Suffering as a Slave

Lorena POV

“You are to kneel from that tree over there towards this place,” Madam Ruth as she was referred to ordered me. She was responsible for other lower slaves, and the Alpha king put her in charge of me. The pains from the whipping on my back still aches me, and I didn't have to ask why she hit me with the cane.

It was all because of the Alpha king, and I knew he was the only one who could give such order. It was all him, and he wanted me to give up and become his sex slave, but that wasn't my mission. All I had in my mind was how I could kill him and made him felt the pain that all humans went through because of the stupid law created by him. “You mean I should knee until I reach that side?” I pointed towards the tree that was feet apart from where I was. A hundred steps wouldn't even reach there. “How the hell I'm I supposed to….” She didn't let me finish as she slapped me on the face. I scoffed as my face turned to the other side and I tasted blood in my mouth. “How dare you…” Another slap on my face.

“Don't ask questions, little human. You are just a useless slave who doesn't deserve to live!”

“And you are only a useless puppet pushed around by the Werewolves!” I retorted and when she tried to slap me again, I held her hand. “The only reason why I put up with your attitude is because of that stupid Alpha king and to be honest, you are a shame for siding with the Werewolves who destroyed humans and made life unbearable for them. “

The woman's eyes widened and she chuckled. “Nice speech little girl but you don't control the world here, the Werewolves does and for acting like this towards me,” she yanked her hand from mine and pushed me to the ground. “You'll kneel twice!” She declared.

I gripped the pebbles on the ground and stared at her intensely. “I am not going to do that,” I refused.

She chuckled and kicked me with the sole of her heels. “Whether you agree or not, it's your business but if I were you, I'll agree to this,” she crouched to my level. “We don't want the Alpha king knowing about this, or do we?” She grinned at me.

“Do whatever you like,” I challenged her.

“Okay,” she laughed and then whistled. I looked around me to see why she was whistled and when I saw them, I visibly gulped. Two hefty men appeared from behind us and headed towards me. One of them grabbed my hand and pulled me up, while the other grabbed a pebble from the ground and threw it at me. The frost pebble landed on my forehead and I winced, trying so hard not to show my weakness. Blood trailed down my head to my lips until I tasted blood.

“What the hell are you doing?” I shouted at them, but I was ignored as another pebble hit me on the shoulder. “This is barbaric!”

“And you are annoying!” Madam Ruth replied and laughed at my pain. “It's either you walk on that pebble or you die by the pebbles!”

“I am going to make sure you regret this,” I bite my lower lips as the pebble hit my face yet again. “Stop doing this!” I yelled at them.

“Walk on the pebbles!” She ordered and smiled at me. “If you walk on the pebbles, I'll let you go,” she folded her arms together.

“Why are you doing this?” I cried as another pebble hit my face. At this rate, I would probably not have marks on my face. I wiped my face with my hands and nodded in response. “Fine, I'll just kneel on it,” I agreed and gripped the pebbles. This was the fault of the Alpha king and because of him, I had to be used like this. “Soon,” I whispered.

Madam Ruth order the men to stop and beckoned to Me to start. Swallowing my pride, I knelt on the pebble and moved forward. “I am going to kill the Alpha king," I muttered as I moved forward on my knees. After taking a few steps, I felt my knees on fire and thought that I was going to die because the pain was too much to bear. “This is his fault,” I cried out loud when my knees hit a large pebble. I stopped and burst into tears. “Why me?” I cried and continued moving forward. “It's all because of him,” I took a deep breath and focused on the tree. To get back at the king for all the pains tear he had caused me, I just had to keep moving on the pebbles. I closed my eyes and pictured myself in front of the king. I saw myself stabbing him in the chest and watching as he fell to the ground and closed his eyes.

“Good,” my eyes fluttered opened, and I realized that I had reached the tree. I paused and took a deep breath. “I got this,” I said to myself.

“You'll need to kneel back, slave,” Madam Ruth reminded me as she clapped her hands. She was getting on my nerves and I found it annoying. How dare she try to tell me what to do? I thought. “ If you don't move right now, I'll order them to hit you yet again!” She threatened me.

Even though her threats didn't get to me, I feared for what could happen to my face and as a result, I started moving towards madam Ruth. I fell to the ground along the way and tried to nurse my knees, but Madam Ruth clapped.

“No time to waste!” She shouted.”you have other things to face,” she said.

Other things? I had no idea of what she meant by that because I thought that my suffering had ended when she ordered me to knee and moved on the pebbles.

“What do you mean?” I asked her.

“Let's see if you'll survive tonight,” she winked at me. “Let me see how you can survive.” Madam Ruth laughed at me.

I heaved a sigh and bites my lower lips. The tears fell slowly, and I quickly wiped them off. My knees felt like they were on fire, but I didn't care.

I was determined to show the Alpha king their I wouldn't succumb to his useless attitude, and also to show him that he couldn't break me. Once I reached Madam Ruth side, she clapped her hands. It wasn't a clap of success, but of mockery.

“Great job,” she moved closer to me and tapped my shoulders. “Now stand up. You have other places to go,” she told me.

I struggled to stand up from the ground and almost fell, but she grabbed my hand. “Easy there,” she said. I thought that she had helped, but she let go off me, letting me fall into the pebbles.

“What the hell are you doing?” I shouted at her, but I was ignored.

“That is my kindness to you, slave,” she chuckled.

I sat on the pebbles for a few seconds while staring at the blood on my knees. They wouldn't stop pulling, and it was painful to watch. “I am strong,” I muttered under my breath.

Five minutes later, I limped behind Madam Ruth as we both walked into a flower field. The two hefty men accompanying us opened the doors leading into the garden, and we walked in. “You are to get Lilies for the king,” she instructed.

I looked around but saw no sign of lilies. The flowers I could recognize were Roses and Daisies. “But there are no lilies here,” I pointed out.

Madam Ruth laughed and pushed me forward. I almost fell, but I regain my composure. “ It's your job to find the lilies not mine. I'll allow you twenty minutes to find the lilies and if you can't do that within that period, then you'll be beaten but if you can, we move to the next thing,” she informed me and turned to leave.

“Why are you doing this?” I asked her.

She scoffed and burst into laughter. “Whatever I do is what you deserve. If I were you, I'll go beg the Alpha king.”

“Never,” I refused bluntly. I rather die than beg the Alpha king.

“Then we enjoyed your suffering,” she said, and walked out of the garden.