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Whiskey & Dinner

Mei:

Instead of taking the elevator down, we walked down the grand stairs, covered in black and gold carpet that muted the sounds of our steps.

Large paintings of beautiful landscapes, wolves, and portraits hung from the large-scaled walls. Finding the silent walk quite relaxing, taking in all the different furnishings. Each floor seemed to have a theme that fit well with the rest of the house.

“So, if I may ask, how old are you?” Riley asked looking softly over at me.

“I turned eighteen last month.” I said, remembering when I was first taken. I had just turned four, so it stuck with me ever since like an hourglass ticking down to when I could finally be free from my nightmare.

“Well at least we have something in common.” Riley smiled, turning the corner, down a massive hallway. At the end, I could see a massive stone arched doorway with a grand table set with candles and massive amounts of food.

Catching the faint smell of fresh cedar and cinnamon.

“Mei.” Kyou hummed.

“Yeah, Kyou.” I asked.

“Our mate is here.” She hummed.

“Mate?” I asked, not understanding.

“Mate is the one destined to us. Our other half.” Kyou hummed, smiling. This is all new to me. Titan is dead. Now I am being told my mate is here. What the hell is going on?

I just started breathing freedom more than an hour ago. Fuck me. I approached Riley slowly, when I was greeted with Eli smiling, another young man I saw earlier at the fights, and Alpha Jack all seated talking casually.

“Mei, come join us.” Eli smiled softly, standing up as he pulled out a chair to the left of Alpha Jack. I nodded making my way around behind Alpha Jack, taking in a deep breath, slowly sitting down looking at all three men.

“Thank you.” I replied softly looking at Eli, who was staring at God knows what, flashing me a soft smile.

“Mei, I am Gamma Seth, just call me Seth.” He smiled tipping his glass at me taking a swig, side glancing at Alpha Jack. Okay, this is kind of creepy. Eli and Seth kept staring off into space, and Alpha Jack has not taken his eyes off me.

“That was quite the fight earlier. I am extremely impressed with your fighting skills.” Eli smiled sipping his amber-colored drink smelling like whiskey. I was very familiar with the smell, being that was all Titan would drink. He always reeked of it whenever he got close to my face.

“Is that whiskey?” I asked pointing to the glass in his hand.

“Would you like some?” Seth asked grabbing the glass bottle and an empty glass.

“YES! After the day I had, I could use one.” I said leaning back in my chair.

“Well at least she has good taste.” Eli laughed sipping his whiskey.

Seth handed me the crisp glass. Swirling it a few times before downing it in one gulp. Then held the glass out for a refill.

“Easy there killer, this is strong stuff.” Eli huffed a laugh looking taken aback.

“If she wants to drink, let her. After the report I received of Titan’s demise, she deserves to let loose.” Alpha Jack stated coldly, watching my movements as if I was prey.

“Now, would you like to enlighten us, how Titan came into such a fine fighter as yourself?” Alpha Jack asked leaning to his right to better face me holding his glass in his hand.

Eli and Seth both relaxed back into their chairs, holding their glasses. I sat there running my finger along the rim of the glass staring at the amber liquid.

“Mate. Mate. Alpha is our mate.” Kyou hummed quietly.

“No way. He is staring at me like I am the enemy.” I rebutted.

“His eyes do not lie.” She hummed.

I looked at all three deciding what I should say, if anything at all, but I am sitting here clothed, drinking fine whiskey and there’s food waiting to be eaten.

Fuck it. They want to know, then I will tell them.

“Fourteen years. That is how long Titan held me captive in his training facility. I was four when I arrived and he took a strong liking to me after my first survival fight.” I paused thinking about my experience.

“Wait. He made you fight for survival at four?” Eli asked looking over my shoulder at Jack.

“Yeah, he said it was his way of deciding if we had what it took to survive. Can I get another whiskey?” I asked holding my glass out. This time Alpha Jack filled it.

“Thank you, Alpha Jack.” I said tipping my glass at him.

