C84 Loretta's torture

Artemis Pov

“Drag her in!” I instructed as they pulled Loretta into the cell of her brothers. She knew something and would not speak.

The guards dragged her into the cell, her legs scraping the tile of the dungeon floor.

“Throw her in and strap her,” I commanded.

Loretta screamed and writhed in the hands of the guards, she fought to break free, however, there was nothing she could do, she was on a smaller size and less strong compared to them.

After much struggling, they strapped her to the metal chair, hands and feet alike.

“Let me out! Let me out!” she screamed and thrashed her body, causing her brothers to wake up.

“Glad to have you join the party, we were wondering when you would,” I smiled.

They rattled on their chairs upon seeing their sister, “you are a monster!” screamed the eldest.

I took a chair and settled down in front of Loretta, the guards stood behind her. There were some torture tools on the table beside me. She cast a dim look at it and shrieked and I smirked triumphantly, enjoying the fear in her eyes.

“Don't worry, they are not for you,” I made known, it was the sort of speech that she knew that there was something coming just behind it.

Languidly, she traced her gaze to that of her brothers and cringed.

“That's right, it's for them,” I revealed to her utter surprise.

“Why are you so evil, why are you a monster!” she yelled at my face and thrusted forward however, the chair restricted any further movement.

I nodded to the guard beside and he walked over to her eldest brother and slapped hard across his face.

“What!” she yelled wide eyed, “why are cruel!” Another slap on her brother followed.

“Freya did the right thing by running from a monster such as you!” she snarled.

The guard looked at me and I gave him the go ahead order. He dragged the table of tools, picked up the hammer and used it on her brother’s finger.

A loud scream erupted from his throat, he kicked his head back from pain. Just when he was coming down from the pain, the hammer connected once more with his fingers causing an ear piercing scream to come forth.

“I'm sorry! I'm sorry, please don't harm him!” she begged.

“Good girl,” I sang, “now we can talk.”

Fresh tears streamed from her eyes to meet the previous dry ones on her cheek.

“Now, my intels informed me of your progress with Freya, now speak,” I commanded her.

Loretta withdrew her head and shook it in denial, “I didn’t..I didn’t see her,” her lips quivered as she spoke.

I tusked my tongue in disappointment, then raised my hand to signal the guard standing close to her brother. She saw this and became horrified.

“I didn’t see her! I won’t lie to you! I hadn’t seen her!” She shouted to deaf ears.

“No!” her brother’s scream and hers met and echoed through the thick walls.

“Artemis please.. Pleas—-”

“Nooo!” another scream.

“Stop!” she screamed in force, causing the veins in her neck to pop out.

I raised a finger while holding her gaze, “now speak!”

“I swear to you I did not—” another scream cut in, the guard picked up the screwdriver and she went pale.

“You are not giving me the answer I need, darling,” I gave a signal with my hand and he nodded.

“Please no! No! Don't do that!”

The screw driver went down into her brother’s thighs and he let out the loudest of screams known, like one being castrated.

“Pussy much,” I chuckled as the screwdriver, screwed into his thighs.

“I'll talk please stop. I'll talk so please stopp,” she cried.

My eyes returned to her, with a grin on, “now we are on the same page.”

Her eyes trailed the blood oozing from her brother's legs and new streams of tears followed suit. She gulped like she was swallowing a rock.

“She's south, I don't know the pack because I —- no! No!” she screamed when she saw them move over to her other brother.

“I'm speaking the truth, I swear!” she vibrated over the chair. I held out my hand and they paused.

“This would not stay up forever, start talking,” I said in a cold tone.

“She.. she.. I saw her at the mall, yes mall,” she stuttered.

“What was she doing there?” I pried

“I don’t, she came shopping I guess,” her head was everywhere switching from the guards to her brothers then to me.

“Why didn’t you follow her?”

“Merona was with her,” her mouth trembled and so did her body.

“I see, and that’s all I need to know?” I studied her, my head leaned forward and a frown pulled up on my face, “well that doesn’t help does it? It does not help me find her,” I dropped my hand and the guards returned to work.

“Ok! I have something else,” she breathed out, looking everywhere, she was going frenzy.

“Halt!” I put up my hand to halt the guards.

“Okay?”

“She came shopping for baby’s clothes” she shut her eyes when she said it. Like she had betrayed a dead friend or spilled a secret she should not have. While these were all true, I did not give a damn.

“How does that have anything to do with me?” I questioned bored and she shut me a glare she couldn't hide. Pure disdain was visible on her face.

“She came shopping for baby’s clothes, it means she is pregnant,” she said this like it should bring some sort of revelation or realization although I wore the same bored expression.

“Artemis! She's pregnant. For you,” she said and I went still.

“She ran away with my baby?” I roared to my feet.

“Is that what's important to you?” she asked incredulously like I was a fool.

“Of course,” I snapped.

A stiff laugh left her and she pried me, “I'm so sorry.”

“Why?" I asked

“Because, you are not human,” she stated and I chortled, “you’re not the first to notice and you can’t call me that, technically we are werewolves, not humans,” I said with a smug look and suddenly she spat on me.

“You demo—-“ she never got to complete her statement before her face was deformed to the left side with a stinking cheek.

“And where do you think she is and with whom,” I chuckled, “she went shopping. She must be doing quite well,” the thought of that made my rage boil, fury consumed me in whole.

“I don’t know but I guess she met someone better, she was surrounded by girls that did her biding,” she unveiled with an irritated look.

“Alpha!” I heard as Iris walked inside, foot heavy and agile.

“We have found Merona,” Iris declared and I smirked.

“See, it looks like you'll be meeting your dear friend soon,” I congratulated and went around her.

“Are you still going to go after her?” she asked like an idiot.

“Yes I will,” I answered.

“What! Artemis she's with your chi—-,”

She was cut off, “it's Alpha,” I corrected her.

“Alpha, alpha, she's with your child and you still want to go after her, how cruel can you get!” she demanded.

“You just said she's with my child, my successor, and heir. I believe she's putting the life of this pack at risk. I must recover your lost Luna and your future Alpha,” I explained to her.

“Let's go,” I said to Iris who was by my side.

“Hey! What about me! Are you leaving me here!” she shouted behind my back.

“You're sleeping here for now, no food and water for you,” I let her know and we stomped out.

“Asshole!” she yelled, “and to think I used to like him,” she whispered.

We got into the elevator and went up.

“She saw Freya, she seemed to be doing well, had servants around her which means one thing, an Alpha took her in,” we turned in the direction of the board meeting.

“What do you mean,” Iris asked.

“I'm saying that we are going to war soon, prepare our soldiers, we have a Luna to retrieve and she's with your future Alpha.”

“War is coming, Freya,” I muttered.