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Chapter 34: Sickness

Axel's POV:

Hours pass while Claire sleeps against my chest, her bleeding has slowed over the few hours she has been asleep. The average gestation period for a Galileus is 2 months, I'm not entirely sure how long it takes for Wolcin offspring to reach the point of birth. Once she gets pregnant, my hibernation will subside until the child is born so I can protect Claire until then, this goes for all Galileus.

The scent of her heat has become bearable due to her bleeding slowing, Lillith's heat continues to invade the cell we are in. She was forced to listen to our session the entire time, although it doesn't bother either of us. I know very clearly that she would still want to mate with me in a heartbeat, which is most likely the reason she is here.

Looking over at Lillith, she still has not tried to kill the goat and she still remains in the corner of her cell.

'How did they capture you.' I say to her.

'Alex found me before I could flee the continent…' She says.

'Are you telling me the truth?' I ask in a stern voice.

She looks over at me, she then looks away, '…they found me lingering around your old lair…I went to see if you were still there and if…you decided to move on…from Claire…'

'You disobeyed me.' I say as she begins to cower in her cell.

'I'm sorry Axel…please forgive me…'

I do not respond to her, I look down at Claire and slowly move some hair out of her face, I breathe in her scent, unable to pick up whether she is pregnant or not yet. I will defend her and the baby with my life if conception occurs, which will likely happen. Even if it does not occur, I will still defend her with my life if I have to.

Claire begins to shift against me, moving more onto her stomach. My eye sight begins to get blurry while I feel a tingling sensation in the back of my neck, realizing I am becoming tired for no reason. I hold her closer to me, trying not to fall asleep. I hear the sound of Lillith falling over as she passes out from the same treatment I'm being given, I shake my head hard trying to keep myself conscious.

Everything I try fails as I am forced into a deep sleep.

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I slowly regain consciousness while my head feels like it was just crushed by a truck, I push myself off the floor and look around, realizing I am now in Claire's cell next to Lillith's and the wall between my cell and Claire's is down, separating the two rooms that were connected just now and the wall between the cell I'm currently in and Lillith's is gone. Standing up fast, I growl deeply and place my hands on my head, immediately feeling a throbbing pain from my skull. The lights are still off, but Claire is no where to be found, Lillith is still passed out and slowly regaining consciousness.

My senses don't pick up Claire anywhere near here, and I am unable to catch the scent of her either. I begin to growl loudly, "Alex, where is she!" I shout out through the cells and down the hall, knowing he can hear me.

His footsteps catch my ears as he walks in front of the cell I'm in and smirks at me, "Testing. And by the way, thank you so much for making it easier for us to get her pregnant, now we just need to wait until it comes, take it and do whatever we desire to it. We may even hybridize it with my daughter if it turns out to be male. That will definitely be interesting wouldn't it."

"Stop your bullshit and bring her back to me!"

"Not until you mate with that female in the cell with you, and because of how easily you obeyed us with our last request, I assume you will have no problem obeying this request in order to get her back to you. Oh and by the way, your brother is coming to visit you for a while, but not for long as these interesting humans have a plan for him, since he has so much of your mother's blood in him." He says as he pulls out one of Amon's feathers from his pocket, fresh blood getting on his hand from the sheath, telling me it was pulled within the last 5 minutes.

I clench my teeth together tightly as I snarl at him, spreading my mandibles again in anger, "…and what are they going to do to him.."

"The same thing they did to the two Wolcin, one of them being Claire and the other I believe was named Linica. They will drain his angelic blood from him, along with your girl. The last time the two Wolcin were lucky enough to escape before they could finish draining the angelic abilities from Claire, but they succeeded in draining it all from Linica." He says, grinning.

"And what is your plan with me."

"Patricia brought you here so this place could find a way to kill you, but for now I am letting them spare you in order to get some offspring from you that will be to the company's advantage for scientific testing, to possibly create a new race of humans along with the angelic blood they will collect. I don't care what the company does with the purebred Galileus you and Lillith will create, I am only interested in the hybrids you will be producing. I will take them as my own to create a stronger race of Cryal, combining the blood of the Galileus, Cryal and Wolcin to create the ultimate apex predator."

"My father was right, you are fucked in the head."

Alex grins at me, "You should thank me, I'm letting you have some fun before you die."

