I was left on that bed of spikes for what felt like an eternity but I no real way to tell how long I had been here. At first I thought this had been a mild torture but after a while I realized it really wasn't. After the fifth or maybe sixth hour of laying here that's when I really began to feel the spikes. My wounds could not heal and the fact I was drugged up and couldn't feel Zariah didn't help me any.
The creaking of the door and a gasp made me feel like I probably looked worse then I thought I did. I heard brisk foot steps and felt hands quickl loosening the restraints and gently lifting me off the bed. I was quickly laid on the cool floor and rolled onto my side before I could even see who my rescuer was. I could hear running water behind me but I was too tired to look.
"Kaydence I'm sorry this is going to hurt." I felt a warm,wet cloth on my back and it stinged so bad. I didn't scream though and tried my hard
I was still groggy and half asleep when I was abruptly woken. I was barely aware of Evans voice as he pleaded with me for something. I just couldn't tell what. I suddenly felt cold after hearing his voice for several minuets, perhaps longer. Before I could register why I was so cold I felt a sharp prick in my arm and then I was being dragged against something hard and cold. It was most likely the floor. I heard a squeaking sound of a heavy metal door with most likely fairly old and rusted hinges and then a bang of the same door as I was dragged out into the fairly hot day. The feeling of the sun on my skin finally oriented me to the current moment. I was being dragged by Elstan towards the woods. The wounds in my back became painfully aware of what was going on and I feel blood seeping from them. Evan walked behind Elstan holding rope and some other things and looked sad for me. He said nothing though when I made eye contact with him. I felt
"Come on Kaydence you can do it. Stop unnecessarily squirming and remember what I taught you." I took a deep breath and focused on the ropes. I focused on where I felt each knot and tried to reach for one of the ones I was sure would give me slightly more mobility. It was hard when I was tied to a pillar and I wasn't allowed to use my wolf strength. I was never allowed to use my full strength for this training. My father always insisted that it was because if I got captured chances are I would be injected with something to prevent me from turning or using my full strength. I think he just enjoyed making me go through these mental exercises. These ropes were tighter then any of the ones he'd ever had me tied up with before and there was significantly more than normal too. I guess this was the most he could do. After all we had been doing training like this since I was five. At nineteen though I can honestly say I missed those easy knots
"Hey wake up. Elstan gave everyone on patrol duty orders to make sure you don't sleep." I opened my eyes slowly to see Bran, one of the warriors significantly older than me, standing in front of me. "Any chance you have some water on you?" I asked. Brans eyes softened and nodded. "Yeah hold on. Kay I'm sorry you're in this position. If I could help you know I would." I smiled at him. He had always been kind to me. He was only a couple years younger then my parents and had been friends with my mom. "It's fine Bran it's no ones fault but my own. I should of allowed my father to banish him from the pack after I rejected him. I couldn't do it though. I didn't want to cause his family any pain because it's not their fault their son is an ass hole." He grinned while twisting the top off of a water bottle. He brought it to my lips and allowed me to drink slowly. After a few minuets he pulled it away fr
The second day passed pretty uneventfully. Every now and then I would see a warrior or two pass by but very few paid any attention to me other than to check if my ropes were still tied under Elstans orders. I wasn't surprised really. I knew I could escape these ropes if I had more strength but unfortunately that didn't seemi to be happening any time soon. Occasionally a warrior on patrol who pitied me enough would give me some water or let me nibble on something. Never much because they knew, hell we all knew that if Elstan found out they would pay for it. I stayed quiet unless I was directly talked to. I had devised a plan to be on my best behavior just until Elstans Alpha ceremony. I would make them think I had submitted and would blindly obey him just until then. Then right at the start of the ceremony I would run as fast as I could and as far as I could so that hopefully by the time him and his mate established the pack link I would
I woke to Amelia snoring very loudly in my ear. I opened one of my eyes in a squint to see my best friends face much closer to me then I would of preferred but I resisted the urge to laugh. I felt a surge of energy shoot through me and smiled. I guess I was too excited to go back to sleep anyways. I rolled over towards my alarm clock and inwardly groaned. Granted I had gotten my normal eight hours of sleep a part of me wished I had slept a little longer. I gently slid out of my bed so as not to wake Amelia and slipped on my slippers. I wonder what was for breakfast. I knew that was stupid of me to think. Every year for my birthday was the same thing. French toast, bacon, strawberries, sausage and pineapple. It had been that way since I was a child because that was what I had asked for. French toast was my absolute favorite and of course I loved bacon and sausage I was a wolf after all. The strawberries and pineapple were because they ar
By the fifth day the heat was getting to me. From the little sunlight that did filter through the trees I was sunburnt and it was severely uncomfortable. The warriors who passed by on patrols took pitty on me but didn't dare offer me any sunblock for fear Elstan would notice. From the little information I had been given each day from those who were sympathetic to me things were getting worse. Elstan was basically a tyrant and letting the power of being Alpha get to his head. Kyle told me yesterday that Elstan was pushing the warriors too hard during training that one of them actually collapsed and when they wouldn't get up he had the warrior dragged away and beat into submission. The warrior had been from one of the younger classes so probably around fifteen or sixteen years old. I truly felt for my pack and it was almost as if I could feel their fear and sorrow grow stronger and stronger each day but I didn't know what to do at this point in
True to Elstans words about an hour or so after he left the next patrol came around. They were silent as the ropes were undone and I was helped down from how I had been positioned on the tree. Unfortunately for me most of the wonds on my back had become infected and the warriors who were on this patrol were not ones I was particularly close to. They hadn't even bothered to bring me clothes or tried to clean and dress any wounds or give me anything for the slight rope burn that had occured on my wirsts and neck. As we walked back through the woods the elder of the two warriors walked in front of me while the younger walked behind me. I could feel his greedy eyes studying every inch of my body and for the first time in a long time I felt truly uncomfortable being checked out by a man and that was something that slightly surprised me. Normally I would of welcomed the attention and even tried to use it to my advantage. I was too tired, hu
"Ugh Mels we've looked through all the dresses here and not a single one grabs my attention." I said after the third store my best friend dragged me into. I wanted my eighteenth birthday dress to be perfect. After all I had to renounce Elstan as my mate permanently in front of everyone. I could feel Zariah stirring impatiently in me. She wanted me to look beautiful and feel comfortable for our first run too. "There's one store we haven't checked yet." My best friend said checking the mall directory. I groaned. "Fine but after this I want to get tacos from the food court got it? We've been here for the past three hours I'm a growing warrior you know." I said rolling my eyes while quoting my father. She snickered. "Alright alright we'll get your damn tacos. I have never met a wolf so obsessed with tacos." She said with a snicker. I panicked. "Keep your voice down. This is a non wolf