Chapter 51 Chapter 60
ADRIANA'S POV
A loud thud had daciana and I jumping to our feet. Her golden eyes roved around the open garden, her stance defensive. She sniffed the air while I frantically looked around, another thud sounded just above us and she cursed. Her eyes glazed over, how usually did when she was mindlinking. She must not have gotten what she was looking for because she rushed to my side and swept me up.
"Fuck," she cursed and with me hanging limply on her side, started running back toward the house.
My eyes were wide with fear, I was confused not knowing what was going on but that didn't stop the fear from taking over my body. She ran up to the stairs, like she was walking on smooth ground. My added weight did not bother her in the least she sprinted up. She reaches the landing a lot sooner than I would have been able to alone.
She pretty much throws me on the bed, her whole demeanor shaken and worried.
"Stay here and don't open the door unless you hear me or Xander." She commands, the words coming out in a rush of a breath. "Daciana," I started stuttering. I don't even know what I wanted to tell her but I felt like I needed to say something. She shook her head. "Just please stay here. I can't reach anyone through the mindlink and there seem to be intruders." My eyes nearly fell out of my sockets from the way they bulged.
I was mostly in the house when something like that happened but the fear was all the same. Not knowing if your pack members and family were going to be fine. I always felt scared for my father and brothers. They were all the family I had and whatever happened, I didn't want anything to happen to them. I would rather be a prisoner in the home that I've known than a slave in some other pack. We've seen how slaves were treated. It's why most people choose to be rogues rather.
"Please be safe." I managed to say to daciana before she walked out. She nods at me, giving me a pleading look, urging me to listen to her. She runs out, the doors closing after her, I hear the lock slide into place before her retreating footsteps start, then fade into nothing. Leaving me to my thoughts and the worry that was gnawing at my throat.
My whole body was shaking with fear, I didn't even know where to start from. I've never heard of Xander's pack being ambushed, though I never hear anything about anyone. Most of the news I hear were from eavesdropping when the maids came around the pack house or there was a ceremony and the members were let in. I've never heard of an attack in all of those and even those history books never talk about him being attacked, he mostly does the attacking.
I didn't stay on the bed, every nerve in my body protested when I moved but it didn't stop me. I looked from my left to my right, trying to think of something else to keep my mind busy. My heart was beating fast in my chest, images of that wolf throwing me against that tree filling my head. It happened way too close for me to even try and distract myself.
I kept feeling like someone was watching me, the blinds in the room were down but I could feel them watching, as though bidding time before they attacked. The hairs on the back of my neck were standing, my entire body ridden with fear.
I started picking at my nails, for the lack of better things to do. Me being unable to fight or do anything to protect myself hurt more than anything right now. And the anger my father had stroked earlier hit me right then and I screamed.
It wasn't going to do anything, especially help me right now but it made me feel better at least. My voice filled the room, the four walls bearing witness to my frustration and moment of weakness.
I fell back on the bed, lying on my stomach and gripped the pillow, cursing my wolf for coming late. Even if I didn't know how to fight, I would have a better advantage if I had a wolf and could shift. I was as weak and defenseless as a child in my present state.
Tears streamed down my face out of anger, I let myself feel every emotion I was denied. Anger, hurt, agitation. All of it. I acted like I didn't care but I was the one most affected from not being able to shift. I felt like less of a wolf and I didn't belong anywhere. Carlson and everyone in the pack made sure to remind me I was less than them every time they had the chance. I was sick and tired of it all.
I wished I could help Daciana out. When she was bringing me, I could hear the stillness in the house. We had been alone and if the noise we heard actually was intruders then I didn't know how she was going to handle them alone. We heard two thuds which probably meant two wolves or Lycans, there could be more.
I couldn't just sit here and hope they fight and survive this. Daciana has been nice to me since I got here, she was the only person I was sure cared about me. Even if I couldn't fight, I could at least distract them until help came.
I doubted her brother would leave her and if he knew she was alone, he must be on his way. I ignored the voice in my head reminding me of Daciana's order.
I would rather die trying to save her than be locked in the castle like a helpless princess.
Carlson's mocking voice filled my head, making me grip the sides of my ears, trying to shut him out.
"You're not a helpless princess you bitch, you're a useless whore."
I didn't pay much attention to it as I rushed to the window. I opened the blinds and looked down, my eyes taking in the distance from there to the ground. If I tried jumping, I would fall to my death before I even got close to getting to Daciana.
I moved back and started pacing, trying to think of another way. Realizing there wasn't going to be any way out except there, I shut every other voice in my head and climbed out.