INTERTWINED

Chapter Fourteen

Trigger Warning: there's a but if blood involved.

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The next three days weren't any better than the last.

Everything went as it did on the first day of the 'sessions'.

I got two bathroom breaks and Bill explained to me, without me asking, that it would ruin his 'art' if I answered nature's call during a session.

I got to eat some measly food once a day which was only slightly better than the food I ate back in the woods although Bill claimed that it was a balanced diet.

I never saw my mate again neither did I hear his voice from the speakers. I always knew that he never really cared about what happened to me and this just confirmed it.

His dad and those men that I met on the first did visit though.

They asked the same questions and added some more. I dropped the I-don't-know-what-you're-talking-about act but withheld any information that might get Cody killed.

They already had the basic information on the rogue pack and the details of the plan thanks to Ben, who they described as 'the scrawnier rogue before you'. I didn't know how they got their hands on him but I finally understood why they never believed my lies from the start.

I was confident Ben give away mine and Cody's name during his 'questioning'. During our short alliance with the Baily rogues, Cody and I never socialized until that night.

I told them of the willow tree and the exact location, I knew Cody and the others knew better than to stay there for long since information could be leaked from me.

They asked other hard questions though. They wanted to know who our source was and a full description of him and of course I got punished when I couldn't answer simply because I had no intention of answering.

After screaming my heart out by day, by night I stayed awake for the most part waiting for the crazy nurse. She didn't come back until the third night.

That night, she brought a bowl of water, a rag, a first aid box and an...electric boiling ring?

I eyed the object as she walked towards my bed, her kitten heels clicking with every step she took on those bloodstained tiles.

She'd switched on the lights abruptly again but I'd been expecting it already. She didn't look amused that night though.

As soon as she reached me she put down the objects calmly then grabbed my throat with both hands squeezing while I gasped for air.

"Did you forget our talk the other night? Did you remember what happens when you blatantly refuse to answer the damn questions?" Her grip on my throat got tighter as she spoke.

She lowered her face to mine till her hair fell to the sides of mine. "This would just keep happening till you spill sooner or later, you filthy rogue."

With that, she let go of my throat just when I thought my lungs would explode. I gasped and swallowed large gulps of air.

While I was still taking in puffs of air, out of the corner of my eye I saw her plug the boiling ring into a switch by the side of my bed. I cursed under my breath.