Chapter 48


    Chapter 48


    Caleb


    “I


    I don’t understand why my future husband spends so much time tending to you. He should just kill you


    and get it over with. You’re such a waste of space.”


    I look up from the floor but don’t respond.


    What did I do to deserve this?


    This crazy chick. Isabe, is standing outside my prison cell again. She thinks I’m the reason Alpha


    Xavier doesn’t spend time with her, but I have nothing to do with it.


    The truth is that Alpha Xavier is in love with Isabe’s sister, Daisy, and has spent a lot of his time


    training with hertely. Isabe, however, seems to think her Alpha is spending time with me here in the


    dungeons.


    Conclusion? She is crazy. There is no point for Alpha Xavier to spend time with a male vampire


    prisoner, but I won’t correct Isabe. The more time she spends with me, the less time she spends


    figuring out the truth: that her future husband is about to leave Isabe for her sister.


    “You’re always so f*cking quiet…” Isabe hisses and fishes inside her pocket for the key to my prison


    cell. “But I’m going to change that by opening the blinds.”


    My eyes widen. Even though I’m in the pack dungeons, there is a window inside my prison cell that


    leads to the outside world. It’s covered by a pair of heavy iron blinds that keep the sunlight from


    flooding in. I’m grateful for that since sunlight is lethal to my kind unless you’re a pure-blood.


    And I’m not. I need a daylight ring to survive the sun, but I dropped it when I was taken prisoner.


    “No,” I whisper, a note of fear creeping into my voice, but Isabell ignores it, instead drawing out the key


    with a malicious grin.


    “I don’t want you to die immediately,” she says. “I want you to burn to a crisp slowly, so I will let a tiny


    stream of light hit you. Sounds like fun, right?”


    I feel a chill ripple down my spine at her words, and the evil werewolfughs at that. She seems to find


    satisfaction in my terror and steps towards the window.


    No-no-no!


    I press myself against the wall, desperation wing at my insides. I cannot die here, not like this. I’ve


    just found my mate, and I don’t want to die before seeing her pretty face again. This can’t be the end!


    “Please don’t do it,” I beg. It feels pathetic to ask this werewolf for mercy, but I don’t want my life to end.


    Not before seeing L onest time. “Alpha Xavier won’t be happy if you kill his source of information.”


    Isabeughs. “I doubt he cares much about you.”


    And with that, she moves the iron blinds with a sadistic smirk. My heart feels like it’s about to pound out


    of my chest as I wait for the sun to hit my skin. Once it does, it feels like I’m being burned alive.


    I squeeze my eyes shut and grit my teeth as I desperately try to pull myself away from the sun.


    But it’s useless.


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    My pale skin is already turning red, and I hiss as the first wave of pain sears through me. The scent of


    my burning flesh wafts through the cell, and Isabe cackles with glee, her eyes sparkling with sadistic


    pleasure.


    “How do


    that feel?” Isabe asks, mocking joy dancing in her eyes. “Does it feel good to finally see the


    daylight?”


    I don’t respond; my mind is focused on enduring the pain radiating from my skin. The smell of searing


    flesh is unbearable, the pain worse. But I can’t let her see my agony. I won’t give her the satisfaction.


    Suddenly, a howl pierces the morning air, reverberating through the stone walls of the cell and seeping


    into my soul. It’s L. Even though I’ve never heard or seen her wolf form, I just know it’s her.


    I nce up, and relief washes over me when I see L and Daisy in their respective wolf forms.


    Daisy is white with angelic wings, but although she is the one I should be admiring, it’s L I can’t take


    my eyes off. Her wolf is a normal gray wolf, yet I’m one hundred percent captivated by her.


    I don’t even notice that Daisy has switched forms before I hear her voice.


    “Isabe, what the hell are you doing?!”


    “Umm, torturing the prisoner?” I can hear the eye-roll in her irritated voice. “What does it look like I’m


    doing?”


    While the sisters fight each other, L enters my prison cell with swift, quiet steps. Her eyes meet


    mine, and a sense of urgency fills them as she closes the blinds, casting the cell back into merciful


    shadows.


