4: Very daring brothers

Kira

As his guards dragged me along, I hoped he would at least turn to look at me once but nothing happened.

I bowed my head, sadness filling my heart.

I was still so hungry and my back still hurt from the way Faye had hit me. I had forgotten about it momentarily, caught up in the temporary luxury.

'I'm sorry Mel, our mate doesn't want us. It's all because of me, I'm sorry you're stuck with a human like me.'

I could feel her presence but Mel didn't respond, so she must have agreed with me.

The prison cells each housed five women. They were at least ten cells parallel to each other.

The men pushed me into the arm of the prison guard who led me to one of the cells, rough handedly tossing me in and locking it after.

The five other women in here looked ragged and worse, hair torn out, patches of clothes on them. I could only wonder what they were locked up for.

"She looks good to eat,” one of them chuckled.

Seeing the look of shock on my face as I widened my eye, she rolled her eyes, “I’m just messing with you.”

“You better stay away from her,” a woman with a nasal voice snorted, “she smells like a rogue and there’s only one rogue in the palace right now, the one the king carried in.”

The other women gasped and repelled from me immediately.

Words definitely spread fast in here.

“Why? Who are you to him?” one of them asked me.

“I’m sorry, I don’t know what you’re talking about…” I was afraid for what the alpha would say, he clearly didn’t want me, I didn’t want to die just because I told anyone we were mates especially seeing how quickly news got around here.

“Hm…” another one said.

They all sat in a corner away from me, discussing in whispers. Great, even the rejects of the pack house didn’t want me.

I was tired and Mel was still nowhere to be found.

I hugged my knees to my chest and sobbed as quietly as I could, not wanting attention to myself.

It felt like eternity sitting there but there was a sudden rattle in the cells.

“Where is she?” A deep voice called. I squinted my eyes, finding the silhouette of a man with his hands on his waist as he spoke to one of the guards.

“That’s lord Arthur …” one of the prisoners said.

“No way…”

“The one my brother brought in, I heard she’s here too.”

“No way he’s here for you too?” My cell mate gasped.

“Who is he?” I whispered at her.

Before a response, he was standing in front of my cell while a guard unlocked it.

“Which one of these is it?” I just knew he had to be related to Damian, they had such similar faces I would have sworn he was the one if not for the evil smirk on his face. His eyes were fixed on me.

“It’s you, isn’t it?”

He grabbed my arm forcefully and yanked me out of the cell.

It felt like so much was happening at once.

He pulled me out of the cell room without an explanation.

“Who- who are you? Where are you taking me?”

There was no response. The hallways were quiet and there was no one in the huge ass palace. It was too dark to pay attention to my surroundings but I felt dizzy from how much he was pulling me around.

He stopped in front of a huge door made out of bronze and two guards unlocked it, letting us in.

“Let me go!” This man was much stronger than me but I did my best to fight back.

He finally let go of me still wearing that evil smirk. I took steps away from him, rubbing my hurt arm, “who are you?” I stuttered.

“You will be answering my questions, who are you to my brother and why did he bring you here?”

So he was the alpha's brother. Why was he doing this?

“Answer me,” he took me by surprise when he gripped my chin. I let out a scream.

“Why did he take you to his room where he forbids the rest of the world from? Can’t you speak?!”

I was shivering in fear, still shocked by how fast it was all happening.

He slapped me hard across the face, “answer me rogue.”

I lost my balance from the impact and tears started to roll down my face. I couldn’t tell why he was doing this.

“It’s alright, you don’t have to answer.” He grinned, dragging me to my feet. “ you look beautiful if he thinks he could have you then I won’t let him have it.”

He began to tug at his belt, taking it off. I rushed to the door, reminded of Kaden all over again.

"What are you doing? Please let me go..."

My heart was beating fast, I needed Mel more than ever. His pants dropped to the floor and he continued to approach me in nothing but his underwear.

I burst into tears banging hard on the door, “help me!”

He pulled me backwards by my hair and pressed me onto the wall, “have you lost your mind? Do you realize who you’re talking to?”

He overpowered me in seconds, I stopped trying to fight back. I hadn’t eaten in days, I was scarred and hurt. He could have me if he wanted. There was no point fighting back.

He pulled me away from the wall and tossed me on his giant bed, causing me to bang my head against his golden headboard. I cried in pain as he attempted to settle on top of me. "fucking Damian's thinks he has the world wrapped around his fingers."

All of a sudden, he was yanked away from me.

I yelled, throwing my hands over my mouth, I sat up in bed. Damian was here, he had his brother pinned to the ground, punching him repeatedly.

I could feel the presence of his wolf, the hair on his skin was now replaced with fur.

Blood spew out of his brother's mouth. I trembled in fear as Damian got to his feet, approaching me. I closed my eyes tight, waiting to be hit.

I reopened my eyes when there was nothing. He was scanning my body, and broke the silence asking the least question I expected, "did he hurt you?"