I stood glaring at my brothers while they each gave me a guilty smile .
“I thought I told you not to come in?”I asked.
“You expected us to stay put and do nothing while that son of a b***h was speaking to you like that?”Thane demanded .
“He’s lucky we didn’t beat the s**t out of him right there and then.”Ermanno added .
“He feels he runs the f*****g world just because he’s the Alpha of the strongest pack.”Marcus commented .”Someone needs to give him a wake up call.”
Luthais nodded his head in agreement .
nolan was the only one who was silent , he was leaned up against a tree taking in the conversation and studying me closely .
“You weren’t even supposed to be listening in on the conversation!”I pointed out angrily.
“We weren’t going to .”Marcus confessed .”But then we saw Austin rushing inside and knew he wasn’t up to anything good.”
“Well thanks to you guys now I’m homeless and the only people who ever accepted me into their lives think I’ve betrayed them and want nothing to do with me.”I snapped.
My brothers winced at my words , looking hurt.
“I’m sorry.”I quickly apologized .”I know you were only thinking about me but I could have cleared up the misunderstandings on my own , all these years I’ve learnt to fight my battles alone , you don’t have to protect me from everything .”
“We’re sorry Lucy.”Luthais apologized .
“It’s okay.”I said giving him a faint sad smile. “But where am I supposed to go now?”
My brothers were silent for a long minute , Ermanno the first to break the uncomfortable silence.
“We’re taking you back to the council with us.”He announced earning surprised looks from my other brothers.
The council?
What was he talking about?
LUCY’S POV:
Black pillars stood on each side of a long bridge that at the moment seemed never ending .I peeped out the window of the vehicle to get a better look at the ocean beneath us.
The fresh sea breeze plucked at my hair and for a moment I lifted my face and inhaled deeply , allowing myself to get lost in the moment but for a few seconds , closing my eyes and imagining my life wasn’t filled with so much pain.
Content with my daydreaming I sighed quietly and leaned back against the seat.
After a few minutes I opened my eyes to study my brothers who’d been surprisingly quiet the entire drive , all of them for some reason seemed tense , it was the first time I’d seen them look this worried.
“Where exactly are we going?”I asked.
“The council is built on an island .”Ermanno explained . “They built it centuries ago to keep far away from humans .”
This was the first question about the council he had actually answered . In fact none of them were willing to tell me more about this council they spoke off .It was beginning to worry me.What were they hiding from me?
After what felt like hours , the island finally came into view .I rose up from my slouched position on the seats and looked out the window again .To the side of us , what seemed like hundreds of young boys or more were training to fight , each had swords in their hands and were attacking each otherfighting as though to survive .I watched in horror as one boy stabbed another and he fell to the ground completely motionless .
Where the hell was this place?
“Why are they killing each other?”I asked in horror , my chest hurting at the horrible sight in front of me.
“The council only wants the best working for them.”Thane said bitterly before turning to stare straight at me.”Only the strongest survive here Lucy.”
My heart ached for these poor boys , why were they even here?
“Why would anyone want to work for these people?”I demanded .
Luthais looked at me with sad eyes.”If a family isn’t strong enough to survive on their own they join the council for protection and in hopes of a better life .”He explained.”Sadly no one knows exactly what they’re getting themselves into until they finally join.”
Why did he speak like he was one of them?Unless -no! It couldn’t be.
I gasped .”All of you work for them , don’t you?”
They nodded their heads at me.
“How long now?”
Ermanno spared me a quick glance before answering .”Over ten years now.”
“Don’t look at us like that .”Thane complained .
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