Ryker
On the third trip down to the basement I opened the cell door, her head popping up and I could smell her fear and I watched in amusement as she wet herself just at the sight of me. She instantly starts crying as I figure out another way to torture her, inflict more pain on her, she would regret ever hurting my family. I look at her toes that sit in the jar before deciding to grab the wolfsbane again. I didn't understand how she was still alive, surely she had no more blood to bleed.
I grab her foot about to smother it in wolfsbane only to freeze before looking at the jar. What the fuck! That is not possible. I look up at her before looking back down. She had toes, she shouldn't have toes. I removed them, you can't grow limbs back but she has somehow managed it. Though they didn't quite look right, I could tell they were definitely growing. I cut them off all the way back yet here she has half toes to the knuckle.
What is she? Nobody can grow back limbs, what exactly had they been doing while experimenting on her, I had never witnessed anything like it before. Even if I lose an arm there's no way I could grow another. How was she even healing? I had given her enough wolfsbane to kill half my pack, yet here she was still alive and breathing, still bleeding profusely like a tap had been turned on. Her wounds not closing, yet she managed to grow back toes?
I shrug, well then I will remove them again, let's see how many sets she can grow, how much I have to remove before they stop growing back altogether. This just made torturing her easier for me. I get up walking back to the table and grab the snips. I walk over to her and she whimpers but is much too weak to struggle anymore. Bending down I grab her foot when I hear a commotion upstairs. My mother's voice hits my ears and I drop the snips before walking out and closing the cell door behind me.
Walking upstairs, I open the basement door and I see my mother and father. I closed the basement door and I could see Mavis talking to them. My parents raced upstairs to my brothers and I followed after them.
"Where is your mate?" My father asks as I approach him.
"In the cells" he nods going over and checking his sons. I lean on the doorway. My mother grabs Ace's hand kissing the back of it before brushing what little hair he had from his face. When she does the same to Tyson though he wakes, stirring under her touch, his eyes opening and his voice a croak.
"Mom," he says softly and I move from my position to go to him.
"Mama is here my boy, I am right here you are going to be okay," she tells him fussing over him, tears staining her cheeks.
"Ace! Where is Ace, he is hurt," Tyson says in a panic, trying to sit up.
"He is right beside you," I tell him and he looks over to the left and lets out a breath.
"I tried but I couldn't shift fast enough, then Ace was hurt. I tried to stop it, but everything happened so quickly." He pauses for a second, his eyes darting around the room. "Wait, where is Reika," Tyson says sitting up alarmed.
"She is downstairs," I tell him and Tyson nods, looking relieved. I couldn't imagine how terrified he was seeing his brother being ripped apart by someone he thought he could trust. The thought alone angered me, that she could be so cruel to inflict that on two young boys.
"Rest sweety," mom tells him, kissing his head and his eyes flutter shut.
"I will go make him something to eat, do you guys want some coffee, food?" I ask my parents.
My mother nods and my father hops up, patting my shoulder. " I will help you," he says, and I nod before turning and walking out.
Walking downstairs, my father follows, falling in line with me. "Why didn't you tell us you found her?"
"It was none of your business," I told him.
"Well she is now, she nearly killed our son's Ryker" he snaps.
"What so you could lecture me about how to treat a mate, fuck off dad. I had no choice but to kill Danika and I am sick and tired of your judgment over it, I don't need it over her. I had no choice but to kill Danika"
"You don't know that," he says as I flick the kettle on.
"I do know that Avery saw it, dad. She would have killed the entire pack. I did what I had to do"
"And what becomes of this new mate."
I shrug, not caring as long as I could make her death painful.
"Is she still alive?" He asks.
"Barely," I tell him and he nods and I couldn't decipher his expression, was he mad she was alive or angry at what is to come of her.
"What? I kill my first mate and you carry on like a dick, but this one you don't want to have your say" I ask him.
"What can I say, nothing I say will make you change your mind but how do you bear it? Killing your own mate?" He spits at me not hiding his disgust. We used to be close, had a good connection, that all ended when I killed Danika. He couldn't wrap his head around the fact she needed to die, he never even met her and yet was pissed at me for killing her, taking her traitorous side over his own son.
"I just do, and I haven't marked her. She will be like the last one. Avery can make any lasting effects go away," I tell him.
I make some sandwiches and coffee. My father helps me carry them upstairs and I hand my mother her mug.
"Has Ace woken up yet?" She shakes her head sadly, taking a cup from me.
I walk over and brush Tyson's hair back, his eyes fluttering open. "Here buddy, try eating it will help," I tell him, handing him the ham and tomato sandwich. It takes him half an hour to eat half of it, as he keeps falling asleep between bites.