Rogues And Mate

Tortured

Chapter 1

Emelia's POV ******

The sound of a fist slamming against my skin ripped through the air as I fell to the ground, a trickle of blood pooling from my split lip.

My stepsister towered over me, her face twisted with rage as she repeatedly punched my face, screaming obscenities in my face.

She was punching my face with every single strength inside of her.

I curled into a ball, trying to protect myself from the onslaught of rage I was enduring, but it was of no use as my stepsister continued to hit me, her knuckles smattering dark purple bruises on my pale skin.

My eyes fell shut, tears streaming from my face onto the ground as I felt my body being thrown around like a rag doll.

My stepsister, Melisa, moved like a storm of fury, her fists flying through the air nonstop as she continued to beat me mercilessly.

I didn't make a sound, my breaths coming in heaving gasps as I curled myself into a tighter ball. Eventually, Melisa didn't have enough of her fist on me.

It was as if she had just begun with me. I lay on the floor almost lifeless with my body arching in pain.

I lay there in a daze as she was hitting me, my body feeling numb and my mind filled with fog as I tried to endure the pain.

I tried standing up, but as I stumbled on my feet, my heartless stepsister pushed me back to the ground.

“I am not done with you yet, b***h,” she groaned.

I fell to the ground again, and I didn’t even know how many times I had been kicked to the ground by Melisa.

All that was on my mind was closing my eyes and falling asleep so that I’d never feel this pain again, but the unending punches from Melisa kept me awake.

It felt like my several ribs had been broken into tiny little parts.

“Will you turn down the proposal of being Gerald's mate or not, b***h?” Melisa questioned me as she cursed me loudly.

I didn't give her an answer, and she began fuming up again.

“Are you now deaf? Will you refuse to be with Gerald or not?”

“This is the last time I will be asking this question. If you don't answer, I will cut off your fingers and put them on the plate for you to eat,” she threatened me as she asked me if I would refuse Gerald or not.

“I can’t leave Gerald; he is my only surviving hope,” I replied.

“He is my mate, Melisa. I can't just let him go.”

“You have been robbing me of my entitlement since I was a child, and now, I am an adult, but you also want to rob me of my entitlement.”

“Gerald is my mate, and all the pack members I have spoken to about it told me to go for him because he is the only light to my dark life.”

“So, I'm sorry, Melisa, but I won't allow you to rob me of my entitlement this time around because I won't reject my mate,” I said, standing up with as much strength as I could muster.

I wasn't able to complete my sentence as she landed a deafening slap on my cheek that made me spit out blood.

“"You are just as deaf and stubborn as your mom, the same attitude was what led to her early grave and it seems you also want to join her.”

“How many times do you want me to explain to you that I love Gerald???”

“Emelia!!!!, I love Gerald so much and I won’t allow you to take him from me, even if it means getting rid of you then I will happily do that.”

Melisa growled as she continues to beat me.

“Just when our relationship was starting to work and my love for him was getting to increase that is when you arrive like a ghost to ruin my relationship?”

“Do you have any idea of how long I have had a crush on him before he finally asked me out?”

“Do you b***h?” She repeated the question as she dragged my hair almost pulling out my scalp but I still didn’t believe that Gerald and Melisa had anything for each other.

“Please Melisa, I know you so well that you don’t like me from the beginning so this is the only and easy way for you to get rid of me for eternity.”

“All you have to do is to allow me to get mated with Gerald.”

“Immediately you let me get mated to him, the both of us will fly away to a far place you will never see us.” I pleaded with her as tears rushed from my eyes.

“Over my dead body will I allow that to happen, I rather eat dead corpses than allow you and Gerald get married.” She sweated as she spat on my face.

“And you really think Gerald wants you? Gerald doesn’t want you, you are not even fit to be a Luna.”

“You are so skinny and ugly for him and you are definitely not his type, so don’t you dare think of ending up with somebody that gets disgusted at the mere sight of you.” She cussed at me with a smirk and disgust on her face.

I felt a wave of heartbreak and anguish wash through me but I tried my best in having hope on Gerald.

“We aren’t certain about that, what if he really likes me?”

“At least allow me to see him and talk to him. If he really wants to hate me and reject me, then he should do it on my face. I said to her with a pleasing voice as I continued to beg her to allow me to see him.

“What if he doesn't like you and he rejects you?” She questioned me and I froze on the spot.

“If he doesn’t like me then I will let him be but I want him to say it to my face so please help me get him.” I replied to her.

“Okay, Skinny bi**ch I will bring Gerald to you so you can see how rejection feels because he is definitely going to reject you.” She mocked me as she walked out of my sight in anger.