Esme

Chapter 35

Esme's POV

I woke up in a bed, different from Luciano's. I had a massive headache and I was a bit woozy. The memories of last night came flooding in. I ran to the door and and turned the knob, but it burnt my hand. 'Silver...' it also had the paste-ry like feeling, '... Wolfsbane. Just great, Silver and Aconitum. How am I supposed to escape? Of course, the windows'

With that I ran to the windows and tried to open the latch, but I was hit by a scent that made me fall back. 'They laced the windows with liquid aconitum too, ughhh'

Just then, the sound of the door unlocking got me distracted, I turned to where the door was, still unable to stand up, and he walked in.

"Of course it was you, you were the one I saw last night before I passed out. What gave you the right to abduct me? Answer me!"

"Cool it down babydoll, you should be happy" Jack said with a smirk on his face

"I should smack you right now, how did you know I got my wolf?"

"You see, I was..." He was cut off by someone and I couldn't believe they were really working together.

"I told him" Jefferson said emerging into the room where I was held captive

I stood my ground despite the fact that all the blood had washed away from my face. I was woozy from the headache I had and the wolfsbane I had inhaled.

"Since when did you two start working together?" I asked and when she came in, I felt my body go limp.

"Since I got here" I couldn't believe my eyes right now

"Lara? You? So you three are in cahoots?" This was not good. Not for me, or Luciano. Not even for the Crescent Moon and Blood Moon packs. I needed to do something. Somehow. I needed to think of something.

"Yes, thing is, I've always hated you Esme" Lara began and I scoffed 'No doubt'.

"I despise you, you took away my man, I guess it was for a good cause, because now I have Jefferson. You can keep Luciano, but I'm still going to punish you"

"Alright, suit yourself bitch. I'm not afraid of any of you. I just don't get why Jack, why did you do this?"

"Why? After everything I did for you, you left me for Luciano. I rejected my mate, pleaded with you so many times to just come back to me, but you refused and still went after him"

Did he just act like everything that happened was my fault? What kind of a sick fucker is this? I'm so going to kick his ass when I'm out of this captivity.

"I left you? You abused me in our relationship, always beating me up at the slightest chance. You cheated on me on a regular basis and still rubbed it in that those bitches we're better in bed than I was simply because I refused to have sex with you. You humiliated me in front of your friends. I had had enough, and I became stronger. When you found your mate and marked and claimed her, I realized that you weren't worth it. I am the daughter of an Alpha, but you treated me like shit. So I didn't want to have any more of it. That is why I left you, and I don't regret it. Truth is, you're never gonna be up to half, not even 20% of the man Luciano is. Never"

He didn't even waste time to punch me in the face. I smirked as I turned to face him, he continued punching me several times on my face and a few times on my tummy. I coughed out a lot of blood, before I spat the rest on his face.

Jack always let out his anger and\or his frustrations on me while we were dating. He'd always beat me up like this. So I could tell, it was either of the two, or both.

"That's enough Jack. What did you and your mate do with my brother, Esme?" I obviously shouldn't tell him the truth... Right?

"That little rat refused to say anything. He kept to himself, constantly asking about some girl named Giselle. So we just felt leaving him in the dungeons and sedating him three times daily with aconitum was a great idea" I said, Jefferson was so upset that he could kick me rn

And he did kick me, in the gut. I yelled in pain but it soon went away. "What was that for?"

"Are you really asking me that? You kept my brother in a dungeon. I can't wait to just get rid of you and your pathetic excuse for a mate"

"Rude much?"

"Shut up bitch" Lara spat

"Lara stay out of this, I thought you loved Luciano, but you're here planning his downfall with his enemies"

"You were at least right when you said loved, now I only have eyes for Jefferson" she stated before they indulged in a very sloppy and disgusting kiss

"Yuck, get a room" Jack growled

"Can someone tell me why I'm here?"

"We're going to keep you here, until after the battle. It will weaken your mate, and then once we're done with him, we'll end you, Capisce?"

"So what exactly are you going to do?"

"Don't tell her Jeff. We cant compromise anything"

"Relax, it's not like she's leaving here or anything. So we we're going to..." He started chirruping like the cockatoo that he was, I only hope I'll be able to get out of here in time to help Luciano. 'I'm coming to you baby'

Meanwhile, back at the pack house...
Luciano's POV

I paced around my office, in anger and regret. I was with her and I still couldn't do anything. I hated myself so much, I felt so useless.

The scar on my face healed but the pain in my heart didn't, I just felt like stabbing myself severally. My mate was slipped right off my fingers.

"Any news?"

"No Alpha, none yet"

"Ughhhhh, you're all useless. Everyone just leave" I yelled

"But Alpha, we're trying our be..."

"I said get out, all of you. Leave"

Everyone left my office, I was mad at myself, not them, I just didn't want to hurt anyone. I wonder what they're doing to her, I couldn't reach her through the link. Nothing, it's like she just got wiped out, off the earth.

Everything became constricting, everything made me feel claustrophobic. I ran out of my house and shifted letting Max take control as I shredded my clothes. I howled the loudest I ever did and Shuddered.

I fell to the ground and thought about only her. 'Esme, the pack and I need you'.