Captured by sight (Book 4)

Chapter 3

Unknown POV

It took all of my self-restraint not to kill the little brat, how dare he touch her. The way he kissed her in that classroom, she’s mine! I pace the dark castle, as always I can’t sleep. She keeps me awake, the way she painted, her fluid motions, the strokes of the brush lulling me into a daze, a trance I love to be in. Her face, that miraculously beautiful face changing expression as she puts her soul on that canvas. Her spirit coming alive as the painting takes shape, I could watch her forever. I slump down in my chair, my head in my hands

“Sir we have what you requested” he says bowing and I stand

“Thank you Gunther” I say walking out with him, we enter the dungeon and I smile at his limp figure hanging from the restraints

“Wake up boy” I command and he lifts his head

“Where am I?” he croaks out

“I ask the questions” I say and he squints

“Who are you?” he asks and I growl loudly

“Your worst nightmare” I say and step inside the cell. His eyes go wide when my face comes into the light making him tremble

“W-what are you?” he stutters, the smell of his fear flooding my nostrils making my eyes glow with glee

“A myth, some say I’m a demon, others say I’m a legend. To you I will be the source of all your nightmares” I say and slowly slice his chest open with my claw

Fallon POV

I wake up with a jolt. The smell of death, decay and excrement makes me want to puke. I glance around sitting up slowly

“Hello!” I call out but only my echo answers me. Where the hell am I? It’s so dark I can’t see my hand in front of my face.

“Hello! Anyone there?!” I yell again and then I hear shuffling not too far away

“Hello?” I ask standing, feeling around, my hand finding cold metal, my fingers travel along the cold metal and I realize I’m in a cell. Oh no, please not this. My heart starts to race and my palms become sweaty

“Help me!” I yell, then I hear a groan

“Hello!” I call out and a groggy voice speaks up

“Hey” he says and I try and pin his direction, the echo makes it a little difficult

“Hi” I answer, more shuffling noises

“Fallon?” his voice now recognizable

“Oh goddess Kyle!” I exclaim and he clears his throat

“Fallon, where are we?” he asks and I shrug

“I don’t know. Kyle are you hurt?” I ask to the darkness

“Yeah, a little” he says and I move toward his voice

“Baby where are you?” he asks and then I sit down, closest to where I think he might be

“I’m here honey” I say, hearing him move around

“You okay?”

“I’m okay, we’re in trouble Kyle” I say pulling my knees to my chest

“Hey, listen to me, we’ll get out of here okay” he says in his calm voice. I nod, then a door opens and five men walk in. Their faces still in shadow, but now I can make out that we’re in a dungeon. Kyle is four cells away, and they open his cell door

“Hey! What are you doing?!” he protests, but they don’t speak. He tries fighting but he’s outnumbered

“Fallon!” he yells out as I get to my feet

“Kyle! Hey let him go!” I yell but they don’t even acknowledge me. They drag a kicking and screaming Kyle out of his cell, while I fight against the bars furiously trying to get out

“Kyle! Baby! Let him go!” I keep yelling, but the next moment one of the people knocks him out cold and he goes limp

“NO!” I yell as they disappear through the door, closing it. It swallows the light leaving me in the dark.

“Enzi!” I yell but there’s only silence

“Enz please” I beg but she’s silent, too silent. I yank and pull at the iron bars like a crazy person but nothing happens. After a long while I sink to the cold stone floor, the tears running down my cheeks. I don’t know how long I’ve been here before I woke up, hopefully Pepper will send out a search party or something. She’ll let my parents know, my dad will find me I know he will. Silently crying, I sit there waiting for them to bring Kyle back. But they don’t, the reality that we might die here becoming more and more apparent. When I wake, it’s with the smell of stale bread and tea, the guard stands there with a lantern in his hand looking at me. His face obscured behind a mask, but the stench of rogue floods my nostrils, making me growl

“Get up” he says and I stand

“Eat” he commands throwing the bread at me, I step closer to him growling

“You eat it” I say defiantly and he laughs

“Stupid b***h” he says and walks away, leaving the cup and piece of bread, taking the only source of light with him. When he passes by Kyle’s cell I notice he’s still not back, my heart sinks. He might be dead already. I feel around for the cup, finding it eventually I smell it, it smells normal. I take a little sip and wait, nothing happens so I gulp it down. I need to get out of here, how I don’t know yet but I’ll think of something. I sit around, lie down but after hours of this my body is aching, so I do what I can to keep busy. Push ups, crunches, lunges, anything I am able to do, I need to keep fit if I want to get out of here. After I don’t know how long, I am woken up by the door opening, they’re dragging his limp bloodied body behind them and throwing him down locking his cell I yell out to them

