ANY’S POV
Crigin angry. The blonde sccused, storming towards us white her grouples trooped behind her. “fe fucked twin of our girls to death
Tonight, you bitch**
My eyes widened in shock. First at the news that girl could be fucked to death and second at the statement that it was my fauts
“Carly, please calin down, Melanie begged, placing hei hands up. “It isn’t her fault,”
“Oh, it is, and you know it.” Carly snapped. “No one refuses Minister Orion,”
“didn’t refuse him”
“You gave him a reason to get mad,” Carly snarled. “I don’t even get it. You’re not that pretty.”
“What Carly means to say, is that Minister Orion can be a little… Entitled,” Melanie explained. “His father founded this pack with the Alpha and he feels he should be equal to the Alphas. He hates losing things to the Alphas and gets mad whenever that happens.”
I remembered the screams I heard while walking back to the chambers and shuddered. Was it those girls? If I had become Orion’s sex toy, would I be dead too?
“Look, didn’t know. And it’s not my fault.”
I got cut off with a jaw–splitting slap. There was a loud ringing sound in my ear as I tried to process what was happening. I couldn’t. I got pushed to the ground while a couple of girls pinned me down.
“Carly!” Melanie screamed. *Carly let her go!”
“Oh boo hoo, you think you can boss us around?” Carly hissed grabbing Melanie’s neck. “Just because you’re Minister Cassius‘ whore doesn’t mean you have power.”
“Please leave her alone,” Melanie begged but I signaled to her, blinking rapidly for her to stop talking.
I needed her not to interfere. These girls did not seem like they would listen to reason, and I needed this to be over with as soon as possible. I was tired and for some reason, I could not reach out to Starlight anymore.
“Look… Carly, what do you want?” I asked, not even bothering to struggle against their hold on me.
She grinned maniacally, spitting on my face. “We’re going to kill you. Just like you let your minster kill our girls.”
Oh shit, I swallowed. If I wasn’t terrified before, I was frightened now. What on earth am I supposed to do now?
“What the hell? That’s crazy and wrong, Carly!” Melanie snapped. “She’s not the one who fuckied your girls to death-”
“But it’s her fault!”
Melanie tried to break away from Carly’s grip, her eyes watering. It was just the two of us against about six girls. There was no way we could win.
“Go and face Minister Orion. He’s the one who hurt you. He’s the one who killed your girls,”
1 heard the sound of a dagger being pulled out and began thrashing against the girls. “Please, please, I’m begging you,” I coughed and wheezed,d, struggling to push the girls off me. “Please, I didn’t…”
A scream slipped from my lips when one of the girls dragged the knife across my neck. The silver burned and heated my skin while cutting it. Blood spilled and they dropped me to the floor, grinning.
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Chapter 8
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“There,” Carly said, shoving Melanie away, She quickly dropped beside me, cradling my neck. “Let’s see if you can survive that wound, you pathetic little bitch.”
“I doubt it,” One of the girls threw back. “She seems to have a very weak wolf. She’ll be dead by tomorrow.”
Tears slipped down my cheeks as I and Melanie tried to stop the bleeding. Starlight moaned and snarled in my head as I felt fainter. Carly and her girls strutted out of the rooms, shooting me dirty looks while walking away.
“Bethany!” Melanie called, helping me sit up. “Oh my goddess, there is so much blood! Why can’t your wolf stop it?!”
I don’t know, I wanted to tell her, but I couldn’t speak while holding my neck. Blood had stained my dress and I was feeling very weak.
“I’ll go get help! Hang in there,”
I had no idea how long Melanie was gone but it felt like eternity. I felt weaker by the second while Starlight kept moaning in pain.
I’m sorry, she cried. I’m sorry I am weak. I should protect you. I should have!
It’s not your fault-
“Here, Nana,” Melanie walked back in with Selene behind her. Selene rushed forward, examining my neck. She didn’t ask questions. It was either these things happened too often, or Melanie had told her what had happened on the way. “Her wolf is weak. She’ll need to. Depend–on drugs to heal…”
Selene’s voice became distant. My eyelids grew heavy. I cannot believe I would die so quickly without being given a chance to survive here. Somewhere, far away, I could hear Melanie calling my name just before I became unconscious.
I woke the next morning, an arm wrapped around me. Melanie slept beside me, holding me like some sort of pillow. A small smile tugged at my lips. She
must have been so worried.
It seemed I had found a friend in Melanie. I tried to slip out of bed quietly, but the Boise stirred her awake.
“Bethany? Oh my goodness, you’re fine!” She screeched hugging me. A sharp pain tugged in my bandaged neck.
“Ow, be a little more gentle, will you?”
“Sorry,” She giggled, releasing her hold on me. “How are you doing? Do you feel better?”
I nodded and winced when that made my wound hurt.
“Good, we need to report those girls!” She hissed. “Can you walk?”
I shook my head and her eyes grew misty. “You can’t walk?”
“I can walk, Melanie. I don’t… I don’t want to report Carly. Their friends died, they were hurt,” I mumbled, sliding off the bed.
Melanie looked at me as if I had sprouted another head. “They tried to kill you,”
“I would have died anyway if Minister Orion chose me,” I mumbled. What sort of a monster fucks two girls to death?
“That makes no sense,” Melanie grumbled watching me get dressed. I couldn’t take a bath, I would make my bandages soggy and messy. “Please tell me you’re not thinking about resuming at the north palace like that.”
I blinked, staring at her. “The north palace?”
“Alpha Damien’s residence?”
“I am. It’s my first day-”
“You have a fresh wound!” She yelled, grabbing my arm. “The Alpha hates the sight of fresh wounds and yours isn’t dry yet.”
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Chapter S
“I’ll cover it up, Melanie. I think I’ll be in even more trouble if I do not show up on my first day of work.”
Melanie couldn’t convince me to stay but she did help me tie a scaif over it. I made my way to the north palace then. The halls of the palace were filled with bustling staff. I couldn’t find Selene and I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to do as a ‘personal maid‘. Suddenly a hush fell in the hall. When I looked up, the staff had cleared a path for Alpha Damien and he was headed straight towards me.
I held my breath when he stopped just before me, sniffing the air. His eyes darkened and then changed color to a bright golden hue. He stepped closer, and my eyes widened when his face started to… Change.
His flesh twisted and pulled, fangs growing in his teeth and his eyes flashed with bloodlust until his entire face had morphed into that of Tiger.
He grabbed my neck and let out a beast–like roar. “Blood!”
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