"Just kill me and spare Claire and Amon. I have angelic blood in my veins as well, let them take it from me, I wont fight. After that you can kill me or do whatever you desire with me."

"You barely have any angelic blood in you, but I could take what you have said into consideration…" He says before walking away.

I fold my mandibles down, hoping he takes my proposition and lets Claire and Amon go.

'…Wow…you really love that girl don't you…' Lillith says while watching me.

'She has made me grow to feel love for her. She is my mate and I will do anything in my power to protect her, even if it means ending my own life.'

My attention is grabbed by a section of floor in my old cell opening up and lifting a rising floor into the cell, on the floor lies Amon in a small pool of his own blood. My old cell has been completely cleaned and I'm noticing this now, they must have cleaned it when they took Claire. The goat is still walking around the combined cell Lillith and I are in.

The tingling in the back of my neck returns as Lillith and I pass out once again.

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Claire's POV:

I awaken to Axel holding me in his arms, immediately I look around and realize I'm back in the cells, except 3 cells are connected now, Lillith's cell, my cell and Axel's old cell, allowing all 4 of us to interact with each other.

'Are you hurt? What did they do to you?' I hear Axel say into my mind.

"…I don't think I'm hurt…they took me?" I ask, looking at him as I slowly sit up in his lap.

'Yes, you were gone for a while…Alex came and informed me about what happened to you and your sister a long time ago. They drained all of Linica's angelic abilities from her and took most of yours but fortunately you both were able to escape. Do you remember this?'

"No…I don't remember any of it…" I say, shocked at what he told me, "So is that why I'm here? So they can take the rest of it…?"

He nods, I look over at Amon who is still passed out, "Why are you both here then?" I ask, looking at Axel again.

'Patricia paid people to capture me and try to kill me, and Amon. I'm guessing once these people found out about us being familiar with each other, they took on her offer and added you onto it. Alex was able to capture Lillith himself. They want Amon so they can drain his angelic powers from him as well, and to kill him. I believe that is all they want from him, because they have a sadistic belief of creating a new race of humans using the angelic blood, our offspring, Lillith and I's offspring and Valentina and I's offspring.'

My heart skips a beat while listening to him, "I cant believe this…I'm so sorry for punishing you for doing what you did to her. You should have killed her…She lied to Amon too, she told him she wouldn't tell anyone he existed…even though he saved her from whatever fate she was going to end up with, she still wants him dead…you haven't done anything to Valentina or Lillith…right?"

'No. And I won't. They would have to kill me before they force me to do that.'

I smile, looking over at Amon while he begins to move, I look at the blood covering the floor beneath him, "Why is he bleeding..?"

'Alex tore out some of his feathers…'

I frown and slowly get off Axel's lap and walk over to Amon as I help him up, he looks around, wounds covering his body while his wings bleed. I can tell they stole multiple feathers, he tries to stand but falls as I try to keep him up.

"Take it easy…the headache will pass soon…you will likely throw up soon…" I say to him.

"Where am I? What is this!" He says, looking around, he looks at Axel, "Thank god you are still alive…what did they do to you guys…?"

'Nothing yet…I'm not sure if they did anything to Claire…she was gone for a while. Don't try to break the glass, I tried.'

"…Maybe you didn't hit it hard enough…" Amon says as he slowly begins to stand again.

"Axel shattered his shoulder twice trying to break it…" I say to him.

"…Shit…" Amon says, standing. He looks at his wings while they continue to bleed, he moves his feathers around, revealing each spot that is missing a feather, "They took 6 of my feathers…"

I watch him, he begins to lick each spot that he can reach of his wing that is missing a feather, only able to stop two from bleeding.

Amon stops, sharpens his feathers and smirks before looking at Axel and I, "Listen."

Suddenly screams can be heard from different areas of the building, he begins laughing.

Axel smirks, hearing the screams.

Lillith giggles, watching Amon.

"…I hope they don't kill you for that, Amon…"

"Well, I definitely killed a bunch of them before they killed me then." He says, Lillith giggles at him, Amon keeps his wings sharp, we all begin to smell the scent of fresh human blood thickly in the air.

High pitched sounds grab our attention and the walls separating the two cells quickly slam down, separating all the cells, leaving Amon and I in Axel's old cell, while Axel and Lillith are in my old cell that is still combined with Lillith's.

