Bás (completed book 6 of the blood moon saga)

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She stops eating and shakes her head as a no.

"Well my gran is on her way and she can help you and she won't hurt you I promise"

Her eyes really widen then she shakes for no again. I just sit in silence and watch her. She eats the food like she hasn't eaten ever before, and when she lifts the bottle of water her arm shakes. She's weak and exhausted but I'm betting she won't sleep, not until Gran gets here.

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1 year earlier..

Fays POV

My head was pounding and my throat was dry but as I opened my heavy lids I couldn't for the life of me remember where the hell I was or how I got here.

I pushed myself up from the cold floor and I heard a chain rattle, it was dark with just a little light streaming through a small doggy door sized window way up high.

I felt around and I was definitely on the floor. Something heavy was around my neck and when I touched it my memory came back. I remembered getting taken and Mike getting shot, fear sliced through me as I realised there was a chain around my neck.

I stood up and tried to feel around but I had another on my foot, I pulled at them but they wouldn't budge. I decided to scream for help. After what felt like forever the door opened and the light flicked on. It was so bright it hurt my eyes but they quickly adjusted and I looked around my surroundings.

I was in a cellar, the place was empty except for me and the chains that were attached to the wall. The stairs creaking pulled my attention back to Kevin who stood on the stairs with a grin plastered over his face. Behind him was a woman with a look of horror on her face.

"What have you done!"

She tried to say but it came out as more of a whisper

"Please help me, please help me"

I cried to her and tears brimmed at her eyes and she covered her mouth in shock

"Just do what your told or you'll end up next to her"

She growled at him and pushed past him and came down to me.

"Yeah like my brother wouldn't kill you if I went missing. Your a sick f**k Kev! Give me the keys I'm getting her out of here! NOW!"

He stormed down after her and caught her by the throat and pulled her back up the stairs

"Not going to happen. Go get her water"

He let her go and he turned his attention back to me, as he did she mouthed behind him. 'I will get you out' I didn't react I just watched him as she raced back up the steps. He came back down and pulled on the chains

"They won't pull out of the wall, and this"

He yanked on the chain around my neck and then the one on my foot making me fall on my ass and gasp for air as he held it tight.

"Can't be broken and certainly not by a human like you, the room is basically sound proof so you have nowhere to go and no way off escaping so you better get comfortable and the faster you accept your fate the better"

My stomach sank. I was trapped and I had no way out. He pulled the chain around my neck up, making me stand on my feet as tears fell down my cheek. I coughed and sputtered as it choked me and he grinned.

The metal pinched the skin on my throat painfully as I tried to push him off me but he didn't budge and I realised I'd rather be dead than be his pet so I dropped my weight and let the chain around my neck pull tight so I could hang.

He drops it and growls

"You don't get the luxury off dying sweetheart"

He kicked me in the stomach a few times then walked back upstairs.

"No water for you after that stunt"

He flicks the light off and I cry trying desperately to think of ways to kill myself.

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2 months later...

I'm not sure how long it had been or even what month it was. It felt like it had been years but I know that was wishful thinking. I rolled trying to get comfortable on the mattress on the floor. It stunk so bad but it was better than the cold concrete floor.

It had been months of isolation, rape, beatings and little to no food. The beatings hurt but not enough to kill me, and the rape had killed my spirit long ago. I hated him more now then I did before and I dreamed of the day where I could kill him.

I heard the door open and I froze as the light was turned on. I heard a gasp as the girl I had seen that first day ran down the stairs to me with keys in her hand.

"I'm so sorry for what he's done to you. I'm getting you out but we need to go quickly and quietly ok?"

I nodded, unable to talk as excitement builds up inside me. She works quickly, unlocking the chains and letting them fall quietly. She tenses everytime they make a sound and soon so do I.

I try to stand but fall and bite my lip so I won't cry out. She lifts me up like I weighed nothing and runs quietly for the door. As soon as we are out of the house I realised We are in a small park, she opens the back door and sets me in then throws a blanket over my body

"Lay down and don't move a muscle until I tell you to"

She gets into the front and the car starts, then she drives for a minute and stops

"Hey boys, I have an early appointment in the city"

"See you later Hannah"

She takes off again and sighs

"You can sit up now, there is food and water in the plastic bag and fresh clothes for you. You need to put them on"

I sit up and start to dress myself in sweatpants and a hoodie then I drink the water and eat the food.

"I'm sorry it took so long to get you out. The only reason I know about you is because I was awake and out smoking when he took you out of the boot of the car, after that first day I have tried to get back in his good graces to get you out and finally tonight I found the keys he's still asleep"

"Why didn't you go to the police?"

"You know what we are right?"

I nod

"Well so do the police and even after I told them he had you they never even tried to get you out they are too afraid. Just no, we are not all like him."

I take another sip of water

"Where are we going? Will he not find you?"

"We are going to the city. I have a place there so you can get cleaned up and go home when I know he's not looking for you there. It might be better if you get out of town for a while"

I wasn't going to argue with her. We sat in silence until she pulled out a smoke and I nearly leaped over the seat to grab them, she chuckled and pulled the seat back a little

"Here you can sit up front and smoke as much as you like"

I climbed in and lit one up. Coughing and spluttering as the smoke hit my lungs

"How long have I been down there?"

