HARLEY.

Tears gathered at the brim of my eyelids as I cried my heart out. I couldn't believe Logan was doing this to me.

I couldn't believe he was also willing to remove our unborn child and made up all these lies. The guard beside me nodded, grabbing the huge whip behind him and walking close to me.

My heart raced in fear as beads of sweat gathered on my forehead.

"Please, please, I am innocent." I tried begging, but the guard just stared at me coldly.

"You deserve everything that is going to happen to you. You kidnapped our crown prince and forced him to impregnate you? "How vile can you be?" The guard spat at me, his eyes rolling in disgust.

"No, he is lying. I saw and resc..." I had barely completed my sentence when a hot, heavy slap landed on my face, sending both me and the noisy crowd into silence.

My cheek felt heavy, my ears ringed as the slap affected both, considering he was a high-rank wolf and used quite a strength.

I felt a cut on my lips when I stretched out my tongue unconsciously, feeling the cold, metallic taste of blood. It burned, my vision got blurry again, and I couldn't move even when other guards came and unchained me.

I thought I was being let go or pardoned for the main time because of the rain, but I was so wrong. Rather, I turned around to face the poll I was chained onto.

I tried struggling when they wanted to fix the chain again, especially when a perverted guard ripped my gown from the back to expose my flesh, for the beating.

The side of his lips curled up, and he grabbed my boobs, squeezing them as I winced in pain, more tears rolling down my cheeks as he laughed at my misery.

"John, I think she might be really pregnant. "Look, her chest is so full, her boobs succulent in my palm." He mocked and everyone roared into laughter.

What made my heart sting and my legs wobble was the familiar sound of Logan's as his people humiliated me.

'What was my wrong? Saving him? 'Should I have left him to die and why did he have to lie?' I wondered, so many thoughts going through my head.

Thoughts I didn't have answers for. The chains were tightened, and I winced in pain, for it felt like they wanted to pull my hands off my body, but I didn't really feel anything or struggle as they tied me up properly.

I was too weak to. The only thing that brought me back to reality, wide-eyed, was when I felt the sharp cut of the whip on my back.

I screamed, feeling my back hurt as hell. Just one slash was this excruciating, yet I had more to go, because I was being wiped to death.

I was killed. That hit me and I began to beg again.

"Logan please, if not for me but the baby in my stomach." I weeped but all I got were laughter of mockery.

"So pathetic. "Not only did you try to steal my man, you were trying to guilt-trip him too? "wiped her harder. Lady Ariel ordered, and I screamed as tears poured out continuously.

I tried mumbling words but couldn't as I was given another slash. I yelled louder this time and even struggled with the chains tied on me again, but couldn't break through.

'whip, whip whip'. I was given another, another, and another till it was uncountable for me and I could slowly feel my life was seeping out of me.

I couldn't even keep my eyes open any longer, everything was just dark. My stomach clenched in pain, hurting when the whip landed on my waist and a blade I didn't notice was attached to it. I gazed at my tummy.

I started to bleed heavily from there, my legs feeling slippery as some liquid began to trail downwards.

'Was I pissing on myself out of fear?' I struggled to look down, and my mouth hung open as I saw blood.

Just then, it felt as if something was cutting inside of me and I knew I was losing it. I suddenly didn't care about the pain from the whips again or my life.

"No, please, stop. "Please," I pleaded, but was just ignored. The rain continued to fall, washing the blood and causing me to shiver.

I screamed again, but low and barely audible as I was fatigued and couldn't take it anymore. My skin was tearing open, and my blood was too much.

I decided to give in to unconsciousness, my body feeling like it was on fire as another slash was given. An even more painful one, as I felt the unborn life, I didn't even get to know, leave.

I guess this was it. This was where I was going to die. Punished and killed for an offense I didn't commit.

Just the thought of it slashed my heart open into two. Ariel, Logan, please pray I truly do die like you two wanted, or I swear to the moon goddess, I would do whatever it would take to get my revenge.

My eyes were closing when;

"Stop". I suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice, a deep and authoritative yell and I stiffened.

'Who was that and why was he stopping them?' I pondered and then it hit me.

'Oh no! 'Don't tell me this person was here to add more salt to the injury.' I prayed, but then what was I praying for?

"Release her", the voice ordered and a wave of electricity shock ran through me while people began murmuring against themselves again.

What did he just say?

"But my lord. I was ordered to beat her to death, this is just s....". The guard tried explaining when he cut in.

"Are you defiling my order?" He growled, his voice filled with venom, as the sounds of his footsteps got closer.

I wished to listen to it more but my body thought otherwise. As I went into unconsciousness, the last thing I heard was the guard stuttering and my body being cut loose, before being enveloped into a warm, comfy embrace.

I jolted awake with a start, looking around briskly, my heart racing as memories of everything came flashing through my head, like lightning during a storm.

I gasped and tried sitting up when a hard, but warm hand stopped before saying.

"Don't reopen your wounds, you need to rest your back". At his words, my body started aching like hell, especially my back, which I was sure was covered in tons of bruises and cuts.

He helped me lay down, even going as far as straightening my pillow to enable me to be comfortable.

'Why was he this nice and considerate?' I wondered and turned to see his gaze on me. The room was dark so I couldn't see him fully, just his face.

His expression was blank, but his silver irises, which shone through the dark, were running all over my body, making me suddenly feel hot.

I unconsciously took my lower lips in my mouth as I watched him look me over before his gaze finally met mine.

His eyes softened, filled with gentle intensity as he leaned forward.

Then I noticed he was bare-chested and gulped at how manly he looked. His build.

His shoulders were broad, his chest was also chiseled with his well-defined, muscled, toned arms.

Saliva gathered in my mouth and I gulped down again.

"Enjoy what you see." He teased, and I looked upwards to see him grinning at me, as he got up to his feet and moved his hands to buckle his belt.

My eyes all almost bulged out of their sockets as I watched him take off his trousers, leaving him nude and fully unclad.