Chapter 24 Resolution to Die

Regina’s POV
Anger was pumping through my veins like hot lava.
This man…Shadow Valley’s Alpha Torres…he thought of me as a birth machine! I was not even a human being in his eyes, just a fucking tool that could help him take Ever Moon Pack!
With a furious roar, I went at Alpha Torres. But he stopped me easily with just one hand, and I was thrown to the ground.
He was a strong Alpha. I didn’t stand a chance in front of him.
My back hit the wooden floor harshly. I felt that all my organs were turned upside down inside of me. There was a rusty taste of blood in my mouth.
“Forget it…”
I raised my head shakily and glared at him in rage, my lips trembling.
“I won’t let Nigel touch me…He won’t be able to lay a single finger on me! No baby. NO! You better give up on this stupid idea right now!”
Alpha Torres looked down at me. There was even a hint of pity in his eyes.
“Oh, darling. I know this is too much to take in. But just like I said…” he smiled, “…You don’t have a say in this.”
“My brother Gray will tear you apart! And my grandfather Victor! They will destroy your pack! I bet that they are looking for me already!”
The sly smile on Alpha Torres’s face grew wider.
“I can see that you have a very loving family. And I am sure that they will turn the whole world upside down if they know that you are abducted,” he said.
“Then why are we still talking? Let me go!” I snapped.
“But do they know that you were abducted?” Alpha Torres snickered, “As far as they are concerned, there is a great chance that you are enveloped with Nigel. On your free will. Do you still believe that they will look for you in that case?”
I froze.
A freezing chill was sent down my spine.
Alpha Torres was right…Nobody knew that I was adopted.
All they knew for a fact was that I was gone, along with Nigel. And I hadn’t told anyone yet about my change of mind, that I was ready to leave Nigel forever.
Connie was the only one who knew what happened.
Yet if she was a part of this abduction, she would definitely keep her mouth shut about everything.
My family was disappointed enough when I married Nigel for the first time. If they thought that I was enveloped with Nigel again, they would give up on me for sure.
I was doomed.
My desperate look must have pleased Alpha Torres greatly. And he started to chuckle.
“Looks like that you are running out of options here, Princess Regina,” he said.
I snapped my eyes shut for a second. And then opened them up again.
“You are wrong,” I said.
I slowly pulled myself up from the floor and clenched my fists.
There was still a choice left for me.
If I couldn’t resist Alpha Torres and Nigel, at least…I could die.
I would rather die than have them use me as a fucking birth machine!
While everyone was still at a loss, I turned abruptly and jumped at Nigel, going after the dagger that he kept in his pocket. I had my eyes on it earlier.
Nigel was taken aback. He gasped in panic and staggered back. But my hand had reached into his pocket.
“STOP HER!” Alpha Torres growled furiously.
I already had the dagger in my hand.
Turning its pointy side to my chest, I stabbed myself decisively!
I was extremely calm and peaceful at that moment.
Gray’s face flashed across my mind.
Sorry Gray.
I promised you that I would wait for you to come back to me.
But looked like I wouldn’t be able to keep my promise after all.
The dagger was only a half inch away from my chest when a great force came at me from the side. Somebody knocked into me. The dagger missed its original target and cut into my shoulder instead.
I let out a painful and desperate cry, pulling the dagger out, and wanted to stab myself again.
But my wrist was grabbed by a large hand.
It was Hover.
He snatched the dagger away from me and put my arms to my back and tied my hands with a rope.
“That was stupid, Princess Regina,” he whispered into my ears.
Tears streamed down my cheek in despair.
I couldn’t kill myself even if I wanted to.
I had even lost the freedom to die.
Alpha Torres was glaring at me, his jaw clenched. The pleasant smile was gone. His face was dark with rage.
“Well…Princess Regina. I praise you for your courage.”
He gritted.
“But you just made your life a lot more difficult in this place.”
His cold eyes darted towards Hover and hissed, “Keep a close eye on her. Handcuff her at all times if necessary. Make sure that she is in your sight 24/7.”
Hover nodded, “Yes Alpha.”
“Go. All of you,” Alpha Torres waved his hand in the air dismissively. “Nigel, take her home and give her a good fuck. Maybe she will learn her lessons in bed.”
Nigel murmured a yes.
Hover grabbed my shoulder and escorted me to the door. When I walked past by Angel, she spat and gritted, “…Whore.”
I closed my eyes and ignored her.
My heart was cold with despair.
I was brought out of the manor and shoved into that same van again. Nigel came to sit in the back seat with me. There was an awkward smile on his face.
“So…Regina. Looks like we are back together after all…”
He put a hand on my shoulder carefully.
“I will treat you nice. Just think about our baby…I bet our child will be smart and beautiful—”
I turned to look at him.
“Hands off me!” I hissed, “If you dare to touch me, I will cut your fucking dick off. I fucking swear.”
He quivered with a horrified look. He looked at me as though he was looking at a ghost.
I knew that I looked dreadful right now, with my face and body all covered in my own blood. And Nigel had never seen this side of me before.
But I was done playing nice around him anymore. My love for him was gone, completely. Hatred and disgust were all that was left behind.
“Buckle up,” Hover’s deep voice came from the passenger’s seat. “We are leaving.”
The van drove away from the mansion.
Nigel never dared to come near me for the rest of the ride.
After 30 minutes of bumping ups and downs, the car stopped in front of a house. I looked through the car window and recognized this place as Nigel’s home.
I was brought back to the hell.
When I fled this place, I never thought that one day I would come back. Yet fate didn’t leave me with much choice.
Hover came to open the door for me, and I slowly got out of the car.
Just then, a large woman appeared on the doorstep. It was Nigel’s mom, Melany.
“Mom!” Nigel called out to her happily, “I am back! Look who is back with me?”
“Oh, my darling son! Your poor mother missed you so much!”
Melany moved her large body and rushed down from the front porch. Her pleasant smile froze on her lips when she saw me. And she suddenly rounded her eyes in shock.
“You—” Melany pointed a finger at me and cried. “You have the audacity to come back here? Where have you been all these times? You filthy tramp! Did you run away with another man?”
I looked at her coldly.
She was not my mother-in-law anymore. I wasn’t afraid of her.
“What’s that look on your face? I asked you a fucking question! Did you hear me?!” Melany shrieked.
“Mom!” Nigel cried urgently, “Hold on a second. Let me explain—”
“I am teaching this disrespectful whore a lesson right now!”
Melany raised a large hand and was about to slap my face. She used to do this all the time. Hitting me and pulling my hair whenever she felt like it.
Her hand was caught by Hover before it landed on my cheek.
“Stop,” Hover said icily.
Melany jerked around and saw Hover. Panic flickered across her eyes.
“S—Sir Hover? What a pleasant surprise…What are you doing here?”
She recognized Hover as Alpha Torres’s guard and quickly bowed to him clumsily.
Hover tightened his grip around Melany’s wrist. She winced in pain.
“I am here under Alpha Torres’s order. To make sure that Princess Regina is treated with respect.”
“…P—Princess?” Melany gasped.
Hover’s eyes were in slits. He continued in a freezing voice:
“I won’t even allow Miss Angel to abuse her, let alone a lowly commoner like you. Now. Apologize to the Princess and beg for her mercy. Then I shall pardon your crime.”