Lover Dearest

Chapter 26

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

Steel walls and a concrete floor is what I woke up to after the tumultuous battle between the Brotherhood and Elias, me just being stuck in the middle, not really knowing which side to be on. Elias had lied to me, but he had told me from the beginning that all he wanted was me, and I guess he got what he wanted. I was being held in something that resembled more of a cell than a room. There was a cot that I was laying on, a small concealed cubicle with a toilet, no shower, and a tiny sink in the corner. My first thought was why had I left, and why had Elias brought me here? I should have chosen the Brotherhood, Tyler and Faye, the people who trained me and taught me who I really was, not some otherworldly beautiful creature that couldn't tell wrong from right if it hit him in the face.

Dallas kissed Hailey, one of the girls at the Brotherhood who hated my guts, and I just didn't know if I could ever forgive him for that. I suppose I was being hypocritical, having done the exact same thing with Elias, but that wasn't even in the real world! And Dallas had said that he had sworn himself to me, and that Hailey had sworn herself to Dallas. She was doomed to be forever in love with Dallas, no matter what he did. Maybe I was on the wrong side, I could understand his reason for wanting to be with her, maybe he fell in love with her and I was just an unattainable ghost in his mind that he thought he'd never see again.

As soon as these thoughts crossed my mid, Elias entered with two men flanking him.

"It is time to train. Here are some of your clothes that you took with you. We need you to work as hard as you possibly can from the second you start until the second you finish if you want to be ready." Elias' tone was one that I had never heard tumble out of his mouth. He stood tall in a proud stance. His beauty seemed dangerous, as if he were made for the pure reason of lure and seduction. His eyes were filled with an emotion I couldn't quite identify, but it reminded me of a predator as it spots its prey and is ready to pounce.

"Where are we? And I'm not going to train just so you can use me for your own personal gain." The defiance pleased me and I felt a sense of pride wash over me. This defiance, however, did not please Elias, or the two men by his side. They were both about a couple inches shorter than being seven feet tall, and they both held stoic expressions on their faces until I spoke up, and then their faces morphed into sneers with pure malice behind them. I thought Elias had said that his "people" wanted me there. Oh well, they had me now, and there was absolutely no way Elias was letting me go now that he had me in his clutches.

Elias completely ignored my comment and just grabbed me by my arms and pulled me up off of the cot I was laying on and onto my feet. He directed me by the elbow out of the door and into a darkly lit corridor littered with florescent light fixtures at random points. The hallway led on for what looked like miles, but thankfully, we didn't walk very far until he shoved me into a door to the left. It was a room with a shower and he threw in a bag of clothes that looked somewhat familiar to me.

After he shut the door, I looked at what I had to work with. He had put my favorite workout gear from my track running days in the bag- a white and black sports bra that criss-crossed in the back, a light blue tank top with purple designs on the front, and a pair of black and white speckled spanks. I quickly put them on, cautious not to look in the mirror, afraid almost of what might look back at me.

Accidentally catching my reflection in the mirror, I gave up trying to avoid the inevitable. I looked at the creature looking back at me and I just stared.

My deep blue eyes were transforming into ice. They were not near as perfectly crafted as Elias' eyes, but they sure were getting there!

My hair had lost some of the golden hues it once held and was lightened exponentially. My skin, tan from my time on the beach back at the Brotherhood, was glowing, alit with a fire that I had never know existed in me.