for us to survive. Together, we made our way out of my pack–Wolf Banes Pack.
We ran a long distance before I grew tired and asked to sit. Karina helped me down and brought out some water for me to drink.
"Thank you, Karina, I do not know what I would have ever done without you," I said to her with a deep breath. My heartbeat was fast. I calmed down to stabilize it.
"No problem, you're my best friend, I Would do anything for you"
We heard the bells ring from afar.
"What do those bells mean?" She asked me. "They know we have escaped"
I sat there still catching my breath when I felt a cramp somewhere in my abdomen. It came suddenly and went away.
I didn't acknowledge it until I felt it again.
"What's wrong?" Karina asked. She noticed the frown on my forehead. I tried to ignore it but it seemed impossible. Soon, Karina screamed at me.
"Valeria, I think your water just broke!!"
I panicked!!
What?!! This was not the time!!!
I had no time to speak or react, Karina fell on her knees and crawled to me. She opened my legs wide and asked me to breathe easily.
"Have you done this before?" I asked my best friend.
I watched from where I sat as she shook her head. "Lay down"
I felt uneasy but I did as she commanded. Some minutes more and I started to go into labour. "You have to push!!" Karina kept reminding me.
The pain I felt was bone-ripping. I felt intense pain between my thighs and at the back of my head. So much that I had passed out twice but Karina kept waking me up.
"Don't sleep, you'll die!!" She said as she slapped me aggressively.
I tried my best to push the baby out until finally, it came out. Karina took it from me while she tried to wipe it clean. She handed me a bottle of water and asked me to rest easy.
"The child is not crying!" I reminded her.
"Why?!!"
Karina's eyes grew wider. She knew I was right. She flipped the baby's bottom and started to smack it.
"Karina, what's going on!! Why isn't the child crying??!!"
Karina said nothing.
"Karina!! Speak!!" I yelled but she still said nothing.
The air became too thick and the tension too much as I struggled to get on my feet. With the pain in my abdomen and tears in my eyes, I took my child back and started to smack him on the bottom aggressively. I didn't mind if I was hurting the child, I needed it to cry.
"Valeria… I think the child is.." my best friend's voice got interrupted by a gun being c****d behind us.
We turned around, the baby still in my hand.
"I told you if I ever catch you here, I would kill you, didn't I?"
A stranger said loudly.
Before I could open my mouth to say a word, a gun blew off.
Boom.!!!
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