Dahlia’s POV: “Doctor?” I stare at her while she continues tending on Ayesha. She mumbles something incoherent under her breath, I had to lean in to be able to hear her clearer. “Water…” I finally make out her words, and I quickly stand up when Scar stops me, handing over a glass of water to me. I nod and take it, putting the glass to her lips, and she sips a little before managing to drink it all. Hours passed before Ayesha slowly came to her senses, blinking her eyes she jolted awake, snatching the railing across the makeshift bed. Her brows crease as her eyes squint, when she turns her head and locks gazes with me. “You…” she trails off. Her brows knit. “What…How… What am I doing here?” She mumbles, looking down at her fairly healed wounds. “My wounds…” She stared at her brand-new body as if she’d just stepped out of a dream. I hear the door creak, making me whip my head and see Scar coming in from the door. “You passed out,” was the first thing she said. Ayesha look
WARNING: The following chapters may be triggering to some readers, everything that happens from this point may be perceived dark and even disturbing. If you wish to continue, do so at your own discretion. Dahlia’s POV:He tilts his head, reading my face.“If you won’t punish her, then I’ll just have to show you how it’s done,” Then with a speed so shocking, he appears in front of Ayesha behind me, his hand grabbing her neck and squeezing it.Ayesha is lifted off the ground, and I find myself dashing towards them, clawing at his arm.“Stop this,” I hiss. The way he handles his maids are beginning to look atrocious. Who treats maids this way? Especially since knowing he’d become somewhat of a god to them after saving them from the authorities. They’re all rogues, but that is no reason for him to be treating them like this. Looking at Ayesha, I see the crystal clear fear flashing across her eyes as he looks wide-eyed at Tatum. That is not normal for someone who’s become his mistress,
Dahlia’s POV:I stood there until the lashings became faster and harder, tears blur my vision but one thing is clear.I could see very well, our mate’s face each time he whipped her. He was smiling, like the smile of a little boy who received a present he’d always been wishing for and finally received it. To him, it looked like some kind of release. It sickened me, and I could only pray to the moon goddess he would stop before he beats Scar to death.Finally, he stopped.“Well then, there you have it.” He clears his throat before putting his belt back in place, smiling darkly at Scar who had her head pressed against the floor, surrounding by her own small pool of blood.I hear Ayesha whimper, but when Tatum flicks his eyes to her, she turns numb as if pretending she wasn’t just expression emotion.With a long, satisfied sigh, he whirled to me. A cheery smile now plastered on his face as he looked at me.“Now come, Dahlia, it is time for bed,” He takes my hand, pulling me to the flight
Dahlia's POV:Tatum left me in the room, only to come back with a frightened-looking Paula in his arms. I furrow my brows and move toward her, but Tatum, the behemoth of a man as he was, blocked me before I can get to her.“Why is she here?” I ask instead.He cocks his head to the side.“Paula is new here,” He says, turning around before motioning for the girl to enter.“New?” I squeeze my brows.Paula reluctantly steps further in, her eyes darting to me for a second before looking back down.“In the next full moon, she’s turning sixteen,” Tatum’s eyes lit up as he turned to me. Something about the way his teeth flashed and mischievous smile made me uneasy.“As her master, it is my responsibility to teach her what she needs to know,” he adds, and I look at him.Master? I question in my head. A smile tugs on his lips before he turns, extending a large hand out to the poor, frightened girl. “Come, pet,” Why he calls her pet is far beyond me.Shuddering, Paula reaches for his hand. I
Valerian’s POV:After my confrontation with Lola, I drove over to Cathy and explained everything that happened between us since the party. I know the baby was mine, and I wasn’t going to let her believe some other man fathered it. I wasn’t going to do that to my pup. I expected to receive a slap in the face, but was surprised when Cathy not only forgave me for tricking her, but accepted me with open arms. She confessed that she felt like I was a different person, and that she was falling in love. Still, after speaking with Lola, I knew the bond would only get stronger, so I told Cathy to cool things down until I figure out what to do with my mate and my wolf. A part of me wanted to keep them both, but my wolf wouldn’t have it. He only wants Lola, and I have to admit, after experiencing the strong bond flowing through us, I began to want her too.Sitting in the couch of our living room, I sit across Atlas and his father, the former Alpha Maxon. Beside me is Hades’ whining ass ever sinc
Chapter 86Dahlia’s POV:I woke up from the searing pain that washed over my body, jolting me awake. I clutched my heart, wanting to rip it apart only to make the pain stop. I lurched forward, unable to stop myself from scratching and clawing at my chest, no one was there to stop me. Even as I tried to stop myself, I couldn’t. Not with the bond and his betrayal compelling me to do so.The last time I felt this pain it was when I found out he was fucking someone. “Aahh!” A scream tore out of my chest. The pain was getting worse. Tears streamed down my face the longer I went clawing at my chest.If I don’t stop, I would no doubt bleed to death. My wolf growls loud in my head. I could feel her anger, then she whimpers giving me a taste of her pain, and a long, devastating howl follows. She was livid her mate would do this to us. Didn’t he promise he won’t do it again?Looks like his promises were empty, because why else would my wolf and I go through this sudden pain?‘Stop, Diana,’ I
