The Alpha’s Dark Revenge

Liyah’s POV

My head still spun wildly as I tried to sit up. I had been drifting in and out of consciousness since the first time I had awakened. Whatever they had drugged me with, it was very effective, and terribly so. I felt like my head would explode at this rate.

The dungeon was not as dark as it was earlier. The light of the moon shone so brightly it was almost like a torchlight. Luckily the dungeon was not as dark as before and I didn’t have to squint to see my own hands in front of me. I let my eyes rove through the room. It was huge, which only made it more lonely. I had only been in here once. And that was when I had dared pick a fight with Barbara. Father had punished me by keeping me in here for days without food. Not wanting to remember that experience, I pushed it out of my mind. I wasn’t sure how long I had been in here, but I could tell it was a couple of hours.

I silently prayed that the others were okay. If I was abducted then who knows what they might have done with the others? I calmed my beating heart, reassuring myself with the fact that they were capable of taking care of themselves.

I heard the same heavy door push open a few seconds later and I stood. I just hoped it wasn’t the same ridiculous guard. My patience had already worn thin from our last encounter. But to my surprise, I heard Father’s voice boom through the passage as he approached my door. I moved away from the door. Why was I still scared of him? I had no reason to be. But I could feel the strings of fear tugging on my heart.

The first thing he did when he walked in was burst into laughter when he sighted me. And for a second I felt like the insecure, insignificant little girl again. And it didn’t help that Barbara stood right beside him, a scowl on her face.

Father was still laughing when he approached me, looking me over from head to toe. “So this is Liyah? Who brushed you up? Look, Barbara, your sister looks like she has even added a little bit of flesh,” He chuckled, clapping both hands together as he struggled to control his laughter. “Your face should be rated as comedy.”

For some reason, I felt tears sting the back of my eyes. I thought the longing for approval from him was long gone. But I could feel it, hear it in his voice. He despised me.. I was nothing but a big joke to him. Why wasn’t I ever enough for him?

I didn’t realize when he had come face to face with me. I tried not to falter from his stare. “You finally got what you wanted, didn’t you? You found a rich man to seduce, and now you’re living the life, eh? You even got him to propose to you, you slut!”

He struck me full in the face before I could understand what he was talking about. My face stung from the pain as I swallowed back the blood that filled my mouth.

“And of all the idiots you could seduce, you picked Nikolai fucking Slade?!!” He landed another heavy blow to my cheek. As I reeled backwards, holding myself up with one hand on the wall, he dragged me back by my hair, making me cry out in pain.

I lost count of the number of times he had struck me. So I shut my eyes, blood spilling out of my mouth as I took it all wordlessly.

“You dare attempt to spite me by fucking my greatest rival? You are the most pathetic person I have ever come across,” He laughed. “Was it your version of payback? If it was then sit back and enjoy the ride, because you have no idea what I have in store for you.”

I felt anger beginning to pump through me at his words. I could feel Nova trying to take over, but I held her back. Even if I transformed now, I didn’t stand a chance against Father and Barbara. They would overpower me, and then treat me as a real prisoner. And I couldn’t let any harm come to my baby. And that would happen if they ganged up on me. Right now I wasn’t tied up with silver chains or gagged because they thought I was still a merewoman. I needed to keep it that way so when it was time to escape it would be much easier.

So I kept silent, lowering my head as he spat at my feet. “Daddy, let me take care of her. I promise to do a good job.” It was the first time Barbara was speaking since they came in.

“No, no. Not right now, darling. You’ll have your time. Very soon.”

“You don’t know how much I would enjoy strangling you to death right now,” He said to me. “But not yet. I want your lover boy to watch as I tear you into tiny little pieces, knowing there’s nothing he can do about it.”

“Let’s go,” He ordered. Barbara nodded, walking out behind him but not before giving me a hard kick in the chest.

I winced in pain as I placed a hand to my chest, listening to the sound of their footsteps as they walked away. I rubbed my chest and then my stomach. At least they had not made any contact with my abdomen. My baby was safe. I was okay.

