I couldn’t even explain how much I missed looking at a clock and being able to keep track of time, but being locked up in this room not only took that luxury from me, now time felt more like a concept and less of a reality. I knew that the rude maid girl had come to me at some point, cleaned and changed my clothes, given me some pills and food, I could remember all of that but I wasn’t sure how long ago it had happened. I had slept, woken up, drank some more water, cussed the stupid Alpha out loud before sleeping some more again. The isolation that I had been subjected to in the last couple of days locked up in this dungeon, was starting to slowly drive me crazy. I wasn’t accustomed to not seeing the sunlight at the very least, the walls were starting to close in on me and every time I gained consciousness, I fought to go back to the somewhat blissful sleep where there was no pain or any sort of stimuli at all. But something felt different this time when I woke up. I was used to
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
Gwaine’s POV: I flew mindlessly down the stairs in hot pursuit of my escaping prisoner, but then I bumped into the last person I expected to see, especially so late into the night. “Regan, what the hell are you doing here?” I asked frowning in genuine confusion, but when I caught the look on my Beta’s face, realization hit me. “Don’t even tell me. You? You were the one who let her out? Why? How did you even know about her?” I asked all four questions in one breath not bothering to hide my aggression and growing anger.“I didn’t want to. I was just tryi-“ He began, but just hearing him speak was causing both myself and my wolf to go crazy. I could see the blood dripping from his nose and the part looked cracked, it was obvious that my Beta had made a mistake around the girl and he had suffered for it, but that didn’t make up for the fact that he had let my prisoner escape. “You know what? Close your mouth and just fucking save it. I’ll be back for you and pray to the Goddess she d
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
Regan!He was still alive!I couldn’t describe the happiness that surged through me or why it surged through me but I suddenly lunged out of the bed not minding the heavy chain that automatically tried to pull me back and into the man’s arms wrapping him in a big hug. “You’re alive!” I said happily, causing the man to chuckle. The sound sent a shiver down my back and the sensation forced me to release the man immediately.“Yes I am, thankfully. Good to see you alive too.” He said, with a smile painting his lips. “I’m sorry I ran away. I didn’t mean to get you into trouble with the Alpha. I just wasn’t thinking about anything when I did it, I saw an opportunity and I thought it wise to seize it not bothering to consider the consequences.” I said, my voice full of remorse. Regan patted my head gently, as if I were a child. An action that would usually have bothered me and even upset me, but maybe I was more excited to see the man than I had assumed because I didn’t seem to mind it 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
You know it’s rude to eavesdrop on another’s conversation, right?” Gwaine said as he entered the room again. The Alpha was surprisingly looking calmer and he wasn’t breathing fire and stones like I had been expecting he would be doing after coming into the room so angry initially. “What did you do to him?” I asked immediately, eying him suspiciously. I saw a flash of gold run through his eyes but soon it was gone. His face remained in a rather surprising blank mask and he gently shook his head before moving to replace Regan in the seat besides my bed. “You just met him. Why do you care so much?” He asked, but there was no hint of bitterness or anger in his tone, just curiosity. I followed after him, moving to occupy my spot on the bed. I didn’t know how to properly answer his question. In truth, I didn’t really care so much about Regan, well not as much as the Alpha was assuming. But I was in a new place, filled with new people and the Beta was the nicest person I had met so fa
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
One year laterI sat in front of my drawing board with a pencil and some paper spread out in front of me. The piece in front of me was a portrait of my son. I had always drawn him since he was born; a portrait for each month. A little boy with his mother’s eyes, long blonde hair that grew so much I had to cut it often, his tiny nose and his wide smile. I would capture the look in those brown eyes whenever they caught the reflection of the window, when the sun reflected off of the ocean and warmed them up.The door creaked open but I was so lost in thoughts I didn’t hear it. Gwaine came up from behind me and wrapped his hands around me. I rested my head on his chest as he kissed my neck. “Hello beautiful. You’re up early, why don’t we have breakfast first?” He whispered, nuzzling his face into my shoulder.I laughed at his remark because very one knew I wasn’t a morning person. It was late September, the summer months were almost over but we still got to enjoy the days together. His
Gwaine’s POV:I looked at Catherine’s lifeless body as she laid on the ground motionless. Her blood had soaked through her white gown and was pooled around her thighs. I fell in my knees and rushed over to her side, gathering her in my arms with my head turned away from her open eyes which stared unseeingly up into nothingness. My heart felt heavy in my chest and as I held her, I cried silently. The baby cried and Gina, one of the people Regan had come with picked him up and cradled him against her chest. She held him securely, not minding the fact that he was covered in blood. Tears streamed down my face and I knew there would be no end of crying later. The sobs shook me whole and for a while, all I could do was hold onto her limp form and cry, letting her warmth flow into me through our embrace. I didn’t know how long we stayed like that, but it felt like an eternity. After what seemed like forever, I eventually stood back up slowly, my tears drying up with each passing second
