Helpless (gxg)

VI- Betrayal

Sir froze at the mention of the word mate. "Excuse me? Pet is my mate, not yours. I love her and she loves me. Right, Pet?" He gave me a glare that made me want to shrivel into myself and never come out. I forced myself to nod.

"O- Of course, Sir. I love you." Sir gave me a cruel smile, the kind that I usually only saw before a harsh punishment.

"See? You'll never take her. Not while I love her with all my heart." The woman- Alpha Salinas- stood.

"Well, I guess I'll just have to rip out your heart then."

It was over quickly. I didn't even have a chance to scream before Alpha Salinas stood over Sir's chair, his blood dripping from her fist into the gaping wound in his chest. Sir gasped, falling backwards into his seat.

"No! Sir! Sir, please don't leave me, I'm helpless without you, please, Sir, you can't go, I need you..." I climbed on top of his body, my tiny hands useless in the face of so much blood. So much blood, it stained the carpet, it stained my dress, it was staining her hands, please, just let him be okay.

I didn't realize that I was being pulled away until I felt Sir's warm hand slip off of my leg. I began to thrash, no longer caring about the pins that still stuck me between my thighs or the punishment that would come from fighting someone stronger than me. It was pointless, my weak limbs simply bouncing off of the person dragging me off of Sir. The only thing that I wanted was to be back in his arms. I wanted him to know how sorry I was for being selfish and how much I loved him. A growl cut off my desperate screaming and struggling.

"You will stop this nonsense, now. You're coming with me." It hit me then who was holding me. Alpha Salinas. Sir's murderer.

"No! You killed him!" I resumed my beating upon her, knowing that it wouldn't hurt her but I still needed to somehow show her that she wouldn't get away with what she had done.

"He threatened me. He was basically asking for it." Her arms became steel around my wrists. "Now you will stop." Something about her voice made me want to obey. It pulled at something that I had nearly forgotten about, a part of me that Sir had beaten out of me. Or so I thought. Now I felt her stirring in the back of my mind, stretching to the bounds of the cage that I put her in. I was too terrified of what might happen if I continued to fight to focus on strengthening her bars, I just hoped that it would be enough to hold her until I could restrain her further.

"Good girl." Her voice was a purr now, a sweetness that seemed too strong to be anything but artificial. Sir never spoke to me like that. He was always real. He would tell me what I did wrong. Why wouldn't she just punish me now? I just wanted her to get it over with.

"I... I'm sorry Ma'am. I didn't mean to disobey. Are you my new owner?" My throat was tight, the words barely squeaking through.

"I suppose I am, but I don't want you to think of me like that right now. We can deal with anything deeper..." One of her hands left my arm and trailed down my stomach slowly. "At a later date."

"Y-Yes, Ma'am. I'm sorry. Um... would you like me to find the key?"

"What key? To your collar? I just see a clasp."

"No, Ma'am. To the belt. I'm sure that you have your own that you'd rather use. I-I don't mean I'm sure, I didn't mean to sound like I'm speaking for you. I'm sorry, Ma'am, I didn't mean to." As my panic rose over my slip, her hand slipped to my waist and began to feel the metal that encased me there.

"Disgusting, locking you up like this. No, don't get the key. I'll take care of it myself." She released my arms, spinning me around and dropping to her knees in front of me. Her hands reached up my skirt and locked around the side of the belt. She ripped it off of me as if it were made of cheap plastic, but was still careful that I was not cut on the sharp edges. I was amazed by her strength and it made me want to clench my legs together around her hands just to keep her now gentle touch. "There. All better."

"Thank you. T-Thank you, Ma'am."

"You will call me Tessa. What's your name, my darling mate?"

"Willa, Alpha Tessa." She gave a slight growl at my words.

"No. Just Tessa. You are to be my equal, Willa. I will not have you speak to me as if I am above you." She took my chin in her grip and tilted my head slightly so I was looking into her eyes. Her tone calmed slightly. "Understand?"

"Y-yes, Tessa" She stroked my cheek with her thumb, somehow warming the skin that she touched. "C-Can I ask you a question, Tessa?"

"Of course, my Willa. But first, I think it's best that we get you cleaned up. Where is your room?"

"I-I sleep with Sir, Tessa. I don't have a room." She tensed, her jaw clenching before she relaxed.

"Well, I suppose that will have to do. Show me to where it is." I took her hand and led her upstairs, noting that the rest of the alphas were no longer in the house as we passed through the dining room and kitchen. I took her into Sir's room- or what had been Sir's room- and opened the bathroom door. She started to follow me in but stopped herself. "I'll leave you to clean yourself. I'll wait in here." I nodded, closing the door behind me.

I was halfway through the shower before I realized what I was doing. I was willingly going with the woman who had just killed Sir. She killed the love of my life and I was acting as if everything was fine, like this was normal. Bile rose in my throat before I broke down in tears. I couldn't believe what I was doing. Sir's body wasn't even cold and I was already washing off his blood, without even getting any revenge for him. I was a horrible Pet, he deserved better than me. Although, that wouldn't matter anymore. All that mattered was he was dead. I collapsed to the cold tile, holding my head in my hands as I sobbed over my guilt and knew that I deserved every punishment that I would ever get and had ever gotten.

I was helpless in the face of the powerful woman and I would never be able to tell Sir how much I needed his punishment.