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

　　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

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 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

"Don't fucking lie to me, Adam! I saw it with my own eyes! Narcissa made us watch as you lay down in her bed and fucked that whore Ada! How could you?!" Ann raged as Adam's face became more and more panicked.Lexi gasped loudly and grabbed hold of Ann's shoulders firmly, forcing her to look her in the eye."Ann, I need you to listen to me." She said firmly, seeing Maeve's fury burning bright in her eyes."Adam didn't betray you.""Lexi, I saw it! There were cameras and...""Will you shut the fuck up and listen to me for once in your damn life?!" Lexi roared, her frustration at her friend's refusal to listen and desperation to fix this spilling out of her.Maeve growled at Lexi's tone, but Ann remained silent, scowling at Lexi as she waited for her to continue."Adam didn't sleep with Ada, I promise you. He's been with me the whole time since you disappeared."Ann blinked up at her in shock.But she had seen it, as clear as day. She had felt her heart shatter into a million pie