Capture (Book 2 in the Magicals Trilogy)

Chapter 3

Garrett

As I sat in silence I felt a pain of worry wash over me. I knew it wasn't coming from me which meant it could only be coming from one person...Arabella. I hated this. I hated not knowing why she was worried. Hated not being able to help her deal with whatever was going on. Hated not be able to reassure her everything would be alright but most of all I hated that I had broken my promise to protect her....again. I had promised her I would protect her. I had promised I'd be there for her. I had failed. I had let her get stabbed and nearly die. I had let myself get taken and bound to a rock wall. Now, she was completely unprotected. Well, that probably wasn't true I was sure that MaKayla or my parents were watching over her but it wasn't me. It was supposed to be me damn it! I was the one she was supposed to rely on. I was the one that was supposed to lay down his life to protect her. I was the one who couldn't even allow myself to think of a world without Belle. Yet, every time I made a promise to her I ended up failing.

I laid my head back against the cool, damp rock. Looking around I saw nothing but dirt and rock. I knew there was no way out. I had looked for a way out for the first few days. I had found nothing but the three musketeers had found me searching one night that was when I became chained to the wall permanently and Evan took to breaking some bones here and there to make it more difficult for me to try to escape. However, I didn't need the bones broken there was no chance of me getting out of here the chains were locked by magic. I wasn't getting out of here until they let me...if they let me. Once I realized that I couldn't get out and I was at their mercy all hope was lost.

Now all I could do was pray. I had never prayed so much in my life. I didn't even know if it would be heard since technically my blood was cursed but I always prayed for Arabella, not myself. And Arabella was an angel on this earth. So I had to believe that I would be heard for what I prayed. Whatever was out there would have to help her. They'd see the good and light in her and they'd know she needed to be watched over. The sound of footsteps stopped my train of thought. I listened closely; there was an extra set this time, four instead of three.

"Ok now talk." Amadeus demanded.

"I ran into her today." said the new male voice.

"You ran into her? What does that even mean?" Amadeus asked, I could tell he was annoyed by his tone.

"I was at Beyond the Cover and I bumped into her." he said bluntly, sound bored.

Amadeus let out a frustrated growl "And?" he roared.

"And she checked me out. I'm sure I intrigued her and I'm sure she'll be back."

"You're sure? You're sure?" Amadeus asked with sarcasm dripping from his voice. "You better be right because if this fails we are all done for!" then I heard the sound of a fist hitting rock. Shortly, after I heard a set of footsteps leaving. Amadeus made his way to me. He looked down on me "Well little wolf, looks like were about to find out just how in love my little sister is with you." Then just because he was angry he placed both hands on my head and released his magic. The pain and fire that seared through my body was all consuming. I let out noises that I didn't recognize before it all went dark again.

Arabella

I was worried about MaKayla she hadn't really said anything since I got into the car. Her red rimmed eyes worried me the most. She wasn't one for crying. It took a lot to get her to that point so whatever had happened must have been pretty bad. Finally, I took a deep breath and looked her way "MaKayla, are you okay?" She didn't say anything, just stared straight ahead as she drove back towards Daphne. Once I realized she wasn't going to answer I spoke again. "You're starting to scare me. You need to talk about whatever it is that happened while we were in Mobile."