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Alisha's POV
"How long more will this torture last for?Dear Goddess...Please help me! I do not think I will be able to take many more of these beatings. Tell my mates that they need to rescue me now before I lose my mind! Goddess help me!"Alisha murmured as she hung from the awful chains which dangled from the ceiling. She felt a twitching in her muscles that she could not explain. She wondered if she was going to be sick as her stomach kept fluttering at intervals. She had not eaten for a few days now as Sean had taken away the crust of bread that she had hidden in her shirt. He had laughed as he kicked it out of the cell knowing full well that Alisha had not eaten anything for many days already. Alisha had not been given anything else since then as Sean said she needed to be punished for hiding the bread from them.
Alisha heard footsteps approaching her cell door. In her weakened state, she was only able to lift her head as her nemesis Alpha Thomas and Sean entered her cell. A tear squeezed out of her eye as she looked at the switch in Sean's hands. She looked behind the two approaching wolves trying to find Dan's silhouette but could not see him. He had helped her many times in the past and they had become friends. He had helped Alisha heal as much as she could without the help of her wolf every time his Alpha had finished with her. She inhaled shakily when she realised that Dan could no longer help her as she remembered what had happened when he had come between herself and the Alpha a few days ago. She winced as she replayed the last time she had seen Dan and heard the sickening crunch that had emanated from his broken spine as Alpha Thomas murdered him in cold blood. She knew that there was a good chance that she would not survive today's beating as there was no one to stop Alpha Thomas from going too far this time. She closed her eyes as the first swish of the whip licked her right hip leaving a red welt in its place. She screamed, praying that her mates would find her before the Alpha killed her.
Sean turned to Alpha Thomas seeking his approval of the way he had used the switch on Alisha. He was getting turned on with her screams of pain and the way her body shuddered every time the whip sliced across her skin. His penis slowly began pushing his pants forward forming a tall tent in front of his pants. Alpha Thomas growled in fury as he saw his Beta getting turned on by the pathetic human in front of him. Sean blushed and turned back to his task of whipping Alisha, hurriedly arranging himself so that his arousal could not be seen anymore.
Alisha screamed in pain as the whip tore at her back ripping the fragile skin on her back. She whimpered trying to fight back the tendrils of unconsciousness that beckoned her. She couldn't allow Sean to drag her to the stream again. He had pinched her breasts and tried to violate her with his fingers the last time she had become unconscious in between their torture sessions. Only Dan's timely arrival had saved her that day. He had warned Sean that the Alpha wouldn't take kindly to him knowing that he was getting turned on by the pathetic human prisoner. The Alpha would have Sean's head if the prisoner died on his watch due to excessive blood loss sustained while Alpha Thomas was not present. This had stopped Sean short as he gulped in fright imagining what his Alpha would do to him. He quickly caught grabbed hold of Alisha by her shoulder and her leg and dragged her to her cell again, cuffing her back into her shackles.
Dan knew better than to ask Sean to let him treat Alisha first before hoisting her up with her silver-lined special cuffs. It made Sean laugh harder to see Alisha wincing and squirming in pain while Dan treated her. After Dan finished cleaning and disinfecting her wounds, he covered them as best as he could with bandaids. He had to leave some of the deeper wounds uncovered as his Alpha only allowed prisoners to be treated for their would-be fatal wounds and not for the less serious ones. Dan prayed that the Moon Goddess would allow Alisha to die sooner rather than later as he did not think that her body could survive any more of this torture. To his knowledge, no one had ever escaped Alpha Thomas's torture dungeon. The only way Dan knew Alpha Thomas would allow Alisha to leave this dungeon was in a body bag. He had whispered a prayer into Alisha's ear and left as he couldn't watch her being tortured again.
