Falling For My Cruel Mate
Chapter 89

The hall is filled with doctors and assistants as a bunch of loud noises go off in the room beside us. The guard is dying. His mate and child cry and sob over his body, begging him to hold on longer. Cipher continues to scream and yell things at me and Samuel, but all I can do is watch as Lucy Maxwell loses her mate. She holds her daughter close to her chest as she heaves heavy sobs. The little girls eyes are squeezed shut as her chubby cheeks are stained with tears. Lola Maxwell. She loves to be read to by her Luna.

Octavia. I snap out of my daze and turn back to replace Cipher and Samuel screaming at each other, an inch of space between them.

"Enough!" I yell yanking them both by their shirts and into a separate room.

"A woman is losing her mate. A little girl is losing her father. And yet you two are yelling just outside of their room acting like fucking maniacs!"

Cipher crosses her arms stubbornly and Samuel turns and kicks over a nearby chair.

"Someone tell me what the fuck is going." I spit out harshly, tired of this whole situation.

Octavia:

My lip quivers as I hold back more tears. I've only been here for about forty minutes and I'm sure everyone thinks I'm a big fat baby. At least that is what I'm making myself seem like. Fucking pull your shit together.

A shaky breath escapes my lips. I grab onto the chains, a burning sensation pulses through the palms of my hands but I ignore it as I try to rip the chain from the concrete. Just like the last twenty times I've tried it, it didn't work.

Because the chains are made of silver they're keeping my abilities at bay. I want to scream out in frustration, but theres no use in that because I'm still gagged. My shoulders sag with defeat as I lean up against the cold wall. They have me holed up in a musty basement. It has one window, reinforced with steel bars. It's too far for me to even reach but I could feel the cool draft that seeped through. It's ridiculously cold down here.

I've only seen him once. They look alike. It was scary, the resemblance my mate shared with my kidnapper. If I hadn't know any better, I'd say they're related. I bring my knees to my chest, trying to keep as warm as possible.

The door creaks and squeals loudly as its pulled open, revealing how dated this house must be. Three sets of foot steps can be heard coming down the stairs. My head perks up at the sound of her voice. That alone has my blood boiling. When I get the fuck out of these chains I'm going to tear that pathetic bitch to shreds.

"Hello, my little pet." Her voice is shrill as she releases an annoying giggle. I don't give her the satisfaction of looking at her. I need to replace a way out of here. Out of these chains.

I flinch as a bucket of cold water is thrown onto my already shivering frame. That is the third bucket of cold water they've thrown at me. They want me to reveal battle strategies, fucking morons. I don't know jack about what Ajax was planning on doing.

The sound of Siren's heels resound throughout the room as she creeps closer to me. Squatting she grabs ahold of my face roughly, squeezing my jaw with unnecessary force. Her brown eyes were dark and filled with amusement.

"Tell us what your pathetic mate is planning." She whispers through clenched teeth. She yanks the cloth out of my mouth and tosses it to the side.

I laugh a little. "If you truly believed he was pathetic you wouldn't care what his plans are. You wouldn't fear him this much."

Her hand connects to my cheek with a loud smack. I bite my lip, holding back the tears that threatened to spill. I hold on to my sore cheek for a moment. She laughs along with Cynthia and I roll my eyes, before gathering the salvia and a bit of blood that pooled in my mouth. I turn to her quickly and spit directly into her face.

She shrieks, falling onto her ass.

"Ajax is going to tear you apart. Limb by limb." My eyes connecting with all three of them. If Ajax didn't do it, I will. Ted didn't seem fazed at all as Cynthia rushes to Siren's side, giving me a dirty look.

Another set of footsteps can be heard coming down the stairs and everyone straightens up and backs away from me. The smell of honey wafts through the room, almost making it feel warm. Almost.

"Siren, don't you ever fucking learn?" Jalex's face was smooth and expressionless. His voice cold and uncaring.

"I'm sorry, my love. It won't happen again." Her voice shook with fear as she took

a small step towards him. She was making herself small for him and I don't

understand why. What did he do to her? What did he promise her?

"No, I suppose it wont." Jalex sighs and make his way over to Ted. He whispers something quickly and Ted nods his head.

"Wait!" Siren shrieks as Ted takes multiple advancing steps towards her. "I can do better, I swear!" Tears begin to spill down her cheeks as Ted grabs her roughly and drags her back up the stairs. I don't bother

trying to listen to where they're going or what he is going to do to her. The basement is soundproof. I cant hear anything on the outside. Not even through the creaky old window.

He turns to face me, his ice cold blue eyes were void.

"Tell me, why haven't you and Ajax mated?"

My brow raises in suspicion. Why does he need to know such a thing?

"I-I dont see how any of that is your business or k-how it matters to our situation. My whole body trembled beneath my soaking wet clothes. never knew that I could be this cold, it must have something to do with the silver chains. I feel like a mere human being. Content bétongs to Nexttoons

"It matters because you're in heat."Cynthia scoffs and rolls her eyes at me. She

loves to pretend like she knows everything.