Chapter 58

Cora - -

There is a severe pain in my head, it is like I was being stabbed in the brain repeatedly with a sharp knife. When I try to turn, my neck screams with pain from sleeping in an incorrect position. It is appalling to me to smell the odor of bile, urine, and excrement in the atmosphere.

It makes me feel as though I am literally lying in it. It is a very frightening experience to open my eyes and see where I am and what I am lying on.

Every movement on my face creates more pain, so I gently pry my eyes open. I find myself in excruciating pain while trying to open my eyes. As I try to look around, my neck won't allow me to move it, as the pain has frozen my neck.

When I get into a sitting position, I wonder if today will be my last, after all I was a traitor to the royal family. I am not sorry either, they couldn't see beyond their wealth. My mate should take over the kingdom as soon as possible. I'd gladly die for this cause.

As I lift my hand off the floor, I notice the dust that looks like soot from a fireplace. The sooty residue on my clothes only made them dirtier. I tried wiping it off, but it only made things more frustrating. Getting it off was impossible.

I haven’t a clue what time of day it is, or how long I was passed out. The dungeons don’t have windows or clocks to find out the time.

In the distance I heard moans and whip lashes, the guards were busy causing physical mayhem probably on a rogue. When the guards would walk near me, I pretended to be asleep. I am in no mood for their wolf bane laced whips curving bloody lines on my body.

Someone is approaching my cage, cell, or whatever you call it. Footsteps don't sound heavy like those of a man walking. It might be one of the female royals or warriors. My head is still banging trash can lids on my temples. Because of this, I do not look behind me to see who's coming to see me. It's probably not to hold a party.

“What do you want? I am sure you didn’t come to let me free.” I said with anger.

Xantara -

Laughing out of anger, Cora acts like she is a victim of this. She thought I was dead; I am coming to haunt her.

I have the guard getting me a chair and the keys so that I can sit in the cell with her. 1. She is in chains that is laced with wolfsbane, so she is basically a human. 2. I am the best warrior, and she is only an omega, I can kick her butt easy.

Cora is sitting on that filthy floor with her back towards me. I open the cell wide open; I had the guards nearby as backup, I really didn’t need it though. My dad wanted me to have the backup.

I put my chair in the cell, and I place the chair so I can at least see the side of Cora’s face. “So how is my best friend?” I say with sarcasm. “You forgot to tell me who your mate was.

I am at fault as well, I never asked who your mate was. Why did you betray me? Tried having me killed? Guess what I didn’t die. I had loved you like a sister, I don’t get it.” I said with venom in my tone of voice.

Cora:

I spit on the ground in disgust at having to pretend all those years that she was my friend. "You and your family have no idea what regular people are like." I said. I always say that you don't have to put my laundry away, because you're my best friend.

You never offered me a better job. Although you said I was your best friend, I wasn't good enough for you to invite me to hang out with you and your friends. Best friends call one another when you go off to school. Me? I was not worth any calls. Stop telling me I was your best friend! Stop lying to me and yourself."

Xantara -

Some ways I felt guilty, maybe she was right. It doesn't excuse her for trying to kill me. It doesn't excuse her for giving information to the Rogue King.

"Where can we find the rogue king?"

Cora -

I reply with a cold monotone voice, “He moves around constantly, where he is right now, I have no clue.”

Xantara -

I pull my knife out of my pocket, realizing that Cora needs some motivation. I move my chair next to her and walk behind her. Sitting down again, I cut her leg with the knife. Wolfs usually heal quickly, but wolves' bane almost makes them human-like.

I grabbed the whip and had the guards chain her to the wall. Using the whip, I beat her. "Now! Where is your mate?" I asked. No? I guess we should give you five more lashes!”

In the mind link, my father, my brother, Clair, and her brother let me know they were on their way down.

King –

"Xantara, don't go overboard, we still need her to run away and lead us to her mate. We need to make certain she can run."

Xantara –

"What I can do is change her wolf's bane laced chain and replace it with regular chains, that way I can whip the crap out of her and then let it heal and do it again.”

Xander —

I walk over to my sister wrap my arm around her, as I notice she is a maniac type of mad. I know we all are ready to have her killed, but we must weed out the rogue king. I enjoyed watching my sister torture Cora. The month that I thought my mate might be dead was the worst in my life.

After about an hour of torture, we set our plan into place. We gave the guard the keys and the chair and told him to pretend he was asleep in the chair, dropping the keys right in front of her cell.

Then once she has escaped to let us know, we will have some warriors follower her at a distance as not to alert the rogue king.

We all left to our separate rooms, getting on old clothes to rip off when we shift into our wolves. We are going on a hunt for Cora and the Rogue King.

As planned, Cora escaped, running into the forest, shifting into her small, dark gray wolf. We let her have a ten-minute lead, then we followed her scent as she ran. We didn’t expect Cora to put up various barriers to slow us down. She created a Wall of Fire to delay us. No one ever realized that Cora was a witch, she created a wall of trees next.

Cora felt relieved when she found the cave that led to the tunnels. With magic she opened the invisible door to the cave. Otherwise, the Cave looked like a massive rock. Running through she closed the magic door behind her.

Turning around Cora could smell her mates amazing scent. She ran to hug him, telling him about the dungeon, torture, and being chased.

Andres was angry, how dare Cora bring the Royalty this way. He decided she was stupid, and he did not want a stupid mate. He took her face into his hands looked deep into her eyes. Telling her he loved her while he ripped her head off her body.