Prince Justus and the Rogue

Justus POV

I'm a little late making it over to the Taker's today but I finally made it. When I get there I can't believe my eyes. Mrs Taker is sitting on the ground holding Cecily who is crying her heart out about someone taking her sister. "What's going on? I don't understand?" My worst fears are starting to materialize.

"Two castle guards came in and grabbed Gracia. Cecily was screaming for them not to take her and holding onto Gracia's leg when one of the guards kicked Cecily in the face. Gracia struggled, kicked, and punched but to no avail. Finally one of the guards punched Gracia in the face and knocked her out. Georgio saw them outside and tried to stop them but there were too many guards and he ended up getting arrested too. Now what are we going to do Justus? Can you get them out? Bring me my husband." Her voice sounds scared as she rocks Cecily back and forth while sitting on the ground.

"Don't worry Mrs Taker, I'll bring him home." With that I turn and leave and run back to the castle.

I immediately go to the dungeons. "I want to see your newest prisoners."

"Prince Justus we haven't gotten any new prisoners since last month but I can take you to them." The guard leads me there and of course they aren't Gracia or Mr Taker.

"I want a tour of the dungeons." If they're not here then where can they be?

"Yes, your highness." They take me on a full tour of the castle's dungeons and neither Gracia nor Mr Taker are anywhere to be found.

I mindlink the general for the castle guards that I need to see him immediately. He meets me in the common library.

"Did you or anyone on your team receive an order to go to my grandparents cottage and arrest a young lady staying there?" I ask, holding my breath.

"I did not receive such an order but we can ask my lieutenants if they did, your highness." The general bows and then his eyes glaze over while he mindlinks his lieutenants.

His lieutenants rush into the room and I ask them the same question and they did not receive such an order so they mindlink their sergeants. I ask all of the sergeants the same question.

Finally one of the sergeants steps forward. "Yes, your highness, I received such an order from Lady Bozhena this morning. She said the young lady staying at the cottage was a great threat to our security and was a rogue." Trying to stay as calm as possible until I get all of the information I need. "Where did your men take the lady from the cottage?"

"They took the rogue to a dungeon between here and the cottage. She wanted to interrogate the rogue herself." The sergeant is looking around for someone to tell him that everything was going to be okay and what he did was just fine. "She was not a rogue she was my fucking MATE!" I grab the sergeant and tear his throat out with one swift movement.

Another sergeant raises his hand. "I'm not sure if this is relevant but after hearing his story it now sounds suspicious. I was ordered by Lady Bozhena to take Chef Hann to a dungeon not too far from here due to suspicion of planning an attempt to overthrow the crown. It's the dungeon we have marked as the Grendel Dungeon.

Gracia POV

Two guards push their way in and knock sweet Mrs Taker to the ground. They grab me while Cecily is screaming and trying to hold onto my leg. One of the guards kicked her in the face to get her off of me. "You fucking bastard!" I scream. I start really struggling against their hold on me, kicking, punching, anything I can think of but they won't let go. Finally one of them punches me in the face and I succumb to darkness.

I wake up inside of a cell in a dungeon. I'm really not sure where I am other than I'm inside of a dungeon. I could be in Alpha Titian's dungeon, the castle's dungeon, or another dungeon built between here and the castle for help if the guards have to travel with a prisoner. There are bars in front me, to my right and left, and then behind me is a stone wall. I touched the bars and burnt my hand so they must be silver bars.

That blond girl from yesterday in the gardens walks in. She smiles at me smugly. "Guards! It's this one right here." She's pointing at me for some reason then goes and sits down.

Two guards walk in. "Stand up" One of them says gruffly. They use leather cuffs to cuff my hands to the bars stretching my arms out as far as they would go. Then they rip the back of my shirt open and pull off my skirt. Then I feel a searing pain across my back. I have never felt anything like this before. They are whipping me with silver whips.

The blond girl walks over in front of me. "Just so you know those are silver whips dripped in wolfsbane." She smiles her evil smile then goes back and sits down. "Oh and I don't hear her screaming loud enough. Really put your back into it boys." She calls out to the guards.

I'm screaming for what seems like hours. They whipped me from the top of my back all the way down to my ankles. All that's left is bone. They would stop and look at the blond girl and she would get mad and tell them to keep going. Finally when I was on the brink of losing conscience she said it was enough and they let me down. After they let me down one of the guards walked over and poured a bottle of whiskey over my back. I screamed as the alcohol hit my back. Then they took salt and rubbed it into my back and my legs. I never knew pain like I did this day. I screamed until I lost my voice.

As I laid there feeling hurt and broken on the verge of passing out when a familiar voice spoke out of the darkness. "Just remember they can never take your soul."

"Who are you?" I ask because there's barely any light enough to see the hand in front of your own face.

"It's Mr Taker. Don't worry though Mrs Taker is still with Cecily back at the cottage. After you were knocked unconscious I tried fighting off the guards and tried taking you back from them. I guess it sounds kind of foolish now they had two in the cottage that were riding horses and then two more that were riding on top of the carriage that they threw you into. I didn't have a chance but I couldn't help myself. They beat me pretty badly. I've been coughing up blood for the past hour or so. Now it's up to Eda to risk coming here with Cecily to warn Justus about that sneaky bitch's plans." Mr Taker says worriedly.

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"They also took me Miss Feisty." Another voice spoke out of the darkness.

"Wait! Chef Hann! What are you doing down here?" I couldn't believe she would have the power to throw Chef Hann in jail.

"I was eavesdropping on her talking about getting you locked up and she caught me. But before I could send word to Prince Justus she had me thrown in here." He said ashamedly.

"Don't feel bad. Who is this girl and why don't the royals stop her?" I ask, wanting to understand more besides this helping to keep my mind off of the pain while my wolf tries to heal me slowly through the wolfsbane.

"Her name is Bozhena and she is the beta's daughter. Her daddy spoiled her rotten all her life and it shows. There was a rumor that started about six months ago that her parents were talking with the king and queen about Bozhena and Justus marrying. Well, Bozhena seemed to be all about the idea but Justus not so much. He's always been a fan of fated mates and the mate bond so he wanted to wait until he met his mate. But his parents wanted him to have a queen during the coronation ceremony so they could both be crowned together and they believe that a king should only mate with someone of slightly lesser standing so that means only alphas or betas. If it was a beta it had to come from the castle." Chef Hann explained.

"Wow. I could not imagine having those types of restrictions on my child for any reason. My wolf is crying for me to go to sleep for now. Maybe we'll talk later." I dreamed of Justus and I walking through a field of wildflowers, holding hands, and smiling at each other. Then someone grabbed me and pulled me away from him. He kept running towards me but I kept getting further and further from his grasp. Then I woke up. One of the guards had dumped ice cold water on my

head.

Bozhena walked up to me. "Ready for round two?"

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