Chapter 32 Torture (part 2)
Ryan’s pov.
When I got in front of her the woman who was on her back had already gotten off, looking around frantically.
“Is this Creeds tribe?” She asks me, clutching my hands like they’re a lifeline.
“Yes… it is, how do you know Creed?” I question her, not once taking my eyes off of the brown wolf.
“My daughter! Lily! They’re in danger. They saved me…” she starts to say but chokes on a sob, “Danny! He has them both, I don’t know what he’s going to do to them but it’s not good. We have to save them as soon as possible!” She starts looking around frantically, still clutching my hands.
“It’s okay, calm down. Lily? Yes, she’s Creed’s mate and, yes, this is Creed's tribe,” I say calmly to her.
“Oh my goddess, thank you, hurry! Hurry! We need to get back to them! I’ll show you the way!” Finally, after she’s done talking my mate starts shifting into her human form.
I quickly pull my shirt over my head for her to wear. As soon as she’s done she looks me in the eyes and totally rocks my world, I smile sheepishly at her and extend my shirt towards her. She grabs it and slips it on, not before I got a glimpse of her curves though. She’s absolutely beautiful.
Long black hair, bright emerald eyes, an oval shaped face with freckles scattered all over. She looks to be 5 '10, not too tall, not too short. She’s perfect.
“Hello… mate,” she says shyly, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.
“What’s your name?” I ask her, smiling sweetly.
“Rayali..” she says, cheeks flushed pink.
“Rayali,” I tried the name on my tongue. Causing her neck to flush red.
“I’m sorry to interrupt, but we really need to speed this along,” Lily's mother says urgently.
“Sorry,” I say sheepishly, “let’s go talk to the warriors.” We start walking back to where I was standing originally, Rayali, casually walks beside me, hands grazing each other. I can feel the telltale signs of the mate bond coming to life, the electric feeling from where she touched is addicting.
“Listen up! We have confirmation that our king and queen have been captured and need saved!” I boom out, “we leave tonight! These ladies will lead the way.”
Creeds pov.
Another crack from the whip that’s hitting Lily reverberates in my brain. I growl in my head, the faint pulse of Lily's magic is racing through my veins making the poison in my system clear itself out, I can feel Hunter's presence making itself known in my head.
I try calming myself down, Lily has a plan, if she’s somehow able to Channel her magic into me she’s got to be doing something in there.
It’s been 32 hours since I’ve woken up strapped down to this bed, I’ve been keeping track of the minutes going by, the only thing keeping my mind off of the pain. Not my pain but the pain they are inflicting on Lily, that is my torture.
“Fuck you, you bastard!” Lily screams, spittle flying over her half brother's face. Gareth just smiles wider, wiping his face with the back of his hand.
“Shut up, I’m the one in control. Not you.” Growling, he grabs Lily's jaw roughly slamming her into the cement wall behind her, blood starts pouring out of her head but all she does is laugh. She laughs! Like a maniac!
“One day…You’ll regret you were even born…” she says, smiling with blood all over her teeth, spitting it in his face.
“Why you little-“Gareth starts saying but Lily whips her head towards him fast, head butting him so hard she breaks his nose. Blood starts gushing out, Gareth grabs his nose frantically looking at Lily like he couldn’t believe she just did that.
“You little bitch!” He screams in her face, grabbing her by the hair and punching her in the face multiple times.
“Stop! Hit me instead! Do whatever to me, just leave her alone!” I yell as loud as I can, finding some renowned strength from Lily's magic.
Gareth’s head whips around in my direction, “you think I’m going to listen to you? Again, I’m in charge here. I do what I want-“ before he can finish Lily's father, Danny, walks through the door into the room Lily's in.
“Blood or not, daughter. You will tell me where your mother is. Whether I have to beat it out of you,” he says, too calmly.
Lily starts laughing again, “I’d rather die than help you with anything.”
“I was hoping you’d see reason… but clearly you’re just as stubborn as Athena. Gareth… do what needs to be done.” Without another word he walks out of the room.
Lilys pov.
“I was hoping you’d see reason… but clearly you’re just as stubborn as Athena. Gareth… do what needs to be done.” My father says before walking out of the room.
“Fucking coward!” I yell at him as the door closes.
Blood is drying to my hair, matting it up, I think my nose is broken from Gareth punching me, but the only thing I can think about is healing Creed while I can. Slowly I’ve been clearing the poison out of his system, edging Gareth on so he stays in here.
Gareth, oblivious to my inner thoughts, starts pacing the room.
“What to do next… there’s so many things we could do…” he says. Walking towards me he looks at the bloodied mess he made. Smiling as if he’s satisfied.
“You know, I’ve always resented you, hated you even. Ever since I could remember I dreamed of this day. The day I inflicted all different kinds of pain on you until you died…. You see, father doesn’t want to kill you. But I do, and he’ll forgive me some day. This is what I’ve dreamt of my whole life,” as he’s finishing he brings his fist down on my face again.
My head whips to the side, blood spraying out of my mouth and nose all over the floor. I turn my head back in his direction and smile at him.
‘I can’t wait to kill this mother fucker. I feel bad for his dragon though, Lily. He’s not like his human counterpart. I can sense the goodness in him,’ Sapphire says to me.
‘It doesn’t matter anymore. He has to die.’
“You do know I’m better than you, right?” I start goading him on, “I’m stronger, faster and smarter. If you didn’t resort to poisoning me… I would’ve killed you,” I whisper the last part to him.
His eyes darken and his nostrils start to flare, you can see the anger start to consume him.
“You are not better than me!” He screams in my face, spittle flying on me. I cringe knowing I’m unable to wipe it off.
“Fuck you!” I yell, spitting the blood and saliva in my mouth on his face. His eyes darken even more, turning completely black.
“You’ve got a mouth on you…” he says between clenched teeth.
Thinking of something snarky to say back to him I notice Creeds slowly breaking through the straps holding him down. He must have Hunter back now.
“Atleased my mate can enjoy the mouth I have on me, you on the other hand? You won’t even see the light of day.”