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?”

know!” I

men so cruel in all my life. I knew about rogues; I knew they were

fingers,” the Leader

cried even louder, but Eli had strangely become silent,

anything?” the man

don’t! I’ve told

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of regret as he

I didn’t cry, crying… It never did change anything men like these

know a thing.” Another man

believe that.” The leader responds.

and she backed away. From the

Fear.

she felt, and she was right to

say goodbye to your little

out. “Mason hadn’t been kept in the dungeons like the other prisoners; he had been kept

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is this place?” the leader asked.

to the pack boundaries,” I

you knew this and you let us cut off your finger and burn your

go BUT, you took my eyes, you see, and I will have to take

and tore off

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what you wanted to know! Leave her

He smirked.