Chapter 15
It was as if my lack of reaction was a blow to his ego.
His actions with Innocent became violent. He moved faster and rougher to the point that Innocent, who seemed to be enjoying the intercourse couldn’t take it anymore and began crying as she begged him to stop.
“Mike, please stop. You are hurting me please stop.” Innocent kept begging, but this only seemed to fuel Mike’s unstable emotions and he moved even more violently growling as if he was about to shift.
This scared Innocent so much that she began hammering him on the chest with tears falling on her face.
If Mike shifted while inside her, she would be torn apart. Innocent had never experienced so much fear before. She couldn’t understand what it was about Valerie that made Mike react like that.
They had been having sex since they were sixteen and it was the first time Mike had treated her like that.
She had still been sulking about the other night when they were having sex and Mike told her he didn’t want to look at her face while they were being intimate.
He insisted on tying her and taking her from behind so that he would not see her face.
But what made things worse was the fact that while he ravaged her like a doll, he was calling Valerie’s name.
She had pretended not to hear or notice anything. When they were done and Mike asked her to leave, she didn’t try to stay like she usually would.
She needed to be alone and think about the reason Mike was behaving so weirdly recently.
However, no matter how much she ground her brain, nothing came to mind.
Valerie was basically a teenager in a child’s body with nothing attractive about her. She was so flat it was literally a crime to call her a woman.
So, what made Mike so infatuated that he would call her name in bed?
Even at that moment, she could tell that the reason Mike was losing control was because of Valerie’s presence. Yet, she couldn’t do anything but endure at that moment. She would settle the scores with Valerie later.
As I stood at the door and watched the show Mike had forced on me, I couldn’t help but pity Innocent, even though she didn’t deserve it.
Although I had never engaged in sexual activities, I could still tell from Innocent’s expression that she was in a lot of pain. But that had nothing to do with me. She had brought this on herself.
“Aaahh…Mike, please stop…I beg you, please stop.” Innocent kept begging for mercy. “Let’s rest for a while, okay? Please, I beg you p>
“Call me Alpha.” Mike growled into Innocent’s ears, yet his eyes never left me.
It was like he was trying to prove a point with Innocent. Because I didn’t treat him like an alpha. Because I didn’t show enough submission. Because I had no reaction to the mate bond even after he engaged in sexual activities in front of me, he wanted some reassurance that his alpha power still worked.
That was why when he ordered Innocent to call him alpha, he added alpha coercion causing Innocent to whimper as her wolf was forced into submission.
“Alpha.” Innocent called softly.
She was already so spent that she didn’t have the strength to move.
Mike seemed reassured as his ego inflated again. He looked at me and ordered me to leave.
“You can go now. Remember to come back later to clean up.” He said to me before turning Innocent and placing her on the bed on her back and like a bull that never tires, he went on with his thrusts, not taking Innocent’s tears and begging pleas to heart.
I went on cleaning other rooms and when I got to Karl’s room, I hesitated a bit.
I had come to this room many times before but now I could never see it the same way again.
All I could think of was that conversation Karl had with Mike about betting on him befriending me then sleeping with me and abandoning me once I had full trust in him.
This was a kind of betrayal that cut deeper than those people who had openly tormented me.
Karl had pretended for years to be my friend and to care for me, all for a bet.
It made me want to cut him to pieces, but I didn’t have the ability nor the guts at that moment.
I still needed to keep living until Lizzie fully awakened. Then I could investigate my father’s death and get revenge for all the suffering I had endured over the years.
I stood outside Karl’s door longer than necessary with my thoughts jumbled.
The corridor was empty and quiet. It was a kind of deceptive quiet that fell after most of the pack members either went to train, or were engaging in other activities outside the pack house.
Of course, this made the pack seem peaceful, but peace in this place was nothing but a mask.
The Night claw pack was so dirty and filthy that no matter how thick the mask they put on was, it couldn’t completely hide the rot at the core.
My fingers tightened on the handle of the bucket, reflecting my inner turmoil. Even though I had tried to downplay Karl’s betrayal, it still stung.
For several years, his room had been the only one in the pack, apart from my damp, crumbled up utility room that I entered without feeling dread or tiptoing around.
Back when I believed in the purity of some people’s hearts, I didn’t even flinch when I climbed into his room through the window in the middle of the night.
Yet, I now realize that all his mercy, friendliness, and concern were all a part of a game.
A bet.
And the prize was my body.
I could still hear his voice from that night. It had been casual, amused, and detached.
“I’ll get her to trust me completely, probably even fall in love with me, then I’ll get her to offer herself to me willingly. You’ll see p>
That memory coiled in my stomach like a poisonous serpent. Making me gang.