Bonded by Fates; The Origin

22. King Conri***

*This Chapter contains abuse content; torture mentioning when Conri was locked up*

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Conri POV:

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I could hear everything, I could feel how much they were worried about me, I could hear their jokes but I just couldn’t move.

I don’t know how much longer I can take it.

I know my body is resting but laying here is driving me insane.

I’m a King and I was feeling the urge to run, to rule and to see how the packs are doing. Many are waiting for me.

I just hope that my stupid younger brother didn't mess up the Royal Pack that much. I heard them talking about it. I wish I could scream to them that I’m OK, but I cannot.

“It’s just for a while, relax” my Lycan, Ghost said.

“At least I’m not completely by myself, good to have you back after 2 decades, Ghost” I told him.

“We’ve been through hell back there but we survived. Our focus was always to survive and we did it all thanks to them. They’re our friends, the ones that truly care about us”, Ghost said, and he was very thankful just like I was.

I need to apologize to Alice. I almost killed her back there.

I was panicking, I was out of my mind in that cell. Every day I waited for my executors to come up with a new kind of torture. They were so f****d up that they tortured me and when I was feeling my life vanishing from my body, they stopped and they could wait for several days until I healed, so they could torture me all over again.

They didn’t want to kill me for some reason, they needed my fresh blood for something.

Now I know why, I’m going to kill that usurper brother of mine, he needed my blood to cast some spell to look like me.

My mind was haunted by those moments, but I’m glad as hell I’m safe now.

I don’t know what it'd be like to go back to my normal life, but it definitely is not going to be the same as before at all.

It’s been 20 years, it seems like a blink of an eye for those who are immortals like me, but it was like 20 years in the most hidden pit of the Underworld: The Umbral. I had a hard time trusting people before, so now I don’t know how it is going to be.

I could barely stand when the healer and the doctor touched me to examine.

I’m becoming a freak now and I am aware of it.

“Not a freak, we’ve been through a lot, we need to heal, maybe finding our mate could help us” Ghost said, and I quickly shook this thought off.

“Are you crazy? Look how I am; I’d surely reject her because I can’t stand anyone touching me even if it was my f*****g mate”, I told him back and he barked at me, but it was true.

I don’t want anyone touching me right now, after some decades being tortured, any slight touch from anyone has already brought me back to that cell. I just let the red-haired touch me in the cell because I was weak and overwhelmed but soon I made my way away from her.

They've already left me a whole day under water. If I wasn’t a Lycan, I would be dead by now.

Any time I was touched, it was to feel an almost unbearable pain and I screamed and screamed, over and over again until my lungs burnt.

I screamed until my throat couldn’t make any more sound and that’s when they stopped.

That was their intent. That was like they wanted it to hear and then, after a few days, it was all the same, then again and again and over and over again.

They broke my fingers, my arms, my legs, my shoulders, my nose, cut me and stabbed their dagger with some wolfsbane, not much, just enough to make me dizzy and in pain. They made sure I was always in pain and that any wound would take days to heal. They liked to increase any pain I was feeling, they stabbed the silver dagger in and twisted it, I was punched, that bloodsucker drank from me and used me as a blood bag, literally it was like I was already dead and I was living in the Umbral.

“He’s hyperventilating again”, I heard the doctor saying, and I tried to shake this thought off me or else she’d examine me again and I couldn’t stand it.

“We’re almost healed, we’ll wake up in a few days” Ghost told me.

“A few more days and I’m out of here, I’m going to kill all of them” I said, and Ghost was whimpering happy in my head.

He also couldn’t wait for it to happen.

A couple of days passed and I fought a lot to open my eyes.

“I think he’s waking up” I heard the Doctor saying.

I could finally open my eyes, slowly, it was all blurry at first and it took me several minutes so I could properly see the ceiling.

“Is he all right? What’s happening?” a familiar voice, Randall?

“He’s been sleeping for almost 4 days to get better after decades of torture, so yes, I’m pretty sure he’s fine now with us” the doctor said, and I could hear a growl.

“That’s not what I meant. Look at him, he looks lost”, Randall said.

“Not as lost as you with your feelings for the Doctor” I whispered and smiled.

“Goddess, you’re awake and fine Conri, we were so worried about you”, Alice said, ignoring what I stated, but I could sense Randall and the Doctor stiffed.

“Conri, how do you feel? Welcome back”. I turned my head and saw King Atlantes. I just nodded in reply.

I felt my body a little numb but I slowly straightened up to sit on the bed and I noticed everybody was looking intently at me.

