Poison Rose(Roses & Kings #1)

She can't help thinking. What if Cassandra did know? What if everything doctor Elizabeth had told her was the truth? That her biological father was a beast, that he raped her mother, that she was the product of that rape, and that her mother never loved her because she reminded her of him.

Her heart squeezed with pain, a growl slipped from her. Must be Casvan. Reyna shakes her head desperately. Denial heavy on her tongue,in her throat choking her. No! She can't be a half beast. But what could explain the claws that protrude from her fingers or the fangs that slide down from her gums.

Reyna lifts her head and tries to fight the dizzying heaviness plaguing her ,instead of dislodging the feeling away, she feels her head sway. All her life she'd wanted only two things for her mother to show her love and care and for her to explore the world. Earlier after their induction she'd achieve the former. Reyna was sure her mother was proud of her. But now there's so much doubt, so many questions.

Reyna tried to sit up from the bed,her entire being screams in pain,but she didn't give up, her will too strong while her body is so weak like a newborn foal. She listened to both doctor Elizabeth and Benjamin talk about how many hours and bags of the blue liquid she needed before it would be enough.

Words like beast, freak, abomination and no longer human were said about her, as both discuss her fate. Reyna didn't know how everything suddenly changed. Her brain kept turning, wondering if her mother's hatred is so deep as to condemn her own daughter to Doctor Elizabeth's experiments.

There was something on her chest, it hurts whenever she moves. Reyna tried to yank away the intravenous attached to her hand to stop the liquid from entering her blood stream, but she couldn't.

The after effects of whatever doctor Elizabeth had injected her with, has made her body weak and what little strength she has was useless, she couldn't control nor coordinate her movement. She couldn't even raise her head from the lying position she was forced into for long.

But it was better than the agonizing pain of earlier. Chain to a hospital bed,naked with only a hospital gown, in a secret part of the infirmary Reyna had never been to— with several wires and tubes feeding only God knows into her body, Reyna was helpless against the cunning old woman.

She's been suspecting Elizabeth with conducting evil experiments ever since she saw how Javan internal glow was gone and the y shaped cut on Casvan chest. And now she's in the hands of the crazy scientist.

"What do you think is going on?" Mark asked what Reyna herself had wanted to know, but could not ask in her current state.

"I don't know, wait here I would go check and see if it's what I'm suspecting this foolish girl has brought upon us."

She pivoted immediately out of the room, which gave Mark that creepy bastard the opportunity he'd be waiting for. He palm Reyna's breast painfully, squeezing and groaning like a pig, bile churned in her throat.

"Reyna, Cassandra's little princess, I can't believe I have you where I had always wanted you." Reyna moans when he squeezes her breasts hard again. Though it hurts it barely registers in her brain compared to earlier pain. Her biggest problem is no one is here to help her against this monster. Now she knows why she never really liked him. A part of her must have sensed how disgusting he really is.

“What are you doing Mark? Leave her alone,” doctor Benjamin said, glaring at the other man with disgust.

"Mind your business. Get the fuck out doctor if you don't want to watch.” Mark replied, his hand going to his gun strap to his waist.

“What you're about to do is wrong,she's already sick and wounded. I won't let you rape her,” doctor Ben moved and stared him down,

“I was right, I knew you were weak, I told Liza you can't handle this type of work,” the older man said with anger but backed down, taking a few steps away from Reyna. When he was sure Mark wouldn't try anything, doctor Benjamin turned around with the intention to go back to his work.

“Weak bastard! We really don't need you,” before the other man could try and defend himself. Mark hit him with his gun on his head. Knocking him out! Reyna's heart sank to the pit of her stomach!

“Little princess, did you think he could save you! You don't get to die not yet. I have to hurry up before Liza comes back, I've got to sample you, I don't mind that you let that abomination have you first,or that you are a disgusting monster yourself. You're both going to die very soon that would compensate for what he'd taken from me," his eyes were full of malice and lust, he quickly yanked Reyna's hospital gown and lowered his pants, around his ankles.

Reyna eyes were filled with terror, she tried to fight, tried to kick, or do anything other than lay there and allow that piece of garbage rape her and take what was never his. But she she just so weak, her movements were uncoordinated. She rake her fingers over the man's face drawing blood, that enraged him. He slapped her face.

Then the old sleaze widen her legs and climb over her, he was about to shove inside her when a loud guttural growl suddenly filled the room, Casvan saw red when he saw that old fleabag about to rape his female. Before Reyna could thank God for sending Casvan.

His clawed hand picked Mark up like a rag doll and slammed him to the wall so hard his head cracked like a coconut. Brain matter and blood splatter on the wall. He let Mark's body slumped down against the wall, dead. But it wasn't enough Casvan rake his claws from his face down his chest leaving deep claw marks that were currently bleeding profusely.

“Kitten! Fuck! I'm so sorry I wasn't here to protect you. That bitch would never come near you ever again. Come let's get you out of here,” Casvan growled, and rushed to Reyna where she lay unmoving and quickly put back her pants, he yanked the wires and tubes attached to her body then picked her up and carried her out of the room.

Reyna's eyes widened when she saw doctor Elizabeth's body, in the hallway. Her neck had been severed from her body, her eyes staring into nothingness. Casvan raced down the hallway and out of the infirmary.

Smoke, fire and bodies were everywhere, fortunately Reyna didn't see any guardians or roses bodies. She was shocked to see her Queendom turned into a battlefield, with different dangerous creatures fighting each other. Creatures they've heard of but never seen before, pillaging and plundering, subduing women and running away with them on their shoulders.

The women of course fought them back, the roses, witches and guardians were merciless. Where the men only wanted to subdue them. The women wants them all dead. They stab and slice, but even so they weren't as strong or as big as the creatures. Reyna wished she could fight and help them. She tried to wiggle out of Casvan hands,to help her people but she couldn't, her body was growing weaker and weaker by the second. Her temperature was so high.

She was burning up but felt so cold that she kept shivering. Her thoughts were centered around her mother and her Nana. She wondered where they were and if they were both safe. Her head lol when she tried to raise it and asked Casvan to take her to look for Cassandra and her Nana.

Casvan felt like his Kitten was slipping away from him, she's so weak. He wishes he hadn't killed the doctor that fast,she didn't deserve an easy death. He wished he'd dragged out her death and made her suffer. But at the time his entire thought was on getting to his mate before it was too late!

As he raced down the burning castle with her in his arms and the fights going on all around him, he hugged Reyna close, his claws out ready for any unfortunate soul that tried to attack him or his mate.

“Nana, mo...mother!” his Kitten voice cut through his thoughts, was weak and low. Before he could do anything she passed-out. Maybe it was for the best. His Kitten needed as much as rest as possible. In the state she's in right now and with everything happening around them. Casvan would prefer to be far away from here by the time she wakes up.