Avi's POV
They silently chained me to the wall and displayed their play toys, or may I say torturing tools, on the concrete table. My feet were in the air as the chains were a few inches above the ground. My body weight was held by chains attached to the wall. Thus placing unbearable pressure on my shoulders. They made sure my legs were properly secured by the chains, before they each picked up the tools of their choice, and stood in front of me.
"I'll go last," said Austin, a smirk playing on his lips.
Cole, the upcoming gamma, chose to go first. His whip was long and rope-like. It looked like it had wolfsbane on it, but I wasn't sure yet. The first blow landed on my stomach. Yap, it definitely had wolfsbane.
For any normal wolf, it was supposed to burn like hell, but to me, it only stung a bit. My body had already gotten used to it due to how much they used it on me. I kept my face blank as he whipped me continuously. He aimed mainly for my legs, abdomen, and sometimes arms.
When he got tired, my skin tingled in the affected areas but it didn't actually hurt. Derrick, the upcoming beta, was next. His whip was rubber-like with silver spikes all over it. It was just as long as the other whip and it, of course, had wolfsbane on it.
His first blow landed on my arms. It ripped my skin open, ensuring the wolfsbane was in direct contact with my blood. It didn't cause much damage because its spikes weren't all that sharp. I could see blood come out of the wound but it wasn't a lot. As he whipped me, tearing more skin pain filled my body. I already had bruises all over my body, and he was doing considerable damage, but my expression remained blank.
The blows became more painful as he started exerting more energy, but he got no reaction from me. I had nothing against him and Cole, so I wasted no energy on them. The person I wanted to torment was waiting by the table seeming quite angered by my lack of reaction. Derrick soon got tired and let Austin take his place.
It was time to play.
It was time to test out just how good my acting skills were. His whip was rubber-like with a silver hook at its tip. It was a bit longer than the rest and by now I had already established that it was also coated in wolfsbane.
His first blow landed just below my broken rib. The hook dug deep into my skin, gripping both my skin and my tattered shirt. He pulled back, and the hook tore my skin open. Blood gushed out of my abdomen, and Austin smirked sadistically.
I couldn't deny that it was painful, but I had been through worse. By the feel of it, I knew a bit of my flesh was hanging. I screamed out, making my eyes tear up. Austin laughed out loud, every bit satisfied by my outburst.
"This, my boys, is how it is done," he said, looking at Cole and Derrick as he pointed at me. Damn, I didn't know I could be that convincing, I chuckled inwardly.
When the second blow landed, I screamed even louder, letting my tears fall. Seeing this, Austin's smile widened.
"No longer brave are we," he said laughing, but I remained silent.
"I will be your worst nightmare," he said, mimicking my voice, and they all burst out laughing.
"Now let me teach you a lesson," he added, about to strike me again.
With that, I burst out laughing, no longer able to keep up my act. The thought of 'dumb little' Austin teaching me anything, had me laughing in fits. I could no longer watch his pathetic little power trip. They all looked at me shocked by my actions.
"You really fell for that?" I asked, spitting blood on the ground.
"I thought you were better than that. But it seems I was wrong. If poor old me can fool you, then anyone else can,"
My words seemed to rile him up, and he let out an angered growl, whipping me harder.
"Come on Austin. You can do better than that," I taunted, smiling innocently at him.
His whips were unforgiving as I continued to taunt him. Blood dripped on the ground forming small pools of it. I felt unadulterated pain all over my body and an unending pounding in my head. I knew that if I lost more blood, I would soon pass out, but it didn't stop me from making him more agitated.
This went on for a while before Daniel came in. He was seething. I didn't know why, but I knew I would be on the receiving end of his anger. I had stopped taunting Austin, but a smile still graced my dry cracked lips. Austin was still whipping me when I heard a click from where Daniel stood . . . No.
I turned to look at Daniel from where he stood watching us and all the color drained from my face. 'No, no, no'. All the fun I had had while taunting Austin was soon replaced by dread.
"That's enough, Austin. Tie her to the table," Daniel said, smiling wickedly at me and fear clouded my mind.
I didn't even have the strength to fight back when they unchained me and tied me to the table. A small thud was heard as Daniel's belt hit the floor. 'Please no'. They had whipped me, insulted me, done countless unthinkable things and yet, they still had no shame. If only mom was still here. This would never have happened. But fate had its cruel ways. I was weak and they knew it. My legs and hands were securely tied to each of the corners on the table.
"I didn't want to ever resort to this, Avi. But you leave me no choice. You seem to have forgotten your place here," said Daniel, running his index finger along the length of my arm. He walked around the table, watching me like a predator looking at its prey.
"Please," I whimpered, unable to form a sentence. I wanted to tell him to stop, not to do this, but my voice was long-lost.
"Don't flatter yourself, b***h. You're not in the least bit a pleasant sight to see. I had warned you, not to do anything that would get you back here. But you, my dear Avi, didn't listen. Now here we are, and now I'm forced to do this. Get this straight, Avi, you brought this on yourself," Daniel said.
I sent a silent plea to anything and anyone, hoping I would be saved from what was to come, as he walked toward my spread legs. This couldn't happen. No. They'd done everything, broken me in all ways possible, now they wanted to take even the last bit of dignity I had left. No. I wouldn't let them. But I had no energy left to fight them.
Thoughts raced through my mind, as I began sinking into a devastating spiral. What could I even do when I was this weak and actively bleeding out? I could hear Austin and the others talking excitedly as they relished my despair. They couldn't seem to wait to put their disgusting hands on my wrecked body. To satisfy their lowly desires.
'I can help.' I heard a foreign voice whisper in my head.
'What?' I thought in confusion.
'I can give you the power to fight back. Just let me in. That's all you need to do, Avi. Let me in.' I heard the same voice say.
'Okay.' I had nothing left to lose anyway.
A burning sense of anger crawled up out of an unknown depth within. I let myself drown in it, and felt myself slowly lose my consciousness.
"Strip her," Daniel ordered.
Then, darkness embraced me.