Fate's Dark Side Chapter 13

"She has been quiet since I entered. Her pack was the first to go down. She lost the baby due to stress and malnutrition, and then Kyle pointed her as his luna and gave her away as a peace offering. Max did the same to me. He took his bitch to the shelter and asked me to stay and fight. When he noticed they were strong, he surrendered and gave me to them. If only these people knew we weren't the Lunas anymore, they would be mad," she said and smiled.

"Just like you, I believe life in captivity is freedom compared to where I am coming from," Avery said.

I leaned forward and touched Linda's lap gently. She snapped out of it and looked at me. Then she began to cry. Kyle had broken the woman in irreparable ways.

I went to sit next to her so she could rest her head on my shoulder. She did so and wept.

Linda did not utter a word, but Avery complained all through. We made some long stops, and I wondered what they stopped to do, but because we were not let down, we could not see or know what they were doing at the various stops.

Linda eventually fell asleep; gradually, sleep came for me too.

I felt someone tapping me, and I woke up. I found myself resting on Avery's shoulder; she was awake. I must have slept all through.

"They want us to get down," Avery said, and I looked around, a bit disoriented. Then I remembered what had happened.

The van door opened; Avery was the first to get out, followed by Linda and me.

I was shocked to see we were at a hangar, and a jet was waiting for us.

"Get in, Lunas, do not keep us waiting," a man said.

I knew the north was far, so I was grateful they would spare us the trouble of driving all the way there.

"Not all the captives get this privilege; move it," a man said, pushing Linda to move.

"Hey, take it easy. Can't you see she isn't well?" I told the man coming to Linda's defence.

He walked up to me and smiled, then landed a painful slap on my cheek. It stung badly, and I had silver on, so I knew his hands would print on my cheek.

"This isn't your pack, bitch, and you aren't my Luna. You are a trophy, a glorified slave. If you talk back at me again, I will make it worse," he said calmly, and I made sure his face registered because there was no way he was going to get away with that. No one slaps me and gets away with it. I might have decided not to fight by my husband's side, but I will not take shit from anyone. I remained silent and made a mental note.

We got into the jet. We were all given seats. I wondered what happened to the other Alphas that didn't have a luna to offer or refused to provide their Lunas as a peace offering. Were they dead? or did they manage to push back? Were we the ones that got the brunt of the attack being the first packs to be hit before the others?

We were served food and had to manage to eat in chains. The distance between my right hand and left wasn't much, so every time I put the food in my mouth, I had to lift the other hand.

I stared out the window, wondering what Leo was doing right now. If he was okay and glad to be rid of me. I guess I would never find out because that aspect of my life was over.

I said goodbye long ago, but I am doing it now.

The jet landed, and we were ushered out of the aircraft, loaded into a black van and taken to goddess knows where.

Avery wasn't so chatty after the slap I received. According to her, it was still printed on my face.