Betrothed

Chapter 19: False or True

Willow

Romellow started laughing and I began to get more than irritated. What does Romellow mean to my true pack? My true pack was wherever I ended up with Brayden. Brayden will be my pack no matter what happens since he marked me. I have felt like I am home whenever he is near, but unfortunately in this moment it was the opposite as I was scared that my home was not going to stand back up. I whispered into our mind link to Brayden, "I need you to get up. Please get up!" I stared into Romellow's rage filled eyes while I stood directly over top of Brayden. I need him to be okay. I started growling at Romellow as his rogue pack started surrounding me. I did not have hope nor the strength to win this fight. I knew if I lost that Romellow may kill Brayden if he wasn't already bound to die from his wounds from fighting as he has blood coming from the slash and bite marks from fighting with Romellow and his pack. The rogue pack that followed Romellow's every move kept getting closer. The only thing left for me to do was howl but I knew that we were too far away for anyone in my pack to hear me. Though I howled anyway which seemed to set Romellow off and he growled and sped up enclosing me in his pack's circle. A few of his pack members showed up in their human forms with a net and a tranquilizer gun.

Maybe that is what happened to Brayden on top of all of his blood loss. I could not stand the thought of being separated from Brayden now, his scent still helping me push myself even though my wolf form was starting to weaken while standing over top of him. I looked around me and all around me now about four feet or so away from where I was standing Romellow's pack stands guarding me knowing that I will likely not stand a chance with a tranquilizer gun being loaded behind the circle trapping me from escaping with my unconscious mate beneath me I tried to hope that help would come but deep down I knew the truth in that answer. I had lost all strength of what little I had after still being wounded from my initial wolfsbane poisoning, the marking from Brayden with the removal of wolfsbane, and then the shifting to my wolf form process, not to mention all the running from Romellow and his pack, had drained me physically and mentally. I could not even attempt to howl another time as my body in its wolf form physically could not take it anymore as my body swayed over top of Brayden's unconscious wolf form until I looked over at the rogue who was holding the tranquilizer gun and saw that he just released the trigger. I did not even hear the tranquilizer go off before my body finally collapsed right on top of my mate who was covered in his own blood barely breathing noticeably.

"Come on, get out of here you idiot! I can't have you around her. Warner, come and take this idiot far away from my beautiful sister." Romellow yelled as I heard a faint shuffling on the ground near me. I must be in a net because I cannot even bring myself to move let alone open my eyes as I hear the shuffling coming from below me and feel the sway of the net beneath me.

I knew there was no way I was going to make it out of that situation in a way I planned because it simply was just not in the cards for me. It brought me sadness not knowing what had happened to Brayden, and that is all I seemed to care about. In that moment, I could care less about me being drugged and carried in a net to an unknown location where my twin brother wants me to live in a pack with him and keep me from my real true pack and my very real mate Brayden. I hoped that Brayden would still be okay. He was still slowly breathing before my body collapsed over top of him.

I wish I were stronger. If only I was stronger then maybe, we would have never been in this mess. I would have fought the wolfsbane off and never ended up in the pack hospital therefore never running away from a rogue into the woods far away from the pack hospital to begin with. The shuffling turned into a halt and next thing I knew was I felt air and a quick pain that shot threw my body like wildfire. I would guess that whoever was carrying me in the net decided it was time to dump me out and let me fall to the ground in hopes to get me to wake sooner. After a while of minutes later I heard something not quite close to me that sounded like a struggle going on followed by a loud shout.

"Warner! I thought I told you to keep him far away from my sister! I cannot have him jeopardizing her safety." Romellow screamed. "Now go put Ash in a cell over on the far side of this building with a lock and no key for a while until we get this living space sorted out." Romellow explained in an arguing tone. Who was Ash and why did he care where I was? It seems like he was the one that Warner was supposed to escort the last time when they were still transporting me to wherever I am now which I assume is a cozy cell considering if Romellow knows me well enough, I will not be staying willingly. "Alpha, he is squared away, Sir." Warner confirmed with Romellow. "Thank you for doing your job, Warner! Now make sure you tell me whenever you see Willow move or start to wake. I want to be there to greet her when she comes out of the tranquilizer solution." Romellow started and then I heard footsteps shifting away with thudding growing quieter with each step. I heard someone walking closer to me and a creak of a chair. Warner must have sat down in a wooden chair next to the cell that they had me in. I could start to feel the feeling of the bottom of my feet just a little bit after a bit of time went by. I tried to focus on listening into my surroundings while I was still unable to move or even open my eyes due to the drugs still in my system. I heard something in the distance and then the chair next to where I was being held creaked again and I heard thudding footsteps running away from my cell.

Something must be happening, and Warner must have had to go attend to it. Now would be a really good time to get the feeling back in my body and this drug to whereof. Then it happened I felt my legs and my toes soon hopefully I would have full control of my body again. I started thinking about Brayden again. I thought about mind linking Brayden to see if I would get a response back but the thought of getting no response hurt too bad to make it into a reality, so for now I kept myself from reaching out hoping that Brayden would reach out first and at any point in time. I know I have not known him very long, but he is for sure the ideal partner for me even though we were betrothed we were always each other's destine true mate as we were told that our parents knew from our young age of seven that is why they came up with the betrothal idea and plan. Suddenly my eyes opened, and I focused on the surroundings around me. There were brick walls around me with barred gates that went from the floor to the ceiling. The bars in the gate were only about two and a half inches apart from the next bar with a brick wall dividing the cells. I see that the chair was placed across from my cell up against the wall therefore the cells were only along one wall whereas maybe there was something else on the other side of the wall behind the wooden chair.

I was still in my wolf form which I figured was the safest option considering Romellow wanted me to shift before they darted at me with their tranquilizer gun. I looked around and there was not much else to stare at except there was a pile of clothes in the corner of my cell and in the opposite corner sat a water dish and an empty food bowl. I peeked through the gate to see if I could see any doors or even a way out. Nothing much for options other than to either sit around and be rescued or submit to Romellow until I can escape. Suddenly, footsteps were coming back down the hallway getting louder as they echoed off the brick walls and through the metal barred gates.