CHAPTER 5 Alpha Kia
Cora's POV
I follow behind Brody at a distance, keeping my eyes on Carl pulling Peri along by her hair. We walk a few miles into the forest when I've had enough.
"Could you at least hold her arm instead of her hair?" I shout to Carl. He laughs.
"Aww worried about your precious girl" he snarls then gives her hair a big yank.
"Ahh" Peri groans at the pain, tears coming to her eyes.
"STOP! You're hurting her please" I say.
"Carl, pack it in, we need her unharmed," Brody says while looking around.
"He won't care about a little pull, they are just trespassers," he growls back
"Please can you just let us go! We just want to go home," I exclaim, looking between them both.
"Not gonna happen, princess, you will have to ask the King and he loves a good slave, especially one who looks like you," Carl laughs.
"Carl, Pass us the girl and go look over there," pointing to the right into some deep bushes, Brody nods at Carl. Passing Peri to Brody, Carl goes off into the forest. Sniffing and moving bushes trying to get a scent.
I look at Peri, she's sitting on her knees with her shoulders shaking from her crying. Hopefully, I can get Peri away from them and then all we have to do is run. Again. I move closer to them, trying to be as quiet as possible, Brody has his back to me, looking through the forest trying to find something. Just as I'm about to grab Peri I hear a snap behind me, I stop moving, and looking back at Brody I see him smile. Turning I see Carl behind me.
"Hello beautiful," he says smiling.
"Noooo..." I Hear Peri shout
Then punches me in the head knocking me out cold.
"Cora…" I open my eyes to a blurry figure in front of me, then close them. I feel someone shaking my body.
"Miss Cora…" the person says. I groan at the shaking, I know that voice its Peri's.
Someone slaps me across the face startling me out of my haze. I bolt upright, rubbing my cheek to try to get the sting away. I glance at Peri to my left and then around the brick cage with a metal door we're in.
"Oh, Peri! Are you ok?" Grabbing her arms I fetch her in for a hug.
"Yes mam, sorry I slapped you" she whispers into my neck.
"It's ok! As long as you are ok, I don't mind... now tell me everything that happened after I passed out," I say, pulling back from the hug. Peri nods her head, wiping her tears away.
"They carried you through the forest, then blindfolded me when we got close to this place so I couldn't see exactly where it was, but I remember as I counted my steps. When we got inside they took off my blindfold. There is lots of people here. It's like a huge house but isn't at the same time. They fetched us all the way downstairs, chucked you in here, and told me to sit and wait for you to wake," she says shaking. I rub my hands up and down her arms, trying my best to comfort her in this terrible situation.
"Don't worry we will be fine. How long have I been out?"
"A couple of hours," she hiccups.
Nodding my head I look around the room. A small mattress lays in the corner with a blanket. There's a bucket next to the door but no windows. It's a complete brick cage with dirt floors. We must be underground I think.
Brody comes to the door and smiles.
"Your awake I see. Good. The King wants to see you" he says.
Opening the door he comes in and grabs Peri's arm, pulling her with him. Looking back at me he nods his head, indicating for me to follow.
"Move now," he says.
Not wanting to leave Peri with him, I follow behind, keeping as close to Peri as I can.
We walk down a long corridor then turn right to go up some stairs. At the top of the stairs, we turn left. It's like a maze of long corridors. I wonder how big this place actually is. All I notice are dark walls, concrete floors, and black doors everywhere.
Coming down the one corridor, we stop mid-way through. Brody shakes his head and stands against the wall and puts his eyes on the ground. Before following his lead, I look just past him, then instantly copy him.
There are two men walking towards us. Both were in nice suits and another man walking behind them looking at his phone. The man with the phone stops right in front of me, I keep my head down, and he sniffs the air and then looks directly at me.
"Look at me." Says the man gruffly.
Looking up at him, I see his sparkling blue eyes, and his brown hair is cut short. He is quite tall with sharp features.
"Alpha Kia? Any problem?" Brody asks.
Alpha Kia? I know that name from somewhere.
"Who are these girls?" Looking at Brody he asks.
"Just some we picked up in the wood sir, mother, and daughter I believe, I'm taking them to the King for admittance" Brody states.
Alpha Kia hums. Reaching out, he strokes his finger against my cheek.
"Tell him if he has no use for them to let me know. I would pay greatly" he grumbles, then walks away with his men.
"Like that would ever happen," Brody whispers under his breath. "Follow me," he grumbles.
Then we are off again walking down the corridors again. We come to a huge set of metal doors. Stopping Brody knocks twice, waits, then knocks twice again.
"Let's hope you too make it out alive. The King is not a merciful man," Brody laughs.
The doors open, and we find ourselves shoved in and pushed down to the floor on our knees. The doors close behind us. I look around and see we're in a kind of ballroom, lots of pillars are to my left and right and a big empty throne chair sits at the top.
"You ok Peri?" I whisper. She nods gently. I hear a door open and close, steps sound somewhere from the room. Then a man appears in the throne chair. He looks directly at us and smiles.
"Hello, my dears… what can I do for you?"