Chapter-30

-Only chance

Anna's POV

"You are a piece of shit!" As soon as I said that, his palm harshly touched my cheek. It stings immediately. Drake did slap hard. But I show now pain on my face. I am not going to give him that satisfaction. I look back at him. He is angry. He is not getting what he wants from me. He is not getting the fear that he expected to create in me.

It's been two weeks since he brought me here. Two weeks of constant torture and hitting. But I didn't give in. My body is tired and I am barely hanging on. Josh visited me twice in these two weeks. He says he made a plan to escape from here. But I don't know how much I can trust him. Not after what happened. But that's the only hope I have to escape.

I am still not able to connect with bane. They have still been giving me Resistor. It's making me lose contact with my wolf. It's making me week, weak physically, not mentally. He can't break me. I won't let him.

"You bitch!" He screams angrily in my face. He strikes me again. "You know, Alika was just like you. It didn't take me more than two months to break her. You will beak too." His face is closer to mine. My hair is covering my face, so he can't get a clear view of it. "When you break and when he sees you like that..." He laughs like a maniac getting away from me. "Oh, that's going to make me so happy.

"I saw the look on James face when he saw his mate kneeling near me." He says smiling, like he has achieved something. I want to smack him hard. "When he saw how broke she is... Oh, that's good. I want to see that Bane's face. I want to see his face when he sees that you are my bitch."

That won't happen you fucking asshole!

"I am going to do whatever it takes to do that. To make you my toy." He sits in front of me to level with my face. He moves my hair from my face and grabs my chin roughly. "I will now get my revenge and nothing can stop me. No one." He says looking straight into my eyes and I can clearly see that he means it. I can see the determination in them. He is determined to make me his toy. Then he laughs cinically.

He gets up and says something to his men standing behind him with a stoic expression. The one with whom he spoke leaves and he turns to me.

"I can just imagine the way it will make him feel when he sees what I have done to you. Then he will know how I have been feeling all these years."

I don't understand what he is talking about. What does he mean by that? I don't ask though. I don't want to provoke him or let him provoke me. I have to maintain my calm to bear all this. I should not let him get to me. I just want him to b e done with his taunting and torture for the day and leave me alone in my cell. The man who left a few minutes ago came back with some machine.

"It's here." Drake smiles wickedly and turns away from me to plug it and get it started. I don't know where it's plugged. Once he is done, he turns to me. "What are we waiting for? Let's get this started!" He says excitedly. Get what started? What is he going to do to me? I should remain strong. I should. One of his men comes to me and takes my hand. Drake comes to stand on my other side.

My heart beat increases. "What are you doing?" I didn't even think before asking. A little fear crept inside me. I know that he is going to hurt me physically. But how? Is he going to cut my fingers or is he going to cut me again like he did last week? It is the fear of not knowing how he is going to hurt me. I don't even look at him.

"Oh you will see." He says and looks at his men. "Hold her." He commands and before I can even comprehend what they are about to do, three men are holding me while one is preparing the machine. I can't see clearly cause Drake is holding me by my hair and pulling my head back. I wiggle and try to get out of their hold, but it's no use. It's four wolf men against me. I do not give up though.

"Let me go!" I shout loudly and try to get my hands free. I see the man operating the machine come close to me with something in his hand. I can hear my heart beating quickly in my ears.

"Only after this is done." Drake says as he pulls me back by my hair and I can only see the concrete ceiling above me. "Do it!" I hear him say and I wiggle hard. No. No! What are they doing?

I feel the man holding my left hand hold it firmly, not letting me move and the others too tighten their hold on me. I feel something pierce my hand. I try to move and it stops.

"Stop moving, Bitch!" I hear Drake shout and they hold me again. I am sure there will be bruises tomorrow morning where they are holding me. It is hurting me a lot. Goosebumps rise over my skin and I try to stop myself from leaving out a hiss. I grit my teeth to make sure to not let one out. I try to count numbers to stop feeling the pain. They are tattooing something on my hand.

