The Witch and Her Four Dangerous Alphas

Chapter 7: Chapter 07: ShLike a Second Skin

Selene’s POV

The ripples in the pool slowly faded.

Kael was gone.

The courtyard was silent again. The only sound was the wind brushing softly against my wet hair.

| stayed where | was kneeling on the cold tiles, arms wrapped tightly around myself. My cloth was soaked

through, clinging to my skin like it had been sewn onto me. Every part oftrembled—not from the cold

anymore, but from something deeper.

Something hollow.

It felt like someone had carved out the inside of my chest and left nothing but silence.

My arm throbbed under the wet fabric. The brand. That cruel mark they burned intolike | was cattle. My

knees ached from kneeling for so long. My pride? Gone. Shattered like glass. But none of that hurt as much as

the question echoing inside my mind—the one that never stopped since they chained me.

Why?

Just that one word.

Why me?

Why this?

Yes, my father was a monster. Alpha Eirik Bloodfang was cruel, heartless, feared by all. But | wasn’t him. | had

never raised my voice at anyone. | hadn't even shifted yet. | was only seventeen. Still human. Still trying to

understand the world.

But none of that mattered to them.

They looked atand didn’t see a girl. They saw his blood. His shadow.

They hated me.

And not just hate—they wanteddestroyed.

They wantedto beg for death.

Especially the four Duskdraven alphas—Kael, with his fury. Luca, with his frozen stare. Lucian’s calm that was

more terrifying than rage. And Aeron, the one who already passed judgment before | ever spoke a word.

They didn’t wantto suffer. They wantederased.

And the cruelest part?

They wouldn't even letdie.

| had tried. | had begged. But no one showed mercy.

A light breeze moved across the courtyard. My shift fluttered, still damp and cold, clinging to my skin like shame

itself.

| curled up tighter, arms hugging my knees. My hair stuck to my face. | could barely breathe, my fingers

trembling like leaves in the wind.

Then—I heard it.

Footsteps. Sharp. Angry. Getting closer.

Before | could even lift my head—a kick.

Pain exploded in my side, and | collapsed onto the tiles, gasping.

| looked up through blurred vision.

It was her.

That omega head maid. The sone from earlier. Her eyes were full of poison. Her face twisted with hate.

"You bitch," she spat.

| opened my mouth, confused, in pain—but nothing cout.

She sneered like | had insulted her very existence.

"You think you're clever, huh? Seducing the Alpha on your first day?" Her voice was loud, cruel, each word

soaked in venom. "Just because you have a pretty face and scurves, you think you can climb your way back

to power?"

Seduce?

My chest tightened. | could barely stand. | hadn't said a single word to Kael. But the accusation hit harder than

her kick.

"l—I didn’t—" | tried to speak, but she cutoff.

"Well then," she hissed, "if you like tempting Alphas so much, let's give them a better look."

My heart stopped.

"No... wait... please..."

But she didn't care.

She grabbed my wrist—the one with the brand—and yankedup. | screamed from the pain, but she didn’t

stop. Her fingers dug into my side, draggingforward like | was nothing but trash.

| stumbled. My knees scraped the floor, the stone tearing at my skin. | tried to resist, but | was too weak.

She didn’t letgrab a towel. She didn’t letcover myself.

My shift—soaked, thin, and nearly transparent—clung to every part of me. My legs, my waist, my chest...

everything was exposed under the sunlight.

| tried to cover myself with one arm. But | was too small. My hands couldn’t hide the shame.

Please don’t look. Please... don’t look at me.

But | felt it.

Their eyes.

Servants stared. Warriors paused. Swere shocked. Others smirked. A few looked away—but it was too late.

Their eyes had already touched my body. My soul.

| felt naked. Filthy.

My whole body screamed in shame.

I had once worn fine silks. | had once been someone.

Now? Now | was dragged half-naked like livestock in the mud.

She pulleddown a hallway | knew too well.

It was my new room, more like a

empty cell caging for pets or worse

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She shovedinside, slammed the door behind us.

Her eyes glittered with hate.

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Her words cut deeper than blades.

I flinched.

Her mouth twisted into a cruel smile.

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| said nothing. | had no words left.

She looked down at my trembling body, soaked and shaking, then threw a piece of dry cloth into my arms.

"Put this on," she snapped. "If | see you walking around like that again, I'll make sure you regret it."

Then she stormed out and leftalone.

The room was cold. Too cold.

| sank to the floor. My legs gave out.

The dry clothes lay in my lap, untouched.

I couldn't move.

All | felt was shame.

Shthat crawled under my skin and stayed there like poison. Shthat felt heavier than the brand on my

arm.

I didn’t ask for this. | didn’t choose this.

But in this place, in this cruel world—

No one cared.