Alora's POV
"Wake up slave, Alpha Ryan has given us orders to let you go," I heard the guard's impending voice pierce through my dark brooding world followed by the clanking of keys as they tried to open my dungeon.
Ever since Ryan did that to me, I have not moved from my position. I didn't even know that the days had gone by and that the two days he had instructed them to lock me up for had expired.
I think it's safe to say that I have given up living at this point.
Many guards have trooped into my dungeon before now to serve me food and water but I haven't eaten anything. They always came back to meet the food the exact same way that they had left it.
Sometimes, they get pissed and smack me but other times, they are too busy to care. I have come to accept the harsh reality of my fate.
Ryan did not only break me physically but somehow, he had managed to break me emotionally and mentally as well. I don't know if I'll ever be able to get through this.
As far as I'm concerned, my life ended two nights ago when he raped me and I don't think that I'll ever recover from it.
"Didn't you hear what I just said?" The guard spoke up again as he approached where I was seated a corner, my head resting on the hard wall, my legs pressed against my chest and my eyes staring into nothingness.
He yanked me up from my sitting position but I only fell back to the rough ground. I was too weak to fight or complain because I haven't had food or water to drink.
My frail body had taken enough. It has endured to the point where it has been stretched thin so fighting back is not an option in this condition.
"You really think you're something huh?" He scoffed in disdain as he kicked me on my stomach. I groaned in pain, my voice too tired to shout or cry out.
I suffered from a bruise due to the fall but I didn't even notice that I did. Whatever I was going through at the moment was far painful and hurt more than whatever physical wound I might experience.
"Let's go," They pushed me forward after I managed to stand up to my feet for the second time.
My whole body cried in protest but I had to ignore. It felt like I was walking on thin ice and I might break or shut down any minute from now.
Taking one step forward before the other, I could already feel my legs getting wobbly as I limped towards the exit. My insides breaking apart with each dragged step but I refuse to shed a single tear.
Crying will not solve anything and I have sadly come to realize that now.
It didn't stop my parents from getting killed neither did it stop Ryan for raping me like an animal.
If anything, it only makes things worse because they consider you weak and trample all over you so no matter how painful it will be from now henceforth, I will try my best not to fall apart until I join my parents in the after life.
"With time, your wounds will get better, Alora," My wolf, Nyx spoke softly from inside me.
We had bonded over our misery the past two days.
She was the sole reason why I am still alive and breathing. No slave would've survived something as horrible as that for the first time without passing out cold in death.
After Ryan had finished that night, she managed to heal some of my wounds and that was the only reason I'm not dead yet.
Sometimes, I wonder if things would've been different if my parents were alive or if Ryan had given my father a chance to prove his innocence.
Maybe by now, my birthday would've been celebrated with a huge feast, my father would've thrown a party to celebrate having my wolf and I would've been married to Ryan but life didn't go as plan.
As much as it pains me, I am grateful that I didn't end up with him. I can only imagine how bad our marriage would've turned out. If our love didn't matter to him now, why would it matter in the future?
"I can't believe that the Alpha King has gotten a taste of that succulent ass before me," I heard one of the guards that escorted me out of the prison complain to his partner.
They were talking about me as if I wasn't in front of them. As if I was non existent.
"Serves her right," The other one hissed, "Maybe if she had let us have our way with her then, it would've been less horrible than what she went through in the hands of the Alpha King."
"Poor girl was screaming all night while begging for mercy," He mocked and I tightened my fists beside me. "Tell me, did you enjoy it, traitor's daughter?"
"Maybe she thinks that she's still a girl with status," The first one mocked and they both burst out laughing while I tried my best to ignore them.
Their words touched a muscle but I've heard and experienced worse so I am no longer moved.
"She thinks she's still the Beta's daughter living in her mansion. I guess she was thinking that her first time will be like a fairytale, all roses and sunshine."
"She had no idea that she would be fucked from the dungeon like a whore," They insulted me further, laughing at their statement and judging my character.
I felt disgusted with myself. The pain that I was trying to hide, slowly began to resurface again. Not only was I abused but I have been used and thrown away like trash. Like I didn't mean anything.
Tears gathered in my eyes but I wouldn't let them fall.
We arrived at the entrance of the palace and I saw Ryan standing there like he was waiting for me.
His lips were stretched out in a smile and I felt like ripping it off his face with my bare hands.
I cannot believe that I used to love this man with everything I had. I can't believe that there was once a time that I thought that I would be his wife and Luna.
That we would get married happily and that I would bear his children. I must've been on opium then cause now I know that such fantasies and fairy tales do not exist anymore. They were nothing but a sham.
Now, all I feel for this man is hatred. Just staring at him has the embers of my heart burning. If I had the chance to strangle him to death then I would. That's how much I hated him now.
"What took you so long, my dear?" He reached out to caress my cheeks with his fingers but I didn't stop him. I don't have any more strength in me left to fight.
He was so good at pretending. Acting like he wouldn't hurt me when he had already done worse than that.
"Our apologies, Alpha King." They replied, their heads bowed down. "She had refused to comply with us and that's why we took too much time." They lied but who cares?
"You may leave," Ryan dismissed them and they left almost immediately, leaving me with the chief maid that stood at his corner.
"I am going to ignore what they reported to me because you have suffered enough punishment already," He informed me and I almost laughed at his words.
Suffered enough? Was he actually acknowledging the fact that he had ruined me? I never thought that I'd live to see this day.
"But next time," In a swift move, he grabbed my chin, "If you do that next time Alora, I'll make sure that your punishment will be so severe that you'll ask for nothing but death when I'm done with you."
"You are no longer in your father's house Alora," He reminded me with a grin, "You're no longer a girl of status. You're nothing but a slave in my domain. I rule over you and being stubborn is not going to help your cause. It'll only make things more difficult for you and I'm sure that you don't want that."
He jerked my chin roughly and I staggered a few paces back to keep my balance so that I don't stumble and fall.
"If only you behaved like I told you, you would've ended up in my harem as one of my consorts but you blew it." He eyed me with disgust as he sized me up from head to toe.
His voice grating on my nerves but I choose to ignore it.
"You look filthy and you stink as well," He blurted out before facing the chief maid. "Get her cleaned up and assign her to work with the other maids after she has been fed."
"Yes, Alpha King," The chief maid bowed her head in submission.
Ryan took one last look at me before walking away and just then, I felt the tears that I had been struggling to keep at bay, trickle down my cheeks.
I wish that all these suffering will come to an end because I am honestly too tired to carry on living anymore.