Chapter 59
Artemis pov
Stunned at what I heard from the beta. How could I not know about my family? How did I not hear about his family? And who is the rogue king? I am starting to think I was kept in the dark about a lot of things. “why didn’t you go to my father about all that? And who is the rogue king?” looking over at him as I speak. His eyes snap to mine fast looking at me a little too long for comfort. Breaking my stare I took a bite of the sandwich he gave me. Not that it tasted like anything cause it didn’t. thoughts running through my head making my stomach turn. “well princess the answer is simple they did go to your father he helped as much as he said he could. And as to who the rogue king is no one knows. He shows up causes shit floods the youth with drugs then use them to steal pups for who knows why.” he says to me. Peaking over I see he's back to watching the road. “I can't reject him can I?” he just shakes his head. “but he will let me?” “princess I already told you he won't force you to be with him or the Luna. But I promise if you kill him you won't make it far. Phil is well-loved in this pack he is a miracle to the pack. He loves this pack with all of him. Only he knows the real horrors his mother lived through his father telling him when he was fifteen. Being an alpha wolf he would have been able to tell his father was hiding something from him. It's a skill the Samuels seems to have perfected. No one can lie or hide things for long from them. If they want the answers they will get them. He had a haunted look for a year after that. Why do you think he chose to be a doctor rather than to major in bushiness not that what we did was school. The whole this still confuses me. Hey, you are a winter do you know how the whole training thing works how we are there as the guard for four years then boom we have all the skills and knowledge we would have had in school?”
His question catches me off guard “what do you mean?” I ask with so much confusion. The truck pulls off the road sharply slamming it into park. Spinning to me pinning me to my seat with a look. He seems to be searching me for something. After what felt like a lifetime he drops his shoulders tilting his head “you have no clue do you?” I shake my head in agreement. “well shit there goes that idea.” he says hitting the steering wheel causing me to whimper and jump. “sorry sorry it's not you, it's your fam…” he cuts off his eyes glazing over. He sits still for a few more minutes before the truck shoots forward. Spinning the wheels throwing dust rocks and anything else the tires slipped on. He has a crazy look in his eyes. the truck gaining speed as he goes. My stomach drops as it turns over. The sandwich threatens to reappear in my lap. The look on his face tells me he's no longer someone willing to speak. From my calculations, we still had a good hour in a half to go but at the speed, we are going I bet that time will be cut in half.
“what happened?” I asked. He glances over glaring at me before he sneers out “your brother” gulping I sink back into the seat trying to disappear. Thick fog fills the cab of the truck coughing at the thick scent. Before I can say anything strong hands wrap around my shoulders and mouth. Panic rises as deafening roars are heard coming from the other side of the truck. “thought you could get away from us did you bitch?” Jacob's voice whispers in my ear. Trying to pull away kicking and trying to scream. When that doesn't work I try biting his hand. Getting the fleshy part at the base of the thumb between my teeth I bite down hard. At first, nothing happened than all of a sudden my fangs slipped out. My wolf sprang forward. The taste of iron is thick on my tongue as I clamp down on his flesh. My claws slip out and I use them to claw at his arms. Just as fast as my wolf showed up she starts to fade away. I didn’t do much but what I did do was give the beta time to get free from his belt. Surging forward breaking Jacob's hold on me. Jacob flies back and disappears before the beta can grab a hold of him. Snapping his head to me. Fear and panic flood me at the look in his eyes. The hate I see in them and it's all directed at me. “what happens to your alpha if I die?” thinking I might have found a way to fix this mess. Before he can answer another hand grabs my arm and it feels like the world is closing in on me. Darkness is taking over as my body feels like it's being crushed.
Groggy I start to come to laying on a dusty-smelling bed. The room is dark but I can hear muffled yelling coming from somewhere. “hello?” I croak out.” look you woke her up. Go talk to her.” a deep voice says. A sweeter voice replies “hell no. I don’t want to be in there if the alpha or Ambrose comes back. They both have made it clear not to talk to her.” she says the both go quiet. “please can you turn on the light and maybe give me some water?” I call out stretching and find I am not tied down and the bed is rather comfortable. A citrus scent so soft I can barely smell it drifts off the pillow under my head. My wolf stirs slightly
