Scarred Alphas

Chapter 37

“Found this vagabond sniffing around our borders last night,” Warrick says.

Ezra looks up but his eyes

are swollen shut. He has

been beaten up and his face is almost unrecognizable. He is barely conscious.

“W…what does this have to

do with me?”

“You tell me?”

I shake my head. “I don’t

know this man.”

“Okay, so that means he can

die instead of the brat?”

“Why does anyone have to

die?!” I shout.

“Just how things are here.”

“No one has to die just

because I can’t use my power when you want me to. It’s

something I have only done

once or twice. I need time. I’ll get it.”

I quickly glimpse at Colt who is tense. I can see him trying to act normal but I know

him now. He is on the edge and he might just do

something about this.

Warrick paces in front of me. “One thing you have to learn, Casseopea, is that I don’t have patience.” He says. “But I do have a knack for

getting results from my

methods.” He looks at the

guard that holds Ezra. “Kill

him.”

I

gasp. “DON’T YOU DARE!” I growl out when the guard takes out a dagger but just as he takes it out, he lets it go.

“How…” Warrick mumbles

and stares at me with wonder

and confusion at first but

then straightens up and

composes himself. “Congratulations. You’ve saved your mate.”

I glare at him with shock. “You…you knew?”

“Of course. He told us

everything and I was

surprised by all that I

learned last night. You lied to

1. me. You said you didn’t have

a mate.”

“I didn’t…lie. He was not a

mate to me. and I was never

marked.”

“Mh…yet you save him.

“He doesn’t deserve death for

not wanting me!”

“He came all this way

looking for you. I am sure that he wants you now.”

I look at Ezra and I still feel

nothing for him other than

pity now.

“He can’t talk now but he had

a lot to say last night. On that

note…” Warrick looks at

Colt.”

“Alexis, to think that I had

my enemy’s son right under my nose all this time just like they had my daughter under

their nose. It makes me feel

dumb and I don’t like it.”

Oh no. Ezra! What did you

do?!

“I…I am here. I came to be

with you.” Colt says trying to

convince him. “I-”

Warrick puts a hand up.

“Because you were

commanded to. We’ll have a

deeper talk later. Just like I

had with your brother.”

“I knew he was scum,” Beck

mutters with a mocking

smile.

I am panicked. He is going to

torture Colt. What do I do?

This is bad. Why the hell did

Ezra have to go crazy now?! He…he’s going to kill them

both… isn’t he?

“Mh, this day has turned out

to be fun.” Warrick mutters

and then suddenly, the kid

next to him is dead with just a swing of the dagger in his

hand.

“No…you said… no one had to die!”

“I lied. I was going to kill him either way.” Warrick says as if it was nothing.

My eyes flicker watching the

young man on the floor

bleed out, his eyes still

opened.

“You…you…AAH!”

Without thinking, I pick up the dagger that the guard dropped on the floor and throw myself at Warrick. He immediately holds my hand

as I wrestle to plunge it into

his heart. No one in the

room moves a muscle to try and stop me but they do

look shocked.

Warrick laughs. “Haha!

There’s that fire! You are

definitely your mother’s

daughter!” He says with excitement. “But enough.” He

twists my arm. I have to let the dagger go as he almost breaks my wrist and then he slaps me. I fall back and immediately a guard holds

1. me.

Behind me, I can hear Colt growl. Victor and a guard

hold him down.

“Don’t touch her! Colt

shouts.

“Aww, she is all you care

about, isn’t she?.” Warrick sits

on top of his desk with a

smile and looks at me. “So let

me get this straight. You are sleeping with your mate’s

brother? The man who

brought you to me. The man

I ordered to bring you to

me.”

I am confused as he says this.

“The man I ordered to woo

you so that you had

something to keep you here.”

“It’s not like that Cass!” Colt

shouts.

“You…you lied…” I say as my eyes find Colt’s.

“I…no. I love you! I do!” He

sounds desperate. “He did

order me to- to romance you

but that was when I came

back. I already had feelings for you. I love you, Cass!”

“But…you…were ordered to bring me here?”

“I…I’m sorry. My orders for these three years were to find you, his daughter. Once I

did…I didn’t want to bring

you back and I never

intended to. Since I was so far away from him, the

command didn’t seem to

work well. But once we got

caught, once we were so near

him…I had no choice.”

“Ahh, yes…one of the

downsides of our power.

Prolonged distance.” Warrick

mutters.

Colt continues. “Cass, I swear! It was never my real intention to bring you here.

“But you did. “Warrick says. “I spent years believing that you–my daughter- were still alive even if your mother wasn’t. Alexis…Colt, spent three years searching for you under my orders.

And do you know what the funny part was? I didn’t

know who he really was until

now.” Warrick laughs.

He motions to the guards holding me to let me go. It feels like all my strength has left me.

“So…you all lied to me right from the beginning?” I ask.

