#24: Chained

I told him everything, not because I felt the need to but... because he threatened me. As he switched on the lights, there was a thread of silver making a circle around the place where we currently were.

He threatened to hurt me, by throwing me in a pond full of silver. And by judging his hatred for me, the amount of money he had. It was very much possible.

"So, your nanny was an angel, who seeks revenge by using you, as a puppet and a weapon to destroy all the mirror world kind? ", He summarized it.

" Yes, That was the reason I killed Jade.. Otherwise why would I? ", I asked.

" For fun.. Don't all vampires do that? Kill for fun, Killing for satisfaction. ", He said.

" No.. I don't, My friend doesn't! ", I said and he scowled.

" Shut up.. And come. ", He said dragging me with his hand to another room, I had to jump to get over the string. But he just stamped it as he went.

We walked and walked till, I came in front of a big mirror, it was intricately designed with many wolves. The top part of frame consisting of a wolf staring straight at me, while beside it were two other wolves. Followed by a slight decoration, on the sides of the frame were three no.. four pups.. Running accross a field or something. The bottom most frame consisted of a moon with some ancient language text.

It was beautiful. I was dragged onto a chair and my hands tied. I was weak.. I couldn't even run or argue..

"Stay still or it's gonna hurt. ", He said. He didn't tie it that tight. Just tight enough for me to take an hour to untie it.

" ****", He said something in another language, but I understood it, he said, 'Twilight's Moon'.

The mirror rippled and there was a beautiful woman standing in the front, she looked awesome. She had a powerful aura, I was not even beside her, but I felt it. Her face was a masterpiece. It was not delicate nor rough, but a perfect one. She had long black hair braided.She wore a short top exposing Her navel.Her waist adorned a powerful sword, with the word 'power' tattoed beside her navel. She rocked it. She was a werewolf, I could tell it through obvious details like her ears and her tail.

The second she saw Atlas, her expression softened and she was suddenly a shy young girl. Yes, she was in love. It was a very obvious fact on how she was staring at him.

"Duke! It has been so long! Do you remember me? I am... ", She was speaking when Atlas cut her off..

" Where is King Titan? ", He asked sternly, staring dead into her eyes, Hmph! So rude to his fans!

" He.. is busy with the queen. The Queen was discussing regarding my engagement with you... ", She said blushing a thousand more degrees. I was feeling way more awkward than I should feel.

Wasn't I a prisoner of sorts? Shouldn't I see stuff like, 'this is what happens when you spy for another kingdom' or 'say your last words' but what is this?

"Who is She? ", She asked. lifting her eyebrows.

" A prisoner. ", He said in a second, without a gap nor a pause.

" Ohh", She said and an instant relief came over her. So clearly.

"Inform brother about this, General Francis, Quick. ", He gave her an order.

" Duke... Please call me by my name. ", She said.

" Alright, Selena. ", He said as expressive as a rock.

" Yes, Duke. ", She said smiling. Wow.. All it took was calling her by her name? Man.. people in love really do crazy things..

After a while, a new werewolf came, a much more regal one, he had a crown on his forehead...oh, the king huh, the lover girl remained there, but she was staring so hard at Atlas that it was hard to concentrate...

"Luan, Is she Amber? ", He asked directly without any pleasantries, are all kings like that? But wait, I was missing something. His name is Luan??

" Luan? ", I looked at Atlas

" How dare you! a mere prisoner! ", The lover girl, Selena was shouting at me already.

" Hmm... I am Luan. Didn't you already know that, back in the hotel.. You said my name not once but twice", He said putting his finger on my lips.

I could feel the hard stares of the girl and the king.

"I did? ", I asked.

" Yes, when you almost gave me a hickey. ", He said, his finger still on my lip.

"What?!!!! ", The lover girl shouted.

" Ooh~", The king guy said, whistling. I had a serious doubt, was I an enemy or not...

"Don't say things that can be misunderstood sir, I was not giving you a hickey, I was thinking of biting you. To drink your blood and kill you. ", I said smiling, and somehow managed to get his finger off my lip. He was just being too much touchy.

" So, Hello Amber, I am brother Titan ", The king said smiling.

" I am being adopted? ", I asked Luan.

" No.", He said to me as his ears turned red, and he looked at the king angrily and said, "Important matters first. ",

" Yes yes. tell me. was it them? ", He asked

" Yes and no.. ",Luan then told him whatever I said exactly and properly. Selena looked like she was trying to find clues from the story.

" Ohh... ", The King said. " So it's not the ones in the east. ", He said

" The ones in the East? ", I asked.

" The mysterious and anonymous creatures in that closed off area of East. ", Selena replied.

" Mysterious ones? ", I asked.

" We think, it could be angels, ", the King said

" But according to Ariel, my nanny, all of them disappeared, and sealed away... I don't think the ones there are angels, or it could just be the area where they are sealed.. ", I said

" Yes. So what shall we do now? ", Selena asked.

" Luan.. How did you even manage to escape? ", King asked.

" I used an illusion magic to trick the guards outside, created a ruckus and kidnapped her?.. the strange thing is on how she, Ariel, isn't chasing after us. But after we come here, The entire Sterling family went off the grid. ", He said.

" Amber, how was sterling family related to Ariel? ", The king asked.

" My nanny, just said, Mr. Gregory Sterling was her son. And I just took Mr. Storm's help for meeting him. ", I said and got reminded, Jade sent a distress signal to Caesar!

" Luan, Where is Caesar?! ", I asked.

" Caesar who? ", His eyes narrowed,

" Caesar storm! The one I came to the party with! Jade sent him a distress signal while we were tied. ", I said.

" Ohh.. He is fine, he thinks you found your parents. ", Luan said.

" But how do you know? ", I asked.

" I was the one who informed, after all I can't have a man snooping around because he is guilty. ", He said. I was sad and angry, I didn't say a proper goodbye... and now I am probably going to be executed.

" Brother, come home soon. It's almost closing up ", The king said.

" Yes, I will. Tomorrow. ", He said.

" Yes, Bye then. ", The king left and the image rippled back to our reflections.

" We are going to the best place for a vampire.. ", He said getting a chair and sitting beside me,

" The best place? what's it like? ", I asked, I knew it was going to be a torture house.

" My home. ", He said.

" But why? Just kill me already! I know you want that! ", I said

" Grrr... ", He growled a bit, and held my cheeks painfully, and said, " Don't test my limits Vampire! If it wasn't for that Ariel nonsense... I would have been walking over your dead body. ", He said.

" Ugh.. ", I winced as his nails had scratched a bit on my cheeks.

He got up and left me.... I was bleeding but I soon dozed off. The moment I got up, I was chained. To a wall, my hands and legs with heavy and shiny metal clasped over them. I looked and I was in a different place. Wasn't I in the Wulfric mansion? Where was I? I looked around, It was like a dungeon, a tower's dungeon. But a very neat one as though it hadn't been used since long. There was a window slightly higher than where I can reach. But I managed to climb the slight protruding bricks to see from the window and I was right! The dungeon was in a tower and not a cellar! there was sky so clear but the ground was very far. I was probably in the highest tower.

There was a room above mine, as there was a balcony of sorts extending out.

But the more I tried to see, the more my body hurted. I winced as the cool metal touched my bruised skin on my wrists and ankles. The chains were really heavy, so heavy, I was sure the human me, would have been totally exhausted under them.

I tried to do something else. Looking for a way to escape but the chains just didn't let me. I was chained in order to not escape... how nice..