Without a Wolf

Chapter 16: Torture

Sophia

I stared at the three men who entered the cell. One of them was tall and very muscular, another was old and frail looking, and the last one was a guy around my age and he stared back at me with something in his eyes; hunger. I became very afraid, escpecially once they closed the door and the old man walked over to me with a needle.

"Michael! Help me! Please! Help!" I screamed, feeling the needle go into my thigh. Pain instantly went through my leg, making it go completely numb before it spread to the rest of my body. I felt my mind link shut down, and Michael slip through my grasp.

"No!" I yelled.

"Glad you're awake, Miss Malone. I was afraid that idiot kicked you too hard and killed you," the old man said, putting the needle on the table.

"Who are you?" I asked.

The old man had grey hair and not nearly as many wrinkles as the man from before. He wore tan slacks and a brown shirt. He looked like he was going out to dinner instead of stab someone with a needle.

"I am Anthony, and that is Adam, the alpha, and that is Brayden, your new guard."

The guy who was closest to my age would be my new guard? I didn't like that. But at least this man confirmed that I was in another alpha's place.

"What do you want from me?" I asked.

"We are just merely going to study you, my dear," Anthony said. "You are quite the specimen."

"Not only by your genetics" Brayden smirked.

I blushed at his meaning and his smirk only grew. Adam slapped Brayden's shoulder and he walked over to me. He stood right in front of me and I was able to look straight into his eyes. He had brown hair and light brown eyes, his nose was a little crooked up close, and his jaw was square. He was very handsome, and very intimidating.

"Forgive my son's comment, but he wasn't lying," he said.

I blushed again and tried to pull my head back as far as I could in digust. I didn't like being near these men at all. Anthony saved me by pushing Adam away from me.

"Stay back love birds, she's here as a test subject, not a flirting toy," Anthony snapped.

"Sorry," both of them said.

Anthony turned back to me with a smile on his face. "Now, are you ready for some of these tests?"

"No! Let me go!"

He sighed. "Alpha, Brayden, could you give us a moment to speak?"

They both nodded and left the room. For a long moment, worst case scenarios flew through my mind. Hopefully Anthony wouldn't do any of them.

"Miss Malone, you are different from werewolves and humans. I want to find out what you can do and what your limitations are. You see?"

"This is unethical! I didn't agree to this!" I shouted.

"I know, but there are no others like you in the world. You are all alone. If we didn't get you here, then we'd never find out what you're like."

I'm all alone? No, I had Michael, and Charlie, and Tommy and my pack. Mom was always there for me! She taught me how to get along without a wolf, like she did. But was he right? I was the only one like me.

"Now then," he said, as the door opened again, allowing Adam and Brayden in. "I think it's a good time to start with the healing process."

I gulped. I wonder how he was going to test that.

Anthony walked over to the table and picked up a knife with a wicked blade. An evil grin spread across his face. What happened to the nicer Anthony that was just here? Who was this mad man?

"We're going to see how fast it takes to heal certain wounds. This will only hurt at first my dear."

As soon as the blade touched my skin and drew blood, I screamed as fire exploded in my veins.

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They left me alone in agony. The blade was made of silver so the pain lingered. My blood was dripping down my leg and my arms. The knife was only used on my arms, but the whip was used on my legs until it drew blood. It would've been less awkward if it wasn't men who whipped me.

The pain was almost unbearable, and the numbeness was wearing off so the pain was growing. I almost passed out, but Anthony stuck me with another needle that kept me awake, and I hated him for it.

Brayden was standing outside my door as a guard, but I knew he wanted to enter. I saw the way he looked at me, and during the procedure, he smiled a lot. I wanted them all to die and rot in hell.

I needed my mate. I needed Michael's strong arms wrapped around me and him telling me it would all be alright. The pain was too much and I needed him to help me. Maybe the mind link could work now.

"Michael?" I weakly said. I as too weak to even think straight.

In a heart beat he responded. "Sophia! Are you alright? I've tried calling some packs for me to come find you but-"

I whimpered through the mind link to get him to shut up and it worked. Only for a second though.

"Sophia what did they do to you?!"

"They-they used a knife," I slowly said.

I felt him growl through the link and I felt comforted by it.

"They also used a whip."

He growled again, a lot stronger though.

"They used a whip? Where at?"

Should I tell him? Now's not a time to tell him about my wounds. I needed him to find me!

"Michael, I'm with an Alpha Adam. I've never heard of him before, but he has a son named Brayden. Find me! Please! I can't take it!"

I felt him whimper. "Alright, I'm coming for you. I'll be there soon."

I smiled, but then I became exhausted and I couldn't stay awake anymore. My eyes closed and I felt the pain subside. I retreated into my mind, where I couldn't feel the pain from the wounds or the pain from not being with Michael.

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Michael

I ran into my office and picked up my phone. I quickly called Charlie to let him know what Sophia said. The phone only rang twice before he answered.

"Hello?"

"Charlie! Sophia just talked to me."

"What did she say?"

"She's at Alpha Adam's. I'm just about to call him."

"Good, I'll be over in a minute."

"Alright," I said and then I hung up.

I started to dial the number I had of the alphas' numbers and I tried to calm myself down as the phone rang. If I search this place and find her there, I'm going to kill him.

It rang about ten times before someone picked up. No one spoke for a long moment, as if we sensed what the other knew.

"Hello?" an older voice said.

"Hello, Alpha Adam?" I asked, trying to control my anger.

"Yes, who's calling?"

"Alpha Michael."

"Ah, yes...Sophia's mate."

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