His Dark Love

CHAPTER 4

We returned to the room I should have waited at and as soon as Lewis put me down, someone tapped him on the shoulder. "Tie her up, she's going to have to learn the hard way.", said somebody and Lewis took what looked like rope from the man, he wrapped it around my wrists 4 times before knotting it and pulling on the rest of the rope so I could be leashed around like a dog.

I stayed still and quiet because I decided I was done for and there was nothing I could do about it. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em...right?

I was led into the room which looked like a sort of communal bedroom, with rows of double beds and some dressing tables next to them. We were greeted by a stern looking woman who stared me up and down before she turned to Lewis. "Name and Age?", she questioned, very strictly, which reminded me of my 8th grade math teacher. I lifted my head up slightly to get a look of her face and noticed her blonde hair tied into a tight bun, she was round and tall, very confident but I noticed a slight bruise on her chin covered with make-up.

"Lucy and she is...erh...how old are you?", he turned his face down to my 5 foot frame. "I..I'm 19.", I stuttered and she rolled her eyes, annoyed at my nervousness. "You will now be called Lu.", she said as she wrote something on a clipboard she was carrying. She started walking to a bed and Lewis followed her, leashing me along with him.

She stopped at a bed at the far end of the room, with clean bed sheets folded on the end of the bed. "This is where you will sleep after your daily chores and make sure you keep it tidy. The rules here are as follows,", she started reading from the clipboard.

 "Do not try to escape, the act is punishable by torture of the Alpha's choice. Do not try to look at or speak to the Alpha. Do not disobey the Alpha. Wake up every morning at 7 am and collect your chores list from the main hall. Always wear your hair in a bun and put your uniform on everyday. You eat at the times indicated on your chores list in the staff kitchen and finally, Speak when spoken to. Is there anything you would like to ask me?", she finished and stared at me in annoyance like she's done this many times before.

"What..What's the Alpha?", I managed to whisper.

"He is the leader of this pack and he is someone you should stay very far away from honey. You could call him the big bad wolf.", she smirked. "Come with me, you look like a mess and we can't have you messing up the floors, in fact, you can clean them once you are done bathing as an apology.".

We took a sharp right and Lewis stopped in front of me. "This is where I leave you. You smell like shit by the way,", he sniffed the air. "Don't look so sad, just follow the rules, it ain't that bad.".

"Will I ever be able to go back home again...? I'm a slave here...how is that not bad? Or are you just used to seeing people weaker than yourself do whatever you tell them to as if that's their place. Beneath your feet.", my eyes started swelling up with warm tears as I spoke. I couldn't come to terms with this new life I was just forced into. This is just too much to take and I can feel all of my emotions swirling around in my head, causing an intense migraine forcing my tears to the surface. 

"This is what it is...I'm..I have to go.", he said untying my ropes, some sort of guilt filling his face. He gestured for me to enter what seemed to be a communal bathroom, full of circular bathtubs big enough for 6 people per tub. When I turned around, Lewis was gone and my face was heating up from the steam in the bathroom. I was concentrating on holding my tears in because they don't seem to be affected by any sort of emotions at all.

"Here. Clean yourself up and meet me in the staff kitchen in 30 minutes or you don't eat at all.", said the strict lady. She handed me a folded towel with a bar of glycerin soap and a thick yellow sponge. I looked at a badge of some sort on her shirt pocket, 'Sheila'. Guess that's her name. Before I could ask her where the staff kitchen was she left the bathroom and banged the door shut. I was alone here.

I got into the tub filled with steaming hot water, that Sheila must have run for me before she left. My feet stung as soon as I climbed in and I flinched at the contact each of my limbs made with the hot water, letting out small squeals.

My head was pounding and my back ached, I turned to look at my back and saw through the corner of my eye what looked like purple discoloration on my skin. A large dark bruise as a result of my failed escape plan earlier. I felt exhausted, I wondered when was the last time I ate, which could have been days ago because I have no idea when I actually arrived here.

I scrubbed myself as hard as possible and washed my hair with the soap, before sinking my body under the water. Remembering how I was nearly drowned made me jump out of the water very quickly and I wrapped myself into the towel.

I walked back to the bed after drying myself and saw a uniform laid out for me. I quickly put on the navy slack pants and white shirt. I had no bra with me but there was clean underwear left on the bed for me to wear so that will have to do. I thought about hiding my breasts with my long hair but then I remembered that I needed to put it in a bun. Shit.

"Hi, you the new girl? My name's Jay.", said a chirpy voice from behind me and I whipped around to see a young girl about my age and height, maybe slightly taller than me, smiling.

She had red hair cut into a very short bob and big dark brown eyes. "Oh my gosh, not sure how we're going to fix that problem babe.", she laughed at my no bra issue and said she didn't have one that would fit me but that she would ask Sheila later.

"We have to go to the staff kitchen now if you wanna eat today, or else we're so screwed. Are you okay?", she asked, noticing my awkward standing position because of my hurt feet which are now in small black wedge heels.

I nodded and she grabbed some pins to help me tie my hair up. "So where are you from?", she asked and I couldn't stop the tears as they poured out of my eyes, and dripped off of my lashes down my flushed cheeks.

I felt like crap and I'm stuck doing slave work for the rest of my life. Where am I from? One of the most beautiful places in the world and I'll never see it ever again. My whole world was taken from me and I can't do anything but cry right now.

"I'm so sorry, crap, I shouldn't be so forward. Here...let me help you.", she said patting down my face with a tissue. "We have to go now okay, it's not that bad here when you get used to it.".

I pulled myself together and walked out with her, I haven't given up on escape yet and maybe she can help me with that. For now, I need to eat and stay healthy if I want to out smart them and get myself home. This is not where I belong. 

I'll make it out of here even if it kills me. 

"I forgot to ask, what's your name?", Jay whispered to me as we made our way to the staff kitchen. 

"Luc...my name is..It's..Lu."...