Chapter 3

Iris POV

I was struggling to open my eyes, and my head was pounding. After a lot of struggle, I opened my eyes. I felt something hard beneath me, a metal bed without any mattress. As I looked around me, it was a horrible place. It was small dark room. Only a small window was there which was giving a small amount of light in the room.

It was dusty and smelling like blood and death and then as I turned around to look at the door, my eyes met with the bars, holy hell...I am in a cell or even worst dungeon. But how did I end up here? And then tried to go to the door but then realized my one ankle is tied to the metal bed, what the hell is this? But then all the memories from last night hit me with full force, alpha king, my fight, Eva and lastly mate....

So my own mate put me in a dungeon, even after knowing that I was his mate. Why goddess have to be so cruel to me. I should have been able to choose my own mate, who will love me for my whole life, someone like Jason. Oh my god where is Jason? Where is Eva? Where the hell I am?

As I was still lost in my confusion, door of the cell opened and my mate entered. I was not looking at him but still I know it’s him. Werewolf can smell their mate and we witches can sense them.

“You are awake now? Good. I hope you are comfortable here, ohh how rude of me, not to show any hospitality; welcome to my pack, Blood moon pack or should I say welcome to the dungeons of blood moon pack" he said with humour in his voice. I was still not looking at him. I don't want to talk to him.

"Giving me silent treatment? Well if I were you I wouldn't do that, knowing your sister is still in my possession" and my eyes snapped at him with anger.

"Where is my sister? Where is she?" I asked angrily and he just smirked

"Now you are talking, first I demand respect, I am your alpha and second she will be unharmed if you answer my questions correctly" what is with him and making threats? I nodded to let him know I will do it. He sat on the bed while I was still standing.

"First, tell me what magic are you using on me? Why do I feel like you are my mate?" And I looked at him in amazement. He thinks I am doing magic on him. How pathetic!

"You really amaze me alpha, why would I try to make a mate bond with someone like you. I hate you with every single fiber in my body and besides that, there is not a single spell in this world that can make a mate bond, only the moon goddess can do that" I said calmly but I was anything but calm.

"Don't lie. I know you are powerful, You can do that, so I will spare your life thinking you are my mate, so I won't be able to kill you" he said like he was totally making sense. I chuckled humourlessly.

"Well I doubt that you won't be able to kill your mate, since you can poison her, put her in your dungeon and tie her to a metal bed, I am sure killing her won't be that difficult for you" I spat at him, I know I am playing with fire but I am going to burn anyways.

"You are not my mate" he snapped at me angrily.

"Well as much as I would also like to believe that, I know it's not true and so do you. Try to recollect properly, when you claimed me as your mate, I was already drugged by witch's bane, so I can't do any magic and till now I can't, so how do you think I did that?"

I don't know why but I felt like explaining it to him. And I also want him to believe me. He was looking in deep thought and then realization dawned upon him. Thank god he remembered.

"Maybe you are right, but that won't change anything," he said with gritted teeth. How dare he sound angry? It should be me who has the right to be angry

"Of course it won't, I won't ever forgive you for what you did to me and my people, we witches don't have destined mates, and you werewolves do. We choose our own mate, and I will choose my own mate, and trust me you won't be that..." But before I could complete it, he came to me and wrapped his hand around my neck and pushed me to a nearby wall, and put enough pressure to slow down my breathing. I am sure it will bruise my neck and my ankle was also hurting from the chain on it.

"You are mine; don't you ever say that shit again. You will always be mine and it is me who won't be yours ever, I won't accept you as my mate, but you won't get any other mate as well. You will stay in this cell for the rest of your life only to keep my wolf calm and nothing else, you will be my slave and prisoner for the rest of your life" My lungs were screaming for air but I was too hurt by his voice to register that. Black spots appeared in front of my eyes as I was about to faint, he removed his hand and I took deep breaths.

I looked directly into his eyes and said "I hate you" and I swear I saw a flicker of hurt in his beautiful blue eyes but it was gone as soon as he blinked. And he immediately left the cell.

I sat down on the bed, I was shaking to keep my tears at bay, why moon goddess? Why? Me?

Before I could wallow in my sadness, the door opened again, is he back? But it was beta, Kane.

He came inside slowly with a plate in his hands.

