Of Wings And Claws

CHAPTER 2

" Welcome to your new home" Doggy man says with  his signature smirk. If I  manage to get out of here this man is the first beast I'm going to kill

"Quit it Darius!" The beta reprimands with a bored expression.
"Aww but where's the fun in that Mi..."A growl disturbs Doggy man's responce, who I've just learned is Darius and that seems to shut him up.

We were standing in front of a cell big enough for the both of us,
Em and I. Once the Alpha discovered that we were Fae he told Darius and the Beta to remain in human form and take us to the pack dungeons. That seemed to excite Darius to the fullest because he dragged me all the way from the Eastern forest to their pack cells where he happily unlocked the empty cells and eagerly waited for us to enter "our new home"

One thing I've discovered is that I hated doggy man, Darius, to the core. The crazed look in his face showed that he didn't just want us to get into the cells but  was waiting for the right moment to showcase his workout skills on us. Àine have mercy on us.

The lock clicks behind us and I slump down in defeat on the cold hard floor. Emily does the same while she cradles her broken wrist in her other hand. I scoot closer to her and took her hand in mine inspecting it. It is already swollen and forming a purple bruise. My heart feels heavy though, the Alpha didn't even come down to the cells with us, he didn't even spare me a glance when Darius was busy dragging me like a ragdoll the whole way here.

"Is..is he your mate Mel?" Emily whispers when we hear their footsteps fading in the distance. I continue to inspect her wrist fearing the judgement I'll see if I look into her eyes, but to my surprise she placed her other hand on top of mine and squeezed softly. Her green eyes sparkling despite the lack of any light in the cells. The woman infront of me was beautiful and I doubt she knew it.

"Mel he's so freaking hot!" Her voice booms around the cells and I let out a  short laugh shaking my head. Well, it can only be Emily Elizabeth that sees hot guys even when we're both marked for death.

"Really Em? Here I am thinking you would judge and hate me for it. You naughty little..."

"What? No I'd never do that Mel and you know it. He's hot and I could see right through his little "I hate Fae" facade that he totally has the hots for you" she giggles like a school girl with a crush. Only if that were true.

My cheeks reddens at her behavior. "Oh my goddess, stop!" I giggle with her. Our situation was kind of funny, here we sat in a cell with bars bound with iron, very poisonous to our kind, it can kill a fae in an instant if ingested and could leave unhealed burn marks if touched but we were laughing like it was one of those Fridays where we watched movies till we fell asleep on our worn out couch.

My giggle dies down when  my mind drifts to what's coming.

The full moon. It is four weeks away and that only meant one thing. I am going to die. When us Fae find our beloveds, goddess Áine only gave us one month to complete the bounding where we do a ritual and then mate. If we don't do this by the full moon we get into pre-turn where our bodies accept the rejection of our beloved and slowly destroys itself. Our powers turn and attack our bodies and we eventually die a slow painful death. Unless of course, we bound ourselves to a human and performed the ritual with one. Humans have no attachments to their beloveds or soulmates as they call them. They don't feel the pain of rejection or the pull you have towards your beloved so bounding with one will stop our impending doom and although we don't feel the connection the same way we would with our beloveds it still keeps us from dying.

As if sensing my thoughts Emily squeezes my hand lightly and purses her lips.

"I know what you're thinking Mel. It pains me to know that he may never fully accept you as his beloved but we can ask Mikael to let us out so you can bound with a human then they can continue locking us in here for all I care"