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"Two of the strongest emotions we feel are love and fear, fear normally coming from the things that we cannot control and disappointment coming from the love we give that is betrayed"

                                                  -MC
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Cold

Why am I cold?

The young wolf's eyes opens slowly, needing much effort to complete the simple task.

Kiara's fingers tingled lightly as they brushed along the dirty floor. She raises the delicate digits to her now opened eyes and what she saw surprised her a little.

Dirt

"Why is there dirt on the floo-"

She cuts herself off, sitting up immediately and in alarm; her eyes now taking in their new and frightening surroundings.

Reality hit like a wrecking ball and everything came rushing back to her.

"No, no no no!"

She runs to the rusty bars that were holding her prisoner, pulling against them harshly.
Even going so far as to ramming her body against them in the hopes of them breaking.

"Somebody help me!"

The metal bars burned into her skin, searing the innocent flesh beneath and she hollered out in pain. The scream seemed to be coming from the depths of her very soul, raw and real.

"Ah!"

Kiara screams until her throat burned, it was like the bars themselves shook beneath her voice's force.

"What the hell is going on! Somebody let me out of here!"

In the midst of her rage she grabs onto the bars again, hell bent on breaking them this time with her bear fingers.
The metal defied her as if it was cursed against her, as it burned through the flesh of her fingers leaving behind the stench of burning flesh.

"Ahhhhhh!"

The tears stream down her face as she falls to the dirty ground, trying to nurse her now burnt fingers.

"You really shouldn't be doing that."

Kiara's head snaps up at the new found voice in the room and she almost cried out in joy.

"Oh thank Goddess, please you have to let me out, I'm not supposed to be here I'm the prin-"

"The princess, I know."

"Then if you know, why aren't you opening the doors? Open them and let me the hell out -"

"I'm sorry but I can't do that."

"What? Were you there all along? Listening to me calling out for help and burning my fingers off?"

"I was, I'm sorry."

"I swear to all that is holy, when I get out of here I'm going to kill you if you don't let me out right now!"

"It's not that simple my princess. Do you really think I want to lock you up in here? I don't but I also don't have a choice. I need my hands too and they're no good if they get broken or torn off."

"Who said that they would do that to you? No one can hurt you ok, they don't have the authority to do that-"

"Your father did. Well he gave the go ahead, Draco was the one who technically said so.
So you see I'm as helpless as you are in this situation, but I know it won't do you any good to burn your fingers off. So please stop."

Kiara looks at the unknown guard and more tears form into her eyes. 

She was helpless

She remembers all who were waiting for her to return. Her heart broke a little at that thought.

She sighs

"What time is it?"

"Late in the night, about nine or ten maybe."

"Oh my Goddess, that's how long I've been down here? What the hell even happened? Do you know?"

"Uh, we probably shouldn't be talking about this."

"Please, I need to know the full story."

"I head that Draco drugged you and your father  ordered them to lock you in here. It's because he doesn't believe that you had found your mate. Everyone has been whispering about it."

Shock lined her face at his confession and she feels her heart stop for a moment.

Her father did this?

"Of course he hasn't, he'd have to actually listen to someone other than himself to do that.  To believe I'm not crazy and to not lock his own daughter in a dungeon cell."

"I'm sorry my princess, I'll stop talking about it. Maybe you should try to get some sleep?"

"I've been sleeping all day it seems, and against my will at that. I can't just keep doing that now."

The guard looks down at her and onto her hands with a sigh,

"I'm afraid it's the only thing you can do at this point."
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"Wake up Princess."

Kiara's eyes opened in a flash as she heard her title. She scrambled to her feet looking at a different guard from last night and she's confused.

"I have your breakfast for you."

She looked at the platter made with meat, different fruits and bread, and her stomach turns at the very thought of eating it.

"I don't want that. I want to speak with my father."

"I'm sorry but my orders were to give you food."

The stubborn man pushes the tray of food beneath the bars to her like she was some petty criminal and she snares at him. He was treating her like she was just some prisoner, like she had committed a crime but she supposed that that's what they made her into.

