“Where am I?”I whispered, trying to stand up but it was proving hard to do.
My bones were weak and it felt like I had been drained of every drop of blood in my body. I tried to remember the last thing that happened and how I ended up here.
Where was here anyway?
I was in some kind of cellar thing. No windows, one door.
Chains on top and the floor and upon looking I realize my hands were chained to the ceiling and my feet to the floor.
What the hell?
Turning my head from left to right trying to understand my surroundings.
“Ouch, that hurts so much,” I said, panting slowly. Even speaking hurts a little too much.
The last thing I remember is I was in front of my house when I heard someone.
Wait, was I kidnapped? What happened last night? Where is everybody?
“Hello! Is anybody there?” I said as loudly as my voice could allow me to.
Struggling I tried to get up on my feet, but something was weighing me down. I succeeded and I noticed the iron door to the place I was kept immediately started opening ever so slowly.
I was filled with anticipation as my heart raced. The door suddenly opened, and a burst of light flooded in, temporarily blinding me.
It took a few moments for my eyes to adjust, and when they did, I was shocked beyond words.
“Hello, kitten! Do you know who I am?” He said, smirking down at me.
This was no ordinary man, he exuded the confidence of a king. He carried his shoulders high and he felt dangerous and deadly. I had never seen anyone like him.
“I asked you a question doll face, do you know who I am?” He said running a long fingernail across my face and digging in when he reached the middle.
He held my face in his hand and squeezed a little while I tried to come up with an answer for him.
“I..I.I don't know who you are” I whispered fearfully with a tear rolling down my cheek.
I looked down at his shoes with my vision blurry and all I could think of was my dad who had similar shoes. Did he realize I was missing? Where would Riley be right now? Was she captured too?
“Please…I don't know what's happening, who are you and what do you want from me?” I asked hopelessly.
“Come on princess, you're supposed to be the strongest of us all. Where's all your power? Huh?” He was shaking my head from left to right.
“Well if you insist that you don't know who I am,” he said, smirking and looking down at me.
“I am Derek Stoic! Alpha Derek Stoic!” He all but proclaimed to me.
That name sent a chill down my spine and I had a clue why. He was the conqueror of wolves. The mad Alpha that had destroyed many families and taken many lives.
“I have been searching for a way to crush the Crescent Aves pack and this, my dear, is just the beginning of your end”. He looked at me with a mischievous glint in his eyes.
I stood as tall as I could but I was scared shitless. My legs and hands were trembling so bad and I know he noticed it.
He looked at me one last time, scoffed down at me with a snare, turned around ceremoniously, and left the cellar.
Immediately the door locked behind him I fell to my knees and wept. I cried for a long time and since I was in a room with no windows I didn't know how long I was crying for.
Everything seemed to slow down and my breathing was heavy. Slowly, I felt sleep creeping up on me, and once again I was in deep sleep.
Some time later I woke up to nothing but darkness and I was momentarily scared. How long is this going to last? Am I going to die here?
I jerked to stand up anyway and I realized that these chains were weakening me because they weren't ordinary chains.
Was I the only one captured?
If so I wouldn't be able to reach anyone on the mind link. But there's no harm in trying. So sat crisscrossed on the floor and tried to call someone, anyone at all.
Dad?! Riley?? Drax?? Can anyone hear me?
I felt so lightheaded and concentrating on reaching anybody was making me hazy. I kept trying with the hope that I would reach at least one person.
I couldn't be that far from everyone, could I? I don't wish anyone else was captured but I have this feeling like I'm not alone.
Please if you can hear me I want you to know you are not alone. We're going to be fine, I just need you to answer me.
Sleep was slowly taking over me. I was panicking again because all I'd done since I woke up here was sleep and cry.
I haven't had anything to eat and if I was a human being I would've died by now but I'm not.
That makes me think about the others that were probably captured. All the elders and the rest of the pack that ran away when they heard all the noise. Were they safe?
Were they hurt? Did they have anything to eat or drink? Did they have it worse than me?
All this overthinking isn't going to solve anything. There's no way I'm coming out of this alive.
Dad was probably worried sick about me. I miss him so much. My world has changed so much these past few days.
I let my head hang low and almost fell into another deep sleep when I felt a tiny voice call out to me.
Celeste…..? Are…. are you there???
