Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Seventeen

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**TRIGGER WARNING: The following chapters contain themes of trauma and abuse. Read with caution!**

The man placed a blade over the green flames.

“I have a question; I need an answer, else…” he motioned to the blade. I understood his threat. “Our brother, Mason, was taken by your father; where was he kept?”

“I–I don’t know.”

“Well, too bad.” He picked the blade from the flames; the iron shone purple, instead of red.

“No!” Cas cried out.

“You said you would only ask questions!” the fool, Eli, screamed above his lungs. I looked away.

Father told me sometimes fear contributes to the pain.

The smell of burnt flesh filled the room and a single tear escaped my eyes.

“A strong one we have here,” the man said. The leader with the one eye didn’t look impressed.

“She would break with time.”

He was right. I did break, just about when the iron met my skin for the seventh time. I called for my father, for my late mother, for the moon goddess, and every supernatural creature I knew.

“Where did he keep my brother?”

don’t know!”

seen men so cruel in all my life. I knew about rogues; I knew they were heartless creatures, but I never really

fingers,” the

had strangely become silent, His

anything?” the

don’t! I’ve told

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single look of regret as he took my

It never did change anything men like these enjoyed

thing.” Another

that.” The leader responds.

walked to Cas, and she backed away. From the stench; I knew she’d wet

Fear.

and she was right to be afraid.

to your little

called out. “Mason hadn’t been kept in the dungeons like the other prisoners; he had been kept in an underground fortress,

Chapter Seventeen

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is this place?” the

the pack

cut off your finger and burn your pretty little skin before you spoke up?” one of the men asked, in surprise.

you took my eyes, you see, and I will have to take away something

Casa and

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told you what you wanted to

He smirked.