Axel immediately stands and runs to the glass separating the cells, his defenses high.

Amon and I look around while hearing the high pitched sounds, Amon slowly softens his wings and we notice a dense 'fog' or some kind of smoke entering the cell from the ceiling, the temperature in the cell begins to drastically decrease as Amon and I begin to shiver.

Axel growls loudly in anger and frustration and begins slamming into the glass separating us, having some hope that the separation glass is weaker.

Amon begins to join Axel, slamming into the glass too in the same spot, "It wont work!" I say.

"We will die if it doesn't!" Amon says, the temperature decreasing more as the fog begins to fill the cell, I sit on the floor and curl up in a ball, my legs to my chest while trying to keep myself warm while I continue to shiver, my shivering beginning to intensify to where its starting to get painful, my teeth begin chattering.

Amon backs up from the glass, sharpens his feathers and tries swiping his wing at the glass to try and cut it, only for his feathers to clang against the glass each time he swipes his wing at it, not even leaving a scratch.

Axel stops slamming into the glass, holding his shoulder. 'Keep her warm before you both get sick!'

Amon turns around and sees me on the ground, he softens his wings and picks me up, backing up against the corner where the back of the cell and the separator glass meet. He sits down and holds me against his body, sitting between his legs and chest as he spreads his wings and wraps them around both of us, his arms still around me.

I huddle against him, his body still producing an intense amount of heat, keeping me warm along with his warm feathers.

My shivering begins to slow down while Amon's shivering intensifies, beginning to chatter his teeth, he lays his head on top of mine, our breath visible in the air. The temperature continues to decrease, Amon begins coughing, he moves his wings and moves me onto the cold ground next to him before moving away about a foot and being forced to throw up from whatever they put in his body like they did Axel.

Axel lets out a loud, ear-piercing roar, his mandibles up, "STOP!"

Amon empties his stomach before moving back to me, his skin beginning to turn blue, the sounds stop and the fog begins to get sucked out of the room and replaced with warmer, normal temperature air. Amon holds me on his lap again and holds me against him as the temperature slowly rises, I feel Amon's body and his body temperature is significantly lower than it was before as he continues to shiver.

I try my best to keep him warm by holding my wings against his chest and keeping his chest warm, but his shivering doesn't stop.

The glass separating the cells slowly go back up into the ceiling and Axel immediately runs into the room, picks me up out of Amon's arms before moving me back into the warmer cell, he puts me down and runs back over to Amon, helping him stand before walking him over to where he put me. He sits Amon down with his back to the wall, he looks at Lillith, 'Keep her warm!"

Lillith widens her eyes and quickly nods, walking over to me before sitting next to me and pulling me against her body, the warmth from her body begins to bring my body temperature back to normal.

Axel wraps his arms around Amon, pressing his chest against his in an attempt to warm Amon back up. Axel spreads his wings and wraps them around Amon while Amon continues to shiver, his skin remaining a blueish color.

Once I get warmed up I move away from Lillith and walk over to Axel and Amon, Amon still not getting warmer at all. I try to focus on changing forms, at first I am unable to change forms, but I try again and am able to turn into my werewolf form. Axel watches me and moves away from Amon as I kneel down, sit and pull Amon against me, my fur soft and fluffy to help warm him up. I wrap my arms around him while he curls up and huddles against me. I move my tail around underneath my bottom and sit with my legs folded with my tail between my legs for him to warm up with.

"…I think I'm ill…" I hear Amon say, Axel growls loudly and punches a wall hard, almost breaking his knuckles, 'You are.'

"He can get better…right?" I ask, looking at Axel.

'What he has requires him to be in a much warmer room, way beyond 100 degrees. At least 130 degrees for it to even begin to get better, you don't produce enough heat from your body to heat his entire body up to that temperature. If his body doesn't begin to get warmer soon, he will get worse and the chance of death is higher than I even want to think about.'

"What if he turns into his crow form? He will be smaller and I will be able to warm him up easier. I don't know how warm my body is, but im guessing its around that temperature…"

Lillith watches and walks over to me and stops in front of me and sits down, she moves her hair to the side as she moves her head over onto one shoulder, exposing her neck. Amon looks at her, still shivering.

"Drink." She says.

My eyes widen, "That might work."