"You don't like her, do you?" Helia looked away from Rendall and Danica who were acting all lovey-dovey to Selene, who had just joined her.Danica was the illegitimate daughter of the Gamma of Wulfe. She was born a few months before the birth of Rendall. Her mother was not the Gamma's mate but the Gamma treated her equally as he treated the children of his mate. He took her with him to the Alpha court whenever she wanted and there, she met Rendall and they both became friends. They were more like childhood sweethearts and as Helia who was with the both of them saw that she was nothing but a third wheel who did nothing but watched as old friends bonded, she excused herself and went to the toilet. If she had spent any more time with them, she would have most probably shifted to Nalea as she could feel herself losing control with every passing moment. When she came back from the toilet, instead of joining them, she stood from afar and watched them, seething with anger.Helia frowned as s
"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
Helia watched in terror as the silver bullets moved toward Rendall. She closed her eyes and without thinking about it, she muttered words. Words which she had seen somewhere but could not place where.Energy radiated from her and immediately, she heard the bullet strike someone. She felt her heart freeze, hoping it was not what she thought. Hoping that whatever she had done had worked.Helia's eyes snapped open and when they did, they moved to Rendall, then to Alpha Janus and they dilated.The son stared at the father and the father stared back. One of them was on their knees, gasping for his last breath."F— father?" Rendall's voice quivered.Alpha Janus' head was bowed in shame."You tried to kill me?" Shock was written all over Rendall's face. He knew that his father was evil and despite the threats, he never really thought that his father could try to kill him."Save me.""I can't. If I could, I still wouldn't. You deserve what has befallen you," Rendall spat disdainfully.Helia s
"Rendall!" Helia called out as soon as she got into Rendall's room. Rendall was seated on his bed with worry etched on his face."Helia?"Rendall got up from his bed. He began to look around and Helia sighed."You can't see me, remember?" "Oh! You're right. You're under an invisibility spell. You were still in my father's room after I had left, right?""Yes.""And you heard Mr. Wilkinson and my father talk about me, right?""Yes.""What did they say?"Rendall's question was followed by a long silence."Your father. He is so—""Evil?""Evil is too weak to describe what he is. No offense, but I'd rather not have a father than have a father like yours.""I know right? So, what did he say?" Rendall asked and he raised an eyebrow as he heard her sigh again."We have to be cautious.""What did my father say?""That he'd kill you if he finds out that you're trying to trick him," Helia said and Rendall chuckled sarcastically."Well, I'm not surprised. He'd do anything for power. Do you hear
"Everything that happened, happened according to how it was fated to. All this happened for one result. The werewolves are getting punished for taking the land of the witches. The werelions are punished for not helping their neighbors." "How do we get out of her punishment?" Helia asked "That's for you both to figure out. You both have the knowledge you need to break the curse of Khron and Wulfe. You have to. It is your destiny to do so." "Since we are destined to save Wulfe and Khron, we'll do so, right?" Rendall asked and Alecto smiled. "We have destinies. We can also choose whether or not we want our destinies. You can choose to save the werewolves and werelions. You can also choose not to save the werewolves and the werelions," Alecto answered with a casual shrug and Helia and Alecto glanced at each other. "We have to take down both my father and Mr. Wilkinson," Rendall said and Helia scoffed. "Like you would really take down your father. You would surely betray us," Helia s
"Do you really have to go? Again?" Damien looked downcasted. "Please, don't leave. Stay a little longer." Helia and Rendall exchanged glances. They both looked sad too. "We have to go. We have a curse to break," Rendall explained and Damien looked up at him with his eyes glossed with tears. Rendall's heart melted at the sight and he took Damien into his arms and hugged him. "Aunt." Damien turned to Helia with his body still glued to that of Rendall. "Please hug me too." Helia opened her arms and Damien gestured for her to come closer instead. "But—" Damien's face fell, interrupting Helia's protest. She waved her hands in surrender and joined them. Rendall froze as her skin touched his. His heart began to flutter and so did Helia's. At that moment, they both realized that the rejection did not work. Damien smiled to himself when he saw them look at each other. He disengaged from the hug and as he did, Rendall and Helia were in each other's arms without Damien acting as a middl
