The Beginning of The End
Chapter 56

Suer takes me right to the end of the corridor where the human bedrooms are, my heart threatening to burst through my ribcage. It wasn't a nice feeling.

But it was something I had experienced many times before, anxiety clinging to me like a second skin. So close. So erratic.

I'd love to be calm for once, to take things as they come and not worry myself to death over possibilities that may never come to be. Quite frankly, it's exhausting.

"She is in here." Suer says, pointing to a door on the left.

My pulse quickens again, my palms slick with sweat.

"Thanks." I say with a frown, "are you waiting outside?

Would she even want to see me?

Did she really attack someone?

"I don't think it would help your case to have me hovering." He says with a quick chuckle, "But I will be just outside in case you need me."

I nod, surprised that knowing he would be close has somehow become a sort of comfort to me.

When did I become so comfortable around someone like him? A hellhound. A monstrous shape shifter.

"I will shout if I need you." I say, heading for the door.

There was a key in the door, presumably locked to keep Miya from hurting anyone else, I unlock it and step inside.

I hold my breath.

I look around with my hands clenched into fists.

Ready to run or fight.

Miya is laid on the bed, her eyes clenched shut. "Whoever you are, just go away." She says in a small voice, it will full of pain.

She was afraid.

"It's me, Miya." I say slowly, stepping further into the room after shutting the door.

I don't think I will need Suer, she seems calm enough. She's just frightened.

She looks up, smiling softly. "They said you would

come, I didn't dare believe them." She pauses, sitting up. "Have you come to hurt me? Other have hurt me."

I go very still, she looks like the friend I know and love, but she doesn't sound like her. Not even a little bit.

She sounds so vacant of emotion, like she can't convince herself to feel anything.

It makes my heart ache with worry.

What did they do to her in that dungeon?

"I would never hurt you Miya." I say, carefully siting beside her on the bed. "Surely you already know that."

She shakes her head, shuffling away. "You've never hurt me physically, but you did abandon me."

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"I didn't." I place my hand on hers. "I chose to mate them to save you, I didn't even know where you were at first, or if you were ok." I fight back tears. "I tried and tried to get them to release you, and when they finally agreed I came to you." I pause, sniffing as my nose runs. "But you were already so poorly."

I pause again, barking a laugh. "I attacked a doctor because he refused to treat you."

She startles. Her eyes go wide. "You attacked a doctor?"

I nod, "And my guard. I couldn't let you die Miya; I need you."

She laughs, it's a bitter sound. "It sounds like I'm the one who needs you." She shakes her head, eyes widening. "I keep saying things, and I don't think I mean to say them. I guess isolation affected me more than I realise."

"It's ok to be affected, it'll take time for you to heal, I don't expect anything from you right now, not except for..." I pause, not sure how to continue.

She looks at me, her voice small. "Are they going to hurt me? Is that why you're here?" Tears slide down her cheeks. "Are you here to tell me it's all over?"

I shake my head, pulling her trembling frame into my embrace, "God no, that's not it

at all. They've decided to let you live, it's just, you have to be my maid and come with us to the new realm."

"New realm?" She looks up, eyes red and cheeks wet.

"Yeah, apparently they aren't from this world, but we should have guessed that." I laugh, but I'm not sure why. Nothing about the situation is funny.

Maybe it's because I'm nervous.

Maybe it's because I'm afraid she will say no.

She goes quiet, her body rigid in my arms, like she knows she doesn't belong there, she can feel how much things have changed, and not just between us.

My muscles feel like they might snap at any moment, they are so tightly wound that I'm afraid I'll hurt her, but at the same time, I don't want to let her go. I'm so afraid she will disappear if I let her go.

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"I'll do it." Miya says after an enthusiastic nod, pulling herself out of my arms, "Then eventually we will escape, right?"

I stare at her, wondering if now was the right time to lie. Should I tell her that we have

no chance of ever getting away? Or should I let her hold onto a fake hope. A pointless hope.

But hope is better than despair.

A smile is better than defeated tears.

"Eventually." I say, frowning. "If we ever get the chance it'll be the first thing we do."

I have to give her this one comfort, especially when I don't know what awaits us in this

new world. I have no idea what to expect, or how we will be treated.

They call me a Queen, but I'm still locked away.

I am still monitored and kept on a tight leash.

They don't trust me, and I don't trust them.

I don't even know if they'll be able to keep me safe from Darax.

I don't even know if they will actually go through with their planned rebellion.

Everything is so uncertain.

I don't even know if I want to leave.