(END OF PART ONE)

Esmeralda

Another three days came and went, another three of pain and suffering.

Another three days of enduring the torture that my mate had sex with another woman.

How could he?

How could he do that when he knew how much pain it would cause me?

He was not ignorant of that, yet he chose to torture me in this manner.

This was the worst treatment I had ever received. Even the harsh treatment from my former pack couldn't be compared to what I felt.

Not even the dreaded horsewhip stood a chance.

I was dying.

The pain was killing me rapidly, eating me up from...