Elsa grumbled silently as she munched on the hard bread that had been given to them by their captive.
"Is this all we can get for lunch?" A man had asked, after two consecutive of going on hunger strike, now they're given hard bread and only water.
"You better keep your mouth shut, or I'll shut it for you!" One of the captors thundered.
Elsa didn't complain, couldn't complain, because she was grateful that they even have them bread to begin with, and then, did she have a choice?
Most of the little kids had fallen sick due to hunger.
"Mama...I want more bread, my stomach isn't fill......."The mother if the little girl quickly covered her daughter's mouth,do the men won't hear her, but they did.
"Hey kid.... You want to due first before your mother?" One of the captors who had been close to them said aggressively.
Elsa was furious and angered by the way the man held his sword to the child's throat.
"Please don't hurt her....she's.....she's just a child" The mother cried out, the scared child began to cry to. Making the captors more angry. Raising his sword, he made to kill the child.
Elsa couldn't watch any longer, She stood up and quickly ran to them.
"Stop!.....Stop please!" She cried, getting on her knees and covering both the mother and the child.
"Get lost, you fool! You want to die!" He stormed.
"Please don't.....don't kill anyone anymore, don't kill the child....kill me instead please"
A gasp escaped everyone's lips at what she said. And the captors burst out laughing.
"You want to for for everyone here?"Another captors said, walking over to Them.
What was left of life? Elsa thought inwardly. The commotion had drew the attention of all the other captors and they drew close to them like glue. As much as anyone could expect they where fast. How could they have reached where she was so quickly. Elsa thought.
One of the captors grabbed her by the hair, hauling her on her feet.
"And Don't you seem to curvy and plump to be seventeen as you claimed" He said sizing her up. Undressing her with his glare. "I think this dress you're wearing is doing you no justice and covering up all your womanly curves."He smiled,then burst out laughing. Clearing observing her from head to toe with a hot gaze that almost sent Elsa poking.
Elsa began trembling that they'd seen through her lies and could already make out her Lucious curves out of her long bigger gown.
But she was thankful that they'd already taken their attention away from the mother and her poor child. She tried to struggle free from the man's grip but he too a very strong hold of her.
When she looked up at his face, he beared open his mouth and that was when she saw his teeth.
Fangs!
Wolves?! They're wolves?! The wolves were their captors?
Was that the reason why even their on strong able bodied men had been unable to defeat them?
She became terrified at the realization,and tried hard ro struggle free from his hard grip.
"let her go Cave, she isn't your mate" An older man among the captors said to the one holding her. Cave. As he had been called.
Cave glared at her in annoyance and let her go abruptly.
"I would have sucked out your blood dry if you weren't so lucky." He turned away.
Elsa wobbled to the floor, still in a daze to what she had seen.
It was the wolves Pack that had invaded their town? Why? What did they want Who went them?
These questions racked her head and gave her terrible headache. Not long after, the men announcement rang out that they were ready to go.
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Lucan stared hard at the captives lined up in the rain. Exhausted and famished. all looking weak to the bone. He smiled.
Even though he wasn't too happy about the amount of people his men had brought back, he expected more, the whole hometown, including their newborns. But they were just a few above hundreds.
He got up from where he was sitted to walk down the stairs, when he caught the most pleasant scent in history. He felt his wolf sprang up into action and whimpered in annoyance. He stopped dead in his track, and looked around where he was.
As far as he could tell,and see, there were only his men near him. No female was in sight. And the captives they'd brought were more than fifteen feet's away. So he kept wondering where that sweet, delicious scent came from.
"My Lord, Is anything the problem?"Tony, one if his body guard spoke up.
"Is there any female around?" He asked not wanting to jump to conclusions that he may had just caught the scent of his Mate.
"Female?" Lewis, who had heard him asked, looking around.
"No, my Lord, there isn't. Apart from the ones standing at your front" Tony answered, pointing to the captives.
Lucan Looked at his front solemnly and scoffed.
"It sure can't be from there...." He said to himself and waved the thoughts away. And with this he continued down the stairs. The thought of him finding his mate must be taking a toll on him that he's now imagining his Mate scent all by himself.
As he descended the stairs, He caught wiff of the scent again, this time, he almost let go of the sword he was holding in his right hand and almost stumbled.
The scent was heavenly and so sweet he so much wanted to taste it.
Lewis was by his side In seconds, Clearly making out his Lord's staggering Even though it went unnoticed to the others.
"My Lord, are you okay?...it wasn't too obvious but I sure noticed your stagger"
"No....I'm Okay"
"My Lord, why do t you retreat inside and let us take over from here, we can handle the rest" Tony suggested and Lewis nodded.
As much as Lucan wanted to explore the scent, he knew this wasn't the right moment. And he gave his nod of affirmation.
Lewis bacon to the other men to take the captives away.
As Lucan turned to leave, his gaze landed briefly on a female among the captives. She had turned around just before he could catch a glimpse of her face. And his wolf sprang up a second time, urging and pushing him to go down the stairs to check where the scent was coming from, but it was all gone.
He couldn't catch even the slightest wiff if anything again.