Chapter I

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Labored pants filled the damp frost bitten air. A half limp body dragged itself away from a cage where angry growls and low hisses could be heard coming from between the bars. Sleek black claws clicked against the cold wet concrete ground, chains rattled as the well built body of a bloody and beaten panther lunged at the bars of the cage. Trying to get the man that was dragging himself to safety.

Riku dropped his front paws back onto the ground as he flashed his bloody teeth at the man and at the people watching. Fellow slaves near the panther's cage kept themselves as far away as they could get from the small cage. The crack of a whip, sent Riku into a spitting fuss as he lowered his body with his teeth bared. He knew what was coming, everyone knew. Alex wasn't the friendliest caretaker in the world, he put any criminal to shame when it came to torturing a victim. The lock on his cage clicked open just before the metal door was flung open revealing a very pissed caretaker.

Riku let out a low growl before letting out a furious roar while swiping a paw at the male. Yet doing that came with a price. The leather of the bull whip connected with the side of his furry face with an echoing crack. The shifter took a few steps to the side and shook his head before roaring at Alex again only to earn another slap of the bull whip. But this time the whip smacked against his ribs. Riku pinned his ears back as he felt blood start to mat his short fur together more than it already was.

Riku was soon backed into a corner as the slaps of the whip came one after the other. Another guy quickly rushed in with a tranquilizer gun, the guy got down on one knew as he got into position, once there was an opening the male pulled the trigger shooting a tranquilizer dart into the flank of the panther. The abuse from the whip kept coming until Riku finally collapsed from the tranquilizer dart. Riku's breathing slowed as he became unconscious. Alex spit on the unconscious panther before tightening the collar and shortened the chain, he shorted it to the point where Riku could only walk around the pole and to the closets corner.

Alex smirked as he left the cage with his whip in hand. "Make sure no one feeds him or gives him water until I say so." Alex spat out as someone else closed the metal door and locked it.  Alex glanced at the man who was injured by Riku. "This is a lesson, don't mess with something you can't handle, this piece of shit can only be controlled by me." Alex growled out before stalking of to go put his bull whip back in his office.

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Riku let out a pained hiss as he slowly got feeling back into his body. He peeled his eyes open before shifting positions so that he was now laying on his stomach.  'Damn I hate that whip.' Riku mentally growled as he forced himself to his paws. He shook his head with an angry rumble coming from him. The shifter tried to walk around his small cage, only to get chocked back. He lowered his ears and glanced at his shortened chain. 'When the fuck did this happen?!' Riku furiously thought with a growl. He was also wondering how long he has been out. The only light this warehouse got was from the lights above, so he couldn't see outside. Yet before he went unconscious he knew it was night time, he knew that because that's the only time he gets fed. But that doesn't answer if he's been out for a day or two.

Riku let out a huff only to snap his head around when he heard someone approaching his cage. He let out warning growls as his muscles grew tense. It didn't take long for a man to appear in front of him. Riku felt himself lowering his body to the ground as he made eye contact with the male. Riku quickly snapped out of his trance before lunging at the bars with a roar only to be yanked back by the short chain. The man smirked as his eyes glowed a threatening red even though, amusement was clearly seen in the red orbs. "Shift." A demanding but husky voice spoke out, Riku immediately recognized it to be the man's voice, the male's eyes glowed brightly forcing the neko into submission. Riku lowered himself onto the cold floor before shifting. He 'human' form wasn't really a pleasant sight to see right now. His bones look as if the were about to pierce through his pale skin, new and old scars littered his body along with clusters of bruise that were sickening colors. His black hair was long and matted with blood and grime.

His own crimson red eyes were dull with pain, anger and fear. Something that made the vampire in front of him sick to his stomach. Riku watched the male turn to the nearest worker, demanding to speak to the caretaker of him. Riku pinned his ears back and growled lowly when he spotted Alex heading their way. "What the hell do you want bastard?" Alex snapped at the man with matching glowing red eyes. "Is that any way to speak to your leader and older brother?" The male asked in a calm tone that made Riku shiver in fear, yet he couldn't deny that something about that shiver felt good as well.

"You will never be a leader of mine nor a brother of mine!" Alex hissed out only to get slammed into Riku's cage. "Let's see about that when you get back to the clan's territory, now open that cage. I'm taking this one home with me."  The male growled out in a low tone as he let his brother go. Alex lowered his eyes before unlocking the cage door, he flung it open before stalking over to the beaten neko with his fangs bared. Riku hissed at Alex only to have his head snap to the side from a punch. Riku spit some blood onto the ground as Alex unhooked the chain from the pole before roughly pulling Riku out of the cage. He thrusted the end of the chain into his brother's chest with a growl. "Here. Now get out of here and don't return." Alex snapped out at his brother before storming off. The vampire shook his head before glancing down at the furious neko with a smirk. "Come on Kitten, let's get going. I need to get you cleaned before I can get a Bite to eat." The mystery male said with what seemed to be a sinister grin. Riku hissed at the vampire as he was dragged out of the warehouse, yet he didn't go willingly. The shifter was thrashing around, trying to get away so that he could make a run for it. But his chances of escaping was low as he got shoved into the back of a black BMW.

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And that ends the first chapter.
So yeah, I'm that type of person who can't do first person books only third person.
Any who, please comment and vote and stay tune for more chapters.

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