Chapter 82

Dylan POV

"Wait... What?!"

I didn't know if id even heard him right, had he said a van? As in a smuggling van?

"A van, your grace... we're getting you out" I looked at Adrian as if he had three heads or something.  Was I waisting time, definitely but I wasn't completely comprehending his words.

"Getting me out? To where?" Adrian grabbed my arm gently and pulled me on to my feet without any effort whatsoever, he looked at me slightly shocked at how little I weighed then widened his eyes at the hand and feet cuffs I was wearing.

"What the fuck are those?"

"What do you think they are, genius? Do you know what would happen to you if you were to get caught?" Adrian nodded but Nick just paled. He really didn't have a clue about the real world. I hadn't realized how much I kept from him in order to protect him, it really was always me who would stand up to the pack.

"I've been planning this for a while, I just didn't quite realize he would handcuff you like that as well as putting you in the dungeon though." God they were both children. Had they thought this through at all? "But Don't worry, I can figure it out I just..."

"You didn't factor in a lot of things, alpha." I frowned at him and sighed and shaking my thead at the two stupid idiots that were in front of me. "If I leave the king will go on a rampage."

"I will take care of everything, I..." I shook my head at the young alpha, he was too clueless. He had absolutely no idea what king josh was capable of. He would attack the entire district if he thought for one second, that someone helped me escape.

"You aren't even alpha yet, how do you expect to take the king on if he's rampaging through the streets?" I all but whispered yelled at the poor guy. He was trying to help, but he had just made everything worse.

"I will figure it out. Right now you are a priority." I couldn't go, my bother was still here, the king would go instantly to the people he knows I'm closest too. He might not know that Freddie is my baby brother, but he does know something was going on between my mom and Richard, that's the very first place he will go.

"I can't go... too many people will get hurt, I can't loose anyone else... I just can't. Nobody else is going to get hurt because of me. No one!" Tears began to gather yet again, I was pathetic. The king really had well and truly broken me.

"No one will get hurt... I promise you, your grace, but you can not stay with him. He's going to end up destroying you." Arian really was determined, I'll give him that. The guy was doing everything he could for me.

"You can't promise that... someone always gets hurt. And I'm ok..." Throughout the entire conversation me and Adrian were having, Nick kept his sights on the door, rapidly glancing between the two. He was scared, anyone could see that.

"You aren't ok... The rebellion is growing, Dylan, and it's doing so because of you! You might be his mate, but seeing it with my own eyes is all the proof I need... you will forever be a threat to him! You're a natural leader, and you alone are rallying rebels up every time you open your mouth to him. He's never going to let you go!" I couldn't believe the words coming off of his lips. When did he start seeing the king for who he was? Why did he see what my life had turned into before my best friend did? I couldn't believe he saw me as a leader, I mean this entire time I've just been running completely on autopilot. I wasn't a leader, I was just trying to get by, in my own way. "You have got to get out of here, and tonight is your only chance... let me deal with the fallout!"

I didn't like his plan. In fact it was barely even a plan. It was poorly thought out, and poorly executed, I had no idea how he was going to go up against the king if he needed to, but he was right, if I didn't take this opportunity then I would be trapped with the king forever.

"None of that even matters if we can't get her cuffs off though." Nick had a valid point, I looked to Adrian who was trying his hardest to think up something quickly, but you could clearly see him drawing blank.

"Ok..." I whispered, while awkwardly drying my eyes with the back of my cuffed hand. Both guys looked at me, as Adrian smiled at my compliance, but he was panicking, his eyes stared at the cuffs and a frown took over his features. I had to buck up, and I had to start helping myself Because Adrian was right, I had to get away from the king. "So, What exactly is your plan?" I asked nervously, I wasn't entirely sure I would be happy with Adrian's response.

"To get you to the van..." Was that it? Simply the get me to this mysterious van they told me about.

"Is that it?" This really was the worst plan I'd ever heard. "I get that you didn't know about the restraints, but What about my scent? The king will be able to track it without any strain." If we didn't do something to cover my apparently irresistible smell, then everything would have been for nothing. "Nick? Go and grab me some of Aryas things. That should work. Her clothes or perfume, basically anything that will make me smell like her."

