Thank you for reading! This is the climax (hehe) of the story but there will be one last Epilogue Chapter after this. Again, there are some Non-Consent scenes in this chapter like the previous, so read with caution.
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Cassian slammed open the cell door, jarring Anahid from the bit of sleep she'd managed to grasp. She cringed, her hands nearly numb, though her wrists still burned from the silver chains. He paused a moment in the doorway, his bulk blocking out any light from the torches in the hall. His pale face was in shadow, except the white of his teeth as he slowly smiled.
Anahid gritted her teeth. She would die fighting. He stepped into the room and pulled a key from his belt. As he stepped close, his eyes ran over her naked, bloodied form. So far he hadn't said a word, had only mutely followed Atalanta's bidding. Anahid tried to forget the look on his face as he pressed Atalanta against her. His hot breath had sickened her, his sticky cum was thankfully wiped clean by Serenity though.
"I've seen you before," he murmured, his voice surprisingly gentle. "I watch the valley. I've watched you."
Anahid shivered.
He stepped closer. "I've seen you sparring. You like to fight?"
Anahid gulped, again tried to tug at the manacles. His eyes were turning slightly manic as he studied her. His terrible, hungry gaze suddenly reminded her of Cobb. His blind lust the day of her heat. She stayed silent.
He snorted a laugh and stepped towards her. She stayed still as he unlocked one cuff. The other. Then she lunged at him. She sunk her teeth into his bicep and smacked a hand across his face as she tried to knee his balls. He twisted just in time. Shoving his shoulder into her face, her sent her stumbling backwards. And then he backhanded her across the face as he grabbed her throat.
"I knew you liked to fight," he growled. Anahid weakly tried to twist from him again, slash at him with her nails but she was weak from the hours hanging to the wall and her head spun from his smack. As he squeezed, the edges of her vision began to fade. Blackness nudged at her and she fought desperately against it.
Then he slammed her head back into the wall once more and she blacked out for a moment. When she came to, he had her by the hair, was dragging her from the cell. Anahid weakly struggled, but he just trudged down the hall, tugged her up several flights of stairs then kicked open a door. As he pulled, her head screamed, and she was left sore and bruised.
Stepping inside a large room he threw her onto a bed. She bounced, shocked for a moment, but then was immediately rolling, trying to escape his grasping fingers. But he had a hold of her foot and tugged her back, slapped a chain around her ankle. Suddenly another hand was grabbing her opposite wrist. Anahid twisted, found another, slender vampire standing at the head of the bed. This one grinned and snapped another chain around her wrist.
"No..." she moaned and tried to jerk away but she was already hopelessly shackled. Cassian moved opposite the other man and grabbed at Anahid's free wrist. He jerked her across the bed, slapped another cuff around her. Finally the other vampire grabbed her free ankle, frantically Anahid kicked at him, tried to twist away but Cassian slapped his hand again across her face again and Anahid lay stunned for a moment. The vampire tugged her leg towards the opposite side of the bed and snapped the last cuff around her ankle.
Tears fell down her cheeks. She lay, spread eagle on the bed. She finally screamed, thrashed against the manacles, but it was no use. When she collapsed, gasping for air she looked around the room. Atalanta reclined on a cushion opposite the fire. She smiled lightly as she watched the frantic Anahid. There were at three other men in the room, Cassian, the slender vampire with short brown hair, and Dymion. He stood to the side, stared out the window as his jaw clenched.
Anahid panted, her eyes wild as she cast around the room. Atalanta and the other two watched her, amused. Patient.
"You're Kaev's biggest regret," she slapped the words against Atalanta.
The vampiress stiffened. Raised her eyebrow.
"He says he's ashamed he gave in. That he wasn't strong enough to wait for me. He loves me. Our souls are joined. Our bodies were made for each other. He would never let another man touch me. Would never consider touching another woman. I'm the only one he will ever need. So no. He's never invited anyone else to our bed." She grinned at Atalanta. The cold vampire bitch's face had gone impossibly pale as rage sparked in her eye.
Dymion crossed the room, slapped a hang across her face. He leaned in, his voice rough on her ear. "Shut up. She'll kill you if you provoke her."
Anahid bared her teeth at her brother, hissed "I know." She looked again to Atalanta. The vampiress had risen, taken a step towards the bed. "He hardly ever wants me to suck his cock. He likes to pleasure me though. All over the citadel. He loves for the pack to watch as he makes me climax. Loves them to see that I'M his. No one elses. And that he's mine. When we fuck, in the center of the pack, he's focused only on me, on giving me pleasure--"
Atalanta shrieked and stepped towards her. But then Cassian was there, he grabbed Atalanta by the waist. Pulled her close. "Shh my queen. She wants this. Wants you to kill her. Remember your goal."
Anahid deflated as she watched Atalanta. The vampiress set her back, flicked her eyes to Anahid. The rage was still there. But now it was calculating in its coldness. She smiled. "Not that easy she-wolf."
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Atalanta felt every sense pounding within her. Her blood seemed to boil as she stared at the indecently spread Anahid. The girl's eyes glittered like defiant emeralds. Atalanta vowed she'd kill her. Some day. She'd make the whore regret her words.
She stepped around Cassian, drifted to the edge of the bed. "No, not that easy." She ran a finger along Anahid's thigh, up to her belly. She circled the navel, moved upwards again. Anahid's breasts were surprisingly small, Atalanta couldn't imagine Kaev ACTUALLY preferred them... She circled a tart nipple, the other, back and forth she circled before finally pinching one of them. Anahid hissed in pain and Atalanta felt the heat of arousal at her center. She smiled as she found Anahid's eye, the girl glared.