Forsaken Mate by Drake Vasilisa

Author:Drake, Vasilisa
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-06-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter XX

The box was a thousand times worse now that I was standing inside it, surrounded on every side by silver.

Take a breath. You’re okay.

It was suffocating. I felt like I was choking, hunched over as I tried to get my bearings in the dark. It was too small for me to stand up, so I had to hunch down.

Inside, I was howling my distaste. Focus, I urged myself. But all I could do was feel the small space closing in on me.

Fuck. I’d spent more time than I’d ever wanted in small, enclosed spaces, and being caged again sent those memories flying around my head. I tried to steady myself, pressing a hand to the side before thinking better of it. I yelped from the contact. How was I ever going to get out of this? There was no way out. I couldn’t touch the walls, let alone bend them.

I’m in over my head.

“Breathe, little wolf.” Cole’s voice felt so far away. Distant.

I tried to hold on to the words, but they were miles from me. The walls, on the other hand, were so close. So damn close.

Come on, wolf, harmonize and let’s get out of here. But it felt farther away than ever.

Shit. Shit, shit, shit.

I had no space. I was trapped. There was no way out. No way out! I gave a desperate slam against the cage. There was no sense to the move, just a frantic need to get out.

But the silver wall didn’t budge. I was weak. Pathetic. Like a mortal.

Like the Omega I’d been, shoved in lockers and out of the way. Forgotten. Forsaken.

My shoulder burned. I felt like I was going to pass out.

Fuck. I was trapped.

Small spaces. Hated small spaces. Hated being trapped.

I slammed at the wall again. Tears sprang to my eyes as pain ricocheted through my body.

Trapped.

I sunk down to the floor, clawing at my throat. I couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t breathe.

Not again. Please, not again, not again. The words slammed through my head, drowning out everything in the outside world. There was only darkness and suffocating silver and the blurriness in my head…

BAM!

Light. Air. The sudden change barely permeated through the fog. I registered a pair of hands pulling me out, taking me out of the cage. Pulling me into an embrace. Lifting me. Moving me. I couldn’t tell where. All I could do was continue to taste the silver.

Weak. I was weak. Pathetic. Useless. Trapped. The words spun up and down through my head, a Ferris wheel I couldn’t escape.

“You’re okay, little wolf.” The voice was comforting. Familiar. Mine. But it all was caught up in the haze. I could see what was around me, but it felt like I was still inside, suffocating from the silver cage. “You’re having a panic attack.” The words were surprisingly gentle. “Focus. You’re not trapped.”

Not trapped. Slowly, the panic receded, leaving me panting, shaky breaths. I grew more aware of my surroundings. We weren’t even in the same room anymore. Cole had taken me back to my own room.

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