Claiming My Unwilling Luna: Her Second Chance Mate

4: Sufferings and Pain

Bree’s POV

For eight days, I remained locked up in the prison without any food or water. Dax had instructed his guards to ensure that I had nothing, just so that I wouldn't have the strength to use my powers.

Every few hours, the guards would show up in my cell under his orders. They hit me as hard as they could with long whips, drawing blood from my back as my skin tore open. They'd hit me with their fists and kick me so hard as I lay on the floor and writhed in pain.

All under Dax's orders. He instructed them to keep at it so that I wouldn't recover knowing that if I did, I could bring the entire place down with my powers and I'd just be getting started.

It worked. As long as they kept starving and beating me up, I was unable to conjure anything with my hands.

I kept worrying for the growing child in my womb, I kept wondering how its going to survive this way– so far, it feel like a bit of my magic is what’s protecting it. I couldn’t believe that I was currently pregnant for a monster like Dax.

One night, the guards took longer than usual to arrive and I felt some strength surging through me.

As soon as they walked in, I sat up on the ground and hoisted one of them up into the air, slamming him on the wall so that his head bled profusely but before I could turn to the other guards, I felt weak.

One of the guards lifted their fallen partner and rushed him out of the cell whilst the others approached me with frowns on their faces.

That night, I got the greatest beatdown of my entire life. They hit me with reckless abandon, flogging me so hard that I screamed in pain.

“You'll pay for what you've done!” One of the guards with a big, bald head bellowed at me and without warning, he kicked me on the chest and began hitting me hard across my face. “How dare you use your stupid magic on one of us? Huh? You think you still have a right to?

That night, they beat me to a pulp and left me feeling sore. My mouth was broken and blood freely oozed out of it. My nose too. My entire body was in shambles and I felt like all my bones had been crushed with a hammer.

All I could do was cry as I lay with my back on the floor enveloped by excruciating pain. I prayed to the Moon Goddess with all of my heart. I begged for her to take my life; to let the ground open so I could fall inside. But as always, she gave no heed to my pleas.

As I recalled those moments with tears in my eyes, I heard the cell door creak open and looked up to see Gina, walking into the room with two of her friends whom I had never really gotten along with, which made everything made more sense to me now.

“This is the b***h that thought she could genuinely win Dax's heart,” she said to them with a smirk, pointing her finger at me.

The other girls laughed as they drew closer to me. Then they stared down at me with disgusted faces, spitting on the floor right next to me.

“She's so ugly. What the hell did Alpha Dax see in this lowly woman?” Asked one of the ladies, whose black hair cascaded down her shoulders.

“Maybe she tried to charm him with sorcery. I can't see any other reason why he chose her to be his Luna Queen,” the other scoffed as Gina watched on with a wicked smile on her face.

She squatted beside me and with her right hand, began to caress my cheek gently. “How does it feel to be locked up in here with no food and water?” She teased. “Does this feel like home? Because that's sure what you deserve for daring to come close to my Dax!”

The wry smile on her face disappeared and all that was left was a look of resentment. She reached for my nose and squeezed it as hard as she could with her friends cheering her on from behind.

“This is for coming close to my man!” She voiced, landing a hard punch in my mouth.

“This is for stealing my position as the Luna Queen of this Pack!” She landed another, even harder than the first.

“How does it feel, Bree? How does it feel knowing that there's nothing you can do about it?” She asked smacking me once again, this time in my eyes but I clenched my teeth just so I wouldn't scream.

I couldn't give her the pleasure of seeing me in great pain. Not when I knew that this was a woman who would never have dared stand in my face to speak if I wasn't drained of my energy.

“I can't wait for Dax to finally throw you out,” she mocked. “Soon, I'll make him see just how useless you are and when he finally decides to kill you, I'll be sure to do it myself.”

