Chapter 11

“Psst! Jason... can you see me?” Jake’s voice drifted over to where I was tied. 

“I can’t see nothing.” I whispered back. I strained against my bounds. They were tight. “Where are you?” 

“Over here.” He shone his wolf eyes. 

I saw them. “Lily would think I bailed out on her. I will never be able to look her in the face... she wouldn’t even want to talk to me.” I slumped back on the chair where I was tied  

“Are you crazy?” Jake whispered fiercely. “We’ve been kidnapped and bound by some crazy Feys and what you can think of is Lily??” 

“It’s not my fault I love her.” I said wearily. 

 “Remember what to tell them when they ask what happened.” 

“I remember, don’t worry.” 

“Also, I don’t think it’s necessary to tell them about – wait a second! Someone’s coming.” Jake said and lay still like he was dead or sleeping. I didn’t know which one he was trying to play. 

“Do ou really think that what ever it is you’re doing is going to deceive them?”

The door I hadn’t even noticed was there opened and three Fey Watchers walked in. I recognised Alyssé immediately.  

“What do you want with us?” Jake snarled. 

“Can you send some Men to make sure that Lily’s okay?” I asked at the same time.

Alyssé turned to me and smiled. “Why, who’s Lily?” Then he turned to his men behind and laughed. “The young pup is in love.” 

“Can you just do it?” I asked again. 

“No.” He snapped at me. “Take that one to the other room, I’ll be there shortly.” 

The two feys pulled the straining and shouting Jake to the adjoined room. 

Alyssé bent and looked at me, right in my eyes and said, “Something happened few nights ago. The nights you you your cousin there were missing. Care to tell me what happened?” 

“You can lick my ass... I ain’t telling you shit.” I said in a low tone. 

“I thought as much. You have a nasty language. I’ll circle back to you... After I’m done with your cousin.” With that, he swept away and i noticed his feet didn’t touch the floor. 

“You, leave Jake out of this!! Don’t touch a hair on his head!!” I yelled. 

He ignored me totally and entered the room where Jake was. 

I strained my ears to hear what was going on in the second room. But even though the doors were opened, I couldn’t pick a sound. 

They used magic to sound proof it, the voice rang in my head. He sounded angry. 

You aren’t angry, are you? I asked in my head. 

Take a guess, he replied. 

Alyssé and his men spent a long while with Jake. It was pretty late when I left the house. Now, it would even be more late. 

I let my mind drift through my thoughts.  

It would be way past 9 by now... maybe even approaching midnight. Mum would be mad. And worried. Lily might be disappointed and sad. She would never talk to me again. I groaned. 

Dad might have been back from his meeting. When he finds out I and Jake are missing, We’re both dead meat. 

Alyssé stepped out from the room and stood, just looking at me. Then he walked forward. 

“Your cousin told me what had happened. I don’t believe a word he said. So I’m going to ask you one more time. What happened there that night?” 

I looked away. 

“Okay then. Have it your way.” Hr turned to one of his men. “Prepare them for the invasion.” 

“T-the what??” I asked, staring suspiciously at them both. 

“The invasion. Ah, yes. The part where I use magic to invade your mind and then I sift through what I want till i find that night in your memories.” 

Oh shit!!

I struggled to break free. 

He laughed. “Those binds are leather seasoned with Wolfsbane. No wolf can break through. The more you struggle, the tighter it becomes.”

He walked out followed by the other two Feys that had entered with him. 

I kept on struggling to free myself. But the binds were not getting any tighter. They remained as they were. 

He said ‘No wolf can break free.’ 

Hey Feline, little help here? 

The place became brighter and I knew I had shifted partly. I snapped off my binds and tore at the ones on my foot with my claws. 

“This is awesome.” I said softly, looking at the claws with intent. 

I ran to where Jake was and found him tightly bound. He had been struggling and it had just been getting tighter and the Wolfsbane had started buring his skin slightly. 

He looked startled as I barged in, eyes glowing and claws extended. 

I tore free his binds and helped him up. 

“We have to get out of here.” He whispered. 

“No kidding.” 

We ran to the door in the room they kept me.

“It’s locked.” 

“Damn! We’ll wait for them to open it.” I suggested. 

“Then what?” 

“We make a run for it.” 

“You’ve totally lost your mind, Jason. Make a run for – “

“Sshhh... I feel someone coming. Get ready to run.” 

Jake took a deep breath and stood behind me. I stood directly in front of the door, one arm leaning of the door frame in a relaxed posture. Eyes glowing green.

The door slid open and the Fey assigned to prepare us for the invasion was about to enter. 

“Um, I was wondering... where do you guys keep your keys?” I asked. 

He was dumbfounded for just one second. But that was all I needed. I smashed my head to his nose.

It didn’t feel as cool as I watched in the movies. My head hurt and I was also stunned until Jake zipped past me pulling my arm along with him. I took a quick glance behind me and saw the Fey collapse like a sack of potatoes. 

We ran down a dark hallway then turned left and met a staircase going up. 

“What do we do?” Jake asked me. 

“Up up up.” I pushed him towards the stairs as I heard some people coming. 

We chambered up the stairs, already panting, I directed the way praying silently that we don’t get lost. We ran down another passage way which ended in a window. 

I stretched my neck out the window and saw that we were about 2 storeys up. 

“Jump! Jump!” I yelled. 

“Wha –?” 

I saw the tip of a gray robe as a Fey stepped up at the end of our passageway. 

I ran and gathered momentum and crashed through. 

Bad idea, my Cat yelled. 

I was aware of a Fey shouting from the broken windows and of Jake flailing beside me as we fell. And fell. And fell. 

That was obviously not 2 storeys. More like a 10 storeys. Maybe. But surely not 2 storeys. 

We fell for about 5 minutes and that was a long time when you were acting with gravity. 

I landed on my stomach and face. I was sure all the bones in my body had cracked and even broken. 

Jake landed gracefully full wolf. He landed on all fours and watched as I gathered myself from the floor. 

“Run run run.” I yelled at Jake. 

He leapt forward with blinding speed. I scampered behind him as I sighted Feys coming towards us. I recognised the angry face of Alyssé amongst the incoming watchers. 

Jake slowed down so we ran side by side. I caught sight of a chain fence with a gate and roads with people walking and going about their normal day. 

“Run through the gate. It’ll break under the impact of us hitting it.” 

Jake sped up a bit and I watched as the muscles of his shoulders and limbs rippled and shone under the harsh glint of the sun. 

We crashed through the gate at the same time. It broke open and we broke free... into darkness. 

I turned at where we just burst from but no gate, no fence, no sun, no road, no people and certainly no Feys watchers and their Watchtower. 

Instead we were surrounded by thick large trees that blocked off the rays of sunlight, muddy swamp, a brown stream was flowing by our side and the new knowledge that we were lost.... again.