Chapter 73
Artemis pov
I have yet to see or talk to anyone but I have heard the talking of two others. Ready to scream out of boredom there is nothing to do in this room. No TV, no phone, no computer, and my phone is gone. The witch that popped in and out earlier has yet to return. I had decided to confront the next person that comes in about where I am and what I am doing here. Thinking it should be close to lunchtime as my stomach is growling. Not able to wait I head to the restroom. When I get back out there is a cart with several plates of food on it. I hope this is just a one-off and when they come to get the cart I can catch them.
Eating the food cause well I was hungry and the stupid beta is right if I have any chance of getting my wolf back I need the extra calories. All of a sudden there is a girl on the bed. She's a small tiny thing. The pillow lost in the sea of red fire coming from her head. “her mate had a flashback of some sorts and shoved her away not meaning to. She will sleep until supper but she will stay with you hear until I can undo all the magic around here.” the voice of the odd witch comes from the restroom. Looking around the room seeing there is just one bed. Does he expect me to share a bed with someone I don’t know? “child she's had a rough go the last year I am sure you understand that. She needs a friend other than her mate a female to help with well girly stuff.” he says scrunching up his nose. What is up with this guy he is odd?
“and the closer you two get the better this pack will run I am sure as the Luna and beta female. don’t you agree Luna?” his gaze on me like he's looking deep into me. The tilting of his head and flashes of orange had something clench in my chest. Tried to ignore the pressure for as long as I could before my hands shoot to my chest as I gasp out. “hmmm well then aye yes I think so maybe don’t you think?” the crazy witch says to well Ummm? Looking around I found no one but the girl and I was there. But he looks to be talking to someone I cant see. Then his hand reaches out and disappears. As in gone. Jumping up knocking the table over as I back away ready to scream. My voice left me and he smirks at me. His hand comes back now with a silver necklace. He starts walking forward towards me and I take a step back. This continues until my back hits a wall and I am trapped.
“here princess this will help your wolf find her magic and pull it back to you. You and the young alpha will need you at your best don’t you agree and with only three days until your brother launches his attack things will need to be sped up now.” he holds what I thought was a silver necklace out to me. It looks to be made of light silver shimmery light. Tiny flecks of black dance through it. Slowly I reach my hand out to touch the necklace. The second my fingers touched the cool warmth coming from the light it wraps around my finger crawling up my arm creating a design from my fingertips to my elbow. A sharp sting as the light sinks into my skin leaving behind a bright red angry burn. Yelping out I grab my arm expecting to feel pain but I do not I do feel a burn but not a painful burn it's an odd feeling like static snow on TV and the sound of waves running through my arm.
“When the mark is gone your magic should be fully back to you. Should it not fully leave then your magic is not fully able to return,” he says and he fades away and the young girl starts groaning.
“Tyler?” her small voice whispers. “um no sorry I don’t know where the beta is or well where we are,” I tell her sitting the chair back up along with the table finding the food gone but the cart refilled. That stupid witch is annoying. Her loud yelp startled me almost dropping the mug of coffee I just picked up. “who are you? Where am I? where is Tyler? Wait why did Tyler push me away?” looking over at the small thing my heart wants to break but I can't let it this is not my pack or my home. Turning away I shrug “like I said I don’t know what I do know is this is going to suck being stuck in here with someone I don’t know so how about we fix that I am Artemis and you are?” when she doesn't answer I turn to look at her. Her moss-colored eyes are huge with fear. She looks to be shaking in fear. Cocking my head to the side in confusion. “what's wrong?”
“like the princess?” she stammers out a huge sign leaving me in defeat I will not be the princess I can't even get that alpha to stop calling me that. Dropping my shoulders “only by blood, not by choice” I huff out turning back to the meal I had in front of me. Everything tastes of sawdust now but I need to eat so I will choke it down. “are you a prisoner here?” she asks and I just shake my head then nod then shrug my shoulder. Hell, I don’t even know the answer to that. A soft giggle comes from behind me “what?” I ask with as much of an even tone I could muster up. “no it's nothing just okay well you did a thing my mom use to do when she didn’t know how to answer something that doesn't have just one answer.”
