3. Twins

Rhianna's POV

(Two weeks later)

"F*ck. So tight, my Queen. You are beautiful."

Helpless tears streamed down my face. I was angry at myself. Disgusted with myself. My body felt like it was ripping apart from the inside out.

I hate you, moon goddess, for doing this to me.

Even after everything, his touch still brought tingles, and I hated it. I wish the fucking mate bond would just break. I had said the words so many time, inside, but before he accepted and before the mark was broken, we would still be connected by the fucking mate bond. I hated it.

Once upon a time, I believed it to be the best blessing a girl like I could have asked for. Now I realized it was only a curse.

"Nia..."

She hadn't been talking with me for a week, and I was so scared. I wondered if Theo's betrayal had broken her completely.

My poor wolf. She was the one who suffered more.

Little by little, the pieces of me I had built were broken once again, and this time, my mate was the one who did it to me.

Slowly. Cruelly. His actions become more calculated, designed to keep me off balance and submissive. And I was alone in this island, and I had nowhere to go.

Sometimes I hated myself so much. He made me doubting my own reality and sanity. His twisted truths were made to imprison me.

He didn't care. I realized he had never cared, not really. It was all just a game to maintain his facade, his good guy act, but once it was broken, and once the truth came out, everything stopped.

The kindness. The love. The adoration.

There was only his darkness. Cruel and vile. He was so fucking insane. Why hadn't I seen that?

The women in the secret became common sense. I knew now. There was Louise. She was the main bitch. And then there was Amalie. There was Kendra and Lauren and Sophia.

"Look at me, Rhia, when I make you scream my name." He moved faster inside me. His body trembled. His groan grew louder, like a dirty, broken song.

Oh. Yes. And then there was me. His VIP Queen bitch.

Two weeks. I could have run away, but I knew I wouldn't survive the wild without Nia. That would be impossible. Also, I couldn't protect Peyton, my little darling, without a wolf.

A rogue ex-mate of the Alpha King? That would be a hard position to be in.

They would kill me as soon as they catch me.

I just prayed Nia would come back. Without her, everything was bleak and dark and desperate. I didn't want to live without my wolf. Despite everything she put me through, she was my anchor. She was the brave voice in me that told me that I was good enough.

I would have still chosen to run away even without Nia, if it wasn't for Peyton.

And Theo didn't just threaten me. He threatened her too. How could a father do that to his own blood? But then again, he was the one who laughed when Louise said she would abort the child again if she got pregnant. It was a game to them.

"Ah. No matter who I was with, you are the one who make me all of this."

His voice was a faint echo. I would rather lose consciousness than hear him or see him.

Payton. I hoped she was sleeping peacefully.

I wouldn't leave my precious little girl in this hellhole and that was another reason I was trapped here. I couldn't do that to a little girl who came to the world, depending on me, trusting me to take care of her until she could do it by herself.

She was only two years old and I couldn't bring her out into the wild world. And so here I was, stuck.

This was my prison.

He knew I hated it when he touched me, when he kissed me, but he didn't care.

I thought he was my angel, answers to my every prayer. My KING. He was just a nightmare, fancily dressed in a mask. Now that the mask was gone, I saw him for who he was. A demon. A predator who used me, preyed on my weakness and trust.

"Do you like it?"

"I hate it," I said as tears trailed down, and I hated myself for this.

"Why couldn't you just accept it? You are still my queen, are you not?"

"I didn't want to be your queen. You threatened me with pain and death and suffering and I could have taken it, but you threatened our daughter... and you forced me to stay here. Do you want me to accept all of that? That you are a monster hiding from the world?" I hissed as he pulled out and thrust again, grunting, moaning.

I gritted my teeth.

"Yes. Yes. Yes. Accept all of it. I was only trying to spare you of the pain. I need what I need and-"

"Your needs are not wrong. But your ways are. You just don't go around fucking other women..."

He crashed his lips against mine and bit me hard, swallowing my angry grunts.

"Don't talk too much, little Luna. I don't like it. You are my mate and you will do as I say. I am a king. A king is only stronger with his fated mate by his side, and you are my fated mate. You know, if it hadn't been me, and any other wolf, you would have been rejected instantly. I didn't reject you. I chose you, despite your weak wolf. Where is she again?"

I pushed him out of me and he cursed and grabbed me by my arms. "Don't defy me, Rhia."

"She is gone, because of you. You and your wolf betrayed her, and now I don't have her."

He looked at me with pity for a second before his face morphed into frustration. "She will be back once she is done sulking. She has always been more fierce than you," Theo said, with an indulgent smile, as if he was amused by Nia and her antics. This wasn't funny. I wasn't enjoying this.

"I am still not done, Rhia."

"Why don't you call one of your many wh*res, Theo? I am done. I am done with everything."

"You know, I am the king and you will obey everything I will-"

I walked out and slammed the door shut. I pulled my dress down. Theo and I lived in fourth floor of the castle, and nobody came here without our permission. My room was opposite to his and Peyton's nursery was just a few doors down. It also had two empty rooms. The twins' rooms. But they were rarely there anyway, and they avoided me like I was a plague. They wouldn't even look at me.

At first, I tried to talk with them, to find some kind of common ground, but after a while, I realized they wouldn't talk with me, or even look at me, because I was so beneath their Alpha status.

In the past, it made me fall for Theo even more, because he was the only one who never cared for my title as the runt of the pack. He treated me like a Queen, but it was all just a f*cking lie.

Adjusting my dress, I didn't know where I was going and slammed against a solid chest. I looked up to see Forrest looking at me with a scowl.

What did I do now?

"I am sorry. I didn't mean to-"

He grabbed me by my shoulder and pulled me away from him. The look in his eyes made me want to bury myself under the ground. He looked pained, as if being closer to a weak omega was physically hurting me.

I usually wouldn't mind. I would tell myself they were some elitist pricks, and I was fine with only Theo. I didn't need anyone's acceptance or approval. I knew everyone wished I wasn't Theo's mate, that they had a Queen who was worthy of the title. I only had very few people in the palace who liked me, who considered me a queen, and most of them were our working staff.

Everyone else thought Theo made a mistake when he brought me into the castle. They wouldn't hesitate to kick me out.

Now, his disgusted look hurt me more.

"Yeah. Watch where you are going, and don't go crashing into people."

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