Cage's POV She was infuriating, and yet, she remained unchanged. Her sharp tongue, which had once cut me so deeply, still wagged with reckless abandon. This time, however, it needed to be silenced. After all she'd done to me, she had the audacity to forget, to move on, and live a life filled with laughter and joy. Meanwhile, I remained shackled to the pain and bitterness she'd left in the shadows of our past.The memories of the time we spent together still haunts me, a reminder of the torment I went through. The dangers that lurked because of one simple mistake that I regret and can never forget till this day.Shouts and screams still filled my head and she had to pay for what she had done and what she'd caused. Every atom of the incident had be be relieved by her. It was an unforgettable experience yet she chose to forget. How much more insolent and despicable could she be. I looked at her as she fell down in pain after I slapped her but still it was nothing at all compared to t
Berrilyl's POVI was taken to a bath and given nice clothes to wear again like they did before. I just still couldn't believe the fact that my brother just believed me like that. He knew how much I loved Owens and how much Owens loved me too. At least he should have suspected that something was wrong. Owens wasn't the kind of person that cheats on someone, he loved me much and was ready to do anything to make me happy.But thanks to my stupidity, I formed a quite captivating story making Owens a very bad man, a man who was a wolf in sheep's clothing which was quite convincing but no matter what Owens was his friend, and they sometimes dined together even though they were polar opposites in behavior. They had a bond, they were so close but I guessed it didn't matter anymore since Owens was dead.The main matter at hand was how to make sure my brother didn't come to the forced wedding. If he comes then our pack would be doomed because of me. It was the last thing I wanted to happen. In
Berrilyl's POVHe got himself a bottle of wine and watched as I was beaten. I was the one who didn't see what was coming. It was so unbelievable that I told him that there was no way that was possible. I couldn't have told him. I didn't know what type of witchcraft he was using but he was always so accurate and it made me wonder if we truly had a past.When he was replaying the recorded audio I thought it was to get me angry. I didn't know that it was a trap, a punishment for trying to ruin his plans. I thought I would be able to get my brother to save me with that.I knew there was no way I would be able to say the exact words I said in the same way but I tried my best and was beaten mercilessly. I kept failing and kept receiving lashes while he enjoyed looking at me in pain. He laughed anytime I screamed. If he didn't say they should stop the lashes were sure to go on forever. It was very painful but slowly the intensity with which I was whipped reduced. I looked at Jake and guesse
Berrilyl's POVI stepped into the room with trepidation, my heart racing as I scanned the dimly lit space. It was just like before.Memories of that day replayed in my mind like a melody. How I was forced to dance, and so on. My gaze fell upon the table, where rows of liquor bottles stood like sentinels. I knew he was next to the table, but I deliberately avoided looking at him. The mere sight of his shirtless torso made my brain malfunction as if an inexplicable force drew me to him.I wasn't the type of girl who would become head over heels for someone based solely on their physical appearance. Behaviour mattered to me, which is why I had never been swayed by Cain, despite his chiselled physique. But Cage was different. I was helpless against the pull I felt towards him.If it were up to me, I would never have set foot in this place again. All it had ever brought me was humiliation and pain. The threats to my husband's safety, the agony of being torn from my pack and the fact that h
Berrilyl's POV"Back to something important. What kind of work should I assign to you that would be suitable for you to handle? Cain reported that you don't finish your work portion but you yell and insult him""He deserves it," I said before remembering what would happen to Owens's body but Cain deserved it after trying to force himself on me still I knew I overdid some things."Still sharp-tongued? Hmm. So what did he do to you to deserve that?" he asked and I didn't reply. I hardly knew how to control my mouth once I opened it. "Well, since your mouth can still move fast regardless of the work you do in the mine. It seems like I would have to find you another one that would make you too busy to talk and insult. You'd be serious with it. So Berrilyl get ready" he said smiling and I didn't want to imagine what kind of terrible work he was going to give me. What I would rather spend time imagining was how to get out of his pack."I'm read...d" I said and he laughed maniacally. "Cat's
Berrilyl's POVI went out of his chamber and outside I saw Jake positioned in his usual spot. It was my time to answer him about all the nonsense he said about my mouth being sealed with a sigil. Then something came to my mind, if he was always here, how on earth did he have time to watch movies? I was confused but I went to him."Jake, you were luck–" "Oh!" He shouted make me, "I get it. He must be calling me right. Okay. I'll be there immediately. Bye," he said and he left after cutting me short knowing fully well I wanted to lash out at him. "But nice sigil," he said before he ran inside. I felt like exploding but as usual, I could do nothing they rendered me helpless but I wasn't going to relent that easily. His behaviour with Cage was quite strange. Cage was usually cold with everyone around him even Jake but it felt like they were in another universe. They were free with each other or rather Jake was free with the Alpha than anybody else I had seen him with. Their friendlines