As Alisha hung from her chains today she felt different. There was a buzz in the air. She felt anticipation....a renewed hope which she hadn't felt in the last two weeks of her incarceration. Sean had started whipping her when she suddenly felt a different type of tremor in her muscles. A faint yet familiar scent wafted into her nostrils. Alisha could smell Mitchell and Markian making their way towards her cell. She tried to blink widely forcing her head up as her tongue darted out to taste the sweetness of a memory. Alisha inhaled trying to fill her lungs with the scent of her mates. It felt like her chest knew that she needed it so it expanded even more than normal. The smell of mint tickled her nostril and she smiled when she saw a large wolf crash into her cell with a ferocious snarl and launch itself onto Alpha Thomas's back. As she lost the fight to remain conscious she whispered"You finally came..."
Sean stiffened as he saw the wolves barrelling towards them. The dark corridors spitting them out like giant black ghosts with snarling expressions and deadly sharp canines all intent on coming for his Alpha who has his back nonchalantly facing the wide-open door of the cell. He yelled out to his Alpha but the warning came a second too late. He blinked as a large wolf with midnight blue fur pounced on Alpha Thomas bringing him down with a mighty thump. Sean took a step back as the two other wolves who had followed closely behind stalked him slowly from the door of the cell. Both wolves looking at him with deadly intent, saliva dribbling off their gnashing teeth.
He gulped as the whip dropped from his hands and landed like a coiled snake at his foot." I didn't hurt your Luna....I promise! It was all my Alpha. I am innocent!" he whined pitifully, readily betraying his Alpha as he retreated trying to get to the doorway and escape. He stumbled as his back hit the wall blocking his intended getaway
Samuel's wolf entered the cell purposefully walking towards Sean while ignoring Alpha Thomas who was squirming on the ground. He growled menacingly at Sean who had pushed himself into a corner. His lips pulled back, exposing the long sharp canines which had been sharpened for this mission. Samuel knew that it was going to be his chance for revenge, for retribution. A life for a life though he gnarled in disgust as he wasn't able to picture Sean's measly life being on the same level as his precious Debra.
His thirst for revenge nearly overwhelmed him as he stood over Sean's quaking body. Samuel felt Reagan's wolf bristling beside him as she watched Sean quaking with fear as he finally realised who, the wolf was."I didn't! Forgive me! I didn't mean to kill her! She came at me! It was her ...not me! I warned her not to try and stop us... but ...but she didn't listen" He whimpered trying to shift the blame of his actions onto Debra. Samuel's wolf snarled as he smelt the sour smell of Sean's urine staining his pants as it trickled down his quivering thighs. Sean whimpered as he realised that he had pissed in his pants."Listen to me! It wasn't my fault. Thomas was the one! I had no choice. He is the one who ordered me to get your Luna."He cried out trying to play on their emotions. Samuel growled and snapped at Sean's mutinous cries. His low pitch growl reverberated throughout his body as he watched Sean finally realise that he was not going to be able to plead his way out of the mess he was in.
Samuel's wolf bared his teeth as he thought of ways he was going to make Sean pay for what he did. Samuel's wolf demanded retribution to avenge the death of his mate, his Debra. Reagan's wolf nudged him forward almost jostling him away, trying to get to Sean as well. Reagan snarled as she heard the pathetic whines coming from the shivering mess in front of her. She slowly growled at Sean warning him that he was going to answer for the death and misery he had caused the Starfall pack. Reagan sent a prayer up to the Goddess for allowing her to be present for his punishment. Her growing hatred for Sean brimmed to the surface making her forget everything else except exacting retribution on the miserable wolf in front of her. He had taken Debra away from Samuel and Reagan was going to make sure he regretted the day he was born. She wanted to mindlink Samuel but as they had severed their ties to the pack, it was impossible for him to hear her. She took another step forward to stand closer to Samuel as he stood over the snivelling Sean.
