Chapter 49


    To say I had a restless night would be an understatement.


    Devin kept ze chained up with his hands in the air, and I was trying to sleep on the cold concrete


    floor next to his feet.


    We had yet to be given any food since Devin kidnapped us, and I was beginning to feel weak and sick.


    I can only imagine how ze was feeling.


    He was the one that had been beaten more than once already, but I did notice his wounds were


    starting to heal more now that the wolfsbane was out of his system.


    Thanks to my little stunt, Devin had forgotten to poison ze again.


    At least one good thing hade from that.


    "Kyra...I know you are tired, but you need to get up and try to move around.I don’t want you losing all


    your strength from justying here," ze said softly.


    My body was sore and stiff, and thest thing I wanted to do was get up and move.


    But I would do anything ze asked me if it would keep him from worrying about me right now.I slowly


    stood up, stretching my arms above my head.


    "The moon goddess came to me," I told ze, trying to fill the silence in the room.


    "She didn’t say very much.She told me that I am the one from the prophecy, and I am the key to uniting


    the species."


    I looked at ze, who had a slight smile on his face, "I always knew it was you.What else did she


    say?"


    He sounded hopeful.


    I stepped closer to him to whisper in his ear, "she said silver will never that to yourself,"he said


    seriously.


    I nodded in understanding, "she also said that there would be things that I will have to witness but to


    remember, they won’tst forever.Unfortunately, she didn’t really tell me anything that could be useful


    to us right now."


    I was disappointed that she didn’t give me even a clue on how to get out of our current situation.


    "She told you what you needed to know right now, and that’s enough." ze an ever-optimistic person.


    "Can I ask you something?" I questioned him, my curiosity getting the better of me, "sure, anything..."


    he replied.


    "Did you mean to call me babe? " I watched as ze looked down at the floor, a blush covering his


    bruised face.


    "I—I don’t think I can answer that right now," he stuttered.


    I had never heard him stutter before either, and I found it cute.


    My eyes looked over him, stopping at his waist.I hadn’t even realized he was naked.


    Of course, he would be; he had shifted to fight the rouges when they had appeared.I began pacing the


    small area, trying to ignore the butterflies that were taking flight in my stomach.


    Why did I feel nervous all of a sudden? The sound of whistling let us know someone was fixing to enter


    our cell.I took my ce in front of ze again, "Kyra, please, you don’t need to protect me.Stand


    behind me."


    I ignored him as I stared at the door, waiting to see who it would be.


    To our surprise, it was Trey, and he had one te of food in his hands.


    "So Devin said the two of y’all can decide who gets to eat."


    He set the te on the floor before leaving without another word walking over and grabbing the food.


    One slice of bread, a scoop of corn, and what I think was some hamburger meat sat on the small te.


    Thankfully he had also left a bottle of water next to it.


    I walked back over to ze and set the te on the floor before opening the water and holding it to his


    lips, "Here, take a drink."


    He shook his head, "No, Kyra, you need it more than me.Drink the water slowly, save some forter


    and eat the food.But hold it up here so I can smell it first.I want to make sure they didn’t put anything in


    it."


    Again, ze was trying to put me before himself.


    "We''ll share, "I said as I looked into his eyes.Even though they were slightly swollen still, the beautiful


    sky blue still seemed to shine through.It felt like all time stood still.


    "Breath Kyra," ze said with a smirk on his face.


    I could feel the heat rush to my cheeks as I cleared my throat, "Sorry,"


    I mumbled as I held the water to his lips again, "Take a drink."


    As he took a sip, I noticed how full his lips were and couldn’t stop myself from thinking about how nice


    they would feel against mine.


    I shook my head as ze cleared his throat.I don’t know what has gotten into me; it must be because


    of our situation and ze trying to protect me that has me ogling him suddenly.


    This is not the ce or the time; I scolded myself mentally.


    I held the te up so ze could smell it, and he gave me the okay to eat.I took a small bite of meat


    and corn and then gave him the same amount.I did this until there was nothing left; I hadn’t even


    realized how I had been staring at him.


    "You know, getting to see you are so much more than that."


    His words snapped me back to reality, causing me to blush again.


    "Really? Because I was convinced, you secretly hated me," I sat down on the floor next to his feet so


    he wouldn’t be able to see how red my face was.