"2 months"

I gasp and see her phone.

"Can I use your phone"

She unlocked it and handed it to me, I typed dad's number in and rang him. It was 4am but I rang him anyway and to my surprise he answered straight away

"Dad?"

"Baby? Is that really you?"

"Yes"

I crooked back, emotions overwhelmed me as I hear his voice. Iv missed it so much.

"Are you ok? what happened?"

"I was kidnapped but a girl set me free but they are supernatural so she says I need to leave town for a while"

"Give me an address i'll be packed up within the hour and i will leave with you"

I looked at hanna and she smiled

"I'll text him the address"

"Dad did you hear that?"

"Yes I did. Ok do it fast I need to see you"

"Love you dad"

I hung up and the tears started to fall. She rhymes out the address and I type it in and send it. We drive for around 40 minutes then pull into an underground parking unit, she helps me out and we travel to the top floor and the place is huge, she was obviously very well off. She leads me into a bathroom and starts the shower.

"I'll bring fresh clothes in, then we need to talk so just come out to the kitchen and I will make coffee"

I nod and start to strip, I don't even care that she hasn't left the room I needed a shower and badly. I scrub my skin and gasp at how skinny I am. Every ounce of weight I had on me was gone and in its place was skin and bone.

After I showered I jumped out and pulled on the clothes and headed straight for the kitchen and the smell of coffee made my mouth water.

She handed me a cup and pointed to a chair on the sofa, I sat down and she handed me a blanket and sat down with a small bag and the smokes. She gave me the smokes and I lit one up immediately after covering myself in the blanket.

"Ok so as you know I had to gain his trust to get back into his good graces. Well to do that I had to buy you stuff and deliver it for him. The last time I did I brought feminine products and he said you didn't need them because you didn't have a period"

I gasped and pulled the blanket off myself and I looked at my stomach. It was bloated but I thought that was because of not eating for so long. Tears sprang to my eyes again but she handed me a bag. I looked inside and it was a bottle.

"You are not pregnant with a normal baby that's a werewolf baby and it will kill you. You need to take these"

I didn't take the time to think about it, I just took them. She smiled and looked at me with so much sorrow. Like this should hurt me but it didn't. I don't blame the baby but I don't want to die. And I don't want to go on the run with a baby that I have no idea about.

"There is pads in there you should probably put one on it doesn't take long for it to work"

I hopped up then she grinned

"Your father is here I'll let him in while you do that"

I run to the bathroom and work quickly only to stop and cry out as an unimaginable pain rips through me. I cry but as soon as it starts it finishes and I can breathe again. I didn't care though, I'd rather the pain then a memory of that monster.

I get dressed and leave the bathroom and run towards the voices in the kitchen. As he comes into view I cry out. It's not the dad I left behind.

This dad is one I hadn't seen in years. He had colour in his cheeks and weight on his bones and hair on his head. He gasped as I ran into his open arms and I cried my heart out. He felt my body over as he held me then he pulled away

"It's ok baby your safe now"

I wiped the tears from my face and smiled at him. He looked amazing

"You look so good daddy"

"I wish I could say the same for you"

I chuckled as he wiped tears from my face. Hannah led us to the sofa where she had more coffee sitting out, I lit a cigarette and offered one to dad. He eagerly accepted it then took a drink of his coffee.

"So what happened?"

Tears started to fall again but I shook them off.

"Well remember the stories of the supernaturals? They were kind, good people?"

"Yes I've worked with many over the years"

"Well this one wasn't. He shot Mike and took me, I woke up in a cellar with chains around my neck and feet. Hannah had seen him take me out of the boot of his car and demanded that he tell her so he did but she tried to free me and he put her out. She went to the police but they were too afraid to get me so she had to make him trust her and tonight she managed to get the keys and get me out"

"There are bad eggs in every breed, baby. I'm just sorry you were faced with a rotten one. I watched that supernatural save the world with my own eyes and she saved humans that day too. Even those that tried to unleash hell on earth."

"You were there when the queen saved the world?"

Hanagh says behind me. I lean back so dad can see her

"Yes I was in the apartment block right beside it when I lived in New Orleans, I met a few afterwards they were really lovely and then over the years i've worked with many. What are you?"

She smirked at him

"Just a werewolf, the queen is a banshee wolf and her king is a hellhound. They are very nice people, there son runs the show now though, he took over when he was 20 and he is fine"

I chuckle at her and shake my head. Then she freezes and jumps up going to a bag in the corner. She pulls out a large envelope full of cash. There must be thousands in it.

"He knows you're gone. You need to leave now. This is enough money to keep you hidden for a few years, go to Canada or better yet fly to Mexico or somewhere but you need to get out of here before he finds out where you have gone"

"What about you? Come with us"

I say to her taking the bag she hands me. She lifts the smoke's off the table and lights one then hands me the packet with the lighter.