“Hey! Idiots!” I yell and they stop

“Yeah you! Brain dead ingrates!” I yell and they turn around

“Oh so you know your names, good boy!” I taunt them. They look at each other and slowly walk toward me. Good, come on boys. They stop in front of my cell, just looking at me

“What did you do to him?” I demand but they just laugh

“Answer me” I demand again, the one steps closer and in a raspy voice answers

“You’ll see soon enough, good night princess” they turn around, their cackling fading as they close the door behind them. I turn to Kyle

“Kyle!” I call out repeatedly until I hear him grunt in pain

“Baby, please speak to me” I beg gripping the bars

“Fallon” he rasps out and I let out a sigh of relief

“Babe, are you hurt?” I ask listening for movement

“I… yeah” he groans and my heart clenches. This is because of me, that i***t called me princess, they must know who I am, they’re rogues I can smell them

“Is it bad?” I ask, not really wanting to know the answer

“I’ll live. You okay?” he asks and I smile, so thoughtful

“Yeah, I’m okay. Did they tell you anything?” I ask holding my breath

“No, just kept asking me who I am and what I’m doing with you” he says and I squeeze my eyes shut. My fear now a reality

“We’re getting out of here” I say and I hear him move, slowly

“There are many of them, how do you suppose we do that?” he asks and I sink to the floor

“I don’t know yet, but I’m thinking of a plan” I say and he chuckles

“Shouldn’t I be doing that?” he asks making me giggle

“We could do it together” I say but he stays silent

“Kyle?” I ask but he’s silent

“Baby?” I plead

“Yeah, sorry drifted off there” he says. I turn around leaning against the cold bars

“Sorry” I say

“For?”

“This is my fault” I answer, struggling against the fear

“What? How?” he asks and I sigh, pausing contemplating what I should tell him

“There are some things you don’t know about me” I say but then I hear him snoring. I lie down resting my head on my arm, his snoring lulling me to sleep. This is how it goes, they come in, drag him out, torture him for days and bring him back. I must say I’m impressed, for a human he’s strong. I have no idea how long we’ve been here, all I know is that I’m getting weaker, I refuse to eat I just drink the tea. I can’t feel Enzi, and I know this is bad. If I can’t feel her my family probably can’t either, so finding me will be almost impossible

“Princess” he says, but this is a different guard, his voice is soft

“Here” he says placing the plate down, the smell of a good meal makes me turn around

“Please, eat something” he says and I frown standing up, using the wall for support

“You’re new” I say in a croaky voice and he steps back

“Please, eat” he pleads again and I look at the plate. Roast beef, potatoes and vegetables. It smells amazing

“I would love to, but we all know it’s poisoned” I say and he sighs

“It’s not I promise. The master sent this from his table” he says and I my scowl deepens

“The master?” I ask stepping closer to him

“Yes, he sent me here. He also ordered for you to clean up” he says and I nod. This is it, but where’s Kyle

“My friend, where is he?” I ask and he shrugs

“Don’t know ma’am, I’m here for you” he says and I nod taking the plate. I sniff it, but it’s only the heavenly aroma of the home cooked meal. My stomach grumbles loudly, making him chuckle

“Please, be my guest” he says leaning against the opposite wall. I sit down and take small bites at first, ensuring it’s not poisoned. He just stands there waiting for me to finish eating, I only eat about half of it, since my stomach shrunk apparently

“You know who I am?” I ask and he nods

“Yes majesty” he says and I frown

“Why?” I ask and he sighs

“Why what princess?” he asks

“Why am I here?” I ask, he shrugs

“I really don’t know your majesty. The master doesn’t divulge information like that to us” he says, I finish the tea, the first time it’s actually hot and tastes like tea. I nod pushing the plate back

