GIFTED RILEY by Lacy Mierr

Chapter 66: There Was No Coming Back From This

*Riley*

I cried in frustration as two men came forward to pull me back into the house I just managed to escape from. I hadn’t even thought to keep up with where I went trying to find my way out, not planning to be locked

away so soon.

“No, no, no! Please!” I cried to the men carrying me back through the home. Instead of going back upstairs, they were bringing me downwards. Towards the basement, no doubt.

I kicked and screamed to try to get away from them. They didn’t stutter once in their movements going in. That only made me struggle harder. Something that also didn’t stop them.

“I just want to go home,” I cried to them. Malik was followed behind with a large grin as he watched me try to get away. I was so weak compared to them, not feeling well at all.

They tossed me to the hard basement floor, shutting the door and letting the only light in the room be the swinging bulb in the center of the room. I couldn’t take in anything else in the room as Malik stepped forward to inspect me.

I flinched back, worried about what he may have had planned next. I

just wanted my mate. I wanted to be back home in the warmth of my bed. Not in this terrible home filled with corpses and monsters.

“She’s healing a little too fast for my liking,” the leader hummed as he stared down at me. I silently cried harder as I realized what he was thinking. He took a look at his men, there were four of them around me waiting for his order, “I don’t want her to be able to move when you’re finished with her.”

“You don’t have to do this,” I pleaded with the man. “I haven’t done anything to you. I just wanted to go home, you have to understand!”

He didn’t care to listen. His eyes were locked onto his people as if I hadn’t spoken at all. With the lack of response, I wasn’t sure I did in the first place. I didn’t try speaking out again either way, since it was obvious it wouldn’t go anywhere.

They were quick to follow what Malik asked for. The man himself turned away to walk back up the stairs. He was going to order my torture just to leave?

I sneered at his back, hoping that he would get what he deserved for what he was doing to innocent bystanders. Though I wasn’t sure if that would ever happen. And, if it did, it wouldn’t be by me. Even if I were

to survive.

I didn’t get to dwell on his downfall for very long when the first heavy hit came down on my back. I cried out, not suspecting the attack. I fell to the cement floor completely as my arms failed me.

Chapter 66: There Was No Coming Back From This

The whip that one of them lashed out on my back was unlike any regular whip I could have experienced before. It was metal links for the entirety of the weapon and, though I had never had it used on me, I knew what metal it was made of

Silver was a material that was deadly to any and all wolves it was used on. It didn’t matter how strong you were. The weapon used on a wolf’s body would poison it and weaken the rest of the body with a single hit. And, if my nose wasn’t wrong, everything down here was made from silver.

“Please,” I tried to cry again. I curled into myself, trying to protect my vital body parts from the torture they were planning to put me through.

Unfortunately for me, the next hit had no hesitance behind that one either. It was going to be a very long night for me. I could only hope I would survive it all.

By the end of them letting out their anger, I lay helpless bleeding out on the cold basement floor. My gasping breaths were shallow and quick as I tried to keep myself alive. Everything hurts.

My back was abused heavily, but they didn’t leave my arms and legs out of the long session. I was stuck on my side, gasping and twitching from everything that happened.

A few tears were still glued to my pale checks, but I was no longer crying. I didn’t have any tears left at this point. I had cried for so long that my voice was so strained it only sounded like a croak at this point.

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I found out quickly that trying to talk to the man led to nothing. My words meant nothing against the order they had from their leader. All I could do was lay there and take the heavy beatings.

Now, I lay alone and in silence. They left me to report back to Malik since there was no way I would get back up.

My body wouldn’t heal any time soon, if at all. The silver in my veins. was too strong. The metal poisoning was taking a heavy toll on my person. Something that my wolf wouldn’t be able to get back up from.

It wasn’t that I didn’t try either. I pushed my body to heal the bleeding wounds. Squeezing my eyes shut only caused more pain. I let out a whimper, knowing that this was going to be it for me. I was going to die here, on the cold hard ground. Alone.

I thought back to Nicolas. I hoped he would find himself even after I was gone. I missed him so much. I had been missing him before my kidnapping, but now I wished I had gone back to the castle with him. that day.

Sure, we had started rocky, but the highs were what I was thinking about now. I thought back to the moments like our very first kiss. Or the moments when he turned to me and I could see his gaze soften.

Even the time he tried getting her her favorite treat only led to the misunderstanding that unlocked my wolf. That was sweet now that I knew the truth.

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He had been there for me through so much. Saving myself from the life I was born into and showing me all that I could become.

I only wish that we could have had longer together. Our time was up and I couldn’t even thank him for everything he has done for me now.

I closed my eyes tight again before relaxing my body. I would give in to it all. There was no need to suffer any longer when I already knew the outcome. Let the next life be more merciful than this one.

Then there was a faint voice in the very back of my mind. Giving me faith that I may be able to survive this. The voice spoke, “Hold on, he’s coming.”