Chapter four: the sins of the father
****Karen screamed, throwing the bloody box in her hands away. The sight of her father's severed head played over and over in her mind's eyes, his pale lifeless skin, his bulging eyes threatening to explode out of his head, the expression of pure horror and anguish on his face. The box fell to the ground and her father's head rolled out, his lifeless eyes staring at her.Karen's knees felt weak and she collapsed to the cold hard ground, her trembling bloodstained hands coming up to her mouth, small pained gasps escaping her lips. Tears clouded her vision as she stared at what was left of her father. Not once in his life did her ever show her that he loved her, not once had she ever imagined the last time she saw him to be like this."Are you scared?" Kai's voice reached her ears, mocking and cold. He came and stood in front of Karen, crouching down to her eye level. Karen raised her head and met his cold eyes, eyes that held no atom of emotion."You....you killed him..." She gasped, tears rolling down her face.Kai scoffed. "This is a merciful death compared to what he did to my family, compared to what he did to my people.""You call that merciful?" Karen whispered, emotions clogging her throat. She gripped her chest, feeling a pain inside her."Of course, you'll side with him, you're exactly like he is. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree does it." Kai said distastefully. "Your father was a heartless monster who had everything coming."Karen couldn't stop the tears trailing down her face."He plundered through my pack and tortured my parents in front of me before he beheaded both of them. Do you know how it felt, seeing my parents killed right in front of me?""Stop ..." Karen said weakly, shaking her head. The image being painted in her head was one of unspeakable horror and gore that she didn't want to even imagine."Stop?" Kai spat. He grabbed her hair and pulled her up. His cold eyes glared into hers with such intensity that Karen wanted to run and hide. The malicious energy rolled off him in massive waves. "But I haven't even started with what he did, have I?""No....please...stop...""He brutally murdered children alongside their parents. He and his men raped our women and handed them over like they were slaves. He cast a dark cloud over the history of this pack....and you think I'll just allow him to retire and have a peaceful life?!""Why are you taking it out on me?!" Karen cried out. "You've killed him already, what more do you even want?!""I will make sure you suffer as much as I and my people have suffered," Kai said, venom lacing his tone. "I will make you taste pain such that you have never imagined before. By the time I'm done with you, you will wish for death but you will not find it.""I'm not like my father," Karen said in a whisper. "I didn't know of all this....you've gotten your revenge, why keep me in this place?""Revenge?" Kai laughed. It was a cold and heartless sound. "I haven't even started with my revenge."Karen felt a coldness descend upon her. She couldn't believe the things she was hearing about her father. Sure he was a cruel man and an abusive father. But she had never thought he was capable of the gruesome things Kai described.But she was not her father. She was sure of it. If anything she has been on the receiving side of his anger and abuse for all her life.Karen raised her head and looked at Kai. She shakily wiped her eyes and stopped crying."You have to understand that I'm not like my father," Karen said calmly. "I am my own person, I.....I..." She couldn't bring herself to talk of the horrors she had experienced at the hands of her father, she doubted it would mean anything to Kai. She pursed her lips and sighed."I am not my father." She said firmly."You're a disgusting liar." Kai spat and pushed her aside.She fell roughly to the cold dungeon floors, her knees banging on the concrete. A cry of pain left her lips as she started to bleed. Kai stepped out of the dungeon and slammed the door shut. Karen looked at him with teary eyes, hoping that somehow he would have some sympathy for her.He was her mate for crying out loud!"You will suffer dearly for the sins of your father," Kai said coldly. He turned and walked away, leaving her in the cold cell alone with the severed head of her father.Karen started sobbing, the small courage she had built up crashing. She overheard Kai's commanding voice giving orders to his men."Make sure you keep an eye on her!" Kai barked. "Is that clear?!""Yes, alpha." The men replied.Karen felt a gust of cold wind hit her hard. She shivered, pulling her arms around herself. Dressed in only the shreds from her birthday gown, the cold in the dungeon was unforgiving. Karen moved to her father's severed head."Alpha..." She cried, using the title she was so used to calling him by. her throat clogged with emotions. This was the man she had feared more than anything, the man who had made her life a living hell. Now he was nothing but a head in her cell room."Hey boys, look what we have here." A voice snickered, approaching her as she heard the sounds movement, with each step she felt her breath hitched."Looks like a scared little princess." the voice mocked.Karen winced, a shudder running down her spine. Being called princess in such a manner reminded her of something she didn't want to ever recall."The daughter of that monster." One of the guards spat. "Too bad she's a charming little thing