Chapter 136
Maximus pov.
“So Kai tells me you have a story to tell?” I ask the guy standing in front of me. Sitting on the edge of the desk, Enoy hates this but she’s not here.
“Yes, beta Maximus. I don’t know if you will believe me or not but I risked a lot to come here and tell you everything I know. As I’m sure you can smell I’m a rouge. Not an old rogue a new rogue. And well you’re a black of the black rose best tracking bloodline probably ever.” He rambles pacing the room. I want to growl or snap at him to move it along. But I can see he’s trying to gather his thoughts. So I wait.
Wringing his hands then ran them through his hair. “I mean my father and my father’s father and so on has guarded that room only letting at first the alpha in then more people over the last couple of generations. But we never went in the room. Our job was just to not let people in the room. Easy right.” At this point I don’t know how is talking to buy I am curious. What’s in the room?
“just your family guarded the room?” “no there were like ten families that trade-off guarding the room. It’s a boring job so we get extra time off.” He answers seeming to have calmed answering my question rather than his panic at telling me the story.
“So do you know what’s in the room?” I ask his head shakes as he says “yes” raising my brow at him.
“at first I didn’t you know. Just sit with pops on his days from the age of ten until eighteen when he retired and it’s my job.
My father told me that when he was my age learning the job and then doing the job it had been an odd witch here and there and the alpha. But then he said around when the twins Apollo and Artemis were born more people were allowed in the room. Still, he didn’t go in. For me, it’s always been several people cleared to enter the room. Then almost a year ago now I want to say master Loki demanded I let him bring a she-wolf and her brother into the room. He commanded me I had to follow his order. I don’t know why I swear sir I couldn’t stop myself “ his chest heaving in and out as the panic in his eyes rises.
“Breath. Your safe here.” I tell him. The more this guy talks the more he pulls me into the story. Nodding he sits in a chair bending so his head is between his knees his arms over his head. I can hear him whispering “everything is okay. You got away. They can help. You are free.” Over and over. His breath slowly returns to normal. Looking up at me his eyes scream embarrassment. I choose to ignore the panic attack altogether.
“Had you met them before?” I ask seeing the relief in his eyes I didn’t demand answers. “no sir. And I still don’t know their names I am afraid. I don’t know what they did but they don’t deserve what’s happening to them you know. I mean it’s horrible I don’t even know how they are still alive I don’t think I have ever seen food sent to them so I don’t know”
“Okay, I’m going to be completely honest here. You lost me somewhere around the summer lands dude. How about we start over? Loki and the two went into the room. Then what?”
Nodding “then the alpha rushed in a few minutes later Loki took them down to the dungeons the she-wolf naked and the male unconscious. A while later things are being brought to the room a maid is called to clean the room again. In and out the go for I want to say an hour. Then master Loki went in and everyone but the maid was kicked out the door slammed shut and locked. Then nothing for hours.”
Wringing his hands jumped up pacing the room again. “my shift was almost over. When the alpha came back and went in. Twenty minutes later the alpha linked me to show master Loki to the dungeons. If you find that odd it was cause he just took two people down there shouldn’t he know where it is right?” he looks at me hopefully I have an answer that makes sense. But I’m at a loss myself. “you would think. I mean that’s a bit strange.” Trying to figure out how two plus two equaled ten.
“so I take him down there but he makes me stay. I wanted to leave. Walk away and go to my room in the dorms. But I couldn’t. My body followed his orders. He forced me to tie them up so many times so he could violate them. He pulled their teeth. Cut finger and toes off. Cut-out eyes. But the worse is when he’s finished for the night. He. He “ gulping pulling at the collar of his shirt.
“He would chain the girl upside down or tilt with her feet up and head down. A jar inserted in her slowly draining. I had to stand there and wait for the bottle to be empty. Take the bottle out. Leave the girl as I took all the bloody things out to clean them. Once everything was clean I had to go take her down and chain her in her cell. If she didn’t conceive that time I had to spray her out with boiling water and herds. So he could start with a fresh working area.
When alpha Apollo passed the pack to Eos and her chosen mate conceived her pup. Master Loki locked alpha Apollo in his room to be milked. A new female was brought to his room for him to test his faux mate bond conception barrier. So far he’s been able to force a pup by alpha Apollo. But it’s only a matter of time.
Around three months ago the gold master Loki had over me started to weaken I noticed I could slow down and shake my head at his orders. The more I pushed against it the weaker it got. Then a few days ago it broke. So I packed a bag and ran. The winters castle has so many weak areas slipping away while master Loki was busy with the young girl.”
He plops back down in the chair. this guy has been through some shit. I can’t smell or see a deception of any kind. My wolf pacing in my head not at the guy but his tale. “and the. You rescued our Lune which we are deeply grateful for. I don’t know what your plans are other than to get away from the Winters. So how about staying a few days, and meet with the alpha? Get a good night’s rest and eat something take a long hot bath. Trust me the water here is just perfect to relax those muscles.” I smile. He nods. Clapping my hands he jumps.
“Sorry sorry. I’ll have rosemary come up and show you to a guest room.”
