Chained

Chapter 10 - Dylan

Winter's POV

To my surprise, I was fed that night. A male guard walked in and without saying a word, opened the door and dumped the deer leg. He even re-filled the water in my bucket.

Suspicion tore through me as I eyed the raw leg that made my stomach feel as if it was being ripped open. The worst they could do was poison me, and death was something I no longer feared.

Before I could convince myself otherwise, I tore into the carcass. I swallowed chunks of the raw flesh whole until I forced myself to slow down.

There's no point in eating if you're just going to throw it up later.

And who knew when they would feed me next. The smartest thing to do would be to preserve the meat for as long as possible until I ensured I would be fed again. I ate surprisingly little. After only a few more bites my stomach felt like it was about to explode, so I drank from the fresh water before the throbbing in my shoulder became too much and I lay back down and Immediately fell into dreamless sleep.

The midday sun shone through my barred window when I was awoken by the sound of the door squealing open and footsteps entering.

My eyes instinctually snapped open and I rose my head to see who was entering.

I felt my heart begin to race as I saw Zayn appear in front of my cell with the tree trunks he called arms placed across his chest. "Good, you ate," he said looking at the deer leg.

Unsure what to do, I stayed motionless as the alpha glared at me. "I won't tell you to shift because I know you won't," he said taking a step forward. "And I understand why."

A tension in my stomach eased. Only slightly. Zayn scared me in a way Markus never could. I knew what Markus would do to me. All the ways he would torment and hurt me, both mentally and physically, and I knew what to say and what not to say to prevent it as much as possible.
With Zayn I had no idea. I had no idea what to do or what not to do. I didn't know what angered him and what he would do with that anger. He hadn't done anything when he found Vivian in my cell, but whose to say that isn't why he was here now. To hurt me for yesterday.

"However I will tell you that you will not leave this cell until you shift and I can guarantee the safety of my pack. I know this will be hard for you to believe, because I know Markus and I know what he does to people, but neither I, or anyone in this pack is going to hurt you."

My eyes widened.

"I know yesterday must also make that hard to believe, but can you blame me? I thought you were hurting my daughter." Zayne didn't give me any chance to react before quietly leaving, the door squeaking behind him.

I couldn't blame him, not one bit.

My mind trailed back to my twin brother and my heart ached. We would always protect each other, but of course, I failed. A vampire had killed him.

Unable to control her thirst, she had fled into the woods to stop herself to murdering a human, but found Dylan instead.

In his own territory and his human form, he had no chance to fight back as she tore him to shreds while I was sleeping over at a friend's house whose name I could no longer remember.

The next day it was me that found what was left of him in the woods where we once played. His body torn to shreds. That same day, I tracked down the vampire who killed him to a remote cave not far from the woods.

I found her sobbing into her bloodied hands. My brother's blood.

She noticed me instantly and must have smelt his scent on me as she collapsed at my feet begging for a painless death. As her blood fuelled eyes looked up at me I saw how her face contorted with physical pain as she recognised him through me.

My burning hatred faltered just enough for me to give in to her plea.

I snapped her neck and she thanked me as I did it.

When I returned home my parents nodded in approval as I told them the story and they didn't protest when I told them I could no longer live there. Both cried as I left but they assured me they would be okay and I could come home when I was ready.

There was nothing more in the world that I wanted more than to go home.

Author's note
So what do you guys think of Winter now that you know a bit more about her??? Let me know in the comments and feel free to give any feedback xx
-T