1. Mysterious Prisoner

FOUR DAYS AGO

"Faith! Where are you, Faith?"

Faith heard someone calling her but the tone was filled with terror and worry which scared her. Faith, who was very tired and had just fallen asleep after a really exhausting day of work, woke up hurriedly and lit the lighter on from the kitchen counter. She sleeps in the kitchen. So, she didn't dare to turn on the light to get into some new trouble.

"Erin? What are you doing here at this time? You are going to get in trouble if you are caught talking to me at this time of the night!" Faith whisper shouted at Erin, her only well-wisher of this pack. She was an omega as well. Erin looked scared and it scared her as well.

"Faith, you didn't hear anything that's happening outside?!" Erin whispered with a frown and that's when Faith realised that there were many noises coming from outside.

"I was very tired and fell into a deep sleep, so I didn't hear anything. What's happening? Are we under an attack?!" Faith asked in fear as she looked down at the spot beside her where her little bundle of happiness was sleeping. Fear and thoughts of saving them gripped her heart immediately.

"No, no, Faith! We are not under an attack! But our alpha caught someone and put him into the dungeon!" Erin filled Faith with the information which put her into confusion.

"Then why are they making so much noise? And why do you look so scared?" Faith asked with a frown.

"Because I heard that this man is a very dangerous alpha of some pack and almost killed our alpha once. He's a complete threat to our pack." Erin said in a hushed tone, as if that man would hear her now and come to kill her. Faith looked at her with widened eyes.

"Then why didn't the alpha kill him yet? What if he escapes somehow and then attacks us to take revenge?" Faith gasped out loudly as she thought of the possibility of that happening.

"Don't worry, I heard he's heavily injured and he can't even move a muscle. Our alpha has attacked him with silver wolfsbane. So, he's not a danger to us as long as he doesn't get the antidote of the wolfsbane." Erin said in an assuring tone.

"I hope he never finds the antidote. I would like to stay as far as possible from him." Faith said in a fearful tone and Erin nodded at her.

"Yes, that's why I came here to warn you. Don't go near the dungeon even by mistake." Erin warned her and Faith nodded at her obediently.

"Yes! I will never go near the dung-..." Faith couldn't complete her sentence when she heard their alpha, Jackson, speaking up.

"Where will you never go, Faith?"

Faith and Erin jumped in fear and immediately started shaking in fear. They were caught while talking by none other than Jackson. It was like a nightmare coming true!

"A...alpha... Please forgive us... We...we didn't mean to be nosy... Please forgive us..." Erin immediately kneeled down in front of him to beg for his forgiveness. Faith was frozen in her place in fear.

"Leave." That's all Jackson said for Erin to run out of the kitchen without giving Faith a second look as his eyes were fixed on Faith.

"You haven't answered my question yet. Where will you never go, princess?" Jackson said while kneeling down in front of her and taking the lighter from her lap which slipped from her hand the moment she heard his voice.

He lit the lighter and brought it near her face to look at her beautiful face with which he was obsessed with. She looked really beautiful in the soft red light of the fire.

"I...I...said I will never go...go near the dungeon...where the dangerous prisoner is..." Faith said in a fearful tone while looking down. At that moment she was more afraid of Jackson than the 'dangerous man'.

"You made me happy by saying that, princess." Jackson said with a smirk while putting strands of her hair behind her ear. She shivered in discomfort but didn't dare to move. "But I need you to go near him." Jackson suddenly spoke up, making her look at him with a frown.

"Wh... what... Why alpha...?" She asked in a confused tone, making him smirk.

"Because I want him to stay alive so that I can torture him more. And only you can keep him alive." Jackson said with a sick smirk on his face. She was more confused after hearing that.

"H...how can I help...alpha?" She asked in confusion.

"By..." Jackson stopped as a strange look crossed his eyes which left as soon as it touched his eyes. "By your care, princess. You can do that for me, right princess?" He asked and his sick smirk was back on his face.

"Y...yes..." Faith answered as she didn't have any options to deny.

"Good! But I need a promise from you." Jackson spoke up as he cupped her face with one hand and made her look up.

"Wh...what is it, alpha?" She asked in a shaky tone. Her eyes were forcefully on him so that she could see the seriousness in his eyes.

"You will just give him food and water from outside. You will never get inside the cell and never show your face to him. All you have to do is stay near him. That's it. Do you get it?" Jackson asked with hooded eyes and gritted teeth and she could feel his temper worsening. So, she quickly nodded her head, not wanting to upset him more. "Words… I need the words, princess." He said as his grip on her cheeks got strong. She winced in pain but before the sound could get out of her throat, she gulped it down.

"Ye…yes… yes, alpha… I will never show my face to him and I will never get inside the cell. I promise." She promised immediately, making him happy as his hold on her cheeks loosened up. He took his hand away from her face and she felt as if she could finally breathe.

"Good. Now sleep. I will go and greet our dear prisoner who will be needing your care soon." Jackson said with a smirk before standing up to leave.

Before he walked out of the room, his eyes fell on the occupied spot beside her. When she realised where he was looking, she immediately scooted over there to hide that from his eyes. He smirked at that but left the kitchen without saying anything. Faith let out a sigh and felt as if she was finally safe.

With the thought of that mysterious dangerous man, she slowly laid down on the cold kitchen tiles. She couldn't think of any more dangerous men than Jackson.

Jackson was already the cruellest man she has ever seen. He may have never torture her himself because he 'loves' her. But that's just a stupid lie because he lets others bully her and beat her to death sometimes.

She was lost in her thoughts when she suddenly jerked up in fear after hearing the scariest growl in her entire life. She felt as if the entire pack house was shaken by that sound. Jackson has started torturing the man already. She felt her heart wrenching in pain for no reason.

Maybe it was because she goes through this beating and tortures everyday, that's why she was feeling bad for that man even though she shouldn't...

She looked down at her three years old sleeping daughter and found her stirring in her sleep. She quickly pulled her daughter in her lap and curdled her back to sleep. Soon, the baby calmed down in the safe embrace of her mother.

Her lovely daughter, Echo. She was her only reason for fighting through this hell. Echo was like a miracle out of her miserable past about which she doesn't remember much.

All she vaguely remembers was a dark night, a man whose face she doesn't remember and an accident.. That's it. Nothing else. That accident took away her memories and she remembers nothing of that night. After that accident she went into a long coma. When she woke up after nearly one year, she had a baby girl looking just like her, sleeping beside her already. Those broken memories were so disturbing already that she didn't try to remember the rest of it and never questioned anyone about that night.

She just knew that Echo was her daughter and that's all that mattered to her. She loved her cute little girl to death and was ready to protect her from everything at any cost.

She feels like Jackson's cruelty toward her increased by tenfold after she gave birth to Echo. He said it was to punish her for betraying him and cheating on him. He said that they were lovers before that accident. He said he was going to marry her and make her his Luna before that. But after she "cheated" on him, he couldn't take it and wanted to kill her and her baby.

But the reason he didn't was because 'He loves her a lot' and he didn't want to do anything to 'hurt' her.

She just wants to laugh out loudly sometimes when he claims to love her. But she wished she was that brave!

With these thoughts running in her mind, she didn't realise when she had fallen asleep with her daughter close to her heart.

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