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Neah
When I wake, I'm alone. My body ached. My vagina throbbed. The sex had been amazing. And now, I was thankful that my intense urges and desires had calmed. I could finally think clearly. But now I was paying the price.
Tiptoeing across the room, I wince at the pain between my thighs. Turning on the water for the bath, I don't even wait for it to be full when I step in. Easing my aching body into the hot water.
The door opens and I catch Alpha Danes' woody scent before he steps into the room. His crimson eyes move to the bed before searching the room for me.
"Sore?" He smirks, making his way over to me.
I nod and sink further down into the water, until it is lapping at my chin.
"It won't always be like this." He smiles at me as he leans over the bath, kissing my forehead.
He moves away and sits in the big chair by the window. "You don't remember much from your childhood, do you?"
I shook my head, knowing that he had turned the chair around and was watching me.
"Has Devon.... Has he said something?" I ask quietly
"No." He mutters, but he sounded different, as though his thoughts were elsewhere. "I haven't seen him."
"Did I do it wrong?" He was the only guy I had ever been with. I couldn't be certain that I had done my part properly
He laughs and shakes his head. "No, you were perfect."
I soak in silence, waiting for him to tell me what's on his mind. But he doesn't.
He just quietly watches me, the same way he did back in Trey's office. A look of curiosity. When I get out of the bath and start drying myself, he crosses over to the closet, fishing me out some clothes to wear. Something that I was slowly getting used to.
"Are we going somewhere?" I ask as he gets out a pair of trainers for me. I was hoping just to stay here and relax.
"We need to speak to your brother. I have some questions and I would prefer it if you were there to hear his answers."
He said he hadn't spoken to him. What had happened while I was asleep?
Traipsing in the snow to the dungeons made me feel a little uneasy. Something had definitely happened and I wasn't sure if I even wanted to know.
Alpha Dane pulls the door open, stepping into the darkness first. He flicks the lights on as he makes his way down the steps.
"Devon?" Alpha Dane calls out. "Are you awake?"
"You've brought me a guest, how can I not be awake for my sister." He mutters with a yawn as I step in front of his cell. He looked well, someone had given him a small bed to sleep on, some water and a change of clothes. He had been given more than what I had when Trey and Kyle were punishing me.
"You look comfortable." Alpha Dane speaks quietly
"Your gorgeous Beta was kind enough to bring me a few things. He thought it might make me more conversational with him. He seemed a little annoyed that I would only speak to you." He grins. "Tell me, is he seeing anyone?"
"He isn't into men and I'm pretty sure he has made that quite clear." Alpha Danes tone is low
"Such a pity. Anyway, how can I help you?" He pushes himself to his feet, stretching out his limbs.
"Witches." Alpha Dane mutters,
"Witches? Any witch in particular? Not that I've met any."
"You said you had inside information. Was there talk of Witches visiting, particularly surrounding Neah."
My head snaps in Alpha Dane's direction, but he was solely focussed on Devon.
"I don't know their names, but I assume it was Witches or a Witch that bound her. No one else has that kind of power."
"That is why I am asking you."
Devon shakes his head. "I don't know what you want me to say, Alpha Dane. But there was no talk of a Witch or Witches. Trey worked hard to keep that pack concealed from other kinds. He wouldn't let just anyone in." "What do you mean by that?" Alpha Dane demands
"Whoever bound her when she was a child would be the same one who bound her as an adult."
"Do...do you know who he is talking about?" I ask Alpha Dane quietly. Maybe it was why he was so off with me.
"Not yet." Alpha Dane mutters, He turns to the stairs, holding his hand out. "Come, it's time for your lesson with Klaus."
"Lesson? Ooh, what are you practising, fighting?" Devon asks as his hands curl around the bars. "Is this Klaus a handsome man too. It gets a bit boring seeing the same faces down here."
"Reading lesson." I mutter, not really thinking about it.
"It's about time someone taught you to read and write."
"What....what did you say?" I had kept it a secret for so long. Raven figured it out. I blurted it out to Alpha Dane, but I had never told anyone else.
Devon doesn't say anything, retreating back against the wall.
"Answer her?" Alpha Dane growls
"It's nothing."
"How... how did you know that?"
Amazing video
"My person on the inside told me."
Alpha Dane knew I didn't like talking about it. He knew there was no way on Earth I would easily tell another person. Even Trey thought I could read, when the truth was I just learned to figure out what things were without reading the label. "Your story is starting to slip, Devon." Alpha Dane paces back and forth in front of his cell. "I knew there was something off with you."
"Honestly, it's what he told me."
"His name?"
"He never gave me a name." He looks at me. "He was blonde, easily six foot. Almost black eyes. Always happy"
"You trusted someone in the pack who wouldn't even give you their name."
"They didn't want to be caught."
"Bull fucking shit!" Alpha Dane snaps. "I've heard some lies, but this takes the fucking piss."
"He's....telling....the truth." I mutter, vaguely remembering someone that looked like Devon's description
"This guy wouldn't know the truth if it bit him in the ass." Alpha Dane snaps
"He didn't come to the house much... I dropped a list that Kyle had given me." It was like an old memory, scratching to gain entrance in the back of my mind. Little pieces flickered through "He made a joke about me not reading it and then read it out to me." Alpha Dane is staring at me. "Are you sure?"
"My memory is bad.... It's like, most of the good stuff is gone from when I was little and I can only remember the worst parts." My parents blood soaked faces instantly appear in front of me.
"That's what Trey wanted, Neah. If you remembered all the good things, you would have been a threat. He had to make you weak." Devon mutters
"Again, you know a lot for someone who was never in the house." Alpha Dane growl as he grabs my hand, tugging me back up the stairs and out into the cool air.
"I don't like him!" He states. "Just something about him rubs me up the wrong way." He grabs my shoulders, turning me around. "Partial truths do not mean he is telling the whole truth." "You mean like you are not telling me why you are being so weird?"