The voice I heard was definitely Riley. It brought tears to my eyes to know that she was close by.I took in a deep breath and asked, “Are you okay?... Where are you? What's going on?” “I'm so glad I can hear you,” she said and she was crying, “I thought you were dead C” “Me too Ri and I didn't know what to do,” I said, clutching my chest in desperation.I had been wearing the same clothes for God knows how long and it was evident from the way I smelled. I required a hot shower."It's obvious that they had a specific target in mind, and they had inside help," she said confidently, her voice steady despite the intensity of the situation. "But we're not going to let them get away with this. We're going to figure out who they are, what they want, and how we can stop them. We won't rest until we've got this all under control.”It had to have been an inside job because everything happened so fast.My mind was swirling with different possibilities and to say I was scared was an understat
Everything seems to be out of my control. I was captured by a power-hungry man and his boy-crazy sister who thinks I'm the Alpha's mate. Things couldn't possibly be worse.Meanwhile, back home the men were packed at Alpha Christian's house, things were intense right now. People were taken from their homes and no one could answer how that was possible.The elders were furious. They needed answers and solutions, and most people were out for blood. “How could you allow this to happen?!” Marlow asked. “They took my daughter right from the doorstep of my home. How could that have happened? You're supposed to keep us safe!”Christian was deep in thought while everyone else was going berserk in the room.He couldn't understand how anybody could make it across the border without the alarm going off. They had men there for these things.Which made him think something was up! Who could've tipped those guys off and why?No one came to mind at all which caused him more discomfort. Someone had es
I didn't know what had happened back at home. I didn't know anything because since the last time Fiona came here I haven't had any visitors here. I was getting fed up and it was all because they thought I was Alpha Christian's mate. It's ridiculous that they would even think that. And what about what they said about being the child of the comet. Was that nonsense too? Right now I wished my dad was here to help me. I had no idea what to do. I heard clanging outside my door and then it swung open with a force. Inside came two fierce looking men and one girl in the middle who held a tray full of something in her hand. I tried to stand so I could talk to her but the men just looked at me like they would gut me if I tried anything. She dropped the tray not so far from me then proceeded to unchain my hands from the walls. She then chained them together in a tight but long chain so I could use my hands but not try to escape. “Thank you…” I said I was grateful, and went ahead to check
I didn't think about my plan 100% because, come on now, I didn't have a lot of options. I had to do something.I got ready for whatever was going to meet me when the doors opened.Riley needed me, hell my dad needed me right and nothing was going to stop me from getting out of this damn cellar.I heard about three or four pairs of footsteps bearded towards the door.Whatever stunt I was about to pull, I prayed it was going to be worth getting hurt like hell for.As the door was unlocked from outside, I hunched my back down and prayed to the goddess for strength.As they piled inside the states looking around the room and didn't find anything or anyone that would cause the amount of noise they had heard.They zeroed on me, one guard in particular started coming closer to me with the purpose of checking on the prisoner.He stood and slightly poked me with the butt of his gun, “hey…wake up” he said when he was at my head now.I quickly looked up and wrapped one hand around his gun and hi
Beep…beep…beep….That continuous beeping sound is driving me crazy. Can someone turn it off?I was slowly waking up and I felt so groggy. Wow, these sheets are so soft.I used my hand to feel the table and shut the alarm that was blaring.I tried opening my eyes and they were taking so long. My lids were very heavy and they hurt.When I finally managed to pry them open, the stream of light from the open window entered right into them and caused me discomfort.I hissed and used my hand to try to block out the sun from blinding me.I looked around the room slowly and realized, I don't know where I am but it sure looks very fancy.What happened when I ran into that smoke? Who came for me?Just then, someone opened the door and entered the room. It took me a second to react but when I did, my eyes widened.“You… Alpha Christian'' I said in surprise. I wasn't expecting that at all.“Celeste. How are you feeling?”, he said it politely.This was the man I had respected but feared from afar.
“What?!”, said Alpha Christian in astonishment. I've come to understand that people tend to do whatever he wants.The fact that I had blatantly disobeyed his orders and came downstairs with what I was saying, the surprise was clearly painted on his face.He came close to me and gave me a pointed look. If I could read his mind, I would love to know what he was thinking right now.“What exactly do you mean, you want to fight?” He said in a low tone, still looking at me like I had lost my marbles.“It's not exactly Chinese I'm speaking. I want to train, with you” I said pleading.“You are in no shape, you were tortured for days. Goddess! You're supposed to be in bed resting. What about that don't you understand?” He said, exasperated.I huffed and took a look around. If he wasn't going to train me, then someone else would have to.He noticed what I was doing and before I could say anything, I was being hauled like a ragdoll and the next thing I knew I was staring at a broad back.“Hey! L
I wasn't expecting that question from him. For as long as I could remember, nobody even asked me that question anymore.It's pretty much general knowledge that I don't know my mother. I've never even seen a picture of her till this very day.I mean I didn't really expect him to know this, being the Alpha and all. He had bigger and more important things to do.But why was it bugging me that he didn't know either?It wasn't his fault I grew up motherless. I had a father who was loving and present enough to overlook the fact that she wasn't there.Though it still hurts that I didn't get to meet her. Didn't know if she was dead, or if she ran away. What if she abandoned me for a better life.I don't like indulging this part of my life a lot because it was very disturbing. And sad.So taking a deep breath and brassing myself I turned to him. “I don't know my mother” I say to him, watching him carefully for his reaction.He huffed and walked back into the room, looking rather annoyed.“Ther
“Uhh Celeste?” Alpha Christian has been trying to talk to me for the past five minutes but I'm in a state of shock. But if he found me, isn't he supposed to tell me? There wasn't any way for me to know yet so it was up to him to let me know. It's probably because of the whole kidnapping thing that made the whole situation strained but still. It felt kind of surreal that he found me and didn't let me know. He shook me one more time before I finally snapped out of the trance-like state I was in. “I….this is a surprise honestly” I say to him solemnly. By the look on his face somehow he understood what I was trying to say. “It's a lot for anyone to take. I think when this is all over and you're safe and settled then you can deal with all this” he said to me softly. I nodded my head and sighed as the mood in the room had completely changed. I felt myself getting sadder and sadder by the day. My life had really turned into a sob story. It was rare for you to have a mate and not meet