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Juniper opened her mouth to speak but the sounds of a lock turning distracted us.
“Just go with it, it’ll be better for us!” Juniper whispered, panicked as she looked at me with wide, pleading eyes. As much as I wanted to fight and scream, Juniper probably knew better in this situation.
Alec entered the room, holding a bottle of water and a sports drink. Wearing a T-shirt and a pair of jeans he looked far more relaxed than when I’d last seen him.
“You’re awake!” He cooed happily, walking over to us, ignoring my flinch as I tried to shuffle away from him. He placed the drinks on the bedside table, looking me over.
“I bet you don’t feel great, Petal, you need to drink. I see you’ve met my little bluebird.” He gently stroked Juniper’s hair, and she gave him a smile that didn’t reach her eyes, but he couldn’t tell. He revelled in her smile.
“Do you like your new friend?” he asked her.
“Yes, I do.” Juniper kept the smile on. “Is that why she’s here? To be my friend?”
“Yes, she wasn’t being taken care of by other mean alphas. I thought she would make a nice addition to our family.”
I felt sick at his words, simply looking between the pair of them.
He turned to Juniper. “I’ve been speaking to a friend of mine, he’s got some lovely medication for you.”
That sounded ominous.
“Medication?” Juniper asked sweetly.
“To bring on your heat! I know we wanted to wait, but with Lavender here I thought it best if you go through your heats at the same time.” He leered at me, and I refused to let my disgust show on my face. Like I would ever spend my heat with such a vile, disgusting creature? “I've got to go to work, bluebird, take care of your friend and make sure she rests, okay?” Smiling down at Juniper, he petted her like a fucking dog.I wished I had some sort of utensil I could shove in this Bundy wannabe’s eyes.
“Of course, I will,”Juniper smiled back but her eyes still had no light in them. How did he not see that? I guess delusion was a powerful thing. I remained silent as they conversed, opting to simply watch their interaction.
“I think Petal will fit in very well.” He smiled, looking over at me. “Make sure she gets some clean clothes, those are too dark and dirty for you pretty little girls.”
He grinned sadistically before turning to leave, the telltale sound of a door locking let us know he had penned us in.
“What the fuck?” I croaked, trying to make sense of what I had just seen.
“If I play along, he doesn’t hurt me.” Juniper gulped. “He’s going to bring on my heat,” she whispered, her voice tiny and broken.
“We’ll get out of here before then. I won’t let that happen. Kane won’t let that happen either.”
Juniper stared vacantly at me, her eyes filling with tears. She was so pale, I worried she was going to keel over.
Pulling herself together she shook her head and wiped away the tears. “I’m so sorry, we need to get you a change of clothes. He loves all this girly stuff. Drink this first, the seal is still intact.” She passed me the bottle of sports drink, and looking closer, I could see it was unopened. I snapped it open and chugged it.
“Deja vu,” I muttered.
“Excuse me?” Juniper asked.
“Not my first time being drugged, though last time it was Archer and Gage taking care of me.”
Juniper smiled sadly. “I’ve not spoken about them in years. How are they doing? Did Gage finally take over his dad’s shop?”
“They haven’t been focused on their own things, they’ve been preoccupied with finding you.” I shrugged sheepishly.
Juniper’s eyes watered. “They didn’t put their whole lives on hold did they? I always imagined them happy, free.” She quickly wiped a tear as it fell.
“I’m sorry, I won’t lie to you—your brother loves you dearly and couldn’t go on without finding you first.”
“But he may never find us!” she sobbed.
“Well, they'll know who took me,” I said, and Juniper stilled.
