Anna POV

I hissed as soon as the silver-laced whip hit my back. I felt my flesh slice open with a new wound as the whip descended once more, producing a cut that was much worse than the last one.

Should twenty-two be executed?" He laughed ominously, as usual. " Or twenty-two multiplied by two?" He brought the whip down again, and this time I could no longer contain my screams of anguish.

When I finally started crying, the stinging tears I had been holding back fell.

We are destined to be mates! What does this accomplish? Words I spoke were rebuffed.

For goodness' sake, I couldn't even ask this for fear of what might happen next because we share a child. I didn't have the guts to speak out against it.

I questioned the moon goddess' motives when she made us our partners. He crouched down next to me on the ground while grinding his teeth.

He grabbed my head and made me turn to face him. His grey eyes, which sparkled with anger for me, met my own pained green ones. robust mutt! hurled out.

"You ought to have just let me take your refusal!" When a hard blow hit my face as a result of my gritting, I immediately regretted what I had done.

"You dare challenge your Alpha? Seems you have forgotten what put you in this situation in the first place," he said in a furious tone. " And why would I have allowed you to accept my rejection," he reminded me. " I want you to feel every agony whenever I have sex with someone else," he said in a rather rhetorical way.

"I am sorry" As I reflected on what had caused me to be in this situation, I said sadly.

This morning when he asked me to make him an omelet, I refused, saying that I wasn't his maid, and he became upset as usual, threatening to beat me up.

I had never experienced punishment this severe, so as I sat there contemplating my sentence, I pondered what the remainder of the day and the rest of my life held in store for me.

"If you hadn't been such an ugly, frail, cursed bitch, you know I would have been gentler! And that foolish awful father of yours, you know why he gambled you away at such a young age?" he said as he yanked my head back with such force that I could feel the strain in my skull.

His abhorrent remarks sliced into me like a real dagger, yet I remained silent.

"You are nothing, so that's why! a waste! Useless! a plague! You are useless, and I'm determined to make you terribly uncomfortable so that you will always remember what a disappointment you are! You only deserve suffering." At his words, I groaned as more tears rolled down my cheeks. " And your idiotic child, too."

I desperately wanted to tell him, you're being this nasty to our child; she's ours.

"Like you, she is a waste! a curse and a waste! And you even have the courage to say that she's mine?" he questioned. He tightened his hold on my hair "How can I be certain that the little b*tch is mine? Between those useless legs of yours has been every unmated male! Whore!"

His remarks, which I had been hearing ever since I gave birth to daughter, made me cringe.

"You are aware that she is yours. I am no whore," I spit at him. My eyes widened as I strained to breathe when his hold left my hair and moved to my neck, pressing tightly and blocking my breathing.

"You have permission to speak, right?" He hissed at me, and as the hold grew tighter, I felt claws pierce my skin. When his wolf came out, I was overcome by pure terror.

"I'll demonstrate how to utilize that fucking mouth for you." I collapsed on the ground gasping for oxygen as he got up and released his hold. I didn't even get a chance to take a breath. He reached the bed with big steps after quickly bending, picking me up rough.

He flung me on it while growling, and when my head hit the headboard, I howled in pain and my eyes began to water.

He had no shirt on, his hands were on his belt unbuckling it, and he was grinning as usual whenever he intended to take advantage of me when I looked up at him.

As his final item of clothes was removed, I closed my eyes and began to feel his weight on me. I lay there in quiet as I endured it all, tears streaming down my cheeks.

A kind touch caressed my cheek and opened my eyelids, causing me to awaken. Elena appeared in front of me and glanced down at me with sad-looking green eyes.

She had muck on her clothes, and her face was also filthy as she held her fluffy teddy.

"Mummy..." She yelled, "Blood," and I could tell she was referring to my wounds since I noticed that she was crying as well.

I made an effort to sit up but was met with pain when I did so.

"Where am I?" I sighed and looked about, attempting to figure out where I was, only to find that I was in the alley as I had anticipated. When he was finished, he always told the warriors to drop me off here since I always passed out.

"I'm sorry, mommy." She dropped the bunny and threw her arms around me, not caring that the blood might stain her.

My kid is the sole reason I am still alive and fighting, so I drew her in and gave her a firm hug. To care for her and provide her a better life, I had to be still here

"Have you eaten, little one?" I prompted her.

"No. I was waiting for you," she said as she shook her head and turned to face me.