"I'll see what I can get." Nick nodded and was quick to leave back out the cell door. Which left me with just Adrian.

"Im so sorry about..." I shook my head, cutting him off mid sentence. Was he an idiot? Definitely. But I suppose I could understand his reasons without him explaining it.

"You're getting me out before I receive anything else. That's all that matters." I sighed and looked at the boy in front of me. He was staring me in the eyes a certain determination to him that I had never seen before.

"You have to get him off the throne, Dylan." How in the world did he expect me to do something like that? What did he think I was going to get out tonight and be able to have the king dethroned by the end of the week?

"How the fuck do you expect me to do that?" I snapped at him. It was fairly obvious by now that the king had me over a barrel. I couldn't step one foot out of line without feeling some sort of repercussion.

"Your grace..." Arya quickly ran into the cell with an arm full of clothing, while Nick followed her holding a small bottle of her perfume. "We need to hurry." Arya threw her coat over my shoulders and fastened a small pop button under my chin to keep it on. Obviously with my hands bound I was unable to wear anything properly.

Once we were out of the cell I stopped looking up at the dark stairs I was dragged down only hours before. The issue was, I could walk to an extent with the restraints on but there was no way the chain was long enough for me to successfully climb the stairs, and my skin was already bruising just from the tightness alone, so climbing the stairs was simply out of the question. Before I could even mention it however, I was hurled over Adrian's shoulder and marched up the stairs and into the main sitting room. God it was so embarrassing.

“Thank you.” I awkwardly and quietly spoke my gratitude, then turned to the people in the room with me. “Tell me where I am meant to go, you should all get to bed. If you’re caught I’d…”

“She’s right.” This time it was Adrian who interrupted me, he looked at his sister and nodded his head once. “You two get to bed, if anyone wakes up cover for me.” He then turned to me and gestured out of the door. “There is no way I’m going to leave you to do this alone, especially not when you’re still bound like that. Come on…” I wanted nothing more than to give Nick a hug, and for him to tell me everything would be ok, but he would never do that. I’ve learnt just how selfish he is, how selfish he has always been. So instead I nodded and quickly followed Adrian out of the and pack house and through the wolf district.

It wasn’t too long until we made it to the human area, I could see Adrian glancing around every now and again if he heard any sort of noise, but it was basically quiet, eerily quiet.

“He should be here!” Adrian spoke once we made it to a small clearing right on the outskirts of the district. He began to frantically look around while dread seemed to sink into me. “He should be here!”

“Who should be here?” I was panicking myself now. Was all this just some trap set by the king to see if I would actually leave him? Had I been set up? Adrian did willingly give his grace my old phone. Oh my god… He probably fabricated this entire thing, Dylan you are so stupid.

I took two steps back away from the young alpha but was instantly put at ease when a familiar voice sounded out.

“God, I genuinely thought you were trying to bait me out, alpha.” My old smuggling partner Ryan Clarke, stepped out from behind a house and walked over to the pair of us. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw him, it feels like it’s been a lifetime since we were sneaking around passing things to and from each other. “I’m rather surprised, I knew you were persuasive, Riley, but I didn’t expect you to influence the alphas son!” Ahh good old Ryan Clarke. He always did address me by my surname, I think it was a way for us to not get too friendly with each other, after all, we only began our acquaintanceship through our illegal activities, not that it worked, we ended up hood a certain fondness for each other, maybe a sibling bond. His words were humerus, and held a slight playfulness but his eyes spoke volumes, he too pitied me.

“What can I say… I seem to have a way of gathering sympathy.” I chuckled hollowly and looked at the 22 year old man in front of me. “Don’t suppose you have an axe in your truck do you?” I held my arms up ever so slightly, allowing the chain to jingle, he lips lifted in a smirk before gesturing us to where he was parked.

“I don’t have an axe…” he slid the door up and opened the large truck before jumping in and rummaging through one of the boxes. “I do, have bolt cutters though!” Fucking Brilliant. I officially loved this man.

It finally felt like I was going to be free!

**So, it turns out i am allergic to penicillin, deathly allergic. Sorry for the delay, but anaphalaxis got in the way. To make up for it, I will upload another chapter in a few hours. Hope you enjoy it.**