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Liv's POV
My miseries didn't end when I was being dragged to the room against my own will. I wanted to escape but I couldn't, how could I do that when the room was locked?
I sat on the cold floor.
I rested my head on the side of the bed.
The thoughts of Callum and Ryded filled my head, everyone would be so bothered about me.
I was sure they were trying their possible best to search for me but here I was feeling so relaxed as helplessness consumed me.
I couldn't help myself, even if I wanted to.
I wasn't wise enough. Perhaps I would have left some clues back in dark sky pack so they could use it to find me but I was so busy with showcasing my skills, the skill that didn't prove to be useful. At the end of the day I still got kidnapped.
I was extremely terrified. There were times a loud scream would escape from my lips because I feared that any little noise could be an insect. I couldn't see anything, the whole room was dark.
It felt as though Max was purposely punishing me. The only thing I could do was to wipe my tears over and over again, how unfortunate was life to me.
At some point my throat began to feel itchy. There wasn't amy remedy for me, I knew for a fact I had to find my remedy which was gulping down my saliva in order to soothe my itching throat, alongside the pain that came with it.
I couldn't recall how many times I banged my fist on the door. I cried, begged, pleaded, but no one saw a good reason to come to my aid. I needed someone to let me out but they just followed their Alpha's orders.
In the past hours, I screamed so much that I could barely utter a word. My body was just sprawled on the floor as I stared at an invisible corner.
I didn't catch a glimpse of the meals that were occasionally slid down to me from the opening of the door. At least that would be the only time I could receive the ray of sunshine but it wouldn't take some minutes untill darkness befell me once again.
I heared the door creak open. I would have just remained still as usual but I sensed something unusual. I tried to sit upright despite how weak I felt, my face twisted in pain.
I managed to raise my body up. A sigh of pain escaped my lips, the door fully opened to reveal Max who stepped inside. I could see the look of pride crested on his face, I really hated it so much and for the main fact that I was the one who gave him an opportunity to experience such pride.
He was pleased with the miserable state he had put me in. I instantly removed my gaze from him, focusing it on the other side of the room.
"Liv you didn't have your meal right?" he asked but I remained mute. I had sworn not to answer him, just take it as though it was a vow of silence.
He used his leg to kick the plate aside. He lowered his head to my level, he turned my face towards him but my head was bowed down, I didn't want to look into his eyes.
"Why haven't you eaten? in some hours you already look so thin. Do you want people to think I maltreated you?" he let out. I still stood on my ground, there was no response from me. It was going to be that way not untill he gets tired and leaves me all alone to myself.
"I'm talking to you. Can't you hear me?" he questioned as a soft chuckle got released out of his lips. "Never mind Liv I understand this game far better than you, morever I'm impressed and well pleased with how submissive you've become, it took me a whole lot to tame you" he aired out.
Anger rippled through me. Not any kind of anger but the anger that could burn down a whole building if provoked. My hands were itching for me to slap him so hard across the face.
Just like the way he slapped me but this time around, I wanted to leave my finger prints on his cheeks. I wanted him to hate looking at his self in the mirror just because of me.
I felt the urge to grab him by his neck, to slam him so hard on the floor. I craved to see his blood spilled on the floor. I didn't want anyone to help me in doing all that except me, I wanted to stand up against him but all my thoughts were just in my imagination.
In my imagination, I had killed Max multiple times but I knew in reality I wasn't that strong to win against him. I had the willpower but what was needed was immense strength, I needed it to overpower me.
Max stood up to his feet. He turned his back against me as he walked out of the room. I let out a loud sigh of relief, he was finally gone even without me doing too much.
Just when I was about to relax. I heared some footsteps but what I didn't know was if it belonged to Max or not. My assumptions were proved right when he walked his way inside the room but this time around he didn't come alone, he came with a maid.
"Take this plates away" he ordered.
"Yes Alpha" the maid said. She began to pick up the plates carefully. From her reactions, I realised she was shuddering in fear.
"Prepare my favourite meal. I need to have it with my beloved" Max informed, the maid nodded her head in approval at his words, with that she left the room.
