Chapter 24: Where Can I Hide? Maisie's POV: Well, that was a big mistake. I was in a whole lot of pain and there was nothing I could do about it. I started to rub both of my knees as they were in a lot of pain. I did not realize it was that far to reach the floor. Well, that was on top of the fact that I found out I could not stand up on my own two feet. I needed to get away as quickly as I could. I looked at the wire coming from my arm and followed it to a small box. I also noticed another wire coming from something covering my face. I pulled on it and it came off fairly easy. It only covered part of my face. It was strange in color when I held it in my hands. It had strings hanging from it and even had air that came out of the hose that went over my nose. What was this for?! I dropped it as I looked at what the wired box was sitting on. There was a metal pole going all the way through the strange box. When I followed the metal pole back to the floor, I noticed there were several r
Chapter 25: No Place To Hide! Maisie's POV: In my room at home, I only had a simple sheet on my pad of a bed to cover myself up with at night. It was old and had a lot of holes in it. At night, it got really cold, but it was what I knew was mine as no one else wanted it. I was not allowed to have anything nice, no matter what it was. Even though I was sad most of the time, I still had a sheet to cover up with and a thin, plain pad to sleep on. Then during the day, I only had to worry about one outfit to leave my room to do my chores in. When the day was over, I would wash in the river if I got dirty and then do it again the next day, over and over again. That was my life, plain and simple. When I heard a notice, I leaned over just a bit so I could get a look under the hanging blanket. I noticed there was a set of feet right on the other side. I placed my hand over my mouth so I didn't make a sound as I sat up once more, waiting on them to leave and not come back. I felt better when
Chapter 26: The Tour Shall ContinueSentinel Trevor's POV:I was pleased with the reactions from our newcomers so far on this wondrous tour. However, I did wonder how they would take to their injection from the syringe gun which held the special capsule they would soon be injected with. It was a pretty impressive moment actually. The sound of it, when the capsule entered the skin, was nothing like any other regular ole' bolt gun. I looked over at one of the Sentinels standing by Mr. Stocky. They took that as their cue to maneuver his shirt down. It was obvious as he didn't want this to happen. I knew that as he tried to struggle against his restraints, but it was no use. They held him from five different points which made his struggle pointless. I even smirked as I chuckled when he did that."Why do I have to go first?" He scoffed as he asked, continuing to struggle, which was obviously no use."Well, I appreciate the question, however,..." I said with a bit of a pause. "Usually I woul
Chapter 27: Next Stop, Your Accommodations Sentinel Trevor's POV:So escape from this place was also least likely to ever happen, especially here. On account of the cleanliness here, this was a proper place. One that is kept clean and trash is not thrown on the ground. We have manners here and are respectful of that fact. We all have to live here together after all. Finally, she seemed to calm down from her apparent coughing spell and they both remained quiet. I looked over at the Sentinels who were now standing on each side of our newcomers.I then walked over to the button placed on the floor and again, stepped on it once more. That caused the tension in the straps to relax just a bit to where one Sentinel could go and unlatch the buckle that held them both in place while the other one moved the other straps. When all the straps were back in their proper positions, the Sentinels grabbed each newcomer by each arm and helped them to their feet."Shall we continue on our tour?" I asked
Chapter 28: Where Is She Hiding?Alpha King Caspian's POV:What exactly would I be able to get her to eat? It really made me wonder what she previously had to eat, considering her frail condition and how skinny she was. It made me wonder if she was able to eat anything other than just scraps left behind by other pack members. I had no telling if she could even eat at all. I thought about it for a moment as I walked down the hall toward the Aid Station. I waited for one of the Aides to finish reading what they had written before they were able to look up at me. I figured they were trying to write down something important as to the fact that she did notice my arrival but continued to write anyway.When I thought about how she was awake, I wanted to allow her to eat something rather important, considering this would be the first meal I would be presenting her with. That considering she is no longer in the dreadful environment she came from. I wondered if she ever ate anything like muffins
