"What do you mean by he is to be killed soon?" Rendall bared his teeth at the beefy man and he trembled in fear."I'm not the one who sets these rules," the man protested as he saw that Rendall was about to take out his anger on him."Take me to where they are," Rendall ordered and the hefty man nodded."I— I will." His voice quavered. "Just let me lead the way.""He can disappear, remember." Helia mouthed and Rendall nodded."If you try to escape, we will expose you to your nemesis," Helia threatened. "So just stand up and lead us to where our friends are being kept without making any funny movement."The beefy man stood on his feet and with Rendall making sure that he didn't escape, he led the way. They stopped in front of a familiar house and Helia gasped."This was where we were imprisoned the other time.""Yes, it's the place," Rendall agreed to her words."I just hope Brient and Selene are okay.""Me too.""You've been imprisoned here before?" The beefy man asked with his eyes b
"Shut that fart hole you call a mouth!" Rendall snarled and the burlyman closed his mouth immediately.Brient shot a worried look at both Rendall and Helia."We would make her help us," Helia said with a straight face. "Whether she likes it or not, Olivia must help us.""Open the door," Helia ordered and the burlyman's eyes widened in terror."But—""She told you to open the door," Rendall snarled, waving his container of ants at him and he gulped. He stared at the door and back to Rendall's container of ants and pondered on which he should be more afraid of. Was it the wrath of one of the most valuable individuals in the community? Or the wrath of vengeful individuals who are determined to save their friend with life-threatening ants."I won't repeat myself, open the door!" Rendall ordered and without thinking any much further, the burlyman rushed to the door and pushed the heavy doors open.As he did, the picture of Olivia sitting on the ground in a yoga position with her eyes close
"Why would Selene send us away?" Helia looked at Olivia's face for answers. She took a look at the rest. They were as confused as she was.They were happy to see Selene but Selene had sent them away from her palace and now she was in Olivia's place, sitting with Brient and Rendall at her table while they pondered upon the reason for Selene's reaction."I still can't believe that it was Selene standing there at the time." Brient shook his head vigorously. "It can't be her. It can't be my Selene. The woman we saw isn't Selene. She must have been her look-alike.""That bitch," Olivia cursed. "She drove us away without even thinking twice. Just a little power and she is misbehaving.""Brient is right. This does not look like something Selene would do," Helia said thoughtfully."I totally agree," Rendall said and it got Olivia thinking."This place is really strange. A spirit medium is treated like royalty," Rendall commented and shook his head."And this has gotten to that fool's head. Yo
"Do you think he'd be able to bring her here?" Helia asked Rendall who was pacing in front of her. They were at the city gate of the spirituals of Ocean Ville."Selene! Brient!" Rendall shrieked excitedly. He stopped pacing as soon as he saw Brient and Selene running toward them."Run!" Selene screamed. "They'd soon be here. Run!""We're running behind you," Brient added. "Run!"Rendall took Helia's hand and they both ran out of the gate. They checked back at Selene and Rendall at intervals. They all ran as fast as their feet could carry them until they got to the beach."Stop!" Rendall and Helia stopped running to catch their breath as they heard Selene's instruction to stop."Selene," Helia beamed as she raised her head. Selene took her hand out of Brient's and ran into Helia's widely opened arms."Helia," Selene whispered as they both hugged. "I've missed you.""Me too," Helia said in a brittle voice as they disengaged from the hug. A few tears flowed from their eyes down their chi
"So Nyx is my mother and Alpha Leander's mate?" Helia pinched her chin. "Oh my goodness! I'm dreaming, right?""This is reality," Brient muttered. "Alpha Leander slept with Nyx and this led to you.""How many people know this?" Helia asked."Before Nyx's death, four people knew. After her death, it was reduced to three. Now, it has increased to six.""So just you, my dad, and the Luna knew of this.""Right."**"I don't think Alpha Leander would kill Nyx if she was his mate," Selene remarked."Alpha Leander did not kill Nyx. It is not in his character," Brient affirmed Selene's words."Then who did? And why did she curse the werewolves?" Rendall asked and Brient shook his head."They are things that are just too hard to figure out. I was still in the human world when Nyx died and I don't understand how Nyx's death is related to the werewolves.""So she cursed the werewolves for nothing?" Rendall snapped and Helia's eyes produced more tears."My biological mother made the lives of so ma
"What did you just say?" Selene asked. She was stunned at what age has heard Rendall mutter.Rendall glanced at her, pointing in the direction he had seen the man."I— I saw my father," Rendall cried out. Selene looked in the direction in which he had pointed."Where?" Rendall looked back and froze. The man was nowhere to be found. It was like he had disappeared into thin air all of a sudden."But I thought I saw him," Rendall muttered with a confused expression on his face."Forget it," Selene hissed. "It must have been an illusion. Seems like you're beginning to miss your father.""Miss my father my foot," Rendall scoffed. "No normal person can ever miss my father. I can never miss that man.""Perhaps, you had seen someone that looked like him.""I guess so," Rendall droned and he looked around to see if he could still see the man."Just forget it," Selene said casually. He looked away and turned back to her."So," Rendall set out to change the topic. "Do you know how I can change
"They've seriously made up?" Brient looked on in shock. Rendall and Helia were hand in hand with each other as they walked into the room Brient and Selene booked."You booked just one room?" Rendall asked and took a sit on the edge of the king-sized bed."Not one room. Two rooms," Selene answered. She was seated mid-way on the bed with Brient. A chess board with chess pieces decorated all over it was between Selene and Brient. "This room belongs to Helia and me while the other belongs to you and Brient.""Oh! But Selene," Rendall looked at Helia, "can't Helia and I share one room? You and Brient can share one room.""Naughty boy," Selene scoffed and Rendall turned to her. "Your relationship with Helia should better be kept innocent."Brient chuckled. "Are you seriously asking a wolf to keep his relationship with his mate innocent? I've you ever heard of an innocent wolf?""Exactly, so Helia will stay with me while you'd stay with him," Selene stated with an air of finality and Rendall
"War?" Rendall and Helia asked in unison."Darn it!" Rendall hit the table hard with his palm. He stood up and began to pace around the room. "I told the old man. War shouldn't be an option. The lives of the low-ranked were-creatures are being threatened.""This is a disaster," Helia said, digging her hands deep into her hair. "How did the war begin?""Both kingdoms had begun a search for their heirs since both of you disappeared. A Few weeks after your departure, a letter from Brient was sent to Alpha Leander, assuring him of the safety of Helia. Alpha Leander's mind was put to rest but there was nobody to reassure Alpha Janus of his heir's safety. Later on, Alpha Janus somehow got to know that the heir of Khron had disappeared too. So, Alpha Janus began a war against Khron. He claimed that the heir of Khron was conjured up by a witch and had bewitched his heir and trapped him.""It's all a facade," Rendall snorted. "He had always wanted to war with Khron." Helia remembered what sh