FIVE

Anya's Point of View

The repeated knock on the door made me opened my eyes. I stood up and got my robe on the chair, and went to open the door.

"Lorraine, what are you doing here?" I asked. Lorraine smiled at me. After following Marcus yesterday, Lorraine and I went back without saying anything to each other. I kept quiet the whole night, thinking who could be the one sending the message made from our warriors' blood.

"Luna, it's time for you to eat your food," Lorraine said. I watched her movement as she plays with her fingers. Lorraine seemed to want to speak to me, but she didn't.

"What time is it?" I asked her. She gave me a small smile and scratched her head.

"It's already noon, Luna. You missed eating your breakfast," she politely said. I stared at her and turned my body, facing the window of my room. I saw the sun was up high in the sky. How long have I slept for me to missed the food?

"Okay, I will have a bath first. You can wait for me in the kitchen," I said. She slightly bowed her head and walked away."Thank you, Lorraine," I added and closed the door. When I was showering, the message did not leave my mind. I was scared not only for myself but for Marcus because it was clearly directed to him. He's the old friend the message was talking about. I blow dry my hair and pick a yellow sundress.

"Where's Marcus?" I asked Lorraine after I entered the kitchen.

"He's in the underground prison with my mate, Luna," Lorraine said and handed me the bowl of fruits. "Arnold told me they already caught the snitch," she added. I stopped what I was doing and stared.

"Lorraine, I need to go there, "I said. "Do you know where the underground prison is?" I added. In my stay here, I haven't had the time to wander around. She avoided my gaze and bowed her head.

"Lorraine!" I called her and saw her fidgeted in her seat. She the only one I trust here in Marcus's pack. Lorraine was my first friend in here, just like back then with Candice in Blue Moon pack.

"Lorraine, please. Come with me," I begged and held her hand. Lorraine let out a sigh and squeezed my hand.

"Then, let's go, Luna."

"Thank you very much, Lorraine. I knew I could count on you," I sincerely said and hugged her tight. We went out of the packhouse and escaped the guard on duty. We ran and ran until Lorraine stopped.

"We are here, Luna," she said. I looked at the building. It looked more like a simple house, but it was long and had multiple cells when we went inside. Lorraine talked to the guard while I went inside.

"Lorraine, you can leave me here," I said that surprised her.

"But Luna!" she called.

"I will handle it alone, Lorraine. I don't want you to get involved if Marcus saw me. Go on, Lorraine," I said and smiled. She hesitated at first, but she followed my order. She ran back to the packhouse direction, leaving me inside. I walked down the building. Only the dim lights served as my light.

I heard the scream of a person in pain in one of the rooms. I walked hurriedly and leaned on the wall. I peeked inside the room and saw Marcus holding a silver whip, and a bloodied man on the chair was being handcuffed.

"Who is he!? Who's your boss!?" Marcus angrily shouted. The man smiled like he was mocking Marcus.

"I won't tell you," he said. Marcus whipped him again, and he screamed in pain when the silver hit his body.

"Will you tell me now?" Marcus asked. He looks like he's controlling his beast. The man spat on his shoe and shook his head.

"Kill him," Marcus cold voice commanded. I covered my mouth and looked away as the man took his last breath in Arnold's hand. I really can't withstand seeing them kill.

"What are you doing here?" Marcus said while his arms were crossed. I almost faint at the sight of blood, but he's way scarier than it.

"I w-was--" I stammered. Marcus grabbed my arm. I bit my lips and winced in pain as I was hurting. He knew how sensitive my body was, but he still held it harshly to leave a bruise.

"What the hell, Anya!? Who said you can come in here!?" he angrily said.

"M-Marcus,"

"Leave this place, Anya. Until I can still hold myself. Go back to the packhouse," he calmly said, but I refused and shook my head. I'm not going to leave him in this place. I could see his expression darkened, and the next thing he did, scared me. He grabbed me by the neck and pinned me to the wall.

"Who told you to disrespect your Alpha, huh?" he asked while glaring at me. I tried removing his hands around me, but he was too strong for me. I cried.

"N-no one," I weakly said.

"Don't get ahead of yourself, Anya. You're here because my wolf needs you. Don't act like a nuisance that you already are," he spat.

"M-Marcus, p-please," I pleaded. I couldn't breathe. His hands were still around my neck. I could feel my consciousness slowly leaving my body. My eyes were blurry with tears.

"Shit, Alpha! You're going to kill the Luna!" I heard Arnold said. Marcus looked at me with pain in his eyes and quickly released me. I slumped on the ground, coughing. I was catching my breath, and everything around me went black.