Thump, Thump
I groaned as I tried to ignore the sound.
Thump, Thump
“Logan, what the hell are you doing?” I I had to squint to adjust to the bright light that was shining into my eyes but the moment I did, I gasped as I took in my unfamiliar surroundings.
The walls were cemented and so close that two people can’t stand with their arms outstretched comfortable. I looked up trying to figure out where I am but all I saw was cemented ceilings and the only window in here is so high that I wouldn’t be able to reach it.
A tiny potty is lying at the far end of the room and on the opposite end is a mattress that has all the springs sticking out. It also looks and smells like someone recently pissed on it.
I put my fingers to my temple to try to ease the pulsing feeling that I earlier thought was Logan.
I heard clinking sounds and realized that my hands and legs were chained to opposite sides of the wall behind me but gave enough space to walk over to the little potty at the far end. I tugged on it but it bit into my flesh and left a searing pain; they’re laced with wolf’s bane.
That was when the memories hit me and I started to panic. I tried to access my bond with Logan but I couldn’t reach him.
“FUCK!” I screamed, “Let me out of here you assholes!”
“Well you’re definitely awake,” my spine straightened as I heard the same voice that has plagued my nightmares, “Although I would have thought that you would have been taught as a child the difference between your indoor and outdoor voices.”
“No, this isn’t real,” I said to myself, “Wake up Charlie.”
“It’s rude to be so loud when I have been so forgiving towards you,”
I kept my eyes trailed to the ground as I tried to even my breathing.
“It’s all in your head, Charlie,” I whispered as I pinched myself repeatedly, “It’s a bad dream, just wake up.
“Keep telling yourself that sweetheart; it might make this a lot easier for me.” Hunter stood in front of the cell and smiled down at me, “Did you have fun on your little getaway?”
“What do you want from me?”
“What do I want?” he asked aloud, “You of course, you were supposed to be mine and you slipped away.”
“I. AM. NOT. YOURS,” I spat through gritted teeth and his smile faltered.
He made a hand gesture and a guard came over and opened the cell. Hunter walked into the cell until he was standing in front of me and because I was sitting on the floor, he towered over me a lot.
He grabbed my chin harshly and pushed my head back so I was looking up at him.
“I can smell the mutt on you, mixed with your scent,” he growled, “You obviously had a lot of fun.”
“Get away from me,” I tried to wrestle my face out of his grip but he held on tighter.
“You seem to think that you have a choice here,” he smiled down at me, “Don’t worry though; I will fix everything, starting with that horrible wet dog smell.”
“I think that’s you,” I smiled.
I pressed the chain onto his exposed palm and he pulled back with a gasp, the wolf’s bane burnt his skin.
“You’ve changed a lot,” he said with venom coating his tone, “You have some fight in you.”
“I am not your bitch,” I said with equal venom, “If you think that you’re going to scare me into submission then I’m sorry but you’ll have to do a lot better than that.”
He chuckled darkly as he made his way over to me and before I could think he had back handed me so hard that I fell to the floor.
“Looks like we have to beat some respect into you,” he growled before raising his voice, “Bring me the silver whips.”
I heard shuffling and the guard returned with two silver coated whips and I shivered slightly at the thought of them against my skin.
“Is there an apology you would like to make?” he asked but I kept my lips pursed, “I thought you were full of words a second ago? Don’t worry; I’ll have you speaking up again by the time I’m done.”
He grabbed onto the neckline of my plain tee and ripped it so it fell in tatters at my feet, leaving me in my white lace bra.
“You look so beautiful in white,” he said as he put on his gloves, “But I think that you will look even better in red.”
He lifted the whip and even though I tried to brace myself for the impact, nothing could have prepared me for the feel when it came down hard against my back.
I bit down on my lip so hard that I tasted blood.
“This is for running away,” he whipped me again over the same spot and I let out a whimper, “This is for fucking another man,”
I let out a gasp of pain, “This is for making me look like a fool in front of everyone for the past months.”
I finally let out an ear shattering scream.
“This is for thinking you could have a life with someone who isn’t me.”
He was mumbling words like a crazed man as he dragged the whip over my back again and again. After a while, I lost the urge to scream because my voice had turned so hoarse.
I was lying with my cheek pressed against the floor in a heap of my own blood when he was done and he was breathing heavily as if he had run a marathon. He threw the whip down and ordered the same guard to come and pick it up.
From where I was lying I could see the blood coating it and I felt the room spin.
“I will let your family known that you have been found,” he said as he peeled off his gloves, “I am sure they will be more than glad to hear it.”
He squatted and lifted my chin so I could look at him.
“This is all be over the moment you accept to be mine,” he gave me a crooked grin, “The moment you renounce your relationship with that fool in front of the council, I will put an end to everything, I give you my word
“Fuck you and you can shove your word up your ass,” I mouthed and his face twisted into something evil.
“I’m sure you wouldn’t mind going to sleep like this, after all you can afford to run your mouth,” he stood to his feet, “Only good girls get medical care.”
He walked out of the cell and locked it behind him.
“You’re fighting a lost battle Charlotte,” I cringed when he said my name, “Even if your precious mate did come here with the intention of saving you; he would die before he gets into my house.”
“And if by some miracle he is able to bypass all my guards and get here,” he smiles at the thought, “Then I will make sure that you both die a very painful death, Goodnight.”
I heard the door click shut before everything went black.