1 1. THE NEWS
SlAVE P.O.V
The days are slow and stormy. Days of pain, anguish, and torture. "I wonder why they hate me so much and why I'm so different from the rest of the pack?" I have no one by my side, no family, no friends, I have nothing. My face hurts from the slap that Luna Mia has given me and which has taken me out of my thoughts.
You little bitch, I should kill you, but someone like me doesn't have to get her hands dirty with something as insignificant as you. After all you will die from starving. Luna Mia says.
I tried to get up from the wood floor of the small closet, which happens to be my room. The closet is (well was) located next the staircase. By mistake I raised my head and looked up at her in her eyes. Her baby blue eyes, dull eyes actually. Eyes so empty and so full of hate and evil. Her brown skin, long aligned eyebrows and long eyelashes. Thin bloody lips, so much red lipstick, I think. Nose somewhat too large for a woman like her, and short hair to her shoulders.
She looks kind of beautiful, I guess, but still a little fierce. She looked at me with her red face because of how angry she was because of me raising my head up and seeing her in her eyes. "How dare you to look up at me , slut". She says with so much anger raising in her voice.
She took me by the hair and rubbed my face against the floor assuring me to lower my gaze from her. Maybe I am unrecognizable, I could only see blood fall on my torn shirt and feel my face burn with pain and the blood that was already coming out of my devastated face. I look down, lowering my gaze. She scoffed at me, kicking me in the stomach and throwing me against the small closet and breaking it into pieces.
She laughed out loud so much that tears were in her eyes. "Ups" she says. "I think my hand passed when I kicked you, hahahaha. Seems like you will have to sleep on the floor from now on, just like a dog does. Well you are our dog, bitch." She scoffed.
I lay there unable to move but before leaving she told me with a laugh that at night there are "experiments" waiting for me. Tonight, like every night they experiment with me injecting me with wolfsbane. Sometimes they just spank me, but the spanks are drenched in wolfsbane too. Other times I get nailed by silver knives full of wolfsbane too and so they laugh out loud. Every night is like this since I can remember. Every night for 16 long and stormy years, I have survived and I don't know why. I no longer feel pain and there are no tears left to cry. The wolfsbane no longer affects me like the first time. The first time I had the common signs such as tingling, my tongue and mouth went numb, nausea with vomiting, breathing became harder and labored, pulse and my heartbeat got weak and irregular, the skin became cold and clammy.
I stood up and went to clean myself really quickly in a small lake that is hidden in the depths of the forest. Then I got back to the pack house and went directly to the kitchen. It was 5 a.m. in the morning and I started preparing breakfast thinking what I could do for lunch. I decided to prepare Creamy Lemon Chicken Pasta, Turkey Tacos, Chili Dogs, and Buttermilk Fried Chicken. For breakfast I prepared Baked Eggs with Swiss Chard and Green Olives, Salsa Verde Baked Eggs, Spinach-Mushroom Strata, and Shirred Eggs with Leeks. I finished it by 7:30 a.m. and I fixed it in the buffet and just in time everyone started coming down stairs.
I went back to the kitchen and started cleaning, I was about to finish when I heard Alpha Collins calling me. I didn't make it through the doors when someone took me by the hair and I flushed forward, falling on the stairs. I think I broke two ribs, and the wounds that I already had opened again. They all started laughing nonstop. Alpa Collins cleared his throat and gazed at me mockingly.
"You're so pathetic, slave". Alpha Collins says looking at me with hate.
"Leave her, Samantha. We will be needing that bastard". He salido. Now I know who was the one who pulled me by my hair. Samantha is the daughter of Alpha Collins and Luna. She is the second child they have, the first one and next to be alpha is Joshua. I have heard that he is really handsome.
I have heard his voice but never seen him. Only one time when he was 16, he tortured me for 3 days. He always brings the pack's slut to "play" with her all night. She is the real slut of the pack, no me! I know people in this pack but just their voices but not how they look like.
"As you all know, this year, the council of elders have chosen our pack to carry out the Mate Hunting Ceremony. As you know, many packs will be attending the ceremony as well as our unmated wolves. Packs all over the United States are invited and of course will be attending". Alpha Collins says.
"You bastard will be in charge of keeping the pack house spotless and sparkling, I don't want a single mistake. You will also be in charge of the kitchen and everything that has to do with it. I want you to make a new menu for this week. I want the best food for our guests. I will hire a banquet team to serve the food and you will only do the cooking. Also I will assign five Omegas who will be helping you in the kitchen so that there is no delay. You understand?". I just nodded.
"Alpha Collins, if I may ask". I heard someone say. I think it is Beta Mack. Will someone from the royal family be attending? I have heard that the council always sends someone from the royal family to make sure everything is going as planned". Beta Mack says.
"Good question, Mack". Alpha Collins says. "I've heard that the prince hasn't found his Mate yet. According to what I've heard and seen, he doesn't like to attend ceremonies, and if he attends, he always leaves before the end. So I think he will not attend this time either. In case the council sends someone, we will be prepared". He says.
"When will the ceremony be? Samantha asked.
"It will be on Sunday, also Joshua 18 birthday. He probably will find his mate that day too". Alpha Collins says. After alpha collins gave the announcement, everyone finished eating and alpha collins prepared to go to his office but not before turning to see me with hatred and resentment. "You are a damn bitch. You can escape from being an experiment in the dungeons for three days but be prepared because on Monday you will get a special treatment". He says with a smirk on his face. After he left, everybody started making their way to me throwing me all their leftovers as if I were a trash can. They left after they finished throwing their leftovers to me. I really hope somebody can come and save me from hell.
