Helen POV
“I want you to count them this time,” Kelley purred, holding the whip behind me so I couldn’t see her next movements. “If you pass out again, I’ll just start over when you wake back up. Understand me, mutt?!”
“Yes, Luna,” I breathed, my lips cut and swollen in bruises.
I don’t know how long we’ve been back on Fiery Cross pack lands but I knew it had been a lot of time I’ve been down in this cell. My father would beat me with his belt, complaining that his pack hadn’t yet returned.
He took in a few rogues as warriors. They stayed in the pack house, only adding to my torture.
None of it matched my step-mothers. I guess technically, my aunt. She threw her sister out like Diana did to me and I couldn’t imagine doing that to my own family.
Of course, I never imagined hurting
