Chapter 43

Chapter 43

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As the days as a prisoner drag on, I feel a persistent cramping in my stomach. At first, I think it’s just my period coming on, but the pain is different – sharper, more intense. My heart sinks as I realize what is happening. The bleeding starts, and I know this isn’t just a heavy period.

It’s a miscarriage.

Pain shoots through me as I remember having sex with the twins. Now, our child is lost, and my body trembles with waves of pain as I lie on the cold floor with tears streaming down my face.

This isn’t how it’s supposed to be. It’s not fair. My mind drifts to all the hopes and dreams I had for a future baby, now being flushed away with each painful contraction. And as I lie there, curled up in agony, I can’t help but wonder why me? Why does this have to happen to me?

The answer is obviously clear: this is Johan Lietail’s fault. If he hadn’t kidnapped me and ordered his men to beat me senseless, I would still be pregnant.

Anger and sadness churn within me until I hear the familiar sound of the door to the basement opening. Without looking, I can tell it’s Ada. She smells like cheap perfume–the weekend must be here. Ada doesn’t have a mate, and every single Saturday, she heads out with the girls.

“Oh, dearest me!” She exclaims when she sees me crawling on the floor like a snake in pain. “Are you on your period? Well, too bad there are no pads for our prisoners. Daddy doesn’t allow that, but I’m sure your mates will save you soon…or maybe not. Since they haven’t found you, they can’t be THAT interested in saving you. Perhaps their lives are easier without you in it?”

Even though I’m exhausted by the pain, I manage to glare up at the werewolf bitch. “My pack and mates will come for me, and once they do, you will be sorry.”

“Sorry?” she laughs. “Why? They won’t ever find you, and when they do, you will no longer be alive–my dad plans on performing the ritual tonight.”

“Ritual?” I blurt out, unsure what that means.

“Uh, yeah?” she looks at me like I’m dumb. “I told you we were going to steal your magical powers; to do that,

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the shaman in our pack needs to perform a ritual on you. It will help them create a spell that slowly drains your magic out of your body and gives it to my father.”

My blood freezes as her words sink in. I knew they were planning on stealing my powers, but I didn’t know they already knew what method to use! This is bad. My ice powers are already dangerous in my hands–imagine a villain getting a hold of them! Shit…

“Scared, are we?”

Ada’s laughter echoes around the dank basement, making my skin crawl. She turns on her heel and sways. towards the door, her high–pitched voice piercing through my thoughts.

“I can’t wait to see you powerless…Oh, it will be so much fun!” she says, her tone filled with gleeful malice before she slams the door behind her.

Her words leave me trembling on the floor, my mind swimming with fear and pain. How long until I’m useless? Without my magic and my wolf, I wouldn’t stand a chance of escaping from this place. Also, if I don’t have my wolf…does that mean my bond with the twins will be broken?

Sadness overwhelms me. Not only did I lose our child, but now I might also lose the two men in my life. It’s unfair.

As I sit there, feeling sorry for myself, I hear something move behind the brick wall. It’s as if something is trying to escape, and I narrow my eyes.

“Hello?”

No answer.

I sit in silence for a while, expecting the sound to stop, but soon, I hear the digging again. It makes me freeze until I hesitantly move my hand to the brick that’s slightly moving on the wall. It easily falls to the floor, and I blink in surprise.

There is an entire room on the other side of the wall–a forgotten prison cell much larger than mine, but although my discovery is cool, I don’t see how this can help me. As for the sound I heard-

‘Mama!”

I look down in surprise when something that looks like a blue frog suddenly jumps forward to hug my foot. It

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shimmers like a gemstone. Wait, are those wings on its back? And wait, did it just speak through telepathy with me?!

It sounded like it called me it’s mama…

Surely that was my imagination? I haven’t been fed for days, and now I’m finally going insane-

“Mama.”

My eyes widen when the tiny creature repeats itself and strokes its warm little body against my foot like an affectionate kitten.

Overwhelmed by the unexpected affection, I bend to scoop the creature into my hand, its small wings fluttering against my wrist. Its large violet eyes stare up at me, twinkling with an emotion that appears to be pure adoration.

“Who… What are you?” My voice trembles with trepidation and wonder.

‘Your baby, mama. The response telepathically floats into my brain, causing a jolt of astonishment. Could this be possible? My unborn child…turned into this tiny creature? But how?

Distracted by the improbable thought, I fail to notice the door opening. This time, it isn’t Ada but a guard coming down the stairs. They are most definitely here to beat me, and I instinctively put the little dragon inside the other room. It looks at me in confusion, and I smile.

“Mama will be back,” I whisper. “I promise.”

Its large eyes turn sad. ‘They beat you?”

“Yes, but it will eventually end. We will get out of here.”

My dragon looks like it wants to say something, but I place the brick in its place to block it from seeing it. I’m not sure if I believe the dragon is my baby, but it’s still a baby, and I won’t let it witness the violence that is about to unfold.

The moment I turn away, I spot the guard’s shadow looming at the door. He’s a burly werewolf with cruel, cold. eyes that have been devoid of any humanity for as long as I’ve known him. He grins at me menacingly, revealing yellowed teeth, and steps into the room.

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“Well, well…what have we here?” he says, his eyes roaming over me. “Up to no good again?”

I swallow

my voice steady.

fear and steel myself for what’s to come. “I haven’t been doing anything,” I retort, trying to keep my

A derisive laugh escapes his lips as he moves further into the room. “Is that so?” His gaze narrows suspiciously on the brick wall. “Why is there dust on the floor?”

Fear clutches my heart. He can’t discover the hidden room; he a ‘t discover my baby. It might not be mine biologically, but it’s still something to hold on to. Something that will keep me from going insane.

“L…I was just cleaning,” I lie hurriedly. Panic surges inside of me, threatening to claw its way out, but I force it down.

“Cleaning? In a basement cell?” he taunts, a smirk playing on his lips. “That’s a new one.”

He saunters over to the brick wall and crouches beside the dust–covered stone floor. His fingers trace delicately

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over the loose brick I had just replaced before standing up again, his brows furrowed in suspicion. The silence in the room is broken by the erratic thudding of my heart against my ribs as he studies me.

“I see nothing has changed,” He finally says, seemingly dismissing his earlier suspicion.

“Why would anything change?” I respond defiantly, anger overshadowing fear momentarily..

“Speaking back, huh? Maybe I haven’t beaten you enough to earn your respect.” His grin stretches wider as he unsheathes his whip from where it hangs around his waist.

I’m ready for the first lash when it comes- my body tenses with anticipation. The whip cracks loudly against the quiet hum of the basement, and pain sears through me, but I bite back a scream. Each ensuing lash is familiar, a grotesque symphony of suffering that I’ve become accustomed to.

As the guard finally exits, leaving me in a heap on the floor, I let out a shaky breath. My body screams in pain, but my mind is focused on one thing alone my tiny dragon, I crawl over to the hidden room behind the wall and remove the brick.

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And there it is, perched anxiously, looking at me with worry–wrinkled brows. ‘Mama hurt,‘ says its telepathic voice, fraught with concern.

“Yes,” I croak out a reply. “But don’t worry, your mama is going to get us out of here.”

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Despite the grim surroundings and the pain echoing through my body, as I hold the tiny creature close again, ray of hope pierces through the despair. No longer am I alone in this dank basement. And when it comes to protecting your kin, what won’t a mother do?

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