Chapter 41: Chapter 41
Carl's POV
My blood was boiling in rage as I stood right there waiting for the fools who turned Ava that way. The picture of her scarred body was still stuck in my head, and all I could think of was to destroy everyone who had put her in that condition.
I was breathing heavily as the anger kept hitting me hard. I was becoming impatient. The footsteps of Ava's oppressor were getting louder as they approached, but it seemed like they were walking slowly, and it irked me the more.
I can't wait to see the faces of the cruel wolves who could treat their kind so wickedly. How could someone with conscience whip a poor girl like Ava with whips soaked in wolfsbane, which hurts terribly?
Even the strongest warrior will cry at a strike, not to mention Ava. It is obvious that they wanted her dead at all cost, so I will fulfill their wishes in their lives instead.
I dropped the whips right beside the tree where I was hiding behind. They will come over to pick it up, which will make them stand closer to me, and that would be my opportunity to strike them all before any of them gets the chance to escape.
As I stood behind the big tree, huffing and puffing, I began to hear the voices of females. My brows arched as I wondered if my ears weren't playing pranks on me. I never thought I would be waiting for a group of girls like those who put Ava in such a miserable and pathetic condition.
Their voices, which were chirpy and lively at first, became low and slurry as they finally got into the garden. They must all be surprised as they couldn't find the girl they planned to kill. If only they knew the death lurking around them, they would have taken their heels right now.
"Where is she?" I heard one ask in a confused tone.
"She can't leave here even if we had stayed for two hours more before returning. That single lash was enough to keep her sprawling around a point for five hours!" Another voice exclaimed as the sound of their footsteps got closer to the tree I was standing by.
"Someone must have found her and taken her away."
"There are our whips!" Another informed the others, and they all began to hurry over to take it.
It was at that moment that I stepped out, making them all cringe in shock and confusion. It seemed they couldn't even recognize me, especially as I had covered my Lycan scent.
I was standing face to-face with five innocent-looking pretty girls dressed in their school uniforms as they all scanned me with their eyes, trying to understand who I was in silence.
"Who are you and how did you get here? " One of them with black hair finally broke the silence as they all got out of their fright mode. None of them looked scared any more since I didn't look dangerous.
"I am your nightmare." I replied, coldly, as the flashing image of those welts on Ava's skin crossed my mind again. These were really the girls who did that to her.
My response got them by surprise, as they looked around again, recalling the absence of Ava.
"You are the one who took Ava away? You know about what we did to her? Are you here to punish us and who the hell are you, please?" One of them breathed, and I could see fear gripping them all.
"I thought I was going to be facing a group of bad boys with muscles after seeing how Ava was badly beaten. Little did I know that common girls like you did that to her. Why? If I may ask!" I snorted, glaring at the girls as my blood began boiling in a rage again.
The urge to give them a very painful death was what I craved, and I was just going to waste to see if they had any reasonable response before killing them. No matter what they say, none of them are leaving here alive.
"See, young man. I know you felt pity after seeing the pathetic state of Ava, and it also seemed like you were a foreigner who didn't know who that girl was. It will be better if you hand her back to us and return to wherever you came from " the one with black wavy hair responded with a strong tone.
I guess she is the bravest, or rather the one who hates Ava the most.
"Since you won't introduce yourself, let me introduce ourselves to you. We are the first daughters of Alphas rulling each pack in our part of the world. Don't you dare think of harming us!" Another girl with blonde hair warned and quickly brought out a royal token.
Others also did the same, displaying it to my face while I stood still with folded arms, staring back at them.
"You will be beheaded in front of the market square, and the vulture will feed on your body if you lay a finger on us. Now that you know all this, bring out that cursed girl, Ava, and let us finish what we started." The black-haired one snapped with a commanding tone.
I chuckled maliciously, trailing my gaze at each of them before picking up the wolfsbane whips that were still lying on the floor.
"Ava is dead, and I am here to make sure you all join her in the world of the dead where she is. I don't give a damn if you're the princess or the Alpha of this nasty place!" I seethed, releasing my Lycan scent, which hit them with great terror as their eyes widened while staring at me with their bodies trembling.
"What did I just hear you say?" A different voice from behind broke in, and I darted my gaze in the direction of the voice.
"Nana??" I muttered her name, wondering why she was here and trying to figure out if she was one of them, but I don't think she was among them, as the whip here is five, but at that same time, I sighted her slave whip around her waist region.
"Did you...just say Ava is dead? I don't believe you. Where is her body?" Her voice was cracking and slightly above a whisper as she kept wagging her head like she was terrified.
"I am not answering that foolish question. I have to slaughter these girls for killing Ava, but it seems like you're one of them." I smirked, as it seemed my prayers were being answered.
I had always wanted an opportunity to kill Nana after finding out she was one of those who had made Ava's life a hell. She had left her parents' house and was living with the alpha just to torture Ava and take over her position as the princess.
At the order of the Lycan prince, I can end her life right now since she is among those who did that to Ava.
"Please spare us. Please..we were carried away by our envy and jealousy. Please don't kill us. She was the only one who whipped Ava...." The girls all fell to their knees, begging and pointing at the dark-haired girl as the one who hit Ava.
"We all planned to flog her until she committed suicide. We are all into this. It's because the prince came, so we left, but we were all going to scourge her on our return. So you all shouldn't push it all on me!" The dark-haired girl cried out, defending herself.
"Is she amongst you?" I inquired, gesturing at Nana, who wasn't saying a word as she stood at a spot, staring blankly into the air as she clutched one palm over the other right on her chest.
"Yes, Ava is her slave, so she gave us permission to make sure Ava kills herself by torturing her with our whip. She planned it all with us and we are just doing as she ordered!" The dark-haired girl was very quick in replying, while the others only nodded in support.
"Good." That was my last word before I dropped the whips and attacked the five girls with powerful and crushing blows. They were followed by the sickening crack of their ribs as I made sure the punch was straight to their chest.
They crashed heavily to the hard ground, their screams echoing through every corner as they coughed out blood while convulsing in the excruciating pain.
I picked up one of the wolfsbane whips and struck their backs with all the fury burning in me, and the force was so much that it tore their skin deep to the bone.
None of them could survive the hit, as they all collapsed and turned cold instantly, their blood gushing out from the huge welt the whip had created along their backs.
I was waiting to see Nana try running, but she didn't make a movement. As I turned fully to face her, she shuddered with tears in her eyes while gasping and swallowing hard.
Her eyes were peering into mine, and I saw panic glistening in them, but she didn't seem afraid of me, she was scared of something else.
"It is your turn to join them. Yours is going to be special with lingering severe torture that would seep life out of you in a slow and very heart-crushing pain" I stated, curtly and threatening, but she didn't even try escaping or begging for mercy like the dead girls.
"Is Ava really dead?" She asked again, looking straight into my eyes as she shed tears from those brown eyes that appear beautiful but are filled with pain and guilt.