The Wolf In Me novel Chapter 65

Faustus Griffith's POV

"It's your fault we are in this shit!" I snarled at Dr West whilst tucking at the chains that held my arms and legs, trying to find a way to free myself.

The place that we were at was dark and humid. Sure enough, it was somewhere underground which reminded me of my grandpa's wine cellar. He loved to take me there and make me taste test all the new wines he collected. Being brought up in such an ambience, I fell in love with the idea of collecting wines and so I took after grandad's favourite hobby.

"Stop wasting your energy," he replied in a quiet voice.

"I have more energy than you think!" I spat at him feeling furious.

My plan went down the drain and now I was almost out of options. Dr West seemed like he has already lost hope and knew what was going to happen next.

"What now?" I asked him looking away from him, barely wanting to see his shadow.

"What do you mean? We wait and see what type of death he will choose for us!" he said shrugging his shoulders.

Panic started to get to me, not that I could die in any way, but because I was going to get exposed. As my eyes filled with more hatred towards him, I screamed with frustration. The only way I could remove the shackles was to get in contact with someone or something small but no one and nothing else was around. Suddenly I heard the locks to the iron cast door turn and from behind it appeared my only target of the day, Dr Write himself.

"So, Dr Jeremiah Stellar is it?" He asked looking at me.

I was not ready to look up at him and so I stared at the floor frowning and not saying a word. My mind was elsewhere and as I could hear a lot of blabbing coming from him, I was plotting on how to get myself a free ticket out of jail.

"I heard you say that you know where she is. Is that true?" He asked politely yet in a threatening manner.

Then is where I realised I had a window of hope so he got my attention and my eyes looked straight into his own. His lips curved as he knew that he was getting through me but thinking that I could find a way to set myself free, I smiled back to look like I am cooperating.

"Ah, at last, he looks me in the eye. Well. Where are we going to expect to find her?" He asked looking sharply at me.

This time I chose to play it like I was not myself, pretending I couldn't remember clearly so I would force him to let me go with him. His patience was not looking under control any longer and soon enough he told one of the guards to take me to his office. This was my chance to try and convince him of my plan. It's now or never I kept saying to myself as I was pushed up from the floor and relieved of my chains.

"I will only cooperate if you follow my conditions," I said after a while, looking into Dr Write's chocolate brown eyes.

"Since when are you the head of this building? Everyone does what I want! This is my territory!" He fumed at my words and things started to heat up.

"Dr, I didn't mean it that way. What I meant was that I know how to lead the way, but only if you listen to what I say, you will manage to find her. Therefore I must come with you, however, there can't be too many of you...us," I corrected myself, trying to ease the commotion.

"Kill the other jerk. We don't need him any more," he pointed at Dr West before walking out of the cave, making the guards that were pulling me along follow him.

Moments later as I took the corner I could hear the echo of the gun taking his soul, which shook me to my core. This guy was heartless and everybody feared him. Giving the order to kill a doctor in cold blood was an indication of a violent and bitter person. I needed to make sure to use my head on how I would make both of us happy without trapping myself into a threat.