My Hunted Mate
Chapter Five

Corinna

Darkest fades in and out as I blink my eyes harshly, trying to fight offthe groggy feeling that was lingering in me. Lifting my head, I lookaround to see I'm in a dimly lit dirty cell. My gaze darts to my handsthat are being held above my head by metal cuffs that are chained andbolted to the stone wall, I notice there are two empty shackles boltedto the corner to my right and the corner straight in front of me.Irritation instantly sparks within me as I realise the situation I'm in.Roughly I begin to pull at my chains, I try over and over again but grow!loudly glaring at the rusty things when they don't budge.

My head snaps towards the door when I hear three sets of heavyfootsteps approaching, within seconds the heavy cell door is swungopen. I recognise the Gamma from before standing beside anotherlarge muscular light brown haired man who I had no doubt was theBeta, another man dressed in what seemed like a guards uniform stoodbeside them, shoving a blonde woman who had her grey streaked haircovering her face.

She had chains on her hands that tied around her malnourished waist,then linked in with the chains on her feet. The guard roughly grabbedthe woman's arm and tossed her to the ground, it only took himseconds to have the chains on her feet removed and her hands boltedto the wall.

" So this is the almighty Hybrid then? " The beta speaks, his dark brownalmost black eyes stare at me.

" Not so mighty is she? " The gamma laughs.

"1 ripped your pack members heart out with my bare fucking hand andI'll do the same to you, you fucking prick. " I seethe.

A series of furious growls echo through the cell, my statementobviously getting to all three men. The guard marches over to me androughly pushes my head into the wall behind me, I bite down onto theinside of my cheeks to stop any sound of being in pain cross my lips. Iwon't give him the satisfaction.

" How about we rip your little friend to pieces right in front of your eyesrogue! * The guard shouts through his teeth, while taking a handful ofmy hair into his fist.

Fire bursts across my scalp but I only glare into the guards dark blueeyes. Before I can fully process his words screams, pleas and sobs tearthrough my ears. It doesn't take long for two other guards to appearholding onto either side of a sobbing Gia who tries desperately to fightagainst their hold. They also chain her up to the wall.

" Gia! " I struggle against the guards hold on me and the chains thathave me bound.

The men surrounding us smirk at me, a threatening growl escapes me. "Don't you fucking touch her. "

I'll be the first to admit that over the years my morals have becomeextremely messed up and confusing, I've become vicious, but the onething I can say is that I never go after innocent people and I protectwhen I can.

One of the guard slaps Gia hard across the face making me roar inanger, that only get my head smashed off the wall again. The guardswalk out laughing along with a smirking Gamma and Beta, myadrenaline fades and I now feel the throbbing shooting through theback of my head, I manage to move my hand enough in my chains tofeel the wetness of blood matted in my hair.

" Are you okay? " Gia questioned from her corner of the cell.

" yeah, yeah I'm fine Gia. " I lie. " How did you end up here? "

"I. was hiding in a bush when they came and I seen them passingwith you, you were unconscious. I wanted to help you, so I followedthem you know? I was doing pretty well... but then they caught me. *she mumbles.

A harsh sigh leaves my lips before I can stop it. " You should have ran!How did you think for a second this would end up?! You're human ! *

A harsh cough comes from the older woman, who had been silent sincethey put her here leading me to forget about her existence. She goesback to her quiet state after a short coughing fit, making it seem shemight be ill from the cold and damp conditions of the cells which leadsme to wonder how long they've had her trapped in here.

Her thin, underfed body is so pale she looks white causing me tobelieve she hasn't seen even a hint of sun in years. She's littered withbruises and irritated red lumps on random parts of her body, mostlikely from injections.

I turn my attention back to Gia, who looks extremely upset. " I'm sorry *she whispers.

"No I'm sorry, there's nothing we can do about any of it now. I'm justworried about you. " I admit.

After a while Gia falls asleep, the woman in the corner is either asleeptoo or is just very good at keeping quiet, I on the other hand amforcing myself to stay awake due to the head injury that guard so nicelyinflicted.

My head hangs heavily and I have to force my eyes open every coupleof seconds. My eyes begin to close once again, I'm slowly sinking intodarkness from pure exhaustion but the sound of footsteps jolts meback out of it with a sharp inhale.

" Gia! " I whisper.

No response.

" Gia! " I repeat, this time louder.

Nothing.

"GIA!" I snap harshly.

I watch intently as her head begins to lift. * what? " she mumbles."wake up. " I demand. " Someone is coming, WAKE UP. "

Panic flashes across her face and any sign of sleep disappears, it's nowthat I notice the bruise on her cheek from where that guard hit her. Mychest rumbles with anger but I'm snapped out of it when the heavydoor of the cell opens once more. A six foot very built man with darkauburn hair and eyes that nearly look teal walks into the cell, his aura isstrong, demanding respect. Instantly I know he's the alpha.

" Mate. " He purrs, his teal eyes glowing.