"I don't want you to be rude to me Liv. This silent treatment from you is slowly killing me" he muttered as though he was in pain, when I knew all those reactions from him was just a facade.
"I wish it kills you" I voiced out inwardly. I was the only one who could hear myself and perhaps my wolf. It felt as though she had been sleeping for days, she had turned into a sleeping beauty.
"Please sit on the bed. The floor doesn't suit you my princess" he said. He hooked his arm under mine to yank me off but I forcefully removed my body from his.
"I can see someone is burning with so much anger" he mocked with a soft giggle as he continued "You might think I don't love you but I really do" he said.
He paced back and forth, when he was done with his display of unfelt emotions. He grabbed a chair, he placed it beside me, where he could view my face properly as he plopped his ass onto the chair.
"Allow me to tell you a little secret my beloved. Those men you want to kill yourself for don't really love you, they just want to toss you around like a used ball. I'm the one who really loves you but you're just blind to see it" he pronounced. He trailed his fingers from my neck down to my collarbone.
He wanted to get a reaction out of me but I wasn't going to give him any of that. He cupped my chin in his hands then he resorted to my bossoms as he fiddled with them but I didn't resist that disgusting act from him.
"I love you Liv. Despite how much I love you, I won't tolerate it if you try to go against me so you had better not try to escape from here, otherwise I won't hesistate to kill you" he threatened. His words was all it took for my emotions to let its guard down.
I bursted out into an unbearable river of tears. I weeped profusely without any control.
"Why are you crying Liv? did I say anything to hurt your feelings?" he asked. He tried to wipe off my tears, I smacked his hands away from me. His care towards me was just fake. Nothing about Max was real.
He was always available to tell me how to do everything in life but I wouldn't give him the opportunity to tell me how to react to the pain he was giving me. I had no other option but to cry my eyes out, if possible I could get some relief which I doubted.
"I want to go home" I voiced out. This time around it wasn't inwardly. It was loud for everyone to hear including Max.
"This is home baby" he declared with a dangerous glimmer expressed on his face.
I was about to respond to him when I sighted Luna Rebecca from afar. Her face was reddened with anger as she barged inside the room.
"Why did you bring her here? what makes everything worst is you did all this without my consent. Is this what partners are for?" she yelled. The realisation dawned on me, Callum was right anyways. They were working together, the true definition of the term, like mother like son.
Max stood up from his seat. He casted a sinsiter glare at her, his once calm face became expressionless.
"I'm the Alpha. I don't answer to anybody" he declared with an intimidating aura.
"You might not answer to Liv but you would answer to me. I just can't let this stand, never Max!" she yelled. Her voice was filled with rage.
Max stepped closer to her. A smirk escaped his lips but before I could realise what was going on he slapped her across her cheek. The sound of the slap filled my ears.
If he raised his hand into his own mother without even thinking twice then how would he deal with me? I was in for some ill treatment. Max had become a beast in human form, his heart had become like a rock that could never break or melt.
"This is how I can answer to you. If that slap was enough for you, get out of this room right now. Don't show your face to me untill I ask you to" he screamed at the top of his voice. He gestured for her to leave, using the door.
Luna Rebecca didn't say a word. I could see the tears that gathered in her eyes but she was smart enough not to let it roll down her cheeks, especially in front of me.
That would mean lowering herself to the same level as mine. She didn't want any of that so she was willing to bear all the pains and insults. She gazed at Max once again as she left the room with dragged footsteps.
I didn't feel any pity for her. She had done worse to me, it was all karma.
"Damn it!" he yelled, knocking off the vase that was on the counter.
"This is all your fault Liv. Do you have to cry all the time? are you a fucking baby?. You had better stop crying because you're just a manipulative person and you are trying to blackmail me emotionally with those crocodile tears of yours!" he snapped out in anger.
I was wise enough not to banter words with him. I didn't want a dose of my own share as I watched him leave the room with anger filled inside of him
He slammed the door shut and once again I let the tears flow down my cheeks.