C H A P T E R T W E N T Y S E V E N
“Darling, are you sure you want to continue like this? You know we could go on forever.” One of the men smiled sweetly at Lila. It was a sweet smile that was a sickly sweet smile. She'd lost count of who was who and Evangeline hadn't helped at all – she was off trying to 'break the barrier' apparently and had left Lila in the hands of these monsters. Not that she had any choice – either way she was going to feel the pain these monsters had inflicted upon her body.
Lila just stared at the man. She didn't answer, just stared. Her throat was aching and she was worried she'd accidentally blurt out something – anything that would make the 'punishments' she was receiving, worse.
“Mark, lay off her. Put her back in the basement, Louis wants us.” Lila looked over and saw one of the guards who were nicer. They all had hurt her, as they were ordered to, but he and his friend (she was sure their names were something along the lines of Nick and Kevin but she wasn't sure) always made sure that they didn't hurt her excessively. It was nice to have some people who were considerate.
“Why does Louis want us?” The man made sure his eyes were kept on Lila, so that she wouldn't try and escape. Lila almost scoffed at the thought; she could barely move by herself without being in pain so how was she going to escape?
“Discussing the new plan. I've heard it, you should go. I'll take her down.” She was sure that this was Nicholas. Kevin, the other guard, was less talkative and wouldn't be questioned.
“I gotta give her her daily dose first.” Another sickly smile appeared on his face and Lila's throat felt it was closing up. For however many days she'd been here, they'd stuck needles in her every so often. Something about her not contacting anyone; a few of them made her feel dozy and some made her feel physically sick.
“I'll do it. Louis's impatient – you know that.” The man in front of her sighed and put the needle back on the table, Lila relaxed slightly but tensed up as soon as the man stormed in front of her.
“Don't think I've finished.” He grinned before pulling back his fist and charging it into her stomach. Letting out a small cry, she lifted up her head to see the man walking out of the door.
Feeling her arms drape down next to her arms, she managed to relax fully. Nicholas wouldn't be hurting her, he was supposed to be taking her back to her prison. Her dirt-filled, rotten smelling prison.
“Lila, Kev's got a plan and I think it's going to be good but we need you to co-operate.” Nicholas told her as he scooped her up into his arms. Incapable of using her legs, the guards would have to carry her back to her cell, normally they'd throw her over their shoulders causing her more pain to her stomach.
“O...kay.” She croaked, her voice just a little louder than a whisper. They didn't speak for the rest of the journey. The halls were unusually quiet today, most of the time members of The League would be scurrying around.
She'd found out, by eavesdropping and those monsters gloating at her, that they were in the official headquarters. She'd expected them to be in the mountains somewhere but apparently they weren't – it was shocking. In fact, she'd had no idea how long she'd been out when she first arrived, Hell, she had no idea how long she'd been in this place.
After a long walk, she was placed on a bed. It wasn't what she would call soft, but it was soft enough for her to be comfortable on. They'd unchained her after the first few beatings because she was too weak to walk which meant she was in no fit state of fighting against the men. Unfortunately for Justin, he'd had to be chained up and watch Lila come in every day with beatings but he'd been a lab rat for the new drugs these people were using. Thankfully, they'd kept them both in the same cell so Lila didn't feel as lonely as she should have.
“Alright you two, we've got a plan but we need you to tell us what pack you're from.” Nicholas told them both, after making sure that no one was around.
“Why should we tell you?” Justin spat and Lila adjusted her head so she could watch them both.
“So that Kev and I can see how long it'll take them to get here. It's not like it's a five minute run. It's pretty far to get to the town, let alone finding this place.” Nicholas frowned and Lila was surprised. He shouldn't have expected Justin to tell them their pack or where they were from. Especially not after the way they were treated.
“Why should we trust you? You've treated us like dirt.”
“I haven't hurt you as much as the others.”
“You still did.” Justin narrowed his eyes at Nicholas and Lila sighed. It was pretty much the only noise she could make which didn't hurt her throat at all.
“I can't disobey Louis' orders. Just because I've had to hurt you doesn't mean I enjoyed it.” Nicholas admitted, Lila could see that he was in a hurry.
“Darren Hart.” She whispered and she felt Justin's death stare on her.
“Lila!” Justin hissed but she didn't care; she just wanted to go home. She was sick of being asked where that God-damned stone was! She didn't know! It was the same questions over and over again and no matter how many times she refused to answer or even tell them she didn't know, they didn't believe her.
“Where's the town you came from?”
“Lockhart.” She ignored Justin telling her off – he wasn't in the same position as her. At least he wasn't in as much pain as she was.
“All right. When the drug wears off, and it should in an hour or so you need to contact your mate and tell him that you're in Elgin and to look for a building with a globe on the top.” Nicholas stood up and walked to the bars before glaring at them. Lila guessed that one of the other guards were coming.
“Alright Nicky?” It was a small, fat, balding man who came in.
“Given them both their doses. You don't need to.”
“B-But Louis said...”
“Well I've done it. Deal with it.” He snarled at the man before turning back to Lila and Justin. “If I hear a peep out of you both, you'll be in the hole.” Nicholas stormed out, grabbing the smaller man's arm and dragging him out with him. He made sure that the door closed with a loud, echoing slam.
“What are we doing then?” Justin asked Lila, who had managed to sit up after a lot of whimpering.
“We contact the pack.” She whispered, her voice coarse from the screaming and crying. “We do as Nicholas says.”
“You trust him!?” He asked, not believing what he was hearing. Lila didn't blame him.
“We have to.” She coughed, tears springing to her eyes as it started to sting her throat, before she carried on talking. “He's giving us a chance to talk to the pack. He's told us where we are.”
“But look what he's let them do to you!”
“He's got no choice!” Her voice was starting to raise and she coughed again.
She heard Justin sigh and knew she had him joining in with this plan.
“What do I do?”
“Contact Alpha Hart and Mamaw. I'll talk to Logan.” She watched as Justin nodded. She felt her eyelids drooping.
“Don't go to sleep, not yet. Once you talk to Logan then you can, okay?” Lila nodded subconsciously but she wasn't sure how long she could last. She was so, so tired.
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Once I've finished YaY, I'll work on Amor Immortalis and then when that's done, I'll start on 'Fallen From Grace' (hopefully I'll have written a few chapters, I'm still working on the prologue and it's been a week since I started it!). I might take down TF & SoaA.. I don't really like either story that much anymore.
Hope you enjoyed the chapter! x