“Just call me Jack.” He said nodding to me to continue.

“Titan saw something in my first fight that I did not find out until later on. I was collared and chained in his training cell, where he trained me daily, hours on end. I was beaten constantly, then right around the time I turned ten, the torture began. He liked the silver laced whip with hooks as his primary torture tool.” Growl. I looked up seeing Jack breathing heavily, staring at me intensely with his blue eyes, a few dark locks hanging down his forehead.

“You’re safe here, continue.” Eli said handing me a plate of fruit. The melon was sweet and juicy as it exploded against my tongue.

“Oh, this is better than anything I have had before.”

“I was always kept in the cells, there was a were-bear, Max, he had one green eye and one amber. Egotistical jerk, but we kept each other sane during our off time. He was sold off and that was when Titan really turned. The night my wolf, Kyou awakened was the same night…” I stopped, downing my whiskey taking a deep breath.

“What happened?” Jack asked sternly clenching his glass.

“He forced himself on me.” I whispered that part, making my stomach flip.

“HE DID WHAT?” Jack screamed, slamming his fists on the table. Knocking his chair back, storming out the dining room growling. The front door slammed open, then closed. I sat there stone-faced staring at my empty glass.

A hand reached in front of me, quickly grabbing it twisting it backwards, growling.

“Easy, easy killer. I was just going to refill your drink.” Eli said putting his hand up, showing he was no threat. Seth filled a plate with meatballs, pasta covered in a white sauce, and a few pieces of bread covered in a yellow substance.

“Here eat this, because I think this is your first actual meal.” Seth said setting the plate down in front of me. Eli refilled my whiskey giving me a reassuring smile.

“Don’t worry about Jack, he never liked Titan. Hell, none of us liked him. We could never do anything about him because he was an independent contractor for multiple clients with power.” Seth leaned back, stabbing a meatball with his fork, plopping it in his mouth smiling.

“So, what happens to me now? I literally castrated him.” I spoke dryly stabbing a meatball and shoving it in my mouth, rolling my eyes at the flavors bursting in my mouth.

Okay, I have seriously missed out all these years. All this food is screaming to be tasted.

“Did you really feed his dick and balls to the dogs?”

Seth asked stopping his fork from stabbing another meatball.

“Eli and those three warriors are my witnesses.” I laughed forking some pasta in my mouth.

“DAMN!” Seth exclaimed grabbing his junk, shaking his head looking mortified at Eli. Eli laughed biting into a piece of bread with pasta on top of it, grabbing his glass of whisky to wash it down quickly before replying with a smug smirk.

“As far as you are concerned, you will become part of this pack as stated by Jack earlier. You were the only one that defeated one of our top warriors.” Eli stated proudly, looking at me holding up his glass.

“If one of Titan’s client’s come a knocking then we will answer. Simple as that. Demon Wolf Clan does not play around.” Seth stated leaning forward placing his elbows on the table, resting his chin on his hands.

“Okay. So, when do I take my oath to the clan? I finally have a place to be, my family was murdered, and my pack was destroyed. It got very lonely, sitting in them cells all those years.” I said finishing off my food, stomach bursting at eating more than normal. Sitting back in my chair enjoying my whiskey.

“Jack will talk with you tomorrow, how about you finish off your drink, and go get a decent night’s sleep.” Eli said standing up from his chair, holding his hand out to help me up.

“Sounds good. That bed looked really inviting.” I said making my way out of the dining room. Riley was waiting for me by the doorway.

“Come, let us get you turned in for the night.” She smiled leading me back to my room, taking the elevator this time. Fatigue was setting in and my full stomach was screaming.

The whiskey helped relax me and by time we made it back to my room, I was feeling the effects. Riley had to hold my arm, just to make it over to the bed, stripping out of the gown crawling in bed in just my panties. As soon as my body hit the cloud-like bed, I was out like a damn light.

Kyou snoring softly from the shadows as my body sank into the fluffy material.

FREEDOM.

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