Chapter 110


    Chapter 110 Don’t think I forgot about you.


    “Allow me to introduce myself.” Therge man said, his smile looked as if it was pure yellow and ck.


    He brushed his dirty hand across hisrge stomach as if he was wiping dirt off it and went to shake her


    hand. She refused to even look at him in the eye.


    Instead of being insulted, heughed louder. It was a disgusting sound, it made her think he had dirt


    lodged deep in his throat with no hope of ever getting it out. “My name is Marcus and I work for Life


    Pharmacy. Normally, I clean the grounds and care for the dogs, but I was told a pretty little thing escaped


    and I knew I had toe find ya before you froze to death.” 1


    Doris struggled to get the rope off her, but Marcus only tugged tighter until it squeezed the breath out of


    her. He kept pulling until sheid back against the snow inplete defeat.


    “Now now, you don’t wanna do that. You’re already in a heap of trouble, I wouldn’t want to add to your


    punishments.” He grinned again. The sight would haunt her dreams for many nights, she wondered if he


    knew how terrifying it was.


    A fewrge dogs came up to sniff her face with a low growl in the back of their throats. She cringed away


    from their wet noses and wished she could melt into the ground. As long as they didn’t bite her face, she


    was fine. She hoped. At least it wasn’t a pack of wolves out for her blood. 1


    Marcus forced her to stand. “Unless you want me to drag you all the way back, I rmend you walk.


    Though, I wouldn’t mind it either way. I quite like the sound of girls begging for their life.” He said through


    his teeth. Doris straightened herself quickly and followed him with his rope still humiliatingly wrapped


    around her body as if she was another dog. He tugged on her every few minutes to remind her how


    much control he had over her and how much it hurt to be squeezed if she tried to


    run.


    “You weren’t far from where you wanted to be.” Marcus said suddenly. She wasn’t sure why he told her


    that, perhaps to make her feel worse for being so close. There was no way he would have known where


    she was headed unless they told him where to look. “Only a few more miles up the road and you’d be at


    Enzo’s camp.” Heughed his nasty sound again. Doris red at the back of his head and wished she


    hadn’t dropped her rock when he grabbed her,


    “You’re lying.” Doris said.


    “Nope. Truly, just over the hill. We’re quite a long way from Life Pharmacy, I almost pulled back in and


    told them you were gone until one of my dogs caught your scent again. If you were just an hour sooner,


    you might have already been there with your prince.”


    She was miles from William—if she had known that she would have run until her lungs bled inside her


    chest. She would have never rested a second until she was back beside him. Then he could tear them


    apart for taking her in the first ce. All the effort she made went to shit and knowing she was so close


    would keep her up for nights. Just like Marcus wanted. He nced at her over his shoulder with a


    satisfied smirk nted on his lips.


    Her one chance was wasted because of the hideous man in front of her. If he wasn’t surrounded by


    vicious loyal dogs, she would have tried to bash his head in with her bare fists


    Oh, what a terrible thought. When had she gotten so violent? She couldn’t me it on her wolf this time.


    She was like a ghost inside her now. No, this was all Doris. Everything that happened to her made her


    feel more and more anger build up inside her. What would happen when it finally cracked open?


    They walked back to Life Pharmacy as if she was walking to her own funeral. It sort of felt like it in a way


    because she knew her freedom was now ruined beyond repair. She ignored all of the man’s attempt at


    conversation that usually circled back around to how screwed she was in his opinion.


    She was now at the mercy of the rogues-her literal nightmare. Beth would have fainted if she knew what


    was happening to Doris. Once again, she was d her friend wasn’t here to see this despite how much


    she missed her and wished to see her. In her mind, Doris imagined she was curled up in her bed in their


    old room. Safe and far from any sort of danger. She longed to be there too.


    Mr. Hugh, Joseph and a few other guards stood on the steps of Life Pharmacy waiting for her. She didn’t


    dare try to decode the emotionless look on Joseph’s face as she stepped closer. Marcus untied his rope


    and held out his hand.


    One of the guards ced a sack of coins in his grasp and she wanted to spit on him.


    person at all—all they cared about was how much money they could make off of her.


    Mr. Hugh shook his head in disappointment. “Doris, I thought better of you. You truly thought you could


    escape in the middle of the night and we wouldn’t notice?”


    “It seemed to take you a long time to notice.” Doris said with a lifted chin.


    “Ah, but who is here at my feet looking as if she was just dragged through the mud?” Mr. Hugh smiled


    before it fellpletely. “Since you don’t respect us, I see no reason to respect you. Throw her in the


    lower cells. She no longer deserves our hospitality.” He said before he turned his back on her. He must


    have expected her to object but Doris was out of a fight. There was nothing left inside her.


    Joseph and another guard grabbed each of her arms and led her through the building to the lower, much


    darker area. It looked as if no one had been down there in years. The thought of all the bugs and rodents


    that resided down there made her skin   . crawl. It was even worse than the cells were at the pce, at


    least there was some sort of light there.


    Joseph tightened his grip when he felt her tense. She nced up at him but he refused to look at her.


    The other guard held her normally and didn’t seem the slightest bit peeved at her like the rest did. Still,


    she knew she wasn’t a favorite among the night crew now. She bet they all had to say goodbye to their


    many naps and now had to pay a bit more attention to people sneaking right past them.


    There were rows and rows of unupied cells. Joseph wasn’t kidding when he said they weren’t used to


    having prisoners, it made her wonder why they even had an area like this to begin with unless they were


    here from previous lords.


    The guards didn’t put her in a close cell to the door, they walked her all the way back through the


    darkness as if they were hoping to find a corner darker than hell to stuff her in.


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    Once they finally stopped, she couldn’t see an inch in front of her face as they unlocked the cell and


    pushed her in. She stumbled over her own feet and fell harshly on her knees. She could feel the grim


    under her fingers, it made her want to gag. What on earth was down here?


    “Wait! Joseph,” Doris turned and gripped the bars. She wasn’t sure if he was still there, she couldn’t see


    anything. “I’m sorry for taking your keys. You had to know that I needed to escape, it’s not safe for me


    here.”


    Silence. Dead silence. Doris reached her hands through the bars and grasped onto nothing. A few


    momentster, she heard a set of feet walk away and she knew he had heard her.


    They brought her nothing while she was down in the cells. No food, no nkets or candles. She had no


    choice but to sit in the dark and hope sleep would help her escape the misery she was in.


    A lifetime had passed before she heard the sound of approaching footsteps and the tsk of disapproval


    from a voice she’de to hate.


    Mr. Hugh sighed as he leaned against her bars. She couldn’t see him, but she knew he was there. “Don’t


    think I forgot about you, dear.” Hisugh echoed all around her and tried to swallow her whole. “Are you


    ready for our dinner? I hope you’re hungry.”