    "Hated you?" he huffed, "I could never."


    I shook my head, thinking back over the years, "Are you sure? Because any time I would be talking to


    my friends, you would be ring at me.And when I would walk away from them and past you, I could


    hear the rumble in your chest.You’ve practically avoided me for years now.Only dealing with me


    because I’m the Alpha’s daughter."


    The silence that followed my statement had me thinking I had said too much.


    "The friends you were talking to were all males that only had one thing in mind, and it was the same


    friends you would walk away from when you would hear the rumble in my chest as you so-called it.It


    was never directed at you but at them."


    I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.


    Is ze telling me that he was jealous of them? Why would he be, though? I didn’t have time to


    question him further because the cell door flew open, startling both of us.I jumped to my feet when


    Devin walked in.


    His face held the same emotionless expression as always, "Still haven''t shifted? Well, let’s see if


    watching your boyfriend get punished helps you decide it''s time."


    I took my stance in front of ze, "you know that I have no control over when I shift, so why do this?"


    I red at Devin as he walked closer, "because it never harder for him."


    "It’s okay, Kyra.I''ll be fine," ze said, his eyes never leaving Devin.


    I didn’t want to move from my spot in front of ze, but I knew it would only make it harder on him if I


    didn''t.


    Devin had made it clear that ze would be the one to pay if I didn’t cooperate with him.


    Devin reached out, grabbing my arm and yanking me to the side.


    Before I could protest, he tied my hands and feet together before throwing me to the floor.


    "Now, you will watch what happens to your boyfriend, and if I’m lucky, he’s your mate, and it will trigger


    you to shift," Devin spoke as if what he was doing was okay, even normal.


    I don’t think he sees how insane he really is.I kept a straight face, not wanting to show him any


    emotions; afraid if he saw how scared I was, he would use that against me somehow.So I sat silently,


    helplessly, and watched as they unhooked ze’s chains from the ceiling.


    ze stood tall, a smirk on his face, "Is something amusing to you, kid?"


    Devin questioned him.I could see how the smirk was only making him angrier.


    "Actually, I find all of this amusing.The fact that as a grown-ass man, you can’t fight a kid unless he is


    chained up and unable to fight back.I mean...think about it.Do you realize how weak that makes you?"


    ze replied confidently, holding eye contact with Devin the whole time.


    Devin growled as he walked closer to ze, "Weak? You think I’m weak?"


    ze chuckled, "Yeah, I think you''re weak."


    ze in the face.


    ze being the solid rock he is, barely moved from the hit.


    "This is going to be fun,"


    Devin sneered as he began hitting ze repeatedly.It wasn’t long before Trey had joined in, and that is


    when ze was brought to his knees.


    Unable to stand against the two of them any longer.


    I closed my eyes, unable to watch.I felt like my heart was being ripped out every time I would hear


    themnd another hit against him, but not once did I hear ze make any sound.


    No grunting, no moaning, no crying, and no screaming.I tried to block out the noise, forcing myself to


    picture Dad finding us and putting a stop to the torture that we were sure to endure that ze was


    already going through.


    "Open your eyes!" Devin yelled at me.


    I shook my head, unwilling to see the damage they caused.


    "Open them now!!" He shouted again.N?velDrama.Org holds ? this.


    I slowly opened my eyes to see ze lying on the floor, not moving and covered in blood.


    I knew he was still alive by his chest''s slight rise and fall with every breath he took.


    Shallow breaths, but at least he was still breathing.


    I knew the damage would be bad, but I could never have prepared myself to see ze in the condition


    he was in now, and it’s all my fault.If I could just shift, then none of this would be happening.


    With three long strides, Devin was in front of me.


    He knelt, "Don’t try anything stupid, or he will die today."


    He untied the ropes from my hands and feet, watching me intently.


    Everything in my body screamed to attack him, to make him pay for what he was doing, but my mind


    said not to.


    If I do anything, ze may not survive, and I couldn’t live with myself knowing his The minute the cell


    door mmed closed, I rushed over to ze.


    Thankfully they had left him on the floor.


    I didn’t have anything I could use to try to clean his cuts with, so I did the only thing that felt right.


    I curled up next to him, brushing his beautiful blonde hair from his face, and cried.