Help From The Unexpected

Athena




My wounds did not heal. Not even the slightest bit though it has already been a day.

Usually, they would heal on their own during the day but this time they were drawn deep. They were like the invisible wounds Sebastian has given me all these days.

He was destroying me bit by bit. He was ruining me every day and night. And after what he did last night, the need to escape from him was sowed deep within me.

Last night, the realization had finally hit me— I had to escape his cage, not only for myself but for my soul. He'd already tainted me, snatched my innocence, leave me all shattered and scattered.

And the way his tortures were increasing, I couldn't even imagine how he'd go.

He certainly had no bounds. He was a sadist.

And after the shower, I looked at myself in the mirror, and unknowingly I found my eyes filling with tears.

The reality hurt more than the nightmare itself. The reality pained me and somehow it pained another part of me too—My wolf, who was like a shadow who might always remain a shadow.

It was true that I was wolfless. I did not have a wolf to protect me from the outside world and the darkness of the world, but I had always felt her. My wolf resided somewhere within me and I could feel her, I could feel her presence and emotions.

Watching my entire body covered in deep marks, bruises, and scars given by Sebastian, every part of me broke apart.

I wore the robe, unable to look at my state anymore and I walked out of the bathroom.

It was nearly evening and fortunately, I had not faced any visit from Sebastian, and deep down I hoped I'd not have to face him again, at least for today.

But the moment I was about to walk into the closet, the door of my room suddenly opened and terror seeped within me almost immediately.

God! please no...Please don't let it be him.

Just when I was on the verge of losing it, the female voice broke through.

"Athena..."

My eyes moved to look at the doorway and a sigh of relief automatically slipped past my lips when I saw Sarah walking inside the room with a first aid kit in her hand.

"Oh gosh, your wounds still haven't healed..." She looked at me in dismay and rushed over to me.

I kind of appreciated Sarah. She did things for me that she didn't have to, just like checking on me and treating my wounds by herself even though I did not if she usually got any specific commands from Sebastian or not because that man simply did not care about me. Even if she got any, the extra care and help were surely from her side.

"They won't heal, Sarah," I sighed as she made me sit on the bed and started disinfecting the wound on my neck.

The burning feeling on my skin of course made the experience uncomfortable for me, but this mere pain was nothing compared to what I went through every day.

"Who said they won't heal? Here, these medicines will help you heal faster." She flashed me a small smile and handed me the drugs.

"Some wounds don't heal, Sarah. And the wounds that are continuously deepened every day, never heal." A bitter chuckle left my mouth and I swallowed the medicines.

"Alpha...he's your mate? Isn't he?" She hesitantly asked me, causing me to freeze for a second.

I wished he was not my mate...

I really wished.

"Yeah, I guess his inexplicable hatred towards me made it very clear already," I said, "People like him don't care about emotions and pure bonds like this. They have so much venom inside of them that they become lethal to everybody else."

"I am sorry."

"Don't be so early, I am sure that sadistic monster I have got for a mate would give you many more reasons to be."

Before Sarah could do anything else, suddenly Winona walked inside the room.

"Sarah, You are needed in the kitchen, now." She told her.

"What? But I am treating her wounds. Alpha will be angry if he sees her wounds untreated."

Of course, he will be angry, why wouldn't he? After all, he wanted to keep me alive to make me go through the same death over and over again.

"I'll take over from here, you should go to the kitchen." Winona walked toward us and took the cotton swab and ointment from Sarah.

"Okay." Hesitant but Sarah walked out of the room anyway.

However, I felt like there was something else Winona's sudden arrival indicated. Her words were not that genuine when she'd spoken them and now her sudden silence said something else.

And then she broke her silence as she sat beside me, putting the ointment and cotton swabs aside.

"Listen, Athena...I have something to tell you that will come to your help," She spoke, "I know a secret pathway that leads out of this mansion and I can help you escape from here."

"What?" I was shocked. It was just so sudden.

"Yes, Athena. you heard it right. I can help you get out of this mansion and escape from this hell."

"But...But why do you want to help me?"

She stayed quiet for a moment, looking as if she was contemplating something but then she broke her silence.

"Because I can relate to your pain, Athena. I know what it feels like when your mate hates you, I have gone through all of it." She sighed, "That is why I want to help you because I know if you don't get out of here, you'll have nothing left, not even your soul."

"Your mate, he was a sadist like Sebastian?"

"Actually, he was better. He was indeed a monster but he had a limit, and Alpha Sebastian does not have any. My mate, raped me, abused me, tortured me and once he was done with me he left me on the streets to die," She said, "But Alpha Sebastian is a sadist. And his sadistic desires are beyond any periphery, he will not leave a single opportunity to make you go through hell and he'll not let you die either, Athena. You can't even imagine how many people he has killed to this day, his hands are tainted in the blood of innocent people."

My soul shook upon her words. The unnerving truth petrified me.

"You need to escape from him in order to save your life. He can never change or give you the love you deserve. He's the one who killed his own father, and stooped so low that the moon goddess bestowed her curse upon him. He is cursed because of his sinful deeds, he is a demon,'' She was right, he was a demon, "If you want to live, you have to escape his cage. Otherwise, you'll be stuck with him till the day he takes away your life."

Everything Winona said was true. I had witnessed the truth by myself, I had both seen and experienced Sebastian's demonic nature.

He had no limits. No emotions. He was a sadist.

Then why wasn't my heart willing to accept the truth and believe that escaping from him was the only thing I had left to do?

No! I couldn't fall weak.

Maybe this was my chance to finally find my freedom. I couldn't miss this opportunity.

"What do I have to do in order to escape?" I finally spoke.

A flicker passed through Winona's eyes, "Tonight after Alpha leaves your room. Come downstairs, to the hall. I'll be waiting for you there; Once you come,  I'll lead you outside as soon as possible."

"There might be guards and other servants, you are going to get into trouble for this..."

"Don't worry about that. I'll take care of it, just do what I say. We are going to be fine." She assured me.

"Okay. I'll come to the hall tonight."  I nodded.