Damaged Goods

Days

Its been days since the incident with the food. It was another time of me wishing the moon goddess would just take me and end it all for me. I was left in the dungeon till the next morning where I was released to go make breakfast, my eyes and lips were swollen shut. When I got back to the basement and daisy saw me, she cried. She cried so hard I’m sure she had a headache. I can remember her begging me. “mummy, lets just leave this place, they don’t want us here.” She cried hugging me.

I sighed in defeat as I finished stirring dinner, I covered it to allow it simmer. Alpha Kayden plans to kill me when he no longer has any use of me. I don’t have a problem with that but the problem I have is what he plans to do with daisy. I can’t protect daisy if I’m dead! I’ve tried my best to shield her from the horrors of this pack. Even if it meant dying to ensure she never feels the way I’ve felt everyday for the past seven years, then I’m willing to do that. I would make sure I get us out of this pack alive, mostly her. My eyes were still swollen but they weren’t completely shut. My body was littered in ugly bruises. I was ugly and despicable.

I looked round and there was no one in the kitchen or around it, I immediately reach inside my bra and pull out the bottle I swiped from the room of one of the guards. I look around me again and dump all of the contents of the bottle inside the pot cooking on the stove. I stir it once again and set the dining while it all boils together. I grab a bottle a couple of smoothies that I made earlier mixed with my secret recipe and head to the rooms of one of the guards. I knock and wait for a response.

“who’s there?” he asks on the other side.

“I-its m-me.” I stutter out. There’s silence on the other end for a while before I hear shuffling feet and the door opens. He looks down at me a frown on his face as he stares at me. I picked him because it seems he fancies me or my body whichever one it is. I smile shyly at him and then look down.

“what do you want Francesca?” he asks calling my name. I look up at him in shock, members of the pack never call me by name. its usually ‘freak’, ‘slut’, ‘b***h’ and other wonderful vocabulary.

“i-i- wanted to give you these.” I say stretching the contents of my hand to him.

“why?” he asked looking at me surprised at the gesture.

“i-i- just th-think you a-and the ot-other guards a-are working r-really hard and d-deserve to enjoy something. I made it myself.” I say looking down and shifting my feet uncomfortably.

He takes them from my hand but his fingers linger on mine and I pull them away suddenly.

“thank you, Francesca.” He says with a huge smile. I almost feel bad for doing this, but I have to do what I have to do. I smile back at him though.

“when I come back from patrolling the western border tomorrow, can we talk?” he asks me.

I nod my head yes shyly. That’s if ill be here or anywhere close to this territory.

He nods his head as well with a huge grin on his face, then he greets me bye and goes back in. so far everything is going according to plan, I hope nothing spoils it. I go back to the kitchen, I put off the stove and stir its contents. I serve it up and keep two special plates for alpha Kayden and Penelope aside. The pack members gobble their food, some of them pick on me as usual. But I don’t feel bothered because this is the last time they’re going to see, the last time they’re going to treat me this way. Some of them don’t get to finish their food before they start to yawn and feel sleepy, some leave their half-eaten meals and go up to their rooms to sleep. Thanks to the moon goddess for being on my side for once.

Some of them sleep off on the dining. Ugh! I can’t have that, there’s a possibility that alpha Kayden or one of the guards would walk in and it’ll be awfully suspicious if a good number of the pack members were asleep on the dining. I use all my strength to lift them one after the other to their rooms. I’m not sure if I get the rooms correctly, but that would be their headache when they wake up in the morning.

I sigh in exhaustion when I carry the last person to their room and step out of it. I wipe the sweat from my brows and quickly proceed to pick up the plates I set aside for alpha Kayden and his beloved Luna. I walk up to his office and knock on his door. I hear kissing sounds from the other side of the door, I try not to let it bother me.

“who’s there?”

“I-I-it’s me.”

There was silence and then I heard a gruff. “come in.” I push the door open and step in with the tray of food I even added a bottle of their favorite wine. “what do you want?” Penelope asked looking real comfortable on his lap. “I-I-I brought y-you d-dinner.” I say looking down.

I see alpha Kayden motion for me to come with his hand, I move closer to them and set the plate of food and wine on his table. I pick up the tray and stand in the shadows. “you can leave.” Penelope said with a wave of her hand.

“I-I w-want t-to c-clear up the plates when you’re done.” I reply refusing to move.

“why don’t we give her a show, while she’s here honey.” Penelope says with excitement. I’m guessing he nods but he doesn’t verbally respond. They eat and make out while I stand there, their movements become a little sloppy. I still wait for them to get dizzier and just before they both completely succumb to the darkness; I move closer to alpha Kayden.

“I Francesca Chadowsky accept your rejection of me as your mate and Luna. From this day henceforth you alpha Kayden Andrew seize to be my mate and alpha.”

It was all sealed with a searing pain on my neck.