Chapter 3: Of Lies And Truth.

                                    

                                          



Kingdom of Amatra,
The city of Asthesia,
In the castle of Conart. 


                          
               I pulled my legs closer curling into a ball, shock seeping into me. I no longer knew what was happening. I no longer knew whom to trust. No words came out of my mouth, my fingers digging into the palms of my hand. The shadow of the man in front of me making me feel suffocated. Would he hurt me too? "You don't need to be scared. We're family, Luna" His eyes narrowed at me, his wolf was at the edge. He was calming it down, tongue licking it's paws.  I couldn't bring myself to react. He was a distorted image of....him. A maid held my hand gently, pulling out pieces of glass from my bleeding hand, blood dripping onto the floor. 

                          
Family. My jaw clenched. Family doesn't kill family. Family doesn't treat family as prisoners. Tears leaked out of my eyes falling on the ground, my face static against my knee. "Don't" my voice came out in a broken whisper as he tried to move closer to me, teeth gritting from the tight bandaid being fastened on my hand. Family. Huh. 
                          
"Look Luna I understand that you've-" 
                          
"understand? You understand what I'm going through right now? My friends and family were slaughtered like animals in the name of a war, my kingdom is destroyed I don't even know how my people are doing anymore. My family....I don't even know if they're alive! Did you see the battlefield? The way my soldiers were killed made me wanna kill myself. Your men on your command" I said poking my finger in his chest my body shaking with rage. 
                          
"Impaled their dead bodies, beheaded them and played with their heads on the streets in front of their wives and their pups. I've lost everything I had and I don't even know where my aunt's and my uncle' bodies are. Yet here I stand in the chamber of the very male who destroyed me bearing his claim on my neck" I sank on the ground, my throat closing up on me, I felt him kneel in front of me.  
                          
"I'm sorry for your loss. What had happened...was concealed from us. However the man responsible for carrying his own orders was punished with death. But let me tell if he'd had to fight the world for you he would" goosebumps were raising on my hand and the stupid tingles on my neck started to irk me as images of his ocean blue eyes flashed before my eyes.  
                          
What he did this morning here made go go weak in my knees and also made me wanna scream. I hate him. For all what he's done to me. "Please" I said pushing him away with all the little energy I was left with. "Its ok Esméralda. I wouldn't push you for anything. But let me tell you I wouldn't leave until you eat" Nathan said looking earnestly into my eyes. Don't trust him. They're all the same, they'd put you into the dungeons. My wolf said whispering to me. I pulled my legs together again curling myself into a ball. 
                          
Dungeons. I let out a faint whimper as felt the wound on my back open. Nathan's eyes expanded as if shocked. "I'll have to get Alex" "don't" he said already running out of the room. I bit my lip as the pain increased. "My lady-" my hand stopped her from getting any closer.  She lowered her head as I bit out another scream. No. Something was wrong. I couldn't see it. I closed my eyes concentrating harder. Yet I couldn't see anything. Faint images and visions flashed in front of me making my head spin. But nothing was clear.
                          
 "Are you trying to hurt yourself on purpose?" I heard a deep voice shout at me, shaking me back to reality. I felt my body respond immediately humming with rushes of electricity at his touch but I didn't look at him. The tears started to rise again.  How dare he. How dare he. 
                          
My back hurt and I whimpered like a weak human biting me lip. Resist. My wolf whispered to me so slowly that she was afraid as if someone would hear us. He drew in a sharp intake of breath. "I want everyone to leave. I have to talk to my mate. Alone" that last word made me clench my hands. But he didn't budge, his eyes fixed upon me.