After a while the piercing stops and my hand still hurts. Drake lets my hair go and the others let me go as well. I don't look at hand where they pierced. I don't want to. I feel tears burning my eyes, but I stop myself from letting them out. Drake comes to my left side and takes my hand before giving me that stupid smile that makes me want to punch him right in the face.

Whatever it is, I can see that he is satisfied with it. "You did a good job." He says to the man who has done the tattoo. He looks back at me. "You don't want to see it?" He asks and I know that's not a question. I just don't respond. I don't even look at him. "Oh, come on. Take a look." He brings my hand to my face and I pull my hand from his hold. "I wonder what Bane will do when he looks at this."

He will kill you once he sees you!

"Drake's Bitch. Suits you well." He says. I look at him angrily. That's what he has tattooed on my hand. I want to burn my skin there. If I ever got a tattoo, it will only be Bane name. I won't let this sta on hand once I am out of here.

"You think this will break me?" I ask looking at him.

"Oh, you thought this is the end of the game." He tsks and I want to pull his tongue out and cut it. "This is just the beginning."

I stare straight into his eyes with no fear. Letting him know that this means nothing to me and that this does nothing to me.

"Tie her up." He says till looking at me and I feel his men grab me and put the metal chains back on my hands. "Did I tell you how your mate is doing?" At the mention of Bane my ears perk up, but I give out no expression. I just stare straight ahead. "I heard he is going crazy." He smiles and I can see that he happy. "I might not get what I want from you. But I will get what I want from him. That I know."

He turns around and I about to leave the cell, but turns back. I almost took a breath of relief.

"Rest well, Doll. Today is just the start. I will have so much fun with you tomorrow." He says before turning around and leaving. All his men walk out after him and lock the door. The people in the other cells are watching me. Some are looking at me with pity, some just stare and some other with empathy.

The energy is completely drained out of me. I fall down on the floor and look at the hand that's just got tattooed. Dots of blood are surrounding the words. They didn't even clean it. I let out a sigh on the dirty floor. I just want to get out of here. Only one thought comes to my mind and his face appears as I close my eyes.

Bane.

A smile comes to my lips. Anyone seeing me might think that I have gone crazy, but it's him that's keeping me sane. I know that he will come to get me out of here. But that doesn't mean I can't try. I am going to take the only escape I have. I am going to take this chance with Josh.

What's the worse that can happen?

With that thought I close my eyes. Before I know it, I am out.

"Anna, wake up!" A voice whispers. "Anna, come on." I feel someone shaking me. I am too tired to respond. I don't have the energy to deal with Drake again. "Anna. Anna!" I slowly open my eyes and my vision is blurry. I blink twice to see clearly. It's Josh and there is someone behind him. "Anna, we have to go." What is he talking about? The person behind him is a boy, a boy of around ten years old.

"What?"

"We have to go. Now!" His little brother clings to his arm as I look at him. "I got my brother out from there. We have to leave before they notice that he is gone. I have come to get you." He whispers and looks over his shoulder to see if anyone is coming. "Anna!" He calls again and I come back to my senses. I have to make a choice now. It's time.

If I stay back, I know that Drake going to beat the shit out of me and if I go with Josh, the worst he can do is betray me. But what will he betray me for now? I look at his brother and he looks scared. He is wearing a torn shirt and small shorts. His face looks dirty. He looks like he has been in cell too. "Josh, is she going to escape with us?"

"Yes, kid. We have to save her." Josh looks back at me. "Anna, I have already informed Bane. I will take you to him. I know you don't trust me. At least come for him. He is waiting for you."

"Bane?"

"Yes. It is about an hour of walk from here. He will meet us outside the territory." I look at him confused. Territory? "This is Drake's territory. He has mines placed outside the boarder and around the territory and we don't know where. They have to wait out there." He looks around again. "Now, come on. We have to leave."

I have to get myself together. He helps me get up. My hands were tied when I fell asleep. Did he unchain me? I don't have time to ask. We have to leave first. He gets his brother on his back and we leave the cell.

As we walk out, I see a few men laying unconscious on the floor. "Come." Josh says as he walks ahead of me. Did he do this? We walk past them.

"What happened to them?" I can't stop my curiosity. We keep walking quickly.

