Alpha's Blind Luna novel Chapter 70

***Trigger Warning: There are some scenes depicting a little more indepth of rape so I wanted to add a quick trigger warning for some.***

I breathed quietly, trying not to stir him. I knew he had passed out at some point but I didn’t know when the last time he had slept. Peeling my lids back, I blinked a few times, trying to clear my vision. It had been so long since I could see, it was disconcerting. Not that there was much to see in this grey concrete box.

My eyes fell on Hector. He wasn’t chained to the wall but rather the floor. His ankles and wrists were locked and I dug my teeth into my bottom lip. That must hurt him so much. The silver was already making its marks on his skin. He was laying on the floor, his face turned to me with his eyes closed. I wanted to brush the hair out of his face.

The last time I had seen Hector was when he stood in my doorway before I left for the blue scroll mission from the High Council all those years ago. He had both changed and not changed at all. His shoulders were broader and he was just all around bigger. His muscles carved the shape of his body and his skin was still dark. His hair had been left long but it had scattered grey in it now. I cocked my head to the side, taking in his face. It was thinner than I knew it should be. There was also a start of a beard from lack of shaving. But his maturity had made his face far more attractive. All around, he was beautiful. Someone that deserved to be on the cover of a magazine.

Seeing him stir, I closed my eyes again and leaned my head back against the wall. It pained me that he was here. It should only be me going through this bullshit. Hector didn’t mean anything to Oran other than a way to get me to comply. I gritted my teeth. That man’s death was signed as soon as he spoke. I would get my hands around his fucking neck and it would be removed from the rest of his body, then burned to ash.

“Auri…?” Hector’s voice was gritty and dry.

I took a breath. “Hey there stranger.”

He choked out a sob and I heard him strain against his chains.

“Stop, Hector. Stop. You’ll only put yourself through more pain. Please.”

“How…I…”

I chuckled. “Dear, gather your thoughts for a moment.” He whined but I asked, “What happened? How did they grab you?”

“I was in Iceland tracking down another one of their facilities. Apparently, this group was pissed having a wolf come around and sent out their whole army. For a week or so they kept me but then Oran grabbed me. Figured out our connection and brought me here.”

I breathed out a sigh of relief. It has only been a couple weeks for him. If he had been tortured because of me, kept in chains for months, I don’t think I could have forgiven myself. Not that we were in a much better situation now. But at least I could control his torture. Fuck, I’d have to be obedient. Another chuckle left me as I heaved a sigh.

“How long have I been gone?”

“Almost two years.”

I swore and tried to adjust my arms. My right wrist popped out of the socket as I did but it alleviated some of the pressure.

“Auri?”

I hummed.

“Are you okay?”

Hector made me laugh. “I don’t know if that’s quite the right question in this circumstance.”

He didn’t say anything for a while and I wondered if he had fallen back asleep. Peeling my eyes open, our eyes met and his widened. I gave him a small smile.

“Hi.” It came out as a whisper.

“Can you…can you see me?”

I nodded and his eyes started to well up. My hands itched to wipe the tears away. It was more torture than I held felt, not being able to hold him, to tell him it would be okay. Suddenly, my boredom was gone but if it meant that they would free Hector, I wished for it for another two years.

“Auri, they match Vale’s eyes. The color, anyways. How…how did they…?”

I shook my head. “It must have adjusted when they healed. The original owners eyes were silver.”

He winced. “Original owner?”

Moving my head back, I closed my eyes. I didn’t want to talk about it. Didn’t want to tell him how much less of a wolf I was. How their experiments turned me into something else entirely. I didn’t want to tell him all that I had gone through.

“Auri, what…?” His question was cut off by the scraping of the door as it swung open.

Oran, I knew from the shoes stepped in followed by two, most likely, lab coats.

“Sorry to interrupt your little reunion. I’ve just had a brilliant idea. I wanted to share with you both.”

Hector growled and pulled against his chains. I knew better at this point. Resignation settled into me as I hung there. I didn’t even bother to drop my head forward or look at him. There would be no fighting whatever he had planned. It was just better to get it over and done with.

“Look at that, already she’s so good. I should have snagged wolf-boy months ago.” Oran was looking for a rise and he wasn’t going to get one.

He strode up to me and grabbed my jaw, leveling my head. “Look at me, your Highness.”

I opened my eyes and spit in his face. His hand came down so hard across my cheek I was pretty sure I blacked out for a couple seconds.

“Leave her alone!” Hector yelled at him, still straining against his chains. They rattled and scrapped against the floor.

Oran leaned in, his lips to my ears but he still had his eyes on Hector. “The fact that this one wolf has been tearing through my properties for over a year now. Looking for you specifically. I wonder, how much does he love you, mutt? Does he know what you’ve become? What I’ve created you for? Would he still hold you in his arms and love you?”

I swallowed hard as stared into Hector’s eyes. Oran wasn’t saying it loud enough for him to hear. Just me. Trying to get me to react.

“Why doesn’t you tell him and see, you snake? Goddess knows you wouldn’t know love because no one could love a monster like you.” The comment earned me another hard slap but I was smirking this time. He was easy to rile up.

“Hector, my boy, do you love this wolf?”

Hector’s eyes went wide and he stopped struggling. “W…what?”

“I asked you if you loved this woman? Or she-wolf? I dunno what you call one another. Do you love her?”