Dare {Book 2}

Chapter twenty-three

Isabella
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A week after I gained all of my new abilities, I could control them with hard concentration. Two weeks after, I could control them with little concentration and at least three at a time. Three weeks later, I used hardly any effort at all. Four weeks passed, and the only thing I needed work with was telekinesis. Electric energy was tough to control when I wasn't training, but like all the rest, I eventually got it.

A month later, Jason, Dean, Kate, Lucy and Danielle were so beat up, they hardly stayed conscious for more than an hour or two. I used them as practice dummies with my abilities that father didn't want me using on guards as often. Jason took most of the blow, volunteering every time I tried to use Lucy. He's stupid that way. Lucy was still going to get hurt, worse than if I did it to her straight on. Jason knows I hate him, therefore I use as much force as I can on him.

Once, I shifted into Tate and pretended that I was breaking them out. They were so hopeful until Dean pointed out that I touched the silver chains without getting burned. I laughed and shifted back. They were stunned, unaware I could do that. Another time, I shifted into a younger version of myself. The only one of them that knew me when I was that young was Darcey. I pretended that I was injured and scared.

Father has yet to locate Ian. I'm starting to feel nervous. He's the only one that's like me, the only one that could possibly understand what I'm going through. What if something has happened to him? I re-watch the videos that father has of him in his Pack, with his mate, his Beta, his friends. He looks so innocent. Little does he know how deadly he is, or that his mate and friends have been lying to him, the same way that mine did to me. Father says that once we get him, he's my responsibility to take care of. I'll teach him how to fight, how to use his abilities, how to control them.

That is, if we can find him.

I've convinced father and Ace to take me into the city on nights when I get hungry. They both thought it was t a very good idea; what if someone saw me? I was tired of being kept in the borderlines of the Alpha of Rogues' territory. After much begging, father obliged. Ace takes me into the city when I feel like it. We go to the same club every time. Ace sits on a stool, ordering himself a drink, while I go rub elbows with the human males. I love watching Ace's reaction when I do it, he looks so angry and jealous.

I've learned that Ace is part human. His mother was a human, his father was a wolf. Although Ace can shift, he doesn't have a mate, which leads him to me, a broken, now mate less wolf. The only wolf that he could possibly have a chance with.

I like the idea of having Ace as a mate. He understands me and loves me even with all of my flaws. I can't imagine what Tate would do if he knew about me being part vampire, but Ace accepts it, even helps me with it. He trains with me and watches me, even when father doesn't order him to.

I teleport myself from my bedroom down to the cells. I hear heavy breathing and feel the fear. I pass by the empty cells filled with dried blood and the smell of death, wondering how many lied in these cells before I came. Before I used Dark Magic. Before I knew about werewolves. When my life was simple, and I knew how to handle it-sort of.

I turn the corner, peeking around a cell to see all five of them passed out, their arms hanging on the wall above them. All of them look like they just went through hell, even Lucy, who I barely touched, looks like shit. Because Jason got used so much, and because they're mates, she's affected too.

I bring a finger and gingerly touch the mark that Tate gave me months ago. I still feel sparks, even if I don't want to. I've tried to cover the mark up with concealer plenty of times, but it doesn't seem to do the trick.

I let out a low sigh, averting my gaze to the cement floor.

"Isabella?" Dean croaks, lifting his head to look at me. I frown at him and show myself before teleporting next to him. He doesn't even flinch anymore. None of them do.