“Don’t move.”Savannah turned her head. Reginald had taken the gun from his mistress and pointed it right at her stomach. The sound of Rachel’s laughter faded into the wind, the sand blowing into her nostrils and face as she stared down the barrel of a gun. Terror made her cold and sweaty, but shame made her stomach split open. Of course this was going to happen. Who the hell did she think she was? She was Savannah Cruz, the cursed girl who caused her mother’s death, who brings bad luck to everything—all she had to do was just look at it. a jinx. A failure. ugly and pathetic.And with that gun glinting before her eyes, she knew running away was the biggest mistake of her life.“Let’s go,” Reginald said through gritted teeth, nodding at some shank housing that shone in the distance.Her legs almost refused to work, wobbling so hard that they barely moved forward. Fear consumed every molecule of her system and truthfully, her mind wasn’t working fast enough through the terror to think
As Reginald unleashes a torrent of water on her, Savannah felt a searing pain every inch of her skin. She gasped for air, clutching her chest as the water scalded her flesh. A faint sigh escaped her lips, mingled with tears of gratitude and agony. Her eyes fluttered shut, narrowing the world into slits of colors, before she finally collapsed into a dark abyss. Little did Savannah know that it wasn’t hot water that was doused over her skin. She was simply too shocked and filled with pain that it sank deeper even into her flesh.Meanwhile inside the shank building, was Reginald and Rachel, deep in an argument.He raised his head and glared at his mistress, his eyes red with rage. “What the hell are you talking about, Rachel? This is our only chance at getting rid of both of them and being together. Why are you changing plans?”Rachel shook her head, her hair matted with dirt and blood from where she’d slammed it on the ground. “You don’t understand Reginald. Our plans wouldn’t work if y
He could see something far off in the distance but oh fucking Goddess, his eyes were too blurry. The pain radiating in him would have fallen even the Alpha King himself but Ryker kept pushing...for her...for his unborn baby. His mouth tasted like death itself and all he wanted was to just collapse on the dry, dusty ground and let death come take him. After all, it was a miracle he was still alive, the silver bullet had pierced through him, and spilled out from the other end. But it had missed his heart by just an inch. A long moan fell through his lips as he painfully dragged himself across the grounds, following her scent. She was still alive, he was sure of that. her scent was still wrapped around his heart, squeezing the damn organ with each pump of blood. He held onto her scent like it was his hold, his lifeline to this fucked up earth."Hold on for me baby." He whispered, the sound causing such pain in his chest that he doubled over and placed his hand over the hole, gasping lik
Savannah’s eyelids fluttered open with a start, her lips parting on a sharp intake of breath. Slowly and inexorably as she stirred, she realized she was lying on a disgusting, bug-ridden mattress in a dimly lit room—which wasn’t exactly a downgrade from her previous life back at Hybern. But where was she? She had no idea how she got there.Sucking in the stale and musty air, she tried to sit up but fell back down as her weak arms gave way beneath her. The only sound in the room was her own ragged breathing. Where was she? She wondered again but unsurprisingly, the mattress nor the walls gave her an answer.She swallowed and instantly regretted that decision as a sharp pain pierced her chest. It felt like there was a lump inside her throat, and trying to push it down sent a hot path of pain lacerating down her lungs. Savannah tried to move once again but cried out as pain shot through her body like a thousand needles. There were bruises and cuts all over her, the result of the brutal b
Rachel rolled away from the solid wall of muscles next to her, taking the duvet with her as she wrapped it around herself to shield her naked body from the cold. Frowning, she walked across the room to the hallway, searching for the heater to no avail. The entire house felt as cold as a cemetery. The hell? Her feet stuttered to a stop when she passed a door. If the rest of the house was this cold, how would that disgusting room be? Probably like a freezer. A distant feeling of guilt threatened to overwhelm her but she stamped on it immediately, crushing the feeling. Savannah meant nothing to her. Pregnant or not. Last night had been one of the nastiest nights of her life but something else had changed. Reginald…he….Rachel could feel it. He’d been sympathetic towards Savannah. Hell, he almost went to give her dinner but Rachel had stopped him, distracting him with sex, then that bitch began banging on the door, almost shattering the sexual tension she’d carefully built. Immediately, Rac
Clapping sounds reached her ears and she raised tear stained cheeks to take in Reginald’s figure at the entrance of the bathroom. Fog suddenly appeared out of nowhere, clouding her vision and her legs wobbled beneath her.The man who had been shoving his tongue into her mouth was thrown off her and she heaved a sigh of relief as Reginald sent him out of the room. It surprised her yes, but she was grateful that he’d saved her. Who was that guy that’d tried to rape her? She wondered as she sucked in breaths through her parted lips, the stream of cold water biting into her skin.Stumbling over her own legs, she managed to turn the water off and hitched herself up against the wall, curving her arms around her to hide her nudity.Reginald curled his lips. “Already fucking my guard, huh?” He seethed.What? Savannah felt her head swim as a rush of heat slapped onto her cheeks. What the hell was he talking about? Clearly that man had tried to force himself on her. She tried to speak but two t