Much to her surprise, I let out a chuckle amidst the pain that I felt. “He won't do that,” I defiantly remarked, gazing into her eyes. “Dax understands my worth and that is why he cannot kill me. He knows that I'm worth more to him than you can ever be. He knows who he can rely on to bring him victory in a battle and that, my dear Gina, is certainly not you. So, you can bask in your victory for all I care but I can tell you for free that this is only temporary. Soon, he'll come begging for my help, and guess what my first request would be…”

Fear crept into her as her eyes went wide open. I didn't believe the words that came forth from my mouth but it was enough to get the desired effect.

I couldn't let her have her way with me with no answer of my own. Not after all that she and Dax had done to me.

“Hold her down,” she voiced coldly as her friends moved to my sides and grabbed my hands.

“I'll teach you never to talk to me in that manner anymore.”

*****

I lay on the ground, still reeling in pain after the beating that I received from Gina. It could have been worse. Thankfully, she wasn't the hardest hitter so I was able to remain silent until she left.

But as the night came, the pain got increasingly worse. I groaned in pain and wondered when all my suffering would end but it didn't look to be soon.

Clutching onto my stomach, I managed to sit up and lean against the wall.

Then I heard someone push the door open and I felt it had to be the guards coming in for another dose of pain and torture.

It wasn't the guards. It was Dax. He walked into the cell and slowly made his way to me with a pitiful look on his face.

It was the first time he'd ever come to see me since I got locked up so I felt maybe he had come to beg for forgiveness. It was written all over his face just now sorry he was and despite all the pain that he put me through, I wasn’t sure if I’m willing to forgive him yet but at least I’d hear him apologize firstly.

I still loved him. I know it was stupid after all that I had been put through, but I loved him still because i couldn’t just change my feelings for him like a switch. All I wanted was for him to tell me he was wrong and that he was sorry. I wanted him to ask me to forgive him and assure me he'd never do this to me nor have anything to do with Gina anymore.

But he didn't.

Instead, he sat right opposite me and gazed into my eyes with a stern look on his face. “I came here to inform you that you have been removed from your position as the Luna Queen of this Pack,” he revealed but it didn't come as a surprise. I already knew he would do that eventually.

“Since you tried to leave us before I captured you, there's no need to leave you as our Queen,” he continued. “You rejected that on your own and it's all your fault. No Luna Queen ever seeks to abandon her people like you did. I will not let you bring shame to the throne.”

“Then reject me,” I blurted out in anger, wishing I could claw his eyes out right now. “Get this over with at once. Reject me now! Set me free from our mate bond!”

He laughed, slamming his right hand on the ground a few times. “And why would I do that?” He asked, still laughing hysterically. “No, I won't. I will never reject you, Bree. You've always belonged to me and you always will.”

He drew close to me and planted a kiss on my forehead, then he let his gaze linger on my eyes for a few seconds before planting a kiss on my lips.

Bile rose in my throat and anger bloomed in my chest at the thought of him having this much audacity. With a yelp, I pulled away and spat on his face.

He blinked at me once and I enjoyed the stunned look on his face, but that only lasted a moment before he was slapping me so hard, my neck snapped to the side.

I remained in that position as he walked out of the dungeon and banged the door, and then I bowed my head and cried my eyes out. I couldn't believe that this was the man that I once loved. The thought that I was carrying the baby of this man who has turned into a monster overnight, resurfaced in my mind once again and weighed heavily on my chest. I had no idea of what to do. I was bereft of any ideas.

The next day, the cycle continued. The guards walked into the dungeon at intervals to inflict pain on me. They took turns hitting me with their whips and hands until tears streamed down my cheeks.

Once it was nighttime, Dax arrived once again and this time, I assumed he had come to remind me once again that I belonged to him. I thought he had come to mock and ridicule me due to my predicament. But that wasn't the case.

Instead, as he walked into the cell, what I saw was a look of stark panic and fear. I'd never seen Dax that frightened all my entire life. He walked across to me in a hurry and squatted beside me.

“Bree, there's a problem.” He whispered urgently. “O- our Pack is under attack.”