Chapter 30: Blue

carelessness.

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Skylar sat in his cell staring at the night sky as he waited patiently for his people to come to his rescue. He was so proud like he knew that his plan worked and that Jon was able to get it done. He had the woman his brother loved and he had power in his hands, this was his time to rule and conquer, not as Alpha of one pack but the King of all werewolves in existence, with Elaine by his side as his queen and his eternal supply of power from her stone. He fantasized about having her in his bed and how he was going to f*ck her so hard that she forgets what Edgar tasted like. This was his time to be king.

“Your majesty, its time to go” Jon said after killing two guards that stood in front of the cell.

“You’re here earlier than I expected” Skylar said as they both walked through the halls.

“Everything’s in place, the girl is captured, the pack house is empty” Jon said looking left and right as he was being vigilant to avoid any surprise attacks from the guards.

“And what about Edgar? Is he dead?” Skylar asked hoping he gets the answer he wants to hear.

“No he isn’t, he didn’t come back till after we made them run away from the house” Jon said.

“Elaine doesn’t need to know that he isn’t dead” Skylar said and Jon nodded in agreement.

Elaine’s POV

I woke up to find myself inside a tent, it was a big one that were mostly set up for kings. I tried to stand up and I noticed that my hands and legs were tied to the bed posts. Where am I? It was the only question that kept ringing in my head.

After some moments of utter confusion, Skylar walked inside with a grin on his smug face, my worst nightmare has come true. Being a hostage to a psychopath that all his thoughts are to have me as his wife.

“Hello, my Lady” he said as he poured wine into his cup, he sat on a chair facing me still smiling like a fool that he was.

“What do you want from me?” I said with disgust written all over my face.

“I see you’re not scared, well you shouldn’t be” He said after taking a sip of wine from his cup.

“Why should I be scared? There’s really nothing you can do now that will scare me anymore” I said confidently even if I knew that deep down I was scared for my life.

“I know that, well let’s get to why I’m really here, I came to tell you that you’re beloved is dead and his body was found amongst all others in the burnt house” he said and I looked him dead in the face with no form of expression on my face, I knew he was lying.

I would’ve believed him if I didn’t know that the guardian of stones do not die till there is someone else who is worthy of bearing the stone and in a case where the person isn’t able to bear a child, the stone picks its champion.

“When you’re done bluffing you can let me know” I said and I saw his countenance change slightly, it was pissing him off that I am mot reacting the way he wanted.

“Having faith in him isn’t going to bring him back to life” he said.

“Having faith in him is the only thing I can do now, so I will go with it” I said and looked away.

“Look at me when I’m talking to you” he said in a low and icy tone.

“Get over it Skylar, you’re not my type and keeping me captive is not going to change that” I said not still looking at him. In one swift moment he appeared closer to me, holding my neck and strangling me with all his might.

“You will eventually give in, and when that time comes, I will do wicked things to your body, things that Edgar isn’t capable of” He said running his hand up my thighs and I flinched making sure his hand never reached its destination.

“F*ck you Skylar” I said as soon as he let go of my neck and I spat on his face.

He paused for a while and gave me a slap across my face, I could hear my right ear ring and I could taste blood in my mouth.

He walked out of the tent angrier than ever.

I tried to undo the ropes but nothing worked, I needed to get out of here before Skylar gets the wild idea of forcing himself on me, it was only a matter of time before that happened and I couldn’t sit and wait for it.

“Elaine” I heard my name in a whisper, I listened to hear it again, maybe it was only the figment of my imagination.

“Elaine,” the voice said again this time a little but clearer.

“Who’s there” I said with a loud, confident voice as I was very scared that I was being hunted by a ghost.

“It’s me” I heard the voice from my side and when I looked I nearly passed out again, I saw someone that looks exactly like me standing in front of me the only difference being that she was transparent and blue.

“Who are you and what do you want from me?” I said shakily as I was so scared.

“I am you and we’re in trouble, we don’t have time for that now we need to get you out of here” she said and I became even more confused.

“We’ll have this conversation later as for now how do I get out of these things?” I said, I don’t know why I trusted her but I just had a feeling that she was me and we were one.

“I’ll do that” she said and the ropes used to bind me disappeared.

“How did you do that?” I said getting up hastily.

“We’ll talk about it later, for now we need to get out of here” she said as she made way for the front of the tent.

“We can’t take there, they’ll see me” I said panicking.

“They won’t, you’re invisible but it won’t last long so we better move fast” she said and I followed behind her closely. It was late and quiet and all of them were fast asleep on the ground, we ran through the camp and just when we were close to the edge of the forest, they blew a horn.

“They’ve found out we’re missing, come on we need to go” she said and we ran through the woods without stopping, I remembered how it felt literally running for my life again and I thought to myself; “When am I ever going to stop running?”.