"What does he want now?" I snapped at him

"Alpha didn't send me Luna, and I am not here to hurt you, Here, food for you Luna" He put the plate on my lap and sat down on the bed beside me.

"I am not your Luna, call me Iris," I said quietly. And opened the lead of the plate, well it's not the world's best food, but it was not the worst either. It has some mashed potatoes, some pasta with a piece of bread.

"Not right now, but you are my alpha's mate so you will be my Luna in the future and one more thing, your sister is fine. She is under the care of an elder from our pack right now so don't worry" thank god Eva is fine. But why is he being nice to me? As I noticed him fully, he is very good-looking. Green eyes with blonde hair, tall dark handsome...but nothing in comparison to him, god why am I comparing him with that ruthless alpha.

"Well if you would have been here just a few minutes before, you would know, I won't be your Luna ever and please take a bite from this food, I don't trust you guys right now" and I placed the plate in his lap, he looked hurt by that but still took a bite of everything and then gave it to me. Good, it's safe.

And I started eating like I haven't seen food in days. It was good; I was stuffing my mouth in a very unladylike like manner, but who cares?

"You don't eat like a queen at all," he said with amusement in his eyes.

"Well I am not queen anymore plus I am hungry." I guess he is trying to make me feel better; maybe he is not a bad person.

I soon finished all of my food. And I am still hungry

"I am sorry Iris; I know you are still hungry but only one plate is allowed to give to people who stay here" he said with genuine sorrow.

“hey it’s ok, I have survived worst than this, so don't worry" but soon I realized my mistake, shit I put a page of my past in front of him.

"What...what do you mean?" He was suddenly sounding very angry. God I had to distract him.

“Hey I was just kidding; forget that, I think we didn't start very well, how about we start over? Hi, I am Iris Shawn “and put my hand in front of him, in the hope that he forgets about what I said, in werewolves, all the pack members are very possessive of their Luna, they can die for her. It was his wolf who was angry about his Luna being hurt in the past.

He soon calmed down and gave me a bright smile and took my hand

"Hi I am Kane Maxwell, please to meet you, Iris"

"Pleasure is all mine" I said with a chuckle, I like him, he is good but before I could say anything else his hand was snatched from mine and we heard an angry growl. And he was thrown against the nearby wall by none other than my pathetic mate.

"Don't touch what's mine" he said with a snarl. And Kane immediately apologized and showed his neck in submission. Ohh so his wolf was jealous seeing another male closer to his mate. He and his wolf are so different; his wolf seems more human than he is.

He soon pulled me to him and buried his nose in my neck, he was sniffing me and I was feeling pleasure just by being near to him, and soon his body started to relax. I rolled my eyes and pushed him away from me. He growled but didn't say anything. His human side is in control again.

"Well no need to apologize beta, I am sure you have no ill intentions, unlike some other people." and he looked at me with disgust. And the pain in my chest was back again with full force, he thinks I was throwing myself at his beta.

"No alpha. She is innocent..." Before Kane can complete he stopped him

"Enough get me a table and a chair, I am here to interrogate this prisoner, and get it fast, I don't have the whole day to waste on it." I don't know what to think anymore, I am already hurt too much.

Soon Kane put the chair and table and he set on a chair right in front of me and took out a small bottle from his pocket and a knife as well and put them on the table. Green clean liquid. I immediately know it was the witch's bane but after that, he opened the bottle, I thought he will inject me again but he dipped the small knife tip in it and I was scared. I clearly know what was about to happen, I have been stabbed so many times like this. When this poison enters an open wound, it feels like death is easier.

“Scared, aren't you?" He said with a smirk

"Don't worry, I am not that cruel, all you have to do is answer some questions and I won't hurt you, but if you lie, you will pay for it" he said with an evil grin. He is enjoying it. How can he do this to his own mate?

"Ready? First question, why do you want to erase my race? “Wait, what?

"What the hell are you talking about? It is you who destroyed my race and you are accusing me to try to erase yours?" I am going to be insane soon if I will stay with this man anymore.

"Don't try to play innocent, you clearly know what I am talking about, I attacked your kingdom only because I got to know that you are planning to attack my race so I attacked first to capture you, so you won't be successful in your horrible intentions"

Ok, he is insane. Clearly. He needs a doctor.

