Whisper of the Wood

Chapter 16

The darkness was peaceful and almost welcoming to the girl who knew of only hardships. But the endless calm abyss was interrupted by a flickering light bringing her concious back to reality as she let out a soft groan.

Her body felt heavy and numb a stark reminder she was not yet dead. It was a great deal of effort just to open her eyes, her vision struggling to adjust in the dim amber glow, its source an old lamp hanging in the corner of the room.

It took some time for her eyes to adjust when she realised it wasn't a room so much as a cage. A far cry from the winderness she was accustomed to. The dead weight of her limbs made it impossible to move. Despite her condition she could see the large fur blankets piled ontop of her. For a moment she visualised her predicament from another perspective and couldn't help but laugh internally at the scene she was living. Wolves rarely kept prisoners and when they did it often involved a great deal of pain, but it seemed her captors wanted her alive, for now. so much ao they provided her with a luxury comfort.

It was hard to tell how long she lay there motionless, when she heard the shuffling of feet and a nearby door click open. A female voice echoed through the damp prison 'Cleo, I'm here to tend to the prisoner'.

'No visitors' a gruff male voice respond, The girls heart skipped a beat. She had thought she was alone, but it seemed even in her incapacitated state she was under guard. She hopes they were unaware of her newfound conciousness, but with thier heightened senses she knew it was unlikely.

'I'm here in my mother's stead, she was called on urgent business'

A moment of silence passed when a clanging of keys on the metal bars were heard. The girl closed her eyes, not ready to deal with any possible interrogation. There was no doubt in her mind that the she-wolf knew she was awake when she heard a whisper confirming her thoughts. 'Quit faking you f*****g witch'.

The girls eyes fly open, their golden glow filled with daggers as she glared at the she wolf. For the first time since she awoke a surge of pain erupted through her body and as quickly as it came it subsided.

The she-wolf glinted her teeth in amusement as she removed the girls left arm from the furs. The clanging of chains scrapping along the concrete floor, Cleo held the girls arm high in the air taking particular interest in the long clear tube embedded into her skin. The girls golden eyes followed the trailing tube to a nearby drip.

Her focus then shifted back her arm still grasped by the b***h wolf, the girl could feel the pressure as her nails dug deeper into her skin and glanced at the silver chains binding her wrists.

Cleo stared at the girl in anticipation of a response as her nails turned to claws and dug deeper still, her brown eyes turning a deeper shade. Her disappointment evident as she dropped the girls arm, her voice filled the silence 'looks like you were thrashing around, guess my mother increased your meds, shame really. His majesty is really impatient and wishing to speak with you. can you even talk? .... well for your sake I hope so. his majesty wants answers to he will do anything to get them, shame I won't be there to watch.' an evil grin spreading across her face as she ripped the drip from the girls arm and abruptly left.

The girl thought if his majesty liked to hear the screams of his victims, she knew he would be rather disappointed. This Cleo may have done her a favour removing the drip, it would take time for the medication to ware off but with it she would start to gain motion.

the time waiting for her impending doom was disappointingly boring. her body went from feeling like a dead weight to a nbing throb. With her increased mobility she spied the dried blood on her arm and the marks left by that b***h of a she wolf. being a prisoner gave her plenty of time to lull over her revenge when a new murmur of voices fills the dripping silence. they were loud and clear as the door swung open.

'she is still recovering'

'the king will wait no longer, this creature is a prisoner and must pay for her crimes Melanie.'

the guards had come to take her away.