huh?""Luke please, don't be disgusting. That girl is a monster herself." One of the guards said with disgust."Leave me alone," Karen said quietly but firmly."Oh," The guards laughed loudly. "She can actually talk!""Didn't see that one coming." they laughed again.The door to the cell clicked open. Karen gasped and rushed to a corner, trying to make herself as small as possible. Three men walked into the dungeon. Karen's eyes darted between the three of them. They all looked terrifying. Tall and well built and staring at her like she was a pest."Hello, Princess." One of them said and stepped forward."Leave me alone!" Karen screamed out of fear. "Leave me....." Her words were cut off as he reached out and grabbed her by her neck, cutting off her air flow. He raised her up and slammed her into the wall. Pain exploded across her back, the back of her head hitting the wall. She groaned in pain, her eyes taking time to adjust."What was that? Princess?" He asked mockingly.Karen struggled, hitting his hand with her small fists. Her head felt like it was filling up with water and her vision was blurring. She tried to speak but all that could come out were strangled sounds."Hey, you'll kill her!" One of the guards yelled."So?""Alpha should have the honor of doing that.""Oh, that's right." He said with a sigh and dropped Karen. She fell to the floor, coughing and trying to get as much air into her lungs as she could. "He deserves to be the one to end her miserable life.""She still has to pay for what her father did though." One of the guards said and made his way over to Karen. "Doesn't she?""Yeah yeah."Karen barely had time to react before a kick connected with her ribs. She screamed out and grabbed her ribs. The sound of bones breaking rang out through the air."That's all you've got?" One of them scoffed and stormed up to her. He grabbed her by her neck and slapped her across the face. Karen felt her earring and her vision blur. The guard held her firmly in place and hit her again across the face before dropping her body to the ground."That's for my mother." The guard hissed in anger."Come on, your mother would be shaking her head at you." His fellow guard said. "I'll make a requiem for your mother, and mine too." He kicked Karen again, stomping on her arm at an angle so odd the sound of it breaking was heard.Karen sobbed, pain hitting her body from all angles. She tried to crouch over and protect herself from the angry blows and kicks but nothing helped."That's for my brother, you damn bitch!""You're so lucky Alpha wants to end your life himself!""Aww, are you crying?"Karen felt her consciousness slipping out of her. At the back of her mind, she couldn't believe that Kai would order his men to beat her up. Couldn't he just cut her head off like he did for her father? Her ears were ringing, and for a moment the world went silent and peaceful.Karen welcomed the darkness, thinking to herself how it felt like a warm comforting hug. This was worst, why was her life like this? it just ended from fry pan to fire.Chapter five: let me goKai paced the floors of his room, running his hands through his hair. The feeling of restlessness in his body was further amplified by his wolf silently judging him. As much as he wanted to ignore it, the mate bond was sparking a fiery pain in his chest for hurting his mate."You don't get to judge me!" He roared. His wolf kept quiet, not saying anything. But he could feel the silent judgment it shot at him.Kai refuses to believe that that girl wasn't like her father. She looked exactly like the man. She has his blood in her veins. The apple didn't always fall far from the tree.Yet he couldn't deny the stinging pain in his chest. He never believed in the mating bond or fated mates. He never wanted one in the first place, much less now his fated mate was the daughter of his mortal enemy.Kai paced the floors restlessly, his heart thumping in his chest. It hadn't even been ten minutes he got back from the dungeon, and all he wanted to do was to go back and pul
Chapter six: a taste of hellKaren's eyes were wide as she stared into the endless abyss that was Kai's eyes. So many questions ran through her mind all at once.Why did he stop her?What was wrong with him?Why was her heart beating so hard?Why was her skin tingling and burning where he touched her?She began to thrash and struggle against him. He released her, rising to his feet as if he had touched something filthy. Karen rushed out of the bed and raced to the nearest corner, pressing herself into it as much as she could."What are you trying to do?!" Karen said, fear lacing her voice. "What is even wrong with you?! You hate me so damn much and you won't even break the mating bond between us! What exactly do you....""Strip." Karen suddenly heard the unexpected, the one word silencing her as she froze."W-what?" "A word of caution, I do not repeat myself."Karen stared at Kai. She scoffed, a bitter laugh escaping her lips. "Strip?!" She shouted. "Who do you think you are to order