Savannah found herself drawn to the edge of darkness but blinked multiple times, trying to fight back the inky blackness threatening to overwhelm her. He'd been gone for hours and though the room was in total darkness, Savannah could feel night creeping nearer. Where had he gone? what was he doing?she was under no illusion that he'd forgotten about what Rachel had set her up for this morning. To Reginald, he saw his slave cheating on him and from memory, Savannah knew Reginald wouldn't let it slide. But the uncertainty of her fate hung over her head like a the blade of a sharp knife. With tears prickled her eyes, she brought her hand to her stomach, rubbing quietly and drawing strength from her unborn baby. "Mummy is gonna protect you no matter what."As if it could hear her, Savannah felt a sudden push against her palm and her breathing hitched "oh Goddess. you moved."A wave of pure, undiluted sadness hit her square in the chest and more tears spilled from her eyes. Ryker should
“Please, Reginald, let me go.” She pleaded, pulling at the restraints around her wrist. Tears soaked her eyes when they didn’t give way. She was tied spread-eagle on a St. Andrews cross that was carefully positioned in the center of the basement she never knew existed right underneath the room he’d kept her in.“You passed on my brother’s child as mine.” Reginald’s voice boomed out in the room, eerily silent and bland. It washed over her like a bucket of cold water doused over her head, sending crazy shivers spiraling down her spine that was pressed against the smooth wood.“We loved each other.” She choked out, whimpering as a draft of cold wind bit into her flesh."Aww," Instead of instantly losing himself, Reginald chuckled eerily, the sound of his laugh almost like that of the devil's. He had a smile on his face making him even more scarier. "In what way did I not make it clear that you belonged to me? Every part of you, including your hoe pussy?" He suddenly exuded a chilling aur
Stella slaps off the mosquitoes from her body, and groaned in irritation. "You have been here for weeks, you should be used to these insects by now." A male voice muttered. It was Reginald. She met him by a twist of fate, a few weeks ago, after she was chased out of the Pack. "I can never get used to them." She replied. "Well, you have no choice." Reginald said. He walked out with two cups of tea, and gave one to her. "Thanks." She said. Reginald sat beside her. "I never knew someone else would go through the same embarrassment Zhao put me through." He said. "Well, here I am." Stella said and they both laughed. "I never knew all Zhao did to me was because of Savannah. If I never met you, I wouldn't have found out about it." Reginald said. "We can't just let them go, right? We need to revenge." Stella suggested. Reginald took a sip of his tea and nodded. "True. We really need to revenge. We should give them a taste of their own medicine." He said. "Do you also know that S
Savannah slowly opened her eyes and everywhere was blurry.It's been a few days since everything happened. As soon as her sight became clear, she noticed someone staring at her.It was her son!"My baby." She muttered and pulled him into a hug, tears slowly trickling down her face."I am so happy to see you, baby. Are you happy too?" She asked, cupping her son's face with her hands."Yes, mum." He replied and she hugged him again."Why are you crying mum?" Her son asks as soon as they break the hug."I'm not crying." She responded and her son helped her wipe her tears."Has anyone been wicked to you?" She asked him."No, mum." He replied.For some reason, Savannah was shocked."No one hurt you or did bad things to you?" She asked again."No, mum." Her son said again.Savannah pulled her son to her and she thought silently."What is going on? Zhao lets Stella do whatever she wants..how come no one hurt my son or is he lying to me? He can't be lying to me." She thought, she wanted to a
Zhao stared at Stephanie weakly."But why? Why didn't you tell me? Why did you keep this away from me?" He asked.Stephanie sniffed and looked away."Zhao, please....""Why?" Zhao asked again."Because I didn't want to lose you. I love you, Zhao! I do, and I can't afford to lose you." Stephanie said with teary eyes.Zhao sank into the chair and bent his head, trying to hold back tears. He felt broken.Stephanie turned away and let the tears out, she never wanted him to find out this way.Just then, the door was pushed open and the doctor walked in.Stephanie and Zhao turned to him with looks of expectancy."Doctor?" Zhao said, impatiently."Um, well, ma'am, your condition is quite serious.." The doctor announced."Okay? But she is not in a danger zone, right?" Zhao asked."Relax, Zhao," Stephanie said."I'm afraid you might not survive it." The doctor added."Why? I mean isn't there something you can do about it? You are a doctor, there must be something you can do about it, right?" Z
