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Chapter 0361

“What the f*ck?! You are crazy! She attacked me and you know it.” I point at Mike, but don’t take my eyes off Tyler. “Tyler, you know I wouldn’t kill someone out of spite. I didn’t even know she was your mate or the crazy b*tch that left you for this tool.” I’m pissed, because I see what Mike is doing now. He is tying up loose ends and Tyler is a loose end now that he is mateless and out of control. He’s no longer a good soldier.

I have to divide my attention between the two of them. One is taunting to see who will come out the victor and one is so out of control that he will kill me or I will kill him and either way it will break one of us in the end.

Where is everyone? Osiston and Nickolas and the rest of the team shouldn’t have been that far from me. The thought flits through my mind as Tyler growls again and takes more controlled faster steps towards me. His wolf is winning.

“You know Tyler isn’t there anymore. Losing a mate is hard enough, but most males lose their humanity without their other half. He will destroy you and I would hate to see that. You really should defend yourself, Love. I would really hate to have to start my search over. It took me a long time to find you and you are the strongest I have seen, the first to beat Janice and she took on many worthy candidates.”

“You used her to vet potential Lunas? You are crazy!” I keep moving back, keeping distance between Tyler and I. I am trying to mindlink my team, but my head hurts and it feels like there is a weight on my brain.

“Oh, you can stop trying to talk to your sister and your uncle and whoever else was following you. They can’t help you here.” I stop short. How did he know I had people following me?

“Bring her back to me.” Tyler growls out.

I look back at him. “You know I can’t do that, no one can. I’m sorry, Tyler. I didn’t mean to hurt her. I didn’t know.” Tears are falling from my eyes, but I don’t move to wipe them. I have to be ready. Mike will give some kind of signal and he will attack me.

“You can. You’re the Luna now, you can bring her back. Let him mark you and gain your full strength and bring her back with your powers.”

“I am no one’s Luna and even if I was they don’t have that kind of power. I don’t know what Mike has told you but he is lying to you.”

“You are the next Luna Queen. You have been chosen. The current Alpha King will soon fall. He won’t get away with letting his people suffer. There are more people in the Royal line that are better for the job, he has gotten lazy and arrogant. The Luna Queen has the power of the Moon Goddess. Bring. Her. Back!!” I can see Mike’s eyes light up at the idea that Tyler will beat me or make me submit. He is cruel and has brain washed these people into believing he is right and they have suffered at the hands of Alpha Reggie.

I’m going to try and stick with logic for now. “I have no idea what you are talking about. The next Luna Queen hasn’t been found yet and even if it was me, which it’s not, they communicate with and talk to the Moon Goddess. That’s all. There are no other secret, hidden, special powers. Mike is lying to you. He’s not even the next Alpha King. And from what I can see he’s a coward, hiding behind others so he doesn’t have to do any real work. He is no true leader.”

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Now I am taunting. If I am in this fight by myself then I am going to control it. This is my forte, I will not be bested here. Mike growls.

“You will be my Luna Queen and give me access to the full powers of the Alpha King when we mate. Tyler bring her to me and try to hurt her as little as possible.” Mike turns around, apparently my audience with him is over.

Tyler lunges, grabbing for my arm. I move out of the way. “Don’t make this harder than it already is.” He grumbles at me and reaches for me again.

“I’m not going anywhere with you or him, I won’t be his mate.” I keep dodging, trying to take in my surroundings as I spin us in a circle. Janice stopped me in a clearing of sorts. It’s not as big as the bonfire area, but could easily hold 30 or 40 people, in wolf form they would be cramped.

I can see some kind of shimmer along the ground weaving in and out of the trees surrounding us. It looks like a haze of frost on a really cold night, flashes of light reflecting off the facets of ice crystals. Some kind of spell is a t work here. That’s how he is keeping me from my team. My brand should work through all of that, but maybe mine won’t since it is only a partial branding. Or maybe the casters he is using are just that powerful.

Tyler runs at me now. I’m not sure if he is going to try and fight me or what, but he is on a mission and it isn’t to help me. I let him get within an arm’s reach and push off of his shoulder, propelling myself upwards while trying to push him down. He stumbled a bit but righted pretty fast.

All the times we worked out, sparring and grappling is something we never did, he’s not bad, but I know I’m better. I just don’t want to have to kill him to survive this fight. He turns quickly and comes back at me. This time getting a good grip on my arm and trying to swing me around so my back is to his front. I let the pull happen and right before I impact with his chest I drop down and punch him in the thigh and roll back before he can fall on me.

