Eclipse Rising

Captured ~Chapter 17~

I woke up to two pairs of arms wrapped around me waist. I was squished between the two bodies on the tiny hospital bed. It was surprisingly comfy. I wiggled out of their hold and Christian and Marcus started to reach for me in the middle. They felt each other and pulled themselves together, cuddling. I smile happily and start working on a spell to locate my old sketchbook, along with Asher's, from when we first met. A few minutes of chanting later, I feel the light weight of the books in my hands. I shrink the Asher's and start flipping though mine. I let my mind wonder and imagine what he might look like now.

I turn to go to the bathroom when I walk into a brick wall. Scratch that, a rock that looks like a man. I look up towards his face but it's hidden by a hood casting a shadow over his face.

"Make even a sound and I will kill you and your mate." He growls out in a low, deep whisper. I let out a squeak and hear a shifting behind me. I turn my body towards the beds, the sketchbooks still clutched to my chest. I see my two warrior best friends sit up in the bed, frantically looking for me.

When their eyes land on my body they relax but they tense up again when their eyes take in the sight of the man behind me. He wraps a hand around my mouth with a large gloved hand. I know it's to make sure I don't make any noises or mouth any words to the boys. I feel a tear slip out my eye as he roughly pulls me to him. Right as I'm about to fight back, he stabs a needle in the side of my neck and I feel my body go limp.

"Sorry boys. I need to borrow her for now." He sneers. "Or forever." He runs towards the window and jumps, the glass breaking around us and scratching every surface of my skin. I hold in my cry of pain and anguish as we hit the ground. I try to reach out to my inners but they are unresponsive. I feel a strong pain in the back of my head and everything goes dark.

King Archers P.O.V.

I wake up on the couch in the den room. I'm cuddling with my pillow.

I feel a mind pushing into mine.

'Alpha! I have good and bad news.' One of my warriors sent to retrieve my little sister says guardedly into my mind.

'Good first please.' I groan not wanting to hear any news right now.

'It's to early for this shit.' I groan to my wolf as I catch sight of the flashing numbers on the T.V. It's 4 A.M.

'Well, we found your little sister, She is okay. We also found your mate using the prophecy.' He says. I feel a smile creep onto my face when he says my sister is okay but when he announces my mate I feel as if I can't even breathe. I push it away and prepare for the bad news.

'That's wonderful. What's the bad news?' I ask cautiously.

'Well- I- You see- What ha-h-hap-happened was- well- um...' He stutters.

'Spit it out already man!' I snarl and he takes a deep breath.

'I think it would be better if I just showed you.' I start to feel the familiar sensation of being weightless as I'm thrown into the memory of my warrior.

I wake up on the small hospital bed cuddling my best friend. Wait, no that's my brother. Awkward... Wait! Hold the chicken! If that's my brother where's Bliss. I nudge him and both sit up, looking around the room. Our eyes fall on our sweet little Queen, an old sketch book clasped tightly in her hands, but then we see a dark figure behind her.

He slaps his hand over her mouth and slams a needle into her neck. She falls limp and he smirks. Her opens eyes, filled with fear and panic, stare back into mine and my twins.

"Sorry boys. I need to borrow her for now." He pauses. "Or forever. Tell the kings I said hello." A low growl escapes my throat but before I can even get out of the bed, he's already jumped out the window. I run over and see him hit my  poor, defenseless Queen over the head with something. She lets out a small whimper. Then it's silent. He starts to run and I jump out the window behind him.

"Oh! A chase! I like it!" He yells sadistically. I growl and push a head. I can hear his soft footsteps running through the woods and I can see he's heading towards an empty field. I emerge and see him in the middle with my Queen. He' just standing there, staring at me with a cruel smirk on his face.

Then he disappears. Gone. I let out a cry of anguish as I rush towards where they had been standing two seconds ago. I see the moon reflect off something on the ground. I bend down and look at it, and even though it's less than three feet fro my face, it's so dark I can't see anything. Then I remember my eyes can switch to wolf vision to see in the dark.... I'm such an idiot. I switch and look at the object.

My heart breaks all over again.

It's Bliss's bracelet. I reach to pick it up but as soon as my hand comes into contact with it, it burns like a bitch. I look at my hand and see the imprint of the bracelet on my palm. Silver. Bliss was wearing silver. I look closely at it and see it looks old. She has been wearing this for years. She can touch silver. She really is something. I look beside it and see three ratty, old sketchbooks. I pick one up and flip through to see a drawing of my king. That hot day in Texas he told us about. The one when she kept trying to spy on him, thinking he couldn't see or hear her. This is obviously her sketch book.

My brother charges into the clearing right as I touch the other book. My wolf and I feel drawn to it. I pick it up and my brother looks over my shoulder. We look down and I see a picture of Bliss. I look into the corner and see a small heart with letters in it. The hand writing is foreign to me and I start to feel confused. I look closely an see its says 'A.C.F. + B.C.R.H.' I look to Marcus and he looks just as surprised as I am.

Ipull out of the memory and I realize my subconsciousness brought my to my room. The one where my Queen will sleep with me one day soon.

I feel my body getting heavier. I fall to my knees as memories over take my body. Memories of what really happened on that hot Texas day when I saw Bliss. Darkness clouds my vision...

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 I wake to the beeping of a damn hospital machine. The memories I uncovered mere hours ago come crashing back over my head. Bliss appearing in my room. Her changing my drawings. Me kissing her. Her mom taking our memories. I feel myself smiling and then I remember Bliss is gone and my good mood disappears. I feel my wolf emerging and I hear a loud growl ecscape me. I feel Seth start to take over. I shift and the I.V. wires and other tubes are ripped from my wolves body.

We take a running jump at twin windows facing the forest. They shatter around us and we land skillfully on the ground. I shake out my long fur. I'm largr than most in human form and it's no different in wolf form. Large muscular build, sleek black hair, and bright blue eyes. So blue that in the human world we're rare considering we have dark tan skin and bright -almost glowing- blue eyes.

A long sorrowful howl mixes with the cold night air. My wolf pushes me to start running and I oblige. I run and run and run. I don't stop for hours, just completing circles around the castle property, letting my uncontrollable emotions out easily. I know Seth is feeling the same way from our bond. I don't even try comforting him or calming myself. Because I know nothing will work until we have our Queen in our arms, safe and sound.