Supernatural Inmate (Supernatural Captivity #1) - Avery Song Page 0,84

figured spelling it out would be easier than muttering utter nonsense, which I'd done multiple times to tell Tristan and whoever else was in the room to leave me the fuck alone.

"I swear to the fucking gods," Tristan huffed. "Why can't she stay awake?"

"Well." The nerdy voice reminded me of Doc and how excited he got when talking about…anything, really. "She somehow escaped a collapsing mine and magically landed in her cell, sleeping the chaos away."

"Doc." Otis's stress projected from the single word.

"Can you just tell us if she's going to be okay?" Adonis got to the point, sounding just as irritated as his twin brother.

"Is her energy going to pick up any time, because it's freaking me out and I don't want to be the start to another quake down here," Dominick emphasized.

"Calm yourselves. She's just a woman. You're all acting like she's the president's only daugh—"

"She's far more important than the fucking president's daughter and if you don't give us the information we seek, we'll kill you right this instant," Otis warned.

"All right, all right," Doc huffed. "She's completely drained of energy. Think of it like a vampire drinking the majority of her blood. Thankfully it's not low enough to be life-threatening, but if she doesn't take it easy, she'll die in her sleep."

"What can we do?" Dominick asked.

"Stop playing dress-up down here and figure out a way to get her out of this place." Doc pointed out the obvious.

"We kno—"

"This incident will reach the surface at the next meeting, which is in about four to six weeks," Doc cut off. "You're lucky it's not getting there any sooner, because the admins of this place are more focused on the tiny spot in the mines that wasn't cloaked with their magic barrier crap. Those girls knew about that spot, which only proves that others of higher caliber know of it too. That means there's a leak in their flawless security, which is a much higher priority than the human girl who was maybe seen entering the mines, only to be found in her cell, sleeping the evening away."

No one said a word, and I thought I'd get to go back to sleep, but Doc spoke once more.

"I'll be real with you lot because you're all powerful, future councilmen and are so drastically in love with this woman it almost makes me sick," he announced. "The moment this incident comes to light, the big guns will pull every string to have her. You know what supernaturals love?"

There was a moment of silence before he whispered, "The unknown."

His words sparked my curiosity, and I fought to stay awake a little longer.

"A mere human gets kidnapped, survives multiple situations that should have killed her, and manages to live after being injected with a venom that kills humans instantly. She lands here, and after falling into a trap, somehow kills the opposing threat. She's acknowledged by a Monarch and an Alpha wolf, two individuals who couldn't care less about anyone but their masters, and she actually befriends them. Now she somehow breaks the bones of an alligator shifter, which you all know are ten times harder to crack even in their human forms, and escapes unharmed after chasing down two other supernaturals who have their track records of killings in this place. How appetizing Cassandra's track record sounds right now."

"She keeps getting into trouble," Otis grumbled.

"She's our Princess, after all. Trouble from the day we met her," Adonis reasoned.

"It's sometimes cute," Tristan noted.

"But if it means her life expectancy is going to get chopped up into nothing, we have to think of something," Dominick acknowledged.

"I'll tell you this. Whatever she is, hidden supernatural, human, or whatever, she's going to be a target if she doesn't lay low after today," Doc declared with a firm voice. "I can do my share of protection, because she's actually intriguing to study for my research and seems to work well with my other two subjects. Her reports will be kept secret, and I'll write a false report that everything is normal, but she'll be put on strict observation and remain in her cell until she regains her strength. I can give the order for up to six weeks. That should give you guys more than enough time to figure shit out, but that's all I'm doing."

"Thank you, uh...isn't there anything else we can call you?" Dominick asked.

"Doc is fine. Seeing how far you guys go will determine if I give you my real name or not."