Chapter 8: The Fight

Kahlan POV

I couldn't stop the tears from flowing, I couldn't even stop crying.

My heart actually shattered when Eric walked out. I know I made him leave and it hurts me so much that we are like this.

I've always wanted to know who my mate was. I've always dreamt of finding him but who would have thought he would turn out to be an enemy?

The painful thing about this is that I can't even hate him. This thing would only get better if I could reject him but that was even more difficult to do.

How would I go about with my life? I felt so miserable.

"Hey! Get up before I change my mind!" The guard yelled at me. He must have been so happy that the Alpha permitted him to do as he liked.

I forced myself up, yet he moved closer and dragged me out of the cell violently.

"If you try to resist now, you will be severely punished," he warned in a thick voice as he pushed me out of the big lonely place.

We walked for a moment and passed some men building something I was unable to see clearly. Then, we got to a place where the women were washing clothes.

The guard pushed me forward until I landed on the floor and bruised my knees. Though, it healed up immediately.

"Join them! If you don't finish with it, there will be no food for you today," he snarled and walked away.

I managed to stand and looked up at the faces around me. They looked strange and I could tell that there was none of the Crest pack among them. They could have been from other packs around. Who knows how many packs Eric has killed?

He looked dangerous and very wicked.

"Are you alright?" A soft voice reached my ears.

I looked up at a girl, probably in her mid-twenties. She had this cute smile on her face as she looked down at me.

"Do you need help?" She offered.

I blinked once and shook my head. "Thanks, I can stand up on my own."

She smiled. "You are so beautiful," she complimented and stretched out her hand towards me.

I regarded it for a moment, then stretched out to it. 

She assisted me. "Join me, let's wash together," She opined.

I nodded again. I don't even know what I'm supposed to do but I knew I had to stop thinking. There would be plenty of time to reminisce about my life later.

"Well," a voice laughed. "look at who we have here?" A tiny bit of a familiar voice reached my ears. I knew who it was before I turned around.

Alas! It was my stepsister, Sonia.

"I thought the Alpha had killed you," she smirked.

Unconsciously, I regarded her for a moment. She was in the same attire as other ladies but my attire was so different. Perhaps Eric had thought I would accept his proposal.

"And why would he kill me when he didn't kill you?"

She scoffed. "Because you deserve to die! You killed everyone and you desperately want to live now? You are a murderer!" She yelled.

I felt a stab of annoyance but I tried to keep it in check. I don't want to do something I might regret later on.

"I don't have your time, Sonia. I have better things to do," I said instead, and turned to follow the other girl.

Suddenly, I felt someone pull at my hair.

"Don't you dare avoid this talk, sister!" Sonia screamed.

That's it! I've had enough. And I retaliated immediately.

I gave her an uppercut so that she would release her hold on me. I turned around to look at her and realized she was suddenly transforming.

With a smile, I started to morph as well. I was fast, shedding my human skin off like scales, along with my clothes. I didn't want to think about the fact that I would be naked after I'm done with this fight. I just want to fight this war with Sonia. It's been a while since I've dueled her anyways.

My father has always been protecting her. It was as if I wasn't his daughter. He had always loved Sonia and Sam.

I don't know if the people around us saw what was really happening or if maybe they didn't want to interfere but no one stepped forward.

With a loud howl, I jumped forward but she was so fast. She was a lion now, a big one and manipulative. Well, Sonia has always been very manipulative. I wondered severally how someone like her would be my sister.

We are so much different. Well, we are. She was a shapeshifter while I was a werewolf.

Before I could attack again, several men rushed forward, blocking me from attacking Sonia.

I howled even deeper, angry at the world, angry at Eric, angry at Sonia, and angry at myself.

If only I could take revenge, I would have been happy about this.

"Step back!" One of the men screamed and I backed to the floor with a groan. I couldn't morph back to my human form because I knew I would be naked.

The men noticed this and didn't move forward, instead a woman stepped closer to me.

"In!" She snarled.

I regarded her for a moment before I rushed towards the direction of the dungeon. I barely entered when I saw Sonia coming inside as well.

"You will be here for tonight as your punishment," one of the women hinted. " There will be no clothes for you and no food. You can as well just kill yourself if you want?" She smirked.

I looked over at Sonia with a murderous glare. Seriously, I will rather kill her and get it over with. There's no hope for me in this world anyways. That aside, she really wanted to kill my mother.

Without another thought, I jumped forward, hitting Sonia off to the floor. From the corner of my eyes, I saw the woman walk out.

I moved to attack Sonia again. I'm seriously going to kill this girl. Perhaps we can just die together!