The Alpha and The Vigilante novel Chapter 37

I smirked after spitting more blood out. Mate or not, I wouldn't hesitate to hurt him. I ignored the guilt that tugged at me from the mate bond, knowing that it was only the the bond that made me feel that way, as I personally felt no remorse for beating him bloody.

To my surprise, for the next twenty days, Alpha Cain stayed away. I tried scoping out how he was feeling from the mate bond, but he completely blocked me out.

Every day was the same, and I began to grow restless. I knew patience was crucial in order for me to escape. I just had to wait for the right time.

To my surprise, on the twentieth night, Alpha Cain meandered into my cell, cool as a cucumber.

"The Blood Moon celebration is in two hours. Would you like to accept your role as Luna and join us?" He asked, no inflection marring his voice.

I would rather rot in here indefinitely.

He shrugged, and left without another word. I was surprised, certain that he was going to try harder to convince me, maybe even try beating me up to coerce me into going.

A few moments later, he returned with another vial of wolfsbane and another silver chain.

I raised my eyebrows. Is that really necessary? I haven't attempted to escape and even if I wanted to, I couldn't.

He looked at me in exasperation. "I'm done underestimating you. I can't take any chances tonight since all of your guards and myself will be at the celebration."

He chained up my other leg to the wall and shortened both of them, making it so I could only walk half the distance of the cell, unable to reach the door, but still able to reach the toilet.

"Drink the wolfsbane, Ares." He commanded, but his voice lacked any kind of emotion. I truly had taken all of the fight out of him.

I was already given my daily dose. I made it sound like I was panicking, even though I knew I could handle another dose with no problem. I usually drank my own wolfsbane after being injected with it just to truly keep my resistance.

Alpha Cain removed me gently off of his lap and back on the cell floor, and I still pretended to stay asleep, feeling the effects of the wolfsbane.

Before leaving, he covered me up with the fur pelt and kissed my exposed cheek.

When he closed the cell door, I let a malicious smirk overtake my face. I was getting out of here, and this time, he wasn't going to catch me.

I laid down for two hours, waiting for the ceremony to start so I could begin escaping. An hour ago, I heard the last guard leave and the prison was completely empty, not a soul in the building.

I was surprised he really let all of the guards off duty for the night. The Blood Moon must really be important to this pack. I realized I didn't know much about their history, I just knew that Blood Lake was extremely old-fashioned and connected to the Moon Goddess through following old traditions. The Red Crescent pack, my former pack, was much more modernized and although had certain traditions, we did not take them as seriously as Blood Lake.

I got off of the hard ground and readjusted my cloak and pulled my mask on. I summoned a saw, and was pleased that I was able to, despite the fact that I felt weakened by the Wolfsbane.