Chapter 64: Chapter sixty-three

Something sharp pierced my skin. I felt it in my sleep. I was far in dreamland but I felt the pain. I winced and attempted to open my eyes. A man in a blue surgical mask hovered over me.

“You can’t be here!” Margot shouted.

“Get her out of here,” Max ordered.

“Maximus, this is still my house you can’t do this here,” Margot’s voice grew fainter with each second.

“I know what you did Margot. You betrayed me. You know how I treat traitors.”

“You bastard!” Margot shouted.

What did they do to me? I struggled against the substance injected into my body but I wasn’t that strong. Still, I couldn’t give in.

“Seems like your family’s full of traitors,” Max said causally.

“Hmm… s-stop… Max…” I mumbled.

He hovered over me and shushed me gently. He brushed my hair back and smiled but it was the most disgusting smile I’d ever seen.

I turned my head and that was all I could to get away from him. I had no power to move my arms or legs. I could only move my fingers and that wasn’t good for much.

“It’ll be over before you know it.”

A thousand things went through my mind. I regret falling asleep last night. I had a dot of hope that Ajax would receive the note I wrote but our plans faltered now my Grandmother was dragged out. I only had one thing to hold onto and I didn’t know it would work.

“Make sure you get this right. We might not have another chance. Doctor Wynter was a fool for crossing me. You don’t want to end up like him.” Max warned the team of doctors.

Oh no! What happened to the doctor?

“Yes, Sir,” the doctor added.

I rolled my head to the other side. Sun didn’t poke through the window. The sun wasn’t awake yet but it had to be the early hours of the day. The moon was still out.

Moon goddess, why did you give me powers I can’t use? Don’t let them do this.

A scream came from somewhere in the house. My heart rate spiked. What’s going on? I turned my head as the doctors moved around tubes and cups. None of them stopped what they were doing as more screams erupted from the house.

One doctor came around and raised my leg one after another.

I squeezed my eyes shut and concentrated.

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Ajax POV

“Why the hell can’t I get through!” I kicked the back door.

“Magic. We should have brought back up,” Ross said casually.

“We have no choice but to burn the place.”

“Don’t do that. Delanie’s human, what if she inhales too much smoke? Head instead of muscles remember?”

“Talia, where are you?” I grumbled.

I pulled out my phone. It was two in the morning. We spent hours going to every high profile building notorious for dirty dealings. My knuckles were red from all the jaws I’d punched. I wouldn’t be welcome in Star City after this that’s for sure.

It was a miracle we discovered Max’s car. I texted Talia after Ross and I were blasted across the street when we tried to go through the front door.

I felt her close but my anxious wolf told me she wasn’t alright.

“You owe me big for this!” Talia growled as she appeared in the alley.

Her hair was wild and she was still in her pink pyjamas. I’d never seen her in anything other than black.

“What's going on?” she asked, dropping her black backpack on the ground.

“Protection magic. Won’t let us inside,” Ross explained.

Could we hurry up? I needed to get to her. I hoped she didn’t think I abandoned her. It’s been too long. What have they done to her? If I find out Margot’s been pimping out my mate this building won’t be here when the sun comes up.

Talia lifted a shoulder, grabbed the doorknob and turned it. She walked into the dark entrance.

“Looks like it was a specific protection spell. Easy to break—”

A scream interrupted her. She came back and pulled out a bunch of stuff from her backpack. My heart was racing. The rise in feminine cries made me want to burst into the building.

“We don’t have time to burn anything. Drink this both of you.”

She threw two, pint size bottles of a black liquid mixed with green herbs. It looked like shit! I drowned it in a second and Ross did the same. We cursed in unison. If this didn’t work Talia wouldn’t hear the end of this.

The horrible drink worked Ross and I penetrated the building but were stopped by women in petite pyjamas running down the stairs. They dragged us down to the last step. I grabbed a blonde with wavy hair.

“Relax, what’s going on? We’re here to help.”

Her eyes grew wide. “Blood everywhere. It’s awful. Margot set us free she told us to run.”

I let her go and she didn’t stay another second. Ross and I attempted to get upstairs again. I smelt smoke in the hallway. Someone beat me to burning this place. Thick grey smoke seeped under a shut door.

I stopped and kicked the door open.

“Let me go!” Delanie screamed.

Three men struggled to keep her down. Two of those men had surgical masks and scrubs.

Her dress was down to her waist and her hair covered her face. There was a table close to the bed with all sorts of tubes, cups and tools.

What the hell?

A raging fire consumed the curtain and travelled down the carpet. General Max stood between Delanie’s legs. She screamed and struggled she didn’t notice me in the doorway but I locked eyes with the man I’d been hunting for.

“Get your dirty hands off of her,” I growled.

Ross stepped back. He knew what was happening. My wolf cut through my skin in a swift violent shift. I didn’t have the time to think about the pain. I fuelled the pain to attack General Max.

His eyes turned red his lips curled in a challenge. Big mistake, General Maximus.