Note: This chapter mentions torture and rape.The Thing POVHe's happy with my suffering... Of course, he would be... He was happy when Hoff tortured me physically, he only did it mentally... So that I didn't care about the details, I ignored it.I took a deep breath, and he could see the change in my posture, I simply refused to let it affect me any more than it already had. I've learned my lesson, never to hope and never to expect anything but evil from others, not towards me.My expression has gone from sadness and hurt to nothingness, no, I'm not going to give him or anyone else the pleasure of seeing me cry, of seeing me feel anything other than pure apathy.My thoughts will be my own, my emotions will be my own and my voice will never be heard by anyone else. Let's see how long these people will have fun and challenge themselves to try and get something out of me.My Master sees my change, his beast appears briefly, he is hurt, and he is angry, but his human is very strong. He c
The Thing POVI'm not stupid enough to know that I should stay, it's more than clear that my owner knows who I am, and I think he only bought me because of that. Soren turns to me, comes closer and raises his hand to touch my face."What's your name, child?" Soren asks me.His voice is melodious, and I instinctively feel reassured, but this only puts me on alert and I raise my barriers even higher. I think he's using some kind of command, I see him sigh."I wanted to protect you... When I smelled you for the first time, I almost went mad... I felt jealousy, anger, indignation and so much more, but I couldn't show any of it." Soren strokes my cheek with his thumb. "If they even suspected who you were to me, I'd never get you, and they'd use that to blackmail me."There's a tenderness in his voice that would be hard to resist if I hadn't had previous experience of being tricked. I see him breathe again and his hand trembles, his sadness begins to be palpable, and his aura becomes denser
The Thing POV"Hey," Soren spoke, and I turned my attention to him. "This is Victor." He pointed to my owner. "This is James, he's the head of the armed forces."I could see that he was a vampire with short black hair and dark brown eyes, his skin was also a touch darker and not as white as the others."These are Lilian and Lily." He points to the women. "They are part of my guard and help organize events within my domains."I wasn't mistaken, they have the position that would be Luna's in the pack... No Luna would appreciate being replaced by a slave. I just turn to each one, looking carefully to memorize their names and their positions."It's nice to meet you!" James says. "My King has been after you for so long, we've even been through the lands of Avalon and beyond." He seems genuinely excited to meet me, but when he notices that I don't react, he raises his eyebrows and looks at Soren."She still has a lot to learn," Soren replies and shakes my hand briefly. "That's why I want to
The Thing POV"Yes, she has..." Soren replies, still irritated, putting his arm around my waist. "I can feel her emotions, even if she doesn't show them physically. Since we haven't had sex yet, I can't read her thoughts, but I can feel them... Sometimes, when they're stronger, I can hear a whisper."Ishtar raises her eyebrows at me, assessing whether Soren's words are real.'Interesting.' I thought, "So that means Klaus was only able to read my thoughts because we had sex.Something I won't be able to deny when Soren wants to have sex with me, which saddens me, knowing that not even my mind will be mine alone. Maybe now is the time for me to perform the rejection ritual, so he can't manipulate the link against me."She wants to reject you," Ishtar says, and Soren tightens his grip on my waist a little more."She was a slave..." Victor speaks before Soren can. "As far as I understand it, Klaus was an asshole, he got her hopes up by saying he was going to free her, or by implying it, o
The Thing POVSoren moved his hand away from my face but held my hand, and I turned to look at Ishtar."Give me your hands." She asked.Soren raised the hand that was holding mine and Ishtar then ran a golden thread around our wrists. I started to feel a different pressure on my skin and I didn't like it. I swallowed to stop myself from taking my hand away and this made Soren look at me, raising her eyebrows, then the woman began to recite words that I couldn't understand, but the surrounding air began to change, and a slight grayish glow began to appear.Soren's hand starts to tremble and so does mine, and I start to see this glow coming towards us, enveloping our bodies. I've never felt such strong magic, but my contacts have been few, apart from the healing potion I've taken, but when the glow gets close to my chest I feel as if I've been shocked and then the glow disappears completely and Ishtar pulls her hand away from us, while the thread breaks into several pieces. I can see bl
Soren POVI thought finding my other half would be the most magnificent day ever until I went to the Ball and saw that my mate was a slave, that her eyes only saw my rival.Her scent is like a field full of flowers that have just opened in the middle of spring. I could see her silhouette walking through the field, her laughter seems to echo while I can see the surrounding happiness...But as soon as I focused my gaze, I saw her black hair falling in curls, her head lowered, her body covered with scars and exposed to anyone, and the smell of Klaus on her skin almost drove me mad.Strïth (War), my spiritual side wanted to start a fight there, how dare they treat the future Queen of the Vampires like that? I managed to convince him to calm down and that first we had to get her out of that place, it was the only way to guarantee her safety.Very carefully, I explained to Victor what had happened and how he could help me, and then Klaus came up with the idea of the auction and asked if we
Soren POVIt was a few hours before Ayla finished taking the tests, at first she was learning how the app worked, and she also didn't read things so quickly often. She would just stare at the question for several minutes before answering, and they weren't math questions, but basic logic or text interpretation questions.When she finally finished and handed the tablet to Victor, he opened the statistics and Ayla has the same education as a child, she can read and write, she understands some things and can even do some basic math, but that's about it... She even did a little better when it came to simple text interpretation.This means she has a lot to learn and not only that, I'm going to have to hire special tutors for her. I'm pretty good at governing, but having to explain things like this isn't my strong suit."Great!" Victor said excitedly, much more excitedly than I'd expected. "With this here, I'll be able to help you better and get the right people to teach you."Ayla didn't sh
Soren POV"Well, we know which stone she tuned." Ishtar comments. I try to clean Ayla's ear, but I realize it won't stop bleeding."Get us out of here," I say, and Ishtar looks at me instead."You need to tune your stone..." The sorceress spoke, and I felt Strïth wanted to take over. "Let me hold Ayla." She moved closer.Strïth held Ayla's body tighter."If you don't choose a soul stone now, you'll miss your chance! She's already attuned to hers, you need to find one that's compatible with you and her!" Ishtar said in exasperation. "The longer you delay, the more she'll get hurt."Ishtar then holds out the stone that Ayla had picked up for me. I look at Victor, who approaches and then takes my mate in his arms. The smell of her blood is becoming more intense, and Strïth is becoming more and more uncontrollable. I grab Ishtar's stone and immediately feel my hand burn and let out a grunt of pain, but I look around, hoping to be attracted to something else. Ayla's blood is a problem, as