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ERIS' POV:-

A few days had passed. That incident was still fresh in my mind. I never asked him anything. I thought it would only make him more agitated about the incident. I wanted him to approach me on his own. And I wanted to be very patient about it. But soon, I also started to feel agitated. But then again, I hardly knew anything about him to begin with. I knew that he had killed his true mate for some reason. No one knew why.

Then there was this Alpha I knew nothing about. I knew almost all the alpha and the previous alpha's of two decades personally. They all came to the dungeon with special requests for having Samael's true mate in their bed. First, he hid me like a precious gem from all the world. Then he let them all have a piece of me as if I meant nothing to him.

I sometimes wanted to ask Samael if it made him happy whenever there was another man who dragged me to the bed and had his way with me. Where I was usually drugged at the beginning. And then, I willingly crawled into their beds because fighting them only made it harder for me. And if it was not me, then I knew those bastards would go after other innocent prisoners. On alpha's orders, I was always drugged. Every single night, there was someone to ruin me all over again. And those monsters never had mercy on me.

There was only one Alpha I knew who was not in my bed, forcing himself on me in those darkest nights. It was Alpha Lucian. He never forced himself on me. I sighed because I knew there was a lot that he had offered me. And in exchange, all I had to do was trust him and be patient with him. After all, we all had our own demons to deal with.

I turned to look at Hank who was also at the training ground. We both were the lookout eyes while Alpha Lucian was giving them all a piece of his mind and his arms. Twice a week, Alpha Lucian paid surprise visits to the training warriors just to make sure that the pack and its people were ready to defend the pack if we were ever attacked. We were well aware that many eyes were on our lands.

There were a few people who still believed that Alpha Ramsay was a good man. Until all the prisoners started telling them the same story as me. I was the victim because I raised my voice against their barbaric acts and their injustice. That's why Dorian was ordered by his father to rape me. I knew because Dorian was a fucking coward and he didn't even look at a pussy without his father's permission. What a joke of a man he actually was. My past also reminded me that Dorian was still locked up in the dungeon.

After Alpha Lucian learned how he was the first one to ruin me, tone Samael then all the officials. Alpha Lucian ordered the dungeon guards to use Dorian as their punching bag whenever they needed to blow some steam off and break a face and some teeth. It had been a year. I was willing to see him in his most miserable state. And I wanted to brag about the freedom I was gifted by Alpha Lucian because I was loyal to him. I wanted to do all that.

“Is everything alright with you?” I almost jumped when Hank suddenly asked me that question. I was so lost in my own thoughts, I almost forgot that I was still at work.

Clutching onto my chest, I turned my head to look at his face. “Yeah! Why wouldn't I be? I am at work.” I replied to Hank in a casual tone, trying not to get any attention toward myself.

I watched him shrugging his shoulders carelessly as he heard me. “Nothing! You are unusually quiet today. You didn't even scream at any of the warriors, which you usually do. You also look a little pale today.” Hank spoke it all so fast, I couldn't even make a few things he said at first. Then everything just started making sense.

“I have been thinking about a few things that have happened to me, with Alpha Lucian and I, together. Things that don't make sense but I can't ask anything. He is the Alpha and like everyone else, he likes to have some privacy. He is way too private that he can sleep with a woman constantly and can't tell her anything about his past. Or about his family affairs.” I didn't want to say it all in front of him but I ended up pouring it all out in front of Hank. He was that one person who knew Alpha Lucian.

All I needed was a hint. I wanted to know what he was thinking. What was bothering him and what made him happy. Come to think of it, we were kind of only sexual if it was not for that romantic date he took me on. And that was also ruined by some asshole. After that incident, he was so tensed, he didn't even touch me that night. I kept asking him if he was okay. He only put me to bed and went on a run so he could avoid my questions.

Hank made a disgusted face then he cleared his throat as if he felt uneasy. “I did not want to know all the details. But it's okay. You can talk to me whenever you want. And about him, if he is in your bed, that means he trusts you. All you need to do is ask him. He doesn't go around talking about his past. Unless he is asked.” Hank replied to me in a low tone and I was almost stunned that there was someone who was willing to give me advice on my relationship.

