Of Feathers and Fire - Book 2

Chapter15

Willow POV

My whole body slammed against the hard floor and I felt a heavy foot press down on my back

''Willow you need to stop fighting me, this will happen to you either way'' his horrible breath made a shiver slowly crawl down my spine as his tail started making its way up my leg. I started to thrash around again when I felt his weight lifted off of me

''don't you dare touch her again'' I heard a voice shout, the authority behind it and the intensity, it shook me

''Yes sir'' the man squeaked

He dropped the man and then I looked up to see a hand before me, I shouldn't have just reacted but I grabbed the hand. I looked up into his eyes, my once upon a time uncles eyes.

''Willow it is nice to finally see you after all these years'' he said with a smile

''You lied to me'' I spat out ''all these years''

He sighed and nodded

''Yes Willow I did'' he looked at his hands ''I wanted you all to myself, I wanted to strip you of your wings, your horns, your fucking soul'' he growled ''but then I saw you, lying on the table, your wings stretched up and on display and I couldn't let them carry on''

''You...'' my fury started to rise and I suppressed it again

''I saw you laying there and all I saw was you as a little girl, the Willow I would see running free in the woods...'' he looked up at me ''yea I fucked up by letting them keep you there and yea I run this torture for creatures to be sold for whatever purpose but I couldn't...'' he looked at me, deep into my eyes

''Get out'' I said in a low shaky breath

He stood up ''your wings sold for a very high price, thank you''

And he walked out of my cell.

My wings were now really gone and I sat on my bed, held my knees to my chest and sobbed. I was falling apart at the seams and my mark, my mark was still ice cold.

I couldn't stop the pain anymore, I couldn't pretend that I was numb, I was really hurt. In more possible ways than one.

''Hunter please hurry'' I sobbed

''He wouldn't perhaps be a demon would be?'' a voice spoke

I just sobbed and I felt arms wrap around my shoulders and being me into a chest. It was a warm chest and it was hard.

''Willow it will be okay from here on out, the guards...'' the voice was cut off when I pressed my lips to them. I have no idea what came over me, if it was from the emotions I was feeling or the overwhelming feeling of having arms around me, but here I was, kissing someone else.

The kiss deepened and hands tugged at my hair as my hands tugged at the voices hair.

I broke the kiss and looked up into Keenan's eyes. They were soft but hard

''I'm so sorry'' I spat out

Keenan smiled ''that must be about the nicest thing to ever happen to me''

I blushed and smiled

''Well it won't happen again'' is stiffened and wiped my tears ''my mate...''

Hunter POV

Sitting at home was proving worthless, these notes that my mother and I had collected has proved to be nothing but a mess, a mess that needed to be cleaned up and locked away a long time ago.

I sighed as I dragged my hands down my face. I was tired, I wanted coffee and I needed Willow.

I looked at the clock on my desk 05:20am, I hadn't slept since yesterday. My soul was tired and the voices were begging me to sleep so they are also rest and replenish.

I lay on my desk and sighed, I will work once I have woken up, and a little nap is needed.

''Hunter, you need to come over here and see this'' I heard my mother's voice echoing

I walked over to see my mother standing at the end of a pond, the water sparkling and clear. You could see all the Koi fish swimming about with their different colours.

''I am so sorry to hear about Willow'' she sighed and I slumped my shoulders forward. I felt defeat in that sentence, I wasn't there to protect her and worste of all I knew that she was scared.

My mother cupped my cheek with her hand and looked into my eyes

''She is safe Hunter, there is a special someone in there that I saved many years ago. He won't let anything happen to her''

''What do you mean he is there?'' I snapped, I wanted no other man around her

''My boy there are many things you have yet to learn about my time that I spent in your world'' she sighed ''as you know I cannot be here for long but I can be here long enough to give you a heads start'' she looked deeper into the river ''I met a man many many years ago whom was beaten beyond recognition, his name is Keenan. He is half man and half wolf'' my mother took another breath, this time deeper ''he, at the time, was the lap dog of the Black Market top man and he was always beaten, raped and well...you get the rest. We became secret friends and he would ever so often ask for me to heal him a little so I could take the pain away. When they found out he was being healed they...'' my mother cleaned her fists ''threw him into the dungeons to look after those beasts whom would hurt him every day and in every way, he is watching over Willow cause I asked him to Hunter''

I blinked a few times and scoffed, just because he is there doesn't mean that any damage hasn't been done already and I wasn't sticking around anymore if that meant I couldn't help Willow.

''My mark is cold mother, is there anything I can do? Because if I can revive it I can find her'' I asked in an almost pleading tone.

She sighed and then she smiled a very very soft smile

''my dear son, the way to do that is very complicated and it can cause you to experience things that you wouldn't dream of'' she sighed again ''look in the spell of dreams book love. If you can entre her dreams and touch her soul, you may be able to reive the mark but she must be accepting.''

''She will accept if it is me'' I smiled

And then I was abruptly woken up by my cellphone chiming, letting me know I had received a message

Hunter, please can we meet. This has to do with Willow and that arrangement.

But the number was unknown.