A Throne Of Fangs And Ice

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***Trigger warning!! Violence, rape, blood***

"You can do that?" Azriel asked, his shadows snaking forward, gathering around me as if reading me. I stopped breathing. Stopped thinking. Stopped everything. I couldn't stop my own heart from pounding within my chest.

"Az, stop your shadows. She's petrified. Call them back, man." Cassian said gently, placing a hand on my shoulder very carefully.

"We're not going to hurt you, Luna. I promise. We've just never met someone that can do what you can. We're just curious is all. But your fear isn't just from this, is it?" Cassian said as Azriel called his shadows back and made them go away completely.

"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. Please, can we sit down?" Azriel asked and I finally started breathing again. Cassian closed my front door and we all moved to sit on my couch. Well, they did. I sat on the stone ledge where my fireplace burned. The ice in my core needing to be thawed.

"You wanna talk about it?" Cassian asked but I shook my head. I had only just met these guys. Though, apparently this isn't the first time I've met Azriel.

"You already know I can erase memories. There are other things I can do but ever since I was little, I was restricted from telling anyone. The things I can do can get me killed. Or kidnapped and used. Did you really think I live alone in the mountains because I enjoy it? Most of the time it's nice, yeah. But it gets so damn lonely up here. You two showing up at my door is the first time I've talked to anyone in an actual conversation in years. I go into town when no one else is around and leave a note of an order for anything I need to each store and pay them to deliver it to my door." I said, turning slightly to add another log to the fire behind me. Noticing the looks on both Azriel and Cassian's faces that I'm still sitting right here with the fire burning so close to my back.

"You know Rhysand, sorry.. The High Lord would hear you out and keep you safe if he knew." Cassian suggested but I didn't want to hear it.

"My parents didn't think very highly of him, personally I dont know the guy so I can't say if I like him or not but with the things I can do, he would likely use me too. And I don't want to be someone's puppet. I wont do it. I don't care what my lineage is, all I have is me now. I've lost literally everyone else. It's up to me to keep my family going. But again, with what I can do, do you see anyone lining up to be with me? Nope. Not one person. Last person that I told everything to, he ran off. Honestly surprised I haven't had people trying to kill me cause he likely told people about me by now. Please, can you two just go home now? Before I lose control.. that's something you don't need to see.." I said and leaned back against the fireplace. I could feel them staring in awe that the fire doesn't even phase me. It does nothing to me other than provide warmth. I'm immune to the burn. I can't catch fire.

"We're really sorry for everything. Maybe some other time we can hang out.. I'd like to get to know you, but only if you'll allow it. We'll see you from the skies, Luna." Azriel said and I felt a shiver go up my spine and around to my ear.

"Please don't be afraid to call for me if ever you need help." It was Azriel's voice but it only came through my mind. A shadow. He sent a shadow to give me a message that only he and I would know about. And of course his shadows.

A few weeks have passed since Cassian and Azriel showed up at my doorstep and I can't get Azriel's voice out of my head. His secret message to me. And every morning when I'm making breakfast, I catch him staring this way. No. At me. He stares at me every morning. His golden hazel eyes locking onto my storm blue ones.

That night, I sit on couch reading a book with only the fire to light my living room, I hear something outside. My wolf hearing picking up on every sound outside. Whispering voices and snapping twigs. I can't tell what's being said but there's at least 6 men out there, surrounding my little house. I can hear them getting closer and closer to the front door. I didn't bother putting any shoes on. I would run faster in my wolf form anyway.

But I wasn't fast enough. I hadn't heard the 3 men come through a window and didn't have time to shift before one of them injected me with something. I conjured my fire in one hand and ice in the other, blasting the 3 with both powers, killing them instantly. But then it was gone. My powers fizzled out and I grew weak. I still tried to fight though, biting, scratching, and kicking the other 3 men that broke in through my front door. I managed to literally bite off the ear of one of them and break the nose of another, blood gushing all over the place. But that didn't stop the other one who had a tight grip on me. He still managed to tie my arms behind my back and the other 2 joined in to help him drag me outside. One had managed to tie a gag around my mouth so no one could hear me screaming. I tried like hell to shift but my wolf wasnt coming.

The 3 men dragged me miles away from my house where the threw me harshly on the ground where my head collided with a rock and blood came rushing out. My vision blurry now, but I could still feel what they were doing. One grabbed my bound hands and retied them around the trunk of a tree, the other two grabbed both of my legs while the third literally shredded my shirt and ripped my shorts off. I managed to get one of my legs free and kicked as hard as I could into someone's face, blood spraying everywhere from the kick to his mouth.

"Bitch!" Was all he screamed before kicking me in the ribs multiple times and then one of their fists collided with my face. Everything went black. The one thing that swirled its way into my head was Azriel's secret message. The shadows. I can use them! I forced myself out of this blackout, knowing what I would come back to but I had no other choice. I know what these guys have planned. And I'm not ready to die.

I forced the pain to the back of my mind as I came to. My body rocking from one of them shoving his dick so hard into me that my head had smacked into the tree trunk. I managed to open my eyes enough to look out into the shadows of the forest and said low enough for these men to not hear me. I said his name. I called out to Azriel. Pleaded with every fiber of my being for his help. I swear I saw a huge portion of shadows literally poof away, that same moment is when I got kicked int he ribs again and oh look, another punch to my face. I had forced the pain to the back of my mind. I know all of this is going to hurt later, but right now, I dont want to feel a thing.

What felt like forever had gone by. Each guy had multiple turns on me at this point. I had blood all over me. Theirs and my own. I had caught a glimpse of some massive bruising and blood coating the inside of my thighs before another filthy dick was rammed into me full force. I had given up on Azriel showing up at this point. I knew better than to think he would come running. I was stupid to think he would. I let my body go limp, giving up completely at this point. I closed my eyes and just laid there. I was too weak to fight back anymore.