chapter 48

SELIORA POV

This could not be good.

We were in the middle of nowhere with armed men surrounding us.

I watched as Kaelion fought the men bravely but he was strongly outnumbered. I knew the only thing that could save me was to run.

I quietly opened the door to the car and got down while making sure none of the men could see me. I then took a step but before I could run, I felt a hand over my shoulder.

“You are coming with us,” The voice spoke behind me, gripping my neck with his large hands.

“If you do not stop fighting, we are going to kill her right here and right now,” An unfamiliar face who seemed like the Alpha of the pack instructed.

“Let her go, you can take me,” Kaelion replied to my surprise, dropping his knife while I looked on in shock.

Kaelion giving himself up to save me was something I never imagined could happen.

“No Kaelion,” I heard another voice say before someone else before I felt a searing pain through my head. For the first few seconds, everything became blurry.

“Seliora!” Kaelion called out, as I felt my body falling to the ground.

“Wake up,” I heard a voice say, faintly.

I slowly opened my eyes and saw Kaelion staring into my eyes.

“What happened?” I asked, trying to sit up.

“We got taken,” He replied just as I fully opened my eyes. “You have been out for hours.”

My eyes instantly scanned around the small room which was a prison cell.

“No, we cannot be here,” I stated, looking at Kaelion who had chains on both his hands and legs. “Who are they?.

“The crescent pack, they attacked our borders on the day I had thought it was your father coming to rescue you,” Kaelion answered.

I instantly recalled the moment as he stopped talking.

“Well, what does he want from you? We have a man who has all the secrets we need in the trunk. We cannot possibly let him escape,” I said, standing up. “We are going to have to get back to the car before he finds a way to escape.”

“I know, Seliora,” He stated.

“You should have kept fighting him,” I muttered angrily. “You should not have stopped fighting.”

“He would have killed you without hesitation, I promised to let you go after all of this is over and I am standing on my decision,” He said.

“Fine,” I muttered. “What do we do then? Jackson has no idea we are here. How are we going to get out?” I asked.

“We wait,” He replied.

Taking a deep breath, I peeped outside the cell gate.

“Do you have a plan?” I asked. “If you do, you need to tell me right now.”

“No, I do not,” He muttered.

I felt like hitting the cell gate and crashing out. This was not how I had imagined it all to go.

After I was done staring outside of the cell gate, I returned to where I was earlier seated, beside Kaelion.

“How did he know we were going to be on the exact route?” I asked in a low tone.

“The route. It was along the borders of his pack,” He replied, closing his eyes. “You should get some sleep, we have a long day ahead of us.”

“What!” I muttered angrily. “You got us into this.”

“It was either I took that route or risk the blood moon pack getting to us on the highway,” He said.

I nodded my head slowly then leaned against the wall but after a few minutes, the door to the cell swung open.

“Come on out,” Two muscular men demanded, taking off the chains from Kaelion’s legs and pulling him up.

I stood up almost immediately and walked behind the men who led us to a large field in which a large number of people had gathered.

I could hear them murmur as we both walked into the field.

“That is the popular and fearless Alpha Thane daughter of the Ember fang pack, I heard he slaughtered her whole pack,” I heard one of the people say.

“Stop walking,” The guards demanded as we got to the middle where everyone could see us.

Afterwards, the crowd all stood up and bowed their heads.

“Is that him?” I asked, Kaelion in a low tone.

“Yes, his name is Damon,” He answered. “He is their Alpha.”

“You are still a coward you know,” Kaelion stated in a loud voice. “After so many long years, you are still absolutely terrified of me.”

I could see what Kaelion was doing, he was trying to provoke Damon and get him angry.

But why?

“I dare you to a one-on-one fight right here and right here. You let us go if I win but if I do not, you are free to do whatever you want.”

“Deal,” Damon responded, making his way towards Kaelion and me. “I have heard so many stories about your beauty and bravery, dear Seliora. I am going to kill him and take you from him.”

Damon stared at me with so much lust in his eyes.

Kaelion had to win this or I might get stuck in another pack with an Alpha who wants to take me forcefully as his mate.

Damon then demanded his men unchain Kaelion and hand him any of the weapons he wanted.

“You have to win this, Kaelion,” I muttered to him nervously before watching him walk towards Damon.

Kaelion had no fear in his eyes yet I had doubts.

Damon must have been preparing for this day for a very long time. I knew exactly how it felt to finally have a chance to get what you must have wanted for so long.

Kaelion walked over to the side where the weapons were and picked up a sword.

He then charged towards Damon who instantly sent him flying into the air with just a kick.

“We are so cooked,” I muttered, watching Kaelion get up while Damon looked towards me with a sly grin.

“You are mine, Seliora,” He said, charging forward towards Kaelion again.