For the past three days now, Lily has been locked up in the cell, without food. She was so exhausted, she thought she was finally going to die. She knew Alpha Jederek and his family were cruel, but she had never expected them to go this far. She just laid there, looking almost dead. She couldn't even move, she had just been sleeping, waking and crying herself back to sleep.
The third night was when Alpha Jederek decided to visit her.
The cell door opened and Lily glanced up to meet him standing there, with an indifferent face. Lily didn't want to see him, he was beginning to turn into a nightmare for her. She couldn't forget how he had breathed down her neck that had her shiver in fear and irritation, and he stabbed her with a syringe.
He walked towards her and Lily backed up to the wall as much as possible. He could see that she didn't want to see him, but it wasn't his concern.
Squatting down to her level, he held the torch in his left hand as his right hand lifted towards her face. The moment his hand caressed her swollen cheek, Lily's stomach churned as she shivered in fear.
"Oh Lily. See what you've brought upon yourself. Look how swollen your beautiful face is?" He continued to caress her skin, which made Lily want to slap his hand away, but she feared she couldn't take another slap on her aching face.
"How I hate to see you this way. But you have to understand that I couldn't have let you run away. I can't," he stated.
"Your father had left you in my care before he died and I made a promise to keep you safe. You belong here Lily. You belong to me, I will take care of you. You mustn't worry," he leaned towards her which made Lily press herself further against the wall in fear and disgust.
What was wrong with this man?? She could notice the obsession lurking in his eyes. He was never going to let her go. She was like a caged bird that he was never going to release, he'd rather have fun watching the bird suffer and struggle to be free.
Jederek saw the fear and realization in her eyes. He sighed before standing up. "You will remain in this cell for two more days as punishment. I shall have a maid bring you food tomorrow," he affirmed.
With that, he turned and left. Leaving her alone in the darkness. She wiped the tears that dropped and placed her head on her knees again to close her eyes.
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*SPLASH!*
Lily immediately jolted awake after feeling her whole body splashed with water. She opened her eyes in a snap and blinked furiously as she glanced around her.
She looked up, only to meet Rose and a maid behind her, with an empty bucket in Rose's hand. Lily heard Rose's voice as they both grinned at her.
"Oh look, if it isn't our little redhead, Lily." Rose said, looking satisfied to see the state she was in.
"My my, isn't this place too belittling for an Alpha's daughter? Oh right, you're a mere servant now. How could I forget?"
Lily glared at her, gritting her teeth before sighing, knowing that there was nothing she could do. There was no use..
"I knew you were going to ruin something sooner or later, and look where this one has landed you."
"Anyways," Rose stretched her hand and the maid behind her placed a tray of food in her hand.
"Alpha Jederek thought it's best to give you food before you die from hunger. And we wouldn't want our poor little Lily dying now, would we?" She turned to ask the other maid behind her. The maid nodded with a knowing smile on her face.
Rose turned and smiled at Lily, before placing the tray of food next to her.
"Enjoy," she said as they both turned and left the cell, locking it behind them.
Lily, who was quiet the whole time, tiredly looked at the tray of food next to her leg. She sighed before weakly reaching for it and began eating immediately.
After she was done eating, she drank from the cup of water and leaned on the wall to rest her banging head.
Soon, she fell asleep. At least, this was covering for all the sleeps she had missed. However, it still didn't chase away the dark circles under her eyes.
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Lily's eyes flew open all of a sudden the instant she felt a sharp pain in her stomach.
She placed her hand on her stomach as she felt an extreme discomfort in her belly. She frowned as she wondered what could be the cause. But when the sharp pain came again, she groaned.
The sharp pain slowly intensified and Lily cried out, it felt like her stomach was about to rip into two. What was this pain?!
Tears welled up in her eyes as she laid on the floor, clutching her stomach. The pain was becoming unbearable. Lily gasped and cried out each time the sharp pain came, like a dagger piercing through her skin.
Until she finally remembered and her mind immediately went to the food she had eaten.
Had she been poisoned? That explains the smile on their faces, they had planned for her!
Lily cried out, tears pouring down her eyes.
"Somebody!…..please!…help me," she shouted, but there was no one around to answer or help her.
Soon, she coughed out blood. Lily stared at the blood on the floor, her eyes widening in horror. She could feel her body losing energy as her stomach twisted and she coughed out more blood.
"Somebody...please…."
She spoke weakly, as she tried crawling on the floor towards the cell door. The more she stayed alive, the more blood she coughed out. She was going to die. She reached the door but she was too weak to even bang it.
"Somebody….." She laid on her stomach, looking lifeless. She felt her eyelids become heavy as she closed her eyes. Lily knew she wasn't supposed to close them, but she had no strength left in her. Death had come for her, it was just a shame that it was going to be this way.
All of a sudden, the cell door flew open and a very loud scream followed.
But by that time, Lily had fallen unconscious. The maid who screamed out, seeing the former Alpha's daughter looking dead, with a trail of blood on the floor. She quickly ran to call for help..