Setting: Starfall Pack
Melody Reese
My trembling hands were cuffed on the steel dance pole, which was fixed in the middle of the room. I could feel alpha Nathan behind me, approaching in slow, almost calculated steps—like a predator. Then I heard it—the loud crack of the whip he held in his hand as he lashed it in the air. I had heard the sound multiple times, and yet I still flinched in reflex every time.
"Something wrong, Melody? Don't tell me you're afraid of the whip now.” He finally broke the tense silence with his malicious voice, which had an undertone of mockery. I could hear the slow, dragging beat of my heart as he leaned over, his warm breath fanning my exposed neck. My hair was tied neatly in a bun as an order from him. He hated it when the strands got in his way, and when they did, he would pull them and leave my scalp burning.
"Look at you, trembling like a leaf, yet you disobeyed me by talking to that sorry alpha." He trailed his hand along my neck before moving along my left boob. I held my breath, knowing what was coming my way.
"What did I say about talking to other men?" The mixed emotions in his voice sent shivers down my spine. I swallowed painfully, trying to soothe my dry, tingling throat. Faster than lightning, he tugged my nipple forcefully, growling when I bit my lip to stop a scream from leaving past my lips.
"Answer me when I am talking to you, bitch!" His voice thundered, leaving my eardrums ringing.
"I'm sorry!" I whimpered, blinking back tears. I refused to give him the satisfaction of crying because of him. When he stepped back, I hardened my back, preparing for the whipping.
"One!" he counted as the sound of his whip descended on my back, the impact as it came into contact with my skin, sending a prolonged blindness straight to my head.
"Two!" he added, the second one turning my legs jelly and shaky on the floor. If I hadn't been cuffed up on the dancing pole, I would have fallen down quaking. As he added the third lash, then the next, I could no longer hold my screams. My back burned; it felt as if boiled acid was being poured on my skin.
"S-so..." The word jammed on my dry, burning throat; instead, dry coughs passed through. I lost count, my entire body giving in to the wickedness of alpha Nathan. I knew I was begging, but even I couldn't understand the utterances that came out of my mouth. I could feel warm wetness all over my back, trickling down to my ass and some flowing to the back of my thighs. The smell of iron filled my nose, just as I watched drops of blood drip between my feet on the floor.
"Twenty," he finally breathed out, laughing in satisfaction at what he had just done. He sickened me, making another cough pass through my chapped lips.
"Th-ank you." I stammered, the simple, basic action prompting the pain to explode on my burning back. I couldn't move without feeling as if alcohol was being poured all over me.
"Good girl, I see you still have some manners. I hope this will make you forget about that fucker, Draven. If not..." He left the warning at that, making me flinch on the inside. I prayed for an end to the suffering that I had been subjected to. As the beta's daughter, I still couldn't understand why my parents thought it was okay to give me out to the alpha for his own amusement.
He moved until he stood in front of me, his proximity making my insides tighten. "You know seeing your ass shake with every lash just made me needy." I almost spat at him when he dropped the whip and pushed his sweats down, fishing out his hard cock. My teeth clenched, but then I remembered I was bound by the laws of the pack.
I had been chosen by alpha Nathan to be his mate, when in reality I was just a breeder to him. My parents had pushed us to be together by rigging the choosing ceremony. It wasn't until I was chosen that I learned that I would spend my entire life giving birth rather than being loved.
"Open up,” the alpha instructed, making my mouth open hesitantly. He didn't even give me time to prepare; he pushed his cock all the way to my throat in one thrust. I gagged, my eyes filling with another set of moisture yet again. I could no longer feel my body; it's like the pain had been replaced by a numbness that made me question whether I was normal.
"Fuck yes!" he roared, grasping my hair by the bun tightly as he fucked my mouth relentlessly. His grunts drowned out my painful moans as he went faster and faster. What sort of monster did such despicable things to his own chosen mate? I thought, just hoping for it to come to an end soon. Weeks ago, I envisioned myself becoming his beta female, carrying out my duties diligently. I hadn't anticipated being given to him as if I were a commodity.
"So sweet." He groaned while I squeezed my eyes even tighter, to the point of seeing white spots in the darkness behind my eyelids. When he roared again, holding my head in place as he thrust deeper than before, I knew he was close. Then I felt it—his seed hitting the back of my throat.
"Swallow." The command was simple: my throat relaxed to swallow his cum. When he was done, he uncuffed me, pulled his sweats up, and left my room laughing like a maniac. The moment I heard the click of the door, I collapsed on the floor in a puddle. My stomach contents stirred, making me attempt to crawl across the room to the bathroom.
I was going to be sick from everything that had just happened. I couldn't stop my stomach from lurching again, nor could I stop my throat from opening up to let the contents out. I heaved, vomiting on the floor in front of my knees. The sour smell of the nostrils invaded my nostrils, triggering another vile mess to pass through my mouth.
"Why me?" I whispered to the moon goddess, tasting the acrid taste of the vomit in my mouth. My oesophagus was left burning, my eyes stinging, and my body shaking as I relived the vile session with alpha Nathan. I attempted to stand, but my body wouldn't let me. I wondered how I was going to clean up after myself when I couldn't even feel my feet or back because of being numb and electrified at the same time.
I closed my eyes, the piercing green eyes of my fated mate crossing behind my eyelids. At that moment, only the memory of him could help my mind and body relax. I knew by morning I would be almost healed, thanks to my wolf, but until then I needed something to distract me. To make me forget temporarily about every negative thing in my messy life.
Then, just as I was being lulled to sleep, a thought came into my mind. I knew what I had to do to make alpha Nathan, leave me alone. I would deny him what he desired most from me: an heir to his alpha position. I once heard my mother talking about a certain herb that turned fertile she-wolves barren. It was time to find it and use it.
"I would rather remain childless than spend the rest of my life with a monster," I whispered to myself, my mind already made up.