In my estimates I had been here for nearly three days and in all that time I hadn’t been allowed to leave the bedroom once. During that time different people came into my room to bring me what I needed and Diana’s mom came a few times a day to teach me how to hide my thoughts. I was getting better at it but it was completely exhausting. Whenever she left my room I felt the same as I did after spending all night negotiating with a rival pack on a business deal. It would be so much easier if I could somehow fight my way out of this mess, but that didn’t look like it would be possible.I was being watched at all times. Even when I was locked in this room I could hear the sound of breathing and heartbeats on the other side of the door. Arthur would know the moment I tried to leave this room, there was no way around it.‘It doesn’t matter, we can take them all down.’ My wolf growled. He hated being restrained. He wanted to take control of my body and break us out of here. The longer I wa
I knew that I wouldn’t be able to convince Mark or any of the others to let me travel to Arthur’s pack alone. That was the reason I didn’t bother to ask. Instead I went straight from Mark’s office to the garance, I took one of Elijah’s cars and started to drive. I would be at Arthur’s pack before nightfall, that would be when the hard part started but I didn’t want to think about that right now.I had spent the last hour or so listening to music as I drove in an attempt to clear my head. It didn’t work but at least it was better than driving in silence, this road was eery enough without that. Arthur had chosen a pack that was pretty much in the heart of the forest and the roads on the way there were thin and winding. Just like they would be in a horror movie. I was expecting some mysterious creature to jump out at me every time I went around a bend. Onyx growled in frustration within my mind. She knew we were heading straight into the territory of our enemy and she wanted to go in wi
I was so happy to see Diana and know that she was safe but it was still terrible having her here. I had been planning to leave last night but I couldn’t do that with her here and now I was second guessing my whole plan. It was one thing for me to put myself at risk, but I couldn’t put my mate in that position. I was going to have to come up with a new plan now, one that didn’t involve as much risk. “What’s wrong?” Diana asked. Her head was on my chest and I had been sure that she was sleeping a few moments earlier. I must have woken her up with my frustration or my loud thoughts. Even though I had gotten better at hiding my thoughts it still didn’t come easily to me and if I wasn’t concentrating it was easy for me to slip up. “I am just worrying about how we are going to get out of here.” I replied.“It’s ok, I have a plan for that.” Her voice was still groggy from her sleep but she sounded confident. I was desperate to know what she was planning but I knew better than to ask her
I still wasn’t sure exactly what Arthur was capable of. He made it clear that he wanted me to be sitting at the table waiting for him when breakfast was served, so that is exactly where I was. Even though it meant I had to get dressed in a hurry and practically run down all those flights of stairs. I arrived in the dining room a couple of minutes before Arthur instructed but he was nowhere to be seen. I sat down in the cold, empty dining room and poured myself a cup of coffee while I waited for him to arrive. The food hadn’t been placed on the table yet but there was tea, coffee and more types of fruit juice than I had seen in one place before. ‘Does he think he is running a hotel or something?’ Onyx grumbled in my mind, making me giggle and almost spit coffee across the table. Maybe Arthur was trying to impress me with the table layout and the wardrobe full of designer clothes but that showed how little he knew about me. I wasn’t concerned about luxury or material possessions. Aft
Diana’s mother staggered into the room clutching her throat, bruises in the shape of fingers were already starting to form around her neck. I wondered how many times Arthur had given her bruises like that over the years he had kept her as a prisoner. She didn’t seem too fazed by it, so my guess was that it was a frequent occurrence.“Don’t worry about me. His bark is much worse than his bite.” She might have been able to fool me if she wasn’t so unsteady on her feet and her voice didn’t sound so weak. She looked at me for a moment, probably reading my thoughts. I tried to block her from my mind even though I knew it was pointless. Her dishevelled appearance had me flustered, I had to do something to stop Arthur before he could hurt Diana like he had hurt her mom.“You alpha’s always think you can control everything. Why don't you focus on shielding your mind and leave the escape plans to your mate.” She suggested, rolling her eyes at me. Being held prisoner for years clearly hasn't d
I could feel Elijah’s distress through our bond before I even made it to my room. I wasn’t sure how he knew there was something happening but I could understand his distress. He was completely in the dark about our plan, so as far as he was concerned this was a real attack and we were in serious danger. I wish I could tell him something to set his mind at ease but I couldn’t. Until I could be sure that he would be able to hide his thoughts from Arthur I couldn’t risk him giving away our whole plan. I waited for the escorts that Arthur sent to take me to my room and lock the door behind me before fully relaxing. Elijah ran over to me as soon as the door was closed, he wrapped his arms around me and kissed my neck in between gushing about how worried he had been about me. “The way your mom ran out of here, I was worried that Arthur had done something to you.” “I’m fine but I don’t have time to explain. There is something I need to do.” The tone of my voice was harsh but I needed t
I had been expecting Arthur to come for me again straight after the little distraction we staged, but he didn’t. Instead he left me alone for the rest of the day and the next morning as well. That had me concerned. I was worried that he had realised there was something else going on, or that he had somehow worked out what I did. One moment he was talking about spending the whole day with me, the next he left me alone and ignored me for twenty-four hours. Something about that didn’t seem to add up. To make things worse, I didn’t feel any different after the spell that I cast with Elijah and I was worried that it had failed. I had followed the instructions to the letter but maybe I had missed something. Maybe there was another step to the spell that was mentioned in a different part of the book. There was so much about all of this that I didn’t understand yet. I wish there was a way I could ask my mom about it without Arthur finding out what we were talking about. Who knows, that mig
I felt sick. Arthur’s men had me tied to the bed with ropes infused with silver. I wasn’t strong enough to free myself from the ropes so I had no other option than to watch as Arthur sunk his teeth into my mate's neck. She screamed out in pain and started thrashing her arms and legs wildly against the men who were holding her in place. Arthur and his men let go of Diana then took a couple of steps back before she could punch any of them in the face. She let out a frustrated growl before checking the wound on her neck with her hand. I could already tell that the wound wasn’t acting like a normal mark would. There was more blood and it wasn’t healing almost instantly in the same way as a mate’s mark normally would. There was a smug smile on Arthur’s face when he stepped away from her but as the seconds ticked on, his smile started to falter. At the same time Diana’s smile grew wider. The bite on her neck was already healing and there was no sign of a mark being left behind. “Well, I