Chapter 53
**Roman’s POV**
“LILLIAN, OPEN THIS DOOR BEFORE I BREAK IT DOWN” I’m jolted awake by someone screaming, It sounds like my Adam but his tone is furious and desperate. Even though my brain is awake my body feels heavy, too heavy to even open my eyelids so they remain closed. In an effort to get closer to my mate and calm him down I will my body to sit up only to find my hands and feet restrained.
Within seconds of that realisation I find my heartbeat quicken to a hurried pounding in my chest and my mind races trying to figure out where the hell I am. Am I still at Dark Claw? That would explain the fact I’m tied down. though I also have panicked and hazy memories of Adam and I at the pack clinic. Nothing makes sense so with the little strength in my body I try to fight against the cuffs on my limbs but it is to no avail. Even though these cuffs are padded unlike the usual silver ones my captures prefer, my thrashing still feels like it will leave more bruises upon my battered body.
“Hey sshhh, stop fighting. Just drink this” I hear who I can only assume is Luna Samira say as something cold and smooth presses against my lips. I force my eyes open but everything is slightly blurred and I can’t see Samira clearly. “I won’t tell you anything so just kill me already Samira”
“Fine, if you want to end all the pain drink this” she tips the small vial she is holding against my mouth into it. No, I can’t give up this easily. As much as my hold body aches, every breath and heartbeat causing me more pain I cannot just let her kill me. I need to get back home, save my pack, see my family, hold my mate again.
I think Samira see’s in my expression that I still have fight left in me and am about to spit out whatever is in my mouth. So using both hands she clamps my jaw shut and pinches my nose forcing me to either swallow or suffocate. As much as I want to overpower her hold on me, I am too weak and I feel the cool liquid slide down my throat. She releases her hold on me and I gulp down what may be my very last breaths just to stop the burning in my lungs.
Her poison leaves a floral and bitter taste on my tongue and I swear I can feel it seep into every part of my body cooling down the acidic burn I have felt since Todd first sliced into me. Maybe letting go isn’t so bad? I stop fighting against my restraints, close my eyes and just melt into the bed I’m lying on, feeling my body go numb.
“Okay boys, you can come in now” I hear my guest say, but now my mind has started to relax. Her voice sounds clearer and nothing like Samira. “Now help me get these cuffs off him before he freaks out again”
“What the hell did you do to Roman?” Adam says, Adam is here! I can’t make sense of where I am or what is happening to me but if Adam is here I need to touch him at least one last time. As I feel one of my restraints slip away from my right arm I reach out towards where I heard his voice.
“A…Adam” I whisper and I feel the sparks trickle down my fingertips as his hand wraps around mine. “I’m right here little mate. Are you okay?”
“He will be, thanks to me” the girl's voice rings out again and I feel my angel’s grip tighten on me. Opening my eyes, my vision seems slightly clearer now and I see my Adam looking ready to tear a small girl to pieces right in front of me. “What did you do Lillian?”
“How many times do I need to tell you? I saved him. The foxglove brew in large doses will slowly destroy him from the inside if left untreated and it sounded like it was starting to reach his brain from what you said. So I needed to get your mate to drink the antidote and I didn’t have time for you to fight me on it so I did what I needed to”
“Adam, where am I?”
“Home, you’re finally home my love. How are you feeling Roman?” he asks, using the hand that isn’t gripping mine to cup my cheek. With his thumb he wipes away the tears that I didn’t even realise were rolling down my cheeks.
“Better now” which is true. I still am trying to understand exactly what is happening to me and what that girl Lillian gave me, whether it was poison or antidote. All I know right now though the fire that has been searing my body for I have no idea how long has finally started to die down, and my Adam is by my side.
“Angel, I am so tired but if I fall asleep, will you still be here when I wake up?”
Ofcourse, I will not leave your side till you order me away. Get some sleep Roman”