Silver

Chapter Nine: Reveal

Cameron

"Wake up," someone said while shaking me with no mercy. "Come on mutt, get up!"

"What the-" I mumbled, before opening my eyes to see Leon on top of me. I tried to remember what happened to me, before I realized what position Leon and me were in.

"Dude, get off me," I shouted, before kicking him in the stomach. He groaned, as I stood up from my spot in a daze. My eyes felt too heavy and it felt like someone just bashed my head in with a hammer. I remembered then that it was Lucius who did so with those freaky powers of his.

"You bastard...This is what I get for waking your fat ass up?" Leon mumbled, before he too got up from his spot.

I was about to retort back, when a soft cry was heard on the other side of the room. My eyebrows scrunched in confusion when I saw Leon's face immediately show anger and pain.

"What happened?" I asked in alert, turning my head to see where the cry was being heard from. I froze in shock seeing the scene that was unfolding right before my very own eyes.

"What did he do to her?" I whispered hoarsely, trying to get my breathing in check.

"From the smell of it and the bruises on her arm and back, I'm guessing it was liquid silver again," Scott replied, standing beside me. He sounded exhausted but I could hear the anger clear in his voice.

"What happened?" I asked again, my eyes still fixed on her. She was sitting on Orion's lap while her back was exposed to us. Orion was holding her tight, while whispering soothing words to her. But that wasn't what caught my attention.

There was blood. So much of it running down her back that I was surprised that she didn't pass out yet. The smell was nauseating and even I had trouble keeping my tears in check.

"She didn't say," Scott replied grimly.

"Jason, Ayden, and Adrian," Trenton replied, and I was finally able to remove my eyes from the gruesome sight.

"What?" I asked, seeing Trenton on the floor looking at Ariel with a stoic expression on his face.

"Jason, Ayden, and Adrian," Trenton repeated, tearing his eyes to look at me. "She kept mumbling those names for a while now."

"The name, Jason. It sounds familiar amongst Alphas," Scott replied while closing his eyes. "Where did I hear it again?"

"The future Alpha of the Silver Fang Pack," Arlo said, appearing out of nowhere. "Jason Martinez."

"You know him?" Scott asked, in a surprised tone.

"Not personally," Arlo replied sounding smart again. "But I did see him in one of the pack meetings when I went along with my dad. He's a smart kid, kind of cocky but still sharp."

"Look who's talking," I muttered to which he ignored.

"I guess Ariel really is from the Silver Fang Pack," he said, while closing his eyes and leaning on the wall. "And I guess that the reason why they took her and not Jason is because of what she is."

"What exactly is she?" Trenton muttered in anger, his eyes trained on her. He was examining her like she was some sort of lab rat. I had enough of him and his weird mood swings.

Before I was able to tell him to keep his mouth shut, Orion's voice interrupted us.

"She's finally asleep," he murmured, and all eyes were on Ariel again. Her eyes were closed and her breathing was ragged, as she slept on Orion's lap.

We walked to them in silence and saw that tears were stained on her cheeks.

"Did she say?" Leon whispered, his eyes only filled with concern.