Alexander Lykos

I couldn't take my eyes off Sapphire as she circled Alissa like a shark, she twirled the silver needle in her hand, ignoring the slight blistering of skin. My mind still could not comprehend what she was about to do to that girl. How could she betray me like this? She told me she trusted my judgement and would respect the way I dealt with captured enemies in my pack, and yet, here we are. My knees crashed to the ground as two of my guards gripped on to my Achilles' tendon, while two others pressed their fingers between my bicep muscle, causing my arms to fall to my side. Jared kept me in a chokehold while the other seven guards held on to various parts of my body to restrain me. Emery thrashed around his chair, as Sapphire moved closer to his sister, hissing as the silver continued to make contact with his bare skin. I would have fought harder, but my will just dissipated as I watched Sapphire walk the path I hoped she'd have forgotten.

"Now, Emery, I hope you have your attention. There is a set of questions I need you to answer. For every minute of my time you waste, your sister will become my personal pincushion... and I have a lot of needles to spare."

She ended with a laugh that made my blood run cold. There was no hint of compassionate, just cold cruel conviction. Her tone left no suspicions that she would indeed carry out with what she set to do.

She softly stroked Alissa's mousey brown hair, before looking straight at Emery. She passed the needle to a guard who gingerly took the silver in his gloved hand, she picked the two vials from the tray and held them up to the glass.

"What are these?"

Emery's eyes darted from side to side, refusing to meet Sapphire's or Alissa's eyes. Sapphire sighed, clicking her tongue in annoyance, she signalled to the guard. The guard brought the needle close to Alissa's face, causing her to scream for Emery, the needle stopped just before it met her skin as he turned to Sapphire.

"Where should I pierce her, Ma'am?"

Sapphire let out a chuckle as she looked straight at Emery

"Pierce it through her lips since she is not going to say anything useful anyway. Let's see how many needles it takes to make her quiet... permanently."

"Emery, please tell them!"

Emery began to sob as the guard pinched Alissa's lips together, holding the needle at the ready to pierce through both of them. I could see the inner conflict going on in Emery's head as he listened to his sister's muffled sobs. Sapphire was busy cleaning her fingernails before turning towards the guard.

"Could you hurry it up? The point of piercing her lips is to make her quiet, not make her louder. Maybe I should have gotten silver thread, so we could actually sew her mouth shut... much easier too."

The guard raised the hand with the needle and brought it down. I tried to claw the guards holding onto me, but moved out of reach.

"Wait!"

The guard's was suspended in midair, the needle just a hair's breadth away from Alissa's lips. Sapphire faced Emery with a raised eyebrow.

"I will tell you everything you need to know. Just leave Alissa alone...please."

"Then you'd better make yourself useful to me."

"Everything I know will be yours....please"

Sapphire grew silent, but raised the two vials against the glass.

"We used the clear liquid to mask our scent, while the red was used to poison your pack"

Sapphire huffed as she played with the vials. It was like looking at a totally different person.

"We already knew that... but if that is all you are able to give us..."

She signalled to the guard who once again clamped his fingers on Alissa's lips.

"Damien was not the one who gave them to us

That statement piqued everyone's interest. Damien was a very prideful man, he did not have a Third or even a Second because of his love of power. It was concerning that there was someone else who he would allow to give orders to those under his command.

"I am listening."

Emery's eyes lit up, clearly excited to have information that was useful to Sapphire. He began to stumble in his eagerness to satisfy Sapphire's curiosity before she barked at him to pull himself together and answer her in a coherent manner.

"Damien does not even know of this test-run. There is a she-wolf who he trusts that passed me the vials, she said that this would be very beneficial to him if they worked. She was the one who gave us orders to trespass into your territory, she even gave us specific targets—"

Sapphire slammed her other palm against the glass, causing it to splinter. A collective growl was heard as everyone in the room came to a realisation, even I focused my attention from those restraining me to Emery.

"Brendon and Amelia were the targets."

"Yes. She knew that the red liquid worked on wolves, she just wanted to send a message to the Alpha and you. The werecat was the experiment, she knew that they had come to your aid, so she wanted to make sure she could take them down as well."

"Does she know it works?"

Emery hung his head, unable to meet Sapphire's eyes.

"Yes. We were able to report back to her that it was a success before you captured us."

Sapphire did not even miss a beat before she threw the next question at him.

"What did she look like?"

"She always kept her face covered, and met with us in the dark. All I can say is she had dark skin and brown hair."

That barely narrows it down

"How much of these do you have?"

"I really don't know—but, I remembered she said that if this experiment works, your pack stood no chance."

"How does it work?"

"We smash the vial on the ground and run, that gives us enough time before it evaporates into the air. It would poison anyone who is near when they breathe it in."

That would leave us absolutely vulnerable. I watched as Sapphire remained silent in her thoughts before she walked to Alissa's side, caressing her cheek with a clawed finger.

"You know Emery, I have a doubt that I hope you could help me clear."

"Whatever you want."

"Why would you help Damien? He took so much from you, so why would you risk your lives to help him?"

"He has our younger sister. He killed our parents, but kept us alive to serve him. That woman told us that if we did this, she would give our little sister back to us. Marissa is just a pup, she doesn't deserve this."

I saw several emotions pass through Sapphire's face, she knew the pain they felt more than anyone else. She stroked Alissa's hair softly before grabbing a fistful, yanking it so her head was tilted back.

"Well, since you have nothing of interest left for me, you and your sister are now useless."

I renewed my struggle as Sapphire popped open the vial of red liquid in her hand. There was no way she would do that, even she had to have her limit.

Alissa's screams were muffled as one of the guards grabbed the sides of her jaw, prying them open. Emery screamed and pleaded for mercy.

"Sapphire! You would have done the same thing for Antony!"

I was met with a cold gaze as she turned to look me in the eye.

"I wouldn't know, I had that choice taken away from me. Really, Alexander. They could be lying for all we know just to trick us into letting them go so they can report back to Damien."

"We won't, we just want our sister!"

"You think Damien would just let you have Marissa? You were in our custody, he wouldn't know whether you said anything of value to us. I'd say that it would be better for you both to die here, then maybe he would have the sympathy to let your sister go... if she isn't dead already."

Tears ran down Emery's face onto the floor, but he went silent. I continued to struggle, Jared and the guards renewing the strength of their grip on my pressure points, and screamed for her as she turned her attention back to Alissa. Alissa had stopped struggling and sobbing, closing her eyes as she resigned herself to her fate.

"Let's perform an experiment of our own. What will happen if a wolf swallows an entire vial of this?"

I managed to claw the guard holding my bicep, but it was too late. Sapphire had dumped the entire vial down Alissa's throat. Emery began to bawl as he could do nothing but stare at his sister as she began to cough.

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