Gwaine’s POVI sat in my office with Regan and Jason as we went over the plan again. If Catherine’s mother was held within wolf territory, I was convinced Catherine herself was being held somewhere close. “We’re going to split into different groups so we can search the forest surrounding every border. Jason nodded attentively.Turning to Regan, I said, “You’re not to tell any of the soldiers about this, just assemble them by morning and split them. There’s a traitor out there and until I’m sure who it is, no important information is to be repeated outside this room.” “Alright.” He answered.I couldn’t get myself to trust anyone, not after Nicole’s betrayal. The security around the house had been doubled and the maids were not allowed in certain areas except there was someone to supervise them.Catherine’s mother was making a quick recovery now that her system had been cleansed if that drug. She was discharged from the hostel and now occupied the room that once belonged to Catherine
I sat on my bed, deeply distracted by my thoughts. I tried to remember how long I’ve been here for but I couldn’t. I wondered how Gwaine had managed to not find me all this time.I thought about my art, it feels like it’s been years since I held a pencil. I looked down at my palms, caressing it slowly as I imagined the things I wanted to draw.The metal door creaked noisily and when I heard the sound of keys, I turned towards it. A girl not more than eighteen walked in, tray of food in hand. The meal here was awful but although it tasted awful, I had to eat as there was no other options available for me.“Thank you.” I mouthed but she didn’t respond. She simply dropped it on the table and walked out. I dragged the table closer so I could eat from it while sitting on my bed.I ate quietly, almost chocking on the bread I tried to swallow. Once I was done, I drank from the glass of water that was placed beside my meal.I returned it, sighing deeply as I thought about the kind of meal I w
Gwaine’s POV:The beeping sound of my alarm sounded muffled in my head like someone had stomped on it and then stuffed it under a mattress before it went off. Slowly, the sound got louder and harder to ignore. I searched blindly with my right hand, grabbed the device and pressed different buttons until it stopped.Sighing deeply, I sat upright. I looked at my wrist watch, it was almost 7am. I had managed to fall asleep last night, even though it was just for a few hours. I looked at my desk, there were papers everywhere. There was no time to fix that mess as I had an important meeting with Regan this morning. I had to be ready before he arrived. I headed into the bathroom for a quick shower.I stopped in front of the mirror and looked at my reflection. I was in dire need of a shave. My face looked unkept as I hadn’t shaved since Catherine disappeared. I ran my fingers on my face, feeling the now overgrown facial hairs. I picked up my face cream as I finally decided it was time to cle
I spent the next couple of days learning their routines. There were three separate guard change every day. The first guard patrolled from about 6am in the morning till noon and the second took over and ended his shift by 6pm.The last guard was there all night. I once tried to engage one of them in a conversation but he had refused to say anything so I assumed they all had orders not to engage in any conversation with me.The days went by slowly, speeding up only when Charles was around. I had gotten used to him, so much that I looked forward to our sessions. I raised my head at the sound of approaching footsteps. I could tell it was Dianne by the rapid clanking against the ground. She wore heels, always. She fumbled with the door for a bit before she finally pushed it open. She had a mischievous smile on her face and I sat there, wondering why she seemed so excited. “Oh sweet Catherine!” She exclaimed as she walked closer to where I was sitting. I sat upright, spreading my legs
The first time the doctor came to check up on me, I was asleep. Dianne slammed the door so hard, I jerked awake. I sat upright, rubbing my eyes with the back of my palm. The chains on my wrist slammed against each other and made a rather annoying sound. For a moment, I sat in silence, my heart hammering against my chest with fear and panic as I saw Dianne and a strange man walking towards me. My hands were clammy, my fingers trembling as I gripped the edges of the bed. After a second of hesitation, I loosened my grip on the bad, raising my head to look Dianne in the eye.“I see you’ve made yourself rather comfortable.” She said, looking around the room. She had ordered for my room to be cleaned and a bed was brought in.It creaked noisily with every movement but it was better than nothing. The window was opened a bit so air could come in freely. Although the room still reeked of everything foul, it wasn’t as bad as before. “Good morning to you too Dianne.” I said, clasping my hand
Gwaine’s POVJason had proved to be useful these past few days and now, Regan seemed to let him tag along. I wasn’t surprised to see him in my house, again. “You seem to forget this meeting was between an Alpha King and his beta.” I whispered to Regan. Jason had his eyes darting in every corner as he admired the interior of my office.“If we really want to find Catherine, we need his help, Gwaine.” Regan said, beckoning to Jason and then, they both had a sit right across from me.“Do you have any information on what’s going on?” I asked Jason. If the man was going to be a part of this meeting then he might as well contribute and earn his place. He raised his head to answer and that was when I had a chance to look him over. He was smart, no doubt, but seemed to tremble in my presence. He had on a white Tshirt and a faded blue Jean. His blonde hair was a mess, with some strands covering the most part of his forehead. “From what I’ve gathered, the humans are capturing as many wolves
Gwaine’s POV: I sat in my office as I tried to sort out the hundreds of files that had piled up on my desk within these last few weeks. I had finally let Nicole come in and clean the place up. The office was neatly organized now. The only evidence of its previous messes were the countless empty coffee cups that littered my desk. I had been up all night working as I couldn’t get any sleep, not with Catherine still missing.I had put up a lot of notices around town, urging anyone who had any information on her whereabouts to please come forward. So far, no one had come to me with anything useful. I rubbed on my eyes as I looked at the now empty cup that sat before me. I had managed to consume an entire pot of coffee alone and I couldn’t get myself to brew another. I walked over to the shelf, picking out a brand new bottle of whiskey from the top and taking it back into my office with me as I continued sorting through the pile of documents in front of me. I poured some liquor into th