Darkness
777 Words
Selena POV:
I had no idea how long it had been precisely since I have been down here. It was dark and damp and it was hard to keep count of the time with the silver that was pierced through me and the beatings I had to endure. Even now, the spiked silver shackles were completely pierced through my flesh and bone, it was excruciating the first time they did it, when they brought me here and now with all the matted blood on me and the constant dizziness, I couldn't tell if the pain was real or not. I didn't know anything anymore.
I wanted to think about Ethan and sometimes I wondered if he was okay or if he was dead and if that is why I was being punished. My tears were salty and whenever I thought about Ethan, they were the only thing hydrating me. The door to the dungeons opened and I didn't have the strength to move, who ever it was would see me like this and they would probably continue to torture me. I heard a pair of heavy foot steps and then I saw the red eyes in the darkness, looking at me but I wasn't sure if it was real or part of my delirium.
"She's severely weakened," came Raze's voice through the bars, "yes," answered Alpha August nervously, "are you happy?" Asked Alpha August. Raze's red piercing eyes did not leave me, I wondered if he knew I was alive and I wondered if this was even real. "Her birthday is approaching and with it-" "We will ensure that she doesn't receive her wolf!" Interrupted Alpha August, "how do you plan that?" Asked Raze turning his hateful gaze on to August, "you mutts are all the same, you think you know what power is but seriously," he sneered as he grabbed August by the throat effortlessly, "you have not the slightest idea. Your son needs to die August." He let the Alpha go and I heard him fall hard on the ground, gasping for air and I imagined, maybe even grabbing at his throat. I remembered how strong Raze's grip was and it seemed like an appropriate response.
August let out a strangled cry, "please," he croaked, "anything but my boy!" I could hear the desperation and pain in his voice. Raze clicked his tongue and stared down at him with disgust, "did you not so easily promise me her life 18 years ago?" Asked Raze, "did you not so easily make a deal for your pack to be the strongest?" He asked. My head was spinning with pain and confusion, "you were so easily willing and eager to sacrifice her pack and her family and even when it came time, her."
Everything in me seemed to freeze. It was like time had stopped for a brief period as I tried to comprehend what had just happened. My family? My pack? Me? All a sacrifice for power?
"Do you not remember the words you said to me August?" Rang Raze's voice through the dungeon, the air had become to get colder, so cold that my breath was coming out in puffs of frosted air. The darkness seemed to darken and I felt a sinister sensation crawl up my back, "You promised me her life and now what stands in the way of that life is your son!" Raze let out an evil cackle, "how ironic is your pitiful goddess!" He laughed some more and I could feel August's fear as my own. "Make it happen or the deals off!" He then sighed and tucked his pockets into his pants, "Trust me Alpha, you don't want to see how easily I can return you to a pitiful state." He started his cheerful whistle as I heard his foot steps receding. "Sort it out before her eighteenth!" He shouted back casually like it was just another day for the planning committee and like it wasn't the death of both my mate and me. I heard Alpha August's breathing deepen and then the dungeon doors creaked open and I smelled him before he even approached me, it was strange because now I could smell the darkness on him. He was tainted. I heard him pick up the whip and I closed my eyes.
There was no stopping what was about to happen, I heard it rise into the air and with a cut through the atoms, it struck my freshly scabbed back, pulling at the new scabs. My screams echoed through the dungeons and further, I wasn't sure anymore as my whole body was wracked with sobs and pain.
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