Arabella’s POV
Phoenix is still a bit weak and I don’t know why. The King must have pumped us full of wolf’s bane. I can feel the burning pain as it coursed through my body, but that’s not what is bothering me.
What is really bothering me is the fact that Phoenix is howling sadly and I could feel her pain and sadness as she whimpers and whines in my head. I Am strapped to a weird chair and my wolf is so weak and unhappy.
After trying to get Phoenix to tell me what was going on, she finally spoke up, apologizing to me for not seeing the danger that was right in front of us, then she asked me to open my eyes and look around so I can see what we’ve gotten ourselves into.
I had not opened my eyes fully because the room was too bright and it nearly blinded my eyes. But this time, I opened it well to see what Phoenix was trying to say to me.
My eyes went as wide as saucers and my mouth opened in shock as I behold the traitors that betrayed us,
“How could you do this to us?
How could you?
Traitors!!!”
I screamed out in pain and anger.
We have been betrayed by the very people that we were fighting for. The rogues had betrayed us. I could see them all around me. I never had the chance to meet them when Michael was having a meeting with them, I never joined in their meetings but I could recognize them by the way they dressed. It has been many years ago that my family lived among them, but I’ll certainly recognize their lifestyle and dress code anytime, anywhere.
I never doubted them because my father had been a part of them and my mom had told me that it was the king that kept prolonging the war with the wolves, how would I have known that they were this evil and cruel.
Does this mean that the king was innocent?
Nah, he is as guilty as the rogues. He had murdered my father in cold, so he’s definitely a villain. Mom had said he was the cause of all our problems, I mean, he had even given her a potion that would kill her wolf after he killed her mate, that’s so cruel of him.
But that doesn’t explain why the rogues turned against us. Could it be that they couldn’t trust us completely?
Are they planning to attack the king on their own, they would never succeed in defeating the king without us. We could have achieved this together,
“Why would you do this to us, we were trying to help you?” I asked in a weak tone
“She is regaining consciousness, put her to sleep before she attacks us, we have to keep her unconscious until Alpha Smith returns, then we can extract all her powers and transfer them to Alpha Smith.” someone comments quickly, sounding nervous and fearful.
I could not stop my mouth from going wide in shock when I heard him say that they want to try and extract my powers. He said they will transfer all my powers to the rogue leader, Alpha Smith. Michael had trusted Alpha Smith with all our secrets, they were supposed to be our backup plan, how could they do this to us?
One of the guys had run off and I assume he is going to get more of the substance that puts me out, making me go unconscious. I can’t go unconscious again. I can’t let them to continue pumping those potions into me, it’s affecting Phoenix the most. It could kill her if they don’t stop.
The chair I was strapped to was connected to another chain that is a few feet away, I am guessing that is where Alpha Smith would sit to receive my powers when they begin their stupid extraction process.
They must have been planning all this for a very long time. It must have taken them a long time and so much money to achieve all this, how didn’t we notice anything?
Phoenix had warned me of an upcoming danger, but she never told me where the danger was coming from. We had all thought that it is coming from the king, if only we knew that the rogues are even more tricky than the Lycan king, if only we knew that we were dealing with a bunch of traitors.
We never saw it coming. There was no clue to hint us that they had something up their sleeves. We had no idea that they could be this wicked and heartless. They hid their true nature really well, blaming the king for everything when they also has their own agenda.
Am never trusting anyone ever again without investigating properly. If we had dug deeper, am sure we would have found out something that would tell us just how traitorous the rogues really are. I have to get us out of here so we can go save Michael and the others. I still don’t know what happened to them, I hope they are still alive.
“Nix, we have to do something, we have to get out of here before Alpha Smith returns, we can’t let them inject us with any more of their potions, we need to break out now Nix.”
“Am sorry Bella, I failed to protect us. I failed to save out mate. I can’t help anyone anymore, I’m so useless.” she responded sadly.
“No Nixxie, it’s all my fault. I’ve been so mean to you. I never gave you a chance to fully understand your powers. If you want to blame anyone, blame me Nix. Am the useless and clueless one, not you. Yes, we made a terrible mistake, but we can correct our mistake if only we can break out of here and make a run for it.
I have a plan Nix, we can try and shift right now. These chairs can only hold us in our human form. If we shift, we can break out of this chair. You can do it Nixxie, you are big and strong and so damn powerful.
With your size and strength, we can get out of this chair and while they are distracted by our size, we would make a run for it. Once we are out of here, am sure we will be able to get help from someone. I just hope that we were not taken too far away from the king’s lands.
Phoenix is too weak to get into a fight. I need to get her far away from here so she can get the chance to rest properly. I just hope for our sakes that we were not taken too deep into the woods.
We can’t run too far in this state, we are both too weak to strain ourselves, we just need to get out first. I could hear footsteps approaching and I knew that the guy that was sent to get the mixture that would make me unconscious until Alpha Smith returns.
” Alright Nix, let’s do it I believe in you, I know you can do it.” I said softly to her, then I shut my eyes firmly and reached out to her, connecting to my inner beast, then I felt myself shifting into my wolf Phoenix, hearing as they all gasped in shock, marveling at the enormous size of my wolf.
I did not wait for them to regain their composure, I yanked on the bonds that held me down repeatedly, and just like I thought, it broke free and we were loose and free. I ran through and trampled on the chairs, breaking them apart and setting off the alarm.
I ignored it and ran towards the door, yanking it off its hinges before taking off towards the deep forest, running as fast as I could.
“That’s it Nixxie, we can do it, we’re almost there,” I kept praising her as we ran deeper into the woods. My hearing and eyesight are not as good as they used to be because we are so weak, but I could faintly hear some sounds from behind me that prove that the rogues were coming after me.
But I ignored them completely so they don’t distract me from running farther away from their stupid base. Everything was going according to plans and I was losing them behind me. I would have celebrated my victory but I got ambushed by some men I could not recognize. They were so many of them and they blocked every exit, trapping me and the rogues.
I looked more closely at the men surrounding us, then I realized that it was the king and his men.
Fuck!!
I just escaped one villain only to fall into the hands of another one. Why is my life just so complicated?
I do hope he doesn’t turn me into a lab rat also, I am not sure I can survive another crazy experiment, am so weak and… and..
Damn!!
Am losing consciousness.