Love Thy Shadow, Satan (LTSS) [#Wattys2018]

Chapter 16 - The Beautiful, The Broken & The Hunted

Faith's POV

Jared happily escorted me to my room, arms linked and eyes bright with excitement. He looks so happy.

"Hey, and just for your information, after you disappeared I decided to keep everything ready so you won't face any problems when you return. I know there wasn't any guarantee that you were even going to.." a pained expression crossed his face but quickly left, not wanting to dampen the mood, " - but I kept everything ready just in case. I'd upgrade your wardrobe season lying, but when you wouldn't return I'd give them away to other in our pack to make room for clothes for the next season. I even redecorated it myself - painted the walls, bought a new bed, everything. Thought you might like a change from all pink-"

You have no idea...

"- so I went with my guts and furnished your room as well as you bathroom. I added a kitchen to make it feel more comfortable. I put in a plasma TV, I know you love your movie nights -"

... I'm not the same anymore...

"- and there's more too, but I'll let you find them out for yourself. Since your the Alpha, you get dad's office. Caden tried demanding his rights to it but I overruled him. I told him it's only for the True Alpha, not the temporary." He said with a cheeky smile and a wink.

He looked at me with a sad smile as we walked down the familiar corridors towards my room, "you've grown so much... "

... I've changed...

"Here we are! " Jared's excitement fully expressed as he got all giddy looking for my reaction.

We stopped in front of a new set of large doors where my old ones used to be. Polished mahogany wood. I guess these are new too.

I genuinely smile, something I haven't done in a very long time. "Beautiful" I comment, feeling the smoothness of the wood as I traced my hand a little lower to hold the gold plated handles.

I turn to face jared once again before he turned to leave, "thanks, Red... I mean it.", planting a kiss on his roughened cheeks.

"I know you do, Faith, now rest. I'll go check on your friends for you. " and he left.

I opened the doors, and easily found the location of my new bed - close to the doors, where the old one used to be.

Not bothering to bathe or change, I locked the doors and fell asleep instantly, welcoming the unconsciousness with open arms.

* FLASHBACK *

3rd persons POV

That was the last time the dungeon girls felt the presence of their alphas wolf.That was the day faith released maya from her duties, caging her within the depths of her own soul.

At this point, nothing seemed to dull the ever-tightening hold of which grief firmly held over her bruised and battered being.

Her world had once seemed so vibrant, with colours just as her parents had described ... but now, her world seemed to have rapidly sunk to darker shades, to better reflect the pain consuming her heart.

Why?.. why me? .. why us?

She couldn't make sense of what had happened in just the span of a few hours. Just this morning everything was normal. .. everything was okay but now...

No family. No friends. No jared. No maya. No pack. Nothing. There's nothing left for me... not anymore...

Tearing down the surrounding greenery, her anger converted to physical destruction as she blindly rampaged further into the woods, with these thoughts racing through her mind - the dungeon girls following not far behind.