The Lycan King's Pregnant Mate

Chapter. 3

CHAPTER THREE

Elsa

My hands were tied up above my head, my almost lifeless body completely naked for onlookers. A fresh set of bruises had been added to the previous ones I had and they were not healing as a result of the bountiful wolfsbane that was injected in my bloodstream. Not that I would have healed without the wolfsbane, after all I was without a wolf.

The cell gate opened and he stood in front of me, a smile, which I would have so very much loved to wipe off, plastered on his face.

He raised my bloodied face and stared at the handiwork he had made on it like it was some kind of trophy.

"Does it hurt, my love?" He asked, trying to act concerned, but it only gave me the urge to puke, despite having nothing in my stomach as I had not eaten for days.

"You know I hate it when you do not give me a response," he bellowed, his stinking breath invading my nostrils.

"Yes," I managed to say and he tsked.

"Then, why did you try to run away from me? Did you think I wouldn't have been able to find you? I gave you a moment of freedom as I had to attend to pack duties, how dare you try to run away from me?" He growled, but I said nothing again.

"Did you meet another man? I can feel the heavy stench of a man all over you. How dare you run away from me and be with another man, you harlot?" He hollered, packing a handful of my hair and pulling it until I cried out in pain.

"I'm sorry," I begged, hoping he would release me and thankfully he did, but he bursted into laughter afterwards.

"C'mon, Elsa, I'm not going to fall for that this time around," he informed. "You threw away all the love I had shown you and betrayed me. Did you honestly think I would still fall for your tears?".

"Love? Is that what you call this? You constantly beat and harass me at every slightest chance you get and you expected that I would have still stayed with you? You were going to harass me again the night I ran away and you call this love?" I yelled with the last strength I had left in me and I really felt the impact immediately.

"You're my mate, Elsa, it is your duty to satisfy me," I recalled and I chuckled weakly.

"Not by raping me. If you had really shown me love like you claim, I would have certainly given myself to you even without you asking. How can you even stand and watch me look like this without feeling any remorse? You're my mate, Brandon," I said weakly, the tears I had been trying to send back, finally revealing itself despite my attempt.

"You had to be punished for what you did to me, that was the only way you would learn," he tried to explain himself.

"And you ask why I ran away from you? How the hell do you expect me to keep living in such terror of you like this? I would rather end my life myself than to spend the rest of it living like this under you," I threatened and his jaw clenched upon hearing my words.

"What are you trying to say?" He asked, his voice getting darker.

"I regret accepting to be your mate in the first place," I mustered courage to say and he bursted into another round of laughter before his hands collided with my face, sending me into unconsciousness.

**

I jolted awake at the feeling of coldness on my body only to see a guard standing in front of me with an empty bucket.

I couldn't even complain at what he did because I really needed that cold water to numb the pain I was feeling and luckily, it did its work.

"You're awake, b***h," he cussed and I frowned at his choice of words. I wondered if Brandon knew that the motherfucker was acting like this.

"Does the Alpha know you're here?" I asked weakly before letting out a dry cough.

"Are you going to tell him? You wouldn't dare, right?" He questioned in a warning tone.

"The Alpha doesn't even know you're here, why should I keep quiet? You're disrespecting me, the Alpha's mate," I reminded him, but he bursted into a fit of laughter, beating his chest as he did.

"What? His mate? What i***t would treat his mate the way he treats you? Everyone knows that you're nothing but a means of fun for the Alpha. You must be so stupid to still think that you are mated to the Alpha," he spat out and I swallowed a big chunk of saliva, blinking my eyes repeatedly as I tried to send back the tears that were threatening to fall again.

"I am the Alpha's mate and this level of disrespect would not be tolerated by me, nor by him as well," I informed, passing my message across to him clearly, that he grabbed my chin, pressing it so tightly that I thought my jaw was going to come off.

All of a sudden, I heard a soft sound and he froze for a moment before he began spurting out blood, my eyes widening in surprise.

His lifeless body fell on me and I immediately screamed, unable to take in what I was seeing. I looked up, expecting to see Brandon standing in front of us, as I thought he had caught the guard, but instead, I was met with another shock.

He was standing in front of me with a silencer gun in his hands as he smiled so brightly at the sight in front of him.

"Why did you leave, Elsa? I searched everywhere for you," He asked, walking up to me. He pushed away the lifeless body of the guard and took a good stare at me, his eyes growing darker.

My eyes were still widened in shock over everything that was happening and when I couldn't take it anymore, I passed out.