The Beginning of The End
Chapter 33

I lay my head back onto Maddox's chest, not wanting to hear what they have to say,

it's not like they can make it better anyway, not when they are the cause to begin with. What could they possibly do to make this better?

What could they even say to heal my heart? Nothing. The answer is nothing. The damage has already been done.

If only I had used my powers more often before we got to the farm, maybe I would have been able to get us away from there.

Maybe I would have been able to save us.

"Elora, what did Miya say?" Ryker asks me, his face skilfully blank of any emotion.

I shake my head, taking a deep breath of Maddox's scent to calm my racing heart. "She didn't say anything that I didn't already know."

Maddox tenses beneath me, "And what is that supposed to mean?" He growls lowly.

"She told me I have betrayed her by mating you both, she doesn't want to be my friend anymore." I sigh, there was no point in lying, they would get the truth one way or another.

Ryker scoffs, clearly angered. "Then she is stupid, being your friend is the only reason she has survived this long. Otherwise she would be dead."

I try to hold back my tears, "She says she doesn't want to live anymore and that she is ready to die."

Maddox shushes me when I sob, his tone soft. "Don't cry little one, if she cannot see the love that you have for her then I agree with Ryker, she is stupid."

"She would rather die than stay with me." I sob, trying my best to hold it together when I felt like everything was falling apart.

I loved her. She was my only friend, and yet, I could not save her from herself. I can try, but not whilst she hates me. And that hurts, I have tried so hard to protect her in any way that I can, but she doesn't care. She only sees the fact that I betrayed her, not helped her.

But I never betrayed her, I mated them to save her, to save us both. Couldn't she see that?

Couldn't she see what I had done for her? What I have sacrificed. I betrayed my families' souls to save her.

Ryker growls and so does Maddox, both of them angered by what Miya had said to me, and I was angry as wel, i had tried so hard to protect her. Ever since the moment that we met I have risked my own life to make her at ease, to help the people she cared about, I killed for her. And I would have continued to do it, if only she would let

me.

But instead, of believing in me, and the fact that I care about her, she has given up and called me 'one of them' when I only agreed to all of this to safeguard her life.

At least, that is what it started out as.

Now, I am not so sure escaping is a good idea, not when I am bound to Ryker and Maddox for all eternity.

"What should I do?" I ask no one in particular, "Does she just need time?"

Maybe I need to get over it, I had been alone before, with no friends to count on. I could do it again.

But a part of me didn't want to let her suffer alone, because that is the truth of it, she's in mental pain.

"Some humans will not ever be able to adjust to this new world, no matter how much time they are given." Ryker says slowly, watching me as though I might snap at any moment. "But yes, give her time. We can take her out of her cell and put her to work if that is what you would prefer? She can stay with the other humans we have in our service."

I stare at him for several seconds, "You mean make her a slave?"

He couldn't be serious, could he? She would never agree to such a thing.

He nods, but before he can speak the food is brought out, a meal consisting of chicken, potatoes and vegetables. And whilst such a meal used to be classed as simple and boring, my mouth was watering with anticipation.

I couldn't wait to devour all my stomach could hold.

Maddox fills a plate for me and himself, adjusting me on his lap so we can both eat.

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"I don't think she would agree to be a slave." I say eventually, my mouth half full of chicken.

Ryker smirks, stabbing a potato and holding it up to my lips. "I didn't say that we would give her a choice, any captured human eventually becomes a part of my household, otherwise there is no use for them." He presses the food against my lips, "Eat."

I smile, gently taking the seasoned potato from him, "You think she would adjust?"

I wasn't so sure about this, I never wanted her to be a slave, she was my friend. I wanted to give her a life of comfort.

But I can't make that happen overnight, I need to earn my mates trust first, whether I wanted to or not.

Although, to my surprise I was becoming more and more relaxed around them since my heat, and I actually wanted to be closer to them when they weren't around. Which was a big change to completely hating them.

Maybe I was weirdly falling for them.

Maybe this mate thing wouldn't be so bad, at least I didn't have to be alone.

Someone finally cared about me enough to show it.

Maybe I could love a monster. Or two.