The beast they all fear is my husband

"Liliac, who did this to you?." He asked.

"Please, don't send me back or the scars would be multiplied. I'm begging you Mr Leonard." My palms were placed together in a plea and my tears clouded my vision.

I cleaned my eyes with the back of my palms to see his reaction, I was expecting dread and disgust but he was staring at me softly.

" Who did this to you, tell me now." He demanded softly. 

I was reluctant.

" Tell me." He said.

"Some of them are punishments from my father, some are from occasional ambush and the rest are from attacks from stronger pack members." 

He muttered something indistinct in anger.

I looked down at my left shoulder and my left elbow after then I looked down at my right arm, that was the reason why I always wore long sleeves, so people wouldn't snicker at me when they see how my body was covered in ugly scars.

"You must hate me now that you've seen my body, it's fine if you don't want to keep me as a wife, I totally understand but you can't send me back there, I might be exiled or banished, the alphas wouldn't let me live if I disgrace them by disgusting you, I can be your slave or servant, I can scrub the floors of this enormous house all by myself, anything please let me stay. You can reject me as a wife but please accept me as your servant." I begged.

He came closer to me, very slowly, he put his lips to my cheeks... I was frozen in shock, I felt his soft lips kiss my tears away. I could feel his soft breath crash against the wall of my skin. 

He withdrew and combed his fingers through my partially wet hair. 

"I'm not going to send you back and I'm not going to reject you Liliac, you're my wife... I don't care about the scars, it doesn't change the way I see you, you're beautiful." He said softly.

His words penetrated through the skin in my chest and touched my heart, I felt better. I could breathe now, I felt like all my life I had been holding my breath.

All my life I've been scared of being abandoned and rejected because it happened over and over again. I gave my heart to my father, tried my best to make him proud only to earn lashes because I wasn't perfect, gave my heart to my pack and they considered it unworthy.

My entire life I've been bleeding and desperately waiting for the time I would drop down and die, and since I stepped on the altar and saw how handsome My husband was, the fear intensified, I was scared that if I made too much noise he would notice me and punish me for existing. 

But here he was holding my arms after kissing my tears from my face. 

It was impossible… this was the man I hated and feared, the man I detested for forcing me to marry him, a man the people called the beast, ugly, arrogant and heartless.

"Thank you." I told him, he smiled and softness spread to his eyes.

"No, thank you, Liliac." He said. 

I could not get my eyes to blink, this must be a dream.

"I never knew that... If I knew that this is how a family treats their own daughter I would have come for you sooner, I'm sorry for coming for you this late but I promise you Liliac, I give my word to you, with my life that your body would never receive any wound from now on, it would never carry any scar, I would have to be six foot under before I let anybody come close enough to harm you, you're my wife and I'm your husband, I'm going to take care of you and show you what happiness truly is, trust me." He said.

Tears fell from my sore eyes and my lips trembled.

" I'm going to call Amaray to come back so you can finish your bath." He said standing up from his crouched position and I watched him leave the room.

Very quickly, Amaray came back.

" Mrs Alaxia, are you okay?." She asked me.

I nodded my head frantically, she smiled softly and then she came forward and we completed the bath.

"I have something for your scars." She said softly, her voice was filled with concern. 

I turned to look at her.

"Amaray, I've tried everything, I don't want to get my hopes up only for it to be shattered." I told her and she chuckled.

"I'm your personal groomer now, trust me Mrs Alaxia." She said simply and she left the room but she returned almost immediately.

"Can you lay on your belly for me?."

I turned around and layed on the bed with my belly, after a while the ointment started to burn softly.

"Would you also like to drink something that would help you soothe the after-pain?. " She asked me.

" Why... What after pain are you talking about?." 

" For when Mr Alaxia and you are going to share your first sexual intercourse." 

An alarm sounded in my head, I had totally forgotten. 

" Mrs Alaxia, please don't frown so much they'd give you wrinkles." Amaray said smoothing out the frown from my forehead. 

What would my husband say if I told him that I was not ready yet?.

He already took me after he saw my scars, I didn't want his patience to run thin, I wanted to please him even if it means sacrificing my comfort.

"I'll have the medicine." I told Amaray and she provided a bottle that contained drugs and she dropped it on the bedside table.

After Amaray was done with grooming me, I could not believe that it was me staring back at myself from the mirror. She had parted my hair in the middle and the conditioner had made my hair very soft and straight. My skin was smoother and shinier. My eyebrows had a certain arc that defined my jawline and my eyes stood out.

"You've done magac." I exclaimed. 

I was still gasping in surprise when I heard a chime like a doorbell sound in the room, I could tell that it sounded through out the house because it was very loud like church bells. 

Suddenly Amaray stood up from where she was sitting and she started running towards the door.

"Hey, where are you going?." I asked her.

She was muttering something under her breath, like a prayer. 

"Amaray, wait." I said standing up

She didn't lift her heard from the ground as she turned the door knob and flung it open, this was her escape.

I ran after her.

"At least tell me what is happening." I pleaded.

When I reached the hallway, the other servants were running out of the rooms too, I looked down the stairs and saw the cook running out of the door with a spoon in his hand, he was so much in a hurry that he hadn't dropped the spoon he was carrying.

"Someone tell me what is going on." I yelled but none of them raised their eyes from the floor.

I turned to someone, he was the house keeper that had held the door open for Leonard and I.

" Go to your room and hide, be quick, he's coming!." The housekeeper screamed holding my shoulder and pushing me violently.

"Who is coming?!." I asked in horror holding myself from stumbling. 

" The beast!." He yelled at me, the housekeeper's face was covered in sweat, veins were bulging from his neck like live snakes and his eyes were red. " Run!."