Chapter 42

Chapter 42
Mel.
"Oh my God! mum?" I rush to her ignoring the pain in my limbs.
"Oh honey, they found you" she cries and I hug her battered body carefully not to hurt her more.
Why isn't she healing? Werewolves heal fast right?
"What did they do to you?" I whisper tearing up.
Her clothes are bloody, dirty torn and reduced to rugs.
Her beautiful face is swollen with purple marks and bruises all over her face, she has dark circles around her eyes. Someone else won't recognize her.
Her two fingers are missing, clearly cut off and she's still bleeding.
Her legs are bare and her hair is all over the place.
Dried tears are stuck on her once radiant face, and this sight of her breaks my heart.
"They wanted me to lure you out but I couldn't do it. Honey, they took Jake too, am sorry" she cries and I quickly wipe away her tears with my palm.
I thank God she's at least alive.
So they killed jake because he refused to betray me?
That's why Lily took the easy way.
"Am sorry mum, am really sorry" I bury my face in her dirty hair and we cry together.
When I get a chance to end this, that man will be very sorry for hurting them.
"I will get us out of here okay?" I whisper kissing her forehead.
I don't know how am gonna do it but I believe I was chosen for a reason.
I can't let her die here, I can't lose another person I care for.
"Why aren't you healing?" I ask wiping the sticky tears from her face.
"They locked away all of our wolves, we can't shift or do anything," she says laying her head on my lap.
I take a good look at the women and the crying kids and cringe.
"Who are they?" I whisper combing my fingers through her matted hair.
This sight makes me wanna cry, Athena was right. The alpha king needs to go, how can a person be this wicked?
"You haven't seen anything yet sweetheart, he has a hundred cells like this and all of them are full with women and children" she whispers tiredly.
"Why?" I ask looking around.
The woman who confronted me about Aiden is here too.
She looks beat up, unlike the day she was about to tear my throat out.
"He's using them to blackmail someone from their families, most males are threatened to become his warriors or he kills their mates and kids"
That means lily was threatened too. Her brothers were at the pack, did he take her mate?
Some of them here, I killed their mates. I did what I had to though.
"He's really wicked" I murmur, these people look hungry and thirsty, they are so thin that am scared most of them won't live to see another day.
I need to do something, what should I do?
I have till morning to decide or they harm Aiden or Ty.
"Do they feed you?"
"No" she croaks out sighing sadly.
She's the strongest person I have ever known and right now, I can tell she's giving up.
Everyone here is.
I lock eyes with Carl's mate and she quickly looks away. I feel bad for her even though she was a bitch to me.
"How can one get their wolves back?" I whisper so one could hear.
"Did you?" she lifts her head to look at me and I nod.
"Only a witch can do that, they're the ones who did cast the spell"
I have never believed in the moon goddess even after learning she's the creator of werewolves.
What if I try asking for her help? Athena said she chose me right?
These people need to get out of here or they won't survive and I can't let that happen.
It doesn't feel right at all. What he's doing is sick.
I never knew it was this bad.
'Athena' I call her but it's quiet.
I take a deep breath and concentrate more. It's hard when I don't have a wolf with me.
'Athena please' she was always around when I didn't need her, but now that I do, she's nowhere to be found.
"Is there another way? I need to get you out of here" I mumble, I don't even wanna look at her.
The cells open again before she could talk and the previous guard grabs mum and I.
We have no strength to protest so we allow him to drag us wherever.
He takes us to another room, this one looks darker and there are a lot of weapons and torture equipment.
This must be where he kills his victims.
The man is standing in the middle of the room and he smirks when he sees our pathetic selves.
"Just to emphasise our little talk, I thought it will be better if i showed you how serious this situation is" the guard holding us throws us to a corner and I quickly hold my mum before she could touch the floor, and take the impact instead.
Every inch of me is sore, but I can't give him the satisfaction of knowing how much he's hurting me.
My mum is in much more pain than I am.
"I can see you two met, I have someone else you'd like to meet" he smirks and my breathing halts.
Please don't tell me he has someone else. I will seriously be done for.
"Bring him in" he yells and I hastily dart my eyes to the door to see another one of his men hauling in Ty.
"Ty?" I stand up and limp to him and he quickly meets me halfway. I inspect his body and sigh in relief when I find him untouched.
Thank God.
"Mel" he whispers engulfing me in his arms.
"Am sorry sis, dad and Aiden are coming for us okay?" he mumbles in my ear and brushes my hair away from my face.
I should be relieved, but am not. He said they will use Aiden and if he's coming here, it's totally a bad idea.
Those witches are so powerful and I don't want any of my family members taken again.
If he touches my dad or Aiden, I will be forced to work for him.
I can't do that, No.
"Come sit down, you are hurt" he whispers walking me to my mum.
"I hope you'll make the right choice Melanie, you have a lot to lose," the king says pointing at Mum and Ty and my blood boil.
Something in me snaps and I feel a strong urge to hurt him. I feel fire surging through my veins and my breathing becomes rapid.
"Hey, calm down" I hear Ty's voice but it's so faint.
"Look at me" he grabs my shoulders and holds my cheeks directing my face to his, my vision isn't clear but I can make out his face.
"We will be okay" he assures burying my face in his chest.
I circle my hands around him and take in deep breaths and his scent.
After being calm, I lift my head to look at the man who's watching me in amusement, and I return his gaze with great animosity.
I will make him suffer.
We turn to the door at the sound of heels clicking noisily on the floor and behold, a familiar woman walks in with a wide smile on her face.
She walks to the king and kisses his lips and we gape at her in shock.
I can't believe this is happening.
Tyler's hold on me loosens and I stare at him in pity when a tear rolls down from his eye.
"Mum?" he whispers in disbelief.