The Wolf Inside Me

Chapter 26: Darkness

Ivy's POV - Thursday November 3rd 2022:

"Ivy?" Mia whimpered

"Please wake up" Mia's voice was quiet as she urged me out of the darkness.

The ground felt cool against my skin as I started to become more conscious. I ran my finger tips across the floor it felt like cobblestone. The smell in the room was horrendous, it smelt like rotting flesh and old blood. My eyes fluttered open there was no light except for the glow of a torch, it looked to be pretty far away from where I was. 

"Mia? Where are we?" I grasped my head as a sharp pain shot through it. 

"I don't know the last thing I remember is being teleported away" She whined.

Suddenly my memories came flooding back to me. I remembered the cool blade of a silver dagger being pressed against my throat. The person that had been holding felt abnormally strong. But it wasn't brute strength it felt more like there was a spell holding me in place. Clearly it had been a witch that had been the one with a dagger to my throat. I remember seeing Dylan bashing against the barrier to get to me. She was absolutely magnificent in her true Lycan form. Even with the dagger pressed to my throat I couldn't help but look at her in awe. I had never seen anything like her she was the biggest werewolf I had ever seen. Big bulky muscles covered her body and she was black like the night sky. Tiny flecks of turquoise sparkled across her fur just like the streak that was in her hair. She was absolutely stunning, but my heart broke as I remembered the looks on everyone's faces as they stared at me. They looked so helpless like they didn't know what to do. The sound of foot steps sent me crawling towards the back of the cell. 

"Well look at what we have here" The voice sounded kind of familiar, I said nothing in response waiting for the person to show themselves. 

After a moment a woman stood before me she was absolutely stunning. She had long black hair the glow of the torch made it shine against her pale skin. Her eyes were a deep blue and she had full lips that were painted with a red lipstick. As my vision focused more I immediately recognized her and my blood ran cold. 

"Y-you're the missing Queens sister" I said my voice catching in my throat.

"Very well done princess. I'm surprised you recognized me you were a small child the last time I saw you." Her voice was calm but I could hear the venom laced through it. 

"W-what do you want with me?" My voice trembled I could feel the power radiating off her. 

"I want lots of things" She cackled her voice sent shivers down my spine. 

"But things I want most would be my sisters head on a spike along with that abomination she calls her daughter. I will die before I let my sister or her daughter sit on my throne." Her voice was dark and bitter. 

"But what does that have to do with me?" 

"You will be my leverage. As long as I have you I hold the power. That mutt you call a mate will come looking for you. By then I will have my army prepared to kill every last one of you." Her voice was cold like ice.

Her words hung in the air and in that moment I knew she was right. Everyone would come looking for me there's no way they wouldn't. My parents and mates would be furious stopping at nothing until they had me back. But if Vivian had this all planned from the start than surely her army was large. It wouldn't make sense for her to kidnap me if she didn't have an army strong enough to endure an attack from my parents army. Panic started to rise in my chest as I realized that maybe they wouldn't be able to rescue me. 

"Plus my useless daughter has already infiltrated your pack" Vivian said with a smug smirk.

"Wait what are you talking about?"