“It was quite easy really. You are such a naive little thing. So pure. Even fell for Alexis’s

sweet talk.”

“No! That was real!” Colt

shouts. “Cass! That was real!

Please believe me!”

I feel so betrayed.

Everything was a lie but I feel even more stupid

because I still believe Colt

now. I know it was real. I

know it. I can feel his

emotions even now but I am

angry. He lied. He could

have told me all of this a

long time ago and I would have played along. I would have helped in any way.

I look at Warrick and I feel

much more anger now. This man is trying to ruin me. He is trying to take what little I have left in me to fight. But I am not letting that go. I am going to cling to it until the

day I die.

“Garret, take Alexis…wait, I

keep calling him that.

Take…Colt to the black

room.”

Garret nods and proceeds to

take Colt away.

“Cass! Cass!” Colt shouts as

he is dragged out of the

room.

I can’t look at him right now but I force myself because I

care for this man and I don’t

know what is going to happen to him.

“Don’t give up on me, Cass! I

love you! I really do!”

I give him a nod even though I am angry at him

but this seems to relieve him

just a bit.

“As for this one, take him to

one of the doctors before he

dies.” Warrick motions to Ezra. “He is still my

daughter’s true mate and not

to mention, a bargaining chip against my enemies.”

Bargaining…

“And so is Colt!” I quickly say.

“So is Colt…it would be

stupid to kill him.”

Warrick smiles. “Oh, I know.”

I almost feel relieved because

I am sure he is not going to just kill him but…I am afraid of what he is going to do to

him.

“I’d be more concerned with yourself, daughter. You tried to kill me. You wouldn’t be

the first one who wanted me

dead. I am sure everyone in this room wishes my demise one way or another. But you are the only one who has had the balls to try it. I am

impressed but, that is not

going to save you from

punishment.”

I get my composure back. I

am done trying to act

obedient. I am not afraid of

this man anymore, I am

angry.

“You are horrible. A monster and I am ashamed to be your daughter! I wish I had never

known!” I scream.

He entangles his hands in my hair and lifts my head up but doesn’t pull.

“I am going to break you.

You will learn to follow in

line.”

I give him a defiant smile.

“You can try. Give it your

best shot.”

All my life I have been punished for just existing. There is nothing that I can’t

take.

His smile falls and looks just

a bit worried for once.

“Victor, take her to the stage.” He says. “Treat her just like every other who has been

punished there.”

Victor nods and with one of

the guards, he lifts me up

and takes me out.

taken to the small wooden

stage where there are poles standing tall with a few

people chained around

them. They are n*ked and

bleeding with marks on their

backs.

“Clear the stage,” Victor says This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

to the guards.

The poor souls are taken away and I am now chained to the pole alone. The chains are about three feet long so I can move freely just a bit but I am unable to turn away from the pole and look out

to where the stage audience

should be. I do look back but

there is no one spectating.

There is no one to spectate since everyone here is being punished just like me.

Victor comes close and

checks the shackles on my

wrist. He looks at me as if he

wants to say something but then looks away. I swear

almost saw some remorse

there but his stoic expression

comes back fast. He steps

behind me and suddenly,

my clothes are ripped off

until he leaves me

completely n*ked.

I know I am getting whipped.

There is a pause from him. I

look back and see him

staring at my back, at my

scars.

“Do your worst,” I mutter.

He moves the hair away

from my back to my front.

Somehow, I am not afraid. I have been through this

before and I know

eventually, it ends, though I

am pretty sure this will be worse than all my other

beatings but I will survive it.

I am used to this.

I look back and see one of

the guards hand Victor a wire cable instead of a whip.

It is like a whip but made out

of wired metals that I am

sure are intertwined with silver. This is definitely different than all my other

whippings.

I wrap the chains around my hand and hold on tight. Closing my eyes, I mentally prepare for it. I inwardly talk to myself and my wolf.

It’s going to hurt…but you

can handle it. I can handle it.

I’ll get through this. We are

strong…

The crack of the whip

invades my ear before the

pain even registers. My body jumps and I hiss.

I am strong! I scream in my

head.

Another swing comes down.

“Ah! Mh…” I give a quick scream and immediately

muffle it.

I am okay! This will end. This is pain and pain always ends. This…this doesn’t scare

me anymore. I…am strong.

Suddenly, that seems to click in my head.

I… I am strong. I can handle this. How many people can really say this?

I suddenly start laughing but the pain of another swing stops me though it doesn’t detear my thoughts.

They won’t break me. They can’t! All these years, I have

been built for this.

I laugh out loud again. I am sure that I look like a crazy person right about now. But

I don’t care because this is it.

This is the moment I realize

how strong I am. I will not break. I am not fragile

anymore. I haven’t been in a long time. Nothing will take

me down now, I can take

whatever they throw at me. They all have no idea what they have created. Let them whip me, punish me, hurt me, scar me, let them try to

make a fool of me.

Will. Not. Break.