Chapter seven: my darkness, my light'That's enough from you! I've left her alone!'Abraxas, his wolf paced angrily, it's eyes flashing silver. It hadn't spoke a word, but Kai could feel the pain blooming in his chest. It made him restless and even more angry. Pain, he hadn't even show her a tenth of the pain he had suffered at her father's hand. Kai went and took a cold shower, hoping it would help calm his nerves down. He could hear Karen's cries reverbating in his ears. He could still feel her body trembling under the force of his hands. He had hoped that inflicting pain on her would make him feel better. "Fuck " He hissed, punching the bathroom wall. The tiles broke under the weight of his palm. He didn't feel better at all. Not for any reason. Someone came up behind him, their hands snaking around his mid riff."What has you so worked up?" A soft feminine voice whispered. Kai felt some of his tenseness dissolve. "Verena," he said and took her hand in his. "What are you doi
Chapter eight: freak of natureWow! Nicolas, are you seeing this?" Verena said, clapping in excitement. Blood stained her clothes and face, none of which was hers. In front of her was a half conscious Karen, her clothes torn and bloody from the number of times the corded whip had torn into her skin."Yes, I am." Nicolas replied coolly, his eyes scanning Karen's form."She's like some sort of cockroach." Verena said in awe, her liquid gold eyes observing Karen. She turned to Nicolas and said: "I think she's about to die though, soon we'll have a dead cockroach on our hands.""Oh dear," Nicolas said with a soft laugh. "I don't think alpha Kai would like that very much."Verena giggled. "Oops."Karen felt her entire body on fire. Her breaths came out short and hard. She raised her head up and stared at Verena and Nicolas.Verena looked like an angel, but she was a cold hearted devil. Karen had lost track of time, she wasn't sure how long it had been since Verena had started her little 's
Chapter nine: just how ruthlessKaren had a dream. A dream of her father, and the mother she had killed coming into the world."A girl?!" Her father shouted as the mid wife presented the bloody bundle to him. "Your child, alpha." The midwife said. Grown up Karen watched, feeling light as a feather as her father took one look at baby Karen and hissed in anger. "That thing is no child of mine! She wasn't supposed to be born! How can my heir be a girl?! It's unheard of! It's unnatural!"The midwife took a look at the baby girl. She was quiet, her eyes barely open, a serene look on her face. Oblivious to the world she had just come into, oblivious to the hatred her father had for her.Suddenly her father turned and looked straight at Grown up Karen."How is life now, you mother killing freak?" He barked, his face contorted in anger. He charged at her, claws drawn and ready to tear her apart.Karen's eyes flew open. A bucket of ice water was thrown on her making her Yelp and sit up insta
Chapter ten: talk back to me"Alpha, you still have other meetings with the scouts." Nicolas said, watch as Kai grabbed Karen by her hair and rose to his feet. Karen voice pierced through the room, hitting Kai hand and trying to break free. Nicolas found it amusing. It looked like a bug fighting a lion."How many more of them do I have to attend?" Kai asked, his voice unfazed by Karen's struggling."Let me go! Dammit!" Karen screamed, her voice booming through the empty throne room. "About five more." Nicolas said. "Supposed there are no more interruptions from them."Kai glanced at Karen. He dragged her up and peered into her face. "Be quiet." He said, his voice filled with animosity.Karen glared at him, but her lips were shut. Kai turned to Nicolas. "Take care of this." He said and tossed Karen at him. Nicolas caught her , his eyes narrowing at Kai."And what should I do with her?""Hello?! I'm like, right here?!" Karen yelled."Lock her up or something." Kai said dismissively.
Chapter eleven: painfulKaren crept through the dungeons as silently as she could, searching for Eve. She held a bundle close to her chest, inside was bread and some water she had managed to sneak out of the kitchen when Inez wasn't being a bitch and breathing down everyone's neck."Princess?" A voice whispered sternly. Karen paused and crept back to the cell she had walked past. "Eve!" She whispered, a smile spreading on her face. "I've been looking for you!" "What are you doing here?" Eve said, she looked around, her eyes flashing alarm. "If they find you here they'll hurt you."Karen felt her heart break as she started at Eve. She looked like a ghost of herself. Her hair was ashy, and her skin was pale. There were cuts on her face, and as much of her body as Karen could see was littered in bruises.It hurt her to see the most powerful warrior she knew reduced to a shell of herself."They hurt you..." Karen whispered, tears filling her eyes."Princess," Eve said with a soft laugh.
Chapter twelve: a wolf is a wild dogKaren slowly got up from the floor, wincing as her core screamed in protest. She looked down at her thighs, and her eyes widened in horror. Her thighs were bloody and bruised, handprints engraved deep into her flesh. Karen felt her heart skip. There was no way she could hide those marks with the ridiculous outfit she had to wear. She tried to get up but tripped in her blood and fell, hitting her head on the floor.She winced in pain, crying out softly. Her eyes went out of focus for a few seconds before her head started to heal itself. Karen felt like she was dead and still alive at the same time. She tried to get up again and was able to sit up. She cried out in pain as her thighs and core hurt like hell. It dawned on her that they weren't healing. Panic flashed through her. Her body never had a problem in the past healing major injuries. Things like small cuts and bruises took their time, but they were just minor inconveniences.It had been n