Chapter 23 Chapter 23
\- JANE -
My punishments continued. I could never tell if I was going to be whipped today or taken to the bench of shame. Was this how my life was going to continue till I died?
Casper was only assigned to me once in a while, so that was the only time I could have anything to eat or drink clean water.
Liam's whippings had gotten worse, something I never knew could be possible. His frustration was growing as his desire to be in my pants burned. My refusal made him mad and increased the monster in him. I could at least have the right to my own virginity. Shane didn't care to correct him, Casper never had time to listen, no other guard wanted to hear my voice, nobody was going to come to my rescue, Alpha Keegan ordered for my punishments to be increased daily. Knowing this made a burning hatred for Alpha Keegan grow in me. I definitely expected him to be cruel, but not this merciless towards me.
Death was coming for me sooner. If Casper's food hadn't been available, how did Alpha Keegan expect me to survive? I had tried not eating at all to die from hunger, but the pain wouldn't let me.
My skin felt like it was drying out, my chest vibrated from the effect of the cold, my soul was almost drenched from me. My life was equal to useless, there was no future for me, no better days ahead. My strength was forever going to remain as weak as my future.
It was only a while till the crickets chirping ended and the brightness of the afternoon sun shone through the dungeon window, still no one had come for me yet.
"I thought you were on duty today. No, I thought you were." Two guards argued with themselves as they walked in, one of them was a blonde with blue eyes and the other was a brown haired man with bright eyes; the blonde guard had a cup of coffee in his hand.
"Gosh, she looks so terrible." The blonde one said, shaking his head at me mockingly.
"So what?" the brown-haired laughed. "Who cares? The thing just has a few moments left to live. Alpha is surely merciless. I had my doubts that he was going to make her return to serving her punishments, but I'm glad he didn't disappoint us." He said as he started removing my chains from the walls.
"Me too." he chuckled, taking a sip from the cup of coffee.
"Where is she heading to now?"
"I don't know. Shane said to punish her in any manner we'd like, just to make sure bruises coat her skin. According to him, it's the Alpha's order."
"Great!" He tugged at the chain, a sign for me to start walking. I felt like a fully tortured animal, chained around and abused. What sort of pack was this? Nor a single person had a kind heart-well... except Casper - everyone was just as monstrous as the Alpha.
My hatred for Alpha Keegan was stabbing my heart every day. I wanted to hate him more than anything else, but hating him was only increasing my pain and suffering. We walked out of the dungeon and Shane was speaking with two other guards, as well as Liam who smirked at me, his eyes running a quick and mischievous scan of my body.
"Mr. Shane, can I at least have something to eat?" My voice was too weak to be considered a sound.
Shane excused himself from them and walked over to me, the grumpiness in his face still present. "You're under punishment."
"I thought my punishment still expects me to stay alive. How can I be alive without food?" I was desperate for anything to go down my throat. I could eat literally anything.
"You're serving multiple punishments at once," he waved the guards off, "you didn't only reject the Alpha. Sometimes, one just has to pay for their crimes, whether or not they remember even committing them. Let Liam take over." He dismissed the guards, drawing my attention to Liam whose smirk made me puke my guts out.
Shane took his leave from the prison area while Liam walked up to me, curling the leather around his hand. Guess it was another round of him expressing his frustration on me.
"Oh my gosh, Jane. What happened to you?" Scarlett wondered.
I lifted my head to her and chuckled. "It's nothing. It's just the new life I'm getting accustomed to. Having nothing to eat, drinking water from the bathroom, being whipped. What difference does it make? I'm just another criminal the pack members don't care about."
"This is terrible. I have to do something. You can't remain like this. We need to do something." She advanced to me, her eyes going over my body from head to toe and her forehead creased. "You're in such a mess. Who exactly hit you?"
"Liam."
"That bastard." She said through gritted teeth. " Don't worry, I'll make sure he pays for hurting you."
"Nothing can be done. It's all on the Alpha and he doesn't care about me. I'm nothing but an omega to the entire pack. My life doesn't change anything,
; it adds no meaning to anyone." My voice was becoming weaker by the day, my strength almost equal to negligible.
"So my concern is meaningless to you?" She frowned.
"You don't know how worried sick I am about you. You're the only person I have as a friend and you've been my comfort in my times of need, why would I abandon you when you need me the most?" she cupped my face, "don't worry, I'll make sure to do something. I'll think of a solution soon. I'll be back." She took her leave
After about half an hour, Liam returned to the dungeon hit me while still trying to convince me to agree to his stupid offer, "it'll be your only escape, sweetheart. You'll end up dying here without a mate if you don't agree to my offer. I can still spare your life and even let you run away after we have a bit of fun." His stupid smirk was on his face again. I felt like plucking his lips from his face so he'd never be able to smirk again.
I only chortled, lowering my gaze to the ground. "What the heck is your problem? You're just an damn omega!" He hollered, taking me aback by in shock. " Why on earth do you need to preserve yourself? Who the fuck needs your virginity? I'll give you a deadline to make your final decision. If you still remain adamant on refusing me, I'll make you face the worst encounter of your life before killing you." He threatened then stormed out of the dungeon. I was unsure of how to react to his outburst. This man was nothing but crazy.
I heard Scarlett's voice again as she walked into the dungeon, Mrs. Bea tagging behind her. There was no look of pity on her face this time, just the usual sternness of a Beta. "Do you need anything, Beta?" Shane asked her.
"Yes. While others are in training, we'll need someone to clean the pack house." Mrs. Bea said.
"Unchain her." Scarlett demanded.
"But Alpha said "
"It's the Beta's order." She cut Shane off. "The Alpha also agrees to it."
He looked reluctant to agree to her demand and stared at me. "Okay, we'll send someone to bring her back to the prison tonight."
"I" Scarlett clearly wanted to retort but refrained from doing so. "That's fine."
He called for the blonde guard to unchain me from the wall, also releasing the chains from around my wrists and ankles. It felt so sweet to be completely free. I would've squealed in freedom if they weren't around me and if I wasn't so tired.
"Let's get going." Mrs. Bea ushered me out of the dungeon. We drove in Scarlett's car and arrived at the pack house without anyone exchanging a word to one other.
I hoped I wasn't going to see Alpha Keegan, else he'd have to deal with my glare of hatred.