Chapter 29: When Can I Take Her Home?Alpha King Caspian's POV:This is more frustrating than I had originally thought it was going to be. She kept pulling away from me at every turn. I guess I could try to do it a bit more slowly, to see if that yields a better result. So, once again, I reached out to her. And, yet again, she tried to pull away from me. This was clearly not working as I hoped it would. I needed her to stay still so I could pick her up and put her back in bed to allow her to get some rest and heal herself before it was time to walk. During all of this, she still has not tried to speak to me yet, and the only thing I managed to hear her make any sound was when she attempted to whimper out of fear when she tried to pull back away from me."Baby, stop moving away from me, I am not going to hurt you," I said in a bit of a more stern voice at that moment. "I am going to pick you up and place you back on the bed now, alright?"This time when I reached forward toward her, she
Chapter 30: We Are Leaving, Today! Alpha King Caspian's POV: I looked forward to being able to take our Mate home today. That way, she can get some much-needed rest and not have to worry about random people coming and going as they, well, please. That is, as the doctor and Aides usually do in the Imperial Clinic. However, I did not want our Mate to be scared during the time she will require to completely heal from this whole ordeal. It might cause complications in her healing, causing it to take longer for her to get better. At home, I knew who would be the one coming and going from our room, and that one person would be me and me alone. I was very well capable of tending to her all on my own. All I need to do now was to take her out of this place so we could go home to where she really belonged and would be safe. And at that, feel safe and not scared of who might walk in at any time. "Well, Your Highness," the doctor stammered with her words at first, as she was not expecting to h
Chapter 31: She Does Not Understand Alpha King Caspian's POV: The question now is, if she understands what is about to happen to her. Does she really know what a real home is, or is it just a place that she once stayed? There were several questions roaming through my mind, but I needed to know what she knew about all this first. That way, I'd have an idea of where to start. "Do you understand where home is?" I asked her to see if I would get the same reaction and she looked back at me as she nodded. It was at that moment that I happened to notice a tear starting to roll down her cheek when she looked away from me again. I knew she was thinking I was going to take her back to that awful place. "No baby girl," I said calmly at first. "I do not think you and I are thinking about the same place. You are not going back to the place you came from. That is not your home. That may have been a place where you lived, but that is not your home anymore. You have a new home now. You are going
Chapter 61: Is This The Man? Alpha Hemming's POV: Just then, one of the men walking by all of us stopped walking and took a few steps back toward me. He again shined the light on my face and even seemed to lean over a bit so that he could look at me again. I still could not see his face as it was still shadowed by the top of the lantern. That was when the other two men who were walking with him, stopped and came back to stand around me as well. Did they see something? Did they know something I didn't know? They did not say anything but I could tell they were having a conversation among themselves. How is it that they could communicate with their wolves and yet I was not able to? Nothing was making any sense about what was going on at that moment, nor why any of this was happening in the first place. I tried to squint my eyes so I might be able to see at least one of their
Chapter 60: I'm Going To DieMaisie's POV:Anytime anything happened to me before when I was younger, my mother would never want to hear my side of what happened. The more I tried, the more she would take my sibling's side over mine on what happened. It made me believe even more that she didn't care about me. She really didn't care about me at all, the more I thought about it. Despite all of that, I really loved my mother. She was the only thing I had. Granted I had my siblings, but they never treated me like their sibling. I didn't understand that.One day I asked her about my father and why he wasn't around. She told me when I was really young, my father ran away cause he didn't want to deal with me. She said that I caused nothing but trouble for her and my father. I guess I didn't deserve to have anyone believe me when it came to the truth. I am not sure the re
Chapter 59: What Will Come of This? Alpha Hemming's POV: It was like I had a terrible pounding headache. All of a sudden I was starting to get feeling back in my extremities as I was starting to wake up again. As I was starting to get more feeling, it was at that point I realized I was bound by my wrists that were hung up over my head. This was not going in my favor and I was not sure what happened previously while I was out. All I remembered was being held in place with all the other pack members surrounding me before everything went dark. I do recall that they prevented me from breaking free of their grip. As for the one pack member who recognized me prior to this, he had his arm wrapped tightly around my neck. I guess he succeeded in his goal. It was at that moment I tried to open my eyes. When I finally managed to get my eyes open, as my eyelids were extremely heavy, I
