SIX MONTHS LATER
***TRIGGER WARNING***
This chapter mentions physical abuse
Annalisa's POV
“Anna, Alpha Clarence wants to see you in his office” I was told by Lead Omega Lowell
I finished cutting the carrots for dinner and head to the office
I knock and enter when instructed. I have stuck to my plan and have not spoken for the last six months, and I act like I don’t know what happened during that horrible night. I shake my head and agree with whatever story Clarence tells me. I entered the office as instructed and stand in front of his desk. My dad's old desk. I stare at it with fond memories of my father sitting behind it and working
“Annalisa, I have gone through all the old Alpha company's books and accounts, but I think some are missing. Did he ever give you access or the password to his accounts?”
I shake my head no
“Do you know how and where he allocates the money from the company and packs businesses?"
I shake my head no
“Annalisa, it is very important we have access to those accounts. The money is needed to care for the pack” he says. You can tell he is getting impatient.
“I understand, but I don’t know anything about his money” I write in my pad
He jumps up and throws something at the wall. He starts screaming and pacing.
“What is your purpose, anyway? I need that money to take care of my pack. I know you know where all the money is. I am going to give you one more chance to give me the information I need, or I will beat it out of you” he screams
“I don’t know anything” I write in my pad, tears and fear showing in my eyes
He is even more angry now. I see him link someone and his Beta Vance comes to the office
“She won't tell me what I need to know, and I don't have the patience for her today. Take her to the cells, interrogate her. You have permission to whip her. I need that bank account information. The pack is going broke without it, and it’s only been six months. Vance don’t use silver. I don’t want to see scares” he says
Vance took me to the cells and chained me to a large X affixed to the wall. He asked me about my dad's money and businesses. I just kept shaking my head no. He left me there chained for hours; I began to lose feeling in my limbs. When he came back, he started asking me questions again. When I did not have the answers, he ripped my clothes off and left me for a few more hours. Now I am naked, cold and chained to the X in the cell. That night he came back. When I still didn’t give him any information, he whipped my back and legs a total of five times. Questioned me again and when I still had no answers for him, he whipped me ten more times. He then unchained me and left me in the cells naked overnight. That was Friday night. Saturday and Sunday came with a repeat of the same experience. They questioned and beat or whipped me. They used a cane, a whip and a studded whip, no silver. Sometimes I was chained to the X on the wall, other times I was chained hanging from the ceiling. They also bought in a table that they bent me over and chained me to. When I did not give them what they wanted, they took me back to my room. They dragged me through the packhouse naked and bloody. The only reason I was still not in the cells was because I had to go to school the next day. When Alpha Clarence took over, he closed down the pack school and made the kids go to school in the human town which was over an hour away on foot. He didn't want the school authorities questioning him, so I had to keep up appearances. I was expected to do my chores and schoolwork with punishment and bullying. Even if the pack knew what they were doing, they had to keep the pretense and that meant no deviation from my normal tasks. Clarnece and Vance’s questioning went on for months with this type of punishment. I was whipped, caned, burned and starved. There were broken bones and weekly visits to the pack doctor to fix me up. After three months, they stopped asking for access to the money, but they did not stop the punishment. I was punished for anything and everything. Once I was punished for talking back, which is impossible because I didn't talk. I never provided Clarence and Vance with my dad’s money, but they maintained the packs finances. I always wonder how, since they had no money. The pack was not as lucrative and prosperous, but it was maintained.
My main bullies, in school were Blake, Clarence’s son and the future alpha, his cousin and Vance’s son, Lance and their friend Ben, who will probably be the future Gamma. The other crew are the females who hate me for one reason or another. They consist of Lana and Lauren, Ms. Lowell’s twin daughters and their friend Karen, a daughter of one of the rogues who stayed after Clarence took over. At first, their abuse was more verbal, lots of bullying and calling me names. With the addition of the physical abuse by Clarence and Vance, they too have upped their game. At first, it was simple stuff; interfering with me doing my chores, slapping and pushing me, spilling liquid and food on me, tripping me and knocking stuff out of my hand. Lately, they have ganged up on me. Punching and kicking me repeatedly. Attacking me in the woods on my way home. They have tied me up outside in the cold. Blake got the silver whip from the cells, and they attacked me in my room, whipping me. Lana and Lauren caught me in the bathroom at school and used a silver dagger to carve 'w***e' on my thigh. I guess Blake beating me caused them to be jealous.
One of the things that hurt the most is Blake. He and I used to be good friends. He and I were born on the same day, just two years apart. He is two years older than me, but he was one of my best friends before they took over. We started celebrating our birthdays together when I turned six and he turned eight. He would protect me and help me, take me on adventures and even said we would be mates when we grew up. It’s funny how power changes people.
My goal is to get my wolf at 18 and leave. That's if they don't kill me first!