Chapter 2 - Escaped

Endrée's POV

I turned around after giving one last look inside her cell. I quickly went back to my room and laid on my bed. I looked at the side of the bed where I laid her earlier.

'Just a little sniff,' Dante whined as he wagged his tail. I told him to behave. He growled at me and sulked.

I stared at my hands. I could still smell her scent on my hands. The other part of me wants to wash my hands but the other part of me doesn't and that part that does not want to wash my hands won.

“Alpha,” Derrick suddenly called for me through telepathy. I quickly sat up and answered him.

“Yes, Derrick. What do you want?” I asked him and he chuckled. I shook my head as I looked out of the window. I lit up a cigarette and blew the smoke as I gazed at the glass filled with alcohol that I'm holding. It’s mixed with wolfs bane so I could get drunk. However, the image of that woman refused to leave my mind. I realized that I don't even know her name.

I paced back and forth inside my room.

“Isn’t it an irony that she is a witch and a werewolf hybrid?” he suddenly blurted out. I stopped on my tracks. Well, how could he not know? Of course he knew. He’s both my bestfriend and my cousin. He knew everything about me and what I’m thinking.

“Yeah, but I will still kill her after I’m done with her,” I replied and he suddenly went silent.

"Yeah, she won't be an exception. I’ll burn all the witches in the world. Besides, I already have a Luna. She's Zenalie. She's the best Luna for me," I added and I continued to pace back and forth inside my room.

‘No, she isn’t. She's a b*tch! A two-faced b*tch!’ Dante growled out in anger. I ignored him. He just can't accept her. But she's the best girl for me. Zenalie is the best girl and she is the best candidate to be my Luna.

“If that's what you want then I won't interfere. However, she piqued my interest...” Derrick replied. I stopped in my tracks.

"What do you mean?" I asked him. What piqued his interest?

I feel like he wanted to say something but he did not reply. Before I could say anything, he suddenly cut our telepathy. I shook my head and drifted off to sleep.

I woke up early the next morning and I quickly took a shower and dressed up. I don't know why I suddenly wanted to look good today but I erased those thoughts in my head. Probably just a hangover. That doesn't matter though cause I need to start interrogating her now. I quickly went down to the dungeon with fast and hurried steps.

“My King,” the guards greeted and opened the dungeon gate. I just nodded my head and went inside. I walked to her cell. The sound of my footsteps echoed all around the walls as I walked.

She's still sleeping. I peered at her and I banged my hands against the cell door. She jolted and sat up. I could hear her faint and dainty gasps as she looked around her. After a few seconds her eyes finally settled to me.

"Stand up. We need to talk," I said and crossed my arms. I gave her a cold glare. Her hazy eyes turned to look at her feet then she looked back at me. She finally stood up.

Rynari’s POV

I stood up and approached the Lycan King. My knees almost buckled and my head still hurts from yesterday.

I heard the rattling of chains and I looked at my feet. I am chained to the bed.

“Where am I?” I asked him as I looked around but it was useless. The place I was currently in is so dark and murky. I can even smell a faint metallic scent. It must be blood. I grimaced as I looked around me.

Is this a torture room? That thought made my skin crawl. I looked at him again.

“I’m the only one who asks questions here. What’s your name?” he asked me. He looked at me like he wanted to strangle me. I instinctively held my neck.

“I’m Rynari Vanya Saiyak. I’m sorry if I ran away yesterday. I have no ill intentions to anyone or to your pack, so just let me go,” I said as I tried to get closer to the cell door but I stepped on something and I felt it burn my feet. I yelped in pain and I looked at my feet.

“Yeah, you should be careful. That part of the floor is full of silver. I know you have wolf blood, you got affected by my power,” he stated and he gave me a cruel smirk. My heart could not bare the torture he was giving me. I glared at him.

“You are completely irrational! Why are you torturing and imprisoning me? I am innocent!” I angrily yelled at him. My hands balled into fists.

“Innocent? You’re a f*cking witch! None of your kind is innocent!” he yelled back at me. His voice boomed all over the place.

I gasped when he suddenly opened the cell door. The chains on my feet rattled when I tried to go as far away from him as possible.

“Ahhh!” I screamed when he harshly pulled the chains that are attached to my feet. I fell flat on the dirty floor and he harshly dragged me towards him. I screamed and tried to dig my nails on the floor to stop him from dragging me across it but it was useless.

He grabbed my forearm and forced me to stand up. He turned me around so that I was facing him.

“Tell me about where you live or what happened to you. If you refuse to talk then I’ll sew your mouth shut. Literally,” he threatened me as he roughly grabbed my hair and stared into my eyes.

“No, please! I’ll talk! I’ll talk!” I yelled at him. I was panicking but my wolf just stayed still. He let go of my hair and roughly pushed me towards the bed.

“Now, speak,” he demanded gruffly. I tried to stifle my cries. His frown deepened as he observed me. A crease formed on his forehead.

“I only went into the forest and came to that part of the forest because I want to stop the war. I want to live my life without having to fear for werewolves and vampires coming for me. I hope that you’ll find it in your heart to understand what I mean. You have to!” I demanded, exclaiming. He glared at me and pulled my chain. I yelped and looked at my feet.

“So you have a home and you aren’t an escapee?” he asked me and stared into my eyes. He wants to know if I got caught by another pack before I arrived at that place yesterday.

