Chapter 42

Amelia gasped, her chest rising up, and down in deep breaths. She blinked and sighed, her eyes darting around the unfamiliar room, her brows furrowed in confusion. She sat up in slow motion, feeling a tinge of pain shot through the side of her neck making her rub it tiredly. Her brain still found it hard to wrap around where she was since she wasn't calm at that moment.

She looked around the place again, there was no painting detected, it looked dark, or it was probably just a black painting. She was in the middle of the room on a bed that made a creaking sound at any movement.

She blinked, her mind beginning to whirl around how she got to an unfamiliar place. Her impulses were deadlocked at first but not until the first thing she could pinpoint was Finn.

Just the name alone vandalized her mind with every other memory that came with it. She was looking for Finn and she couldn't find him, then someone...

Her eyes widened as fear started creeping into her. She stood up from the bed and walked toward the only door she could find. She held the knob and tried to get it to open but it didn't budge. She forced it but to no avail.

She swallowed a lump building in her throat, her heart beginning to pound on her chest. She began hitting the door incessantly. "WHO'S THERE?!" She yelled. "PLEASE LET ME OUT!" She pleaded, her hand still banging on the door.

"I was thinking she wasn't gonna wake anymore," Lisa said with a smile as she concocted a spell on her table. She ground it to powder form, spoke some inaudible words, and took the flat plate in front of Finn who gave her a death glare.

She tilted her head at his wounds that were slowly closing. One thing that made her annoyed. His ability to heal no matter the pain endowed on him.

"Whatever you're doing is not gonna work...Lisa? This whatever enchanted chain..." He said with a strain as he tried to force it out of the ceiling. "It won't hold me for long and I will reap you apart." He threatened in anger.

Although Lisa was a bit affected by his statement, she smirked now looking unfazed by his words. "You being here isn't for nothing, Luc. I'm not stupid."

"Leave Mia out of it." He warned with a voice envelope in anger, his eyes blazing red at her.

She gaped, still looking unfazed. "She's the main part of it." Then she smiled, before blowing the powder at him in full force.

He blinked, his face frowned as it suddenly surrounded him like a fog then it all calmed as it settled on the ground. "What the hell was that?"

She took two steps backward. "Just something temporal. I just...delayed that healing component of yours." She gave a hint to the palace guards. "Now when they torture you, they can see what they're doing." She gave him an evil smile and walked out of the room.

One of them took a sword and swiped it at Finn's face making him groan. "Shit."

They kept it on, using all sorts of weapons to torture him. He was weakened, his blood flowing down from every part he was brutally hurt. His body was bent cause he was feeling like he was about to shut down. Like his body was no longer his.

He doesn't remember the last time he felt so weak. So vulnerable.

Amelia kept hitting the door more louder but she got no reply. She could hear some wailing sounds and all her mind could think of was Finn. She knew whatever situation she was in wasn't a joke.

It finally dawned on her that they were kidnapped.

The door opened, causing Finn to slowly raised his head. His eyes seeing double but he still was able to recognize he was walking toward him. A kid who thinks he's something just because he managed to become king.

"I don't even know what to address you as..." Logan began, staring at his countenance. "Look what you were turned into. The almighty Luc Stark."

Finn gritted his teeth in anger "I'll..." He swallowed. "I'll make you regret this."

Logan shook his head "Tsk tsk tsk. Still being arrogant."

"This is nothing...kid," Finn said with a smirk. "Being tortured isn't a new thing for me."

Logan's jaw tightened in anger and walked closer to him. "Do I look like a kid to you?"

"Don't let the crown get in your head, kid."

Logan gave him a hard punch in the face. It made Finn sigh as he tried hard to withstand the pain since he was hit at a wounded part, then he began chuckling darkly. "This isn't gonna last. You guys are just delaying the inevitable."

Logan smirked. "How do you know that when you don't even know what we have in store for you? We were able to successfully capture you, able to slow down your healing process, I don't think you should doubt what we are capable of."

Finn's eyes softened as he pondered on the words he heard. They were truly able to do some things but it'll still be impossible for them to be able to kill him.

Logan looked at Lisa with a smile on his face. "Why don't you bring her out? Let's get this over and done with."

"What the hell do you want to do with her?" He questioned accusingly. "Leave her be." He ordered.

Logan chuckled. "I guess you haven't wondered yet how we were able to get your location. Thankfully, your mates' mind is easy to enter."

Finn's jaw clenched hard since he understood everything Logan said.

The door opened and Amelia finally came out but she was suddenly dragged by hefty men. Before she could think of struggling, her gaze landed on Finn. "Oh my God." She breathed out in shock.

She was beginning to get the sense of deja vu.