The Witch and Her Four Dangerous Alphas

Chapter 7: Chapter 07: Shame Like a Second Skin

Selene’s POV

The ripples in the pool slowly faded.

Kael was gone.

The courtyard was silent again. The only sound was the wind brushing softly against my wet hair.

I stayed where I was kneeling on the cold tiles, arms wrapped tightly around myself. My cloth was soaked through, clinging to my skin like it had been sewn onto me. Every part of me trembled—not from the cold anymore, but from something deeper.

Something hollow.

It felt like someone had carved out the inside of my chest and left nothing but silence.

My arm throbbed under the wet fabric. The brand. That cruel mark they burned into me like I was cattle. My knees ached from kneeling for so long. My pride? Gone. Shattered like glass. But none of that hurt as much as the question echoing inside my mind—the one that never stopped since they chained me.

Why?

Just that one word.

Why me?

Why this?

Yes, my father was a monster. Alpha Eirik Bloodfang was cruel, heartless, feared by all. But I wasn’t him. I had never raised my voice at anyone. I hadn’t even shifted yet. I was only seventeen. Still human. Still trying to understand the world.

But none of that mattered to them.

They looked at me and didn’t see a girl. They saw his blood. His shadow.

They hated me.

And not just hate—they wanted me destroyed.

They wanted me to beg for death.

Especially the four Duskdraven alphas—Kael, with his fury. Luca, with his frozen stare. Lucian’s calm that was more terrifying than rage. And Aeron, the one who already passed judgment before I ever spoke a word.

to suffer. They

And the cruelest part?

wouldn’t even let

tried. I had begged.

shift fluttered, still damp and cold, clinging to my skin like

My hair stuck to my face. I could barely

Then—I heard it.

Angry. Getting

could even

side, and

looked up through blurred

It was her.

The same one from earlier. Her eyes were full of poison.

"You bitch," she spat.

my mouth, confused, in

I had insulted her very

cruel, each word soaked in venom. "Just because you have a pretty face and some curves, you think

Seduce?

I could barely stand. I hadn’t said a single word to Kael. But the accusation

didn’t—" I tried to speak, but she cut

Alphas so much, let’s give them a better

My heart stopped.

"No... wait... please..."

But she didn’t care.

yanked me up. I screamed from the pain, but she didn’t stop. Her fingers dug into my side, dragging me forward like I was nothing

at my skin. I tried to resist, but I was too

me grab a towel. She didn’t let me

shift—soaked, thin, and nearly transparent—clung to every part of me. My legs,

to cover myself with one arm. But I

look. Please... don’t look

But I felt it.

Their eyes.

few looked away—but

I felt naked. Filthy.

body screamed