Chapter 94: I do not speak to representatives...
Present Time.
Apex Hotel – Moon Whisper Territory. Room 4B
Selene POV
I came alive slowly to loud noise and the overpowering stench of sweat and cheap alcohol. My wolf, Bea stirred within me to show she was fine even though she was weak. Sighing, I tried to remember where I was.
Yeah, I was standing in front of Room 4B talking to a man who had followed me from the elevator to that floor and had been tying his shoelace right in front of the door. I was going to meet with the emissaries from the West as Kurtis has requested and try to figure out which one of them was King Tanner – Princess Jade’s father.
I was going to play the role of a distraught wife who was here to plead with him to take back his daughter and not let her marry Noah. Somehow, I had ended up being captured and here I was. My eyes were covered by a blindfold and I could feel the smoothness of the duct tape on my lips stretching the skin around it so much that I knew for sure that I would be getting a blister after this ordeal.
My wrist was tied tightly behind my back. I didn’t know where I was, I couldn’t tell if the bag that contained all the things Kurtis had given me was safe. Have they discovered that I was sent as I spy? I strained my ears again, trying to understand the conversation that was going on. Still, they were talking about going out later tomorrow to get women and someone was talking about how the receptionist at the hotel had stared at him flirtingly. So, he was contemplating if he should go and talk to her.
Suddenly, the room fell silent and for a moment, panic coursed through my body and I readied myself for the worst but what followed was a peal of laughter and then jabbering. It seemed the men were gambling. From everything I gathered so far with my senses – it seemed I was in an enclosed room with about seven to ten men but the problem was I didn’t know if I was with the right people or not.
Without a doubt, the King wasn’t there because if he was, they would not be making this racket of noise as they were. I willed myself to remain calm and focused as I concentrated on the scents floating in the room. I picked up stale beer, roasting meat, body odour, cards and gunpowder.
My body stiffened at the last scent but I brushed it aside. What was important now was getting them to notice that I was awake. Taking a deep breath, I tried to make any noise that I could with the duct tape on my mouth, trashing around. After what felt like an eternity, rough hands suddenly gripped my face and yanked off the blindfold.
I blinked against the harsh lights in the room... as my eyes slowly adjusted to it. Looking around, I took stock of my surroundings. Just like I had predicted, the room was filled with half a dozen men staring at me with smirks on their lips. From the expensive military clothes, they had on, I knew they were soldiers.