Persevere (under serious construction)

Thirty-Six

I've been in the dungeons for about a half-hour and I already feel much better. I feel almost completely healthy although the chains are making me feel a little weaker. 

"You're healed?" Aimoto spoke up again making everyone go silent. 

"Ya I feel much better thanks. "

He nodded his head, seemingly observing me again. His evaluating eyes were making me slightly uncomfortable. I felt like he was looking into my soul, although, he probably was honestly. 

We heard foot-steps coming down the hall and everyone quieted down. Xander came around the corner surprising me. I had a hard time looking into his eyes. I know he didn't want to lock me up, he didn't have a choice but it was still hard to see him. 

"Ellie..." He said, stepping in front of my cell looking at his feet. 

"Xander." I said calmly, finally looking at him. 

He lifted his eyes and they looked full of pain and regret and I felt myself instantly soften. 

"I'm so, so sorry." 

I sighed, shifting as much as I could in all of the chains. Xander eyed how locked up I was and his frown deepened. No one else was chained up at all and I was covered in them. 

"It's fine Xander, don't worry about me, I've probably been through worse." 

"It's not okay, but I- I can't help you." He said shifting from foot to foot. 

"My brother knows we're friends so he he's given me direct alpha orders to not let you free, I physically can't help. If I could do anything trust me I would have by now! Its just-"

"Xander. Relax. I'll be fine." I won't be here any longer than 4 months anyways. 

"I'll figure something out. I have to. This is all my fault." He mumbled the last part to himself and walked off before I could say anything else. 

"I always liked that kid." Elle speaks up and the others nodded along. 

"Every once in a while when his brother is being a dick he sneaks down food to us. Good guy." 

Every time someone brought up my mate I flinched a little, feeling another strike to my heart. 

After a couple minutes we heard another set of footsteps approaching. 

I could already feel by the shivers arising on my body and the large presence exactly who was coming. 

A smirking Jacob stepped in front my cell. I stared him right in the eye, showing no submission or signs of hurt or pain. He would not see me weak. He will never see me cry.

Hr growled threateningly, incorporating his king powers to force me to listen but I just brushed it off staring directly into his eyes. 

"Ellie." He snarled. 

I stayed calm and silent even though everything inside me was screaming at me to jump on him and kiss him and kill him and wipe that stupid smirk off his arrogant face. 

Aimoto didn't even acknowledge his presence, still staring me down but I could hear Donny growling from next door. 

"I've decided to keep you. I've heard that sex with your mate is as good as it gets." 

"I will never sleep with you." I said calmly. 

"We'll see what you say after a few days of isolation without any food or sunlight, suddenly you'll be begging to be my sex slave."