21

ELEANOR
Rules!? What rules? This whole situation was as confusing to me as his words were. Not a single thing was making sense and I atleast hoped he was going to explain himself, seeing as he was here, but instead, he walked over to the metal iron in the cage and lifted both of them.
With a smirk on his face, he clasped my hand and did the same to my feet. He stood and stared at me before walking over to the entrance of the cage where I could see a switch.
“Tell me……. Do you get a kick out of pissing me off, or is it that you’ve come to love your punishments so much that you crave for it? I was going to go easy on you since it looks like the boys already did a good job, but there’s just something about that look you have on right now. Something about your face… it just irks me so much and excites me at the same time. It leaves me wondering, really, what exactly is it about you that makes me feel this way when you’re really nothing but a liar and a pretender. Did you enjoy it? Have you been having a swell time all this while?” He finished with a snarl.
I remained silent. The only sound in the cell was my momentary sniffling as I tried to understand what it was he was so upset about. First, I was being called a traitor, then it was that I’d apparently broken a rule, and now I was a liar and a master of pretense. What the fvck was going on? Was this just another sadistic way to show me how much power he holds? I’m sure I understood that fact by now, but it wouldn’t be so for much longer, not when he would beg for his life at my feet, right before I pushed the dagger deeper into his chest and ends his life.
“Answer me, goddam!!!” I flinch as he suddenly yells, his fist hitting the cage, rattling it violently, “You know how much I fvcking hate being made to wait. Answer the fvcking question. Did you enjoy it? Liked his fvcking hands on you, didn’t you? I bet you did. You looked utterly distraught at his absence the second he left, didn’t you? And what about me then? Have you had your fun pretending you had no idea all this time?!” He continued to yell, and all I could do was curl into myself more just in case he wanted to hit me again in his bout of anger.
I swallowed hard at the end of his rant, trying to force my brain to come up with anything as a reply, but then it hit me. What did he mean… ‘him’?
‘Wait a minute,’ I thought. Was Zane….. jealous? Is that why he had me stripped and humiliated and then threw me back into the dungeon? I shook my head vigorously. It wouldn’t be too far-fetched seeing how possessive that heartless brute was. This was no act of jealousy, just him losing his mind at the fact that I caught the attention of someone who wasn’t him.
And what was that last statement about? What was I pretending about? I hadn’t even been given a chance to try to put the situation into words when I’d gotten slapped and thrown to the guards for punishment, so where did the idea of a pretense come from? The least this bastard could do at the moment would be to try and lessen my confusion, but he was useless even at that, too.
The sound of his heavy footsteps drawing closer pulled me out of my woolgathering, and I lifted my gaze to meet with his, and his frown grew impossibly bigger as he grabbed my jaw painfully tight.
“Why do you keep lying and pretending? It does nothing but fuels the anger and the hatred I already have for you, and I promise you, angering me further will not end well for you,” he threatened, and I smirked at how agitated he obviously was at whatever this was about, I decided to push him even more, even if it could mean my possible death, I couldn’t miss a chance to see him look like he was dying of anger. If only he actually could.
“Were you so occupied with your jealousy that you became blind to what was actually playing out in front of you? Hadn’t you been lurking around in the shadows? How then did you manage to miss out on every single detail that you seem to be so obsessed about knowing? Hm?” I drawled lowly and watched as he fought to stop his jaw from actually hitting the ground. Good. If I weren’t bound by these damned chains, I actually would’ve loved to ground that shock by slapping him hard across the face. Damn the consequences. I was already suffering because of his distorted interpretation of what happened in the kitchen, and I don’t think he could do much worse than he had already done.
The sound of crazed, hysterical laughter suddenly fills the air as he throws his head back and laughs like I told a joke, his hand falling from my face. I cocked a brow, waiting until he finishes and he nods, laughter dying down, as he now resumes glaring at me, “I see the punishment’s effects on you have worn off in such little time. You seem to have your attitude back.”
“You can continue to fuel my rage now, but I want you to know that when it finally overflows and becomes an uncontrolled flame, I will be making sure we burn together” I promised, never breaking eye contact with him, and he scoffed, nodding with a wide grin.
“See, there it is. That’s exactly what I’m talking about! I like…no, I love that! What you just did right now, and that’s what I need. Give it all to me, everything, your anger, your pain, your pleasure, your joy, and everything you’re capable of feeling. Show it all to me. You are mine, and I am the only one allowed to make you feel all that! All your emotions are mine to control and trigger. Fvck!! You turn me on so much, ” he groans, and my features contort in utter disgust at the display. He suddenly stops smiling, now looking dead serious for his next words, and the switch-up would’ve scared me if I wasn’t already growing used to his unhinged tendencies.
“The next time you let a man that is not me see a part of you that I consider mine, I promise you will be bathing in his blood until the day you become smart enough to see how far I am willing to go for you to learn that my word is the law around here.” He threatened, and I couldn’t help it as I was screaming out a reply.
“You are sick… you are fvcking crazy, you monster!!!” I yelled, and he shrugged, a smile appearing on his face again.
“Yes… yes. And you should know one thing, Eleanor, I’m a very impatient Alpha. There’s only so much of your nonsense I will tolerate until I begin to hurt the ones that I know will, in turn, force you to listen. Soon, your pack members,…. the slave girl, was it Jasmine? And then there’s the other one too…. Clara? They will all start to feel the heat of my displeasure with you unless you learn to behave.”
He chuckles, taking a step back as I start to scream and thrash around at the mention of Jasmine and Clara’s names. I struggled to break free so I could stop him from taking their names, maybe claw his eyes out while at it and make sure he never sees them again and all he does is tut repeatedly, shaking his head.
“Ah, I was right after all. They are your weakness….. I’m giving you days to come clean if you do not wish to meet them in the state that you so dread, ” he warned, and I screamed in response.
“I have nothing to come clean to you about, you son of a bitch! Touch my friends and I promise I will kill you and drag you to hell with me if that’s the last thing I do!”
He nodded, clapping his hands together, “Love that! That newly found anger is so exciting to witness. The past few days have been a bit boring, don’t you think? But I’m definitely loving this. Look what you are doing to me,” he closes the space between us in quick steps again and I struggle against his grip as he grabs my hand, wasting no time to lead it to the strain in his pants, pulling away with a chuckle when he notices how I gnashed my teeth toward his ear.
“I didn’t come here to have fun with you but to torture and watch you break, but seeing you like this makes me want to have my way with you right now. Someone ought to remind you that this ferocity can only go so far until you end up underneath me, your Master, and that someone is me, no one else?” He draws lowly and I had to fight back the bile that threatened to escape my throat.
“You disgust me!” I spat out and he smiled before pulling me closer by the chains.
“I’m aware.” He simply says before manhandling my body into a position he was satisfied with. “Now, if I hear a moan from you, despite insisting you hate this so much, your days in here will be prolonged and I need you awake and aware of everything I do to you, else, you attract another punishment. I can do this all night and day. The question is, can you?”