Chapter 13
Jade
It had been two days since Damian and I had exchanged questions and answers. Two days since I had seen Lucas, the man from my cell. Two days since I had been placed in a regular bedroom without my shackles. The guard was the same, the one I knew would help me escape, but I needed to find the opportunity to do so. My wrists were still raw from the cuffs that had been around them. The werewolf healing I was supposed to have was gone still, thanks to the wolfsbane in my food.
I was given proper clothing and my bed smelled clean but I didn’t feel better. I didn’t feel even remotely okay. Lucas was somewhere getting the same crappy treatment and I couldn’t stand for that to continue.
For the first time since I had been deposited into this room, I got the guts to explore it. It took two days for me to be comfortable enough to do so. I had a light switch inside, rather than on the other side of the door. There were zero chains on or around the bed. One of the three doors in the room led to my guard, another to an empty closet, and then the last was a bathroom. An actual bathroom that I didn’t have to share with anyone else. A bathroom that I could use whenever I wanted. It wasn’t much, but it was a luxury I never knew I would miss.
I knocked on the first door and the guard opened it. He was still wearing a ski mask but I knew immediately he was the same man from the first day. I straightened my shoulders. “I want to see Lucas.”
His voice was gruff as his eyes changed to a bright yellow. “That isn’t something I can permit.”
“Then talk to someone that can.” I folded my arms over my chest.
He sighed. “Is this youronerequest?”
I raised my eyebrows. “I get one request?”
“One that is reasonable, yes. For your cooperation.”
I nodded my head. He was someone I hoped would be a friend. I didn’t know much about him but I knew he didn’t deserve to be here anymore than I did.
He grabbed the door handle. “Fine, but you’re the one who asked for this. Remember that.” The door closed without another word.
My one request was granted later that day while I was eating my dinner in silence. I had avoided the meat but I had a feeling, they knew what I was up to. The mashed potatoes tasted bitter and the salad had a weird glaze on the leaves. The meat seemed to be the most normal thing. The door slammed open while I was lifting the fork to my lips. It bounced off of the wall and in walked my guard, with Lucas in tow. The guard shook his head and slammed the door behind him.
Lucas didn’t look happy to see me. “What did you do?”
I pushed my tray to him. He ignored it.
“What did you do, Jade?” he repeated the question.
“I had one request and I used it to get you here. Now I am not so lonely and now you don’t have to be in such awful conditions.”
His brows pulled together. “You’re pretty stupid, has anyone told you that before?”
I frowned. “That isn’t very nice.”
He snorted. “Do you know what isn’t very nice? They are using you. They want you to get close to someone,” he pointed at himself. “So they can use that person against you.”
My stomach dropped and I was thankful I had stopped eating. I didn’t feel so good now. His shoulders dropped as he caught the look on my face.
“I couldn’t figure out why they had paired us together until now. There are plenty of prisoners here that fight their wolves, I am nothing special.” He sat down on the floor beside me before he pulled the tray of food to himself.
“You’re fighting your wolf?”
He shrugged a shoulder up. “I don’t see why it matters. They did this to me. I have no choice but me and my wolf don’t exactly have the opportunity not to fight. All this wolfsbane is killing me.”
“I don’t plan on staying here that long.” I shrugged as I watched him eat. I had missed having his company even if it didn’t amount to much. He was broody and quiet. I didn’t know much about him at all.
“What did you do, sell your soul to the devil?”
I quirked an eyebrow. “Damian?”
“He might as well be the devil himself, Jade. You have no idea what you have done. Do you at least know why you’re here?”
I wanted to answer his questions. It was so nice to be able to talk to someone besides the villain, but I knew better. I couldn’t trust Lucas just yet, even if I wanted to. Even if I was lonely. I still didn’t know him, but I didn’t want to be alone.
