I woke up to a loud ringing in my head, and a sharp pain pierced through my body. I let out a loud grunt as I lifted my body from the cold and bare floor. I looked out my window, and it was dark and silent.
I weakly bent down and picked up my clothes to wear. I blocked out memories of what happened earlier so I wouldn't cry, I had enough pain to deal with as it was. My whole body was on fire, from the whipping I got earlier. I slowly traced my hand down my body, and on each mark, this would leave whip scars on my body. I bit my lower lip, I didn't want everlasting scars on my body reminding me of what happened when I got the scars.
My door flung open, and two guards entered and dropped a plain brown gown on the bed.
"We were instructed to escort you to see your parents, so wear that and follow us" the guard on the left said. I was going to see my parents? I was so excited by the thought. I didn't think Damien would let me leave this room, let alone see my parents, I was somewhat grateful. I picked up the clothes to wear and signaled for the guards to leave or turn their backs. But they didn't budge and exchange a smile between themselves.
I felt so ashamed. This is what I have been reduced to, changing in the presence of mere guards. I held back the tears threatening to fall and quickly changed into the gown. I stepped out with the guards, and we started walking down the hall, towards where Damien stayed. I felt nervous, and memories of what he did came flashing in my head, and I felt my heart sting so hard. It hurt. How could he do such a thing to me? I trusted him. I hated him so much for what he did and don't think I would ever be able to forgive him, I never will. He hurt me so bad, even if my parents killed his, what he did to me was so uncalled for and not necessary.
We passed his door and kept walking. We soon arrived at the dungeon where my parents were. We passed the regular dungeon for people who didn't commit grave crimes and finally arrived at a secluded part in the dungeon that was dark and crawling with rodents.
One guard opened the door, and I saw two scrawny figures on the floor with their backs facing the wall, like they were in time out. The figure by the left turned back, and I saw it was my dad.
"Cupcake is that you?" he strained, and the other figure turned, and it was my mum. They looked so malnourished and tired, and they stunk. I rushed towards them and gave them a tight hug, ignoring how they looked and smelled, I missed my parents.
"Just five minutes" the guard said and left us alone. We broke the hug, and my mum looked at me and showered me with kisses, same with my dad.
"We missed you so much sweetheart" my mum voiced, and I nodded in agreement. I hugged them again, and I could feel their bare bones as I hugged them.
"I need you to be strong, my love. We didn't do it" my dad said immediately.
"I know you didn't do it and I am trying to prove that" I then narrated everything that happened with Miley and how the culprit was onto us as we got closer to something that could implicate the culprit. My mum and dad exchanged a look, the "we expected this" kind of look.
"We know who it is and why he did this to us" a he? that was groundbreaking. But how could they know who did this and decided to go to the dungeons on his behalf.
"Who did this, and why haven't you reported them?" I asked curiously
"Your life was threatened cupcake because we know what he did and something that could ruin him for life" my dad said, and now I was curious, but the guards were already coming in.
"Tell me who did it dad" I screamed, but I was already getting dragged out at this point, my dad said something but I could not make it out because f how far I was from him and how low is voice was, as I was about to leave I heard my mum yell "Sylvester", then the door was sealed. Sylvester, a named I had never heard before, it was familiar, but I was very sure I had never heard that name before.
I was being dragged off to my lonely room, and I had no time to find out who this Sylvester was. There was only one person who would know that name, only one person, Damien. He knew everybody. It was a hobby of his, to know everybody's name and origin. I needed to get to him and ask him. We would pass his door so it wouldn't be an inconvenience, I told the guards to drop me at his door, but they refused.
As we were about to pass his door I screamed so loud and kicked my body around to get them to stop, instead the guard of my left hit me so hard and told me to stop, but I didn't and kept screaming, till Damien finally came out.
When he came out, our eyes locked, and I could swear I saw a hint of regret, which was quickly replaced with anger.
"What is her problem?" he asked directly the question to the guards without taking his eyes off me.
"Who is Sylvester? I am sure you know who that is" I said swiftly. The look in his eyes shifted to confused.
"How do you know that name?" he roared at me.
"Who is Sylvester?" I yelled back at him, staring straight at him.
"How do you know my dad's middle name?" Rain voiced as she appeared. Her dad was Sylvester, which means Edward, the late alpha's brother, was Sylvester, the Sylvester that framed my parents and took Miley's parents.