The Empire Of The Rose

A Caged Dove [I]

 "Alice, where are you?" Mason asked me, I could clearly hear the worry and fear the worry and fear that wrapped his voice.

It was October 23rd, today my big brother turned twenty-two and just like the past years I wasn't really there to witness that.

"I really don't know." I whispered softly as I closed my eyes wishing for once that I was there with them.

"What do you mean by that? Alice, we have searched everywhere in Russia but there is not a single trace of you, it's as if the earth had swallowed you whole leaving nothing behind." Mason told me.

I took a deep breath.

"That's because I'm no longer in Russia." I said breathing out.

"What happened?" Mason asked me.

"It was Kaley, on the battlefield. Mason everything is so blurry, and it all happened so quick that I really don't remember at all." I told him.

"Alice, you need to remember." Mason told me and I could sense the panic and pain in his voice.

"I just can't, Mason my first days here I spent them in complete darkness, they were starving me, giving me vervain and not letting me have blood, it got to the point that I really thought I would die." I told him; I really did wonder if I would ever get out of this place.

Mason gave a sigh; I could already picture him running his fingers through his hair.

"Relax Alice, just close your eyes and try to remember; I need to know what exactly happened so I can help you, so we can find you." Mason explained to me.

I clutched the phone tighter to me and gave a sigh doing I was told to do.

"I was with Ryder during the attack, we tried to stay together but there were just too many vampires and then they used the bombs, they strike me once brining me to my knees at that moment I noticed that Ryder was far away from me, and it was too late to do anything. Kaley was there you know, she wanted to avenge her mother's death, but she couldn't quite kill me, so she took me." I told Mason as I remembered everything, it was as if I was reliving it and it wasn't pleasant.

"Where did she take you to?" Mason asked and I took a deep breath.

"Isn't it obvious, she turned me into William, he kept me locked and then there was a wedding?" I said as I frowned, it was all so blurry from that point.

"A wedding, who got married Alice?" Mason asked confused at this point.

I gave a humorless laugh.

"I guess it was me, I'm sorry William had been messing with my head lately, he created a world of fantasy to stop me from fighting and it worked because I don't even know what's fake and what's real." I told him as I cried, I just wanted this torture to stop, to just end.

"What had that man done to you?" Mason said angry, I was at the edge of madness just about to lose it all.

"Mason you need to get me out of here, I need to leave this place before it's too late." I told him scared, I was terrified of what would happen next, terrified of what William would do next.

"Where are you?" Mason asked in an urgent tone.

"I'm in England, I don't know where exactly but I'm in the castle where William and our grandmother Anna grew up as kids. I can't tell you how to find it but that's all I know." I told him.

"Alice, I need-." Mason started to say before I interrupted him.

"I have to go, he's coming back. I love you brother and please tell everyone that I love them especially dad. I'm sorry." I said before I hung up.