As Samuel turned to look at Reagan's wolf. In that moment of Samuel's distraction, Sean decided that this moment was what he needed to escape. He shifted in a blink of an eye tearing his clothes off his body. He just managed to squeeze his body between the wall and Samuel. As Sean slipped by, Samuel's wolf turned back around and snap his sharp jaws shut, tearing a chunk of flesh from Sean's wolf's side. Sean howled as his momentum sheared off the piece of meat from his side just below his shoulder. Samuel shook his head vigorously from side to side making sure to rip the entire piece off. Blood gushed out of the wound and bathed Sean's right side trailing down his right front paw. Sean whined as he stumbled and fell forward, his wolf knew that if he didn't get up and try to escape now he would probably not be able to. He lifted his head and growled as he jumped up and backed away from Samuel's wolf. Before he could take another step, his body was rammed into the wall behind him. Reagan's wolf launched herself toward the escaping wolf, slamming him into the stone wall. Sean whined as he felt three of his ribs crack under the immense pressure of the other wolf who had run into him while he was trying to get away from the dead wolves' mate.
Reagan shook her head in pain as her head hit the wall behind Sean. Her only thought was to stop Sean's wolf from escaping as she launched herself into his side. Her lips pulled tightly over her upper jaw, sneering at Sean's pathetic attempt to escape them. Samuel quickly moved in closer to Sean's trembling body. He growled at the smell of urine that permeated the air surrounding the wounded wolf
"Beg me to spare you, arsehole! Beg me!... I know Debra would have never given you the pleasure of hearing her beg.....You killed my friend .....and you tortured my Luna...You made the love of my life cry over the loss of his mate. You sick excuse for a wolf...You deserve a slow miserable death!.... You disgusting worthless piece of shit." snarled Reagan staring murderously at Sean.
Samuel turned to her with shock colouring his face. He couldn't believe what Reagan had admitted. He realised that even Reagan didn't notice her slip as she was too busy glaring menacingly at Sean. He knew that this was not the time to go through their feelings but a time for revenge.....for Debra, for their Luna Alisha and the anguish felt by the entire pack
With a ferocious growl, Samuel lunged towards Sean's neck tearing into his skin and neck muscles. His sharp canines tore into Sean's carotids causing his lifeblood to splurt onto Samuel's wolf's mouth as well as onto his face. Samuel grappled to find a proper foothold on Sean's chest. He landed on his front paws crushing Sean's chest, he then bucked again and again making sure to inflict as much injury as possible until Sean's whines stilled.
As Samuel pulled out his teeth from the gaping wound on the side of Sean's neck, Reagan growled and went for his head that was lolling to the side. With a powerful pull, she disarticulated Sean's head from his lifeless body and spat it out in disgust. Her growl signalling that she had kept her vow of revenge. Reagan shivered in delight as she quietly whispered "There ...my dear friend. You are avenged. Now you can rest well....till we meet again my dear Debra"
She hoped that the Moon Goddess would grant Debra a place for the loved and the noblest of wolves. She closed her eyes and sent up her fervent wish to the Moon Goddess
Reagan turned toward Samuel grinning sheepishly as she tried to rub her face off the blood that dripped from there. Samuel's wolf took a step towards the small wolf who was practically prancing with glee. He lowered his head and nuzzled his snout onto the side of Reagan's face before slowly licking her muzzle. Samuel's actions shocked Reagan to her core. Never had she expected Samuel to kiss her. She had dreamt about it many times and even had made up stories about how Samuel would thrust open her house door and pull her into his arms and kiss her senseless.
All her wishful thoughts came to an abrupt halt when Samuel brought Debra home. She even swore to herself that she would never again think of Samuel in that way, when he came back distraught on finding his mate had died. The days that Reagan had spent with Samuel, scanning the reports and looking for any clues about Luna Alisha's whereabouts, had been the best in her life. Reagan was happy that she could help Samuel avenge Debra as well as help her Alphas get their Luna back but she was also worried that this would mean her days with Samuel were numbered
Reagan stepped back hurriedly and shook her head in confusion. She couldn't afford the small ember of hope that had warmed her heart as Samuel nuzzled her just now. She knew that she shouldn't hope that Samuel would finally see her as a woman waiting for him to love her rather than just another one of the fellas in his squad.