"I can handle myself and my brother is downstairs. He can protect me but I'm afraid we won't be able to keep you both safe so go. Run and don't look back"

I hug her then pull back and dad hugs her.

"Put your hood up when you leave both off you and try avoid looking at the cameras"

She opens the door and presses the button for the elevator. She pushes me in and smiles

"Please be careful"

I nod as the door closes and starts to drop down. Soon we are in the car and heading in the opposite direction. My stomach does flips but we drive for hours and hours and hours only stopping to pee, I take over for dad and let him sleep and switch back a few hours later. We are going to the family farm in New Orleans and I was so excited to sleep in an actual bed.

1 month later...

We had made it to the family farm and soon I was in a nice routine helping out where I could but never leaving the house in fear of being caught. Nomatter what I did or try I was afraid. Always looking over my shoulder, never sleeping for too long and when I did I would wake up screaming.

As I woke up one morning dad was shaking me holding his finger over his mouth. I was on high alert and sat up. He pulled his ear so I listened and my entire body froze.

I heard his voice and then a scream before a shot was fired. The scream gets louder and I realise it's my grandma fran. She's crying because he killed her husband.

Dad pushes the window up and makes me climb out of it. I do as I'm told and he hands me a gun as he follows me out the window. He throws a bag on the ground and helps me jump down.

He points towards the shed where we kept the car hidden and I nod. My heart was thumping painfully in my chest as we took off across the field and straight to the shed but we froze when a huge brown wolf came into view and growled at us.

I don't even think about it, I just shoot. It hit him in the chest and the bang was so loud the birds left the trees and I heard a roar from behind me. I turn and see Kevin sprint towards me so I shoot him. I shoot him over and over again until he stops running and just falls. I heaved a sigh of relief only to fall backwards when 3 more men came out of the house.

"Oh she's killed him haaaa"

The youngest said, looking at Kevin on the ground. They all looked clean and well trimmed. But the look they had in their eyes told me they were not gentlemen. No, they were monsters. In Fact they looked like bigger monsters then Kevin.

They walked towards me and I fired the last bullet in the gun, missing the first one but hitting the second in the arm. He growled

"Shouldn't have done that sweetheart now he's going to die"

My eyes widened as I looked at dad.

"No please, I'm sorry. Take me just leave him please"

"Like you have a choice in the matter"

He pulled out his gun and I screamed and ran to dad and threw myself on top of him.

"Remember baby, not all of them are monsters. Get out when you can and never give up, promise me baby?"

"No your not dying"

"Yes baby I am and I'm sorry I couldn't protect you"

I started to cry and I hugged him as the shot fired and I screamed when I felt his body shudder in my arms. I screamed as his breathing seized, I screamed when the light left his eyes and I screamed as I watched him while they pulled me away and I screamed as the darkness took over.

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9 months later...

Ardens POV

We sat in silence for a while, her eyes studying me carefully.

"What are you?"

She says low. I was surprised she was even able to talk and I thought about lying to her but I had a feeling she would see straight through it.

"I'm a hellhound/ banshee wolf"

Her eyes widened and I thought it was in fear as her heart rate started to pick up even faster.

"Your your.."

She gasped and started to cry it was killing me not to go to her but I held my hands up

"I promise you me or my people won't hurt you. I'd never hurt you"

"You're the queen's son. The one who saved the world? Your him aren't you"

I furrowed my brows. I was expecting her to say many many things but that I wasn't expecting

"I am. But we call her the alpha of alphas. She doesn't like being called the queen"

Her lips twitched slightly

"How do you know about her?"

Her face fell and she started to cry

"My dad. He was there when it happened. He always said that your kind were nice. I believed him until.. until but then when I escaped he said that you're not all bad but then they they..."

She cried and lay in a ball and tears fell like her eyes were a tap. I decided to try and distract her.

"If you know what we are, do you know what mates are?"

She nodded for a yes.

"Well do you know that mates would never ever hurt each other? That the bond they share is sacred?"

She shakes her head as in no.

"Well they are. And the reason I found you is because my wolf knew me and you are mates. And because of that no one will ever hurt you again"

Her eyes snap to mine and her jaw goes slack slightly then she looks past me and more tears fall.

"They will come after me and kill me and probably you. You should just let me go so they don't hurt anyone you love like they did to my f.."

I shimmied a little closer and her eyes widened so I put my hands in the air and pushed back further

"Sorry I forgot it's just my ass is numb but anyway, I'm the king and whoever did this will pay for it. They can't kill me because I can't be killed and you are my queen so they will pay for what they have done. In Fact when I find them you can kill them yourself"

She said nothing but studied me. A knock came to the door and gran walked in, she gasped when she saw her. But my little mate looked terrified.

"It's ok, this is my grandmother and she has a special gift. She can heal you. I just want her to heal you so the doctors don't need to check you over until you're ready. then you can leave and I can take you to my mum and sister"

She looked between us but when I finish her eyes dart back to mine

"Will you come to?"

"If you let me come I'd love to go. Matter of fact I don't think I ever want to leave your side ever"

"She heals and you come please?"