“I have a home and I am not an escapee. I swear to you that I’m telling the truth,” I said and he nodded his head as he stood up.

“How did you know? How did you know that I blamed witches? How did you know about what happened?” he asked me and his red-blood eyes stared at me. I slowly exhaled. I’m starting to panic again. This is not a good sign. I can’t tell him about my dreams. He’ll be more suspicious of me and I might never be able to escape this place.

“My mom told me. She said that you hated the witches because a witch killed your brother. That is why my parents are shunned by my father’s pack. That is why I am determined to stop this war,” I said to him and he gave me a skeptical look.

He clicked his tongue and stood up. I gave him a questioning look.

“Then follow me,” he whispered to me and kneeled down in front of me to free me from my chain. I wriggled my feet when it was freed from the chains. The chains left a red mark on my skin.

“What? You’re letting me go? Are you going to help me?” I hopefully asked him. He stood up and looked at me then he grabbed my forearm. He forced me to stand up.

“No, I need to make sure that you aren’t lying to me. Don’t do anything stupid or you’ll regret it,” he threatened me as he dragged me away from the dark and murky cell.

I looked at my surroundings and then whipped my head in his direction to look at him.

“Why do we have to go outside the cell then? Where are we going?” I asked him as we walked towards a big building. People are staring at us, but they are particularly staring at me. They gave me disgusted looks when they saw me. I looked down and examined my appearance. No wonder, I looked so dirty.

“I have to make sure that you never escape so I’m putting you at a bigger and more secure cell. You said that you would do anything I want right?” he asked as he looked back at me.

“I said that if you let me go!” I yelled at him. He stopped on his tracks. I bumped onto his back and stared at it.

“We’re here,” he said and he signaled the guards to open a bigger but cleaner cell. It’s also more secure. He pushed me inside and immediately closed the door.

“Wait for Derrick to come here. He’ll know what to do with you,” he said and walked away. I looked at the guards.

“Who’s Derrick?” I asked them but they just stood still without batting an eye at me. I sighed and sat on the bed. I decided to get some sleep before this Derrick guy arrives.

I woke up with a jolt. Someone opened the cell door. I turned to look at him and observe him. He looks like he’s the same age as the Lycan King.

“You got enough sleep?” he asked me and sat on the chair in front of me.

“You must be Derrick. I did not get that much sleep and I’m hungry too,” I said as my stomach grumbled. Derrick laughed but then he suddenly asked the question that made me wonder if I was dreaming.

“Do you want to escape from here?” he asked me. My mouth gaped and I just stared at him. He asked me with the same question again and this time I nodded my head with no hesitation.

“Then wait for me. Midnight. Here’s some food. Build your strength. See you later, Rynari,” he said as he stood up. He smiled at me as he turned around.

“Wait, why? Why are you helping me?” I asked him and he stopped in his tracks. He looked back at me and he sighed.

“I’ll tell you why when we escape the palace,” he whispered and walked away. I slumped on the bed. I still have hope. I looked at the food he left me.

“Thank you, Derrick,” I mumbled to myself and ate the food he left me.

I have to get enough strength. I need to escape from here and know what Derrick’s plan is. He must know what can make the Lycan King change his mind and stop this war.

I drifted off to sleep with a sigh and looked out the window. Midnight. I’ll wait for him at midnight.

“…Hey, wake up…Rynari… we have to go now…”

I jolted and quickly sat up. Someone immediately covered my mouth and I looked at the person.

“…Dwe…wick…?” I asked and he shushed me. I nodded my head and grabbed his hand.

“Keep quiet and just follow me. This’ll be quick,” he whispered to me and pulled me towards him.

We hurriedly sneaked towards the exit but Derrick quickly grabbed me when a guard passed by. I almost screamed in shock because I thought it was somebody else.

After sneaking here and there, we finally reached the palace entrance gate and he told me to climb the wall and click a secret button or something. I immediately did as he told me.

“We did it, Derrick!” I exclaimed in happiness. He immediately shook his head.

“No, we’re not safe yet. We have to go somewhere. Endrée is very alert, even at this time. We need to be as far away from him as we can. Fast,” he said.

His name is Endrée? I always call him ‘Lycan King’ cause I don’t know his name.

“Okay, so how did you know?” I asked him, “How did you know that we can easily escape tonight?” I added. I waited for him to answer. He kept quiet and looked around and then he looked at me and then he looked away.

“My cousin is the only one who is alert at this time. The other wolves are not that alert tonight. They are weakened because the moon is not at its peak. Most of them are resting inside their homes,” he answered and I nodded.

So they are cousins?

“You must be his Beta, cause you know so much about Endrée. What do you plan to do then? I really have no plans aside from escaping. I just hoped that we can make it out of the palace and that was it,” I admitted. He stopped walking and turned his head to look at me.

“Here’s my journal. Read it carefully. We can’t eliminate the possibility that someone might be eavesdropping us. You read the journal and we discuss about the plan tomorrow. For now, we can only rely on the forest for protection,” he said and we continued walking.

The journal he gave me stated what he wanted me to know. He wanted to stop the war and bring his friend back to how he was before. He stated that the war is meaningless and that it caused more damage than help. Just because of a person, hundreds of lives were taken.

The thought that this man helped me escape proved his point. However, he was not able to save the others. That just proves how reluctant he is to do this but he was willing to risk it. Just so he could bring back his friend, the Lycan King.