SARAH'S POV
After what felt like an eternity we finally heard the sound of their muffled voices coming from downstairs. My friends looked towards me, both with hope and fear in their eyes. Hope for our plan to work and fear for me. I gave them a reassuring look even though I was scared too from the inside. But I won't let my fear overpower me. If we back out now there is no hope left for us. I took a deep breath and stood up from the bed. I walked out of Crystal's room, where all of us were. I looked left and right to see the corridor was completely empty. Dammit! where are they!. I rushed to the staircase and then downstairs and reached the main hall. Where did they go all of a sudden?!. I decided to check the dining room first. As soon as I entered the room, I saw Abigail cleaning the table. Should I ask her where they are?. "Aiden sir is in the bar. Its the third door to the left" she suddenly spoke up without even looking up at me. What the hell?. Did I spoke it out loud. "yes you did" she said chuckling. "but how did y-" "I heard all of you discussing your plan. You should be a little more cautious when discussing something like this. The door of the room was open" she said now looking up at me and my eyes widened. What if one of them heard it too!?. "don't worry none of them heard it" she said. "are you a mind reader or something" I shouted with disbelief. "Not really. You're a little too loud when you think" she said chuckling. "are you sure you guys wanna do this you know what will happen if you guys fail" she said sounding dead serious all of a sudden.
"Yes. This is the only way we can get out of here and take you with us" I said with confidence. She stared at me for a while and then sighed "I'm really grateful that you guys thought of helping me but I can't leave this place" she said now avoiding my gaze. "why?" I asked confused. What could be the reason she wants to stay in this hell hole after so many years of pure torture and sadness. "they have something which is more precious to me than my own life and if I tried to escape this place they would not hesitate to harm it or more like him" she whispered in a low voice. It was barely even audible but I heard it. "who is it" I asked her in a comforting voice. I didn't want to push her anymore. She was already suffering through so much. She took a deep breath. "my brother". My eyes widened. "but you said your family" I stopped midway. I didn't want to say it. I know it would hurt her. "yeah I thought the same thing when I heard the news on the TV but the next day they told me something which forced me to stay here. They have kept my brother hostage" she whispered with tears in her eyes.
What!!
"There is a possibility that they are lying so that you never think of leaving this place" I said. "but what if it's true look Sarah I know you guys want me to have a good future and a better life but I'm sorry. I can't leave this place. If they really have my brother they will not hesitate to kill him the moment they know that I have escaped. Please Sarah I can't take the risk. He's the only family I have left" she said trying very hard not to cry. I was about to say something to her but she interrupted me. "Don't worry about me. Go. You don't have much time" she said looking at me. I turned my head up to look at the wall hanging on the wall to see it was 5pm. Oh no!. My eyes widened and without thinking anything else I rushed out of the dining room and ran left. I reached the 3rd door and immediately my nose scrunched up in disgust. I could smell the alcohol even when the door was closed. I decided to knock. "who is it" I heard a slurred voice coming from inside the room. It was Aiden. Just as Abigail said. "it's me...Sarah" I said kind of reluctantly. I just hope everything goes according to our plan. Then suddenly I heard a click sound and the door opened, revealing a completely drunk Aiden.
Oh god! Help me through this!
"heyyy sweetheart whattt are you dooing here" he said in the same slurry voice. "well I just thought that we should spend some time together. After all we are going to be together for the rest of our lives. Don't you think we should get to know each other close" I said changing my voice a little and inching closer to him, way more close than I would be comfortable with. I was nervous that it might not work or he would start asking me questions but none of that happened. Instead he smirked at me. "I wouldn't mind that at all" he said in a seductive voice and I felt so so so uncomfortable but I gotta do this. I gave him a smile and pushed him inside, walking in myself and closing the door behind me
God!! Help me!!
CRYSTAL'S POV
Is everything going ok?!. This question kept circling in my mind. I am really worried for Sarah. If Aiden gets even a slightest clue of what we are doing, we're done!!. I was constantly shaking my leg, a thing that I do when I am really nervous and my heart was beating like crazy!!. Me and my friends were sitting on the bed just praying for everything to go as we planned. Suddenly we heard the door creak open and in came Sarah.
"Sarah!!" all of us said in unison and rushed to her. "guys I did it" she said and all of us took a sigh of relief. We will finally be out of here. As I looked at Sarah I couldn't help but ask. "Did he hurt you?" I asked her in a gentle voice, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder. Sarah gave me a reassuring smile and shook her head. "No. Infact nothing really happened at all. Once I entered the room with him all I do was talk a little dirty." she said. All of us were confused. She explained further. "He was drunk out of his mind. As I was sitting beside him on the couch, running my fingers across his arm, he slung his head towards me and slurred a few words before passing out. she finished. I closed my eyes in relief. I'm so glad she wasn't hurt.
