Alpha Travis tosses the knife on the ground and walks over to me. “Danielle is much better than Danny. No one will be allowed to call you that again.” He nodded his head and I was lifted off the ground and tossed over someone’s shoulder. We walk into the forest and towards Alpha Travis's border.
I try to think of a plan but I have none. My father told me to follow my dreams. He meant to be a fighter. I don't know how to fight back. I don’t even have my wolf yet.
Every time I close my eyes I replay what just happened. I am trying to fight the tears that I want so badly to cry. Crying will show weakness. This is not the time to be weak. I numb out all my emotions.
We make it through their territory. The mysterious Black Blood Pack. The forest seems worse than I remembered. It is very creepy here. All of the trees have a dark charred look and there is a heavy fog. This place is definitely haunted by something. We walk for a while longer until we come up to a black house.
It doesn’t look too big. It is a single story building with no windows. We go inside the house and towards the kitchen. I feel the bouncing as they go down a flight of stairs. This man's shoulder is leaving bruises on my stomach. I can barely breathe.
They walk down a hallway that is lined with bars made of silver. These are prisoner cells. This has to be the largest dungeon I have seen. The hallway is so long.
The man stops inside an open cell and drops me like a sack of potatoes. I make a loud thud then I hear a snap. I scream from the pain in my shoulder. My wrists are freed and I can hear the door lock. I look up to see them all walking away.
I scoot back against the wall. It is fairly dark here. There are two poorly working lamps and I cannot see well without my wolf.
“Let me help you.” A male voice said in the cell next to mine. “come here.”
“NO!” I yelled “leave me alone.”
“They dislocated your shoulder. Let me help you. Otherwise it will heal wrong. I can pop it back into place.”
“I can do it myself against the wall.” I snap back
“Honey, it isn’t that I think you're weak. But I know grown men who cannot do that themselves. You will need to hit it very hard. You may not have the physical strength to do it. Please. Let me help.” His voice was raspy like he screamed too much and was losing his it.
I nod my head. I get up and walk over to his voice. He squeezed his hands through the bars. His skin was up against the silver. “Doesn’t that hurt?”
“I am used to it. Give me your hand.” I move my hand into his. He placed his other hand on my shoulder. He twisted my arm up and over fast. I screamed from the sudden pain. There was a pop and the pain died down to a bearable level.
“Thank you.” I studied the man in front of me. I can barely make out what he looks like. His hair looks dirty. His eyes appear to be completely white. This spooked me for a second and I fell backward.
“Careful now.” He warns
“Who are you? What’s wrong with your eyes?
He takes a deep breath and sits down.
“My eyes look like this because I am blind.”
“Blind? But you’re a wolf, how is that possible?”
“Silver" he replied
“Silver in your eyes? How did that happen.”
“Honey it is late. I don’t know what they plan to do with you but you will need your rest.”
“It's cold.” I whispered and he didn’t respond. I curl up on the floor and try to fall asleep.
The sound of my cell door opening wakes me up. A man walks in and grabs my hair. He drags me out of my cage and down the hall. This is the opposite direction of the stairs. I try to claw his arm. He lets go and slaps me. I fall down and taste blood. My hair is grabbed again. He pulls me into a room.
He reaches down and yanks my pants off. I scream. He slaps me again and I fall backwards again. He grabs me and cuffs my wrist to chains hanging from the ceiling.
I am now only wearing a tank top and underwear. I am forced to stand on my tippy toes or let the cuffs dig into my hands. The man walks out of the room and shuts the door.
It is a lot colder in this room. I start to chatter my teeth. The door scrapes on the ground as it opens again.
“Danielle my love" Alpha Travis flips on a light. I scan the room and see tons of knives and tools on tables. There are metal objects that look terrifying. Wires run from one that looks like a pair of tongs.
“I am sorry my dear. I want to mark you but you need your wolf first. Sometimes stimulus can cause a shift to happen sooner. I don’t have a choice.”
My heart stops when I realize what he said. Stimulus….I watch him grab the tongs. “I will try to avoid putting any scars on you. Can’t damage that beautiful body.”
“I will shift on my own soon. I turn thirteen in three months. You don’t have to do this.” I plead
“I am sorry. I am not that patient.” He flips a switch on a box that the wires come from. He brings the tongs over and taps it onto my arm. A jolt of electricity burns through my arm. I let out a loud cry. “Just a taste, my love.”
He places the tongs on the inside of my thigh and holds it there for a moment. I scream as loud as I can. He seemed to enjoy that. His eyes dance with excitement.
“The faster you shift the sooner I will stop.” He comes extremely close to me. His hand runs down my cheek. “You will be treated as a queen once you're mine. No one will hurt you.” He slams his mouth onto mine and I bite down onto his lip.
He pulls back and touches his lip. “You b*tch!” He yelled and slapped me hard across the face. "You are going to regret that." The anger was radiating off him. He goes to the box and turns a nob. He walks over, lifts my shirt and smacks the tongs onto my stomach. The burning sensation ripples through my entire body.
There isn’t a part of my skin he didn’t touch with that device. Once I started to pass out from the pain he took me down. When I wake up I am back in my cell. My entire body feels like it has been set on fire.
“You're awake.” The man next to me spoke. I groaned as a response. “There is some food in the corner there. I open my eyes and follow his finger. There is a metal bowl by the door.
I crawl over and start to gag. Ugh this smells awful. “What is this?”
“Listen. You need to sleep and eat. I know the food isn’t appetizing but he isn’t done yet. You need your strength. You need to eat that crap.” He commanded
“Why are you here?” I asked
“Eat” He replied
I somehow got a few bites in. It tasted as bad as it smelled.