Their Unexpected Love

Chapter 11: Camila

Pain.

I have gotten used to pain.

Ever since I was a little girl, the pain has been a very large part of my life and my world.

There are all types of pain...emotional pain, magical pain, physical pain...there is actually an endless amount of types of pain, when you think about it.

The pain I feel right now I guess would be both physical, which I am used to, and the other one is a kind of pain that I have not felt before. 

The pain of betrayal. 

Which seems odd to feel betrayed by a total stranger and a wolf for that matter. But I feel it, nonetheless. 

Physical pain, I can wrap my head around. I have been in physical pain most of my life. I have completely lost count of how many beatings I have endured and the count of how many scars and bruises have and still are covering my body.

But the pain of betrayal, of being left behind, is one that rooted itself in my heart. Its a type of pain that throbs on the inside. I wonder how long, it will take for this type of pain to go away. 

I am currently laying on my dirty mattress again. Only this time I have a bandage over my ankle, cuts on my arms and chest, bruises up and down my legs and two black eyes. Oh and a cut on my cheek. 

The only reason I have a bandage on my ankle is that the coven doctor, Mistress Rosa said I could possibly get an infection from the chains, rubbing on it, so the Master let her cover my open wounds with a bandage.  

Master Nicolai called down Mistress Rosa to check on me after my punishment, to see if I was still a virgin. He did not believe me when I said that I had no idea who had opened my door. That no one had come down to see me.

I lied.

I know I do not owe the wolf stranger anything. 

I know that he betrayed me by leaving me chained down here. 

I was ready to tell the Master everything, but then the beating started and it did not stop until the Master's arms got tired. Then he used his feet to kick me. I guess he got tired of that too. I am not quite sure because I lost conscience after the second kick. 

I know that the Master would have been even more angered if I told him that it was male who sneaked in here last night.

Usually, after a beating, I am left alone for twenty-four hours to tend to my own wounds. Sometimes Mistress Magee would come down to check on me and then hurry back up, so as not to get caught by Master Nicolai. 

Today no one has been down to see me. No one but Master Nicolai and Mistress Rosa. It was kind of weird because while the Master was here earlier, Mistress Tania came running down to fetch him. 

"Master, there is knocking at the door. The Magical Ministry has sent two officers to fetch you, Sir. You have been summoned for an appearance before the ministry." Mistress Tania said in a shocked voice.

"Now, what do the fuckers want!" the Master growled. "Are you done with this b***h?" he growled at Mistress Rosa.

"Yes, Sir. I will need to come and change her bandage again tonight," she responded quietly.

"Whatever. She better be ready for her birthday, tomorrow." Master Nicolai growled before turning and walking away.

It must be nightfall by now and no one has been back to see me. 

Tomorrow is my twenty-first birthday. I will have to take my potion tonight. Luckily the master left the chain off my ankle tonight and I also don't have my collar on. 

I can't really walk but I am able to drag myself to the wall where I hid my bottle of special potion. I safely have the bottle in my hand when I hear Mistress Magee scream and then silence. I hear loud boot stompings in the kitchen above me. I drag myself as quickly as I can back to my mattress. 

I instantly know its the wolf from last night. I have a tingly feeling when I feel his essence. I quickly hide my bottle in the pocket of my dirty, brown dress.

Has he come back to kill me? I see him stomping down the stairs of the basement. 

I can hear the screams of more Mistresses in the house and a loud voice yelling, "Don't f*****g move! None of you little witches!"

The stranger wolf stops at the bottom of the staircase. 

He grows angry the instant that he lays his eyes upon me.

It hurts to talk, so I just whimper as he comes closer to me.  His eyes holding a strong glare.

Guess, I can't catch a break today at all. 

First, the Master is angry at me and now the stranger wolf is too.

"What the f**k did they do to you? Who f*****g did this to you?" the wolf growls.

I can't talk. My jaw hurts. I just shake my head slowly.

He is seething with anger. His whole body is shaking and there is murder in his eyes.

"You are coming with me. I am taking you away from this s**t hole," he growls loudly.

At first, I can't comprehend what he saying but when he gently picks me up in his arms I realize he is setting me free. 

Dear Enchanted Goddess, please let this be true.

The sparks flare instantly again when his hands touch the bare skin of my legs. I wince when he holds me tight to him because my broken rib hurts. I instinctively put my hand on my right rib. He sees me and growls loudly.

"I will murder the mother-fucker who did this to you," he whispers, I think more to himself than to me.

He slowly climbs the stairs, being careful not to jostle me. When we appear at the top of the stairs I gasp as I see another tall stranger, only this one isn't a wolf. I can't seem to focus very well but it seems he may be a vampire, possibly. 

The looks-to-be vampire is holding a bottle of belladonna poison in a bottle. I can tell what it is, by the smell of it. He is threatening Mistresses Rosa, Sefrina, Celia, Katina and Magee with the open bottle.

"Please don't hurt, Camila, leech. She is innocent." Mistress Magee says to the vampire and glaring at the wolf holding me.

"Hurt her? You bitches are the ones that hurt her? Just look at her! She can't even talk because of what you fuckers did!" The wolf holding my screams and I hiss and wince as his loud voice vibrates through my broken body. 

He notices quickly and gently says, "Sorry," to me.

I open my eyes in shock because no one has ever apologized to me in my entire life.

"What the f**k happened to her?" the vampire asks with a look of shock on his face.

"We'll get our answers to that later and murder the fucker that did it, we just need to get her the f**k out of here." my wolf answers.

I mean the wolf answers.

Why did I just call him mine? 

I definitely got hit in the head too hard.

THE wolf doesn't wait for an answer from the vampire, he turns around, with me in his arms and carries me out of the coven house.

Where is he taking me?

Why am I not afraid of him?

Why do I trust him?

So many questions are running through my mind.

"Hey! I said put those f*****g magic hands down, witch. Don't make me use this s**t!" I hear the vampire yelling inside the coven house.

The wolf holding me feels so warm. For once I don't feel cold. 

I can feel how strong he is because he isn't pressing me against his body. He probably doesn't want to hurt my rib again. He is holding me at arm's length. 

He walksuns as fast as he can without jostling me in his arms. He is taking care not to hurt me or cause me any more pain.

Soon, I hear the vampire running behind us.

"What are we going to do with her?" the vampire asks the wolf.

"I don't f*****g know. Maybe take her to Addie's place." the wolf shrugs.

For once, I finally realize we have left the coven lands and I am free.

I smile as I can feel peace overcome my body, by being away from the coven house and the lands.

I hope Addie is nice and doesn't mind me being in her house.  I wonder if she and my wolf are friends. Or more than friends. A weird sense of jealousy starts creeping its way in me. What a ridiculous feeling. The wolf is nothing to me.

I'm just thinking crazy. I am so tired. 

This is the last thought I have as exhaustion claims me and I fall into a deep sleep.