Chapter 89: The Slow Torture

Urayoán's POV:

I could tell that Nina already had a headache and Izzy was going to fall asleep any minute. I can't blame her, being Twin Soul to Frey I was literally feeling what it was to feel pregnant, it's not fun. Frey was holding up because she was channeling my own strength, I can't wait to meet my pup but I am not looking forward to the birth. But tonight she was just annoyed, it's the first time she meets Natalia making The Circle whole again, she knew already what to expect, but seeing it play live is something else.

We sat at Izzy's balcony drinking and smoking a joint, maybe two like old times but Izzy and Freya opted for tea. As warewolves it wouldn't affect their pregnancy, but as expectant mothers they made the choices the hoped were best for their pups. Antoine and Talia were recounting the time when she was negotiating terms with them when we were still at Blood Moon.

"I always love going to France, before I met up with this bunch I went to Le Mont-Saint-Michel for the first time. I hadn't been able to go before because of other missions but I wasn't leaving France this time without visiting. Izzy and Ura had told me how nice it was, and oh my Goddess was it ever! It's so interesting how the tide works. Ura I know you are Twin Souls and all with Freya, but you have to take her, seeing it in person is so magnificent! I still have Machu Picchu on my bucket list because of you two, we don't need oxygen tanks do we? I mean you know cuz we're wolves or did you guys do the coca leaves? I really hope that a mission takes me to Perú soon, but I hope to have other muscle than Lola next time, I just couldn't deal with her constant complaining about her wanting to come back home, I mean Víctor may be an assh---"

"TALIA! Your doing it again girl! My head is about to fucking explode and look at the pregos! Take a breath dude!" Nina just snapped. And Antoine and I couldn't stop laughing.

"This is so much different sober." Izzy added massaging her temples.

"And weird hormones messing with your head..." Awe my poor mate. She was going after the birth to partake in The Circle and be inducted as a new member, she's basically a spectator right now.

"That would be the fog Frey." Izzy tells her.

"The what?" Izzy chuckles.

"Yeah, next time you see Nia ask her to tell you about it I don't have the brain for it now." She lies down on the couch putting her head on Natalia's lap and she starts playing with Izzy's hair.

"Well you can keep your fogs and I'll keep mine!" And Nina passes the joint over to Tony.

He takes a puff..."I find it fascinating that you can say so much without taking a breath Natalie, have you tried doing it underwater?" And Nina and Izzy find it funny. Frey is looking for that fog thing on her phone which she now uses to get as much information on pregnancy as possible."

"Hey Izz is it just called the fog?" She is really concerned about it.

"Search for pregnancy fog. It'll be there cuz humans get it too, I don't think Morgana has it, but just having to do THIS for 9 months is bullshit, I hope she gets a long break after." Izzy says with her eyes closed.

"Antoine I wouldn't be able to talk underwater! By the way I just found out about the deal with the mermaids, I always wanted to see one and now they have an account in our bank?! I thought they were dangerous and ate th---" Nina throws her flip flop at Talia. But she catches it.

"By the Goddess woman! You have been at it for two hours!" Nina shouts.

"Hey! You could have hit me! You're the most uncoordinated wolf on this island!" Izz says annoyed.

"Nina I have been over 7 months in the field with Umbros and Lola! I love 'em to death but not the funnest people to hang out with, not exactly masters in the art of conversation!" And she takes the joint and blows away from Izzy.

"And you think YOU'RE a master of conversation?" I tell her.

"Very, I should get a title for it--" And Frey gasps.

"This can't be! Izzy it says here that this fog makes us dumb and clumsy! I HAVE been doing stupid shit lately! I need to ask Daniella or Estefanía about this." And Izzy laughs.

"Yeah, they'll just tell you what you're already reading or maybe your just channeling to much of Ura's brain." She says yawning with a chuckle.

"Hey! My brain is in perfect shape! Don't blame me for you two being uncoordinated!" I just can't win!

"I don't think I'll find my mate, so that drops exponentially my odds for a fog. I thought I would find him or her in this trip but I didn't. I'm just glad Maco found his, sure it's totally a bummer how it happened but she's getting better right? I mean they at least Marked each other! And I heard she's doing good in therapy and she's allowing him to go with her. That's a good sign! I can't believe all the shit that happened at Blood Moon, that's totally whack as hell and the whole dead unicorn thing that's sick as fuck! Is that really the blood Mortiana used to mess with Mt. Cemí? It's jus--" Nina throws her other flip flop.

"NATALIA! For fucks sake your asking questions and not even waiting for the answers! Yeah that's the blood that sick, now headless bitch used." Nina shouts at her... That's usually how it goes.

"Don't worry about her Talia, the more you talk the less she can. But Gloria should have given you a report." Izzy tells her. And Nina just gives her the stink eye. We are not clapping back at her lately, besides being about to pop without her mate we really don't want to set off her powers, she'll get her's after she gives birth.

"Yeah, but Mami's right, Gloria can't write a report for shit so I barely read them I just ask around the Link. Is it me or the waves have gotten way stronger by The Fort than before I left?" She asks.

"We didn't use to live here remember? We lived in the house Maco's living in now." I tell her. "That's why you were the one to wait for us at the broken sentinel fort at the very end of the wall before." She thinks for a moment.