The anger rose within her and Kiara got up in a flash, grabbing the tray and throwing it at the metal bars. It landed with a loud bang onto the dirty floor and the contents of the tray scattered; somehow she felt satisfied with that.

"I said I want to speak with your King RIGHT NOW! I don't want any food!"

Her screams did not go unnoticed nor unanswered because less than five minutes later, the Alpha King Alderman himself walked through the door.

"Kiara, why are you making such a raucous, the prisoners have it hard already."

His smug demeanor was lost on her as she glared at him,

"Listen to me you smug and pitiful excuse of a man, let me out of this dammed cage right now or I will break it down my self! Even it that means breaking every single bone in my body."

Anger boiled in the king's eyes at his daughter's statement and he stared at her through the prison bars he put her in.

"Don't you dare talk to me that way! I'm your father-"

"Father? How? How could you be my father after tossing me in the dungeons without a second thought?!"

Draco was the next one to step into the room and Kiara glared her hate at him too.

"You were out there alone for a long while and you are not in your right mind. I don't see any mate here, do you Draco?"

"No I don't, I only see me."

"You are the next imbecile, you know you two deserve each other."

"Kiara stop."

"You didn't even give me a chance to show you that I'm telling the truth. All you have to do is let me out of here and I'll show you proof that he is real. I have a mate."

"Alpha, I'd like a moment alone to have a conversation with Kiara, I'll talk some sense into her."

"By all means."

"What? No! I don't want to talk to him I want you to let me out of here."

She screamed at her father but got no response.

"If you do this, If you walk out that door I will never forgive you! If you walk away now you are not my father!"

The Alpha King only looked back at his daughter once before he turned around again and silently walked away.

Kiara's body fell to the floor at the realization that her father had just walked out on her, leaving her in a dungeon with a psychopath.

"Guard please open the door."

The guard moved to fulfill the request but Kiara screamed, stopping him.

"Don't you dare open that door and let him in here. Don't you come near me Draco, you stay away from me and stay the hell out of this cell."

"Now now, I thought you wanted to be let out of the cell princess, don't tell me you're afraid of me."

"Guard, I said don't open this door. I might be a prisoner but I'm still the princess. I don't rank higher than the king but I sure rank higher than he does."

"Yes princess."

"Fine, you can hide in there all you want but it won't change a damn thing."

"Your mate dodged a real bullet when she died. Maybe Luna knew that you'd destroy her so she'd rather take her from you instead."

"Screw you!"

Draco rams his fist into the wall, screaming his anger out at Kiara. She didn't believe what she said but she just wanted to hurt him as much as they were hurting her now.

Draco curses her and walks away and out of the dungeons, leaving Kiara alone to finally breathe.

He walked into the main pack house, finding the king and conversing with him.

"We have to cut her off."

"Excuse me?"

"Kiara, we have to cut her off from her friends. We can't give them any access to her nor the main pack house or else she won't break, she'll just keep believing her lies."
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"Khal we have to go right now."

"I'm coming, I'm coming."

Khal grabs his bag, slinging the small article over his shoulder before he and Hailey step out of the house.

"Ok, we need to get to Marquése and tell him what our plan is then somehow get Kiara out of that dungeon and back safely to her room."

Hailey and Khal approach the pack house, coming to an unceremonious stop when the guard from yesterday blocked their paths once again.

"Grant please get out of our way, we have business to do."

"Sorry guys, you aren't allowed entry to the pack house."

"What? On who's orders?"

"The Alpha's"

Khal and Hailey look at each other, in both realization and panic seeing this situation for what it really was.

They have no way of getting to Marquése.

"No we have to get in there."

"I'm sure you heard exactly what I said."

Grant stepped up to them menacingly and they both stepped back, seeing how clear and strict he really was being.

"Leave."

They walked aimlessly away front the pack house in defeat, going into an unknown direction as they spoke.

"This is a really big problem for us."

"It really is. I can't believe they banned us from the pack house. Do you think they know that Marquése is in there?"

"I don't know, if they found him they may have thrown him in the dungeons by now. If they didn't find him, he's still in big trouble nonetheless."

"So what do we do?"

"Since we cant get into the pack house let's see if we can get in somewhere else."

"Where?"

"To the dungeons"