Alpha Conway

Part 18

PART 18

Aeris was sure of one thing.

Chase couldn't be dead.

He couldn't even imagine it.

They hadn't known each other long but he had gotten attached, somehow, someway, he was completely and irrevocably heartbroken that it had been a week-

A week since he had seen, touched, or heard the male and the silence in his lavish prison was deafening, it blew out any possibility of being complacent or even okay with this situation.

Raking a hand through his hair, he stared at himself in the bathroom mirror, his expression gaunt, deep dark bags under his big eyes. The past week had been what could be compared to, absolute hell.

Damien would come all hours of the day, early in the morning, late at night, it didn't matter. Vampires didn't sleep and Damien obviously didn't care if Aeris got any or not. The male was rash, abrasive and completely terrifying. Aeris was many times speechless at how he was being treated, Damien was cruel, in all meanings of the word. His very presence made the male's stomach ache and twist at the anticipation of encountering such a foul soul.

He stooped in his reverie, the boy pulling his shirt over his head, tossing the garment to the side as he turned on the water inside the enormous bathtub, the water rushing out feverishly. His pants were off next, the garment in a pile next to the tub. Aeris stepping over it as he climbed into the tub, the male feeling dwarfed by the large expanse of water.

The boy began washing up, dousing his hair with water as he waded in the warm pool, his intestines and nerves calming down at the feeling.

Though he would never be completely complacent in this house, no prison.

All he did was wait and wait, he didn't know who was alive, who was dead and it was killing him.

Lathering up his hair, he massaged the lavender-scented soap into his scalp, eyes closed as he imagined being in a different situation, a different place.

The sound of his bedroom door unlocking broke him out of his reverie.

The male whipping around to stare at the bathroom entrance, his stomach flipping.

"Oh this is nice," the male stated darkly, chuckling as he leaned against the marbled bathroom counter, his large arms folded across his chest.

Aeris frowned, the male sinking into the water a bit more, the male not wanting to be completely exposed.

Damien scoffed at that, the male at the side of the tub in a millisecond, his hand gripping the male's upper arm in a vicelike grip. Aeris winced, the boy crying out as his naked body was yanked out of the tub, both arms pinned behind his body.

"Hide yourself from me again and I promise I'll take you in front of the entire coven," he sneered, nipping at the boy's ear.

Aeris didn't dare say anything, the male looking down, completely defeated and helpless. There was no fighting him.

"You're a quick learner, " he chuckled menacingly, dropping the boy back in the tub, water overflowing from the side and splashing onto the floor.

"Hurry up and finish, I've got something to show you," he threatened once more before taking a seat on the lid of the toilet, his crimson eyes trained on the brunette as the male tried to quickly rinse the soap from his hair.

He had a feeling this was about Chase.

No, he hoped this was about Chase.

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It wasn't long before the vampire grew impatient, the male grunting in annoyance, the sound shaking the brunette out of his anxious thoughts.

"That's enough," he declared, pulling the boy out of the tub with ease tossing a towel in his face.

Aeris blushed covering himself and that was all he had time for before he was dragged through the main room and out the bedroom door, Damien keeping a powerful grip on the male as they navigated the many darkened hallways and corridors. Aeris holding onto the towel as he shrank away from the shadows passing them in the dark, the male's eyes instead focusing on the abuser himself, who seemed somewhat different.

More determined.

Aeris shivered at the thought.

"We're here," the vampire announced, stopping abruptly. Aeris running into his muscled back.

After three huge latches and an electronic code, the metal door swung open, the smell pungent as he was hit in the face by the damp, musky scent.

His eyes took a moment to adjust, the male covering his mouth with his hand as he stared into the dark.

Half-naked, beaten, bruised, soiled and chained to a wall-

was Chase.

Aeris gasped, the male pulling away from Damien as he ran to the wolf's aid, caressing the male's gaunt cheeks in between his palms as he tried to get him to wake up, talk, do something.

But he was unresponsive.

Aeris hadn't even realized he was crying until it ran down his face, water wetting his chest and soaking into the towel wrapped around him.

"Why would you do this?!"

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During these trying and terrifying times, I hope you are all healthy and safe,  I hope the same for your families!

I also hope you enjoyed this chapter, I promise there is more to come!❤️

- Venus a.k.a. Screaming_Panther