"Are you insane or what? Why would I want to erase werewolves, hell I haven't even come across one in my whole life, why would I want to kill you when your kind did nothing bad to me?" I looked at him and he was thinking but soon his face turned into rage.

"Stop lying. I have proof, your lies are not going to work, but as I told you, you have to pay for your lies" he said angrily and snatched my hand, and before I could say anything he made a long gash in my arm with that poisoned knife. I bite my lip tightly to stop myself from screaming. The pain was too much.

But the main thing was that this pain took me to a long-lost memory in my brain which I had buried deep in my past. He used to do that same thing with me. And as I looked at my mate he was clearly happy with what he did. He was also always happy when he used to cut me.

And I was thrown back in my past; I found myself again in that small cage, that they used to call a cell. I was only 10 at that time, he used to torture me, and he only gave me one piece of bread every day. That is why the food I got today was really good, the cell was also big. But the pain I am feeling now is the same. Same as I felt for one whole year in my past. He is just like him. I used to pray that when I find a mate, I won't feel pain ever again in my life. He will protect me but Look at the irony.

As I started to fall again into that same darkness, but before I could succumb, two hands wrapped around me and tingles spread throughout my body that bring me back from the darkness.

As I blinked I realized I am not in that cage anymore. I am with my monster of a mate.

"What happened to you?" I looked at my mate who was looking actually worried and concerned. But I won't be able to trust him ever again. I pushed his hands away from me and that brought him back to reality. All the concern was gone, replaced by his emotionless face.

"I am fine. I told you the truth. If you don't want to believe it's your problem. And what can I expect from you anyways, who is fool enough to destroy an innocent city based on some fake proof? You will pay alpha for everything you did, and I will make sure of it. It’s a promise from a witch Queen to the alpha King"

I said cruelly. Now the compassionate girl in me is gone and his mate is surely not here anymore. Now I am the only witch queen, who will avenge her destroyed kingdom.

"How dare you call me a fool and threaten me that too on my land. I know you are lying but don't worry because I will break you, and then make you submit to me, it’s a promise from alpha king to witch Queen and then you will tell me about all your plan and weapons you have to destroy us." Weapons? Is he serious?

"Even after giving the pain of the whole world, you can't find something that doesn't exist," I said slowly. I am tired of his shit. He just doesn't want to see the truth.

"Well, we will see about that, beta Kane, make sure she doesn't get anything to eat from now on. She will be given only water that too only two cups a day. Don't give her any food till the time she decides to speak." As he was about to leave he looked at me last time and I looked at him like a true mate would, my eyes filled with emotions for the last time, and said

"I hate you" was said by a mate to her mate. Not a queen to a king. His eyes again flicker hurt and again he hides it with anger. And I scoffed and averted my eyes. It is getting easier to know what is happening in his mind. He looked at me and understood that I could see his hurt.

"Beta, inject her with witch's bane now, and make sure you give her that every day. Some pain would be nice with starving I guess" I said smirking evilly. There goes my last hope. It is official, my mate is a monster.

Soon Kane came with a needle. His hands were shaking, showing that he was trying to stop himself from obeying his alpha's order. He can't do that. He will end up hurt.

"I don't want to hurt you Iris, I am sorry" he said still trying to fight the command. Look at the irony, my mate is giving me pain and some unknown man is tolerating pain, so I didn't have to.

I slowly took the needle in my hand and inject it myself.

"Iris, why?" he asked horrified by what I did. I clenched my teeth to stop myself from shouting in pain.

"It's ok Kane; you can't defy your alpha. Don't be too hard on yourself, I am fine. If you don't mind, please leave me alone for some time"

"Ok. Iris Alpha is not a bad person, please don't give up on him." But I was already on my metal bed and I put my hood over my face clearly telling him I don't want to talk about it.

He is a bad person. I tried to see good in him too eight years ago but every time he laughed at me for doing so. I guess all the kings are the same. They just have different styles of torture. Some like to feed and then torture while some like to starve as torture.

All kings are the same, they are evil and not worthy of any trust or love.

Whether it is Alpha King or .............or it is Vampire King.

So how was it? Sad? How many of you think the alpha king is an ass? but our girl is very strong so don't worry guys.

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