"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
Rendall gazed at Helia who was across the room with Dylan. She laughed heartily at something Dylan had said and Rendall frowned.She was like ice whenever she was with him and Rendall wondered how she could be very comfortable with a human.Conri got infuriated as his mate got closer to another male. Rendall knew that the wolf wanted to surface and tear off the flesh of the human Helia was with badly."Rendall!" He heard Danica yell his name. She was loud enough to set him free from his thoughts with a jerk."Huh?"Rendall looked at Danica and from the look on her face, it seemed like she had called his be multiple times before he finally answered."Why do you keep on staring at them?" She asked, referring to Helia and Dylan that were laughing like a drain across the room."It's nothing. I'm glad she's no longer with us." Rendall feigned a smile and she smiled back at him coyly but Rendall kept on looking across the room at Helia and Dylan at intervals.He tensed up as Helia stood up
Brient frowned."I don't know who this person is," he said sadly and they became blue."The good news is that we've gotten hold of some useful information," Brient tried to sound positive."Yes, " Helia agreed. "We now know that Danica once worked at the company as a cleaner. She's no longer a worker but someone who might know her location works at the company.""We just have to find this person," Rendall added and sighed in frustration."How are we going to find a coworker that ‘might know where Orenda is’?" Danica said, air quoting the ‘might know where Orenda is’. "We have thousands of co-workers. At least, we knew Orenda’s first name and that's why we could find something about her and it even took a long time. Now, we have to find another person whose name is unknown to us. Where on earth do we start from?"Her words gave a negative vibe and in no time, all of their spirits became low.The waitress brought drinks for them and when she got to where they were, she missed a step, an
"You made the new IT manager Helia's guide on purpose, right?" Selene smiled cockily at Brient who sat on the floor of his living room. He was playing a game of chess against himself."I just want Rendall to have a taste of his own medicine," Brient grinned and Selene chuckled.She closed the door and left the entrance of the living room to the couch opposite Brient."Did you see how he was during lunch on Monday? He obviously likes her. I wonder why he isn't making any move."Brient smiled sadly at Selene's words."Rendall and Helia are very different from each other," Brient's voice was flat. "They can't be together.""But just like me, you want them to be together, right?""I should not want that.""But you do," Selene smirked and Brient sighed. "By the way, why can't they be toget—" Selene paused as soon as she heard footsteps. Rendall was walking down the stairs. Brient and Selene gasped as they saw him.His hair was no longer white. It was as dark as night. His haircut was diffe
"Rendall!" Brient thundered before Rendall could say any more words. Rendall snapped his eyes shut in frustration. His mouth was shut too. Brient maneuvered his way to Rendall, avoiding the broken glasses that littered the floor of the room.As Brient got to him, Rendall opened his eyes and sat on the bed behind him and Brient followed suit. Brient looked at Helia behind Selene whose worried eyes moved from Rendall to Selene. Rendall had almost revealed their identity in front of Selene and she was scared that Selene might suspect something.Brient smiled and then he mouthed to Selene: "He sucks at expressing himself."Selene nodded in agreement and Helia heaved a sigh of relief. At least, Selene had no idea of what was really going on.Brient looked back at Rendall and as he opened his mouth to talk, he looked at the door again at Selene and Helia."Can I talk to him in private?"Selene gave him a nod and then she beckoned on Helia to follow her. She closed the door and they both lef
Rendall winced in pain at the sharp pain across his chest. He only felt the pain for a moment and afterwards, he felt nothing.His eyelids flapped open and as he looked around, he realized that he was not lying on the soft bed of his glass littered room, but on a grass bed of an open field. He sat up straight to have a better view of his surroundings, and he began to have memories of him running through the place while hunting. It dawned on him. He was back to the wereworld, and he wondered how.He looked at the strange tree opposite where he sat. Rendall had never seen a tree like it, and it was unlike the other trees of the forest he was in. The leaves of the tree lacked chlorophyll completely. They were as white as wool.A strange woman sat on it with her legs dangling freely under her white gown. Her long hair that was as white as his once fluttered freely in the wind, that moved about as it liked. His eyes met hers and he froze. He had never seen someone with the color of her ey
He kissed her and she kissed him back. As they kissed, Helia wanted to push him away from herself badly. She should hate him, but here she was, immersed in a kiss with him. No! She had to stop this. She bit his lower lips in panic. He winced in pain and drew his lips back from hers. "What the hell!" Rendall cursed. "I almost stopped but you led me on." "I didn't," Helia denied and Rendall frowned at her. She moved away from him and headed to the door. "Brient asked you to keep me company until the doctor arrives," Rendall called after her as she placed her hand on the doorknob. "I think I've entertained you enough," Helia said flatly and as she pulled the door ajar, Danica's face popped in. Danica pushed the door and it opened widely. "Rendall!" She shrieked happily as soon as she saw Rendall and rushed into the room. Helia watched in disdain as he opened his arms for Danica to run into. She rolled her eyes as he engulfed her in a tight hug. She walked out of the room and slammed
"Flight 194 to Ocean Ville boarding now through gate five," the speaker blared and the Hispanic man that sat between Helia and Rendall beckoned the both of them to follow him and they did so until they got to the plane.Rendall and Helia's seat numbers were 4c and 4d respectively so their seats were next to each other. As they got to their seats, they both rushed for the seat next to the window. The other passengers watched in amusement as they fought for who would sit on the seat. Their fight attracted one of the air hostesses to themselves."Sir, Ma'am, what are your seat numbers," the air hostess asked."4c," Rendall answered."Mine is 4d.""The lady's seat is the window seat," the air hostess said and Helia stuck her tongue at Rendall who sneered at her.The airplane took off and both of their ears began to hurt."I think I'm going deaf," Rendall muttered as he placed his hands over his ears and Helia snickered."Don't you feel it?" Rendall asked."Feel what? My ears aren't hurtin
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.