(Kelvin P. O. V)
After they were done whipping me with their belt and whips, they untied and started kicking me.
“That’s enough,” Alok said walking towards them.
“So, what was your answer? Have you changed your decision yet?” he asks and I put him on his face and he kicks at me.
“I will take that as no,” he said and kicked me again.
“Too bad, strive him and beat him again when he is done healing himself, keep doing it until he gives up and changes his decision, but don’t kill him, feed him if you think he will die and beat him again,” he orders to them, his minors nodded their head and walks out from there. His minor grabbed each of my hands dragged me to my cell and took me inside it.
They close the door and walk out of there. Nikki runs towards me gently puts me on her lap and gently pushes my hair away from my face, tears running down her eyes.
“Hey,” I said in a rough voice and started coughing, she put my head on the ground tenderly walked toward the water pot brought a glass full of water and helped me drink it.
“Hey, don’t cry please, I am okay, I am used to this beating,” I said forcing a smile on my face and wiping the tear from her face. She gets up and walks away comes with a bowl filled with water and sits beside me.
“Since, how long are you stuck here? ” she asks taking her handkerchief out of her pocket.
“For 6 months, I think,” I said as she wet the handkerchief and started to clean me up with it.
“That long,” she said looking shocked making me chuckle at her cuteness.
“Yes,” I said and hissed in pain when he put a little more pressure on my wounds.
“I am sorry,” she said and blew the air on my wounds.
“It’s okay,” I said smiling painfully at her. After that, she finished cleaning me up while telling me about her conversation with Alok and I hummed in between letting her know that I was listening to her.
“Do you know why he kidnapped me if it’s not for my mate’s pack?” she asks me and I shook my head at her.
“I don’t know, but I will let you know if I find out about it,” I said looking at her. I heard footsteps and looked outside to see Ryan, Alok’s second-hand man walking toward us with a plate and a glass in his hand. He put the glass on the plate opened the door of the cell and entered inside the cell.
“Here, is your food,” he said giving the plate to Nikki which consisted of a few pieces of sandwich and a glass of warm milk.
“What about Kelvin?” Nikki asks him. He was about to say something but I cut him off.
“It was not allowed to give me food so I gave up and agreed to join them,” I explained cutting him.
“But not fair, but don’t worry, I can share my food with you, I don’t like to eat alone anyway,” Nikki said taking a piece of sandwich and placing it near my mouth.
“No, you eat you need it more than me,” I said using her hand away from me.
“But -” she said but Ryan cut her off.
“Don’t worry, little one I will bring some food for him when everyone is asleep, you go on and eat your food, you must be hungry,” he said smiling at him.
“And just why are you doing that? and why should I trust you? Are you planning to passion me and kill me?” I ask him narrowing my eyes at him.
“I have my reasons to do that, think whatever you want to think,” Ryan said and walked away from here after closing the door of our cell.
“Are you sure you don’t want to heat, you are hurt and I have heard that werewolves need lots of energy to heal, and that means you need to eat lots of food to get healed soon?” she said looking worried about me.
“Don’t worry about me little one, I am stronger than you think, I will be fine,” I said smiling at her. She eats her food and keeps the utensils in the corner. She grabs the blanket from the bed and sleeps beside me, snuggling with me after covering both of us with a blanket. I feel all the tiredness caught up with me and I fall asleep in no time.
*Dream*
I was walking on the ground barefoot, in the soft grass not knowing where I was going but I just kept walking and following my guts, as I walked a little further, I saw a beautiful woman in a white long gown and white long hair which reaches to her waist, sitting on the chair with a cup of tea in her and patting my wolf Rondy.
But how is this possible and who is she, I thought, and then she suddenly turned and looked at me smiling at me. She looks like an older version of Nikki only with different hair colors and eyes.
“Ah, my child, you’re finally here, please come and sit with me,” she said smiling at me.
“Who… Who are you?” I shutter still standing in my place.
“I am what you call moon goddess, but you can call me Serina,” she said smiling at me.
“Your Highness,” I said going on my knees.
“There is no need for formalities please get up and have a seat,” she said pointing at the seat in front of her. I stand up and sit in front of her.
“Here, have some tea, it’s herbal tea, it will help you to heal sooner,” she said passing me another cup of tea.
“Now you must be wondering, why I came into your dream right?” she asked I nodded my head and had a sip of my tea, It tasted like basil, cinnamon, honey, and other herbs.
“I guess you have already met Nikki right?” she asked and I nodded my head again.
“You see, Nikki is not a normal girl, she is a very special girl and that’s why the king of vampires and the alpha of the rogue pack has kidnapped her, I want you to look after her and protect her until her mates come and find her, I want you to be her protector until and after her mate finds you and Nikki, can you do that for me?” she asks me.
“Yes, moon goddess, I am already attached to her,” I said to her.
“That’s what I expect from you, and I almost forgot you can trust Ryan, he is one of my soldiers who keeps an eye on Alok for me,” she said smiling at me.
“If you don’t mind can I ask you a question?” I ask her.
“Yes, what is it?” she asks me.
“Is Nikki your daughter?” I ask her.
“That my child you will know when the times come, now you need to leave, Nikki is trying to wake you up, worried that you died and leave her alone in the dungeon,” she said to me. I stand up from my seat bow in front of her and walk back my steps.
*Dreams end*
I wake up feeling someone shaking my shoulder trying to wake me up.
“Thank god, you woke up Kelvin, you almost scared me when I tried to wake you up, I thought you died on me, ” she said and a lone tear fell from her eyes.
“Here, as promised Ryan brought food for you,” she said passing a plate to be filled with steak and mashed potatoes.
“Don’t worry I have checked it, it was not positioned, you can eat it,” she said when she saw me hesitate to eat it I ate it not because Nikki tasted it to confirm Ryan did not try to poison me but because I trust moon goddess words.
After eating I crush the plate made of paper and throw it away and fall asleep snuggling with Nikki.