I smiled and thanked him for his help. To be honest, it was my first balanced relationship. Where the other person thought of me as his half. He didn't want to be worshipped by me as if he was my God. “I just hope to see you both happy together. And I hope you can forgive me for how I broke your trust and heart back then.” Hank replied in a low tone and I cleared my throat this time.

I never really got to tell him that I had forgiven him. It happened a long time ago and I wanted it all to stay behind us. “I did it a very long time ago. So don't think about it too much.” I replied in a low tone and I turned around to leave.

“Where are you going? It's just getting started.” Hank asked me in a low tone and I smirked mischievously.

“I think it's time for me to pay Dorian a visit. It's for my own peace.” I informed Hank about where I was going. He just nodded his head as he heard me. I didn't waste anymore time and started walking away.

I entered the dungeon and made my way toward the cell where they were keeping Dorian. He was locked in a cell that was dirty and smelly. A guard stepped out of the cell and bowed his head in front of me. He was right in front of the cell. “Beta Eris! What are you doing here? You should have told me that you were visiting. I would have taken this bastard out and put him in a cell that's not as smelly as this one.” The guard spoke in a low tone while looking around for anyone he could find.

I had to admit that it was almost impossible for me to breathe in there. And the smells from around were making me unusually sick. I felt like I was gonna puke. But I wanted to see him in his misery. And tell him that his predictions about my future were nothing but a bunch of bullshit.

I placed one of my hands on my chest just to calm myself down. I was a second away from throwing up. “It's okay. I wanted to see how he was doing. And then I wanted to tell him how I am doing. So it's fine. You can go on and stay on your duty. I will be leaving soon.” I replied to the guard and he quickly nodded his head.

Once the guard left, I turned around to look at Dorian who was already glaring at me. My last visit was not as bad. I wanted to hit him the hardest. But it backfired somehow. And now I was determined to find out how. "Look at you! You are locked up behind the bars. While I am walking freely. As I told you. One day, you will be caged and I will be free." I spoke to him in a taunting tone as I approached the cell where Alpha Ramsay's younger son, Dorian was caged.

Dorian gave me a glare that was meant to kill me. But I was fine. "Don't think for a second that you have won. Father might have run away but he will come back to get me." Dorian growled back at me angrily as soon as he heard me.

I was laughing at Dorian hysterically when I heard the bastard. He had no idea about the political sacrifice he was about to become. "You are just a chicken they have been meaning to sacrifice very soon. They will not be coming to get you until they hear that you have died. I can't actually blame you. You were supposed to die one day as a sacrifice. Because you are a hybrid. You are impure and your father never wanted you." I hissed at Dorian, pouring all my hatred in my words. My mind kept showing me the images of years of abuse I had endured. The hatred in my voice only increased with each of the images in my head.

"You are lying! Father loves me as much as he loves Samael." Dorian growled at me, trying to make himself believe that I was lying. But deep inside, he also knew that it was the truth. I laughed at him so hard that at some point, I even choked on my own saliva and started coughing hard.

Once I had calmed down, I turned to look at Dorian's sinister face again. "Oh, please! You know only your mother cares about you. Didn't you see her crying when she left? Didn't you see fear in her eyes? She knew your father was about to sacrifice you." My words made Dorian's eyes widened in surprise. I saw tears at the corner of his eyes, and pain that dulled his eyes. It brought me the peace I had never found before. I knew that he wanted to cry but he controlled himself for some reason.

To be honest, I wanted to break him. I was visiting him for a reason. I never stopped looking into the incident where Alpha Lucian almost lost his life and I almost lost my freedom. Whole Alpha Lucian wanted me to leave that incident on him. That he would get Neal to talk about it. But I knew that someone had sealed Neal's lips somehow.

I couldn't say what he might be hiding. I started looking into the evidence Hank and the others had collected. In all that, I found a picture that just didn't fit in with any other piece of evidence that was collected from either the beta's quarters, the scene when that incident took place or this hidden cabin into the woods that Neal had bought secretly. That picture belonged to his older brother, Dean. Alpha Lucian's best friend and his Beta. The man Alpha Lucian trusted like he trusted his own right hand.