Chapter 10 - The Dungeon

The night was a little bit quieter than usual and I wondered why. This night was different from any other night and although I knew part of it could be attributed to the fact that I was not dumped in the dungeon like any other day, another part of it was entirely something else.

My head was clear and my mind was at peace. It made me think of two things. On one hand, it made me think things were going to be better somehow and on another hand, it made me think death was probably close. I had heard that people always felt very much at peace when the end was near for them and things were gradually and slowly depreciating within them and that werewolves were not left out of this as well.

"Maybe this will be good. All of this torment will end when this is finally over." I smiled at myself. 

It was the first time in years that life made sense in the tiniest bit and I could not help but feel gratitude for it. 

The door to the dungeon opened forcefully and although I was way down in the lines of prison, the force with which whoever it was opened the door with was loud enough to wake everyone who had been sleeping up. I looked through the small window that managed to light the dungeon and judging by how dark it was, it was either almost midnight or it was already midnight. Whoever came into the dungeon at this time definitely did not have any good intentions.

I watched as the flashlight the individual held got closer and closer to me, shining them into each cell and they got closer, as if they were looking for a particular prisoner. They paused just before they shone the light in my face and a smile filled his face. I could not tell he was a man when he got closer.

"Hello there." I was not with my werewolf sense of smell anymore but I could still perceive his odor and judging by it, I had been around him before but I knew he was not my sworn enemy, the very one I had been warned again.

The Alpha's son smelled like Cinnamon and Cedar wood mixed in a good proportion while this person smelled like a good morning, remembered by Coffee and a refreshing sunlight, it was inviting but I remained in a corner. I was not going to be trapped into being punished again.

"Come closer, please. I am not here to hurt you." He said.

I considered not replying but his voice was inviting, doing something to me that wanted me to push myself closer to him.

"If that were true, you would not be here in the middle of the night to talk to me, opening the door in that manner and waking the whole dungeon up. Besides, I can't see your face, how do I know that you are not here on commands of the Alpha to punish me more?" 

"Well, there are people who do that and considering the rank my father holds in the pack, I am exempted from such. Please, move closer. I am not here to hurt you and I am only here on my own will. I want to get to know you and I am glad I found you. Searched for you in school and knowing you were a member of this pack, it was hard to find you and now that I have, I don't think you can get rid of me easily." 

"The rank your father holds?" I ask as I move closer, curious as to who he actually was. Realization stopped me before I got any closer. "Are you the Alpha's son? I warned you to stay away from me! Please, leave me alone. You have done enough and I want absolutely nothing to do with you." 

"No, I am not Nathan."

"Oh." I say and I proceed to actually go closer to him.

"Hi, Jasmine." He says when I got as close as I could give him.

"Who are you and what do you want?" 

"Well, firstly, I am Finn." 

I could not get a good look of him since it was dark and I wanted to. He looked and acted calm, compared to the Alpha's son who was only getting on my last nerves each time I saw him. 

"Okay, Finn. What do you want? I need to be sure that this is not a trap and that you are not here to harm me." 

"I would never do that. Besides, if I wanted to do that, there would be no reason for me to come in the night and hope that no one sees me. I am here because I want to get to know you and get to be your friend like I said earlier." 

"Okay, then. I know this is some sort of joke and that you will stop it at some point but until then, I am going to let you do whatever you want to do because I know what may happen to me if I do not let you and I do not deserve that right now." 

Finn moved closer and I moved backwards. He made a move to touch me but he retreated his hands as soon as he touched the gates of my cell. I knew then that he was there on his own terms and he was probably being truthful else he would have known about the silver thay the gates were laced with.

"I am sorry about that. I am sorry for not saying anything. I hope the burn was not too much." 

"Hmm." That was his only response as he tried to nurse his wound. 

I wanted to apologize to him. He was genuine and I only pushed him away now for my own selfish interests.

"Well, I hope you believe me now when I say I am here of my own accord?" 

I nodded though he could not see and it made him smile which I guessed since I could not see him as well. 

"Friends?" He proceeded to extend his arm again but remembered the silver.

"Friends." I managed to reply with croaked voice.