3. Camilla

CHAPTER 3

CAMILLA

I think I may have broken a rib.

I wince in pain as my father, Alpha Charles Sinclair, tightened his grip on my collar and slammed me against the wall for a second time.

“You useless fucking b*tch,” he spat in a menacing tone. The urge to scoff at the word useless was palpable, but I was just too heartbroken to even care. Each word was dripping with a venom he wished he had to kill me with.

And for the first time, I just wish he would. I just found out my goddess-given mate who I love so much cheated on me. I had not felt anything since I was not marked yet. Today is the day that I am finally giving my virginity to him. To let him mark me his forever. I was going to tell him the big news when came Angela barging into my room, her nose flaring and chest heaving in anger. I didn’t expect her to show me a video that would change everything I have ever known in my life.

My heart ached in extreme pain when images of him hovering behind another she-wolf flashed across my mind. I wanted to grip my chest, shift into my wolf and run into the woods, not once looking back. I closed my eyes and pictured myself getting lost in the woods as Dana leads us further into the dark, far away from this fucking shithole we call home.

“Look at me when I’m talking to you, b*tch,” my father hissed just as I felt him fist my hair roughly and lift me off the floor. My eyes widened in shock as I tried to grasp one of his bulky arms, but it was no use.

“You are slacking again,” he snarled and I shook my head vigorously.

“N-no, Alpha,” I breathed, hissing. The pain from my head shot to my entire body and I find myself begging him to let me go, but no matter what I do he would not budge.

I could hear people murmuring outside my room. Some even chuckled and muttered the word pathetic before walking away and I gritted my teeth.

“Father p-please,” I cried out feeling the hot tears stream down my face.

Before I could let out another cry, my father let out a thunderous growl and practically shoved me right across the room. I felt the side of my head collide with the wall, hearing another set of bones crack before my ass fell on the floor.

“THAT’S ALPHA TO YOU!” he roared angrily when I hear footsteps approaching me. At that very moment, an ominous feeling suddenly swept through me, letting me know I am going to get punished again.

I shrieked in utter pain as he grabbed my hair, dragging me unceremoniously out of the room, the hallways, and then into the red room.

The red room was the one place my father permitted himself to torture me in the most unimaginable ways. In the past, I would come here often to play. Because this was once my parents’ room, of course, when my mom was still alive.

The Alpha practically shoved me inside where two large muscled-men caught me and tied me to the wooden pole situated in the middle of the room. They tied me so that my back was facing the Alpha and my hands wrapped around the thick pole.

One of the werewolves moved to get him the leather whip when he stopped them and said, “Bring me the chain,”

Then he chuckled lowly, sending goosebumps onto every inch of my skin. My heart just about ready to explode as I listen to the clanking of the chain in my father’s hand.

‘Breathe, Cami, we will get through this,’ Dana said to me and I nodded my head subconsciously.

‘I will be with you,’ Dana reassured me again, making me feel warmth.

Knowing there was no way he was going to let me go, I closed my eyes slowly, gritting my teeth and mentally preparing myself for the first slash.

“Oh, no. I want her back bare,” Alpha commanded, and my blood just ran cold.

I took a deep breath, clamped my eyes shut. I winced as one of the male wolves used their claws to rip my clothes apart, revealing my bare skin. He used too much strength that he was able to tear some flesh. I know since I literally saw blood spurt to the floor, making me scream.

My father tsked in annoyance. “Be still if you know what’s good for you,” he threatened, exuding an aura that made even the two bulky werewolves cower in fear.

I took his advice, sealing my lips shut when the first brutal slash sliced through my back, on top of all the other scars he had left me in the past. The first was always bearable, but the next…

“Aaaaahhhhhhh!” I shrieked, unable to hold back any longer as the alpha slashes my skin continuously.

It lasted for about an hour, and I felt my body turn limp as I stood shakily on a small pool of my own blood. As soon as he finished, I could hear him ordering the omegas to take me to my room and lock me there for who knows how long.

The two werewolves came to untie me, and as soon as they did, I crumbled to the cold, dead floor, sobbing and whimpering in awful pain.

I hear my father let out a long sigh like he's tired. I was half-conscious, yet still well aware of what was happening around me.

"Someone important is visiting the pack tomorrow, I want you to dress like a wh*re and seduce him," he said.

He thinks I am a whore, but he does not even know I have not given my virginity to anyone, not even my mate Dash who betrayed me. My heart clenched in pain at the reminder of him, but even more so when I realize the alpha is going to force me to toss my virginity away for his personal gain.

I mentally shook my head and just wished for the ground to swallow me whole.

When the two werewolves left, I peeked through my lashes and saw that my father was heading for the door. With my cheek pressed against the floor, I find myself reaching my hand out to him, the alpha. As I watched him slowly walk away, I could only think of one thing.

“Why do you hate me so much?” I whispered, feeling more and more dizzy by the second while the three omegas started closing in on me.

He stopped and froze for a second, but the next swung the door open to reveal Angela standing on the other side. By the looks of it, it seems Angela was trying to peek into the room.

But then her eyes widened in horror as her gaze travelled from the alpha to me.

“Cami…?”