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The beast was standing on its hind legs while his limbs were chained to the wall with something that looked like silver. It seemed to have cause so much pain, since Iris could see droplets of blood on the floor.
“Wh- what…?” Iris breathed raggedly when she saw the monster before her eyes. Was that a monster? They chained a monster in this place? But, why did they keep a monster?
She couldn’t find the answers to her questions, but right now was not the time for her to look for any. She had to flee from here.
Whatever the reason they kept the monster here for was, that should be a secret that she must not know and knowing it wouldn’t give her a good chance at survival.
The monster looked furious when he saw her and his canines threatened to rip her apart, while his claws emerged from the tips of his fingers. The silver chains rattled and the wall behind it shook, as if it was about to collapse.
She needed to get out of there, but her legs betrayed her, she couldn’t move an inch, she was too stunned and scared to even move a finger. The darkness that surrounded her didn’t help either. This darkness was suffocating and coupled with her fear, she felt lightheaded.
‘No. You can’t faint. You are going to die if you faint here!’
Iris kept talking herself out, so she wouldn’t lose it, but the monster only looked even more agitated when she dragged herself away toward the door. She felt her body was so heavy, as if there was a huge weight that weighed her down, preventing her from leaving this room.
And right at that time, she heard the most horrid growl from the beast, as she watched the wall that bound him crumble.
In this situation, it didn’t come to her notice how she managed to hear those sounds from the beast when she couldn’t hear the crumble of the wall when the beast managed to break free from it.
Iris felt her heart was in her throat to see the beast was just two steps away from her.
His huge hand, which was covered with gruff hair, caught her left leg and dragged her toward him.
Iris screamed as hard as she could, but the beast growled even more viciously to see how scared she was, but then something really startling happened.
The monster before her eyes changed its shape. The monster was a shapeshifter? It shaped into someone that she thought she would never see in this room.
But, before Iris could organize her thoughts, he sunk his sharp canines into her neck.
The pain was unbearable when his bones dislocated and he was forced to shift into the monster that people thought was the epitome of the bad omen for a shapeshifter. He and his people would be doomed once the word of his condition got out.
“ARRGHH!” Cane roared in agony, this kind of pain almost felt like every bone in his body had been broken into a million pieces. His body felt so hot, as if there was someone pouring melted iron all over his body. Thawed his brain and liquefied his being.
He couldn’t sense anything anymore, as he felt his body turn into a ball of flames. Every inch of his skin was so painful, even the pain from the silver chains seemed heavenly compared to this one.
Cane had gone through this six times, but he had never gotten used to it, he didn’t think that he would ever get used to this. He felt like his insides were being minced when he had to shift into that monster.
The monster he had to become as the price for the sorcery that he had committed, in order to free his people from the tyrant.
And once the monster was out, it wanted to run rampant, thirsting for blood. It wanted to be freed, but the chains stopped it. The thirst was unbearable, coupled with the pain of forcefully shifting, Cane knew no pain greater than this.
The flames turned into inferno with every second that passed.
He was howling in agony.
But then, there was this scent that bothered him, the scent was akin to a fresh air that let him breathe for a moment. It was so heavenly in his current state. He howled even harder, calling for whoever that scent belonged to, to come closer to him, as he was in a lot of pain.
He kept howling, calling…
And there she was, a girl, a very young girl with auburn hair and a pair of deep blue eyes, as deep as ocean, which the monster gladly wanted to drown himself in, to put off his misery and the flames inside of him.
Yet, she moved away from him. Scared.
NO!
That was the first thing that came to Cane’s frenzied mind. Her presence allowed him to breathe. She was like a breeze of fresh air in the desert, water to quench his thirst.
The monster roared more viciously again this time, as if the air that he breathed was taken away from him.
The walls rumbled and the chains rattled.
The only thing in his mind was how to reach for his savior.
But, the girl kept moving away and he was starting to feel that misery looming at the back of his mind, coming in full force at him, as he had tasted a little bit of mercy.
He couldn’t lose this.
Amidst this craziness, no chains could stop the monster from getting what it wanted and once the chains were broken and the wall crumbled, the monster immediately pinned the girl down to the ground, rendering her unable to move.
And the touch…
Once they made physical contact, the flame subsided a little more, leaving him with more bearable pain. The monster put its muzzle against her neck and the scent hit him hard. It was heavenly, as blissfulness surrounded him.
Her slender neck was so close, the monster literally could hear the blood coursing through her veins and his instinct kicked in, it was a primal instinct, almost like it was the course of nature for him to do it.
His canines elongated and he sunk his teeth into the tender flesh of her neck, drank in her blood, which reduced the pain even more. It got rid of the fog in his mind, allowing him to think clearer.
The girl beneath him kept thrashing, fighting him off with such a measly effort. She cried and screamed, but then her voice faded as her consciousness left her, blood drained from her neck, drank by the monster, which slowly returned to its original shape completely.
And now, it was only Cane, the alpha, pinning her down and putting his mark on her. But once he got a little bit of his sanity back, it was too late, Iris lost so much blood. Her blood was still dripping down Cane’s chin.
In the distance, there were noises and Ethan and Jace came over as they heard the sound of the wall crumbling.
“FOR FUCK’S SAKE!” Ethan cursed once he caught the sight before his eyes. He stopped ten steps away from Cane, who had just mauled Iris, while Jace stayed close to him, he was at a loss for words as well.
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