“You seem a little confused.” He mutters, checking how much is left in the drip bag.

“I thought you were doing this for Neah?”

“I have no interest in the Alpha. Daniel did, but Daniels dead.”

“The Wolf from the bar?”

“Yes.” He pulls the blanket up over my legs and it’s only now that I realise my sense of smell is weak.

“What have you done to me?”

“I needed to make sure you couldn’t shift. You cause quite a lot of problems for our kind, don’t you Blair. I can’t allow that.”

“I’m paid and they all deserve it.”

“Oh I know. Though I’ve been having to clean up your mess for a long time. Make sure the Humans don’t discover us.”

More screams and shouts ring out down the hallway, both men and women. How many were being kept here?

“All Lycans?”

“No.”

As I stare at him, I try to drive my Lycan forward. If it means I eat him to be free, then I would. But nothing happens.

He smiles at me. “I wouldn’t bother. It’s not going to work.”

My eyes move to the drip feed, it had to be something in that.

Cooper laughs. “You need it to survive. So your options are to live here without your Lycan or die.”

He strides to the door. “Breakfast will be served shortly.” He starts to pull the door shut. “Just remember this. You think you are bad, there is always someone alot worse than you.”

He has no idea who he is dealing with.

I lay staring up at the white ceiling. There wasn’t a single speck of dirt on it. No tiles for me to count to pass the time, nothing. Whatever this place was, it was supposed to drive us insane. But I’m used to being alone with my thoughts.

Breakfast is oatmeal in a plastic bowl. Delivered by an older woman with salt and pepper hair. Her grey eyes are dim. It’s almost like she is on autopilot as she moves. Not a single word leaves her lips. She doesn’t even make eye contact. What did Cooper have over her?

A different woman appears thirty minutes later to collect the breakfast dish. She’s younger than the first, maybe in her thirties, but again, there is no eye contact. I was starting to wonder if I was dreaming because it just didn’t seem real.

Taking my drip bag with me, I sit in the corner, directly under the camera. I had no idea if they could see me in this position, but I felt a little less watched.

I play with the drip feed, connecting it and reconnecting it, seeing how long I could go before I felt like I was going to die. I couldn’t get past five seconds. It wasn’t even enough time for me to attack anyone, but maybe I could use the tube, it was long

long

enough to wrap around someone’s

neck.

I jump when there is a knock on the door. Not being able to hear them walking towards you was uncomfortable. I keep quiet as the door swings open. Cooper’s eyes find me immediately.

“Up you get.”

“Why?”

“Full of so many questions, aren’t you?” There’s a slight smirk. “Get up.”

I rise to my feet.

“Take it with you or you won’t get very far.”

I push the drip bag along with me as I step out into a white corridor, multiple doors lined it. Some people were banging on theirs while others were quiet or sobbing behind them.

“Walk!” Cooper snaps and shoves me forward.

My bare feet move slowly, one in front of the other as I try to guess how many people are here. And what they might have done to end up here. We get to a door and Cooper uses a key to unlock it. He locks it behind us too.

“Where are you taking me?”

He’s silent as he pushes me on. “Is this for what I did to Neah?”

“I told you, I have no interest in the Alpha. Though many would call that treason.” He directs me into another room and points me to the chair. “You’ve met her?” I was starting to think he hadn’t. He may know her name, but he didn’t seem to know she was mated either.

“What does it matter to you?”

“Because if you had met her, you would know that we are siblings.”