All Chapters of FERAL : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

A few hours later, Lucas opened the front door to a house that was as silent as a graveyard. The house looked as untouched as it was when he left it, except for the fact that another paper cup had joined his in the trash can. So apparently, his mate's stomach could handle a chocolate drink but not a pancake. He remembered her insinuation a few hours ago that he would spike her drink. He'd been so hurt by that but he hadn't let it show. Not for the first time, he wondered the extent of Adrienne's pain that she would think her own mate capable of poisoning her and came up blank.He remembered the bite mark on her neck then and almost growled as he realized she might not even believe they were mates. He shook his head clear of thoughts that would quickly become destructive if he didn't rein them in and climbed the stairs up to his bedroom, looking for Adrienne.The door was opened a crack and he pushed it open and walked inside. He saw the bags from earlier on the sofa, but no Adrienne.

Adrienne POV I sat in front of Lucas's baby grand in his small library, running my fingers over the keys, too scared to actually play. Lucas had retreated into his study soon after breakfast, saying that the had work. He'd asked me to come sit with him but I didn't think he actually meant that. He was probably just being too nice and actually didn't want to be near me. Snow growled at me and gave me the equivalent of a wolf scowl.*That's not true!* I chose not to believe that, instead entering the library as soon as Lucas disappeared, admiring his books and piano like a creep. I heard footsteps sound closer to the door and quickly removed my fingers from the keys. It wasn't Lucas, that much I knew. They were much too light and quick.I turned just as a light knock sounded and the girl from earlier poked her head in. Alexis. She grinned at me."Hey. Lucas told me I'd find you here."She walked in, not even tottering on her sky high heels.I wondered who the hell wore heels in the hou

Adrienne POV Not long after I'd had breakfast of a single pancake and a glass of milk, Meg and Alexis danced into Lucas's room."We're going shopping!", Alexis announced.I sat up from the bed where I was laying face up counting the stars Lucas had stuck up there for me."We are?", I asked.Meg plopped down beside me. "Ignore her. She'll come off it", she advised.Alexis ignored both of us, only fished around in her purse for something and seconds later, came up triumphant."Aha!" In her hands, she held two gleaming black cards."Where did you get those?", Meg asked, suddenly interested."Lucas", Alexis sang. "I said Adrienne wanted to go shopping and he said to get anything she wants.""What?" That was both Meg and me."Adrienne never said she wants to go shopping!", Meg said."Yeah", I affirmed. "I don't want to go.'Alexis waved her hand and shushed me. "Of course you do, honey. And even if you don't, you'll like what I want to get for myself, yes?""Alexis", Meg groaned. "You are

*She hung from a braided silver rope from the ceiling, the silver cutting and burning into her wrists. Her weight twirled the rope around so that she turned slowly like a meat on display. The tips of her toes barely touched the ground. She was bleeding from several strikes of a silver whip on her skin. In some places, the whip cut through more than once or twice and the skin hung in tatters, burning and sizzling from residue silver. The whole room smelled like blood, metal, and human barbecue.**The door to the basement/torture chamber opened and the same guard that shoved her in here a week ago trudged in, carrying a bucket of ice cold water, and behind him, her torturer followed, a sick look of anticipation on his face.**The guard upended the pail of ice water on her head and slowly she came to as she broke out in massive shivers, her lips turned blue. She slowly raised her head, showing bloodshot eyes and stared at the alpha. The water had helped a lot in washing some of the resid

*Adrienne.**"Stay with me, Gavin"**He smiled. "I'm here."**"Forever?", I asked.**He nodded solemnly and placed a kiss on my lips. "Forever."**I sighed, feeling happier than I had any right to be and snuggled closer into his embrace.*The scene changed as fast at it had happened. Suddenly, Gavin was no longer the person I used to know. In his place, was a monster puppet.*"No, Gavin, what are you doing?!"**He gave a sneer of disgust that twisted his handsome features into something more gruesome.**"You're worthless, Adrienne. You're the biggest mistake I've ever made and the biggest the world has ever had."**"That's not true. You - you love me! You said so yourself!"**"Poor, poor Adrienne". He clicked his tongue. "So gullible." He looked her over, starting from her head, down to her bare toes. "How could anyone love a thing such as you?"**Tears gathered in her eyes. "You don't mean that." It was a statement, but her eyes were pleading with him to say otherwise, to reassure h