Raven and I are quiet as the elevator begins its ascent. I counted the floor numbers just so I would have something to do. Something to distract me from my fears.
The moment it stops on the fifty-first floor and the door opens, my panic rises. My heart was beating so erratically and my chest felt constricted. Like a tight fist was squeezing it.
“You talk to him, okay, I need to find the bathroom,” Raven says as we step out of the elevator.
“It’s on your left at the end of the hallway.” I pointed her in the right direction and watched as she left.
Once she’s out of sight, I remain standing, trying to calm down. My hands were shaking, and my whole body was encased in fear. I was so tempted to turn back around and leave, but it was like I was frozen on the spot.
“You got a lot of nerve coming here, Sadie.” His deep and menacing voice pulled my eyes to his. “Either you’re pretty brave or pretty dumb.”
Fuck. Maybe I shouldn’t have come, but it was too late now to turn back .
I stared at him, completely frozen on the spot. Terror completely takes over, and I’m unable to do anything except stare at the man who shattered me.
His eyes were a mix of blue and silver, signifying that both he and Knox were in control.
Every memory of my time in the dungeon rushes to my mind. I can’t help the panic that gets a hold on me or the fear that encases me. I moved back. Moving away from the monster that did everything to hurt me.
I try to pull air into my lungs, but it’s nearly impossible. I can’t breathe. My lungs weren’t functioning, so I gripped the top I was wearing. As if that would help ease the tightness I was feeling in my chest.
All of a sudden, I was slammed against the elevator door. His hand wrapped around my neck.
A wicked grin transforms his lips into something sinister.
“The scar on your face looks good on you,” he mocks, reminding me that I’ll have it for the rest of my life.
I try to push him away from me, but I don’t have the strength to do so. I try speaking, but nothing comes out.
“The life of a banished wolf isn’t that easy, is it? Is that why you’re here? To beg me to lift the banishment.”
I shook my head. “I came here to tell you something.” The words were stammered, but at least I managed to get them out. “What is it… Are you finally ready to confess, you traitorous bitch?”
I flinched at his menacing growl and his cold eyes. I also ignore the way his words still hurt me. The way his words tear at the remaining piece of my heart. How is it that, after everything, he still has the power to hurt me?
“I’m pregnant”
I whispered the words. He must have heard me because he stepped away from me, his face transforming into a look of disgust. Hearing a shocked gasp, I turned to find Jason looking between us.
Alec’s cold laugh brings me back. Making me focus on him.
“Do you honestly think I’d believe you?” He snarled, his anger evident in how rigid and wired his body was.
He looks just about ready to tear me into pieces.
“I’m telling you the truth; you can have a healer check me out if you don’t believe it.” I wrapped my hands around myself, feeling chilly all of a sudden.
“You may be pregnant, but I can assure you that the child probably isn’t mine. Who knows how many men you’re drugged and spread your legs for. You’re a slut, and I would never let my child have a hoe as a mother.” His words hit me like a bullet.
They shred my heart to pieces, knowing that’s what he thinks of me. I won’t let him see how much he hurt me, though. I will never give him that kind of satisfaction.
“A simple DNA test is enough to prove that the child is yours, Alec. I was still a damn virgin when we ended up in bed together. Do you honestly think I want this? Do you think I want a monster for my baby’s father? If I had my way, I would have conceived with someone else. Anyone but you.”
My words were harsh, but they were the truth. I know it’s wrong to disrespect an Alpha, but I’ve had enough.
I didn’t see him move. One minute, I was standing by the door; the next, my feet were off the ground, and his hands were around my neck.
I try to loosen his grip, but it’s of no use.
“No one disrespects me, especially the filth that ruined any chances I had with my mate,” he growled, pain and anger laced in his voice. “If the bastard child is mine, which I doubt, I would never allow it to live. I fucking hate you Sadie, and I’d rather that pup die than be given birth to by the woman who destroyed my life.”
With that, his other hand punches through my rib cage, just on top of my stomach. Pain washes through me as I feel his claws dig deep inside me. I felt his hand grab my heart in a painful way.
“Please…” I begged as tears fell from my face.
He smiles cruelly and twists his hand, causing unimaginable pain. “I’ve wanted to kill you since I learned of your betrayal.
Now I can have your filthy, beating heart.”
Fuck. Why moon goddess? Why are you allowing this to happen to me? Is this how my child and I are going to die? At the hands of his or her father.
I watched the man I’d fallen in love with. The father of my baby. His lips formed in a twisted smile, as if he were greatly enjoying this.
I scream as I feel him start to rip my heart from its cage. Black dots danced around my vision as numbness and coldness started to take over my body.
I was just about to surrender to death, when, all of a sudden, the hands holding me loosened and both Alec and I dropped to the floor.
I opened my eyes to find Raven looking pissed as hell. She had her hands in front of her, chanting loudly while Alec and Jason screamed and thrashed on the floor.
“Come on, we need to leave.”
She helps me up.