Chapter 87Dahlia’s POV:All afternoon we’ve been devising a plan. Once the pain stopped, I knew Tatum was finished. Two hours after he fucked another she-wolf, he casually entered our bedroom as if he did absolutely nothing wrong, kissed me on the cheek and said he was going out and won’t be back for the next couple of hours. It was nearly seven in the evening now, and I figured this was one of those nights when he would come home awfully late into the night. I was a little relieved it wasn’t Ayesha this time, since she still hasn’t fully healed. Like me she’s having trouble healing, and I wonder why all the women in this house seems to be healing not more than an average human. Some of the maids were eager to join us in our plans, and I let them in. The older woman, however, which I learned was named Thalia, and also Ayesha’s mother, chimes in every now and then to check on our progress.For now, I look over to the large wooden table sitting in the middle of one of the entertainm
Hades’ POV:Before I could blink, Atlas charged right at me as we both shift into our raving, savage, and blood thirsty wolves. My wolf leaps at the sight of a challenge, alpha to alpha, and it’s making him rather more difficult to control. ‘You fucker!’ he growls, hearing him open up the mind-link as his wolf pounced on me. When I got the chance, I quickly ducked my head and sprinted towards the door, not wanting to make a mess of this house I had fully furnished. Atlas catches me with his teeth the moment I took one step outside, and I groan feeling the stinging pain now flowing through my torso as his wolf clamped its huge canines into my ribs, flinging me across the front porch before I land on my ass on the concrete ground.From the distance, I could hear faintly Lisa’s insufferable giggling while we fought savagely out front of the house.One thing is for sure, I am going to fucking rip her head off because of this.‘I fucking trusted you to lay your dirty hands off my sister
Hades’ POV“You have some fucking nerve, don’t you!” He snarls menacingly as he stomps over to me. I throw my hands in the air, a sign of my submission towards him while I step back slowly.His eyes bleed black as he glares daggers at me.“Get the fuck out of my sight before I have you killed! After that, I’ll have your pack killed as well,”My jaw clenches. No alpha should let anyone threaten his pack before him and let him get away with it, but this situation falls different. My pack literally lives off of his supplies and provision. Our father, before handing the title over to me and Valerian, filed for the pack’s bankruptcy, only we managed to save it thanks to the Alpha King’s tremendous help. Until I can pay him back and get the pack running on its own funds and thriving businesses, I am forever indebted to him.“Please, hear me out. It’s about Dahlia,” He growls ferociously, looking like he was about ready to lunge at me when Cathy jumps out of nowhere. Her small bump is on di
Hades’ POV:“Any news?” Lola asks, looking at me. Her brows were creased with worry. Atlas was right behind her, and I see him lift both his hands in an attempt to caress Lola’s arms, but stopped in mid-air before taking a step back. I can feel my wolf roll his eyes, now that we know he actually has a thing for Lola, and for god knows how long, it is starting to feel really uncomfortable with Valerian glaring daggers at him, and his mate. Yet he doesn’t say anything or do shit about it either because with all our dirty laundry piled out in the fucking open, no one has got the say on anything. I shake my head, trying to get it together before I fucking explode from the lava of anger deep inside me. On second thought, I may just have to shift and hunt her down myself. It’s been nearly three weeks and we got no fucking lead!I have been driving back and forth to the mansion, but each time I turn the car around and drive away. How the fuck am I supposed to face him when my pack’s safe
Chapter 99Dahlia’s POV:‘This is good, right? The Alpha King is coming,’ My wolf says to me, making my brows pinch.‘Maybe he can help us?’ she whispers. I shake my head at her, looking into my reflection in the mirror. I have just finished my make-up, and now I am ready to put on the dress.‘You heard him, Diana, we’re not getting out of here.’ I tell her, feeling her whimper at the loss of hope in my words. I wasn’t going to give her false hope or some play-pretend fantasy that we could even step out of this room without him watching us. We know what he is capable of, he has shown us, and with him repairing the bond, I doubt there was escaping him now.‘We’ve already gotten Ayesha and Felicia killed. They’re dead because of us. I don’t want us making it any worse.’ I say as I move to the edge of the bed, my legs cramping for a second and I wince. My body freezes as pain shoots up from my leg. I grit my teeth, not wanting to make a sound knowing Tatum might barge through those do
