Chapter 32

(!!Trigger warning!!)

(!!Trigger warning!!)

(!!Trigger warning!!)

"I will kill you. Soon. When I heal I will kill you with my own bare hands" Artemis said nodding her head. Her hands were still tied together but her legs were untied. As soon as the silver Wolf Beastman tried to carry Artemis in his arms he lost control because she was still in heat. He stopped his group in their tracks and took her behind a cluster of shrubs and bushes. It was a very degrading and painful moment for Artemis that left her with an unwanted Wolf Mark on her ankle indicating that she now has a Silver Wolf Beastman mate. Her three other mates, her brother, her two uncles and her King Grandfather will not be happy about this man raping her while she couldn't defend herself like she wasn't a Queen and Princess. Artemis repeatedly told her assaulter that she did not accept him and everytime his mark started to fade he raped her again. Artemis was tired and in so much pain. She cried and then lay on the ground where she was placed. Being this hurt and unable to defend herself made her feel more powerless than she felt when she lost her Nana. She couldn't use her powers to transport back home because she already had internal and external injuries that would only get worse. She also couldn't fight back or shapeshift because of these injuries or else they could become worse. She was stuck in human form disadvantaged with her hands tied together. As powerless as she felt she still knew that eventually she will heal and be able to shapeshift at least.

Another naked man came over and looked at Artemis laying on the ground and her rapist standing over her breathing heavily and sweating profusely. "Are you done? Can we get outta here before they come and find her?" The man asked. "Yes. Gather around. I'll transport us back over." The man said wiping at his face. "You are a Beast man and you have Powers too?" Artemis asked, disappointed. She thought she might have been the only Beastman living who possessed powers. Her brother did not and neither did her uncles. "My name is Clay, leader of the Silver Wolf Tribe. Or King of the Silver Wolf Beastmen. My ancestors were outcast and sent away to fend for themselves forever traveling never settling down. We left our home but kept our will, powers and knowledge" Clay said to Artemis. Clay bent down and fixed Artemis' dress then he lifted her up into his arms again. Once they were back with his men he did transport them all to a bridge. Artemis felt her connection to home weaken significantly. Her mates and children and even her powers were weak and distant. She wasn't even sure if Yozar could find her anymore and he's been everywhere. "I've created an environment where no one else can come in and control us. You are useless here. You won't even be able to shapeshift until you heal either" Clay said to Artemis. "Do you really think I will stay here with you?" Artemis asked him. "You have no choice now. Even if I have to cut your feet at the ankles you will go nowhere now." Clay said smiling. They all formed a single line and walked the bridge until they got to the other side which was water. Water everywhere. There were shacks sitting on top of the water as well. "Water dwellers. That's probably where you got thoses hippos from to attack me and my people" Artemis said. Clay nodded and smiled. "There is a reason why my people don't stay in the Beastworld for too long and transport back and forth. There is always conflict." He said. The mob of Silver Wolf Beastmen dispersed and Clay was the only one still walking with Artemis in his arms. He took her to his very own shack and set her down in his nest. I will go get you food and a doctor. Don't move or else I'll have to tie your legs again" Clay demanded. Artemis wanted to yell or scream but it was pointless. Clay hurried out of the shack splashing through the water again.

The doctor was a frail and starved man, nothing but skin and bones covered in a fur cloak. Artemis took one look at him and knew he gets beaten regularly. Maybe the doctor was human because Artemis couldn't feel any type of power or strength coming from him. 'We really are in the human world', Artemis thought to herself. 'Great I will definitely be weaker here' she thought. "Wolf Female. I am Sam. I am a doctor. Let me make sure you are not hurt" Sam said slowly. Artemis looked at Sam like he was indeed slow. "I am Queen Artemis. Mind your hands if you value them!" Artemis warned Sam. "I don't want to hurt you. I just want to make sure that you're okay" Sam replied. "She can't do anything. Her hands are tied together. Figure out what's wrong and give her medicine to get better. For me." Clay said squatting down over Artemis. Clay reached out and rubbed her stomach "And my cubs she will carry" Clay said. Artemis was repulsed and disgusted. She squirmed and wiggled her body to get his hand off of her. "The Gods are not that cruel to me. I will never bear any cubs for you!" Artemis yelled at him. "Calm down Queen Artemis! You shouldn't get so angry!" Sam said, startled. "I am angry. I am a Queen and a Princess. I have three mates, two litters and two adopted children. Who are all back in the Beastworld waiting for me and this man has snatched and pulled me far away from all of them" Artemis told Sam. "It is common for men to snatch females from other villages and claim them" Sam said nonchalantly as he gently grabbed the arm that she was holding against where her rib cage would be. "I.. don't ..care. I will not be staying here mated to him. I will go home to my family. Even if I have to tear through your whole little Kingdom here in the human world." Artemis said through her teeth. Sam squeezed her wrist and tried to move it a couple of times and it was floppy. "One broken wrist" he said out loud probably to himself. Sam let go of Artemis' wrist and out of reaction to pain she put it back on her rib cage. Sam tilted his head to the side and moved her wrist again this time he pressed down and received a grimace and groan from Artemis. His eyes widened and he immediately released the pressure he was putting down. "At least two broken ribs" he said looking at Clay this time. Clay shrugged but didn't show an ounce of remorse. "This happened when he led a stampede of Hippos through my Kingdom" Artemis said. Sam's eyes widened again and he had to resist the urge to look disapprovingly again at Clay yet again. "Anything else?" Sam asked Artemis. She did hesitate because she was annoyed but she eventually held her leg out to him. "My foot and maybe my knee," she said gently. "Very well. I'll make you some medicines and bandages and then bring them back to you." Sam said standing up. "Make sure that she gets better. We have some unfinished business to take care of." Clay said with a sinister voice and the smirk to match.

(Back in the White Wolf Kingdom)

"Are there any casualties?" Danny asked Bowen. "No. The stampede left as soon as it came through, damaged everything throughout the Kingdom and then left." Bowed reported. "Any sign… of the Queen" Danny asked hesitantly. Bowen lowered his head to hide his sadness. "No. I couldn't find any track's except for around the flower patch. The scent of those Beastmen are lingering there as well but not anywhere else. They snatched her and disappeared into thin air" Bowen told him. "We'll have to get Yozar out here to help us figure this out. Do you think those Silver Wolf Beastmen had a Wizard with them?" Danny asked Bowen in disbelief. "That's the only explanation I can come up with" Bowen said as he shrugged his shoulders. Thomas rushed in and let out a deep breath. "The children are inconsolable. All of them. The older ones are trying to go on a rampage and the little ones are running around screaming. Inthink they significantly feel the separation from their mother and I don't know what to do" Thomas said, exhausted. "This will be hard for them until we get Artemis back home." Danny said. "Is there really nothing we can do?" Thomas asked "the oldest…. It's time for the boys to become men and The little Princess to become a woman!" Danny said. "They already look mature enough but now it's time to really start teaching them. Might as well do it at a time like this when they're mother isn't around to coddle them." Danny said affirmatively. "My Queen would never coddle them!" Bowen said defending Artemis. "He's right. She is actually more strict on all of us than you are. It may be a challenge. You will need to tap into your natural instincts instead of the domesticated ones." Thomas said shrugging his shoulders. " Ah'Xhi will be proud to see her children become adults" Bowen said with a little aggression. "We will do what needs to be done for the Children. We also need to get the Kingdom back in order too. She will come home to everything being just the way it was before." Danny said, nodding his head.