"but there is a problem" she said and our happy moment immediately came to an end. "what is that" I asked her. "Aiden didn't have the key" she said. "what!" all of us said with disbelief. "what do we do now!" Ashley said panicking. "but I know where the key is. The key is with Issac" Sarah said and all of us looked at her with wide eyes. "how do you know that?" I asked her. "As Aiden was on the brink of passing out, I managed to ask him where the key was and he said it was with Issac" Sarah responded. I turned my head to look at the clock to see it was 6!. Why is time slipping out of our hands when we need it the most. I turned my head to look at Ashley. "Ash" I said and everyone's attention turned towards me. "will you be able to do this" I said and all of them immediately understood what I was talking about. "if it gets us out of here then yes" she said and I gave her a hearty smile. All of us did a group hug again. It felt better knowing we were together. "but first I need to find him" Ashley said when we drifted apart.
"That won't be needed" we heard a voice say and all of us turned our heads towards the door to see Abigail, and a key dangling from her fingers. I was about to ask her how she got it but she beat me to it. "Don't ask anything. Just take it and save your friends. The ceremony will start exactly at 11" she said as she threw the key towards me and I caught it. "Thanks Abigail. You have done so much for us and we just gave you trouble" I said with guilt in my voice. "you know since the day I came here I haven't felt the feeling of love, friendship and support and you guys gave me all of that. I am grateful for that and I couldn't thankyou guys enough" she said giving us a grateful smile and we returned it back. "now go you don't have muh time" she said. "but what about the Lycans. They are here" I said. Suddenly Abigail chuckled and all of us looked at her with a weird expression. What happened? "well as you all already know. Aiden sir and Issac sir are passed out of their minds and wouldn't wake up until the ceremony. Ethan sir, Derek sir and Liam sir have gone out, yet again" She said rolling her eyes before continuing. "To handle some private affair and wouldn't be back until after an hour" she completed and all of us looked at her with wide eyes. "ok wait a minute we know that Aiden is passed out but what happened with Issac" Sarah asked Abigail and she just looked at us, without saying anything and that's when it hit me.
"you did it!" I almost shouted and she nodded. "you know you would get in trouble later" Zoey said with worry. "Yes. I definitely would but it's all worth it if you all are getting out of here safe" she said and all of us were left speechless. "now go" she said breaking the silence. All of us rushed outside the door but I stopped in the middle. I turned my head back to look at Abigail to see she was smiling at us. I rushed back towards her and gave her a tight hug. "thank you" I whispered with tears in my eyes. She just rubbed my back in a calming manner. We pulled apart and I gave her one last smile before I rushed to my friends.
Me, Sarah and Zoey were standing in front of the metal door, waiting for Rose and Ashley to do their part. Zoey pressed the red button and the door opened. I started the counting
3
2
1
and the lights were off!
Perfect!
Sarah flicked on the flashlight and we started walking down the familiar staircase. When we reached the room, what we saw made us froze in fear. All of our friends were tied up in the same condition but with red eyes and they were staring right at us. Me, Sarah and Zoey instinctively took a step back."don't worry" Zayn suddenly spoke up. His voice overshadowed by his wolf's voice. "we won't hurt you. We know how to control ourselves. It's just the effect of the full moon night" he said and without wasting any second we rushed upto them.
They were looking much better now. I think they healed with time. Only a few cuts were visible. Maybe the full moon is helping us as well. I rushed over to Tyler with the key in my hand and I inserted it in the lock which was holding his legs and the moment. I turned the key towards the right, in order to unlock the lock, and not only Tyler's restraints were unlocked, but Zayn, Mason, Noah and Scott were also free of their restraints. "All of our restraints were connected. The moment you unlocked mine all the others were also unlocked" Tyler said looking at me when he saw my confused face. I nodded, not really caring about all of it. The important thing was that all of them were free. Tyler got up from the chair and I immediately covered him in a big hug. He hugged me back with equal force, but not much because you know, he's a werewolf and all and he might accidentally crush me. We stayed like that for all a while, none of us caring what was happening around us, when suddenly we heard it. A growl. Both of us pulled apart. I turned my head to look at Sarah and Zoey to see they had the same look on their faces.
"It's them" Tyler said looking towards the staircase and my breathing got heavy.
Rose! Ashley!
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