Have you heard that beast is coming back?"
"You mean Skyler Fernandez?" The head warrior?"
"Yes, after he was sent to suppress the rogues, I heard that he single-handedly ruined a rogue pack and bought them to their knees. His power his really magnificent our pack is so lucky to have someone as powerful as him as the head warrior.
"Yeah right I have only seen him once and my god he looked so handsome, I could even faint, now wonder that he is the alpha's cousin; whoever will get to mate with him will be so lucky."
"Yeah, I know."
I heard the two female guards murmuring while here I was in the dungeon, lying on the cold floor, my clothes were ripped, and my body was bleeding.
Yesterday when I came here, I was whipped till I passed out, and now I feel so much pain.
My throat was dry, and my tears had dried up as well.
I did not have enough strength to shed a single tear I was that tired and wounded.
The mate who was supposed to protect me and save and stand up for me was inflicting these pains on me.
I soon heard the door open and footsteps approaching me, I was soon kicked harshly, I didn't scream I only groaned at the man before I kneeled and grabbed my hair making me look at him, I saw who it was, and it was Nathan, my mate.
"Y..ou" I said my voice came out as rather weak and painful, almost like a whisper, but Nathan just gave me a sinister smirk, and he looked so evil, he also looked pissed at me.
"You have tortured my mate for so long. How does it feel to be getting punished for all your crimes that you have done against me, mate? Huh?"
I sighed as I closed my eyes, "What crimes are you talking about?"
He got angry and slapped me, "you still dare to play innocent?!"
He said as he got up and took out his belt. I shivered and tried to crawl back, but I was too weak, and he was too strong as he swung his belt, and as soon as the belt made contact with my skin, I screamed at the top of my lungs.
It hurt so much! I was already so hurt and injured, and my wounds had not healed yet. Nathan was showing no mercy at all. He was beating me ruthlessly and mercilessly.
"You made my mate's life hell! you bullied her, you abused her, you beat her up, you took her favorite clothes, you took her father's only possession and lost it, and you also tried to kill her just because she found her mate, and that was me that alpha!
How dare you! And now you ask what you did wrong?! How shameless can you be! I wanted to kill you on the stop a w***e a slut like you is not welcome in my pack, but Jasmine stopped me from killing you, she loves you so much and cares about you even if you are so horrible to her!"Nathan finally stopped beating me.
And I felt drifting in and out of consciousness I was lying in the pool of my own blood, and I was in so much that I wished for nothing but death, but I knew that the moon goddess hated me and was not going to grant me death so soon.
Nathan then laughed and said, "Valerie Hale, I am going to make you pay for tormenting my mate for so long death will be too kind for you, I will make your life worse than hell, and you will wish for death each and every second.
Jasmine does not want you to die, but I won't let you live either."
He said before he walked out of the room, leaving me alone, and this continued for an entire week yes, I begged and begged him for death, but he only laughed.
Now it has been two days since I was left alone and was not tortured after starving for one week. They even gave me food today and let my injuries heal, but they were so bad and severe that I know it's going to take time for them to heal.
I just sat on the cold floor and at lunch.
During this time I had heard the female guards talk a lot about this person named Skyler I had heard about him before as well but never met him, I heard how strong he was, how cruel he was and how he was a real beast.
Does that mean that he also does things like this to his mate?
I thought as I sat there staring at the ceiling this room was rather small and had no ventilation it was suffocating and I hated it, I wanted to get out of here.
And while I was thinking about all that I heard footsteps again and closed my eyes tears slipped my eyes as I was scared, I shover and my heart trembled.
I was going to get tortured again; I was going to be whipped and burned and starved again for something that I didn't even do.
For just telling my mate that I was his mate and that he was making a mistake.
I was going to be called a slut and w***e and then beaten till I pass out just because I stood up against the wrong.
As I wanted that to happen the door opened and I can make out two footsteps and one of them was rather fast I suddenly felt that someone was hugging me, "oh my dear sister are you alright."
I felt nauseous, and I felt so disgusted that my skin crawled when I realized that it was Jasmine who was hugging me and talking to me as if she cared about me when I knew that it was not the case.
I did not hug her back I didn't even open my eyes. I knew that Nathan was right behind her since I could sense him, "you are wasting your time with her, Jasmine. We should kill her."
"No, Nathan she is my sister, and I love her you have gone too far, and I am going to care for her, I am going to take her with me, and I am sure that she will not do any more harm, right? Valerie?"
Jasmine asked, and I said nothing, I then felt her helping me stand up and being taken out of the room I should be happy, but I was not because I didn't want to be near her or Nathan or my so-called family I was done with all of them and I give up.
I don;t want Nathan as my mate whatever the reason was for him to abuse me like that he has gone too far and my self-respect was my everything, and I was not going to beg for him and hid love anymore.
I was not going to be for my father to love me, or anyone to love me anymore I was going to love myself.
I was bought back to the upstairs room where I was cleared by the servants and then dressed up, I was so weak that I was not even able to move I laid there like a doll and let the servants do the makeover.
After they were done they left me alone in the room and I fell asleep.
When I start to regain consciousness I heard Jasmine talking to someone, "funny right? this b***h thought that she can be the alpha's mate and can get everything that I wanted for so long?!
Hah good for her to learn her lesson thanks to Mia's speel I have Nathan under my control but I still need her alive because if she died then Nathan would know."
Jasmine kept talking to someone, and I slowly opened my eyes. I was furious at what I heard and tried to sit up and glared at her my wounds were still fresh, and it hurt when I moved, as a result, I groaned Jasmine saw me awake and then cut off the call and turned to me with a smirk.
"Good morning dear sister."
I glared at her and wanted to rip her to shreds but I could not as I was hurt so badly I was glaring at her nonetheless, "how can you do this to me! what had I ever done to you to be so cruel to me huh! you took everything from me, and I had only my mate, and you took him away from me."
I said as tears leaked from my eyes as I looked at her and she only rolled her eyes and huffed, "Dear sister I would suggest mind your tongue if you want to live."
I scoffed, "I will leave this place at once I am not going to stay here, keep Nathan he is not worth my time."
Jasmine suddenly laughed, she laughed so loudly as if she had heard a joke, "I am sorry dear sister but what made you think that you are placing this place?"
"What?"
Jasmine then looked at her and said, "I am going to keep you here like a pretty little doll in my doll house; you cannot leave. You are going to stay here for the rest of your life and see your mate with me and love and see me bearing his child while you will be just a side chick being hated and scorned upon.
And yeah, dad has officially disowned you, and you are no longer his daughter."
I smiled bitterly that was nothing that I had not expected, but I glared at Jasmine, "I am not going to stay here."
"That's not up to you to decide." she said and walked back, "stay nicely or I can always ask Nathan to get a dungeon for you."
She said before she walked out leaving me alone in the room thinking about my life choices but one thing was for sure I was not going to stay here and let Jasmine have her happiness.
If I can't live peacefully on my own terms, then I will die on my own terms to say the least that's what I thought as I got up from the bed and walked out of the room.