Chapter 44

Hope

Where is she? Alpha is wearing…some kind of slave outfit. Green bra with golden stripes on the two cups, golden belt with purple sashes from the front and back and wearing black ankle boots. She looks around to see the other elves being treated like slaves, wearing the exact same clothing as her. Why, though? Why is she back to where her kind was treated poorly? Beta is in the same situation, though she's far from where Alpha is right now.

"It's happening again…" Alpha says. "No…this cannot be…"

She's still grown up, not her younger self. But…is this a nightmare she's having? She must be.

"Come here, you!" A collar with a chain attached is put on her quickly and is tugged hard by an overseer. She is forced to stand up. "You're next!"

"Wh-where are you taking me!?" Alpha cries. "You have no right to-!" She tries to transform into bodysuit self, but nothing happened. Her magic is gone.

"You are profit just like the others," the overseer says. He tugs on her more. "You are to satisfy the men like the whore elf you are!"

"No…I'm not going back there!" Alpha cries. "Someone! Please, save me! Beta…anybody!" She tries to hold her ground, but the overseer keeps on pulling her until she meets some strong, muscular men who are in need of a woman.

"Eleanor, meet these lovely men~" the overseer says. "Train her well, my good men."

The three men walk over and grab hold of her as soon as the overseer lets go. Their big meaty hands grab onto Alpha's sexy body, her breasts, rubbing her thick thighs and down under her sash, even rubbing her perfect, exposed tummy.

"We are going to have fun tonight, Eleanor~" one man whispers in her pointed ear.

"I'm…I'm not…Eleanor…anymore!" Alpha tries to suppress her moans. "I'm Alpha!"

"Who's Alpha?" another man says.

"Come on! Hurry up!" the third man says. "Let's take her in so we can have some real fun!"

"Gladly!" The first man says.

They take her by the arms and drag her to their truck and drive away without a care in the world.

*Later*

Alpha is spent. She is all wet from the men's semen, being dirtied by their touches and so much more. That session went on for hours non-stop until dusk. Now she's in her room, alone. She cannot believe she's back to where she used to be, even after she got possessed. She wants to go back to her real home. To where her Shadow Garden members are. But…she's here, dealing with this torture.

Still clad in her sex slave outfit, wet as it is, she lies on the floor, crying. She's inside a prison where there is only a bed with a white sheet and chains attached to a wall if any man wants to get their hands on her in the room alone. These men are despicable. If she still had her Shadow Powers, she would wreck them to pieces. But…this is the past. She has magic, but…not as strong as she was when she was with Lord Shadow. It's hopeless. No escape…nothing.

"Eleanor…"

"Eh….?" Alpha stops crying and sits up, wiping her tears from her eyes. Someone else is in the room with her? She looks around for the voice until she sees someone that looks like her. No…exactly like her adult self.

Her face isn't shown, but she appears to be…

"N-no way…M-Mother…?" Alpha gasps, her eyes brim with tears again.

Alpha mom spreads out her arms, a smile on her face. She's wearing the same exact slave clothing as she is, but it doesn't matter to her. Instead, she just beckons her daughter to be in her arms. Alpha doesn't hesitate. She crawls over and wraps her arms around her mother, resting her head on her chest. The mother smiles and tenderly strokes her blonde hair, kissing her forehead every now and then.

"Mother…Mother…" Alpha sobs softly. She doesn't care anymore. After that painful event earlier, comfort is all she needs. Her mother being there for her in this prison is just fine.

"My dearest Eleanor…" the mother says softly in Alpha's pointed ear.

"Mother…"

Alpha and her mother remain like this…for however long it will be…

*Reality*

Alpha wakes up in tears, sitting up from the couch she's been sleeping on. She wipes her tears and looks around to see that she's in the common room of the palace. When did she doze off? She is wearing her casual black dress as well. Thank goodness it was only a nightmare. But…why would she dream about something of her past?

"Alpha-sama?" Gamma's voice is heard from the door, startling the blonde.

She looks up to see her right hand woman standing there with a concerned expression.

"A-ah…Gamma," Alpha sniffles and wipes her tears some more. "When did you…get here?"

"I heard some noise, so I came running," Gamma says as she approaches her. She herself is wearing her usual dark blue dress. "And you seemed to be crying, too. Did something happen?"

Alpha pauses and slightly turns to the side. She decides to explain everything what happened in the dream.

"I see," Gamma says. "That must have been a horrible nightmare, indeed."

"It's all good now," Alpha says. "I'm fine."

"If you say so, Alpha-sama," Gamma pets the blonde and stands up to turn to leave. "I shall be going now. I have some meeting to get to and-" She feels Alpha plunge herself onto Gamma from behind, wrapping her arms around her waist. "E-eh!? A-Alpha-sama!?"

"Gamma…will you let me…stay like this…for a while?" Alpha says softly. She rests her head on Gamma's very long, soft dark blue tresses. "Please…Gamma…"

"Alpha-sama…" Gamma can tell that Alpha feels really troubled from that dream, maybe even traumatized. She has to be there for her darling lover. "Sure thing, Alpha-sama. You can stay like this."

"Thank you…very much…" Alpha sobs softly, burying her head on Gamma's tresses, her shoulders shaking.

Gamma feels like crying as well from hearing her fearless leader's sobs. She knows exactly how it felt being treated unfairly by some bad people. She, Alpha and Beta know from experience. It's frightening. But…right now…they are in the present.

They may have lost everything in the past…but that doesn't mean that they haven't lost each other. They are Shadow Garden and neither of them will get left behind. There is always hope in the world. Alpha knows that.