Chapter 133 Unexpected Ally pt 1
Seren
I slumped back on the cot once I was sure Alpha Brian and his men had left the dungeon. My head was throbbing and the silver cuffs on my wrists burned slightly, but that was nothing compared to the full-body ache from whatever they had injected me with.
I’d been conscious for hours. I came to in the car, but instincts honed over years of abuse at Blood Moon kicked in and I stayed quiet, acting like I was still out. They fell for it, but I didn’t pick up much information since the alpha slept for much of the ride. It did allow me to work on contacting Kara, though, which was critical for us both. For whatever reason, despite the concoction that surely held wolfsbane, she wasn’t gone completely.
My bond with her was muffled, as if it were buried under layers and layers of cotton. I could reach her, feel her energy, know she was safe, but I couldn’t access any of our powers. Teleportation would have come in handy right about now, but I was out of luck on that one. At least she was there, though. I tested the other bonds, opening the doors in my mind like Kara taught me, but I couldn’t feel Duncan at all. Our mate bond was just…blank. I tried to calm the panic that bubbled up at the realization. It must mean that what that horrid man said was true. Duncan had been hurt and was incapacitated. The bond hadn’t broken, so he wasn’t dead. Yet.
The threads tying me to Gideon and my parents were there, but so faint they were basically useless. I screamed down the bonds, mental voice echoing, and received nothing in return. It was a long shot, I knew, since they were so far away. But I hoped that the twin bond, at least, would be strong enough. That left Lucian. He was the only other bond I could think of that might be strong enough to hear me.
I opened that door and was blasted at once. Fear, determination, and an overwhelming sense of the bond getting increasingly stronger hit me in waves.
‘Lucian?’ I was tentative, almost afraid to hope.
‘Thank the Goddess! Luna! Are you okay? I’m tracking you now. I’ve been tracking you through the bond. Please tell me you’re okay.’ His voice was strained.
‘I’m alive. Mostly unhurt, I guess. I don’t know where I am, but I know that Alpha Brian was behind this. He’s the one who took me.’
He growled, the sound carrying his anger to me. ‘I’m an hour out from his pack now. Do you have any idea where he’s keeping you?’
‘I’m in the dungeons. They’re behind the pack house. I don’t know much more about his pack layout. But you have to be careful. There are silver bars on the cells.’
‘Silver—but how are you talking to me, then? You shouldn’t be able to communicate.’
‘We’ll worry about that later. How many men are with you?’
‘Three. I couldn’t wait for more. And the pack was hit hard. We’ll figure it out. Can you hang on?’
‘I’ve been hurt worse than this before. I’ll be fine. Let me know when you’re close.’
I let out a breath, leaning my head against the wall behind me. Lucian was coming. I wasn’t alone. He’d get backup if he needed it, so all I had to do was to endure until he got here or until my powers came back, whichever came first. I could handle that.
My eyes snapped open at the scuff of feet against stone to my left. I sat up, looking into the cell beside me, to see a thin, dirt-covered woman nearing the bars that our cells shared. Her eyes were bright, fierce, even as her frame told me she’d been down here for quite some time. “Are you okay?” she asked me, whispering through the silver.
I nodded, taking in the bruises on her face, her arms, and around her throat. Someone wanted this woman broken. “Who are you?”