There was a loud sound of a slap that landed on Flora's face.

Afterwards Damon, the beta of Blood Moon Pack, let out a roar.

"How dare you hurt my daughter? You bitch!" A high-pitched sound came from the other side.

"Take her into the dungeon," Damon ordered the guards while ignoring those interrupting words. Meanwhile, two strong werewolves grabbed Flora from behind and dragged her out of the hall.

"Leave me," Flora struggled desperately to break free from her bonds. The moment she realized that she couldn't get free, she stopped struggling and her eyes shifted at Alpha Sebastian Davis, the Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack who also happened to be her mate. She desperately wanted him to believe her. Unfortunately, Alpha Sebastian had no expression on his face when the guards were dragging her away.

After a few minutes,

The guards threw Flora into a dark room and locked its door from outside. For three complete days, she was kept captive there. Nobody brought a meal for her as well. Now she was at her par and was extremely thirsty. She heard footsteps from a distance.

“Alpha,” she heard the guard's greetings. It was Alpha Sebastian.

After hearing that, a ray of hope arose in her mind.

"Is he here to clear my name?" Flora thought.

But deep inside her heart, she knew that he wasn't there to help her. Maybe she was expecting much more.

In the dungeon, she was on her knees, her face was pale.

"Alpha Sebastian," she paused and continued, "I am true to my words. I never intended to hurt Gloria. Just believe me, for god’s sake," Flora said in a teary tone, her eyes fixed at a cold and gravelly handsome face. She still hoped that he would believe her.

The dungeon was dimly lit. That's why Flora could not see Sebastian's expression, the only thing that was visible was the light of the cigarette which he held between his fingers. The light faded away a little.

That unhealthy silence was scaring her to the death. Even she wasn't able to breathe evenly in his presence.

Her eyes subconsciously closed and she lowered her head then opened them slightly just to look at her fingers in a daze. Her fingers were still stained with Gloria Martin's blood. Although the blood dried, the strain seemed like evidence of her crime.

Flora didn't know how long it took. But Alpha Sebastian finally stood up, his tall, slender figure inching closer to her.

"Flora, do you know everything has a price so do your wrong doings. Although Gloria's legs are saved, she will never be able to run or walk again. So there's no chance that you can escape the punishment of your wrong doings,"

He voiced his words in a gravelly deep and dangerous tone. After listening to that, her heart was accelerating with the highest speed. Tears poured in her eyes. Moreover, moonlight enlightened the room once again, so she looked up and saw that the man standing in front of her was holding a stick in his hands.

"I, Sebastian Davis, the Alpha of Blood Moon Pack reject Flora Wilson as my mate."

After saying those words, he hit her shin hard with the stick. He used ten percent of his force, and she suffered zillion times pain. “No!"

Flora looked at Sebastian in shock. Her heart was shattered in a thousand fragments, and her wolf started howling.

She was feeling too much pain. She pressed her heart and closed her eyes subconsciously.

However, she still did not reject Sebastian because she didn't want the bond between them to vanish.

"Alpha Sebastian, I didn't..."

She couldn't complete those words as she felt great pain in her left leg. She was so scared because her injured leg could barely move. Meanwhile her wolf Harper was also screaming in her head

"I need my mate. No matter what, explain to him, Flora!!"

The man dropped the stick. He coldly looked at her, and said, "Flora, a leg for a leg, this is what you pay for hurting Gloria. I won't kill you. But remember, I won’t let it go."

While hearing those harsh words, she clutched her chest tightly and shook.

But soon a sharp pain in Flora's leg made her unconscious. Before her eyes closed she vaguely saw him and his beta commanding.

"Tell the Alpha of the Dark Wood Pack that he must choose between Flora and his pack. If he wants his pack intact, Flora must leave."

"Besides," Sebastian said coldly, "Send her to the werewolf prison."

After a few minutes

The moment Flora opened her eyes again, she was already in the underground prison.

Staying in prison was not an easy task. On the first night, Flora was pulled up while she was asleep.

"What do you want?" Flora looked warily at the werewolves who surrounded her with malicious smiles.

Without saying a word, all of them started moving towards her. Fear engulfed her heart, "Don't get closer, or I will scream louder and call the guards."

It was an empty threat for werewolves. They were not scared at all. All of them looked at each other and laughed.

Then their leader pointed at Flora's face and said, "What did you say? Call the guards? Did I hear you right? You want to call the guards?"

While saying that, she slapped Flora's face and roared, "Go ahead and call the guards."

Due to that loud slap, Flora lost her balance and fell down. There was a sharp shooting sound, her ears buzzed.

Then she heard the leader’s order

” Take this bitch's clothes off.”

Flora tried desperately to resist and accidentally slapped one of the werewolves in a panic.

For a moment, there was silence in the cell.

None of the werewolves present there expected Flora to react that way, they didn't believe that a frail-looking werewolf had the guts to fight back.

The burly werewolf was driven mad by the slap. Her eyes were bloodshot red and she shouted loudly,

“Fuck! You bitch! Give me a knife, I'll slash her face. Alpha Sebastian said that we don't have to show her any mercy. We can torture her as much as we want."

Flora skipped a beat after hearing that. She fixed her gaze at the werewolves and stood up just to run towards the gate.

She clenched the iron bars on the door and shouted, "Help! Help!" Though she knew that no one would come there to help her, let alone guards. But her actions were in vain.

Flora thought there might be the slightest chance that Sebastian would not let the werewolves bully her. But that was not the case.

Although she still had faith in Sebastian that he would not be so cruel to her.

While she was engrossed in her thoughts. Someone pulled her hair. She stumbled and fell to the ground and screamed loudly.

Then someone pulled her up again. Then she felt severe pain on her face and her body. The blood was oozing from her body and she was groaning on the ground miserably.

She wanted to shift, but she couldn't.

After being rejected by her mate, Flora's wolf was sad and weak and unable to help her to shift.

The guard did not come. So, she realized that Sebastian had indeed asked them to torture her.