He drops to one knee grunting. His head raises up looking into the forest. “Let’s go.”

Before my brain can process what that means. Several things happen at once. A bright light flashes as though the clearing itself is illuminating, a battle cry waves up and washes over me as at least twenty bodies charge towards us.

I am on my feet in an instant. I lose sight of Tyler as arms are flying at me in all directions and I am on the defensive, just trying to stop the worst of the blows. I am hit everywhere except for my face. My whole body is on fire from the pain and I can’t even shift. I have no contact with my wolf no matter how much I scream for her. I don’t know when I lost contact, maybe it was when I first got to this place with Janice and I lost my ability to mindlink.

“Enough! She needs to be able to bear my children.” The crowd stops and parts for Mike to enter, looking flawless. He was not a part of this fight either. How are they so blind to his lack of action? “Bring her along and make sure she’s unconscious until I am ready for her.”

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What the hell does he mean ‘bear his children?’ I’m not mating with this psycho. And unconscious, why do I have to be unconscious? It’s all I can think before people are on me again. I am punching and kicking everything I can, with no idea who or what I am making contact with. My heart is racing along with my mind. All I can see is limbs grabbing for me. I have to get out of this, but I have no idea how that is going to happen. I am grossly outnumbered so not even my skills are going to get me out of this. I need help and according to Mike no one is coming, because I am cut off from everyone. He is a step ahead again.

I finally feel a blow to the back of my head that makes my vision blurry for a moment. I grunt and moan as I fall forward and catch myself on my hands and knees amongst bare feet surrounding me. Then I feel a sharp pinch to the back of my neck, but I can’t scream or pull away. I am so dizzy and tired. I just want to take a nap and pretend like this sh*tshow never happened. I feel the energy drain from my body, like it’s leaking out and the last thing I remember is Robbie’s sad eyes looking at me before mine close.

Drip. Drip. Drip. Drip. Drip. Drip.

I could go the rest of my life and never wake up to that sound again. “Urgg” I breathe out sitting up to my knees. My chest hurts, but I can’t tell if it’s bruised or if it’s broken ribs. I moved to rub the hair out of my face and found that each of my hands is cuffed in a metal shackle. I raise my right arm to the full height allowed and follow the chain to a bolt in the floor a few feet behind me. I notice the chains going to my feet too. So I am bolted to the floor, interesting. This is either standard operating procedure or they think I am a risk. I’ll have to talk to someone before I can decide if my ego gets the boost or not.

I did realize pretty quickly that my eyes don’t open all the way right now and I am slow to move and think. This is all too familiar for me, but I can’t decide if it pisses me off or if it scares me more. The room, or I guess dungeon basement is probably more appropriate, is stone from what I can gather

and the cold musty air lets me know I am underground. There is a single bare bulb in the corner farthest from me and it is the only light source here. There is a table and chair near the light, so it’s obviously not meant for me. There is no other furniture here. The only thing I notice is more chains leading to a lump of clothes or blankets about ten feet from me. So there either is or was another person here. I’m not sure how I feel about either situation.

I hear footsteps and then keys jingling before the lock disengages with an echo in the room. THe door creaks open like a bad horror movie and I half expect Igor to walk through saying ‘yes, master.’ It’s less interesting than that though. It’s one of the guys I recognize from the runs, but I don’t remember his name. He never really talked to me, so it didn’t matter.

“Good, you’re finally up. I was getting tired of having to feed you through an IV and getting beat for taking so long. Micheal is not a patient Alpha.” I’m not sure if he’s talking to me or at me.

“Let him know that setting his whole pack to beat on one person is excessive and causes excessive damage that needs time to heal without a wolf to help. As an Alpha, he should be smart enough to know that, but his Alpha status is questionable at best, so that might be it too.” Yep, I’m trying to get myself killed and I can’t seem to stop my mouth from running. “What is the food laced with, just so I know what to expect? I can smell that it’s off from here. You guys need to get better at this prisoner thing.”

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His head snaps to me and I see three long scars run from his hairline to his chin. “You had better watch what you say to the Alpha, he may have chosen you to be his Luna, but he won’t tolerate insults.”

“Perfect. Thank you for the information. Any idea when his wannabe Alpha-ness is going to grace me with his presence? I’d rather get this rejection over quickly.” I try to sound bored, but I need to keep him talking, and insulting his Alpha seems to get him to speak the most. “Where are we? I looked forever to find your hideout and could never come across it, but that is probably a witch thing isn’t it?” I’m not even going to hide that I was looking for them. They knew I had people with me and guarding me, so I have to assume they knew why I was in the area.

