Worlds Collide

Chapter 5

Hope's POV:

     I grip onto the chains as a guard hits me with a whip. They made me strip down to just my under clothes.

"You could've avoided this. Your mate caused this, you know? It would've been easier if you didn't find a mate in, Subject 2," Dr. Lane says chuckling tauntingly from the window.

My jaw clenched in anger, "her name is Eve!" Dr. Lane glares at me and nods at the guard. The guard starts hitting me with the whip while another guard goes in front of me and whips out his taser then turns it on while pushing it on my stomach.

   I clench my teeth so I don't yell out in pain. My grip the chains tighten as my back arches in pain. You would think I would be used to this by now.

   This is my seventh time getting punished. "Kick it up a notch," I hear Dr. Lane order and the guard turns a dial on his taser then uses it on me again.

   Whimpers escape my lips as I try to hold in the scream. I can't hold it anymore. I scream out with a roar of pain.

  After two more hours of this punishment, the guards half carry me to my mate and I's room. One of them slide their cars on the lock pad and the door opens.

   They carry me in and Eve gasps in horror, moving towards us but the guard stops her. "Stop! Get back, Subject 2! Back up, now," he orders with his hand on top of his gun threatening to take it out.

   "D-don't talk t-to her l-like that," I rasp out making everyone look at me.

   "Damn, I didn't think you could speak after all that screaming. Oh well, next time," the other guard chuckles and let's go of me with the other guard.

  I catch myself with my hands and they leave while laughing. Eve drops to the ground in front of me and cups my face.

  "What did they do to you? Oh god! I'm sorry! This is my fault! Next time please don't take the punishment let me," Eve sobs with tears streaming down her face.

   I shake my head as best as I can. "N-no, I c-can take it. I swear on m-my life, E-Eve. I won't l-let anybody h-hurt you," I strongly tell her despite the raspiness in my voice from all the screaming I did.

   She doesn't say anything just hugs my head to her chest. I slowly wrap my arms around her waist.

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I slowly open my eyes and notice I changed back to my human form. I groan as I feel all of the weight of the wood and debris on me.

"Mittent," I cough out and only a few things move off of me. Great, this sucks ass.

   'Eve?' No answer. 'Eve? Answer me.' Still no answer. Why isn't she responding?! Suddenly I'm filled with panic. She always answers.

   I use my magic to get the stuff off of me and I stand up with a groan. "Eve," I cough out moving quickly to the shelter room. It's empty.

   I'm overwhelmed with fear and I take off running through the tunnels heading for the main floor. I skid to a stop almost ramming into Eve's mother.

"Where's Eve?! Is she ok?!," I fire question after question breathing heavily. She just looks at me then grabs me by the throat and pins me to a wall.

I grunt in surprise and hold onto her arm. "You were a Lycan this whole time?! Were you the one that called the attack on this coven?" She hisses staring at me with her blue eyes. She thinks I caused this?