Groban POV
I darted through the snow in the direction in the direction of where I knew Laya would have gone, my heart was beating hard in my chest. So many things running through my mind all at once as I kept pushing forward at a rapid pace, I knew I needed to get to her, stop her from going after Demetrius.
She doesn’t know what she’s going up against, not even I had known the full extent of what Demetrius was capable of until earlier today.
It had happened so fast that I hadn’t had time to prepare, because I had shifted that time in the woods with Laya, it’s been on the back of mind constantly that Dimitrius would be able to know of my existence and there for be able to track me down.
And I had been right to be concerned, I had been correct in doing daily perimeter checks and looking for a threat. The problem was, I had never anticipated how calculated and well-orchestrated Demetrius would have been.
Laya POVI followed the trail to where it began in the snow, Groban’s bloody trail grew immensely the further I went. My eyes were completely zeroed in on what I saw in the snow, so much so that I didn’t focus on anything else besides his blood against the whiteness.Suddenly I felt a blow to my head as I hit the ground, bewildered I looked up and all around before finally focusing on an image before me. Swallowing hard I recognized the face I saw before me,“Demetrius,” I said sternly as I glared at him. Smirking he crossed his arms as he stared down at me,“The fact that you know who I am should not surprise me, but tell me little hybrid, how long before that thing growing in your belly comes to be?” I swallowed hard as I furrowed my brows, how did he know I was pregnant, I wasn’t even showing yet, I had a very tiny bump if any.“Wondering how I know huh, oh child, I wasn’t born
Laya POV Groban wasn’t talking to me, I could hear him pacing up and down in the cell next to me and I wondered whether or not he would eventually create a trench with the number of times I heard him marching, the velocity of his determination, and frustration was suffocating me with each and every stride. I sat back against the wall with my knees up to my chest, it must have been hours, I couldn’t be certain of time because it was darkened in here and the only source of light came from a few torches which hung on the walls leading toward the way I’m guessing was the only way in and out of this place. It was definitely very medieval that was for sure, and I couldn’t stop myself from wondering about everything that has happened from the moment Groban had taken me from tribe Taulantii… All he ever did was protect me from danger, and how did I repay him, by shoving us both into the most dangerous and perplexing situation ever. Groban was m
Hours had passed and still, no one had come to remove the human from my cell, I called him that now because I didn’t much care for his name. He was nothing more than a puppet to Demetrius and he had tried to seduce the vampire side of me which I hadn’t realized up until this moment, was actually incredibly strong.I didn’t know how we were going to be able to get out of here, but I knew that we had to. Demetrius held power over all things here and it seemed that his reign of dominance was way farther spread than we had ever anticipated it to be, with us stuck in here there was no telling what he would do to us, or try and force us to do.I still couldn’t believe that Demetrius had put a human in my cell who willingly wanted me to feed on him, the thought of it made me feel sick to my stomach.I sat huddled up in the corner of the metal bars where Groban had stuck his arms around to get to me, I hadn’t been able to see his face but j
I fell back against my backside as I sat staring at a wide-eyed Jake staring back at me as my jaw dropped in surprise, I quickly composed myself as I leaned forward and pulled the gag from his mouth. He stared into my eyes in complete disbelief and silence as I began untying the knots around his wrists, I was finding it difficult to even think straight right now.The last time I saw Jake was when I was being sentenced to working within the kitchen until the brothers came to take me away, Jake had been sent away until I left. That was just over six months ago, so much has happened since then.As I quickly untied his hands he finally pulled free as he swiftly pulled me to him in a warm embrace,“Laya, I can’t believe it’s you. I thought I would never see you again,” He said as he held me even closer still. And for a second I didn’t quite know what to do, but then my body relaxed a bit as I hugged him back.Jake pulled back slig
I was about to respond to Jake when I heard a sudden noise coming from the darkness, all of a sudden I noticed guards dragging an unconscious form towards the cell next to mine, and my eyes widened when I instantly realized it was Groban. There was so much blood, way more than I had seen the last time he was attacked. His head was hanging down as his feet scraped along the ground, I felt the lump implode on itself inside my throat as I gulped. I immediately jumped to my feet as I rushed over to the metal bars, “Groban!” I wailed as the tears began to flow from my cheeks. His drenched hair was hanging tasseled around his face and instead of sweat or water dripping from the ends, it was rather blood, his blood. And at that moment I felt a flood of both anger and pain that I haven’t felt before, it was engulfing me at a rate that meant that at any second the rage would erupt and explode from me. And the minute I saw a very smug Demetrius standing right b
Groban never answered me and I sat there for what felt like forever trying to figure out who Rainn was who I had seen in my vision, both Groban and I had seen her, I know this because he had said her name at the exact same time that I had. I stared at my hand, the branded imprint that stared back at me, the symbol of Gaia. A symbol I had no knowledge about, yet here I was, trying to figure out what to do, how to approach the situation. When in fact I didn’t know anything about the Gaia symbol nor the thirteen tribes. I sat trying to concentrate but my body was drained, it had been well over 72hrs since I had consumed any form of food, and the fact that I was pregnant only caused havoc to my life. I was clenching my jaw, trying desperately to concentrate on not needing to feed, not needing nutrients but my wolf had other plans. She didn’t see Jake as important yet she did deem him fit for consumption. This was the point at which I started feeling it to be a pr
Laya POV I kept myself huddled up against the wall and at this point, I had asked Jake to give me some space, my head was beginning to spin and I honestly felt far too weak to argue with anyone right now. I knew that if he kept coming to close that there was a very good chance that I would lose control and I really didn’t want that to happen. I kept my eyes closed the entire time, I hated what Demetrius was doing by trying to force me to feed on a human, and not just any human, he wanted me to feed on Jake. On top of everything it felt like this baby was sucking the life right out of me minute by minute, I needed to try and keep my mind occupied on something else, like why Ward was trying to go and find the Gaia tribe? I was glad to know that Ward was still alright, I had been so stupid in allowing Dax to see who I truly was, and because of that Groban had done the same. Dax hated shifters way too much to just let this go, I knew that much.
Groban POV I watched Demetrius basically retreating from Laya like her words had scorched him somehow, I turned my head to the side of the bars to possibly catch a glimpse of Laya but I couldn’t see her. I instantly felt anxious and it was driving me to the brink of insanity not being able to hold her right now, the words that she had spoken kept going around in my head over and over again. “Lay,” I spoke softly and tentatively as I stretched my hand around the bars toward her cell. But there was no response, “Talk to me Lay,” I said still holding my hand stretched out for her to take. But again there was no reply, I wanted to feel her, I needed to touch what was mine. Suddenly Jake sighed irritably as he spoke, “I don’t think she wants to talk, maybe just give her some time,” if he could have seen the glare I was giving right now he would have known that he was treading on thin ice, “Jake, what’s wrong with her?” I dema