CHAPTER 18

I paced around the room thinking of my next move, of what they were going to do, and also about the cell they were obviously going to put me in tomorrow.

"Forget about tomorrow… let it think of itself" Ana voiced.

I wanted to do as she said but I couldn't. Tomorrow was just a few hours away. I stood up from the bed, making my way to what seemed like a dressing table.

I sat on the stool and carefully removed the penknife I had slipped into the gown. Placing it on the table, and being grateful that no one found it.

I went over to the other side of the room, there was a wardrobe, I pulled it open to reveal a set of male clothes, some shorts and a few long sleeved shirts. I picked the good and comfortable ones, slipping the penknife into one of the pockets.

'This is what I would definitely wear'

I checked the room for any other valuables even looking under the bed but there was nothing else.

I made my way to the bathroom. Soaking myself into a hot bath, then I felt the sting again on my cheek from the pain of the slap.

'Old Alpha Cassio'

I thought my gaze darkened.

I scrubbed at my body as if to remove the filth that had come with the Alpha's hand.

I slipped out of the tub when I was done.

Putting on the robe that I had found, I heard incessant knocks on the door.

'Did something happen'

Then the sound of keys unlocking the door and the door flew open. I'm so glad I wore a robe because it was Wolf who was standing at the door with a tray in his hands.

I blinked; "I thought the maids do that" I told him.

He stepped into the room and I didn't stop him as he placed the food on the table.

"Enjoying your time here?" He asked

"Was that a question?" I countered.

I was in his custody, how would anyone in the custody of a wolf be enjoying himself talk more of being in the custody of a wolf who answers Wolf.

"You just have to tell the old Alpha what he wants and he will let you go," he said, a subtle smile on his lips.

"Is my bodyguard going to tell me what to say?" I asked, afterall he said that he's my guard.

His eyebrows arched, making his eye patch move a bit.

"I won't tell you what to do" he began

"But I will warn you… remember that you are under my custody, I could ruin you if I wanted" he said as his gaze darkened.

His eyes scanned my body a bit but he looked away at once.

'Pervert'

"I'm under your custody, you don't have to remind me" I told him to earn a smirk.

"If you could please get out, as you can see" I said using my hands to show him that I am still wearing only a robe.

"I need to dress up," I added.

He nodded; "Of course" a smile appeared on his face.

'A fake one' I knew it anytime, anywhere.

"I will leave you to your thing"

That statement again. I rolled my eyes.

'Asshole'

Even if I were a princess, I knew when to take over as the queen.

Something was definitely wrong with Wolf. He never cared about me when I first stepped into this house and now he was serving the meals instead of the maids.

I put on the male clothes that I had brought out.

My feet made their way to the meal on the dressing table. I dug the spoon into the stew.

'He won't poison it, would he?'

There's only one way to find out. I began to eat.

It was delicious. Halfway through the meal, I passed out cold.

****

My eyes fluttered open, but I shut them at once, my head buzzing again. I felt cold water against my skin and another bowl splashed on me, making me fully awake.

My eyes shot open, like saucers. Looking around the room, it was the cell that I was taken to yesterday before I was taken to the room I had slept in.

"You're awake" I heard someone say, I looked up to see Wolf.

"How was the meal?" He asked.

I grimaced, 'He did poison the food'

"It was only a sleeping pill" he said, bending to my level, he inched his face closer to mine.

"To prepare you for the worst" he said, his voice malicious and cruel like his distorted face.

I spat at him but he was quick to dodge.

"Feisty… I like that, "he said.

I couldn't move my hands as they were chained.

My jaw clenched. I never knew he had this side of him, the way he looked at me now told me clearly who he was.

'A beast'

I might be under his custody but how could he walk into a woman's room and still drug her at the end.

He had a playful smirk on his face, certainly enjoying the look on my face at the moment.

The front door opened for the Old Alpha Cassio to walk in with a strange woman. My eyes darted towards her, accessing her. She looked at me at once, her eyes white like snow.

I looked away, I'd never seen such eyes before.

'What is she?'

"Ariona," she called.

I looked at her, surprise written all over my face.

'Did she know Ariona too'

The Old Alpha Cassio walked over to where I sat, I felt the scrutiny under his gaze as he watched like a prey. Wolf stepped aside.

"She's a sorceress," the Old Alpha said with a smile.

'More like a witch to me'

I always thought that werewolves and witches don't see eye to eye but at this moment in the Solstice pack, it was different. The Old Alpha Cassio is willing to go any length to bring his heir back to life.

The woman walked past him and stood in front of me, her white eyes washed over my being. Trying to figure out what I couldn't tell, she drew closer and sniffed the air.

I rolled my eyes at her act but my heart still hammered against my chest for fear of her being a real witch.

I never liked anything about witches, afterall.

She quickly got out a plate and what seemed like a pair of cutleries from her clutch bag.

"Scissors" she told the Alpha and he went searching for one.

Giving her a pair of scissors, the woman took a strand of my hair, cut it off, and placed it in her earthenware.

She took a knife from her bag, inching towards me. I pushed myself back, not letting her get close.

"I need her blood, " she told the Old Alpha.

He had an eerie smile on her face. Hearing her ask for my blood made the hairs on my skin to stand.

I had attacked several wolves, bitten them, and even tasted blood so it wasn't a new thing. But when a witch asked for my blood, it sounded scary, creepy, I wanted to chicken out.

The Old Alpha would surely want the opposite as his eyes just watched my every move.

"Release her and hold her in place" he ordered.

The chains were opened for one of my hands to come out. The woman took my hand at once, opening my palm, she placed the cold metal on my palm. A glint appeared on the knife but it was soon covered with blood as the metal pierced my skin. I flinched at the sudden cut as blood flowed.

She placed my hand above the earthenware as my blood dripped into it, on top of the hair strand.

Closing her eyes, she began to mumble, incoherent words that I felt were incantations. The Old Alpha's eyes widened like he had seen a treasure chest.

He has obviously lost his mind, just to revive for his heir.

The guards seemed focused on the scene in front of them and Wolf stood at a corner of the room watching me.

The woman's incantations increased as she kept repeating the same words over and over.

The items on the plate vanished like they were never there.

'What just happened, was she really a real witch'

Her gaze darkened as she watched me. Her white eyes looked like snow, looking as frosty as ice.

"She's Ariona, " she said. I sighed in relief.

'There's no way they would find out'

The Old Alpha Cassio had a skeptical look on his face as if trying to find out if what the woman said was true.

"Just that there's another soul inside her body" the woman added

Her white eyes glistened some kind of dark color.

"How was she able to do that?" The Old Alpha asked the woman.

"Only she can tell us" she said

They faced me at once, having an unfathomable gaze in their eyes.

'They came to the wrong person'