    The sun no longer burns my skin, and I gasp in relief, weing the soothing darkness. But L still


    doesn’t approach me, which I can sort of understand. After having my skin burnt for so long. I’m


    probably unrecognizable and disgusting to look


    al.


    With some effort, I lift my hand to wave at her, but I have no strength left in me. I sag against the wall,


    and L’s eyes widen -not with disgust, but with fury.


    Then she turns her attention back to the battling sisters, a growl humbling within her chest.


    “I’m going to f*king murder you!”


    My jaw cks to the ground when Lunches herself at Isabe, her ws extended, and teeth


    bared in a savage snar Isabe shrieks, throwing up her hands in defense, but L is on her, tearing


    through the heavy fabric of her expensive- looking dress.


    Daisy can do nothing but watch in stunned silence as L continues her relentless attack on Isabe,


    her growls echoing off the stone walls of the prison. Isabe’s screams turn into sobs as she recoils at


    the mercy of L, her once pristine dress shredded and sttered with blood.


    “L! Stop!” Daisy finally manages to regain her voice, rushing forward to pull L off Isabe. “I know


    she deserves it, but killing her will only get us in trouble.”


    L snarls, but she doesn’t attack Isabe again. Instead, she stands there, ring down at IsabeProperty of N?)(velDr(a)ma.Org.


    as her chest heaves with rage, her chocte eyes burning with a savage fire. Blood glistens on her


    ws, and the sight of it causes Isabe to whimper


    in fear.


    “T-take her away…” Isabe sobs. “She is scaring me-”


    Daisy kicks her sister in the face to shut her up before patting L’s shoulder. “Go to your man. I think


    he is in need of your blood and love right now.”


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    With a final murderous nce at Isabe, L abandons her prey and rushes to my side. I feel


    ashamed of my appearance and try not to meet her eyes.


    “Hi, L…” I drawl, feeling all kinds of awkwardness. “I must look like a burnt avocado, am I right?” A


    forcedugh leaves my lips, but L doesn’tugh with me.


    Instead, she kneels down beside me, her hand gently reaching out to trace the burnt edges of my skin.


    Her touch is like a cooling balm, a soothing contrast to the hot sting of my burns.


    “Shh… it’s okay, you’re going to be alright,” she whispers, her voice choked with emotion. “I’m here… I


    won’t let anything happen to you.


    1 stare at her in disbelief before chuckling. “uck, I feel some. I’m a man, yet I’m the one being saved.


    Guess I will just have to make it up to youter, huh?”


    Relief shes through her eyes when she hears the humor in my voice, but she doesn’t smile at my


    poor attempt at making herugh. Her features remain drawn as she begins to tend to my wounds


    meticulously.


    It kind of hurts when she touches my cheek. “Ouch. You don’t have to-


    “Hush,” she cuts me off, her voice surprisingly stern. “Stop being a baby and just let me help.”


    “Help” I scoff. “The only thing that will help me right now is something I can’t ask-” My voice trails off


    when L bites into her arm and offers it to me.


    I blink at her, momentarily stunned. My mouth goes dry as I stare at the rivulets of blood trickling down


    her arm. It smells so sweet, my nostrils re unconsciously in response and I know dark veins must


    have appeared on my face because a silent gasp leaves L’s lips.


    She looks terrified of me and it’s the only thing that prevents me from lunging forward to take what


    she’s offering me. I’m a vampire, not an animal.


    “L…are you sure about this?” Thest thing I want to do is hurt her, or worse, scare her to the point


    she never me again, but the truth is, I need her blood.


    r wants to see


    “Don’t be an idiot,” L replies, her voice shaky but determined. “You’re in pain. You need it…and I


    want to help.”


    “I-I might hurt you,” I stammer, my throat closing up at the thought of causing her any harm.


    “I trust you,” she whispers, offering her arm once again. This time, the urgency is palpable in her voice.


    “Now drink.”


    My body quickens at the sight of the life-saving nectar she offers every instinct screaming at me to take


    what I need. But instead, I gently cup her face with my hand, my thumb tracing the curve of her cheek.


    “Thank you,” 1 barely manage to whisper before my fangs sink into her arm.


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