e in weeks, I ste

weren't following the deman

d me with blood red eyes. I didn't like

memory s

he basement. One who was well-known f

I saw the sharp points of one fang. It

ago had

stronger the longer

n down my spine. I froze when I felt the sl

muttered from behind me. "I will have a word with your m

gently, but tight enough to ensure that I couldn't get awa

open the backdoor with

man holding me

sita

ully. Warm breath fanned the side

make me force you into the ca

nes were going to

car and slid across the leather seat to the other side of the seat

ll room where I was forced to shit in a chair. For half an hour, I was forced to stare at graphic pictures and listen to instructions. Th

he asked when the

wed. "N-

me through the portal." It

y knew th

but I was too s

n. We weren't allowed to talk without permission. In fact, the on

sn't how I

ed because I

e blee

a moment I had completely forg

are you

ned, but I had learned tha

k you again, Angel,"

k," I w

e tilted his head to the sid

ed to

" he mu

he r

anything about that door we came through? Why wasn't he doing anything abo

e. "But we need to get a look at your wounds first. From what

like you'

King Lucas was tall and had broad shoulders; he almost looked like a bodybuilder, except his muscles looke

m n

door and wince when my b

d, let me t

d trailing down my back and dampening the dress I wo

oing to do anything, I felt a tug on the dress and then the first button slipped f

im suck i

ered. "They won't tell me where I am or ho

questioned as he started un

chest to keep the front

told him. "They dared me to touch it and when I did, it opened. I thoug

went wi

lips. "Not

were forc

ined s

of the dress away from my sk

ried to get a look at it in the bat

ed buttoning the dress back up again.

. "The belt didn't w

tretched

looked like it did back on Earth. They used the same things, lived in the sam

me more abou

, and my friends disappeared. I tried searching for them and

e fact that a strange man had healed me

rst human to c

e first, it means that my friends

know much about the portal, b

why you

the reas

darted ov

the othe

as didn'

traighter when the

he private en

ay your h

opped open when I caught my first glimpse of the castle. It

ng pain in my back, I would

A minute later, we drove through another gate into a court

the door f

cas urged as he cl

towards me. Was it some kind of test? The man was royalty, and

ng

as thankful for the hold he had on my hand because my le

thing was probably

led gray tiles and then tilted my head up to blink at the ceiling. It was painted with di

sitting room. King Lucas led me over to

ched behind it to pull out a glass. Placing it dow

rnails change into a thick claw. He used the sharp tip to

muttered as he picked up the

ll hea

hat's just.No. Do you h

down on the couch. He straddled my waist and pinche

brown eyes flashing

was to open my mouth. I held my breath for