"Let's say I mixed something in their food." He replies.

As we walk past the guards laying down my heart beats fast. The fear of getting caught grips my mind and I think of Bane. He will be waiting for me. He is out there and all I have to do is be brave.

Bane.

Suddenly the thought of going to him and hugging him brought me a rush of happiness. I can feel the comfort of being in his arms. The anxiety I felt a few minutes ago resides and I catch up with Josh and his brother whom he is holding.

"We are here." He pulls out a key from his pocket and unlocks a door. Where did he get that key? I don't ask. I just want to get out of here no matter how. It is a double door and he pushes one of it to open. Once I come out, I realize that the huge door he opened is a gate to the world outside Derek's pack house. We are still in his territory though. "Come." He says walking before me and I follow him.

We walk for what feels like nearly an hour. But I know in reality it's not. I am just exhausted and dehydrated.

"We are nearly there." He says.

"Josh." I call and he looks at me while we walk.

"Yeah?" He asks.

"For how long did he have your brother?" I ask looking at his brother who is clutching to his neck like his life depends on him and shrinks further into his chest and hides his face from my view, like he is scared of me.

"Nearly a year now."

"Why didn't you tell Bane?"

He gives me the are-you-kidding-me-look. "That would only jeopardize my brother's life. Derek would have done worse than he already had or worse he would have killed Robby." I look at him confused and he must have understood why. "My brother." He adds. I look at his brother who is on Josh's back. He looks at me and I give him a smile. He hides his face in Josh's neck. He is scared. I don't blame him.

After being with Derek for one year and that too at his age, it must be difficult to trust anyone or let anyone near again.

"I am sorry." Josh says. I remember how betrayed I have felt when he kidnapped. But now I understand. He did have a choice to either choose between me or his brother and it's an obvious one. He would choose his brother. I would have done the same. I can't be angry at him for doing what he did. After knowing the kind of man that Derek is, how could I?

"So it was you who informed Derek when we went to shopping with Bane?"

He looks at me with guilt in his eyes. "Yes and also the time when you and Bane were in the woods."

I purse my lips together. I don't know what to say. So I stay silent. We walk together in silent and Robby look at me twice then hides his face again. He is checking to see if I am trust worthy and I see it in his eyes whenever our eyes meet. I try to give him a kind smile, but my mind is filled with many thoughts. The thought that Bane is out there waiting for me is the one that's sticking out the most and giving me strength.

"The mines they did start from here. Watch your step and walk only where I walk. They have covered them with leaves. I know where they hid them. Don't trip or slip." He says and I nod my head. I don't have the energy to walk or even talk. He sees it. "We are almost there. Just five more minutes." He says in an encouraging voice.

He starts walking and I carefully walk behind him. The pattern in which we are walking tells me that they have hidden more land mines and anyone who tries to enter would not stand a chance to get to the pack house or dungeons or whatever it is that we came out and escaped from.

"Look up." He says as I was looking down to make sure that I am walking in the right path and walking right behind him. There is happiness in his voice. I look up and find Bane.

There he is!

He is really waiting there for me. He is waiting and looking at me with those eyes of his. Oh my! Suddenly I can't contain my tears and they fall out.

"Bane." His name comes out as a whisper and I think I am imagining him, weighing whether he is real or not until he moves a few steps forward and stops. Just a few more steps. There are more than hundred men behind him waiting for us. "Bane." This time I say again a little loud. I want to run to him and just bury myself in his arms, then let my tears out.

His eyes don't leave me. James is standing beside him. I feel confused. But I don't think much of it. I have to reach Bane. That's my sole thought for now.

Suddenly, a few men come from behind us. There is rustling as they walk to us. I look back and they are Derek's men.

No. No!

"Let's hurry." Josh says and turns around to walk quickly.

"That's not going to help dear." Derek's voice. My heart stops.

Please don't let it be him. Please don't!

"You take one more step and the bombs around this place will explode." Bombs? I thought there are only land mines. How stupid of me?! Josh and I look at each other.

We were stupid enough to think that we can escape from here. I look back at Bane. He looks like he might change into his wolf any second now.

I want to reach him.

A/N:

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