“What? Am I still that bad?” I asked, with a frowning face, and tried to get up.

“Hold on, Conri, we need to check on your vital signs”, the doctor said.

“Oh please, just try to do it quickly and don’t touch me much” I tried to sound not too unkind, she nodded and smiled.

“Don’t worry, it will be quick” she said. I think they know that touching is what I least want right now. I needed time for myself. Actually, I never liked people touching me, but now this feeling has just tripled after the hell I lived these past decades.

After she did it, Randall handed me a cup of water that I drank in a single gulp. There was plenty of food waiting for me and I was starving, but I needed to check myself first.

I went into the bathroom and what I saw made me freeze and scream. Everybody made their way to the bathroom and when they opened the door, they could see a very frightened me staring in the mirror.

“What’s wrong? Are you OK? Need any help?” Liam asked, concerned.

I turned myself to glare at them and I was panicking.

“I am really that bad, someone please get me a razor and prepare a haircut for this mane of mine” I whispered and I swear I could see they all rolled their eyes at me.

I literally looked worse than Ghost and that I couldn’t have.

“What? I’m much prettier and sexier than you, big guy, don’t f**k with me” Ghost said, growling.

They closed the door and I took a quick shower and dressed. I heard a knock on the door and Randall entered.

“I brought the razor. I can help if you want”, Randall said, and I frowned.

“Won’t you even invite me to candlelight dinner first?” I smirked.

“I can see you’re healed already”, he put the razor on top of the sink, rolling his eyes and made his way out. I chuckled, it was good to have them around me and I had my mocking-self back.

I trimmed my beard, not much, just enough to make me look sexy.

“Really? You? You’re as sexy as a gorilla” Ghost said, and I laughed. I always enjoyed myself teasing him, I felt at peace.

I left the bathroom and ate everything that was on the table. Everybody looked happy when I finished.

“Thank you, I really appreciate what you all did for me and forgive me, Alice, I almost killed you. I thought you were going to torture me and that was the only opportunity I’ve got to try to run away. I guess even death was a better way than to keep living in that f*****g place”. I thanked them truly.

They looked down but Alice smiled.

“Don’t need to apologize, you have nothing to apologize for, we’re all glad you’re OK, we can talk about it later. Do you want more food?” she asked me and I nodded.

Even after so many decades, I was still strong and muscular. In fact, I think I’ve got way stronger than before because I literally had to fight several times for my life. It was one of their sick games.

I ate and some preppy man flashed into the room.

“I’m sorry for the delay, I was finishing a client”. He looked around and glanced at me. “ Oh, you’re the one who’s getting a haircut”, he affirmed, and I nodded dramatically.

He finished after some time and flashed away. I looked at myself in the mirror and I smiled, now there’s more like it.

He cut it short like I always used to have, short and blow-dried it back in the front.

Werloth and Philip flashed not too long after that.

“You’re back” Philip said, smiling.

“We were worried about you. I’m sorry for everything you’ve been through, we all wish we could have got to you earlier”. Werloth said. He was always respectful and polite.

“Thank you, so what have you been up to?” I asked them.

“Actually, we may have found the elf who was helping the group that kidnapped you”, Philip said, and Werloth turned to face Randall.

“I believe you’ve met him already, it’s the same Elder that blocked Alice’s power. They were always around, we couldn't find out his name though, we just asked around and I had to use my power to make sure they were telling the truth”, Werloth said, and I could feel the heat waves of anger coming off Randall’s body.

“What?” he shouted.

“Randall, calm down, we will catch them, we’re closer now. Besides, I think I’ve seen everybody and I might have some information, but we will still be needing Lucius’ help”, I said, and everybody frowned.

“Wait, how did you know about it?” Liam asked.

“I’ve heard a lot from you when I was sleeping. In fact, I wasn’t sleeping but I could hear you talking sometimes, but I couldn’t move, my body refused to do so, it's an automatic reaction when my body becomes overwhelmed by tiredness”, I explained.

“If you saw them already, then why do we need Lucius?” Liam asked, concerned.

“Because I don’t know where their hide-out is and he has someone who is infiltrated into their group now, but let’s not count on it, she might always trick everyone, follow the oath without helping him at all, we need to be smarter, she could just tell one leader about the oath so they can keep acting without letting her involved, we have to think about all the possibilities but still, it’s our best shot” I told them and they were listening very carefully.

“Fine, I got it, so what do we do now? Should we go talk to Lucius?” Alice asked. I knew how tense she was about all this situation, she was the one they were after.

