I was just about done with this being grounded shit. I was antsy; being locked in my rooms for two days was just about driving me up the walls. Marching down the halls to the Queens chamber, I tried to focus on my rage in order to drown out the increasing fear and disgust I had begun to feel over the last few days. It scared me that I felt fear when I saw my fellow fae and that something seemed to call to my soul from outside: I felt like everything had changed while nothing had changed. So instead, I channelled my outrage and fury.
"Tia!? Where are you going?" Came the voice I had been searching for. "Aren't you supposed to be in your rooms resting?" God, the voice was like fingernails on chalkboards; horrendous. Turning to face her, I watched as the Queen calmly hovered up to me, her disgustingly pink gown fluttering about her.
"Exactly. Why do I need to rest?" I asked. The treatment towards me had been so careful and quiet that I felt almost as if I had been sleeping for days and missed something. "Why aren't I out the front fighting the wolves? Why am I not allowed to see Bytlock? Why is Lexter lying to me?" I couldn't stop the questions; it had been a long two days.
The Queen sighed as she looked at me, surveying the weapons strapped to my hips and arms. "Clearly it's doing you no good being in your room." She sighed, failing to answer any of my questions. "Go down to the command room and tell Caleb I sent you. Not like we don't need you out there." Once the last word was uttered, she promptly continued past me as if the conversation had never even happened.
Grumbling under my breath, I quickly headed to the command room, pissed she hadn't actually given me any answers. When I arrived, I found myself in a room of, well, chaos. Old fae stood around a large model of the palace, instructing the younger warriors on battle plans and tactics. Surprised at the unusual sense of panic and lack of numbers in the room I grabbed the young fae who tried to rush past me.
"Hey, what's going on? Where is everybody?" I quizzed, enjoying his expression pale as he realized who I was. "C'mon speak!"
"Uh, u.. the wolves, Sharpbite, the wolves know how to fight us!" He stammered out. I groaned.
"Sharpbite? That was years ago, I haven't gone by that since New Orleans." Honestly. Feared by so many yet they all fail to keep up with the code names. "Hold on, what do you mean fight back?"
"They uh.. uh, well, they seem to know our fighting s.. style Shar.. I mean Miss." The youth stammered. "It's almost like a fae taught them about us! Please, I have to go."
"Alright, get out of here." I released the front of his shirt, allowing him to run out of the room to complete his task. Looking around the room I spotted Caleb's signature purple hair at the control panel, barking out orders into a headset. Walking over, I tensed as I saw eyes following me, confused at the level of hostility in them. These people were my comrades, why did they look at me like I was a snake in their midst? Finally I reached the control panel. "Caleb? The Queen sent me."
The shock on Caleb's face as he looked at me was confusing, but not as much as the slightly panicked look he cast around the room at all the staring fae. "Uh, Hi Tia, come with me a second would you? I'll, uh, fill you in." He said, his professional and cool mannerism slipping slightly. Utterly perplexed I followed him into the silent room. As soon as I was through the door, I found myself being thrown against the wall with a knife at my throat as the door clicked shut. Trapped.
Shocked I looked at Caleb's enraged face. "Caleb?! Wha-"
"Shut the hell up Tia!" He growled, knife pushed further into my throat. "What the hell did you tell them?!"
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Kyle growled low in his throat, startling his Beta.
"Sir? Is everything okay?" Asked James, worried at the sudden outburst.
"I felt her, for a split moment, I felt her."
"Isn't that good Sir? Maybe she'll come back willingly...?"
"No!" He barked. "It was not a good thing you idiot! She was in pain and scared. It was a call for help!" James took a step back, putting himself out of arms reach if his Alpha suddenly lost control of his wolf. Kyle's chest heaved with worry, pent up fury and frustration with much of it being aimed internally. This was his entire fault. "Keep up the attacks. We will get her out."
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"WHAT THE FUCK!?" I screeched, furious at the bizarre accusation and his behaviour. "What the hell is wrong with you, you asshole?! Get off of me!" I demanded.
"Shut up bitch, tell me what you told your puppy lover. What did you tell him to get him to use you like the slut you are?" Caleb demanded, his face as purple as his hair, spit flying. "Fae are dying out there because you couldn't help but betray your kind for a doggy fuck, you piece of shit." He threw me to the floor, knife just biting into my neck as the skin slid along the blade. The shock and force of the blow stunned me, my hands clasping at my neck in response to the blade slicing the skin. My head hit the floor. The world spun. Caleb turned and followed me. His body quickly straddled mine, pinning me to the floor. Dizzy, shocked and bleeding, I was not putting up a successful fight.