A Small Town

Chapter 1

Mary's POV:

I snapped my eyes open, groaning in pain as my head pounded heavily. Looking around me, I didn't recognise my surroundings. I tried to move my arms which were cramped, but stopped abruptly when I heard chains hitting a wall. I froze in my place, looking up at my wrist that was covered in a silver shackle. I closed my eyes, letting the tears below fall down my face as I cried heavily, realising that I had been kidnapped after blacking out in the forest.

My head hung low but snapped up when a loud banging sound was heard, followed by heavy footsteps. My sobs became louder as a tall man moved towards the back of the room where I was chained up. He stopped a few steps in front of me before saying harshly, "stop crying you b*tch. This isn't even bad." I couldn't stop my sobs as they became louder at his words. He snarled at me and I immediately stifled the sounds, fear overpowering any sadness I was feeling before. "W-what a-are yo-you?" I stuttered out heavily in between sobs. 

He smirked at me before turning to face a small table at one side of the room. Being chained at the very back of the room made it impossible for me to see the contents of the table, but as I heard a metallic dragging sound I began shaking in my place, fearing the worst was yet to come. He came back towards me slowly, hiding a hand behind his back holding what I could only assume was a torture device. I shrank back in terror as he brought out a leather whip with a barbed metal end from behind his back. 

He gazed down at it in adoration and I closed my eyes tightly. "Look at me, b*itch. If you close your eyes again I'll make it worse, you got it?" He growled in my face, I nodded my head weakly then peeled my eyes open. He held out a key and unshackled my wrists from the wall before dragging me towards a wooden pole in the centre of the room. I dug my feet into the ground as he dragged me, but when he gave me an angry glare I stopped and obediently followed after him. He shackled my wrists to the pole and put some around my ankles, chaining me to my place so that I couldn't hug the pole for support.

He stepped away from me and unwound the whip, letting the end fall to the floor before he raised his arm and pulled it back. I turned away before he pushed his arm forward roughly, letting the whip scrape against my back and curl around my waist slightly. He growled when he noticed my shirt taking away some of the pain and he pulled a knife out of its sheath, stepping forwards and cutting off my shirt. He also tore off my bra, making sure that nothing could protect my fragile skin from the beating.

The whip cracked down again and I let out a loud scream, the searing pain covering my belly and back where the whip had struck. He whipped me again, this time hard enough to break through the skin and draw blood. I screamed louder, anguish filling my voice as the whip came down once more. He kept whipping me, not once uttering a word as I screamed my lungs out. The final crack of the whip warned me of the pain and I braced myself, feeling the barbed end tear off some of the muscles in my sides as it scraped away. He smiled at his work, then walked back to the table and put the whip away. "You're going to regret coming into my territory, human." I whimpered before letting my head drop between my raised arms. 

Seeing the damage that was done to my stomach, I cried, the salty tears falling onto some of the lacerations making them sting. My back ached as I hunched over slightly, the corners of my vision fading to black before I passed out from the sheer pain.

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I awoke once more to the sound of a door slamming open. I stiffened but immediately regretted it as the pain in my back and stomach seared into me. The man from before came into the room, followed by a larger and older man who reeked of power and authority. I whimpered slightly, before lowering my head and shivering as the cold air hit my naked torso. The men laughed as they entered the centre of the room, I just kept my head low and didn't say anything. "Aww, come one. Silent already? That's boring." My torturer said heartily, the man beside him agreeing with a small chuckle.

"We will just have to fix that then Charles." The new man said, looking at me evilly. Charles, I guess, walked over to his table, grabbing a new tool and coming to stand behind me. Charles' friend took the tool from him and stood in front of me. Charles unshackled me and brought me to a metal chair, shoving me down harshly and making my back lean against it, causing me to hiss in pain. He then strapped my hands and legs to the chair, before tying a rope around my torso where there weren't many lacerations.

"Tobias, hurry up and get started, I'm sick of her face already." Charles said, smirking at me as his friend Tobias moved to stand in front of me again. Tobias grabbed a hold of my hand and pulled out the new tool. My eyes widened at the horrifying tool. It was a clean and shiny screw, two in fact. He gave me a happy grin then pushed one of the screws gently against the skin underneath the nail of my thumb. I started pulling my hand away but struggled as his grip tightened. He then shoved the screw into the skin and started screwing it in, almost to the very top of it. I could feel the screw scraping against my bone and I screamed loudly.

He flinched back at how loud I was before slapping me, "be quiet, b*tch. Damn, you almost burst my eardrums." He smirked again before doing the same to my other thumb with the second screw. This time, he pushed it further and I struggled to hold in my screams. My tears clouded my vision and I finally let out my scream, Tobias and Charles both flinching at the pitch. Tobias snarled and hit me again, pulling my chin into his hand and roughly pushing my head away. 

"My turn now." Charles said, grinning happily as he swapped places with Tobias and brought out a pair of pliers. I shrunk back against the seat, dreading the new tool and what it could mean. Charles grabbed my wrist the same as Tobias then put the pliers against my first finger's nail. He grasped it tightly with the pliers and began to pull slowly. I screamed out in horror and pain as I felt the tissue pulling away from me with the nail, slowly tearing away and sliding against the sore open wound. He followed suit with each and every single finger nail before moving to my thumbs. He left the screws in my thumbs but pulled off the nails anyways. I screamed at each nail being pulled before I threw up to one side of me.

Charles scrunched up his nose in disgust but shrugged it off and moved to kneel on the dirty and bloody floor. He pulled off my shoes and socks then put the pliers to my toe nails. he repeated the process for my toenails and I continued screaming. I eventually passed out after the first foot but was slapped awake once Charles finished. "Sit here like a good girl and wait for me to bring in my alpha." He snarled then left the room with Tobias. I sat there confused and dazed, half unconscious due to the severe pain. "What the hell is an alpha?" I whispered softly to myself. 

The door opened again and I looked up dizzily, noticing a newer and younger male walking into the room with Tobias. "So. This is the little b*tch who trespassed, is it?" The man said to Tobias, who nodded and kept his eyes on the floor. I was startled by Tobias' fear of the man before I had the common sense to follow suit and stare at the floor. The man chuckled when he noticed my actions but stepped closer. "Why did you go into the forest, human?" I looked up confused but saw the serious look on his face and gulped. "I'm sorry if I-I trespassed. I d-didn't mean to. I was just seeking shelter in the trees from the rain."  He looked at me shocked, but recovered quickly and gave me a harsh glare, looking to Tobias who gulped in fear. 

"She isn't going to yet. You have wasted my time. Maybe come back to get me when she actually has something to say." The man yelled to Tobias who simply nodded and bared his neck at the man. He stormed off leaving me with Tobias who gave me a sharp look then followed after the man. I sighed in relief at being left alone before closing my eyes to get some rest.

Sorry if this isn't a good story, I'm not exactly very good at this stuff.

BTW, the wolves at the top of every chapter are just there because it gives you an idea of some of the wolves in the book. They would obviously be bigger than that, but it's the same coats and breeds basically.