The next time I woke, I was hanging back up in my usual position. My eyes were wrapped though, gauze from my nose up to my forehead. The pounding in my head was the same. It happened every time they put me under. It would take days for it to go away. I took stock of my body. Toes moved. Fingers moved. Muscles in my legs and arms were tight but could move. I had been out for a while then just hung up to dry.“It’s awake, sir.”My brow furrowed and I cocked my head slightly. Usually there wasn’t someone in here watching. It was only just a guard check. There was another few moments and the door opened to the right of me.“Well, well. It survived at least.”A door swung open and I could smell their cologne as they got closer.“You alive, mutt?”I didn’t say anything. They grabbed my chin and yanked me up. I could feel their breath fan on skin and it made me convulse.“We fixed your voice so you could speak. Didn’t they once hail you as the best singer? What was it ‘she could charm a fey’
***Trigger Warning: There are some scenes depicting a little more indepth of rape so I wanted to add a quick trigger warning for some.*** I breathed quietly, trying not to stir him. I knew he had passed out at some point but I didn’t know when the last time he had slept. Peeling my lids back, I blinked a few times, trying to clear my vision. It had been so long since I could see, it was disconcerting. Not that there was much to see in this grey concrete box.My eyes fell on Hector. He wasn’t chained to the wall but rather the floor. His ankles and wrists were locked and I dug my teeth into my bottom lip. That must hurt him so much. The silver was already making its marks on his skin. He was laying on the floor, his face turned to me with his eyes closed. I wanted to brush the hair out of his face.The last time I had seen Hector was when he stood in my doorway before I left for the blue scroll mission from the High Council all those years ago. He had both changed and not changed at a
We didn’t speak, didn’t move for a long time. Just held each other, holding tight knowing this moment would be fleeting. But this was the first time in two years someone hugged me and I’d be damned if I was going to waste it.“Hector?”He hummed into my shoulder and it sent a wave a goosebumps over my skin.“Thank you.”Lifting his head up, Hector looked at me in the eyes. “How can you say that? This is as good as forcibly marking you, Auri. I made the choice that you had no input. I just…I couldn’t listen…couldn’t watch as they did that to you. I’m sorry, I was weak. I…”My finger came up to his lips, hushing him. “Stop, Hector. You saved me from another five rounds after that.” His eyes widened but I continued. “If anything, you might have saved me for all of those in the future too. It’s okay. You aren’t forcing me, Hector. It’s not the same.”He shook his head and my finger fell from his lips. “You’re wrong. It’s the same. The lesser of two evils doesn’t make it good. It’s still f
When I woke, I was back hanging up against the wall. My wrists had already re-dislocated and I knew they must have used something to knock me out. Who knows how long I was actually asleep. Worry wormed it way through me but I realized after a bit it wasn’t mine. I lifted my head up, resting it against the wall. Hector was stuck with me. As much as the bond shouldn’t be felt with all the silver, I didn’t have the strength to pull up my walls. He would just have to feel everything for now.“Auri?”I slowly peeled my eyes open and looked at him. He let out a sigh of relief.“You’ve been out for a long time.”Showing him a small smile, I leaned back again and closed my eyes. “You could say they keep me sedated all the time. Giving me extra just adds more potency to it. I’m too weak, my body can’t fight it anymore.”Hector grew quiet and I slipped in and out of sleep. I was awoke by the door scraping open and Oran stepping in, followed by two guards.“Good morning newly mated wolves, how’s
Shock couldn’t even begin to describe what I was feeling. My mind raced and I felt like I was just looping around in my head. All my thoughts were jumbled. Putting together everything that they were doing to me, it didn’t make any sense. They healed me, made me stronger, continued to experiment on me but it had done nothing but really build me up.“Why…why would you even bother doing that to me?” Hector seemed to have the same swirling confusion.“Honestly, immortality is lonely. It was a gamble, sure, but now you two have each other for forever. Aren’t I nice? You call me a monster but here I am, saving your love life and an impending doom of the death of your mate.”My head started to shake and I looked over at him. “All this, why all this, Oran? It doesn’t make sense. None of it does. You’ve built me up. Your experiments, replacing the things I lost, healing abilities, giving me my voice and my eyes, immortality…”“Don’t forget your power.”My brow furrowed.“Oh dear, your Alpha Ki
It had been surprising quiet. I guessed three weeks had passed. Hector’s beard now being my indicator of time passing. At one point, he begged one of the lab coats to shave it off but they didn’t do anything. Once a week I got my injections and Hector received a meal that I was thankful I didn’t have to eat. Despite that, somehow, Hector looked bigger, gaining more muscle and height. I wondered if it was because of our bond or it was because the power I imparted into him. Either way, the guards gave him a more wary eye and it made me laugh. For the most part, they kept our chains slack, allowing us to be together. The only time was the meal time or if they were hauling me away for more additions. Yesterday had been one and I slept most of the rest of the day. After that, they had actually pulled the chains tight and we were stuck apart. It was wearing on Hector and I wondered how close we were to his heat. His replies were more growls than anything. The sound of scrapping reverberat
We ambled five minutes before we ran into anyone. Luckily, it was no one who knew us. They didn’t even stop as we swayed with the two bottles in our hand. I stopped at the power room. It was out of our way but I wasn’t about to leave this place running after everything I had gone through. Leaning Hector up against the wall, I unlocked the door with the keycard. It was too easy. No one was monitoring the room and it was as easy as pulling levels well past the red marker. It was sophisticated but at the same time, simple. I wondered where we were that would build a power system this easy to fuck up.Quickly, I closed the door and pulled Hector back over my shoulder and we ambled our way down the halls. Unfortunately, this route took us past the guard common room for the east side. Sure enough, three guards stood outside, chatting. They looked us up and down.“What the hell…”Flaring my nostrils, I pointed my pinky at them, while holding the beer bottle up. I did my utmost to slur my wor
“Goddess, I can’t remember the last time I had a shower.”I chuckled as Hector looked into the bathroom. “Imagine how I feel.”“Did you want to take one first?”Shaking my head, I was reading over the information the front desk provided. Apparently, there was a shopping district not too far from where we were. I looked at the little map printed on the page.“Auri?”“Oh! No no! Go take a shower. I’m going to head down and pick up a few things. At least some food for you. See if we can’t look semi-normal.”Hector walked into the kitchen where I had been leaning on the counter looking at the booklet. “Want me to go with you?”My eyes roamed over his naked figure. Sure, we had been naked for weeks but this was a completely different environment. It was hard keeping the smile off my face as I took him in.“No. I blend in a little more than you do.”“I can blend in.”This made me laugh. “Hector, you’re almost a foot taller than the average height here. Not to mention you absolutely are some