Six

Chapter 6

Hope

I was terrified.

I felt myself shrink that instant as Darius glared at me. I wanted to ask what made him so upset but he spoke up before I could do that.

"It's like you don't know where you are. You are in Moratia. The Lycan King's castle. You will learn to behave yourself while you reside here." He said with a no-nonsense tone and I wetted my lips unconsciously.

He was still agitated about the meal incident. I had no idea that telling them the truth would be such a huge thing. I wasn't supposed to eat eggs and meat, what was so disrespectful about that?

"My Mother—" I started to speak, but the look he threw my way caused the rest of my words to die down inside my throat.

"I do not want to hear any of that; anything about those spineless parents of yours," my lips parted but words refused to come out to defend my parents.

"Since finding your sister has proven to be a challenge, I don't want to keep wrapping myself up in all of your useless family drama." Darius continued monotonously, and I jammed my lips together.

They still hadn't found Light? What if I was right? What if she was kidnapped and was mistaken for running away? What then?

Darius made a hissing sound with his teeth and I flinched at the sudden reaction. He pinched the bridge of his nose, and I felt somehow guilty. I was, since he decided to disclose the reason for his abrupt irritation.

"Stop thinking so loud and having that Human heart of yours thump loudly. I can't stand the sound." He ground his teeth and I swallowed down a gulp of my saliva.

"I'm sorry," I spoke with a genuine tone and the side of his lips tugged up in irritation.

"Just behave yourself while you're here. I wouldn't want to return half of your body to your parents at the end of all this." He threatened and my breath hitched.

Before I had any time to recover, he pushed past me and made his way out of the dining room, leaving me standing all alone in a dazed state. I did not like it here in Moratia. I did not like it at all.

Nothing significant happened for the rest of the day. The next day, I woke up in a locked room. As in, the door of my room was locked from the outside and I couldn't get out. I cried out loud and banged at the doors like a crazy person but no one came to my aid.

I resolved to cry on my bed.

Those Lycans, they were horrible monsters. I had no idea why Light had always praised them. She used to say that they were nice, loving, and caring towards her. Maybe their goodness only extended to her because she was the better twin.

Unlike me. People never looked away after they had set their eyes on Light. She was prettier, funnier, and better. I was always second place to her but that didn't mean I didn't love her. I just never wanted to be her.

When I thought that things couldn't get much worse than they already were, the door to my room opened up, and in came the blonde Lycan who led me to my room the first day I came here.

He wore his scowl proud and I felt so insignificant before him. I wiped away the tears that fell from my eyes and sniffled a bit before I stood up to my full length. I saw that he was holding a tray of food in his hand and my mouth watered.

He placed the tray on a side table in the room and his eyes raked across me, from my head down to my toes.

"You were crying." It didn't sound like a question so I didn't see the need to provide him with an answer. "Of course, you were." He muttered to himself with a displeased tone.

"The door was locked and I thought—" I started to speak but he cut me off.

"You thought we locked you in here to rot because we're terrible monsters." He completed for me and I clamped my mouth shut.

His theory wasn't far-fetched. That was exactly why I thought they locked me up.

As though he heard my thoughts, he let out a bitter, bitter chuckle, revealing his long canines. He took three predatory steps toward me and I found myself about to take one back, but I ended up falling back to my bed since it was right behind me.

"You wanna know the reason why you were locked up?" he asked, and I found myself nodding my head. He smiled in a sinister manner.

"It's because you're the only human in this entire castle filled with Lycans. You might be married to our King but that doesn't mean you're guaranteed protection here. You never know what kind of monster might crawl into your bed while you sleep." He explained.

I gulped down on my saliva as I stared up at him in fright. He was incredibly tall. Not as tall as Darius but he was still tall. He had a nice face but that was the end of his niceness.

"All you Vitalis girls. All you ever think about the Lycans is that we are the worst kind of monsters." He said flippantly as he leaned down and spoke in a sinister tone.

Why wouldn't we think that when all they did was bully us? I wanted to say that out loud but I thank the heavens that I didn't because I knew that if I did, he would've ripped my head off my body in less than a second.

"You fear us." He emphasized. Of course, I did. Who wouldn't?

Two of his fingers wrapped around my chin and they were incredibly cold to the bone, causing a shiver to run down my spine.

"It's good that you do. We are monsters." He emphasized, then let go of my chin almost immediately and took a large step back.

Tears clouded my vision as I saw how wicked and mischievous the smile on his face was. He was such a cruel monster. He laughed loudly in amusement and my eyes continued to well up.

"You have no idea what you've gotten yourself into, little Human." He said, and with that, he turned his back to me and walked out of the room, leaving me on my own once again.

I hated him. I hated every single one of these monsters called Lycans.