Royal Rogue [Book 2: Royal Series]

Chapter 21

♕ Arianna' POV ♕

"Thanks Leah." I say to the little girl as she pulls the now empty bottle of water away from my lips. She rewards me with a ghost of a smile, albeit it was a sad one. "I'm sorry I couldn't get you any food, Luna." She apologises softly, her head down. "Don't worry. The water was plenty." I assure her but in reality, I was worried that I would starve to death. I offer Leah a smile and she slowly returns it with a proper one of her own. I was grateful for everything she had done for me.

Without her, I don't think I would of survived this long.

She bows her head in response before quietly getting off the floor and out the room, closing the door behind her. The smile on my face falls as the loneliness returns. I let it consume me just like the darkness would have if it were to be dark out. I predicted it to be in the early hours of the suns arrival.

My stomach felt as if it would eat itself soon and my body burned as the poison still ran through my veins. I haven't gotten one of those shots in a while and I knew another would be arriving soon. It's just a matter of when The Rogue wants me to be injected. My mind and body both felt empty with the loss of my wolf and mate.

I sigh and let the seconds turn into minutes and the minutes turn into hours.

My head shoots up as a furious looking Rogue stomps into the room. He wore only a pair of basketball shorts which looked weird on him. Not because he looked funny in it, but because I would of never thought I would see The Rogue in any other clothes other than black jeans and a black shirt. At least the shorts are black.

My eyes widen as my eyes catch onto a particular needle. What surprised me most is that the quantity of the liquid had risen. Before, the needle would only be filled half way but now, it was filled three quarters.

Good going, Arianna. You just jinxed yourself.

He stalks over to me, his mouth pulled up in a silent snarl. Dread takes over my body and I bring my legs closer to me. I shift my body closer to the wall, hoping it would just swallow me up.

"You have caused me too much trouble." He growls, his voice not resembling one of a humans. Despite my fear, I couldn't help but responding. "I'm not the one who told you to kidnap me." I say, my fear slipping away momentarily. But it comes back with full force as The Rogue uses his own force. He grabs a hold of my warn out jumper, roughly pulling me closer to him.

"You will no longer be." He states lowly, his narrowed eyes staring into mine. My heart races and my eyes widen as his statement registers in my mind.

He was going to kill me.

Suddenly, he lets me go and my body slams into the wall from the abruptness. He takes a step away from me, breathing deeply. "I don't know why I've left you breathing for this long, but that will change." He says, more to himself than me. His eyes held a fire in them, a raging fire. It burned, ready to harm whatever came in its way.

"I'll make sure to let you feel the pain." He says, looking at the needle with what I could only describe as wonder. "It will be a painful death." He says quietly. Abruptly, he looks back at me and grins.

The grin sent a shiver down my spine, making me feel as if I had spiders crawling all over me. He stalks over to me, excitement as well as the fire in his eyes. I'm ashamed to say that I cower back into the wall. The Rogue absolutely loved my reaction as his grin widens. He graves a hold of my shoulders and I start thrashing around, my heart beating a mile a minute.

I was not ready to die.

I still haven't had a family of my own. I haven't had a mini Cameron running around. I haven't even seen my twins baby!