The Alpha and The Vigilante novel Chapter 35

The next day began as all of the others. One of Alpha Cain's mutts injected me with wolfsbane, I pretended it hurt, he looked at me sympathetically before leaving, I snarled at him threateningly, he left in fear, blah blah blah.

I was about to lay back down in the corner for a nap, eyeing the fur pelt in the opposite corner. I was tempted to use it as a blanket, it was extremely soft after all, but I didn't want the Alpha to take it as a sign of weakness or acceptance.

I wrapped my cloak tighter around me, thankful for the little warmth it brought. The prison was colder than usual today, and I had a feeling it had to do with Alpha Cain's desperation to break my resolve.

I was nearly asleep when I heard the cell door creaking open. I sighed heavily, not wanting to deal with Alpha Idiot so early in the morning.

"Let me go, cocksuckers!" an angry voice spat out. I smiled at the colorful language and looked up to see who it belonged to.

A girl who looked about my age, maybe a few years older, with fiery red hair and wild green eyes was thrown into the cell by the same guards that demanded I eat the first night I was imprisoned.

"Shut up, traitor. You're lucky you're a girl so the Alpha didn't rip your head of right where you stood." One of them snarled at her aggressively like he might do what Alpha Cain restrained himself from doing.

She scowled at them as they closed the door and locked it behind them. She turned towards me with interest, curiosity lighting up her green eyes as she roamed her eyes over me.

"What'd you do, kill a whole pack?" she asked straightforwardly, folding her arms over her chest and tilting her head in question as she made direct eye contact with me.

I raised an eyebrow, but made no effort to respond. "I'm just asking because you're chained up with silver chains. They only do that with really dangerous wolves, but you look kind of small."

She herself wasn't chained up, and she sat down on the other side of the cell, directly across from me.

"I will say though," she continued, not taking the hint. "That's a pretty gnarly scar on your eye. It's kind of weird that the whole eye is white though. Where'd your pupil go?" She asked straightforwardly, and I laughed at her boldness. If she didn't have another ulterior motive, I would have liked the girl under different circumstances.

I flicked the hood of my cloak off, and lowered my mask.

"Wow, you're actually really pretty. Even though it looks like you were mauled by a bear." I laughed again at her brazenness, and she introduced herself. "I'm Gwen. I'm in here because they think I'm a traitor, even though I swear I didn't do what they think I did." She plead her innocence.

Ares. I'm in here because I did what they think I did. I spoke into her mind, since she hadn't been officially kicked out of the pack yet, I was still able to mindlink her.

"C'mon, Ares. You can trust me. Us prisoners got to stick together!" She plead, her eyes begging me to believe her.

Okay, I acquiesced, do you want to know how I'm going to escape?

She nodded excitedly, clapping her hands.

I'm going to wait for them to open my cell door, and as soon as they do, I'm going to rip the heads off all of the guards. After that, I'm going to find their mates and pups, and behead them as well. The more I can kill before I get killed, the better.

Gwen's eyes shone in horror at my violent words, and she ran to the cell door, smacking on it in desperation. "Let me out of here! She's a psycho! This wasn't part of the deal!"

Within seconds, none other than Alpha Cain himself opened the door. "What are you doing, Gwendolyn?" He demanded assertively.

She bared her neck in submission and breathlessly told him, "She's going to wait until someone lets her out and she's going to kill them, their mates, and their pups! She told me herself! I looked into her cold dead eyes as she threatened it!" She wailed, tears streaming down her face. I smirked.