Mr. Wilkinson smirked at Alpha Janus, brought another pair of eye contacts, and gave it to him."What do you think?" Mr. Wilkinson asked when Alpha Janus wore it and Alpha Janus looked at him."How do you use this? Can you hypnotize simply by looking a person in the eye or do you have to do something else?"Mr. Wilkinson raised an eyebrow as soon as he heard Alpha Janus' question and then he grinned. "Why are you trying to move faster than your shadow?"Alpha Janus was thrown off guard by Mr. Wilkinson's question before he quickly put himself together. "I'm just very curious, you know. I'd really love to know.""You seem—" Mr. Wilkinson's voice trailed off and Alpha Janus frowned.‘Just tell me how to freaking use the Gizmo, stupid human,’ Alpha Janus cursed in his mind."Your thoughts matter too. Just think about it while you lock eyes with whoever you want to hypnotize and boom, he or she would be.""We want to hypnotize every were-creature, remember? Would we begin to look everyone
"Werewolves and witches have a history?" Rendall was shocked."A painful one at that. Haven't you heard any folklore concerning it? Or at least a myth? You werewolves are good at telling fake stories anyways just for storytelling's sake."Rendall scoffed and looked back at the book. "Let's check out what is written in it. Do you think it's because of the history that Nyx cursed Wulfe too?""My mother did a great job by cursing the werewolves. I would have done the same," Helia said."Let's just check the book," Rendall said. He was tired of hearing Helia's complaints.She rolled her eyes, removed the book away from his face, and opened it."What's written in it?" Rendall joined her in checking the book and they both turned white as they flapped through the pages. The book was telling a story.It was a story of how the werewolves had forcefully taken the land of witches away from them.A long time ago, werewolves had no particular land. They formed packs that were ruled by an Alpha. A
"Please, don't send us away," Helia pleaded and Damien's grandfather scowled at her."Get out," he growled. "Daughter of a witch. Heaven knows if she's a witch like her mother. These things must exist in the genes. Your mother killed my only son and my daughter-in-law. I have almost nothing left. You probably want to take all I have away from me.""But—""If you don't leave now, I'd make sure I kill you with my own hands," Damien's grandfather threatened. "It will be fair enough anyways. Nyx kic cflled my son and I killed her daughter.""Sir, we—" "You're pushing me," he growled, interrupting Helia again."We're here because we need to break Nyx's curse," Rendall said quickly before he'd get interrupted by the old man."She cursed you?" "Yes, that wicked witch cursed the both of us and our families too," Rendall answered and Helia glared at him for calling her mother wicked."She did?" The old man's hard expression was beginning to melt."And a demon called Janus too. He is also cal
Helia closed her eyes. Her greatest nemesis had caught up with her without her seeing any way of getting out of it. So, Helia stood, expecting an impact.Suddenly, she heard the sound of a bullet striking flesh. Helia froze. She wondered where the bullet had struck. She wondered if she would die anytime soon. Helia placed her middle finger under her nose to know if she was still breathing. She was. She placed her hands on her chest. Her heartbeat was normal."Does death come this slowly?" Helia asked herself and immediately she felt something lift her. She snapped her eyes open and as she did, she screamed.Peering down at her was a blue-eyed white beast. She batted her lashes as it dawned on her that it was Rendall in his wolf form. She was in the arms of Conri, Rendall's wolf."From frying pan to fire," Helia muttered to herself. She looked away from his face to their surroundings and gasped. Lying on the floor were Alpha Janus and his warriors. They looked lifeless and Helia wond
"You're joking, right?" Rendall frowned as he heard Alecto's words."Joking? Should your father killing Alpha Leander surprise you? You of all people know the kind of person your father is.""But he promised me that he would not kill Leander and Ariela told me she did. Why would Ariela tell me she killed Alpha Leander when she did not.""He he. All I know is that your father has a hand in Helia's father's death.""How do you know the things you know? Who are you?""He he! You'd be the first were-creature to ask who I am. The rest assume they know but I can assure you that I'm not what they think I am.""Then, who are you?""You would know how with time," Alecto smirked. "All you have to know now is to go to the human world to Nyx's house.""Nyx's house? But we—""Helia is on her way there," Alecto chipped in and Rendall did not bother to argue again."Did my father really kill hers?" Rendall looked down at his feet and Alecto heaved a sigh."I warned you not to ask me that it'll hurt.