9. He returns
Makawee's standpoint
"Don't stay too long or any wolf can come out here and rape you. Many of them have seen you naked and are all wanting you, be careful."
"Nakedness isn't a new thing to them,"
"Amongst their kind, not humans like us. Please be careful."
"I will," it took me three minutes to convince her before she left. She helped me fetch a bucket of water. I wasn't going to get into the river and pollute it. I used my hands to feel, it was like bathing in the dark. I successfully sponged the filth out the way I could, three good times before rinsing the soap off.
When I was sure my body was almost clean, I walked into the river to cool off. The water was very cold but I loved it, it reminded me of the grotto water. I remembered the time my mother first showed me the grotto, the magic it formed in my heart.
‹I'm tired, I want to die.›
‹Kawee, please don't,› I sank deep into the water, letting myself go in deep. ‹You can't die! Not without avenging mother!›
I swam back up, agreeing to that. I could hear ruffling of leaves. I ducked my body in, leaving my head at nose level. "Is anybody here? I can smell something odd." That voice. I raised my head up, making sure my chest remained in the water.
"Rick!" I shouted. "It's me, Makawee!"
"Makawee?!" He shouted. Remember the youngest son of the she-wolf I saved?
"Don't come closer, I'm naked."
"Oh," I swam out of the water, ready to change. "How have you been? Have you been taken good care of here?"
"So good I look like an empress," I said sarcastically. I found the gown I was wearing.
"Kawee, what have they done to you?"
"How's your mother?"
"She's fine."
"And baby?"
"Healthy, they will come in three days. I ran away, I'm tired of them. Uncle Kale promised to return in five days…" My heart flipped when he said that. Questions started flooding my head, questions pushed in by Lona.
What if he saves me?
Would he care?
Would he search for me?
Will he be angry when he sees what they have done to my body?
I know he won't do anything to them but would he protect me? Would he stop my torture?
What if…
‹What if what!› I snapped at myself. I wore my dress and looked for my underwear. Rick was talking but I wasn't paying attention. When I was done, I called out to him.
"Rick, can you come now?" It didn't take him more than ten seconds to find me.
"Kawee! What happened to your face?! And your body?!"
"Can you help me? I can't see."
"But…"
"Please, Rick, ignore my sight." I could tell he was crying due to the soft sobs that left his mouth.
"How could they do this to you," he cried. "You saved us,"
"They needed to pass their hate, I was open for service." I smiled.
"No!" I heard him scream before he ran off. I sighed and shrugged, I would wait for Rina then.
»»» End of flashback «««
Two days after my wonderful nine days, I was dragged to somewhere. Remember I'm still blind and one ear gone completely deaf. I was forced to sit down, I could tell there were lot of wolves in there. "Welcome," Kim chirped. "I heard you haven't eaten since you got here, not a single bite. I decided to make you food out of my generosity. Before you is the nicely fried flesh of one of your people, one of the wolves were nice enough to have collected them from the hounds. According to what I was told, this is your king's body…"
What?! Father!
"You will eat it, know how it feels to eat flesh…" I clenched my fists, sinking my teeth into my lips. "Eat it!" I refused. I felt a hand on my jaw, they wanted to force me to eat it. I clamped my jaw shut, refusing to open my damn mouth. "Urgh! She's irritating! Eat it!!!"
"She won't eat it!" Before I knew it, I was hurled across the room and landed somewhere. I let out a sob, I didn't want to cry, but I couldn't help it, I just couldn't. I knelt up and started feeling the floor, tears falling down from my eyes. I kept feeling, looking for a way out. The door flew open, the wind carrying a particular scent, a familiar one. I didn't pay any attention, I only focused on trying to get away as my tears betrayed me.
The silent in the room was strange, I could feel the sudden fear of all the wolves, why? Don't care. I kept feeling until I touched a shoe. I felt the shoe up to it leg. I heard a soft whimper before my two shoulders was grabbed and I was tugged to my feet. Whoever was holding me gasped, I did too because of the series of firework in my head, the dragon flying in my stomach and the electricity running to my heart from his touch.
"What have you all done to her?!!!" He roared. My heart stopped, my breathing hitched as my eyes widened.
Holding me was no other than Alpha Kale.
My mind shouted one name; Rick.