my scarred mate

Chapter 19- locked up

^Aria's wolf ^

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Chapter 19

Aria's POV

Atlas came storming over to the cage I was trapped in, closely followed by Isla. He would help me. He would let me out and take me home. It would all be ok. Or so I thought.

"So, this is the rogue you were telling me about." He looked me over and took a deep breath in, "You're right it does smell weird, it's not part of a pack but she doesn't smell like a rogue, where did you find it?"

One of the guards who had surrounded my cell since I was thrown in answered, "On the east side of the territory, it ran from the woods, about 4 o'clock this evening."

He looked over at me and the rage I saw burning in his eyes shattered all dreams of him saving me. "That's when and where Aria was last spotted, what have you done to her?"

I curled up in a tight ball, my head on my paws, hoping Forest would forgive me for leaving him, not being able to tell Atlas that I didn't do anything to Aria, I was Aria.

The men surrounding me looked confused, not many knew who Aria was, who I was, but it was someone the alpha clearly cared about so they didn't question it.

One of the men from the woods came over and glanced at me in disgust, "We told it to shift, to ask it some questions, but it refused," I growled at him, I didn't refuse, I didn't know how to shift, I still don't know how to shift.

Atlas looked me over one more before he said the words that would seal my fate. "Well if it won't cooperate we have no further use of it, you can dispose of it." I wanted to scream, I wanted to jump up and yell it's me, Aria, I'm not a rogue, but all that came out were yips and barks.

"Wait," Isla's voice from the corner of the room, startled me, I had forgotten she was here, "Something about it, well I think I recognise it, something about it's scent." Maybe I still had a chance.

"Keep it locked in this cell until we figure out who it is." Atlas ordered, before walking out the room with Isla.

The guards all glared at me, their eyes full of disgust and hate. I hope I get out of here soon.

I lay my head on my paws, why didn't Isla and Atlas recognise me, they said my scent was familiar but according to Forest they should know it's me by my scent.

 Something that Isla came back to me, 'When werewolves shift, their scent changes, it still has some of their original scent but it is mixed with the scent of their wolf,' That's why they don't recognise me. I have to shift back for them to recognise me, that can't be too hard, can it?

I'm sorry. I'm your wolf and I got us captured. I just wanted to go home, to be with our family. But now we're stuck in this cage and no one knows where we are.

It's ok, do you know how to shift back, then we will easily get out of here.

No, I only know how to shift, not how to shift back, your parents are supposed to teach you that, I don't know how.

Oh no. We're never getting out, I'm going to be stuck here forever. What if we never see Forest again.

No, I've got to stay positive. I will work on shifting back and getting Atlas and Isla to recognise me. I can't give up.

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Every day was the same in the cells. I hadn't seen Isla since the day I got caught and I only ever got a glimpse of Atlas as he passed by my cell, always in a hurry.