"Rendall." Rendall jolted back to reality, away from the trance he was held in as he heard a familiar voice call his name. He looked away from Helia's face to the elevator door. The elevator had stopped moving, it door was opened and he saw Danica and Brienne standing side by side. "Rendall," Danica called out in a brittle voice. She reached out to his arm and dragged him out of the elevator, pulling him close to herself. "I missed you." "He was only gone for a few minutes," Helia muttered loud enough for all four of them to hear, rolling her eyes. "Excuse me!" Danica eyed her. "What did you say?" "Let's leave fast so we won't miss taking the subway." Brient decided to intervene as he saw how tense the atmosphere was becoming. "We can take a cab." Danica shot Brient a glare and then she moved her glare to Helia. "I would love to know what her problem is." "You can take a cab. You're going a separate way after all. Rendall, Helia, and I would take the subway since Rendall and H
"Brient!" The four of them went quiet immediately after they heard Selene call Brient. She walked into the living room and she saw Rendall and Danica sitting on one of the two-seater couches. Brienne and Helia sat on the other two-seater couch which faced that on which Rendall and Danica had sat."Hello everybody," she greeted as she pushed the door open. As she peered into the living room from the entrance, her gaze met Danica. "Danica, what a pleasant surprise."Contrary to her words, Selene was not surprised. She knew that Danica was here for Rendall.Danica returned the warm smile Selene had given. "Why did the four of you suddenly stop talking after seeing me? Please, continue with your discussion and let me in on it," Selene urged but the four of them looked at each other. Selene could not help but wonder what was. This was not the first time Rendall, Brient, and Helia were glancing at each other like that and now, Danica has joined. Selene began to wonder what they were hidi
"We were just talking about a book series. In the book, the werewolves and werelions are always at war and we just want the war to end," Danica said and Mr. Wilkinson stared at her without saying a word. Danica tried to figure out what was going on in his mind but he kept a straight face. "What's the name of the book? I'd love to read it." He finally commented after having a deep thought. Danica stared blankly at Mr. Wilkinson who looked down at her and expected her to say something. "The name of the book is---" she paused and placed her palm on her forehead like she was trying to remember something. "Dang it! How could I have forgotten the name of this book?" "Helia," Danica turned to Helia, feigning a smile. "Please, remind me of the name of the book." "I was not the one discussing with you." Helia glowered at her. She looked away and continued fiddling with the keyboard of her system. "I thought you had read the book," Danica said in a calm voice. Helia rolled her eyes and t
Danica froze as Nalea puffed angrily. She looked up at the 7feet tall beast and it glared down at her. Danica shuddered in fear. She planned to make Helia shift to her lioness but she had not thought of what she would do if the lioness came after her life.She began to whimper as she thought of how she had signed her death warrant. The lioness who had gotten annoyed at her whimpering grunted and Danica's whimpering seized immediately.Nalea began to take slow, intimidating steps toward Danica. Each step she took made Danica's heart flutter in fear. Danica tried hard to move away from the lioness but she was pinned to the wall with the lioness hovering over her without giving her any chance to escape. As Danica looked at the lioness’ angry face, she knew that if she did nothing, she would be dead meat— literally.She had to think of a way to get out of this and she had to be fast. Nalea drew closer and with one look at her face, Danica could tell that she was enjoying this as much as
"Hello.""She isn't at home.""No, we can't find her here either.""Okay. So""Okay.""I will hang up now.""Bye.""What did he say?" Rendall asked eagerly as Selene ended the call. "Did Brient find her at home?"Selene shook her head sadly and Rendall kicked the empty trash can next to him."What do we do now?""I informed the security officers and a few colleagues that she had gone missing. They are looking for her too. If she's still missing after twenty-four hours, we would contact the police."Selene watched him as he paced up and down the hall."You need to take it easy," Selene pointed out. He was stressing himself out. She was amused at how he was stressed out because of Helia. They quarreled almost all the time.Rendall sighed in frustration, stopped pacing, and sat next to her."Is she stupid?" Rendall asked rhetorically. He sounded frustrated. "How could she have gone somewhere without telling anybody where she was going to?""She was with you and Danica. Wasn't she?" Selen
"I thought you always carry extra clothes and elixirs with you."Rendall leaned on the door of the stall Helia was in."I brought extra clothes and elixirs along with me. They were in my bag but Danica double-crossed me and took my bag away," Helia said bitterly and Rendall knitted his brows."But Danica said she did not know where you were when I and Selene asked her.""She did?""Yes, she did.""It's sad to say but you're much better than your childhood sweetheart.""She's not my childhood sweetheart," Rendall snapped and silence was Helia's reply.He said nothing to her afterward. He was fighting an inner battle with his wolf.‘Barge into the stall and have her for yourself,’ Conri urged but he refused. He was trying very hard to not do what Conri wanted him to do.‘I won't. Stop pestering me,’ he scolded.‘This is the right time to mark her and make her yours.’ Conri would not give up easily and Rendall knew it. Rendall wanted to succumb to Conri’s request badly but he could not
"Danica had locked you inside the washroom?" Selene was shocked beyond words at the revelation of how Helia had gone missing. "Why would she do that?" Brient, Helia, and Rendall exchanged knowing looks. "She had probably seen Helia as a threat," Brient answered with a sly grin, wiggling his eyebrows at Helia and Rendall and Helia choked on the brownie Selene had coaxed her to eat. After she, Brient, and Rendall had returned from the ice cream parlor, they went to Selene's apartment. Selene had rushed home from the office to prepare something for Helia and after much thought, she made brownies. Helia did not want Selene's effort to be in vain, so she had to eat some despite how little her appetite was, and the little appetite she had was lost completely at Brient's words. She looked around Selene's living room. It was not as big and luxurious as Rendall's but she felt it was more homely. She liked it. Prized arts decorated the walls of Brient's living room but family pictures decora
"You all are back from isolating me," Brient commented wryly from the dining room as he saw Selene, Helia, and Rendall entering the living room."We could smell breakfast," Selene beamed as she noticed how the dining table was filled with food. She rushed to the table enthusiastically."Foodie," Brient scoffed as Selene pulled one of the dining chairs and sat on it.Helia frowned and moved away from Rendall as she realized that she stood beside him. Selene and Brient stopped to watch them. Seeing that Rendall maintained a poker face without reacting, they glanced at each other and shrugged. Brient continued setting the table for breakfast while Selene munched her omelet.The doorbell rang."One of your girlfriends has visited," Selene announced to Brient, wiggling her eyebrows and he gave her a cocky grin."But it's strange. I am not expecting any of them. And who visits a guy this early in the morning without informing him?""Danica," Rendall beamed as he opened the door. Helia groan