“Not yet, we need to wait for him to come talk to us. I suggest now that we go back to our place and wait for a signal from Lucius”. I told them. That way, Lucius would be at a disadvantage because he thinks we’re desperate and could ask for anything, so he would see we had no choice and, of course, we were all panicked, but it wouldn’t be helpful to let him know how desperate we were.

“Nice plan, let’s all go back to our daily routines and wait for Lucius” Werloth said, and we all nodded.

Suddenly, we heard a knock on the door and a guard came in.

"We have a problem, Your Highness. The Lycan man escaped and there are some dead bodies in the dungeon" he said, and Atlantes rushed to the dungeon, leaving us all behind.

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Randall POV:

It was unbelievable that I ran after a f*****g leader from the Sixforce to block my daughter’s power when she was a tiny pup.

I was enraged with myself and with Patsy, I'd been tricked for decades and I didn’t even notice it.

What kind of an Alpha was I?

I was uneased and now Conri's brother escaped.

“Dad, are you OK?” Alice asked me.

“Yes, pup. I just can’t believe I’d put you in danger like that”, I told her honestly and she smiled at me and held my arm.

“Dad, there was no way you could imagine that something like that would happen. Besides, I’m here now and I’m totally fine. I wish I was born from a different person, a woman that truly cares for me and you, someone like Susan”, she said and I frowned.

My gaze found Susan and she was packing her medical stuff away from us so she didn’t hear us. I sighed.

“You’re right about that, she really cares for you” I told my daughter.

“And for you too, dad. Maybe it’s about time to let go of the past and start to think about the present and the future, and the present…” she said and she cupped my face and made me glance at Susan “Is right in front of you”. She finished.

“Alice, there’s somethi…” I was about to say about the bond but Atlantes cut everyone off, entering the healing room.

“Are you all ready? I’m going to cast a protection spell on all of you”

"But Atlantes...the Lyca..." I was about to ask about it but he cut me.

"Don't worry, he's powerless now. We won't stop until we capture him again. I suggest we all keep on with the plan", he said. We all nodded.

Conri's brother was clearly much weaker than Conri. That was why he asked for Atlantes' help in the first place to send over some wizard to guard him.

Everyone but me gathered and he cast the spell. I’m immune to magic, either good or bad, so there was no reason for me to stand there with them. The only thing they could do for me was teleporting, which was more like a psychic's power, but not spells.

“We should all go. I’ll flash you, Susan and dad to the Royal Pack. Atlantes, thank you so much for all the hospitality” Alice said.

“King Conri, I’ll teleport you to the Royal Pack and maybe it’s better to call all the Alphas for an emergency meeting, I suppose?” Liam said and Conri nodded.

“Wait, Alice. Maybe it would be better if you flashed Susan to our Pack. We don’t know what could happen. It might be dangerous for her to be there. Please, she’s important”. The last part came out of my mouth before I even noticed it.

She came by my side, closer than I thought.

“So am I important to you?” she asked, smirking with a low voice, almost whispering in my ear, and I felt something uncomfortably hard under my trousers.

“Of course, you’re the only doctor in our pack, remember? Dr Kaly passed out after her mate died in a rogue attack”, I said, without even looking at her or else I didn’t know what I would do to her.

Alice furrowed her eyebrows at me in disappointment and Susan rolled her eyes. I wouldn't discuss any of this matter in front of so many people, this was something we had to discuss only the two of us alone.

“I do. I’m not the only doctor in our pack, I am also the best from all over the realms. You can’t live without me” she said, and I gasped.

'No, I can’t, life would be meaningless without you', I thought to myself, as I’m the one who rolled my eyes at her now.

“Fine, enough for now. Alice, go, we shouldn’t waste any more time”, I told her and she did as I told.

“You’re the most stupid Alpha from all over the realms, I’ll ask the Goddess to take me to another human” Shadow said, enraged, in my mind.

“Good luck with that, mutt” I replied.

“I want to be with my mate. I’ve never met her wolf. You'd better make it up for us when we get back to our pack or else I’ll force myself to the surface in a night and in the next morning, you’ll be mated and marked already” he said and I knew he meant it, but I didn’t want it like that, she was so f*****g special to me and I had to pamper her until she get on her knees begging me to f**k her, then I’ll pamper her a little bit more so she could give her all to me.

I’ve been waiting for so long and I knew she hadn't been with anyone else for all these years too, and besides, she's healed from what happened to her, I'm sure of it.

Maybe she could feel the bond and it’ll be easier for us.

One thing was for sure, next time she rolls her eyes, it’ll be from pleasure when I claim her.

“Make it happen fast” Shadow said.