Anna's POV

I rubbed my forehead with the back of my hands as beads of sweat gathered. My head was thumping so hard and I felt a severe headache coming.

I felt like I was in a race, a picture of a lady appearing and disappearing kept on repeating in my head. I was scared, yes really scared.

"Irene, Irene what do you want? Stop this please." I kept on mumbling.

A slap jolted me back to reality, the slap was so hard that it made my cheek sting, I opened my eyes only to see a pair of two eyes staring daggers at me. If my eyes could kill I knew for sure that I was already dead even before I opened my eyes.

"How dare my name come out of that filthy mouth of yours!?" Irene barked at me.

"Oh, so it was a dream? Thank Goodness. " I said and sighed in contempt but that didn't last long because Irene gave me a resounding slap.

Come to think of it, why didn't my dumb brain register that no one, literally no one here like me, and here I was thinking Irene was being kind... Well in dreams but it's the opposite in real life.

I never knew what to reply to her so I just kept quiet and stared at space.

I kept quiet as they threw spiteful words at me.

I settled on seeing Kane later in the day, at least if maybe I went to speak with him, he would take pity on me after all there was no harm in trying, I thought.

"This place stinks." One of the servants said while covering her nose and the others joined her and they all started looking at me in a way that disgusted me. There's no doubt I was smelling. I hadn't taken my bath since the day I came here plus the blood stench in my body, I sure smell like hell.

"Who else would smell like other than this brat!" Another said as they all giggled.

I feel like beating them into a pulp but of course, I was helpless and useless.

"Whose fault is it that I haven't taken my bath for days now?" I asked as I felt the anger boiling in me.

"Oops! Someone seems angry."

"So, who are you trying to blame now?" They asked me.

I didn't want to respond to them anymore so I just hissed and walked out. My back ached a lot and I wished I had a wolf. I thought I would have healed already. Thinking about this made my quest for a wolf and a mate stronger.

I walked down to Kane's chamber and waited for a while before I knocked, the look they were all giving to me made me want to cry but yet I stood my ground.

I knocked gently on Kane's door but there was no answer, I knocked again and again then curiosity took the better part of me.

"Why isn't he answering at all," I mumbled to myself.

Well, I shrugged and went into his chambers. I hadn't gotten far when I started hearing carnal sounds and then I knew I was in trouble. I wanted to run out but it was too late.

"What the hell are you doing here!!!" Kane shrieked out.

"I...I um, I came to ask you for something." I stammered.

He hit the bottom cheek of the man so hard which made him cry and then she scurried out of his chambers eyeing me.

"I want to ask you for a favor, that's why I came, I didn't mean to interrupt you." I started explaining to him because I would be the last to make him misunderstand me.

While I noticed Kane covering his nose with his back hands as he looked at me disgustingly. " Go straight to the point." He told me.

I cleared my throat and began.

"I'm not asking you for anything big but I want you to temper justice with mercy, please reduce the work for me. Right now, I don't even know what to say but I'm hundred percent sure you know where I'm dragging at." I said to him, seriously.

Kane looked like he was trying to control his temper but he couldn't, he threw his fist at my mouth and his strong masculine hand jabbed into my lips. This was a very surprising attack for me. 

There he was, standing and breathing like he just fell off a mountain.

He looked so dangerous now and I couldn't tell what's with this aura.

"Kane!?" I managed to say.

"You dare come to my chambers to tell me this trash, huh? " Kane asked me.

I was lost because I didn't get what wrong I did, the only mistake here was that I saw him in his activities, that's all.

I gulped down my saliva, this was getting bad, his aura, everything seemed overwhelming. I couldn't even feel the presence of anyone close by.

"Okay, I'm sorry I would go back now." I tried to escape. 

"Just shut up! And come back here!!! ."

I guessed if someone didn't show up now, I would end up dead, but come to think of it, nobody was ever going to help me. 

I just wanted to flee from here now. Just as I was about to walk back, he held me back, his eyes bloodshot as he stared over my shoulders and then back to my face.

He stalked my way and before I knew it he grabbed me by the neck and put me in the air followed by an agonizing ripping of bones cracking and when I looked down, I saw him shifting into his wolf form.

This was bad, this was so evil.

And what's this all about? I need help now as soon as possible.

With all my might, I nibbled on my bottom lip and sent forth my knee, jabbing him in the mouth with it. 

But this wouldn't end here, of course, I knew it wouldn't. 

I was beaten into a pulp, just like the helpless person I was. Blood flowed from every part of my body as I lay helplessly on the ground with no one to help. I didn't think I would ever heal from this.