that housed the pack's captives. As we passed each cell, I felt the st

ow me entry. No guards flanked the cells; Alpha Jacob insisted on doing his own i

as he shut the door behind us. I stood still as he secured the silver

spered, his nose tracing a path down to my neck. Instinctively

women of our pack were well known; they eagerly thre

. Would he want a mate who was only half herself? A mate w

girl, and this will be eas

fixing my gaze

caped my lips. His departure signalled three minutes of reprieve, a

voice rang out, bring

eyes straining to see their fi

incarcerated with his mute mother after his father was exe

dsome 23-year-old incarcerated for five years due to fratricide, always managed to lock eyes with

oice betraying the eyeroll I knew accompanied her words. Alic

am began, only

hut up because he's comin

s life had been stripped of typical childhood joys-no school, no friends, no freedom-instead, he was raised within the cold confines of these cells. The inmates here,

open echoed in the silence, my heart sinki

k then," he stated nonchalantly

ght. The pain. The blood. The pier

nd to wander, to drift away from the excruciating pain. My breath hitched in my th

chains, without torture? My mind instinctively recoiled at

another lash found its mark, followed by another

g down my face. I should have been accustomed to this by now,

y?" he chuckled darkly, grippin

hat echoed around the cellar. Even though silver was harmless to me as a werewo

n my face, my body shu

ough," he finally deci

ollapsed onto the cold stone floor, clutching my stomach.

anded, and I slowly lifted my a

is gaze lingering on the mark th

lf up and let's

tand, hunched over from the searing pain

red, following the horrifying ritual

d began leading the way out of the c