Chapter 9 Just not that important
Serena's POV
I had just retired to my cramped room wanting to rest after a long hour. But the door cracked open and the familiar figure scared me as fear overtook my heart.
It was Ardan, his arrival made my body vibrate with panic. What has he come to do? It was hard to read his mind, one could predict what his intentions were, no matter how I tried.
He was the Lycan King, he didn't care about other people's opinions, and you could never come up with possible ways to defeat him argumentatively even if you tried.
For all I know, I was not important to him in any way, I was just a slave he acquired according to him, and he was a cold and cruel king, he could dispose of me whenever he wanted and no one would dare to stand somewhere to question his actions.
It was what I had heard about him long before now, and it has even been proven to be true judging by his disdain towards me since my arrival. But it was truly difficult to understand his mind.
During midday, he sent Cynthia away just by getting to know my desire through my thoughts, I didn't even have to say it. I was confused. Does he care about me or was it just some slavery maintenance?
When he came into my room, his hands were not empty, he had come with strand tools- he had a leather belt with him, a cable, a rubber wipe and a rope.
I was terrified, my body was losing its control to fear. He is not going to punish me with these horrible things, does he? I lost count of the endless possibilities.
He had come to punish me, truly. But I didn't know what I was being punished for exactly, maybe it was for Cynthia, or my staged crime organized by Derek and Cora.
“Get on your knees” Ardan commanded with his terrifying domineering voice. He meant business, he has not come to joke around. I did as I was instructed and knelt before him.
And he began to tease me, followed by one question after the other, like I was a criminal in the police custody.
“Were you so drunk that you ended up with another man in your bed, and even forgot to put on your dress?” Ardan questioned me with sarcasm splashed on each word that came out of his mouth.
“What does it matter? You don't believe me anyway!” I answered. But it only brought me more punishment.
“You are not allowed to get sarcastic with me! Understood? Now, answer me! How drunk were you? Because that should be the only reason why you would end up in bed with a stranger without knowing it. So start talking”
Seeing that he was relentless, I decided to narrate my experience in Derek's pack from the beginning to the end.
“I was only framed by Derek and Cora because I refused to sleep with him, that was just the last straw, I have been abused continuously by him in all ways possible. Sometimes he would even force me to stand and watch him mate with his numerous prostitutes. I have done nothing wrong, everything was all a lie” I explained, and I was already crying profusely.
It was hard digging out and recounting all the horrible experiences I had with Derek, they were the traumatizing memories I wished to bury behind me forever and never open them again.
While I was recounting everything to Arden, my heart was shattered all over again into a thousand pieces. I could not hold back my tears.
“Aren't you just a great actress? Let's just say that there is a reason for Derek to set you up, what business does Cora have with you? Have you had a clash with her before? What benefits would your downfall bring for her? You're just an Omega, so you were never a threat to her, how can she connive with Derek to frame you?” Ardan asked me so many questions in one go like he was a prosecutor in the courtroom.
“I am not lying. Derek wanted a solid reason to reject me, and Cora on the other hand, is one of his prostitutes, and she wants Derek to herself. If Derek was not able to reject me and we ended up together, she would not be able to have her way. That was the reason why they both joined forces to eliminate me”
This was not just an assumption, and there was no need for me to lie to Arden.
I was there when Cora suggested something like that case, although it was just a hint. If I had paid attention to what she said that day, I might have been able to avoid that embarrassment.
It was now a scar on my body, a big one. I will forever be remembered as the woman who cheated on her mate.
No one would believe me, even if I explained the truth to them a hundred times.
Just like now, after recounting these traumatic experiences, all Arden could do was chuckle at my lies. He thinks that I was lying, he does not believe any word that came out of my mouth.
I look at my past and look at my present. There was no difference. The two mates I had were all jerks. Pathetic bullies had hurt me badly.
I was not lucky to find a third mate, I didn't even know if it was possible. And even if it was, who knows if he would turn out to be a monster too? I should probably give up on the whole mate thing.
I had promised my father and mother that I would not give up and that I would survive. I have to do that.
But the only way to survive right now was if I continued to obey Arden. So I stopped struggling and let him have his way with me.
I moved my body a bit closer, instinctively initiating what I knew he wanted since he had been teasing me, and then he indulged me, and he suddenly let go of me. I was confused.
Did he forgive me, or he was disgusted?
Sally, my wolf had perceived Alf, Arden's wolf, and she was now expressing a strong desire for both Alf and Arden.
I arched my waist closer to him with longing, Sally wanted her mate desperately, but it was not enough, I moved even closer to Arden hoping that he would enter into me, I had longed for his thrust as my body was burning with desire, but Arden withdrew from me.
“Get to sleep soon, it's late,” he said and left the room as I lay down with my bare body.
The tiny hope in me died immediately, and I told myself to give up on my unrealistic expectations and thoughts about Arden.
But Sally was not having it. She believed that he was a different person and that we just needed time.
However, I was determined to give up. But how do I leave? Where do I go? Even if I found a place to go, this was the royal palace.
The possibility of escaping successfully was impossible as the security was so tight and could hardly sneak in or out of the palace. I was suddenly opened to my empty reality..