“You barely ate” he says, sounding worried. I smile at this kind guard

“I’m satisfied, thank you” I say and he nods

“Very well, I will be back later with the chamber maids” he says bowing and leaves. Now I’m confused, why in the hell are they treating me differently now? Chamber maids, what is this, the 1600’s? He does return, with four other guards carrying a big steel tub thing and two petite girls trailing behind them. They unlock the cell next to mine, the girls put up sheets, fill the tub with steaming hot water, hanging up clean clothes before pouring something in the water that smells like fresh roses. The same guard steps up

“Turn around princess” he says and I comply. I hear them unlocking the door, they cuff me and take me to the cell next door. The girls don’t speak, hell they’re not even looking at me when they undress me. This feels so weird, the guards have their backs turned, although with the sheet up they can’t see me, the one girl gestures for me to get in and I almost moan when the hot water covers my body. It’s small, but the warm water with the rose fragrance makes my aching muscles relax

“So good” I whisper and the one girl hides her smile. They wash me, this is weird okay I don’t know how people did this, then they dry me off and put on my underwear, well the bottom half. The one girl taps on the bars and I hear keys jingle, the one cuff comes off and the continue dressing me. By the time she clasps the cuff back on I’m feeling light headed

“What did you do?” I ask groggily, fighting the drowsiness. The girls take off the sheet and walk away, I stumble backward but a strong hand catches me

“You drugged me” I groan but he shakes his head and whispers

“Sorry princess” he says and I feel myself fall, the dim light fading into nothing. The last thought I have is this is really bad

Callan POV

“Hey baby” I say when her face appears on the screen

“Hey mom!” she says in her happy voice

“How is it over there?” I ask and she jumps up and down

“Oh mom it’s awesome! This is such an amazing place, I really love it!” she says and I smile

“I’m happy you’re enjoying it baby. Oh and you won’t believe what your dad did” I say and she smiles

“He bought me a plane” I say and her eyes go wide

“So cool! So you’re going to learn to fly?” she asks and I frown a bit

“No I am a pilot, you forgot?” I ask and she slaps her head

“Oh of course, silly me. How’s Lennox?” she asks and I tell her about him and all his mischief making her laugh. We chat for a while before she glances at someone off camera and nods

“Okay, be right out. Mom I have to go, love to dad and Lennox” she says blowing me a kiss

“Bye baby, be safe, I love you”

“Always, bye” she says and the screen goes dark. I sigh sitting back glancing at the time. It’s still early, I will have enough time to take a flight. I link Leo telling him I’m going out and drive to the hanger. Doing all my checks, filling in the flight register I start the plane and taxi out on the private runway, soon enough I’m high up in the sky enjoying my flight. I feel free here, he bought me a private jet, and it’s not as fast as I’m used to but just being able to fly is enough. After two hours I touch down, and soon enough I pick Lennox up from school. I help him with his reading, before starting dinner. By late afternoon my husband walks in and greets me like always

“Hello Spitfire” he says kissing me until my head spins

“Hey babe” I say and Lennox comes bolting down the stairs

“Daddy!” he yells

“Buddy!” he grabs him and swings him around both with huge smiles on their faces

“How was your flight?” he asks sitting down

“Wonderful, and your day?” I ask dishing up the food

“Oh great, Tydides is really making great progress with the recruits. Gosh you should see Ace’s grandson, he’s an amazing fighter” he says as I place our plates down taking my seat

“Good to know he’s coming around” I say, we have dinner, then he makes sure my son actually takes a bath and soon I hear him reading Lennox a story. Half an hour later he walks into the living room and plops down next to me

“I spoke to Fallon today” I say and he lights up

“How is she?” he asks and I frown a bit

“She’s busy, she says it’s great there” I say and he looks at me

“Why the long face?” he asks and I sigh

“I told her about the plane, and she asked me something” I say and he nods

“She asked if I’m going to learn to fly” I say and he hums

“It’s weird because she knows full well that I am a pilot” I say he sits back rubbing his chin

“You know, maybe she’s tired. I heard the classes are tough and you know being in a place like that surrounded by all that art, she might be getting little sleep” he says and I nod

“Maybe you’re right. It could’ve slipped her mind” I say but it still bothers me, she never forgets, she has a memory that will put an elephant to shame.

