Celeste's POV:
It has been a week since I have been imprisoned, I had discovered that Jet has been stuck down here for over three months. He wouldn't tell me anything else as it was "top secret" in his words. Daniel has only been here for two weeks, he was like me going into the forest to just get away from the world. He didn't realize he had ventured into our pack territory and got caught when he was trying to find his way back home.
As I have been down here I have tried to figure out everything, but nothing was as easy as it seems. There was no reason why my pack betrayed me, and I can now be classified as a rogue.
Conner and Xavier sometimes come down to integrate us individually, but they were never going to get anything out of us. I was betrayed by them, therefore trust was gone.
Conner had me beaten to a pulp, and left me here to starve, never feeding me once. When Jet and Daniel got given some food they were threatened if they ever gave me any.
I was weak as a twig, laying on the cement floor of the basement. Hoping for a miracle that may never happen.
Just as I was about to disappear into my dreams I heard the door to the basement open and close, followed by heavy footsteps. He's back, and this time he's going to kill me! Oh sweet death, take me. I cannot handle anymore torture, I want to be with my mother.
The footsteps got closer, I looked up to see Conner nearing my cell. He opens the door, grabbing my arm and forcing me to my feet. He was being very rough with me, making sure he hurts me in the process.
Another round of torture, I can feel death is near. I don't want to hold on anymore, I just wanted the pain to be over with. To be my shadow instead of being me.
He sits me on a chair strapping my arms behind my back, and my legs to the chair. They were using silver chains, it burned a lot. I could smell the burning of my flesh as it sizzled beneath the metal.
My scream was muffled by a gag that they had placed in my mouth before. "Are you ready to talk now Celeste?" Conner grumbles, grabbing my hair forcefully, pulling me back to look at him.
I could see the coldness of his eyes gazing upon me, there was nothing in them. No remorse, no guilt... Nothing.
I didn't say anything which caused him to kick my stomach hard, I heard a crack and the sharp pain traveled through my body. He has broken my ribs, again.
I couldn't stop the stream of tears and screams, it was intense. He wasn't satisfied and went to kick my shoulder, another loud audible crack was heard. He smirked knowing that he had just broken my shoulder.
This heartless man I once knew as Alpha, as a family was now breaking me down. Taking me down to the grave, and not caring one bit as he's doing it. This is not the same man I once knew, this was a demon.
Finally after all the torture, the kicking and hitting he put me back into the cell. I couldn't move, this was one of the worst, this was not a normal beating. It was like he wanted to kill me this time.
"Fucking hell, what the heck!? They really were going to try to kill you this time!" Jet yells trying to grab ahold of me in the cell to comfort me. I couldn't speak or move, I just lay motionless on the cold cement floor.
The pain was excruciating, I couldn't breathe properly because my ribs would pinch every breath I took. Tears streamed out my eyes, but I didn't make any noise. Nothing, I just lay on the ground with nothing left in me. Nothing left to live for.
I close my eyes dreaming of the day I could be free, but I know that will never happen. I could hope but I know now that I'm stuck. I'll never be able to experience my first shift, or spend time with my mate, I'll never see the moon shine brightly. I'll never have a family, or see my brother ever again. This was my life, a tiny cell with nothing but silver bars and a hard cement floor.
'Don't give up' I heard in my head, but I didn't listen. It was too late, I had given up ages ago.
Amira hasn't spoken to me since I've been trapped here, I couldn't feel her at all like she had disappeared. Like she never existed in the first place.
My thoughts drifted to when I was fighting and was free, the forest and Zira the Moonlight Goddess. I could remember how her presence calmed me, but she wasn't real. I wouldn't be in here if she was. It was just my imagination, a coping mechanism from when my mother passed.
I started drifting in and out of consciousness as the blood pooled around me. I just allowed it, maybe this will be the end.
"My child," the voice whispers, I open my eyes to see a beautiful garden. I was standing on a cobble pathway, the grass was the brightest green I've ever seen. Flowers tower over me as I walk up to a single bench in the middle of two trees.
As I was about to take a seat Zira pops out from behind a tree, she walks up to me with a comforting smile. I smiled back at her, but then the realization hit "Am I finally dead?"
She chuckles lightly as a breeze blows my hair with it. I push my hair back and realize I wasn't in pain, I look down to my body and see no bruises or cuts. It was just my normal body, as healthy as ever.
"No my child, you're in my world. A dimension between yours and higher gods/goddesses." Her voice was as soft as cotton, she sat next to me on the bench "So there's more of you?" I ask, I'm not sure why I felt so calm around her. But it feels right, I feel warm and safe.
"Yes my dear, each to their own. Titan being the strongest and most powerful of us all." Zira places her soft hand to my shoulder, she looks into my eyes smiling. But she was sad, the smile was sad. Something is wrong.
"What's wrong Zira?" I asked, looking at her with concern, she had now gotten up and faced forward. I couldn't see her front, only her back. Suddenly the world around me started changing.
The garden was no more, it looked like a battlefield. Many bodies lay scattered around, fires ablaze in the background. Weapons of mass destruction lay all around. Zira still stood in front of me but she had decided to face me.
I couldn't believe what I was seeing, "What's happening Zira? Is this what's happening now?" Zira just smiled sadly at me.
"This is the past my child, what I'm going to show you happened thousands of years ago." She flicked her fingers and suddenly the world around me started moving.
I could hear the agony of people dying around me, blood seeping out of fresh wounds all around. The moons start to rise in the sky lighting up the dark of night. It had started getting brighter, soon it was blinding.
Then without a second darkness, I look up again towards the moon. The moon had changed color, it looked black like an eclipse but there was no eclipse. The moon was just black like all life got sucked out of it.
Suddenly I see a little blue light flicker in the distance, and three people show up. Their bodies glow bright as the moon once. There stood Zira looking around in disappointment.
Behind Zira were a male and a female, both looked close. I could see they were connected, kind of like mates. "That is Titan," Zira says, pointing at this bright male.
He stood tall and was very well built, his skin as pale as Zira's. His eyes showed no color, just light. I could feel his power, he was very strong. "The lady beside Titan is called Dione, the goddess is also the most powerful, nearly as strong as Titan. She is the queen and Titan is the king." Zira explained, but then what is Zira to them?