“You’re not as dumb and innocent as people think are you?”

“I wouldn’t say I’ve given any reason for people to think I am dumb. A sixteen year old qualifying and going to college does not scream stupid to me, how about you?”

He huffs a single laugh and goes back to whatever he is doing at the table with his back to me.

“Where are Robbie and Tyler?” I ask just to keep the conversation going.

“Robbie is probably still on assignment at the college. Tyler is dealing with his loss.” He looks back over his shoulder at me. “You managed to make a lot of waves in a very short amount of time.”

“I have that effect on people. I tend to be annoyingly in the way. I still think Tyler should have rejected Janice, it would have saved him the trouble he’s going through now. She was selfish and allowed herself to be manipulated and used apparently. No one deserves a mate like that.”

“The Alpha gets what he wants, so unless you want to die, you let him have it.” He shrugs like that is a reasonable explanation going back to his task.

“That is stupid. Why am I here and when can I leave?”

“You were told. The Alpha has chosen you as his Luna. He’s been watching you for months and has decided that you have whatever he is looking for.” Another shrug.

“Yeah, I am going to pass on that. I am not his Luna or his mate and he certainly is no true Alpha the way he acts. I’m not interested.”

“You don’t seem to understand, it’s not a choice. He will keep you here until you voluntarily become his Luna or he will keep you here and forcefully mark and mate with you as his Luna. Either way he chose you and he’s not one to be denied.”

“Why does he want to mate with me? He can mate with anyone and produce an heir.”

“That is not my job to know, but my guess is you’re strong and intelligent. You can fight from what I was able to see and he wants all of those qualities in his offspring.”

I decided to change the topic for now. I don’t want to mate with Mike and just the thought makes my empty stomach curdle with disgust.

“So, who’s my roommate?” I nod towards the pile of torn and dirty material. Now that I am waking up and whatever they gave me is wearing off I can smell a living being over there. Still not sure if it’s a good thing or bad thing that the person is alive though.

“She was the daughter of an Alpha whose pack we took over. She was the Luna of choice until we found you. With her Alpha blood she would produce strong heirs as well, but she is taking too long to produce a child. The Alpha wants an heir soon.”

“So I’m here because Wannabe can’t get her pregnant? That doesn’t bode well for his reputation.”

“It is, of course, something to do with her, not our Alpha. She has been difficult and I believe she’s not getting pregnant on purpose.”

Really?! These guys are stupid if they really believe that, but I will keep that to myself. I just hope they haven’t done too much damage to her.

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“How long has she been here?”

“A little over a year.” He brings me a bowl that has some kind of stew-like substance in it. After he places it in front of me, he walks over and kicks at her with his foot.

“He’s been forcing himself on her for a year?!” I can’t help the disgust and shock in my voice.

He ignores me and kicks at her again. “Get up, you need to eat before he gets here. He’s expecting to see you both up and well today. I’ll bring in stuff for you both to clean up with soon.”

He places a bowl near her and then he leaves, just like that. Doesn’t even look to see if she is awake or if I can reach my food, which is barely the way that I am chained up.

I lean forward sniffing the contents of the bowl. It definitely has something in it that smells wrong, but I can’t place what it might be.

“It’s wolfsbane and belladonna mixed together. It makes it easier to r*pe someone when they are half unconscious.” She sits up like Scarface wasn’t just kicking her like a dog. “It’s also less exhausting if you pretend to be asleep. Talking to them is like talking to brainless zombies. Everyone who works for the Jackass believes what he is doing is right. He’s good with his words and to the right people his actions are admirable, but they don’t see what is going on behind the scenes.”

She leans forward and pulls her bowl towards herself and starts poking around with her finger.

“No utensils? Does he think we’ll use them as weapons?” I half joke since that was my first thought when I saw the food in the first place. She just looks at me, a knowing, slightly demented look on her face. “Ah, well at least tell me you took someone out with your skills.” I say in response. At least she is a fighter and not some damsel in distress.

“Of course I did. I also gave Josh his new look.” She tilts her head towards the door.

“Well I get why Scarface doesn’t like you now. Is there anything edible in the bowl?” I tilt my head towards hers. She is clearly still alive, so she must be getting nutrients somehow.

