Chapter 6 EZEKIEL

EZEKIEL

“I guess it's because you couldn't kill her. That makes me wonder who she is. Now I regret missing that council meeting. Well, I can still meet her,” Nikolai says and stands up. “Off to the dungeon I go.”

I raise my brows at him. I'm staring darkly at him, but of course it has no effect on the fucker. “She's a prisoner, and you are not meant to meet or talk with her.”

“There weren't any rules that say a Beta won't meet or speak to a prisoner.” He replies and narrows his eyes. “I'm interested in this particular prisoner that the Alpha King Ezekiel couldn't kill when she had the audacity to fight him.”

Before I can say anything, he dashes towards the door. I groan and go after him. I know there is no way to stop him. The only logic is to go with him to stop him from doing anything stupid.

Am I really going with him because of that or because I want to see her. I haven't seen her in two days, and I wonder if she's doing alright.

I groan internally. I fucking hate this feeling.

‘You are worried about her, just admit it.’ My lycan, Erik, says mockingly. I roll my eyes and ignore him. He has shut me out for a few hours after fighting with me about putting Dalia in the prison.

He's so eager to accept her, but not me. I will never accept her.

I follow Nikolai to the dungeon. I crunch my nose the moment we walk down the path of the dungeon. I haven't been here for long. I can't believe it smells this bad.

‘We need to take our mate out of this filthy place immediately!’ Erik growls. For a moment I had the thought to do so. This place stinks. But then again, that's what she deserves for coming here. And it will also make her give up and leave.

“What the fuck is this pungent smell. How long has this dungeon been used? I can't believe you sent someone down here,” Nikolai says as he covers his nose, making a disgusting face.

I don't answer him. We meet the guards who greet us and walk us down to her cell. I find her curled to one end of the cell, looking so tiny. I can't believe such a tiny thing took me in a fight. I will give it to her. She's really strong. Though I healed immediately, I still can't believe that she was able to draw out blood from me. If I didn't lock her powers, I'm sure the fight wouldn't end sooner.

That's one incredible power I possess. I don't know the source or why I possess such unique power. I found out about it when I was eighteen. Even though I can only lock someone's power for just one or two hours, it has been a great help especially in war. As long as I find the opportunity to draw out blood from the person I want to lock their power, I will have no problem in locking it. Anytime I lock someone's power, they'd be confused. But they'd never suspect it was because of me.

The only person that knows about this power of mine is Nikolai and my late parents, and I plan to keep it that way.

“Is she alive?” Nikolai asks no one in particular. My eyes are on Dalia as I try to shut my angry lycan out and handle the pain in my heart.

She isn't moving. Is she dead? She hasn't eaten nor drank anything in two days. Even though she seems strong, she still needs food to survive.

I felt something in my heart… fear. Feeling so new to me, and I hate it.

‘If anything happens to our mate, I won't forgive you.’ Erik is raging in anger.

I want her dead. But what is this pain in my heart at the thought of it?

Fuck this shitty mate bond. This is someone I know nothing about. I just met her two days ago, and yet I'm feeling this way. To think that I'm supposed to hate her….

“Open the gate.” I order the guards. They quickly open the gate and Nikolai is the first to move in. I glare at him as he rushes towards her and taps her.

“Fuck, she's not moving, Ezekiel. Maybe she's dead. How could you put such a delicate thing here for two days without food or water. She looks too pretty to die.”

I shoot daggers at him with my eyes and push him away, as I squat and scoop Dalia into my arms. I feel the spark from our flesh that touch. That tingling sensation. It's so foreign but the sweetest feeling I've ever felt.

I tap her cheeks and feel her stir. Her closed eyes twitch a few times, before she slowly flaps them open. She blinks as she takes in her environment.

“Big bad Alpha?” She mutters, looking confused. Of course, she didn't expect me to be here holding her in my arms. Now that she's awake and not dead. I should drop her, but I feel so comfortable with her in my arms. I don't want to let go.

“What are you doing here? Are you here to kill me?” She asks. She looks and sounds so weak. I can barely hear her voice. Her face is pale. Her lips dried. “Is that how you do things? Killing a weak girl chained up.”

Her powers are back now, but she can't do anything. She's chained up, and also weak since she has not eaten for two days. Also that chain is made up of a powerful substance that can restrain someone's power.

“If you don't want to be killed, little monster, then you should leave. I'm giving you an option.”

She smirks weakly. “Someone holding me so tenderly in his arms can't kill me.”

Fuck…. She knows the effect she has on me. I want her gone. If she stays here any longer, I might give in to these dirty thoughts in my head, especially the ones Erik is placing.

She's so stubborn. I can't force her to leave. Even if I do, she will definitely come back. That's why I will leave her in this dungeon. When she can no longer bear the pain of being here, she will leave on her own.

I won't accept her, and I won't give Selene the satisfaction that her shitty mate bond worked on me. I dropped her on the cold floor and left the dungeon, ignoring Erik's anger or the unnecessary pain that tugs in my heart for leaving her in that state.