Page 29 of Keeping Her Close


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“Good now get the hell out of here before I start crying. Good luck my boys!”

Saying our goodbyes, we head out for the airport.

Chapter twenty-six

Andrea

Idon'tknowhowlong I've been here anymore. I was doing well keeping track of the days, but then they decided I was too combative, so they started drugging me into compliance. That's when my wolf retreated into my mind to the point I couldn't find her anymore. The only good part of being drugged was that they untied at some point and bathed me.

However, they have taken turns dragging me out to the center of the grounds and whipping me with different objects in front of the rest of the pack. They are using me to set an example of why everyone else should fall in line and not go against The Alpha. It has gotten so bad that it is daily now and I can no longer put any pressure on my back.

As I lay here naked for anyone to admire, I thank God that I am at least back in the house. My wrists and ankles are finally healing on their own. Unfortunately, I think they may be infected though, because they burn so badly. The lashes on my back, however, haven't had that chance. The moment they try to close up, I am taken back out, and it starts all over again.

The Alpha hasn't been back since that first night. I know it's only a matter of time before he comes for me since his Luna cannot bear his children. He'll be expecting me to start pumping them out in no time.

As I begin to drift back off into a peaceful, yet dreamless, oblivion, I hear footsteps nearing the door before it flies open, embedding into the wall behind it. The force of it is enough to bring me back to the waking world and a small scream to escape. I curl in on myself, making myself as small as possible, just hoping that whoever it is will just leave me alone to die already.

“Get your ass up, bitch,” the man screams at me, kicking the bed to jostle me.

“Please, just leave me alone. I won't cause any problems for you today. I just want to lie here.”

I beg the man, hoping that he'll go away but knowing he won't. He never does, no matter how hard I beg.

“Get your nasty ass up. The omegas are waiting to clean you up and get you ready,” he spits out as he grabs me by my upper arm in a bruising hold, hauling me out of the bed.

Reluctantly, I allow him to yank me from my safe place. He leads me out of the room where I have been kept to parade me through the courtyard buck-ass naked. Everyone who is out and about sees this man dragging me and turns a blind eye to what is happening. It’s what they have been doing since I was first taken to the post. Nobody wants to go up against The Alpha because they don't want to be taken from their loved ones as well.

Reaching a small cottage on the other side of the grounds, he kicks open the door and shoves me through, using such force that I drop to my knees just inside the door. Kicking me out of the way, he closes the door. Leaving me with three young, frightened girls who don’t even look to be of age yet.

They all come running to me once the door shuts to help me to my feet. Leading me to a small back room where there seems to be a tub of water.

“Has anyone told you, ladies, why I am here? I'm not complaining, I just need to know what the fuck is happening.”

Looking at each of them, I am met with only silence. None of them respond to my questions and all are refusing to meet my eye. Instead, they keep their gazes trained on the floor. Taking a moment to look at each of them, I realize that all three of them are in various stages of pregnancy. That's when I recall what the man said. They are omegas. This means each of these girls is carrying the seed of The Alpha.

Utterly disgusted with what I just realized, I let the girls clean me up and get me ready for whatever it is I will be heading into tonight. Once again, I am not offered any clothing at all, which I’m not entirely mad about. The thought of having anything on my back is enough to make me wince. But instead of getting pissed at the girls helping me, I suck it up and try to appear to be strong, despite my current situation.

The girls are just about finished with brushing through my hair when the man from earlier throws open the cottage door. “Let’s go, bitch. He’s getting tired of waiting for your sorry ass,” he grumbles as he reaches for me, this time grabbing a fistful of my hair as he pulls me through the doorway. This time, he doesn't take me back to the room where I have been held. That's when the dread begins kicking in and his words hit home in my mind.

He's leading me to The Alpha’s home.

I don’t want to be here. Why couldn’t I just stop fighting D so much? Being back in Denver with him would be so much better. Being here has created a hole in my chest that I can't quite explain and I haven't felt it since I was with him last.

Pulling myself from my thoughts, I begin to claw at his hand gripping my hair and dig my heels in. Hoping to loosen his grip just enough to make a run for it. I don't think I would make it very far, but I still have to try. I refuse to go down without a fight, even if I am too weak without my wolf. The fighting seems to piss off the big oaf more. Stopping just long enough to yell at me and punch me square in the mouth before continuing.

He throws me through the open door of The Alpha's house.

“You know that just because you look like the bottom of someone's shoe after they’ve stepped in shit, you don't have to act like it, right?” I ask defiantly, head held as high as I can in the position that I'm in.

“Bitch, you better shut your fucking mouth before I shut it for you.”

Reaching for me again, he gets cut off before he can make good on his threat.

“You even think about laying your hands on her again and it'll be your head. Do you fucking understand me? The only motherfucker here that will touch her from this point on is me,” Alpha roars at the man, yanking me up from the ground by my hair. “Now leave us.”

Now that he’s gone, it seems my worst nightmares are about to come true. That's truly saying a lot, considering some of the shit that I have been through while being back here. All I know is that I will not be letting this man get away with this shit this time. He will regret ever wanting me to be his breeding whore, and will most definitely regret touching me. If I am going to die at the hands of this sick fuck, then I will go out with a goddamn bang.

“So what is it exactly you intend to do to me?” I ask, trying to get my hair free from his grasp. But he doesn't respond as he leads me to the back of the house. The one place I don't want to be.

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