Chapter 7 Girl In Chains
I had promised myself after everything that I wouldn’t waste my time with women ever again. I would never marry, or claim a mate. And this little plan they have to push me to do it isn’t going to make me change my mind.
“Elijah, I didn’t mean-” Aiden started but I cut him off sharply.
“Forget it.” My tone was final.
He got the message that I wasn’t in the mood. They both didn’t try to speak again.
I still wasn’t back to normal, after the unnecessary reminder of Emily and what happened with her.
I couldn’t concentrate so I walked out of his room and went back to mine before changing my course and heading towards the door.
A run in the woods was the perfect thing to take my mind off all this talk that was annoying me.
Quickly changing out of my formal wear, I put on normal clothes and slipped into the dark woods.
They say you learn new things everyday but I never thought this was what the day had in store for me. Watching the way this wolf’s so called family were treating her was eye opening. I never imagined I’d get to see a wolf treat their own child like this.
As I watched the way these people treated her, it drove me crazy because they were the ones who were supposed to be protecting her.
Lycans valued their children, they loved and died for them but it obviously wasn’t applying to these people. They treated her like a slave not worthy to stand before them.
Her father just stood there in silence, not saying anything to defend her while the girl, Lisa, just kept feeding him with lies. What good father would stand still and watch as his daughter is hit by another man in his presence but he didn’t even move an inch.
I would have ripped his hand off first for calling me a rogue, then for having the guts to raise his hand on her. But I couldn’t blame him, he didn’t know I was an Alpha.
But I was a King only in my Kingdom and by White Crescent rules, Adriana and I should be sentenced to death. This was one of the rules that was set to be abolished by the time we sign the treaty.
Both our sides have seen countless people get sentenced to death for falling in love and due to it being a rule that my father had passed with the Alpha of White Crescent at that time, I had no other choice but to honor it.
There was no way I was going to allow her to get killed based on a lie. I would protect her with my own life if I have to, because she’s innocent.
Before I can open my mouth to speak, Lisa beats me to it.
“Dad, say something. She’s just going to lie her way out of this situation. Sentence her to death right away!” If her father had a brain, he would see that Lisa was so desperate to get her killed and he won’t fall for her tricks.
“Just stop it, Lisa! I can’t do it!” I saw Adriana visibly relaxing. I felt so bad for her because all this was happening because I showed up “But you’re not going to be free. Take them to the dungeons and lock them up! I’ll deal with this in the morning with a clear head.”
The dungeons? No way in hell.
“Wait, listen to me, you don’t know who I am.” The guards didn’t listen to me, they just began dragging us away.
“Dad? Dad, please! You have to believe me! Please!” Her father turned his back on her as his daughter was being dragged away.
“Hey,” I called for her “It’s okay. This will soon be cleared up and we’ll be out of here.”
“This is my fault. I’m sorry, if you hadn’t stepped in to save me, you would have been safe. I’m sorry for this.”
My heart broke, hearing those words. I wanted to tell her that if given the opportunity, I would save her over and over again without thinking about it twice but I didn’t. She shouldn’t have to take on the pain alone.
Frantically, I searched my waist for my Kingship band but tonight in all the years I’ve been King is the first time I’m leaving the house without it. Just perfect.
“Hey wait, listen to me “ I tried to reason with the guards but they didn’t listen. “I’m the Lycan King. My name is Elijah Stormborn, you will be committing a big crime!”
They dragged us into a building with no light. I still couldn’t believe I was getting arrested.
“It’s okay. You don’t have to lie.” Adriana gently whispered to me.
I’m not lying! Why wouldn’t anyone believe me?!
I needed to figure a way out of here. It wouldn’t make sense for me to fight all these wolves on my own. There were too many and I would put Adriana at risk. I wasn’t even hearing Ezra so it meant this wasn’t a situation that I would need to fight in.
Mind linking was my only hope.
“Hazel, I need help. I’ve been arrested by White Crescent.“