“The wolfsbane is dark blue and looks black when they mix it in with the food, almost like large pepper flakes. Belladonna is green or gray and resembles sage. So If you brush off the seasoning, it tends to affect you less, but always look doped up when they come in so they don’t give us more, got it?” She is whispering rapidly.

“You know about herbs and plants? That’s kind of cool actually. I wouldn’t have even thought to separate the food, I just would have avoided eating.” I whisper back, assuming someone is listening outside the large door.

“I tried that at first, but then they just give me an IV and I have no idea what’s in that, so I figured this is better.”

“Who taught you about belladonna and wolfsbane?”

“My aunt was a witch so I dabbled a bit with her. I figure a witch must be helping in the kitchen, because the herbs are sprinkled on top instead of being cooked in. Cooked in would be harder to separate and the effects would be in the food itself, but I have been able to have almost no real reaction in months.”

I began to mimic what she was doing and pick off any flakes that looked like seasoning. It wasn’t fool proof, but maybe I could build a tolerance like I have with silver.

 

Chapter 0366

As Sky grows up her experiences will as well. From here on out Sky and the rest of her friends are becoming more grown up and we will embark with her on the journey of growing up.

I don’t write a ton of spice, but it is implied. When I add spice to the story I will indicate with a 🌶️ before and after. It will not usually affect the story itself if you choose to skip it, but since there has been little to no spice in the story so far, I feel like giving a warning to those who may want to move past it quickly.

Also with our antagonist comes some Triggers such as abuse and assa*lt again I will preface it with a ⚠️ before and after if you choose not to read those portions.

Thank you so much for following along and supporting my writing! It is appreciated more than you know!

Miss L Writes.

Chapter 0367

⚠Trigger warning⚠

“So someone seems to be trying to help you a little?” The question gives me a little hope that not everyone here is happy and willing to be here.

“I guess, but it’s hard to say. I haven’t left this place in a while. Did he says I’ve been here a year?”

“Yep.” I pop the ‘p’ before putting a piece of carrot in my mouth. I can feel my tongue tingle at the effects of the wolfsbane, but it isn’t unbearable. This girl might be onto something. Then I realized I don’t know her name. “My name is Skylar, and you are?”

She looks up at me, surprised for a second and then says, “Jena, Alpha’s daughter Black Diamond Pack.”

“Black Diamond? Where’s that?” I have never heard of her pack, but I didn’t know many outside a couple hundred mile radius of Alpha Reggie’s territory. So it isn’t hard to believe I haven’t heard the name.

“We’re up in Canada, closer to Alaska, if that helps.”

“You’re a long way from home then, assuming we are still in the vicinity of where they took me.”

“We’ve been in this location for a little while. At least I haven’t been moved, and I usually go where their Alpha goes. He likes to keep his toys close.” She says darkly.

Before I can reply, Scarface comes back with a bucket of water and two small cloths. He drops them all in front of us, sloshing water out of the bucket.

“Get clean, he wants you presentable in an hour.”

“You do realize that my current situation will not allow for that, right?” I look at the chains on my wrist and back to him and then to make sure he really understood I make an attempt at reaching forward to show the extent of movement I have with the chains, which keeps me a good 4 feet from the bucket in question.

“Figure it out, it’s not my problem.” Then he turns around and stalks out.

I let out a laugh, I couldn’t keep it in. Jena looks at me like I have lost my mind.

“Sorry, I can’t help it.” I’m trying to stifle the amusement, but it’s hard. So I try to explain between bouts. “Whatever you did to him f*cked him up. He won’t even bring water within five feet of us. He may act all tough, but that one is a chickensh*t who will wet his pants when he has to stand in front of you without the chains.” She just looks dumbfounded for a second and then also laughs.

“We are trapped and chained up and laughing about our captors. What does that say about us?” Her laughter subsides a bit.

“I don’t know about you, but there were at least twenty people set on me and I’m pretty sure I was drugged. I know I’m a good fighter, it’s the one thing I am confident in. They wouldn’t have caught me in a fair fight.”

“But really, until we know what is going on, we should try and clean up, it keeps the hitting to a minimum, and Micheal likes to hit. He’s kind of a sadist.” I nod. She’s right, going along with this is the best way to figure out what is going on in general and figuring out exactly what Mike’s endgame is.

We were able to work together once Jena showed me that our foot chains were a continuous chain looped through an anchor in the floor. We each stretched out a leg and awkwardly pulled the bucket towards us.

