Friday, April 5th (CW)

(Cole’s POV)

I shiver as I slowly wake. I have no idea how long I’ve been out but returning to consciousness is certainly not my friend. My lungs scream as I struggle to breathe. My asthma was aggravated when I tried to run from Kristoph. At least that's the last memory I have. It’s obvious that receiving my inhaler or a nebulizer treatment is nowhere in sight.
I slowly move my limbs just to find they are tied up tight to the bed. My attempts at opening my eyes are futile as they are painfully swollen. I quickly find that barely a crack is available for me to see out of in my right eye and even that is hazy. Apparently it wasn’t enough to find me unconscious, he had to make certain I didn’t fight as he hauled me back to this cabin.
“Look, I think he’s waking up.”
Sasha points out, one of several voices I never want to hear. I can smell what is supposed to be the alluring smell of heat from not just Sasha but Melinda as well.
“Perfect timing baby brother. Having sex for the first time is no fun if you sleep through it.”
I struggle against the chains as I have no desire to have sex with anyone but my fated mate and neither of the two broads I smell are her.
“Melinda dear, how about you and Sasha get each other warmed up while I get my brother started. How interesting that the two of you went into heat a week before he tried to run.”
“How did you know he was here?”
Melinda asks the very thing I’d like to know.
“Luck I guess.”
I can hear them sweet talking to each other before sloppily kissing just feet from where I lay. I find something about the sound utterly nauseating as I continue to struggle.
“But dad did say he was on the run again and this is his third time. Council is six weeks or so from moving in and dad doesn’t want him around. He was told two weeks ago that his third run would be his last. He saw on camera that he was using these shacks and this one just happens to be my favorite. It’s his own fault that he didn’t get away. He should have known better than to trust an alpha he just met. It doesn’t matter that I’ve never been in his territory, I’m one of the best trackers dad has. There’s no way he could have found him before I did.”
He starts tsking me as if I’m a naughty child. Through the haze of what little sight I have, I watch as he looks over my nude body. I shiver as I feel his finger with a claw exposed creep slowly down my body just before he fondles between my legs. The chains rattle as I fight against them as my asthma barely lets me scream.
“Get off of me!” I choke out as my wheeze gets worse.
“If you would just relax and let it happen then all this discomfort wouldn’t be necessary. If you simply submit and let us do all the work we can get rid of the chains. It would make you so much more comfortable. Now you won’t get familiar with how the tie feels but at least you’d know how to make your mate feel good.”
“How would he do that if we’re doing all the work?”
Sasha sasses his efforts to garner cooperation from me. He growls his disapproval, shutting her down quickly.
“Cooperation would also allow me to skip the painful part of the whole thing. The amount of Viagra I have to inject into your shoulder to get a hard on worth playing with is four times the normal oral amount. That’s why your erections are so painful and last so long. We’ve already proven to you how much better you feel after you’ve gotten off. Think of how much enjoyment you would have if you just imagined your precious little mate was on top of you, riding you gently. With your hands free you could touch her breasts and caress her face. If my memory serves me right Jessa and Melinda look nearly alike.”
I knew this is where he was going with his sweet talking. It has nothing to do with trying to convince me of what would be more enjoyable and everything to do with hurting me as much mentally as he does physically. I growl lowly as much as my constricted breathing allows me to only to be met with a harsh slap across an already bruised face.
“We knew she was your mate but somehow the timing was just right that you walked out of the exam room just before I walked in and enough of your scent lingered behind to make her think I was her mate not you. It wasn’t until I got her alone with me that she realized her mistake but that mistake cost her her virginity. I made certain that she understood what sex with an alpha was. Just like you, she fought every moment instead of enjoying it and I didn’t hesitate to put her whining little ass in the hospital. Of course she reported me to dad when she got out but he found evidence that she was an empath. Do you know how empaths are treated?”
He actually pauses as if he’s waiting for me to answer him.
“They are treated just like you.”
I can tell by his footsteps that he’s walking a slow circle around the bed that has been pulled away from the wall and into the middle of the floor.
“They are beaten until they are unconscious as it’s so much easier to chain someone up when they don’t know that it’s happening. Once they wake up, low purity silver is injected into their muscle to weaken their wolf, their strength and energy to fight. We taught her a lesson she will never forget, we both had our way with her before he took her and dumped her at the border.”
“No!” I finally manage to yell. “You’re lying!”
I yelp when he slaps me again across my already battered face but that doesn’t stop me. I fight and scream despite my worsening asthma attack, refusing to believe what he just told me. My fight doesn’t stop until I take several more hits to my face, only this round contains fists instead of an open hand. The taste of blood in my mouth makes me retch and cough. I start trying to control my breathing to keep myself from throwing up as being on my back is one of the worst possible positions to be sick in.
“What motive do I have to lie about the treatment your mate received?”
He pauses as I hear him rustling around inside some sort of bag.
“Would you like to know why dad suddenly wants a child created by you? He needs someone to beat the shit out of on a regular basis. A target that takes the brunt of his frustration until he can turn the pack over to Andre. He never wanted to be the alpha after all. It may take a year before the child is born and a decade before the kid can handle what you take without killing it but he needs something to torture and considering your not going to be around anymore, well, he has to create an heir to your legacy.”
His voice has taken on an air of sick sweetness as he climbs onto the bed, straddling my ribs. A package is placed on my chest a few seconds before the wetness of a wipe can be felt on my shoulder. I yelp and scream again as a needle is stabbed into my arm. The medication is injected quickly enough that I never feel it over the pain of the needle itself. From the last six weeks of their experiments I know that it's Viagra and the next one will be even worse.
“You know, I could have turned you like so many of the young boys I’ve played with in other packs. Made you want to have as much sex as you could handle but you had to yelp and scream and call attention to something that wasn’t hurting you. You got my tail busted something fierce when you were twelve. I can’t begin to tell you how many males, experimenting with homosexuality, I had taken without so much as a whimper. Yet you couldn’t even handle a long but small dildo without passing out. I begged dad for years to take you out of my room. He let you win that game. Relieved me of the torture that came from not being allowed to fondle you.To rape you.”
He pauses a moment as if he’s thinking of the best thing to do next.
“Silver is a fickle friend you know. For those who seek it, it gives a euphoric high that helps reduce the pain you’re in. While it may sedate your wolf, resulting in reduced strength, and healing, for men, it increases your blood pressure.”
I yelp again as the second needle is jabbed into my arm just before the feeling of boiling water hits inside my shoulder renewing my fight.
“The increase in blood pressure has been found to increase your sensitivity to touch.”
He starts talking again as he gets off from on top of me renewing his slow walk around me like nothing is going on.
“It has been found that silver has aphrodisiac effects giving males stronger, longer erections and a shorter recovery time. The effects last about twelve hours and dad said to make certain you get a twelve hour break between rounds. It’s such a shame that you refused to cooperate. I really was hoping that the only time you have sex would be something you could enjoy. I guess understanding that dad’s going to beat you to death after Sasha and Melinda have their way with you is a bit of a mood changer. Doesn’t matter much to me. I grew up hating you and now, I get to force a child out of you.”
My yelps and screams renew as he starts stimulating a reaction that the girls can take advantage of. I want to believe that Kris is lying. Please goddess have mercy as this can’t be happening.
“Be still baby brother. I will hurt you if you hurt one of the ladies. My best suggestion is that you buckle up cowboy and enjoy the ride.”