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
Ann's heart felt as though it had shattered into minuscule pieces as she stared soullessly at the image of Adam on the monitor in front of her.Why was he here? Why did he seem so friendly with that vile little… what the fuck was he doing in Ada's room? Narcissa's mocking laughter filled her ears."Not so sure of yourself now are you?" She smirked as she spat at her feet. "None of you are any better than the animals that you harbor inside of you… slave to your basic instinct and impulses. You weren't made to rule, you were meant to be ruled by a firm hand. You all just need a little breaking in first... that's all." So that was her plan… take over the Kingdom and have the wolves do her bidding or her masters. Ann was simply in her way as the heir to the throne and that's exactly what both Ada and Narcissa wanted…her own place on the throne."So you want the throne…""Of course I do you, silly little girl. Why else would I waste some of the best years of my life with a murdering
Ann stared blankly at the open door in front of her.She had already tried to break free with Maeve's help, but Narcissa had sauntered to the doorway and sniggered as she strained against the bonds helplessly. Eventually, Ann had given up and Narcissa returned to whichever room she had appeared from.It was quite clear that even with their combined strength, there was no way that she was going to be able to get out of things this way.The hope she had felt at the prospect of Adam figuring out where she was had all but disappeared. Perhaps Narcissa was right about the male shifters... particularly wolves. After all, her father had betrayed her mother, Brad had betrayed her, and now Adam…'Don't you fucking dare start thinking like this Ann. What happened to the confidence you had only a few days ago?' Maeve snarled angrily inside of her.Her initial disbelief and misery had soon disappeared and had yet again been replaced by the fierce, uncompromising Alpha female that took no pris