Adam considered Lexi's words carefully. She was right, of course, and she had already done a thorough job of searching the places that Ann should have been, had she genuinely taken whoever had appeared in front of her car to the hospital. With no trace of Ann on any of the security footage from the hospitals they had visited, or in the parking lots, Adam had pulled in a favor from a contact within the traffic administration system. Allen was on his way over to review the security footage as he sat here with Lexi discussing their next move. He wanted to be out looking for her but if she managed to escape and return home, he didn't want anyone else to be the first face that she saw. His wolf growled possessively at the mere thought and the sound rumbled from his chest unwillingly. Lexi flicked a sly glance toward him and a small smirk played at the corners of her mouth. "Are you okay there loverboy?" Adam nodded curtly at her, a little embarrassed at the familiarity that
"As your Beta, you have always trusted me with everything that went on in your life, Adam. I have served you well and faithfully, and our pack has prospered. For once, I'm disappointed in your choices and I cannot stress to you enough just how important it is for me to know what I'm dealing with here so that I can continue to support you properly." Allen said, trying to keep the hurt from his voice as he spoke. Adam didn't reply immediately, simply staring at his trusted beta's expression of hurt as he debated how to reply. How was he supposed to tell him that he had deliberately kept him in the dark because he didn't know if he could trust him to not let his personal feelings get in the way of what Adam decided was right? But it appeared that Lexi was going to save him the trouble of having to injure his Beta's pride as she smirked at him with a twinkle in her eye. "Relax pumpkin… there's been a lot going on just lately and I'm fairly sure that if it wasn't for Ann's stupidi
As soon as Ada hung up the phone she let out a heavy sigh of relief and bit the inside of her cheek nervously as she began to make her way back down to the dungeons. She couldn't be sure, but she was hopeful that Adam had bought into her reasoning for calling. At the very least he hadn't immediately bitten her head off and promised her death, so in Ada's mind, that suggested that he at least didn't completely disbelieve her. The sound of her footsteps echoing down the stairwell sent an uneasy shiver down Ada's spine. Her mother had taken to spending all day down here since they had been confined to the palace. The Elite guards of the Royal Elder Council never left her father's side and he hadn't left his room in days. She had been going backwards and forwards to try to speak to him, but she was pushed roughly away by the heartless bastards that guarded his doorway. Narcissa and Ada had pretty much been left to their own devices. Perhaps they didn't see them as a threat. Ad
Narcissa had managed to creep up behind Ada without her noticing and she sneered quietly to herself. In every sense of the word, this girl had been a disappointment and nothing at all what she had hoped for. "I hope that with you seeing Ann so easily ensnared has made you reconsider the upbringing you were given," Narcissa spoke suddenly from her side, causing Ada to stand abruptly clutching her heart. "A little jumpy aren't we, Ada? You weren't considering doing something stupid now, were you?" Narcissa said as she folded her arms in front of her, one hand still clutching the bloody dagger that she had only moments earlier finished using. Ada's eyes flicked to the dagger nervously and watched with a look of thinly veiled disdain as Narcissa sucked the remnants of blood spatters from her fingers. "Of course not mother. I was simply contemplating my next move." "Our... next move..." Narcissa corrected with a lazy smile, pointing the sharp end of the dagger towards her. A
Ada watched her mother walk away with an empty feeling inside of her heart. This was for her future, and her baby's. That was all that mattered. With a deep breath and a quick glance at the spot where Ann was held, she pulled the phone from her pocket and punched in a set of numbers.It rang a few times as Ada began to pace nervously, her stomach in knots. Finally, he answered."What do you want, Ada?" Brad's cold emotionless voice rasped through the phone.Ada swallowed the lump in her throat and forced a sickly sweet smile onto her face, hoping it would take away the tremor from her voice."Are we not past this yet, Brad? Don't you want to do this with civility at least?" She crooned."Never. I will never forgive you for whatever it was that you did to me that made me..." he answered almost instantly before he was cut off abruptly by Ada's derisive snort."Oh shut up, Brad." She snapped in irritation, "You made the choice to fuck me, it was your decision every single time. Do y
Ann's heart sank as the memories came flooding back to her. How could she have been so stupid? She was fully aware when she was driving through that part of the city that it had a bad reputation, but seeing the state of the… whatever that was in front of her had pulled at her heartstrings. The area was home to addicts of both humans and their synthetic drugs and the shifters and magickal beings who had either succumbed to the darker side of magick and paid the price with their sanity or had indulged in one too many apothecaries concoctions that had left them with an insatiable craving that would never be sated. All of them had one thing in common, their exceedingly poor grip on reality and the uncompromising drive to secure the source of their next fix. Despite her wolf's advice and Lexi's, she had decided that she knew better and thought that the poor soul in front of her had at least been deserving of some medical attention. The gash on his head had looked horrific and
Narcissa perched on the edge of the table as she studied Ann silently. The uncomfortable silence extended until the muted sound of voices echoed faintly from outside of the corridor and drifted into the room. "Ah! It looks like our first guest is here!" Narcissa exclaimed excitedly as she slipped off the table and stretched her arms out languidly before her. "Now, not a word little princess, I don't want you to spoil the surprise!" She giggled as drew her fingers across her lips. Ann tried to open her mouth to respond but suddenly found that she was incapable of movement, not only that, a painful fire seemed to be coursing through her veins. She wanted to scream and her muscles fought to writhe against the pain, but they were unable to. Narcissa smirked as she sauntered towards Ann, running her finger down her cheeks as she stared intently into her eyes. "Do you like it, Ann? Isn't it exquisite!" she whispered gleefully, "Ada has a long way to go until
Ann had no idea how much time had passed since she had been brought here. Beyond Narcissa and Ada, there didn't seem to be any other signs of life down here. As much as she strained to hear beyond the closed door, no sounds were forthcoming and she ground her teeth in frustration. The silence was deafening and she had lost all feeling in her arms now.The numbness was still preferable to the burning pain that had coursed through her previously though.Narcissa had returned again not long after she and Ada had removed Brad from her cell and taken him to places unknown. She swept in humming to herself pushing a table on casters in front of her, with a television screen perched on the top. On the bottom shelf sat a tray with a few glasses and a jug of some sort of drink. Whatever it was, Ann didn't think she would be accepting it in a hurry. Chances were that she would wind up dead with one sip if she even dared give in to her thirst. She watched Narcissa through narrowed eyes, trackin