Chapter 58: New Form of Punishment? Maisie's POV: This is not what I was expecting to happen when He took me into this strange room. The last time I was in the water laying down trying to wash myself, it was extremely cold and I could not feel most of my body parts when I finally got out. The strange oils He used on me had a funny smell to them as well. Especially when He used them on my body and on the top of my head. I had no idea what to expect from that whole experience. I really was not sure what to expect when He first placed me in the water, as it was not cold at all but warmer than my skin is most days. It was not at all what I thought it was going to be like. No wonder He was able to stay in the water for as long as He did. However, when He was finished doing what, He planned on doing, He wrapped me up in that small-shaped cloth and walked out of the room. This cl
Chapter 57: Must Control My EmotionsAlpha King Caspian's POV:I couldn't exactly blame him either. It was at that same moment a small growl was heard from the deep depth of my throat as well. When that happened, I watched as she flinched but still tried to remain still in her position. The last thing I wanted to do was to scare her. 'Try to be quiet or you'll scare her!' (I urged Cash as I studied her reactions.)'Kill. Must KILL those who did this to MATE!' (Cash almost yelled in my own head.)'I will tend to those soon enough. For now, we need to make sure she knows she's safe. I don't want to scare her as she was earlier when we first found her.' (I made sure to point this out to Cash.)"Are you ready to get into the water?" I asked her in a soft tone, just above a whisper.She nodded her head gently as I placed both of my hands
Chapter 56: Whole New Experience Indeed Alpha King Caspian's POV: As I continued to watch her looking deep into her eyes, I was desperately trying to search her soul. Trying to have her search mine, allowing her to see that I was not going to hurt her in any way, shape, or form. She then dropped her head, lowering her eyes down to the floor once, as if she was trying to look away from my gaze, not wanting me to continue to search into her soul. I took in a deep breath as I watched her for a moment. I, with my left hand, I took it off her shoulder, placing it gently on the underside of her chin as I slowly raised her head back up to where she could look at me again. I was still slouching in my position so that I could be on the same level as her. I didn't want her to have to strain her neck to look up at me, as I was definitely taller than her. I looked back at each one of her eyes for a mom
Chapter 55: All On Your Own Alpha King Caspian's POV: Before I had a chance to say anything back, she had already turned on her heels and started to storm off back down the corridor. I honestly can't help but shake my head at this current situation. I kind of almost chuckled to myself, as I watched her continue to walk down the corridor with her arms crossed in front of her. Technically she was the only one who was allowed to get away with the way she spoke to me. I overlooked it considering we didn't have our parents anymore. All those years ago, I would get on to her for talking to me in such a manner and my mother would constantly scold me. She would tell me that I should be nicer to my younger sister. Considering that our parents are long gone, I have overlooked her tone since that point, as I was harder on her when we were growing up. I turned around and closed the door
Chapter 54: Time To Get Her SettledAlpha King Caspian's POV:To say I had a lot of things going through my mind would be an understatement of all time. The fact I found my Mate was at the forefront of my mind, and of my entire existence. Knowing I now have her to protect and take care of makes me seriously wonder how things are going to change for me. However, there was also caution in that change. The fact remains, I have to wait till she's ready to tell everyone due to the conditions I found her in to start. The last thing I want to do is to overwhelm her with things I tend to do on a daily basis. When I know she could barely stand a room full of Aides at the Imperian Clinic. Still, that's just one of the numerous things I am going to deal with in the upcoming days.I looked down at her in my arms as we continued down the corridor heading to my chambers. She has not said anythin
Chapter 53: Ready To Get Settled?Maisie's POV:I tried to do as He said with my knees still pulled up to my chest. I even leaned slightly forward and raised my arms over my head some. He then placed the material around my head and arms. He then reached through the large opening and grabbed each one of my wrists and put them through the holes in the side of the delicate material. I have never felt material this soft before. This was certainly not what I was expecting. When my head came out of the hole and I could see again so I slowly lowered my legs, placing my hands in my lap. I looked around at the material that hung around my arms as it was hanging off both my shoulders. The item I wore daily did not have any, sleeves. If that is what they called them. I guess I could say that it was, well, sleeve-less?!"Very nice," He said as He stood back a moment to look at me.