I opened my eyes hazily, one side of my face was red and swollen. I was in a lot of pain, and I hadn’t stopped bleeding slightly since the time one of Uncle Joe’s men kicked my belly.
I already marked his face and was waiting patiently for the right time to rip his head off. I held back the tears that were threatening to fall for the umpteenth time.
Funny thing was that I had genuinely liked Uncle Joe and had even pleaded with Grey, even blackmailing him, just so he could spare his life.
It had worked and now I had to pay for it. If only I let Griffin carry out Rolan’s order to drown him, I would not have been in this situation today. I blinked back the tears more furiously, as I did not want Uncle Joe to see me weak.
“Refusing to break, my queen?” I heard his annoying croaking voice float into my ears from behind me.
“Your husband will soon be sent out of the pack. I will become the king, and you will serve me as my Queen. Rolan must not always get the good things of life so easily. I want some of its goodness too.” He teased and tried to run his fingers down my face to my neck bone, I twisted my neck and avoided his touch.
“Go to hell, Joe!” I cursed, the sharp pain stiffening the venom at which I said the words.
I doubled over in pain and bent my head to rest on my lap. He looked at me and smiled mischievously. I could not imagine what terrible things were going on in his mind.
He laughed and studied me carefully for some time before hissing.
“You better let me touch you because one day you will beg for it too, but at that time, you would have already been replaced by someone else. I have no long-term use for you if you do not do what I want.” He said, and this time held my hair back and dragged it.
I winced at the pain but refused to cry, I could feel strands of my hair popping off. I wanted to fight back, but he had ordered my hands to be re-tied after I had thrown his guard on the floor earlier.
He let go of his grasp on my hair when he was not getting the reaction he wanted. He made a move to punch my stomach and I knew that if he did that, I would be defenseless.
After suffering a kick to my stomach earlier, I did not know how much more assault the babies could take.
“Please, please, please!” I screamed as loud, as high as my voice could go.
He had a satisfied look on his face as he watched me beg for my kids. I realized that now he knew that I would only beg for the life of my kids and not mine, he would use that as leverage against me and also Rolan.
My heart immediately leaped at the thought of Rolan. I wondered how he was taking the news of my kidnap and how worried he had sounded on the phone.
“It’s a good thing you can beg. I like it when you beg. You will continue to learn how to beg me until you do it right?” He said and touched my face, I didn’t react this time around.
I just let his old crawly fingers run along my face. The feeling disgusted me so much that I turned my face so I would not throw up.
“Do I disgust you that much?” He asked and laughed again. I felt the anger rise in me, but calmed down.
“Rolan would never find you. I will make sure of it. This is just the beginning of your sufferings, Pandora and I will do unimaginable things to your body. You will cry my name at night and not Rolan’s…” He said and before I could control myself, I spat on his face.
“Do not ever speak to me like that again. In your cheap and miserable life, do not ever talk about me in that manner” I fired back. I knew what was to come, and I was right because Uncle Joe wiped my spit off his face and gave me a resounding slap.
I felt my ears ring and I think I saw stars too. He punched my stomach a couple of times and because of how my hands were bound, I was left defenseless.
Blood gushed out of my mouth, and the blood I felt was a trickle began to pour from my body. Something sparked inside of me and I changed into my wolf, although wounded, I took a swipe at his face and clawed at his face.
I knocked him down and tore his hands off before running out of the warehouse blindly. His men tried to catch me, but I dashed off into the woods. I heard Uncle Joe’s screams as I ran deep into the forest, not wasting even a second to look back.
“Catch her! Run after her” I heard the men screaming behind me as I disappeared.
I had no idea where I was running to, I headed for where, I thought, would take me to a main road, so I could go to the hospital. I was worried about my babies and knew that with the way I was feeling, I was slowly losing them.
“Please babies, please hold on for mommy” I begged and prayed earnestly that the moon goddess spares my little ones.
I did not see the ditch in front of me as I ran and by the time I realized it, I was halfway into it. I clawed desperately at the sides to get out, but the soil was too loose, and soon the loose sand gave out. I fell to the bottom of the ditch, landing heavily with a loud thud. I moaned painfully and tried to move my body, but I couldn’t.
I saw a man’s face looking down into the ditch and with all the strength left in me, I cried out, “Help! Please”, before passing out.