Midnight River Shorts

Winston and Johnny

Johnny's POV

I lay on the cold, hard ground. The man beside me shifts and I can see out of my peripheral vision that he's looking at me.

"Hey." He whispers to me.

I look at him, and shake my head silently.

"Shh." The man on his left shushes him quietly. "Don't put up a fight."

"Why not?" He looks at the man wildly.

"That just guarantees you'll be next." He says quietly. "When they take you, it's for days. They drain as much of your blood as they can before you die. Then bring you back here to recover."

"Where are we?" He whispers.

"Higher Parks." The other man whispers, barely audible.

"Shit." The man next to me mutters.

The door clangs open and most of us jump. A pair of footsteps echo around the room, walking to take their victim. The footsteps stop right in front of me.

"Well, Johnny boy!" I hear Frank, the Mate who rejected me, cheer. "It appears to be your turn!"

I can't hold the flinch in. "No, please no." I cry. "Please."

"Shut up." The man snarls. He carries me out of the room and back into their 'collection room' where they bleed us.

After I pass out a few times, they finally take me back to the other room and secure me to the wall with the chains. The new guy is brought back in after a while too.

I hate it here, so much. I try my best to stifle my sobs.

"Hey, Johnny." He says softly. "It's okay."

I sniffle and look at him like he's crazy. "Why do you say that?"

"It could be worse." He shrugs. "I've been through worse."

"What?" I gasp.

"Remember how Wild Forest was decimated twenty years ago?" He turns to me.

"Yeah." I say quietly.

"That was my old Pack." He looks at the ceiling. "My father died during that attack. Then only a few days later, I was in a car crash with my twin and adoptive fathers, and kidnapped. We were spilt up. The boys were forced to train as mercenaries by rogues. The girls were forced to train to pleasure men as objects."

"That's awful." I gasp.

"Yeah." He says, looking back at me. "So this, while inconvenient, is nothing. Rescue will come soon." He gives me a weak smile.

"How do you know?" I ask.

"I trust my Mate and my Pack." He grins tiredly.

"If you trust them so much, I'll trust them too." I give him a wobbly smile.

We're startled out of our sleep by banging and shouting out in the hallway.

"Protect the assets!" Jayus screams. "I need them alive!"

"Fuck you, Jayus!" Someone else screams.

A lot of chaos ensues, and someone bursts through the door. The man beside me must recognize one of the Wolves that comes in.

"WINSTON!" He yells happily.

"Cameron!" He breathes. "Thank the Goddess."

"What's happening?" The man, Cameron, asks as Winston moves on to my chains.

"We got word that you guys were held here." He answered. He holds me close to him. I inhale his scent, hoping to the Goddess it's not a dream. "It's alright, Sweetheart. I'm here. You don't need to worry anymore." He says softly.