Chapter 11: Echoes Of Mercy

I felt awfully weird hearing it from her, wanted to snap at her for wanting Kale dead but the feeling was almost mutual.

Giselle was stolen from her parents and sold as a human slave at thirteen, she had been here since.

Alpha Kale bought her, forgot about her. She hated him for bringing her to a place where she was sexually abused but she had no choice.

The same thing goes for Carina but Rina was kidnapped at ten by another alpha and offered to Kale during a peace treaty.

"Our lives were perfect." Note the sarcasm.

'You, Luna Kim needs you!' I knew it was me. It was always me. I looked at Giselle.

'Go, I'll handle the rest of the raking.'

'Thank you,' I muttered and walked off. The person who called me was no other than Justin. I hate the guy. The same lad that almost got me blind the other day, well he shouldn't be alive by now but what kept me back was those rules. If hell was to let loose one day, I won't relent to tear off his head and separate it from his body entirely.

He led me into the main packhouse, going straight to a very luxurious foyer.

''Better behave yourself,' he scolded. As usual, I ignored him. He knocked at a bedroom door, glancing at me.

'Who's there?'

'It's me, Justin,'

'Come in,' he opened the door slowly, glancing at me each time.

He inclined his head that I go inside which I did. He shut the door behind me.

The room was more yellow than any other colour, it was sickening. Her bedroom would have been beautiful if the colour wasn't irritating. I laughed inwardly.

"Anything she does, say, touch will always be sickening to you because she's the one who is taking our place in Kale's"….

"La la la la la… I sang, to ignore what she was going to say.

''Come, the Luna is in the bathroom,' that witch always following Kimberly said.

She led me to the bathroom, as yellow as can be. Kim stood there in a yellow towel…

Geez! Obsess much!

Her face was full of mischief and ecstasy as she stared at the bathtub which was filled with dirty smelly water.

'' The drain is clogged,' she said plainly. I tilted my head in confusion. 'I unclogged it or had someone do that and this happened,' still didn't get it.

"She wants us to clean for her?

Never!

Shut up, you.

I have a name.

''You haven't taken your bath since you got here, right?' She asked, turning her head to face me, her eyes sheening with mischief.

''Jump in and bathe.' My eyes widened.

Is she kidding me! We'll get tons of infection if that gets to us! More than the ones we already have. I tried to reject it.

'' Do as the Luna says,'

Do as what! Urgh!

Well, I didn't have the time to object because I was suddenly picked up and thrown into the tub, my head banging against it but that was little to no care. The water immediately flowed into my ears, nostrils and mouth. The smell was death's kiss, the dirt burnt my slowly healing eyes. The way I managed to free myself got me to wound myself more as I flinched in pains.

I tried to get up but I was pushed back down, my head pushed in. I gargled as I struggled, the water was leaking into my brain!

That's enough!

Agreeing to the voice, my body's reflexes activated and with one spin in the water, I pulled whoever was pushing me down into the water too. I jumped out, wincing at the pain of hitting my head and rib against the tub.

I couldn't see but I knew it wasn't Kim I threw into the sewer water.

''You insolent…' She reached out for my hand. Feeling her heat getting closer, I yanked her forward and threw her in as well. She let out a very loud scream. I jumped out of the tub, falling to the ground.

"Don't cry Vanessa, don't cry… The voice sobbed. I call her Halona, Lona for short. It makes it easier to identify her. She's like this good voice that always… Mostly led me in the wrong direction.

Hey! I heard that!

Anyways, I was still on the wet floor, struggling to move my muscles. I was passing out, I knew that.

'' Strip her! I want her stark naked and whipped in the warrior's ground, let all eyes see her rotten body ", Then after she is given her one hundred strokes, tie her there under the burning sun. This punishment is to be repeated for three straight days!'

''Yes, Luna…'

''Kim, I plead that you don't strip her if the alpha finds out we disobeyed his orders…."

"that's enough…'

''Leave the alpha to me,' Kim snapped.

" I want her stripped… No! Let all the warriors take joy in pouncing on her…'

Lona started laughing in my head, If they try it, I'll kill them all.

To hell with the vow! If they try to defile what belongs to Mr right, I'll kill them!