Arabella's POV
This time I wore nothing underneath the red robe. I walked all the way from the women's harem to Alpha Luciano's room wearing only that damned red robe. I could not maintain eye contact with anyone.
For some reason it felt like a lot of pack members were out that evening and I felt like everyone already knew what Alpha Luciano was doing to me. That had to be the reason they were giving me the side eye and some laughed when I passed.
It felt like I was doing the walk of shame. No, Arabella. It's not your fault the moon goddess gave you a sadistic mate. I squared my shoulders and increased my pace. The faster I got to the room, the less time the pack members had to see me and make deductions.
I felt such an immense amount of relief when I finally got into Alpha Luciano's room that it was only after I closed the door behind me that I remembered what I would have to do there.
"Missed me?" Alpha Luciano smirked. "But then again the Bianchis are known for saying one thing and doing the other."
Alpha Luciano sat in front of a laptop wearing a suit complete with a tie, tux, shoes and an arrogant smile.
I moved to sit on the bed before remembering Margaret's instructions. I dropped the robe walked towards him naked and stood in stasis for a second hesitating before sitting on the floor at his foot next to his classy tipped shoes.
"This new position suits you rather well." He touched my hair and caressed it almost dotingly. Like I was a pet or something. Here doggie doggie. It was demeaning and humiliating for me and I almost slapped his hand off.
He removed his hand from my hair and continued his work on his laptop ignoring the fact I was naked and seated at his feet. Although Margaret had warned me about this, it still felt disconcerting. I felt self-conscious about my body, my too-large hips, my breasts and my stomach.
My hair was swept up into a ponytail so it couldn't even offer me a semblance of cover. I shifted uncomfortably.
What felt like hours later but could have been minutes later, Alpha Luciano finished whatever he was doing on the laptop. I felt his gaze on me and looked up to meet his gaze.
"I have a few ground rules, Bianchi. The first is no eye contact with my subs."
I lowered my gaze.
Very soon. I would escape from this place but not if he suspected me. I had to follow his orders for now.
He gave a low dark laugh. It sounded so alluring that it sent shivers down my spine. At this point, I had no idea if my reactions to him were my own or from the mating bond.
"You are a quick study. I guess I have to reward Margaret for doing such good work in a short span of time."
"What do you plan to do with me? Surely you don't want to keep torturing both of us in this manner–"
"My second rule is for you to not speak unless I order you to. You are to do nothing unless I expressly order you to do so. Your opinion doesn't matter to me, all you need to do is spread your legs. That is your only use to me."
My cheeks burned. If he hated me so much, why was he keeping me alive? Wasn't he tired of seeing my face daily and being reminded of the fact that he was mated to his enemy?
I was beginning to realise that I might never completely unravel the mystery that was Alpha Luciano.
"Good. You may stand."
I stood.
"Tonight we'll have our very first scene." Alpha Luciano smiled cruelly, a thread of silver in his blue eyes. "I'll beat you till midnight and f**k you till dawn."
I feel a shiver run through me at that statement.
He'd what?
Minutes later, I was chained to one of the bedposts of the bed while he stood behind me, the sound of his breathing the only thing I could hear.
I was scared, anxious and afraid. I'd felt our first night together had been brutal but something told me that he'd gone easy on me.
Fuck my plans of submitting to him to ensure he didn't suspect I wanted to run away. I'd defy him now and think about the consequences later. I didn't want to be beaten till midnight and f****d till dawn. His favourite Emery could do that.
Before I could speak up however the first blow fell and although I was expecting it, I wasn't prepared for it. I cried out and the next fell. And the next and the next after that.
I lost count after some time lost in the pain and the following numbness. I lost my sense of self and felt like I was floating.
Unable to connect with the world, my body and the pain, I just drifted.
"Come back to me."
I registered Alpha Luciano's low husky voice and his hand on my hip. I felt the searing pain in my back and across my ass. I moaned feeling spent and drained.
I could feel him behind me hard and ready. He uncuffed me from the posts and bent me over the bed with my upper torso facing the bed and my ass hanging out, squeezing my neck as he pressed me into the bed. I turned my head to the side to breathe and in that position of extreme discomfort, he took me.
I was surprised by how easily he penetrated me. I was slick with arousal. How? I wasn't into bondage. Was I?
He f****d me into the bed gripping the back of my neck tightly with the other hand on my hip for support.
His d**k felt large and uncomfortable within me but it was better than the first time even though he was harsher this time around.
I gasped and whimpered, embarrassing sounds escaping me as I gripped the bed for dear life. He moved against me and I could feel the fabric of his trousers against my thighs as he grunted pounding away without caring if I was aroused or not.
I was there solely for his pleasure, nothing else. I felt the waves of pleasure within me rise and begin to crest. I moaned loudly, the sound escaping me before I knew it.
Fisting the bedsheets, I came for the first time that night and as my muscles contracted around him, I felt him lose control, his thrusts becoming more erratic and his breathing heavier. He grunted, his hips jerking and he came inside me.
He stayed in me for a minute or so before pulling out. I collapsed on the bed face first as my legs gave out beneath me. He disposed of the condom and cleaned himself up, his suit impeccable. I felt dirty. I was naked, bruised, and degraded for his pleasure while he looked spotless.
"Clean yourself up and get yourself out of this room." He moved to leave the room before stopping midway. "Bianchi, this thing between us is just s*x. Nothing more. Don't get it twisted."
Then he left the room leaving me to put myself together from the million pieces he'd broken me into.
My internal compass was screwed. I didn't know what to do. If I kept giving myself to him like this when the time came to escape would there be anything left of me to save?
*******
Alpha Luciano's POV
I kept hearing her moans and whimpers hours after I f****d her. I redirected my thought process. It wouldn't do to get an erection at a meeting. Mikah was giving me an update on the Alphas situation that had just taken a drastic turn.
"Alpha Vitalio is planning to hold an Alpha meeting sans you, Alpha. His intentions are unclear whether it is to ask them to cooperate with the search for Arabella or to plan something against you."
Of course, Vitalio being the snake that he was would not be brave enough to face me head-on.
"We can't have that happening now, can we?"
I thought and suddenly an idea struck me.
"I want you to intercept the messages so that they do not reach the Alphas or delay the delivery of those."
"Alpha?" Mikah's brow wrinkled in confusion as he tried to follow my thought process.
"Just for a little while. In the meantime, we will be inviting the Alphas here."
I could already imagine the look on Vitalio's face. Pure comedy.
"But, Alpha, what will we be inviting them here for?"
"That new drug, Song, I want to introduce it to the International market and I am looking towards getting an Alpha partner to take in profits with. We will have this meeting as soon as possible. In 2 days' time max."
Arabella wasn't as prepared as I would have liked but I couldn't afford to delay this any further.
"Of course, Alpha."
I was going to deal Vitalio a blow he would be unable to recover from. It wasn't just the new drug that would be on display in two days time. I would show off my latest pet to the so-called Alphas who Vitalio wanted to mobilise against me.
When they saw how Vitalio couldn't even control his daughter, their respect for him would drop appreciably. Forget about rallying them against me, when the letter arrived they wouldn't even open it.
I smirked. This was going to be interesting.