Chapter 29

**ELLA**

The days passed slowly and painfully, I counted them from the meals they brought me. Seven meals so far, one for each day. Which consisted of a sandwich and a glass of water. My body felt weaker and weaker, every time I tried to get up, I felt dizzy and sat down again. Still in the same dirty clothes But I was trying not to lose hope that I would get out of here.
My dear brother came every day just to make fun of me and to remind me that his plan would start very soon. For which I still do not know anything. Each time he left without taking a word from me. In my mind I can't justify him for his actions, I know that his mental illness does not help him see clearly, but I know that I can no longer forgive him.
Today is the eighth day in here, when the door opened and the man who brings me my food came in. To my surprise, instead of food, he was holding chains. I stuck to the wall as much as possible.
"Please." I tried to say but without any interest he grabbed me by the neck and lifted me upright
"You will do what I tell you and you will not speak again." He growled at me and tried to tie the chains on my hands.
I started hitting and shouting but he immediately hit me in the face. The metallic taste from my blood came straight into my mouth.
"Shut up!"
I have no hope against him, so I decided to cooperate. I know that my injuries will not heal quickly without Aria's help.
He led me through a long corridor which is well lit and at the end I could see a large wooden door. Now that I could see the place, I realized that we are underground, as well as that I did not see anyone else down here.
The man next to me opened the door and I found myself in a room which in the center had a table with lots of maps on it. My brother was standing next to it with his hands in his pockets. My gaze fell on my friend who is standing next to him.
"Olivia?" I wanted so badly to be able to attack them and make them regret that she betrayed us. Not even the tears in her eyes made me calm down.
"So..." Damian started. "Olivia has already told me how I can enter the pack. Now I want your help to attack them."
"Are you crazy? Why do you want attack? Isn't it enough that I'm here? Isn't that what you wanted? "
He started laughing hysterically while I was staring at him. I took a step forward but his dog next to me pulled me off the chain.
"I wanted you and I got you. Now I will start to conquer the packs one by one. And guess which is first?" He kept laughing
"I'm not going to help you."
He came in front of me with quick steps and grabbed my face with one hand.
"You will, otherwise the first to die will be your beloved son."
"You will not dare."
"Try me."
"Whatever you want to do I can't help you. I don’t have my wolf and my powers!"
"You are lying!" he screamed, and saliva left his mouth.
"No. I do not know what you have done to me, but I cannot even be healed "
He looked for a long time at the wound I had on my lips and took his hand from me face. He walked to the table again when he spoke again.
"I know some ways to get your dog back." He looked at me over his shoulder and had a crooked smile. I could not understand what he meant, but it must not be good because I saw Olivia next to him looking at him with her mouth open and trembling.
"You know what to do." He said and the man next to me started pulling me by the chain out of the room.
I had started to be afraid of the unknown, but they came true when he led me to a different room from where I had been for so many days.
If I had to describe it, in a word, that would be hell. The room was full of items he could use to torture me.
"And now the two of us." I heard him say and he pulled my hands and tied them to a chain that hung from the ceiling. My feet were almost touching the ground and my hands started to ache from the hanging. I saw him grab the whip from the wall.
"No. No. No." I said over and over until he hit me on the back for the first time. My scream must have been heard everywhere. The pain was unbearable. But he did not stop, he hit me repeatedly. The tears in my eyes flowed freely. And now my whole body was numb. My throat was aching from the screams and my voice was coming out by force. After a while, he stopped. All I heard was the sound of the door closing. I bowed my head and saw the blood on my legs and on the floor.
The door opened again, and I heard Olivia's voice.
"My Goddess, Ella, wait, I will help you."
She approached me and untied my hands from the chains. I fell to the floor, and I couldn't stop crying. I can't believe this was his idea to make Aria show up.
"I will clean your wounds before they are infected."
I nodded and realized he left the room. I lay down and closed my eyes begging for my torment to end.
"Ella, Ella. Are you ok?" Her voice and the jerk on my shoulder brought me back to reality. I felt her tear as fabric as was left from my blouse and started cleaning my wounds.
"I am sorry for everything. I had no choice. "
I could hear her talking without me answering her. I just did not have the strength.
"Ηe has had my parents, Ella, for two years since I went to see them before you left. I just found a note in their house. Since then, I say that I go to them while I was coming here and giving a report. Sorry, he threatened me."
"Jonathan? Wyatt?" I asked her.
"I have not returned since I took you. But there are others who give him information. "
"Who?"
"Julia, she was one of Claire's friends, do you remember killing John?"
"Yes."
“He was her mate. If you want my advice, you must work together. And at the first opportunity I will help you leave. "
"Why should I trust you?" I asked her.
"Because you have no choice."
She is right, if I want to get out of here, I must have help and that is my only opportunity.
After she put bandages on me and helped me put on a new t-shirt, she helped me get up and walk to the room I was in all these days. Luckily, she brought me a blanket so I wouldn't get so cold and after I lay down, I fell asleep immediately. Of course, the painkillers she had given me a little while ago helped to reduce the pain a bit. This silence in my head is unbearable, for so many years my other half has always been there talking to me and commenting on everything and now, the emptiness which in combination with this dark room is about to lead me to paranoia.


**JONATHAN**

"What do you have?" I asked Cole who had just returned from the east.
"Nothing." He answered and bowed his head.
"We will find her." Blake came over and put his hand on my shoulder.
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. For five days now I and my most trusted men have gone out of the pack, and we are looking all over the forest. We have not found even a trace of her. Her scent disappeared back into the garden.
"I do not even feel it. As if nothing is happening and she just sleeping quietly somewhere." I told them and that is what scares me the most. She does not wear her necklace because I had it secured back in the pack. It is as if she is calm and does not think of anything and this is impossible if you think about where she is and what they can do to her. Zeus tries unsuccessfully to communicate with Aria non-stop but again nothing.
"They may have drugged her…"
"So many days?" I growled.
"Blake, go west to the mountain with your team. Cole is going back; we left the pack alone for many days. Someone has to go and look after her."
"Yes." They both responded at once and started to leave.
"Cole if Olivia return, I want you to put her in the cell and I will personally take care of her."
He nodded in agreement and left. Her scent was with Ella and has been gone ever since. It does not fit in my mind that she betrayed us, I considered her one of my trusted people. She will pay for it with her life.
"Alpha, we were ready." A warrior announced to me, and we headed south.
History repeats itself two years later I am in the same place. Looking for her like crazy. With a child who keeps asking, fortunately Mia took care of him until we got back.
According to my information, all the attacks on the packs have stopped, this alone tells me that they are preparing something big. And Ella is part of their plan, but how will all my warriors be able to put up with them if they decide to use her powers against us.
We must find them before that happens.