Chapter 7

His gray eyes did not leave my blue ones and neither did the anger dispel from them, I began shivering, fearing he would hit me again but his expression softened and he let go of me and left without a word, leaving me confused.

"He knows that we are his mate so why didn't he react?" Tara questioned and I shrugged, not having any answer to her question.

'We should just be glad that he didn't hit us.' I told her and heaved a sigh before heading back to my room. I laid on my bed but I really couldn't get any sleep, I just couldn't believe how cruel fate could be. The same man who has constantly abused me, the same man who I fear so much has turned out to be my mate.

At that moment, I wished I hadn't listened to Tara and come out of the room but I knew deep down that even if I hadn't, I would have still found out that he is my mate, one way or another. I eventually got over the shock, as there was apparently nothing I could do about it.

Different disturbing thoughts soon clouded my mind, how would he treat me now that he had found out that we're mates? Would he still abuse me? Would anything change between us? And most importantly, why didn't he reject me immediately after finding out? Why didn't he react? Did this mean that he would treat me better? Or did he just let me off because he was waiting to publicly insult and reject me in front of everyone? These were the thoughts that ran through my mind and they soon gave me a headache.

"Evelyn, what's this? You shouldn't bother us so much, don't forget we've not yet recovered fully. Didn't you hear what the doctor said? It is essential for us to avoid stress." She cautioned.

'You're right I shouldn't worry so much.' I agreed with her.

"Of course I am. I think it's time to take the medicine." She said and I nodded. I had eaten not too long ago, so I got up to search for the medicine and when I found it, I swallowed it and gulped down a lot of water.

The medicine took effect really quickly and I soon began to feel drowsy. I got into bed and it wasn't long before I fell asleep.

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The sound of the door slamming open quickly woke me up, I forcefully tried to keep my eyes open and fight the tiredness I felt as I yawned.

I groggily sat up, all my tiredness disappearing when I saw that it was the Alpha that had just entered my room.

He walked straight to the bed where I was sitting, puzzled and grabbed my wrist, forcing me to hurriedly get up from the bed.

He dragged me with him and all I could do was follow, the fear slowly creeping in.

"Where is he taking us? What does he want to do? I hope he doesn't want to beat us up again? What if he rejects us?" Tara questioned flustered.

'I really don't know Tara. Personally, I think it would be much better if he rejects us instead of giving us a beating. Since we've found each other, the mating bond has been established, Tara please try communicating with his wolf.' I told her.

"I can't, his wolf seems to be shutting me out, something doesn't feel right about all of this. I fear something is about to happen." Tara said and this got me more worried.

'Are you trying to help me or scare me?' I questioned and she apologised. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. I was only saying what I thought because I can't lie to you." She said I sucked in a deep breath.

We stopped in front of his room and he opened the door and threw me in. I landed on the floor, face first while he closed the door behind him. I quickly sat up, wondering what he was going to do to me.

He walked up to where I sat on the floor and effortlessly pulled me up, bringing me in close contact with him. He was so much taller than me so he held my chin up so I could lock eyes with him before finally speaking to me.

"I've never really noticed how beautiful you are, you little wench. How do you manage to look so gorgeous despite all the torture you receive? You must be so excited to find out that we are mates now. We could have made such a lovely couple except for one little detail, I hate you. I hate you with everything in me, the sight of you truly disgusts me and my hatred for you only keeps growing by the day." He said to me and the sharp smell of alcohol hit my nostrils.

At least now I understand why he is doing this, he's drunk! Finding out this fact did not grant me any type of relief because I know that he is currently not in his right state of mind. He's already so brutal to me when he's not intoxicated so only the goddess knows how he'll behave with me now that he's smashed.

"He'll probably reject us now." Tara said sadly. I waited to hear those words that could break any wolf's spirit. Nothing good usually comes from being rejected by one's mate and I've seen several instances. Since I've reached a knowledgeable age, and up until this moment, I've only seen three people that were rejected by their mates. One committed suicide while the other two had to leave the pack. According to the rumors I've heard, being rejected by one's mate meant that he was breaking the mating bond and by doing so, the female would feel like she had lost her identity and so she had no other reason to live. It caused the ultimate despair.

I knew that I would never try to end my life after being rejected because I have been preparing for this for years now and it probably wouldn't make a difference.

I waited to hear that heartbreaking sentence but he said nothing, only chuckled and made sure that I kept eye contact with him.

"I know you think I'm going to reject you now but you're wrong, I'm not going to reject you just yet because rejection alone is too small a punishment for you. I'm going to make sure to completely break you first, I'll shatter all your hopes and dreams before I reject you and I'll start by showing you how worthless you are." He said in a sinister tone and I flinched, tears gathering at the edge of my eyes.

I don't know if it's because of the bond we now share but his words hurt me deeper than it normally should have, it made me feel heartbroken.

"Don't cry now, please don't. You'll have to save your tears for later because by the time I'm done with you, you'll have no tears left to cry." He said with a mocking smile and then he pushed me down.

I hadn't expected it so I couldn't break the fall and I landed on my butt which ached instantly. I didn't get the chance to worry about that because the distinct sound of something being unbuckled quickly caught my attention.

Fear seized my heart as I saw him unbuckling his belt. After he was done, he wrapped it around his hand and glared at me sinisterly and I instantly knew that he was going to whip me with it.

He slowly walked up to me while I quickly stood up and drifted backwards, shaking my head and pleading with him with my eyes not to do this. He didn't relent and kept moving forward while I moved backwards.

"How can our mate be so evil to us? We may have a bond with him, Evelyn, but that doesn't make us his punching bag, I won't let him do this. You have to transform, let me take over so we can fight this. Enough is enough!" Tara seethed. I could feel how angry and hurt she felt by Zephyr's actions.

'We can't do that Tara, he'll easily overpower us and he'll end up killing us.' I told her. "So do you think being whipped thoroughly is better? I mean what's the guarantee that he won't stop until we're dead? It's better to die fighting." Tara said and I wanted to agree with her but I couldn't.

I hadn't recovered yet and if I transformed, I wouldn't be strong enough to fight back. 'You know that I'm not fully recovered, shifting now would put both of us in danger.' I told her and it felt like she was about to say something but stopped as my back touched the wall.

I couldn't try to run because he quickly cornered me. "Where to? Where do you want to run to now, my dear mate? I have you trapped and I want to show you just a little bit of how I feel about you." He said and I soon felt a terrible pain on my arm as the thick leather belt came in contact with my skin, leaving a long, dark red bruise.

Tears stung my cheeks as I couldn't scream out my pain. He didn't let me a minute of respite as he lashed out successive strikes of the leather on my skin, each hit harder and more painful than the last. I cried and wished so badly that it would stop but it didn't.

He only stopped when part of my dress had not only ripped, but had become bloodied as a result of my severely bruised and broken skin.

I had cried so much that I found it hard to breathe because my heart was skipping beats. My whole body resounded in pain and all I wanted to do was close my eyes and never have to wake up again.

He threw the belt to a corner of the room and Tara tried to encourage me to hold on to dear life because it was finally all over but little did I know that my suffering wasn't nearly over, it had just begun.

He grabbed me, not minding that I was hurting badly and threw me on the bed. My head hit the bedpost slightly and my vision blurred. I tried my best to stay conscious and when my vision finally cleared, I felt my breath hitch in my throat as I saw him quickly undressing.

"Why don't we finish the mating process, shall we?'' He said sadistically and all I wanted to do at the moment was disappear.