"Hey that's right! Nina where did you get this pot? But anyway yeah the waves are stronger, could it be the mermaids hanging out?" And she takes another puff and pases it to me.

"Actually the sea is quite serene while they're at shore, it's bumming the surfers out, they're trying to negotiate with them to at least keep Caney Beach off limits, and they said it was ok because they didn't want to mess with their fun." Frey adds still checking shit out on her phone.

"Seriously? Well that's interesting, I'll ask Pash-- Queen Pasha about it she didn't mention that effect on our shores and now that they are allowed to swim inland... I just don't want it affecting the eco system." Izzy gets very thoughtful... But yeah, I noticed that slip up. She told me about how she is all buddy buddy with the Mermaid Queen, but that she wanted to keep it under wraps. We have always shared most of our secrets and never pestered the other to go into anything that makes us uncomfortable.

"I just can't believe you're treating those prisoners so nicely. I mean they did try to fuck up our mission!" Talia says taking a sip of her wine.

"I have a plan and the sound shields are up in the cells so they can't talk with each other about getting their story straight. The way the cells in the dungeons are designed they should be somewhat comfortable." She says.

The dungeons here are really well designed... The old Kappas made them in the first floor at the other side of The Catacombs so each has a different entrance without disturbing the dead.

It has 50 cells and it's designed to be "L" shaped, you enter through the short part of the "L" which is darkest part that was reserved for vampires so they wouldn't get touched by the sun which enters through a four inch wide opening as the long as the long part of the "L" carved out from the rock of the cliff so the other prisoners weren't in darkness all the time, it's just bellow the roof so all they see is sky. The "L" shape makes sure that no cellmate can see the others, just wall. Each cell has a stone toilet that self flushes and a fresh water basin that flushes the water every day and more fresh water poured by pipes, also has a continuous Emi Esu drop that makes them hallucinate mildly just enough to keep them disoriented, it's carved from the stone itself too, so that they couldn't rip it from the wall and not subject the guards to the nasty smell. It has a bed also carved from the stone, it's hard and uncomfortable, but they don't have to be on the floor. Now there are cameras so guards don't even have to go down there.

With time, the bars of the cells for vampires got changed to emit UV light laced with vitamin D, the ones for fae and elves are made of cold iron and the ones for warewolves are made of pure silver so none go to the bars and try to mess with them. However the prisoners could still talk to each other, we didn't want that either. So when the soundproofing shields embedded inside the walls for rooms and balconies so no one could hear everyone's business was invented, it was also installed in the bars of the cells. The prisoners still get the ocean breeze through the light opening, the shield is just for sound. And when one prisoner is being questioned or tortured, the wall which is the only thing they can usually see, can be turned into a mirror by imputing the code from the control room so that the others could indeed see what was being done to the others to help losen their own tongue for when the moment came for their own interrogation.

Izzy sent the prisoners from this mission to be able to shower and given cordless basketball shorts and a shirt. And are being very well fed by sous chef's food, not gruel. She basically has them in solitary confinement. But the temperature there is actually pretty nice, and the cells are always kept clean. The food is put in the cells by a little door on the floor made of the same material as the bars. If they don't return the tray they don't get food, so they usually put it back.

"I want them to be sensitive enough from lack of being able to see or hear anyone yet by showing them a tiny bit of good will with the shower, the clothes and the awesome food to give them enough hope to think they might get out. But I need them in there for long enough time that they BEG to talk, so according to Bayoán's calculations it should be at least two weeks. I might leave them down there until after I give birth. That way they will be VERY disoriented. The guards are ordered to give a high enough level decibel sound blast if they even try to carve anything on the walls and no food for that day, taking their only source of hope away. Also I had Sandro send some of his students to study them and make notes on anything they say, especially names, if we have a healthy amount of information beforehand it will help with the interrogation. Still think I'm being nice cousin?!" All of our faces showed shock, Freya stopped fiddling with her phone and Nina started laughing.

"Damn Izzy that's simply Machiavellian! Remind me never to get on your bad side!" She says. I -I don't know what to think and Fray is trying to figure out if it was worse or better treatment than Marius. We are VERY social creatures, and she is taking EVERYTHING to socialize for a long period of time, usually interrogations happen the next day. She wants them there for almost a month!

"That's three weeks to a month Izzy! They'll go crazy by then!" Natalia says a bit horrified and Antoine gave a laugh after getting his bearings.

"Chèri, your sister is trying to compete with Hades himself!" He says with an impressed sound to his voice.

"It's not so bad the drip for the water will be changed everyday, one day Emi Esu and Tunu the next! I checked with Daniella and it should keep them sound enough... It'll be fine! Also the drip will be different for the youngest one, he will only get Tunu in his drip. He'll be the last to be interrogated to make sure he hears and sees the others, it's a plan B of sorts. I have verified and physical torture doesn't work, they'll just say anything! But if you mess with their head, yet give them a little something to give them hope they will want to talk. I just want to see if my theory works. Now everyone get the hell out, I am falling asleep here." She kicked us out!

"Hey! Same time tomorrow?" Natalia asked.

"OUT! That's to be determined I am not sure about having a Circle with me not partaking, I'll think about it. Now good night people!"