I pushed open the door at the end of the hallway and my brain struggled to make the best decision, but Regan was not far from me and so I knew that I couldn’t waste any time. I didn’t go in direction that we had come in from on the first day because I just knew that it would be locked, instead I went through a smaller passage, trying the first door there and gasping in surprise when it opened to reveal a kitchen. There was another door at the end of that kitchen and I headed straight for that one, it was locked but the lock was just below the handle and I only had to turn it once for the door to pull open. The door led to some sort of garden but beyond that I could see the tree line that led into straight into the woods and I moved in that direction as fast as my legs could carry. In that moment, I couldn’t help but thank Nicole in my mind for the food and water that she had given me, my entire body was screaming in pain but my bones had strength in them. For a long moment, I hea

The light seemed too bright even from my closed lids and I groaned before turning around to bury myself deeper inside the blanket. Wait? Blanket?I flipped open my eyes immediately, hissing when the bright sunlight streaming in from the large windows momentarily blinded me. I sat up on the bed but realized I couldn’t go further because my legs had been chained to the bed. I didn’t bother struggling, for one, I was still too tired to do so, I could feel every bone in my body threatening to come out and my entire muscles felt sore, two, I knew it would be a complete waste of time trying to fight against the chains and I really didn’t have the strength to, three, the events of the previous night, or rather early that morning came back flooding my mind.I leaned against the head of the bed and took a deep breath, closing my eyes as I went back into those woods running. I had never felt so scared in my life and it had truly seemed like everything was about to crash in on me. And when t

Gwaine’s POV:The first thing I recognized as my body and mind eased into consciousness was the ache in my muscles. I slowly turned on my back wincing when my sore muscles protested at the movement.Sighing heavily, I stared at the beautiful chandelier above my bed for a while longer. I had forgotten to turn off the light when I had gone back to sleep and I was surprised that the bright lights hadn’t disturbed me. I couldn’t remember the last time I had such a peaceful sleep, one that wasn’t plagued by nightmares or just disturbed in some way or another. Sighing heavily, I moved out of the bed and into the bathroom, first stopping by the sink to stare at myself in the mirror there. Vilkus had been silent since the previous night and even as I stared into the mirror, I was surprised to find my own almost chocolate eyes staring back at me through the mirror. ‘Vilkus?’ I tried. Not like I wanted to wake the beast, it just felt really weird for my wolf to hand over control so easily a

I always thought I would hate not being able to move around for more than a couple of hours, being the restless, stir crazy girl that I was, and don’t get me wrong I absolutely hated it right now. But not as much as I had feared initially. Maybe comparing my situation in the dungeon to the one that I had now made me a little grateful for this new one. I was fed three times a day, I could take a bath whenever I wanted to, I got to see the sun rise every morning and set at night and most importantly, I got to draw as much as I wanted. This was way better than being locked up in the dark with no sense of time and tortured to an inch of my life. Plus, I got visitors. Well, not really. Especially since two of those visitors were a Royal pain to my ass. Nicole had a bad habit of reminding of how annoying I was, and of how my tongue was going to put me in a lot of trouble someday and Gwaine? Well, we all knew how obnoxious the Alpha could get, I didn’t even want to waste time thinking

My eyes flipped open and I was met with complete darkness and silence, I blinked twice hoping to chase away the sleep that was threatening to pull me under once more. I turned around on the bed and looked in the direction of where I hoped the window would be. Trying to think of what would have woken me up so suddenly. Instead, the only thing that came to mind was the way I had fallen asleep. Wrapped up in Gwaine’s arms and breathing in his scent. I couldn’t believe how easy it had been to fall asleep in his arms. How my body had heated when he had moved just before I fell asleep, how I had enjoyed the way his fingers had began running through my thighs when he thought I was asleep. I turned again on the bed, burying my face into the pillow and letting out a small scream of embarrassment, but that was when I noticed something. There was silence in the room, no rattling of chains and my legs felt free. I quickly reached for the nightstand to put on the nightlight and I was shocked t