Savannah lay on the floor bleeding badly. She had tried to explain that she did not slap Stella and that Stella was the one hit herself just to frame her but no one had believed her. Of course no one was going to believe her. She would not have believed it either. She should have known that it would not be easy to deal with someone like Stella. The most painful part for her was that Zhao add ordered for her to be beaten up by the guards just to get back at her. The admade shot to hit a badly and she was now bleeding all over her body and her entire body hurt. Savannah wanted to cry but she did not even have tears to shed. She could not help but think about her life with Reginald. When she was with him she had suffered beatings like this almost everyday. When she finally was able to get away from his control she thought that she would never have to deal with anyone treating her like a piece of garbage and beating her whenever they felt like it. But it seemed like she was wrong
Stella had a wicked smile on her face as she looked at Savannah. It was clear that she was looking down on Savannah decided to ignore her looks because she wasn't in the mood for any drama. From the way Stella was looking at her she was sure that she knew about what had happened between her and Zhao. She just wanted to be left alone and to be able to see her son whenever she wanted. Those were the only things that she asked for. "It must be nice for you to go back to being a maid after everything right. You must have felt as if you were on top of the world when Zhao took an interest in you. But unfortunately you were too stupid to keep him to yourself. You really had the guts to walk away from him and to live him missing you for so many years. What were you thinking when you decided to leave him? I really want to know what was going on in your head at that time!" Stella said. Savanna rolled her eyes. She did not want to engage Savannah so she just continued doing what she was doin
Savannah was cleaning up the hallway as she thought about what Zhao had told her. He had shown off Stella to her and he had brought about how Stella was going to be a better mother to her Although she knew that she was going to be hurt she didn't really mind that he was going to get married to someone else and make someone else his Luna. Savanna was the one who left Zhao in the first place and she knew that she could not demand for him to keep waiting for her. It was only right that he would move on with his life. But all that she wanted was to be able to see her son from time to time. She did not even mind if she had to work as a maid in the palace forever as long as she got to see her son. But no matter how many times she begged Zhao and told him that she was sorry for how things went down between them, he just refused to let her see her son! She had no idea what Stella really was like and she did not know if Stella was going to treat her son well if she became her stepmother.
Zhao was speechless when he heard this. He had no idea that she thought this way. In fact, he really felt that she had left just because she wanted to hurt him. Hearing her say this changed a lot of way he felt about her inside. He almost forgave her. But then, he was reminded of the plan that he went through because of her. He shook his head immediately. He could not forgive her just because she said something nice. It did not take away all of the pain that she put him through. And he still wanted her revenge. He wanted to get revenge and she was going to make sure of that by all means possible. "Don't think that I will just let you go after what you did Savannah. I am not done with you yet and I am going to make sure that I punish you! Do you know what you put me through all these years? You were alive and well and you never even thought to let me know about it. And as if it was not enough, you took my son away from me and hide him for many years!" Zhao accused her. Savannah wen
"Oh come on Zhao. Just tell me what happened between you both. Why do you seem to hate her so much? I mean.....it's just odd. I don't think that I have ever seen you hate anyone the way that you hate her!" Stella said. She just thought that there was something weird in the way that he treated Savannah. He definitely did hate her, that was for sure. But there was something else that she could not understand. The way he looked at her....it was as if he did hate her, but they were a lot of other feelings in there that he was trying to hide. Zhao did not want to talk about Savannah. She always seemed to be able to mess with his head no matter what. He thought that he was over her for sure and that she would not have any more effects on him but it just turned out that he was wrong. She still had a lot of effects on him and it just felt like she was a drug that he could not quit. He knew that it was bad for him, but he kept going back again and again. He felt pathetic. "I don't want to
The palace corridors echoed with the hurried footsteps of Gareth and Stephanie, their expressions a mixture of concern and bewilderment. The flickering torches cast dancing shadows on the walls as they approached the quarters of the palace maids. The two had come seeking information about an unsettling rumor circulating within the palace walls.Gareth,, pushed open the door to the maids' shared living space. The room was filled with the soft murmur of gossip and laughter, momentarily silenced by the unexpected presence of their King's brother and his wife.."Good evening, ladies," Gareth greeted, attempting to maintain a calm demeanor. "We were wondering if any of you had heard anything unusual lately. Something about Zhao and a woman he brought into the palace."A hushed tension gripped the room as the maids exchanged furtive glances. Finally, a middle-aged maid with a kind face stepped forward, her eyes darting between Gareth and Stephanie. "Oh, you must be talking about Zhao's secr