Before I could act or even consider a way to get to the hidden door we’d found all those years ago, multiple hands grabbed me.I tried to keep my panic from drowning me, but the disorientation of the blindfold, combined with the alpha scents and their hands all over me, left me gasping for air. They dragged me for what felt like ages. When they removed the blindfold, I was in a small, dark, windowless cell that looked like something out of a medieval film.
The cell door clanged shut, and I was trapped with a monster.
Glen’s scent surrounded me, thick and putrid with arousal. I locked my knees to keep from collapsing.
“Welcome to your new home, little bird,” he said with the air of a bed-and-breakfast owner. “I prepared this room just for you.”
“Why?” I asked, hating the pathetic whimper in my voice.
“Because you’re mine,” Glen said simply, as if that explained the years of torment he had put me through.
“I’m not,” I said, fisting my hands. “I never will be.”
Glen’s arm shot out, gripping my throat tightly and cutting off my air.
“Don’t lie to me, little bird. You have always been mine,” he growled, a crazed gleam in his eyes. “Ever since you perfumed at my house those years ago. I know it was all for me. That scent, all for me.” He pulled me close and pressed his nose to my neck.
My vision turned spotty and I tried to pry his fingers from my throat. My movements became more erratic as my lungs screamed.
“I told your fathers back then that you belonged to me, but when it came time for me to claim you, they denied me. Who do they think they are!?” His shout echoed around the cell and he threw me to the floor. My body screamed in pain as I hit the hard concrete, but relief flooded my lungs as I sucked in gasping breaths of air, my bruised throat burning with each inhale.
“I had a plan. I would punish them by forcing them to watch as I made you suffer. But it didn’t work!”
Glen paced around the cell, and I slowly inched away from him until my back hit the wall.
“Turns out, they wanted to see you suffer just as much as I did. You should have seen how hard they got when I sliced into your skin to place the first device.” He let out a maniacal laugh.
He stopped, his demeanor changing in a flash as he hunched into himself. “No, no,” he muttered. “Have to wait, have to play nice.” He cupped his crotch with a growl. “Make them think they won.”
He whipped his head back to me. “Your fathers were the ones who sold you to Pack Madden. Don’t they know they can’t sell what doesn’t belong to them? Mine! The little birdy is mine!” Spittle flew from his mouth and he tore at his hair. “They don’t deserve my little bird.”
He crouched down, running his hand over my cheek. Inside, I was screaming, but I refused to react. I sat stone still, separating my mind from my body. He moved his face close to mine and for a horrifying moment, I thought he would kiss me. But then the cell door opened, interrupting him.
Glen stood up, his body blocking the entrance. When he stepped aside, I saw a person I never thought I’d see again.
Genevieve.
I couldn’t tear my eyes away from the omega who had been my best friend turned traitor. I had fantasized about killing her so many times during my days in isolation at the DA. But there would be nothing satisfying about killing this person in front of me. She was frail, bruised, and there was a distinctnothingnessbehind her eyes.
“Ahh, my little petal,” Glen said, reaching his hand out to her.
She walked towards him with steady steps, her face betraying nothing as she took his hand. But she couldn’t mask her scent. She had always smelled like wildflowers, but now her scent was twisted with decay.
Glen turned back to me, a sadistic smile stretching across his face.
“What a happy reunion this is! My birdy and petal together again.”
I averted my eyes, breathing through my mouth to keep from choking on the toxic mix of scents.
“Help our guest get dressed, my petal,” he said, squeezing her arm tightly.
Genevieve flinched and when Glen moved his hand, I saw numerous scars littering her skin. Scars like mine.
“Strip,” Glen barked at me, his eyes gleaming. “It’s been too long since I inspected my birdy.”
My body betrayed me, moving to obey his order without hesitation. His bark couldn’t stop my hands from shaking as I fumbled with my clothing. I stood before him naked, clenching my vagina to keep the bracelet from falling to the floor.
Glen circled me, a predator surveying his prey.