Cage's POVAs I took a sip of wine, I heard Jake's voice from the other side of the door: ''But nice sigil!'' He then entered the room hurriedly."You asked for me so here I am" Jake said with enthusiasm. "What did you find out?" I asked him."Ohh, about Owen, her ex-husband" he exclaimed. "Most of them are on my phone with me but some are in files and not here so let me go get them" he said."Didn't she tell you that I said you should come prepared?""Prepared? Oh shit. She couldn't tell me because I ran away" he said. I was getting disgusted with his ways."Ran away? Why the hell were you running away from her? She was surely not holding a knife to kill you when she left this place""But you know what I mean. She was about to kill me with her words even though she had a sigil on her. She might be like Scarlet Witch. How did you do it?" he asked."Shut up and let me see what you've found about him," I said to Jake, he smiled and handed over his phone to me and just when I was about
Berrilyl's POVLiah's eyes gleamed with determination as she explained our escape plan. "We need to pass through the slave quarters secretly. We slaves are usually exhausted after a long day's work and sleep soundly. Even if someone wakes up, they'll be too tired to follow us or raise an alarm."I nodded, my heart racing with anticipation. "Okay, what's the next step?""You follow me to the garden ahead," Liah whispered. "What's the plan when we get here?"Liah smiled mischievously. "That is where we make our escape."I frowned, confused. "The garden? But how?"Liah chuckled. "You'd be surprised. The garden stretches all the way to the outskirts of an urban city."My eyes widened in amazement. "We can reach the city through the garden? That's incredible!"Liah nodded. "I know, right? It's the perfect escape route."I turned to her, curiosity getting the better of me. "So, why haven't you escaped before now?"Liah's expression turned sombre, and she looked down at her feet. "I was sca
Berrilyl's POVTo my surprise, I heard that my brother's pack was left with no alpha and it had been taken over by some group of greedy wolves. The best part of it was that his Luna wife and the others were taken as concubine under the current leader apart from his wife Lucia who had gone earlier with some people of the pack who believed of in her and some of the slaves in the palace that agreed to help her escape. All the slaves he captured had been set free by Lucia but the ones who stayed due to greedy reason were now all under their new leader.In my opinion, Lucia was very lucky she could escape with some of the people I knew were righteous. The rest of them that I even had as friends were all sleeping with Owens behind my back so I didn't care what happened to them since they didn't bother deceiving me or hurting my feelings. They enjoyed my brother and Owens so they could also enjoy the aftermath. I just felt bad a little since I had many memories there but soon I realized t
Berrilyl's POV"Are you still in love with that idiot after everything he put you through?" William asked but I ignored him. What I needed was a way that I could make Cage forgive me for everything that I did. For every single thing that happened between us that I ruined, the people that died and leaving his face like that. There were just too many when I thought of it, and I didn't know how exactly I was going to make him forgive me. I figured out that I'd continue to try no matter what. He was the only true love I ever had."You are thinking about him. Aren't you?" William said looking at me with anger and frustration."Of course I am. Why not?""Really Sis? He punished you. Killed Owens. Turned you into a public slave, allowed people to mistreat you like you were nothing!""Yes, I know. And Owens's death was caused by Cage, and to me, it's a good thing because you knew that bastard was cheating on me, and you encouraged me to get married to him, and with what I did, I kinda deser
Cage's POVI arrived on the scene to witness something that I had not expected: William, cold and firm, was denying Berrilyl. The words coming out of his mouth were so bitter, as if he had no second thought, no remorse about what he was telling her. His eyes, which were usually so cold, were colder, harder than ever. He gazed at her as a stranger, as a failure, as something that could be discarded. There was no sympathy on his face, only complete disinterest.Berrilyl was before him, her own face twisted and pale with feeling. I could observe the shame and remorse reflected in her eyes.I remained in the entrance, observing them, trying to comprehend what I was seeing. A part of me that continued to resent her. The lies, the hypocrisy, that she had been an accomplice to so much pain. But part of me felt sympathy for her. She was also used, duped by the man she loved more than anyone. I was torn at the time, between my anger at her for what she'd done, and the sense that she was a vict
