Arya’s POV
“Drop. The. Lady. Now.” I stilled. And so did Jake. When he turned, was a growling half turned mighty werewolf. Jake slowly dropped me down.
He walked back a little. “This is not the end, chase King” and then he walked away. Chase didn’t even spare me a glance as he walked away.
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I woke in the wee hours of the morning and decided to make some pancakes for me and Chamberlin.
Half way into the cooking session, in heard voices downstairs. The door was yanked open and, some men pounced on me.
“Let me go! Don’t touch me!” I kicked and pushed put it was useless. I was no match for their strength.
They tied up my hands and legs. They also gagged me. I turned frantically from left to right hoping that the maids would help but I could also see fear in their eyes. What was happening?
My heart beat loudly as they took me away. I felt as helpless as a bird that couldn’t fly. It was just the same way I felt, when I was almost kidnapped, in the human world.
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I awoke to a bright light. I shut my eyes.
“Wake up little princess” a seep voice kicked at my feet. My eyes flung open. It took me some minutes to realized, that I was tired to a chair and there were 5 men around.
“She’s awake boss” one said. A boy who looked 4 years older than me, came to view.
“Hi Arya” he smiled in this sinister way. He tried to touch my face, but I looked away. I was terrified. It was then, that it dawned me. I had been kidnapped.
“Who are you!” my voice came out shaky. I glared at them. They looked at me and burst into laughter.
“Oh my God she’s scared” one said
“It’s the Alpha’s girl” one whined in a singsong voice and everyone laughed. Their leader looked into my face. “Now sweetheart, we don’t want to waste your time, or ours. So this is how it will work. You will call your Alpha to wire us a million dollars and Ta da, you are free”
I took in a deep breath as I decided to the opposite of what my mind said. “Firstly, your nitwit, I am not your sweetheart. Secondly I will not give you a single cent. You can go to hell and burn to ashes” I said in clenched teeth and spat on him. Their leaders slowly stood up and sighed deeply. He wiped the spit off his face quietly.
“Flora! Do your job”
I looked and there was Flora from the maids. I wasn’t given time to process anything, the next thing I knew was that, I was smacked hard across the face.
“Aargh!” I cried out. My eyes watered. I didn’t know, which one hurt the more. The sting on my cheek or the mere sight of Flora in front of me.
“Flora” my muttered as the tears flowed freely. I wish I didn’t cry openly but my hands were to even wipe my tears.
“Shut the fuck up Miss Arya” she glared at me.
“Oh little princess don’t cry” the leader whined and everyone burst into laughter. “Oh we don’t usually have tantrum throwing girls.
I didn’t understand what was going on. One minute, Flora was my personal Maid, the next she’s slapping me. Then I recalled her grip on me. She was not ordinary.
“Who are you? Are you cowards!” a slap landed on my cheeks and I couldn’t see for a while. Just before my brain decided to shut down, I overheard their conversation.
“Are we actually selling her? “One said.
“No, the betrothed she wolf wants her”
Oh my. These were werewolf hunters. This was what they had accused Chase of. Turns out it was other werewolves that were involved in it. I thought of Chamberlin and my heart broke.
It was then I dozed off.
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I jolted up. My body was freezing and I could see ice all over my body. I was freezing.
“Do you think you will have Alpha chase all to yourself” she sneered. I squinted at her and just like that I recalled where I had seen her. She was one of the people in Chase’s study that day. That day I found out Chase was my mate and son’s biological father
“I don’t want him” I croaked.
“Liar!” she said. “Why did you have a child for him? Bring me the whip” she ordered.
It was at that moment, I wished nothing but death. My eyes widened in horror as a guard seized me.
“Please I didn’t mean for that to happen!” I begged as I struggled to be free but then it was already futile. I was no match for them. My heart pounded in my ears and I shook like a leaf. I turned to her and fell at her feet.
“Please have mercy Pl-”
“Silence!”
The smell of leather filled the air as I watched, she make a pick. Immediately I was rolled unto a dirty mat and shoved to the floor. At my feet I was bound.
With my eyes shut, I could imagine the whip up in the air and the next thing I felt was it descending on my back.
I writhed on the floor like a worm, in salty waters. Pain. This was more painful than the last. It felt like it had been doused in peppery water.
The mat threatened to be free from my body. Oh it hurt so much. Tears began to fall from my eyes.
“Please” I cried out but she paid no attention to my pleas.
“Not a word!” She barked. “One more word from you and I’d have to start afresh”
Then whip cackled in the air and then it landed on me again. I clutched a hand over my mouth, to keep my cries from escaping my lips. The lashes kept coming.
With every lash, I tried to build a new pain threshold. To save up some strength in me. But it was useless. Because with every time she whipped me, she broke me. She made me want to give up. She made me fantasize about death.