As soon as their footsteps faded away, the sound of someone chuckling filled the small passage. Alarmed, I sprang to my feet ready to attack. Looking around, I saw that it was coming from the cell opposite mine. Puzzled, I tried to peek through to see who the voice belonged to. I hadn’t heard any sounds from any other cells in the few hours that I’d been here.

My hand flew to my mouth when I saw Mira move into the moonlight, putting her battered face in full display. For a second all my troubles were forgotten as I stared at her in shock. Her face was busted in many places and her hair looked like half of it had been torn away. I flinched, imagining how painful that must have been.

What on earth was she doing here, and why?

“Someone finally decided to grace us with her presence,” She sneered, eyeing me through the bars. “And Jonas is right, you don’t look so terrible. I’m still wondering who taught you the act of seduction though. Care to share?”

“Why are you in here?” I asked, refusing to dwell on her silly comments. And then it clicked. “You finally got caught didn’t you? You and Mario.”

Of course. That was the only reason why she could possibly be down here. When her face reddened in fury, I knew I was right.

“Shut the fuck up!” She snapped. “I see you’ve grown wings wherever it is you’ve gone to. All your manners are gone. Oh well, I shouldn’t be so surprised. Seeing as you’re capable of catching men in your trap now,” She chuckled. “Honestly, I’m glad it worked. Because I can’t see anyone wanting to marry you of their own free will. Especially since you’re not even a real wolf. Now that would be embarrassing.”

I felt my jaw tic as my hands clenched into fists. But I knew she was just trying to piss me off. And I wouldn’t give in.

“Although sometimes I feel bad about what I did. And with your father hating you so much already it was pretty easy. But then I look at my Barbara and I’m wowed. It was totally worth it.”

I frowned. What was she even talking about?

“Oh come on, Liyah. Your innocence is adorable sometimes,” She laughed. “You know that part in movies where the villan starts to narrate the story of every bad thing they’ve ever done at the ending of the movie? Yes, I’m in that mood right now. After all, it can’t get any worse than this,” She smiled, gesturing to herself. “I’m practically dead already. Everything I worked for is gone, so what’s the point in keeping it a secret? I might as well go out with a bang, at least I’ll be in your memory forever,” She winked.

“What the hell are you talking about?” I asked. She was just talking in circles.

She rolled her eyes. “You won’t even let me have my dramatic finish? Fine. So your dad got married to me, there you are, nothing but an annoying reminder of your mother. Your dad hated you and that was great, but I needed my daughter to be the favorite, the next in line. And after weeks of plotting, I finally came up with the smartest idea; if you were a disgrace, not just to your father but the rest of the pack, then it would be easy. So I found myself a witch.”

She paused to smirk at me and my chest tightened as I began to suspect where she was going with this. Witches were forbidden in the werewolf world. If anyone was caught mingling with one, they would be killed.

“So this nice lady cooked up this concoction, it was meant to weaken your wolf. Slowly, slowly, until it was suppressed forever. So I secretly fed it to you. Small things like your drink, you water, your food… And voilà, you’re a merewoman. What more could your father need to completely despise you? You’re basically useless.”

“It w-was you?”

“Smart right? I know.”

A tear slid down my face as I pressed a hand over my mouth. My chest was burning.

“All this time, I felt useless… like a nobody. I felt like there was something wrong with me. And it was you the whole time?”

As the memories came flooding back, I felt a sharp pain attack my chest as my knees gave way. What wrong had I done to these people to deserve all of this? Why did they hate me so much even when I had never given them a reason to? I never hurt anyone, ever…

But they had made me suffer so much… let Nova suffer. For years.. why?

As I continuously wiped the tears from my face, I heard Mira laugh. “Aww, don’t worry, you won’t have to feel like a nobody anymore because in a few hours, you’ll be dead.”

As the sound of her laughter filled my ears, I held myself back from shifting for the third time today and let myself slump to the floor.