Berrilyl's POVI remained silent at the doorway, concealed in the darkness, ensuring I didn't make any noise. Williams was completely unaware that I was present, hearing everything he said. I didn’t want him to realize I was concealed just behind the door, listening in on what he was saying. My heart pounded while I remained frozen, wishing he wouldn’t see me because I wanted to listen to what he had to say.My heart ached as I listened to the betrayal, the secrets I never could have dreamed of. William's calm, assured tone now trembled with something evil. He spoke of manipulation, and plots to destroy us, and I was only beginning to understand the depth of the lies he had convinced me with. My Alpha, my brother, whom I had thought I could trust and at one point in time even suspected would never desert me, was the architect of my agony.Cage's men were standing in front of me and turned to look at me with their blank faces. It was time. I had heard enough. They had come to drag me fr
Berrilyl's POVI stood there in shock, my eyes fixed on Cage's. My heart was pounding within me, my head spinning from what he'd told me. He'd been so serious, as if he knew so for certain, speaking of something from my past that I didn't remember myself.I didn't believe him, I just didn't want to do that.I couldn't get the words I'd heard him say out of my head.It was William, my brother whom he had raised up, who guarded me, and who had always cared for me. Cage, however, abducted me, he enslaved me, and now he expected me to embrace his reality?I clenched my fists tight, biting the nails of my palms as I spun around and ran towards my room.I needed to get my head together.The moment I closed the door behind me, I inhaled deeply and my chest tightened in rage. My emotions were all tangled up, but one thing was for sure, I just couldn't believe Cage.I jumped at the knock at the door. My body hardened. Had Cage returned?I hesitated and crept toward the door, slowly opening it
Berrilyl's POVWhen I regained my consciousness I looked around and found myself in a very dark place that I could at first hardly see a thing. I tried raising my hands and felt severe pain; I was wounded in different places; it was so painful, and some were deep.Despite that I knew I had to get out of where I was, so I mustered all the courage in me to crawl out of the damn dark room and started shouting for help. My voice wasn't as loud as usual but I did my best to sound loud."Hahaha, oh my! See who's on the floor behaving like a snail. Who's in charge now? You disgusting asshole" I heard a voice say but couldn't clearly identify it."Does your head still hurt? I mean, does your body hurt? I remember throwing you in here, and it made a very loud thud," the man said again, and I realized it was none other than Cain. He had come back to take revenge on me. It became clear to me that all my crawling and shouting was useless and trying to run away from him was hardly going to be im
Cage's POV If someone had helped William escape from the hidden dungeon and find a way out of here, it either meant that he had brought someone with him who we didn't capture and was sneaking around then saw the perfect opportunity to let him go or we had a spy among us.The thought of having a spy in our midst left me dumbfounded. The spy must have known our pack so we'll that the hidden dungeon wasn't only unhidden but could be operated by whoever the spy was.Was I this careless to have never figured it out? When the spies were killed all of a sudden, I should have known there was still more to it, but I blamed Berrilyl since she always had more than one way of communicating with her brother, and I was caught up in so many problems that I forgot to investigate such a dangerous attempt further.Even if he had a someone with him who we didn't capture, there was no way the person would have got through the guards, the security system was tight which meant the only way he could escape
Cage's POVI wasn't that intoxicated. I was just tipsy. I knew where I was and what I was doing, still. But even with the alcohol in my system, I could feel my mind slipping, becoming less clear, less sharp. The edges of my world blurred, and everything felt a little lighter and easier to deal with.With that said, I didn't attack Berrilyl. She had already left, and something made me know it was not yet time to follow her. She was angry and scared. I could see that from her eyes as she turned her back on me. But she needed space, and I knew that if I followed her, things would just get worse. It was not the first time Berrilyl had left me, and I knew it would not be the last. So I simply released her.I did what I always did whenever I had to focus on other things instead. I took a hold of the mask again. It was more about obscuring my mind, and my emotions rather than hiding my face. My feelings. My thoughts. The mask gave me a feeling of control and detachment. Wearing it, I felt so
Berrilyl's POVIt was a day to my engagement already, and I had decided to carry out my plan. I had prepared for days now on how to escape, but the only way out that I could think of was to get rid of Cage. It was the last thing I could think of to save myself from getting married to him, and tonight I was going to carry out my plan.The night was calm as I walked down the halls of the mansion. There was just the soft thud of my steps against the quiet. My heart was racing, and I felt this crazy mix of fear and resolve. Was I going to do it? I stood before Cage's door.My mind was telling me that this was what I needed to do, but my body was tense and unsure. I'd never been more nervous in my life. I'd practiced this moment so many times in my mind, but now that it was here, it wasn't quite the same. Still, I could not go back. I had to move forward.I pushed the door inward slowly, as quietly as possible. The room was black except for the feeble flickering of candle flames at the ed