25. Hold on!

My eyes were as wide as the Moon, and my heart was beating frantically.

He wants me to give him heirs?

"Fuck you, Mateo! First, you rejected me, and now you want to have kids with me? Never! I will not do this!"

"You will, Amaya! And you know why? Because if you don't, then I will kill them!" he said, pointing at my father and Leon.

"Do not do that, Amaya! Do not listen to him!" Leon said.

"Oh! Shut up, you pathetic Beta! She will do it because she cares about you! Don't you, Amaya?"

I look away without an answer. They knew pretty well that I would do anything for my family.

"Get her ready for tonight, Cora! I need to take care of that stupid girl now!" Mateo said, tying my hands.

"What girl?!" I ask too quickly, hoping he was not talking about Anna.

"Oh, yeah! I forgot to tell you that you will only be my mistress and the mother of my kids. But Bianca will be the Queen as she is easier to manipulate. So, please don't get jealous, Mate!"

I sigh in relief. I didn't care about the throne right now. All I care about is saving my family.

"I will willingly give you an heir if you let them go! Now!"

"No, Mate! I will let them go when I am sure you will do that! I can't trust you don't matter how hard I try! Now be a good girl and listen to Cora."

I spit at him and try to hit him with my head but instead, he grabs my hair and punches me in the face.

"Amaya!" my father and Leon yell at the same time.

"Is this all you can do?" I ask, laughing.

He punched again and again till I fell on the floor in a pool of blood.

"Get her back to the dungeon! She needs to learn how to behave before she gets out of there!" Mateo said to his sister, annoyed before storming out of the room.

"Come with me bitch! I will give you a lesson!" Cora said, grabbing my hair.

"Do not touch her!" Leon shouted, pushing the guards away and running towards Cora.

His head connects to her nose and the bone cracking was all that can be heard before the two guards stop him.

"Take them back to the dungeons! I will come to visit them later!" Cora screamed, holding her broken nose.

The guards locked us back in our cells. The good thing now was that we were next to each other.

"I'm sorry, Leon! I should have been more careful." I said in a low voice avoiding his eyes.

"Don't be, Amaya! It is not your fault! If only I had seen the true face of Cora. But no! I was so excited to finally find her that I haven't paid any attention to the details. Please, forgive me!"

"Oh, Leon! You are two good to deserve this. I am so sorry about your Mate! And hope you will forgive me if I kill her. Because if I have the chance, I will not hesitate to."

"No, Amaya! I should be the one to kill her."

"Still fight over stupid things? I might kill her and put an end to all of this."

"Anna?" Leon asks with sparks in his eyes.

"Anna! What are you doing here? You can get caught!" I shout at her.

"They are dead! The guards, I mean! I came to help you out! But there is a problem." she said, looking down.

"What?" I ask impatiently.

"Just one of us can get out of here for now!"

"What do you mean, Anna?" Leon asks.

"I mean, the only way to get out is the one that I get in. Is a small tunnel in the dungeon at the end of this hallway. If we all get out of here now, they will notice. So... I was thinking..."

"No, Anna! Please don't say it! Please!"

"But that is the only way, Amaya! Think about your father and Leon! Think about your people.

They will all die if you stay here, And you know that."

Tears start falling on my cheeks when I realise that she is right. The only way to put an end to this was to get out of here.

"Ok! So what do we do?"

"Mm... I will take your place. Before they figure out it is me, you will have enough time to get out of these territories. Run till your legs give up and never look back!"

"But, what about you? How do you know they will not kill you when they find out I escaped?"

Anna smiled softly at me before opening the dungeon gate.

"They won't, Amaya! They need us to stop you from killing them. Didn't you see? They are afraid of you! They know that you can easily defeat them in a fair fight!"

"Anna is right, Amaya! You are the only one that can help us. All of us."

I take a deep breath and nod my head.

"How did you know we are here?" I ask Anna.

"It was Ivy! She got to be before you lost the connection with the pack. I heard your voice through the mind link, then was silent, and I knew that something must happen. I was so upset about... well, you know what," she said, blushing slightly and avoiding Leon stare.

"I lost track of time. But your desperate voice brought me back to reality. Ivy reached out to me before I could get caught."

"I see! Thank you, Anna! Thank you for not giving up on us."

"I will never do that. Well... only if there is a Mate involved," she said, chuckling, and I started laughing softly.

"Is there something that I don't know?" Leon asks.

"No! No! Nothing!" Anna replies too quickly, making him look at us confused.

"Well, I guess you will have enough time to talk about this," I said, getting up.

"I promise I will come back for you! Just hold on."