I started to speak again, but she held up a hand silencing me. So many questions flooded through my mind. What was she doing here? How did she get here in the first place? Why was she here? How was she hurting me?
"Go ahead," Luna said.
"What?" I asked.
"What do you mean 'what'? I can see it in your eyes. You want to ask your questions so go ahead and ask."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes," she said. "Now ask before I change my mind."
I relayed my questions to her.
"Are you quite finished now?" she asked.
"For now. I'll probably come up with some more later."
"Well, I can only answer some of those. Unfortunately, for you, I'm not at liberty to answer all of them.
"The first one I can't answer. But you'll find out later. I got here the same way you did. I can't tell you why I'm here but you'll find that out later as well. And last but not least, I'm not actually hurting you. It's just the illusion of it in your mind. Does that answer some of you questions?"
"Yeah, for now," I answered.
Just then, everything went quiet except for a quiet rustling in the trees. Luna suddenly dropped to one knee and bowed her head. Something or someone was coming and I had a feeling I wasn't going to like it.
I closed my eyes, heightening my hearing and listened closely to my surroundings. That, paired with my werewolf hearing, made it easy to pick up on just about any sound, no matter how small. I could hear Luna's quick breathing and her fast heartbeat. I could hear the light breeze that floated through the trees surrounding the small room. But most importantly, I could hear a creature flying fast towards us from the east.
As I lay on the platform, I waited for whoever it was that was coming, to arrive. Then she did, or rather, they.
"Emily," I said, my voice flat.
"Emily? Who are you talking to?" asked Luna.
"She is talking to me, Luna," Emily stated.
"But you said you name was-"
"Rose," she finished. "I know. But I couldn't tell you my real name until I knew that I could trust you. But I guess it's a little too late to find that out now, isn't it?"
Luna grimaced. Emily turned to face me again. I smiled sarcastically and she smiled back. But before Emily could begin talking I closed my eyes and began to speak myself.
"Luna?" I asked.
"Yes?" she answered.
"Do you know what you've done?"
"What do you mean?" she asked, confused now.
"By tying my up here do you know what you've done?" I clarified.
She didn't answer.
"You've just made it that much easier for Emily to finish what she started."
She stared at me, clearly not understanding. I sighed and stared up at the ceiling.
"Emily wants to kill me, Luna."
I heard her gasp in horror.
"Now do you see what you've done?"
"No," she said in defiance. "I don't believe it. I can't. I won't."
"Luna, you have to. Why would I lie about something this serious?
"Don't listen to her, Luna. She just wants to get out of here with her boyfriend."
"He's not my boyfriend," I mumbled.
"Whatever," was Emily's big comeback.
"Luna, look at me," I said, for she had looked away and closed her eyes. She opened them again and stared at me. "Luna, I'm not lying. You should know that. If you don't believe me, look me in the eyes and tell me that."
Luna only stared. Then she ran from the corner of the room where she was standing to the table where I lay helpless. She threw her arms around me and started crying.
"What have I done?" she whispered in my ear, so low that I doubt Emily heard it.
"I'll help get you out of this," she said, equally as quiet, and said nothing else.