Jena showed me how Micheal likes us to be prepared. I still wasn’t sure what we were preparing for though. I washed my face, hands and arms and went to throw the cloth in the bucket when Jena stopped me.

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“Wait, you have to clean everything.”

“What do you mean ‘everything?’ My feet don’t matter, cause they are just going to be on the gross floor the whole time, what else is there?”

“If he’s coming to see us, he plans on taking us.” She looks at me like I should know this. “He doesn’t come to chat. He’s obsessed with producing an heir, that’s why we’re here.” The dark look that crosses her face is scary.

“What?!”

She opened her mouth to say something when the large door swung open to reveal the d*ckhead himself.

“Hello my little ladies. How are you both today?” He sounds so pleasant and nice, but the cold look in his eyes shows how dangerous his crazy is. “My lovely Jena, it’s really too bad that you haven’t been able to give me what I want. You are so delicious though, so I think I will keep you around…for now. Should we show Skylar what she has to look forward to?”

I look at Jena and her jaw is set eyes forward, but they are blank. She doesn’t move a muscle, just slow controlled breathing.

“What are you going to do to us?” I ask as calmly as I can because what is running through my mind can’t be possible, can it?

“I already told you I want and need an heir to my empire. And I will have one. I thought my lovely Jena would be the one to provide for me, but she has proven to not be able to do that. Let’s see if you are more capable Sklyar. Open that sweet mouth Jena, I want to make sure Skylar knows all my favorite things.”

He stalks towards her undoing his pants, my eyes go wide but Jena hasn’t moved. I am frozen in place, this is really happening right in front of me. He pulls the front of his pants and underwear down just enough to reveal himself while he continues to stalk forward. He stops inches from Jena’s face stroking himself right in front of her nose. I can feel my heart stutter knowing what is about to happen to her and possibly to me, but Jena hasn’t moved a muscle. Still stroking himself, Mike caresses her cheek like a lover would before he grips her jaw tight enough to cause her to whimper the smallest amount.

“I said open up.” He growls through his teeth at her. “Show Skylar what happens to good little girls when they listen. And mind those teeth, it took far too long for your jaw to heal last time.”

I can see his fingers flex and force her mouth open before he rams his d*ck in, forcing her to gag. But she doesn’t double over or show any other signs of distress.

I close my eyes and start to turn my head away, I don’t want to watch this, no one wants to watch this. But my head is stopped by two hands and I am forced to turn in Jena’s direction again. I struggled, but with my hands and feet bound there isn’t much of a fight to be had.

Mike looks over at me. “Isn’t she beautiful like this, Skylar? Keep those eyes open, I want you to see the wonderful way she takes care of her Alpha.” His voice is sickly sweet. I keep my eyes closed even with the force of the hands holding my head in place. “Open, your eyes Skylar!” He growls this time. “Or I will let every warrior in this room have their turn with her and they will be far less gentle than me.”

At Jena’s muffled sob following that statement, I knew that I couldn’t let her suffer like that. I don’t want to watch this, but Jena is living it. And if she’s been here over a year, who knows how many times he’s violated her. I can live through it with her, at least this way she won’t be alone. That’s all I think about as I make eye contact with her. I try to fuzz out the rest of the view and focus only on her eyes. Her dark amber eyes are full of hopelessness and sorrow. If I find a way out of this I am

taking her with me and now I know that Mike doesn’t just need to be stopped, he needs to die. Jena can’t be the only girl he has assaulted and I might be next.

 

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We stay focused on eachother like that for a long time. I hope she got some strength from me since there wasn’t much more I could do. I could hear muffled talking and grunts and groans from Mike, but I kept pushing it from my mind and focused only on Jena, her eyes watering so much the streams make streaks in the dirt that remains on her face.

“Such a good little girl.” Mike coos at her. “I just wish that you would give me the child I want.” He pulls out of her mouth and moves behind her. “You should be ready for me now, right my sweet Jena?”

Seriously? I can feel my own hot tears running down my face. I strain against my chains trying to get to her even though I know there’s no way. “Stop! Just stop.” I whine out, unable to stop myself. Jena gives me a small shake of her head.

“Do you wish it was you, Skylar? I see the jealousy in your eyes and I must say it’s quite the turn on.” He lifts the tattered shirt she wears and places his palm in the middle of her back pushing her down onto her hands. “This is the pleasure you can expect very soon.” He thrusts into her and she groans in pain. “I know this is your favorite, isn’t it Jena?” She doesn’t answer him right away, so he grabs a fistful of her hair and yanks her head back, she grunts again as he continues to thrust into her. “I said this is your favorite, right? Tell Skylar how much you enjoy this.”

