The Alpha and The Vigilante novel Chapter 32

He crouched down over me, as I still laid on my back on the floor. "Last chance, pup," He said, and I could detect a hint of pleading in his tone. I knew he was too weak to keep me down here. I flashed my canines at him in defiance.

He sighed heavily in exasperation, and pulled out another vial. Why is he drugging me if I'm already chained up down here? So I couldn't escape? It doesn't make sense.

Noticing the confused look on my face, he answered my unspoken questions. "Its wolfsbane. So you can't use your Gift to try to escape." Wolfsbane was extremely useful in torture situations, since it blocked off a werewolf's connection to their wolf, making them unable to shift and unable to summon their Gift. Unfortunately for the Alpha, he didn't know about my little habit of drinking wolfsbane every morning to become immune to it.

I pretended to cower away in fear from the vial, even though I knew it wouldn't hurt me nearly as bad as he thought it was. Especially since he was administering a low dose, since he wasn't trying to kill me.

His sad eyes returned, and for a minute I almost felt bad. He looked so stressed with bags under his eyes, and noticeably paler than he usually was. I felt pride knowing that I caused so much stress to the Blood Alpha, one of the most formidable Alphas in history.

He stuck the needle into me and pressed down on the plunger, sending the wolfsbane directly into my bloodstream. It had its usual sting, but I had grown used to the pain, and my body barely registered it.

To put on a show for the Alpha, I cried out and clutched at my arm, and even managed to bring tears to my eyes, even though the pain I felt was miniscule in reality. I even pretended to summon a weapon and be devastated when it didn't appear, even though I know I could have conjured one successfully if I wanted to.

He reached out for my face, and put his hand on my cheek, still looking sad. "I'm so sorry for having to hurt you, little mate. I wouldn't if I had any other options." I continued to pretend to be in pain, even though I was internally laughing at how believable my performance is. I made sure to block off my emotions from the Alpha so he couldn't detect my deception.

You could let me go, I sent through the mindlink.

"You know I can't. My wolf won't allow it, and neither will I. Just accept us so we can stop with all of the violence and pain. It is causing quite a toll on us and the rest of our pack." He tried convincing me, and I wondered what he meant about the rest of the pack being affected.

This is not my pack and you are not my Alpha, I snarled at him. I really must have taken all of the fight out of him, because he just looked at me sadly, and I almost felt consumed by the depression I felt from him through the bond.

2. Escape when the Alpha isn't present and likely won't know about the escape for a few hours.

3. No guards

I already had the advantage on the first condition, since he thought the Wolfsbane was making me weaker, and he didn't think I would be able to escape the chains.

The second part of the plan would be difficult to coordinate since I had no idea when the Alpha would be gone or not, since I had zero communication with anyone, as I was completely isolated in my cell.

The third aspect would be the most difficult to manage, seeing as how there are always guards stationed throughout the prison. I had seen plenty of them on my way in, and circumventing them would be quite the obstacle.