Dahlia’s POV:“What are you waiting for?”I step back, staring at him as he leans against the wall by the door.He waits, raising a brow at me before glancing down at his watch.“Clock is ticking, Dahlia. You have ten minutes,” he snaps at me.I quickly jump to my feet and hop under the shower, not wondering anymore about his kinks and why he loves watching me use the bathroom. He has seen every inch of my body by force, what more does he want? Turning the hot shower on, I go to pull the curtains but Tatum’s growl stop me.“Leave it on,” he snaps, my hand freezes in the air before I retreat back under the hot shower. Trying to ignore his presence, I grab the soap and lather my body with it. I shower as quickly as I could seeing as I only got ten minutes, and this is the first shower he allowed me in days. Lifting my head, I revel in the feeling of the water dripping down my face and silently pray he lets me shower again. I stink, that much I figured after seeing the color the water t
Dahlia’s POV:Tears prick the back of my eyes, and when I start blinking, I gasp as Tatum growls and snatches my throat, shoving me back against the giant bed he has imprisoned me in. Pain instantly rushes to the back of my head from the impact, and I winced.“I knew it,” he spits at me, while I stare back wide-eyed.“Tatum—” I choke.“You still like him, huh?” he snarls, and slowly I could feel him tightening his grasp, almost as if he was planning on squeezing the life out of me.Yet I wanted to scoff at the remark. Like is more of a weak word. Love, I love Hades, more than anything. Him and Valerian before he chose another path. And all that’s left was Hades. Despite his tricks and playfulness, I knew he would always fight for me.I choke, and close my eyes. Slowly, I could feel my breath leaving me little by little, feel his anger rushing out of him and rolling over me in waves when two knocks comes to the door.Then he grows and shoves me back again. I hear a thud and a crack onc
Dahlia’s POV:One week later.Hours passed, yet I wasn’t sure what time it is, though I could see it’s already late into the evening. It is dark outside, and pouring with rain. I am sitting upright, naked on the bed Tatum and I used to share, until now. This bed means nothing to me any more than a fucking prison bed, as he had me cuffed to one posts. My arms are outstretched, and I bet my hands are already turning purple from how tightly he had it cuffed. Tatum has never let me out of his sight after we attempted the escape, not once had he let me out of the room to speak to the women, which worried me since I heard nothing, not a sign that would tell me they were outside my door or anything. Although I settled it was a good thing, since it means he hasn’t hurt them. It was the only thing that kept my sanity intact inside the confines of these four ugly walls, which seemed to be caving in around me each passing day.The only time he has let me out of these painful handcuffs was when
Dahlia’s POVEverything stills, and we all turn to Thalia who shakily stood up from kneeling.“Please, punish me instead,”I look at Tatum horrified, who tilted his head as he raised an eyebrow at her.“Oh? Playing the good mother now are we?” he chuckles, before turning to Ayesha and dragging his hard nail further along her neck. Ayesha now lets out a scream which makes Scar let out a roar before plunging forward, but was stopped by all the women surrounding her. Her eyes flickered to her wolf’s, and I know it is not her in control now but her wolf, her need to protect her mate dominating her own.Tatum glares at Scar, shaking his head, and I growl, slowly taking a step toward him.“You never learn, do you Scar?” he chuckles, while Scar all but growls, bloodlust raging through her eyes before she was ripped back by the women forcing her down.Ayesha whimpers for her, and lets out a gasp when Tatum pulls her a little closer back against him. I growl.“And Thalia, allow me to think abo
Dahlia’s POV:Just when I thought he would never let me go, he releases me making me drop to the ground with a loud thud. My hands immediately go to my neck, tracing his fingerprints I am sure are now embedded into my skin with how tight he had me in his grip. And for the first time, I suck in air so deep than I ever needed to in my life, as I chased my breath.I hear Diana growl in my head, outraged our mate would hurt us, but he was mate to us no more. I felt the bond sever, meaning I would no longer have a connection whatsoever with him anymore. Tatum cemented my decision when he brought his knee up and kicked me, throwing me back a couple meters away while I was still catching my breath. Clearly, the man doesn’t play fair.I try to get up, but Tatum’s foot suddenly smashes into the back of my head as he stomps on my head like people normally do with the butt of their cigarettes. Diana snarls and all but spits curses at him.“Fucking b*tch, think you could reject me and get away
Dahlia’s POV:“Think you can run away from me,” he growls, and the women all took a step back yet when they touch the border, their bodies freeze yet again. Tatum laughs.I turn my gaze to him when he snatches the amulet so easily off his neck and threw it to the ground. We all watched as he stomped over it, twice, thrice, and retreats to reveal he had now broken the amulet in tiny little pieces.He growls at the last stomp, and huffs, running a rugged hand through his hair before shooting me a pointed look.“Fucking bitch, you dare run away from me,” he snaps, and my wolf winces when he curses us the way he did.I choose to ignore him and instead quickly glance at the women shaking from head to toe.“Come on, you can still make it,” I tell them, but not one of them moves even an inch from their spot. I am the only one standing past the border, which means I can shift anytime and run, only without the women I came all the way here to save. “Dahlia, you don’t understand,” Felicia whim