37: HOWLING IN THE DISTANCE (3)

HOWLING IN THE DISTANCE (3)

"I really don't like doing this." Ethan looked morose when he had to put chains on Cane, especially when the chains were made of silver.1

He refused to use gloves when he had to touch those silver chains, no matter what Cane said, he just didn't want to do it.

His hands would heal in a few hours if they got burned in the process, but to think that Cane would be chained to the wall for the rest of the night with those silver chains that hurt his limbs, he hated that so much more.

'At least, this is what I can do for you.' That was Ethan's answer, though by hurting himself, he actually didn't help anyone. In his twisted mind, he wanted to feel the pain, at least.

"I will ask Jace to do this next time," Cane said simply. He didn't even flinch when the silver ate at his skin, leaving burn marks where it touched.

Ethan groaned in frustration. "That's not what I mean," he grumbled even more. "You know that's not what I meant."

Cane didn't heed to his complaints and just stared at the dark basement of this rickety hut. He had been here countless times during his slavery days, he thought once they were free, he could burn down this place for good, but who would have thought that he would need this place more than those horrendous days?

Such an irony…

"Check again," Cane said when Ethan was done putting those painful silver chains around his limbs to bind him to the wall, so he wouldn't be able to move as his strength wouldn't be strong enough to break them down.

Now was a critical moment, as the five alphas and the king were in the pack house. If they knew about this… all of their sacrifices would go in vain and those dark days would be presented back to them.

"This is already secure." But, Ethan did what he was told and checked it again.

"Now leave," Cane said unfeelingly.

"I can stay, I think you will get bored if you have to be left alone in this boring place." That was nonsense, since Cane wouldn't remember anything, but pain when he was in this phase.

"Leave, Ethan."

Ethan didn't move. He looked so stubborn.

"It is hard enough for me to go through this, I don't need a spectator to watch me being miserable. Now, leave."

Ethan knew what Cane meant, it hurt his pride and ego if someone had to witness when he was being helpless, while people tended to think highly of him.

Gerald and Mason had made sure Cane went through those horrible feelings of being helpless and let his people witness that, thus at this moment, it would help him more if Ethan just left him alone.

"I will be nearby," Ethan said in resignation and then left Cane alone, as his body started to take another form when the clock hit midnight.

It had been six months and Cane had gone through six painful night thus far in order to pay the price of their freedom and there were only a handful people that knew about this, aside from the beta and gamma, it was only Amee, who knew about this fact and this secret shouldn't be known by a single soul, aside from them.

The night had never been so long and painful for Cane every time the new moon came.

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The beast was standing on its hind legs while his limbs were chained to the wall with something that looked like silver. It seemed to have cause so much pain, since Iris could see droplets of blood on the floor.

"Wh- what…?" Iris breathed raggedly when she saw the monster before her eyes. Was that a monster? They chained a monster in this place? But, why did they keep a monster?

She couldn't find the answers to her questions, but right now was not the time for her to look for any. She had to flee from here.

Whatever the reason they kept the monster here for was, that should be a secret that she must not know and knowing it wouldn't give her a good chance at survival.

The monster looked furious when he saw her and his canines threatened to rip her apart, while his claws emerged from the tips of his fingers. The silver chains rattled and the wall behind it shook, as if it was about to collapse.

She needed to get out of there, but her legs betrayed her, she couldn't move an inch, she was too stunned and scared to even move a finger. The darkness that surrounded her didn't help either. This darkness was suffocating and coupled with her fear, she felt lightheaded.

'No. You can't faint. You are going to die if you faint here!'

Iris kept talking herself out, so she wouldn't lose it, but the monster only looked even more agitated when she dragged herself away toward the door. She felt her body was so heavy, as if there was a huge weight that weighed her down, preventing her from leaving this room.

And right at that time, she heard the most horrid growl from the beast, as she watched the wall that bound him crumble.

In this situation, it didn't come to her notice how she managed to hear those sounds from the beast when she couldn't hear the crumble of the wall when the beast managed to break free from it.

Iris felt her heart was in her throat to see the beast was just two steps away from her.

His huge hand, which was covered with gruff hair, caught her left leg and dragged her toward him.

Iris screamed as hard as she could, but the beast growled even more viciously to see how scared she was, but then something really startling happened.

The monster before her eyes changed its shape. The monster was a shapeshifter? It shaped into someone that she thought she would never see in this room.

But, before Iris could organize her thoughts, he sunk his sharp canines into her neck.

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