e's
ed into a ceaseless cycle of
e visceral terror of not knowing when
left to fester in squalor like an animal
nly the bare stone floor to rest my weary body,
time as a constant dread set
by Dimitri's unpredictable intrusions, each on
nce for what felt like an eternity befo
t, growling out every filthy debasement and degradation ima
this, omega bitch. A rutting hole to
ouldn't possibly worsen, Dimitri intro
rags in the corner that reeked so strongl
as my trembling fingers picked apart the
t you to earn that s
rced down the spoiled scraps, knowing it was t
ws clean, an unmistakable rumble of sad
d leather floggers, razor-lined chains, muzzles and collars clearl
ons were mere twisted garnishes, a sickening prelud
, trailing their bloody lengths with a sinister m
n all fours like a terrified animal. "Please, I'll be good,
heartbeats, Dimitri paused, fix
ack from dagger fangs
e hooked lengths, prompting a hollow clank that made me flinch. "Merely a remind
ueezed shut against the lacera
k and forth in a pitiful facsimile of
..I'll be good
pered pleas short - a sca
Dimitri stared down at me wit
you're more defiant than most of my fiercest betas combined.
e in one effortless,
bit cornered by a wolf, as Dimitri'
ked claw lifting to slowly drag down my cheek. I shuddered, unable to tear my eyes from his as the po
ke a death knell even after Dimitri took his leave, the cr
I was once again consigned to s
e he returned to t
s that followed, I los
loneliness and hunger so savagely complete, it
hrough my fever dreams, taunting me with
ell be dead now, after being trade
resh air filling my lungs w
had taken for gra
ths of my torment: my beautiful fated mate Kayden's face, cold and impassive as h
ad set the downward spiral o
tare down the endless stretch of my withered arm a
it once represented: eternal devotion, tendernes
brutalized patch of raw, chafed ski
e - a piece of discarded meat to be abused and torme
y owner..
, drawing hoarse and anguished gasps from my parched, bloodied thro
I was choking, gagging on mouthfuls of my own blood no ma
would awaken in the waking nigh
ging to my battered form, weakening with ea
a mercy compared to
to one final, soli
entually see me as more than just a worthless t
licted upon me long enough, one day he would break his own c
y omega craved from their alpha mate, the
e...yet still I stubbornly clung to it
d leave me as empty and lifeless as the grisly fate s