“Stress can affect you in different ways” he says and I nod snuggling into his side

“Okay, she’s fine. I’m just happy she’s enjoying it” I say and he nods, pulling me closer to him

“That she is my love” he says looking at the TV. We go to bed eventually, but the thing with Fallon is still bothering me, it’s probably like he said but I can’t help it. My intuition is screaming that something is off, I just can’t put my finger on it. A few days later, the nagging little voice won and I send her a text, she doesn’t reply but its normal, she’s busy. The feeling in the pit of my stomach is slowly growing, slowly becoming stronger and I’m feeling nervous

“Hey sister!” Violet’s voice echoes through the house

“Hey Vi” I greet her smiling

“I brought you some color charts, this place needs a new look” she says sitting down and taking out her laptop and all the other folders spreading them out on the counter. I make us some coffee and take a seat looking at the different colors, fabrics and we select what we want. Leo said he doesn’t care, as long as I’m happy he’s happy. Moving through the house, from room to room we chat and she makes notes, giving me pointers and advice which I gladly take. She’s an even better interior designer here than she was back then. Dean on the other hand is not a hunter anymore, since we are all now part of this realm, it would be silly to be a hunter. So he is now a part time weapons instructor and full time mechanic, he fixes classic cars, he’s really good at it. Oh if you’re wondering they decided to become vampires, not sure why but yeah that’s what they are

“Okay, so we’re all set. I’ll begin the design and show you in a week or so” Vi says packing up her stuff she glances up and I see her face change

“What happened? Should I kick his ass?” she asks but I chuckle shaking my head

“No, he did nothing wrong” I say

“Something is bothering you. Is Lennox okay?” she asks and I nod

“It’s Fallon then” she says sitting down. I tell her what happened and she seems to feel the same way I do

“Definitely something wrong. That girl has the memory of a database. She would never forget something like that, we told her a million times that you were a pilot” she says and I feel worse now

“You think she might be on, you know?” I ask and Vi laughs

“No I don’t think that. There’s no way she’d do that. That girl’s moral compass is steadfast” she says and it makes me feel a little better

“She mentioned a boy once” I whisper and her eyes go wide

“Does he know?” I nod

“He heard it, said she’s not allowed to date” I say making her scoff

“Oh for heaven’s sake, doesn’t he know that when you tell them not to do something they do the exact opposite?” she asks a deep scowl on her face

“You know how he is when it comes to her. You remember what happened when she had to stay here because of Allistair” I say and she nods

“He’s being unreasonable; she’s almost 24, has a good head on her shoulders and is a great fighter too. He should trust her” she says and I sigh, rubbing my temples

“I have a bad feeling about this Vi, something is off” I say and she nods

“Okay, I’ll phone her, maybe she’ll talk to me” she says and I nod

“Okay thanks, just don’t say anything to him” I say and she smiles placing her hand over mine

“Mums the word” she winks standing. I greet her and go about my day like normal, I feel a little better after talking to Violet, she is a mother, well was so she understands this better. A mother knows. A few days later Violet phones me reassuring me that Fallon is fine, not dating anyone and she was just tired when she spoke to me. I also spoke to her again, she seemed fine but the tugging feeling doesn’t go away, no matter what I do, I have this feeling that something is wrong. Then the news comes, she’s staying there for the rest of the year. I cried although I was happy for her, I cried because we’ll only see her again in ten months.

“It’s okay Spitfire” he soothes as I lie on the bed crying

“I miss her so much Leo”

“I know baby, I miss her too but this is a great opportunity for her” he says and I nod

“I know, I just wish we could visit her” I say and he nods, looking guilty

“Me too. But we should let her have this, she’s safe and doing great. We all had to grow up at one point” he says and I nod

“I hate it when you’re right” I say sitting up

“So you live with hate the whole time then?” he asks and I slap him

“Numb nut” I say making him chuckle

“They might be numb, but I could show you something that isn’t” he growls kissing my mark making me shiver

“Not tonight baby, I uhm, sorry” I say softly. He nods getting in next to me, switch off the light and takes me in his arms, holding me close to him

“As you wish my love” he says kissing my head. Usually I fall asleep quickly, but not tonight, I’m restless, my heart hurts so I toss and turn the whole night. He doesn’t sleep well either, I guess my pain is affecting him too and I feel guilty, he has so much on his plate but I can’t help it. In true Leo fashion he never complains, he just does his best to make me feel better, and after a few weeks I start to feel better about it, she’s a woman now, she needs this.