Alpha Maximus The Last Lycan novel Chapter 11

The pack members shift into wolves and howl to let me know they are after me. I'm scared.

I run with all my might until I have to slow down from exhaustion.

Storm! You have to shift. I can't outrun them. I mind-link her.

I-I can't. I'm too scared to, she whimpers.

Storm, if you don't shift, we will be captured and taken back to Alpha Tate. 

I can hear the pounding of paws against the ground, coming closer. I fall back as a large brown wolf lunges at me and growls. His drool drips all over my face.

The wolf steps off me and shifts into his human form. It's Sam. He grabs me by my hair and drags me back towards the pack house.

My shoes fall off as I'm dragged along. My legs and ankles scrape along the ground against sharp pebbles and stones. I try to free my hair from Sam's grip but with no luck. We are back at the pack house. Fear and anxiety take over me. I tremble. Sam continues to drag me by my hair until he throws me on the floor in front of Alpha Tate's feet.

Alpha Tate glares at me. Then, furious, he hits me across the face-the sound echoes across the room.

"If you ever try to escape again, I will kill you!"

He grabs my arm and stands up, pulling me behind him as he walks back outside. I have no idea where he is taking me.

Alpha Tate takes me down the dirt road from the pack house, where a small grey brick building stands. The entrance is an iron-barred gated door. He unlocks it with a key and pushes the gate open to reveal a staircase that leads into complete darkness.

Sam follows with a lit torch and walks down the stairs. It's wet and cold down here. Are they planning on leaving me down here to die?

Sam opens one of the iron-barred doors. Alpha Tate throws me inside the dinghy, dark cell. I roll across the cold ground and force myself to sit up.

"I think a couple of days down here will do you some good," Alpa Tate smiles and walks away. Sam follows, leaving me in complete darkness. I burst into tears and hug my knees. I thought I could have escaped from the pack. Yet now, everything has become worse. I'll never be able to escape from down here. I always dreamt that my life would change for the better when I reached eighteen. I hoped I would find my mate, and he would save me from this place. But Alpha Tate is my mate. He won't bring me happiness, only fear and pain. I lie on the ground, sobbing until I fall asleep.

The next day Sam enters and places a plate of stale bread into my cell for me to eat. He doesn't say anything. He didn't even look at me. I feel as if I'm a dog in a cage being fed. As soon as he leaves, I grab the bread and take a bite. It's partly mouldy in some places. Squeeking rats gain my attention. I break parts of the bread and throw it to the hungry rats, hoping they won't try and bite me while I sleep again like last night. I pray to the Moon Goddess and ask her to help save me from here, but all I hear is silence. My prayers go unheard.