She winces again, so he must have tightened his grip in her hair. “It’s my favorite, Alpha.” She barely whispers out. Her voice hoarse from the treatment before. It doesn’t take him long to finish with a loud dramatic groan. Jena crumples to the floor and doesn’t move.

Mike stands up, rights his clothes and walks to me. He brushes his knuckles on my cheek, “Soon my Luna, you can have that pleasure too. My warriors were a little too rough with you and I need you to heal a bit more before I can have you. Your bruising does not excite me at all. But I did enjoy the way you were both eyeing each other. I might have to work that into our time together.” Then he turns and walks out, three warriors following him. I didn’t even notice they were here. At least one was holding my head still, I can still feel the points where his fingers dug in. I might actually have bruises without my wolf. But the other two were just there to watch I guess.

As soon as the door was closed, I scooted as close to Jena as I could. “Hey!,” I whisper-yelled. “Are you okay? What can I do?” That scene is going to give me nightmares for the rest of my life, but she needs me to stuff it and be strong right now.

She turns her head so I can see her face. She is still crying, but silently. I would be ugly sobbing. It looked and sounded painful. I don’t think I can ever have s*x after this. There was nothing about that whole thing that looked pleasurable.

 

Chapter 0370

⚠️Trigger Warning⚠️

“That was actually him being nice.” She wipes her face. “He must be trying to impress you.” She winces as she moves to sit up. “Normally he likes to use whips and ropes. He likes to be rough, so this,” She waves a dismissive hand, “Was nothing.”

“What?!” I couldn’t keep the horror out of my voice. “I’ve been beaten before, but never assaulted. I’ve never been with anyone like that ever.” My panic starts to rise. Of all the things I have been through. I don’t know if I will survive this. The sadness and fear turns to anger. Anger at the idea that he is going to take something that is supposed to be special from me. He’s already made me afraid of it.

Jena fell into a fitful sleep and it wasn’t long before one of the warriors was back and I immediately retreated back to the wall and made myself as small as possible, afraid I was next on the list of s*x slaves.

“Don’t worry, I can’t have you… yet, but I do need to get a few things done, so hold still.” I did the exact opposite and started flailing and kicking as soon as he got too close. I had no idea what he was here to do, but I decided that no one was going to touch me the way Mike touched Jena. I got him in the groin and in the jaw before he could move away and run from the room. The scuffle didn’t disturb Jena’s sleep at all.

My new punching bag came in, bleeding from the lip, with the other two warriors that were here earlier and they held me down while he stuck a needle in my arm and took a vial of blood. Then just to prove a point they each took a strong swing at my face and kicked me in the sides. I think I passed out from the pain.

I woke up later to someone else sticking a needle in my arm. I don’t know what they need the blood for and I don’t know how much or how often they were taking it, but it felt like I was getting weaker and I just fell in and out of sleep. I did wake up to Mike hitting Jena with a loud smack of skin on skin contact and he was violating her again, she wasn’t so quiet this time, her cries stinging my ears, but I couldn’t keep my eyes open long enough to do or say anything. I do remember the wild anger in Mike’s eyes though, that look is burned into my memory for good. This went on for days or maybe weeks, I have no sense of time here. My mind feels as numb as my body, like something inside is broken.

I don't remember dreaming either, just waking up with a start, panicking and breathing heavily. Sometimes there were people in the cell, sometimes it was just Jena and I.

I did wake up to a soft cloth being wiped over my forehead and a small voice saying “Shhh.”

"Who are you?" I whisper through dry cracked lips as I blink and try to sit up, but I'm too weak to even move.

“It doesn't matter, but the Moon Goddess told me I need to help you. I don't have long, so listen. Tonight when dinner comes, eat everything.”

"But, it’s poisoned.” I start to protest, but she shakes her head.

“Not tonight. Eat everything, it will help you get rid of the poisons in your body and by morning you should be able to connect with your wolf. That is all I can do. You have to get out. We are out of time.”

“I'm not leaving Jena here. He'll kill her if I leave. I have to find Gentry too.” I groan, my stubbornness not letting me lay down while I am arguing. I don't know why I am so adamant about this but I am not just going to leave them here if this is how he treats females.

“Gentry is taking care of your food, don't worry about her, she is safe for now. You are the most important thing right now. We aren’t too far from your friends.”