TRAUMA
CHAPTER THREE
"Can you both stop making it so obvious that I am in the midst of werewolves?" Karen asked, unable to contain the anger she was feeling.
Dr Kate looked shocked but Ralph just bore an unreadable expression.
"How did you know?" Ralph asked.
"Well, my Doctor here, has addressed you as Alpha two times in a row" replied Karen as she folded her arms on her chest.
"I'm sorry Alpha" Dr Kate said and bowed her head towards Ralph.
"It's alright Kate but what are you Karen?" Ralph suddenly asked.
"Me?! Well, I am a werewolf"
"You have no wolf, how can you claim to be one? There is only one explanation in case what you say is true. You were tortured until…" Dr Kate began to say and Karen became angry.
"I don't need you or anyone prying into my business" Karen said and raised her face defiantly towards the both of them.
"You need to…" Dr Kate began but Ralph stopped her, "It's alright Kate, let's leave Karen to have her meal" Ralph said and Karen watched his hand go to Kate's shoulder for about three seconds.
They turned around to go but Karen asked a question that had been troubling her "What pack do you lead Ralph?"
There was silence for about five seconds before Ralph answered, "You should rest now Karen. We would discuss about this tomorrow".
When they left, the loud grumble from Karen's belly reminded her of the fact that she had not touched her food as her mind was devising plans on how to leave the hospital. She leaned on her side as she lifted the tray and brought it to her laps.
The food was plain porridge and if not because she was so hungry she would not have touched it. She took a spoon of the porridge and contrary to the taste she was expecting, it tasted nice.
She ate more than half of it and when she was satisfied, she returned the tray. She wanted to continue her thoughts but she became dizzy and her eyes couldn't concentrate on anything. She soon slept off as she could not fight it!
"How long are you going to be like this Karen? I am moved with so much pity whenever I see you in this state, but you brought this upon yourself, you know? Accept me as your Alpha, kneel before me!" shouted Luke behind the gate of her cell.
"Never! I would never kneel before you freaking bastard" Karen screamed.
"Very well then. You brought this upon yourself." He said and walked away.
Karen began to quiver as she knew what was coming next.
Two huge pack warriors entered into her cell and they pulled her up roughly from the ground she was seated on.
"Let me go! I am Karen Zayn, daughter of Alpha Thomas Zayn. I command you to let me go now!" she screamed and tried to kick them but they only guffawed at her efforts.
"We are not warriors of your pack Lady Karen" one teased, "so we do not take orders from you" the other completed.
They yanked her arms apart and connected her wrists with the silver chains on the wall.
She yelped in pain as the silver ate into her skin and her already weak wolf whimpered within her.
They did the same thing to her ankles and the bigger of the two used his fingers to trace her skin from where he connected the chain to her inner thigh while the other watched on and her skin was lined with goose bumps in utter disgust.
She threw her head forward till her mouth could reach his ear and she bit it hard. She didn't let go until she tasted blood on her tongue and the other punched her belly hard.
"You maniac!" the man that got bitten screamed and Karen smiled as she saw his eyes open as wide as saucers as he clutched his ear. He punched her belly and Karen spat out blood as tears gathered at the rim of her eyes.
"That's more like it bitch!" said the other and he grabbed a huge tuft of her hair and pulled it back. Karen's skin was on fire and her scalp was burning and the tears she had been holding finally streamed down her face.
They let her go and left her cell but Karen knew that it was beyond over. Soon, water began to pour into the cell, how they did that, Karen had no idea. She saw as the water rose to her ankle and proceeded to her belly and then to her neck before it passed her head and she had to hold her breath. She held her breath for a while and tried to pull her wrists and ankles out from the chains but they did not even budge. When she could no longer hold her breath, she began to gag and fight for life beneath the water but it would seem like the pool of water suddenly turned into a pile of bugs that covered her and the bugs were climbing every part of her body.
She was hallucinating!
As she struggled in her dream, she was holding unto someone very tight but she had no idea who she was holding.
It was morning and Ralph had come to take her to his pack where he felt she would be more protected but when he came there, she was still fast asleep. It was like the drug he had asked Dr Kate to put in her meal was very effective. He was about to let her sleep on when she began to whisper, "No! No! No!". Ralph rushed to her side in a flash and saw how she shut her eyes very tight and how sweat broke out on her forehead.
He tapped her hand to wake her up but she held unto his hand tightly and her fingers pinched his skin and blood trickled out. Ralph knew that she needed to be woken up from whatever she was dreaming of at the moment, so he released his hand from her hold and scooped her to his lap. He was scared when despite the movement she did not wake up. He shook her as he began to call her name, "Karen! Karen!"
She opened her eyes to that voice that has a soothing effect on her and immediately Ralph saw that she was awake, he hugged her. Karen felt warmth and not the extreme cold that was enveloping and crawling on her some seconds ago so she embraced the warmth. Ralph felt her small hands around him and he hugged her tighter.
"Don't let me go" Karen said in between her sobs and Ralph was shocked at what she said.
After a while, Karen seemed to have calmed down and was about to release herself from Ralph but Ralph held her in place.
"What…what are you trying to do?" Karen asked confused.
"I won't let you go Karen. Even if you let me go, I won't" said Ralph.
"What insane gibberish are you saying? Let me go this instance!" Karen demanded.
The next moment, Ralph placed her on the bed and held her hands above her head and brought his face close to hers.
"What do you think you are doing?" Karen asked as she tried to release her hands from his grasp.
"Listen to me Karen Zayn, You.Are.My.Mate and I.Am.Your.Mate. Whatever is happening to you automatically concerns me, so stop trying to push me off every freaking time. Do you hear me?"
"What manner of stupidity is this? I have no mate, you… you can't be my mate" she said and Ralph felt a pain in his heart like she was rejecting him.