"Us." A transparent looking dog appeared. At the same moment, a cat jumped on Scarlet's shoulder."You have no right to say such a thing." Alistair told the two animals.The cat laughed. "Relax, no need to get your royal panties in a twist. Besides, you have no authority here."The dog floating around Alistair's head, taunting him. "I'm sure all Loreans by now have heard about how you used to beat the crap out of your bride. Just the sadistic ways of a vampire, right? But the moment she turned, you treated her differently." The dog teased."Do you want to lose a limb, or your head?" Alistair shot back."Go a head, I'm already dead." The dog floated a head of Alistair now, making a point to lift its tail to show him its butt hole."So he was treating her badly then?" Gore put in."What happened between us is no one's business." Alistair hissed."You might not think that, but you don't treat your mates like trash and expect to go unpunished for it." Gore growled. "I was put in place to
"I really hate your uncle," Gore grunted when he and Harlow were finally alone after planting the crystal."Who doesn't? He is a ruthless vampire king after all. And I know the feeling is mutual, you should see his thoughts. They are dark, filled with nothing but death. Wishing to rip the heads of whoever squares up to him off.""I will take him on any day.""There is no need for that. October is slowly clearing his polluted mind. Helping his insanity." Harlow told him.Gore grunted. He had no problem with Harlow but being around this much vampires and witches was making him anxious. So were the other wolves, all thinking the same thing. That this is a trap and the bloodsuckers and spell casters will turn on them soon."Don't worry about it Gore, I wouldn't be here or dragged the pack along if I had any doubts about Scarlet or anyone else.""How did you know I was worried?""Coming here, I made sure to remove the spell from my mind to see inside people's heads. I couldn't risk it."Go
"You want to spar, then?" Horatio asked.Alistair laughed. "I can take all of you with my hands behind my back.""That is overly ambitious of you," Scarlet said."It's not ambitious when it's the truth." Alistair scoffed.Gore had to bite his tongue. He hated how cocky Alistair was, sure he was well feared, but just like Onyx, he could be killed in the same way.Gore shook his head when his thoughts slowly took a dark turn.“Are you really going to do this?’’ Harlow asked.She sighed when Gore nodded his head.For the first time since his arrival, Alistair took off his armour, revealing his beautiful face and long, flowing hair.“Now there pretty boy, wouldn't want to mess up your hair or get a bruise on your face now, do we?" Horatio said mockingly.Gore chuckled, liking Horatio's vibes."I swear if we both weren't already mated, I would try to ride that desirable body of his, sit on his face." Johan said jokingly. But she still managed to get a look from everyone.Alistair hissed at
Harlow blacked out, hardly hearing a thing Scarlet was saying. She was sure her story was interesting, but she didn't want to hear whatever one had to say about all the bad that have happened to them and their packs, covens or hordes.All she cared about was getting all this over with so she and Gore can raise their child in a safe world. Even though it wouldn't be fully safe, it would still be better than having someone like Onyx running around.Harlow could feel Gore getting hard under her. He even had his hand up her blouse, playing with her nipple and squeezing her breast.She had to bite her lip to stop a moan. She even sank a claw into his thigh. But that only seemed to turn him on more because he nibbled on her.Harlow gave him a playful bite. “Behave yourself," she told him.Gore kissed her neck then gave her a sexy smile, before removing his hand. But even with that, he still had a hand on her back, running his finger along her spine.Harlow vaguely heard what was being said
Harlow sat in the room with Johan and Miley, who seemed attached to them. Talking to her about how Harlow could use her powers since she was a child."No way. I'm only just getting used to the powers that I have. I hardly even know what I can do.""I thought Scarlet was teaching you how to use your powers." Harlow said."She was, but with all this going on, there is hardly much time." Miley pouted."But how come you don't know how to use your powers? I thought all witches know how to cast spells and shit." Johan put in.''I honestly depends on the type of witch, or if the person is a witch at all."Johan raised a brow at Harlow. "So you have different hierarchy of witches just like with wolves?""Yes, the same for vampires. Just as how you have the Alpha who is the leader, then the Beta, Delta and so on. You have it with witches. But it all varies. Coven based witches, only strong when around their own, the power is shared between them. There is no strongest or weakest."Miley raised
"Johan, can you stop worrying? I have seen you fight before and you are awesome." Harlow touched her shoulder."Yes, but what if all of a sudden my powers stop working?""That is impossible," Alexis said.Ever since Khalid left, she went through some drastic changes. She cut her hair off, wore mostly black and always had an angry look on her face."I might be the unlucky one, though." Johan sulked.Justin wrapped his arms around her. "You will do just fine. You really have nothing to worry about."Johan leant back into him."I'm going to find Gore," Harlow said, getting up from the ground.But she didn't get far before Alistair stopped her."Little Harlow.""Uncle." She raised a brow at him, seeing that something was off instantly."I want to make an offer to you, but you don't have to make a decision now," he told her."Let's hear it."He rested a hand on his shoulder, something he doesn't normally do."With you being a member of our royal family, I want to offer you a place in my ki
Harlow stuffed her feet in the leather knee-high boots, then laced them up. She glanced at Gore then frowned."What is that face for?""I'm not allowing you on the battlefield shirtless, Gore."He made a face. "I wasn't planning to go like this, I just couldn't decide which shirt to wear. I don't know if I should go casual, or formal.""Just wear the blue and orange one, I think you look sexy in that."When Harlow stood, Gore pulled her to him."I love you.""I love you too, Gore."After they finished getting ready, they joined the others downstairs.Someone gave some word of encouragement, while another offered up a prayer."Its time." Someone said, as the sun sank behind the mountains.No one questioned those words, for they all knew what it meant.As they all left the house to go outside, Miley came running up to the door."Good luck, guys." She waved while wiping away tears.When they got to the open field, Harlow looked up to see that the sky was cloudless and starless. The only
Harlow let out an unholy screech when two vampires, a witch and a wolf, ran towards her."Come and get me!" Harlow held her arms wide open in a gesture to mock her uncle.The four of them didn't get close to her because they dissolved into nothing."Just imagine what Onyx would have done with the darkness," Karina said, pausing to watch Harlow barrel through the enemy line, covered in blood and dust."Is this the power that you want? Why don't you come and take it, uncle? Come get a taste of this ultimate power!" Harlow laughed before jumping on a man's back, then ripped his head off."I'm just glad she and the others with that darkness, or whatever it is called, are on our side." A vampire said.All at once Karina's eyes went wide, then she fell to the ground with a gaping wound in the centre of her body."Khalid?" Johan said, then she gasped as her eyes widen after seeing who was laying at his feet. "Mom!"He gave her a smile. "Did ya miss me?""What have you done?" Johan stalked ov
"Be nice to your sister," Horatio scolded their son Shawn, who pushed Hazel down, but picked her up and brushed off her jeans after getting into trouble.Leo snuck up behind them, jumping on Shawn's back."Hey," Shawn cried out, falling to the ground.Hazel laughed, jumping on him as well.Out of nowhere, Skylar joined the pile."Leave them, they are just playing." Scarlet stopped Horatio when he tried to get up.Their children were six years old now but acted much older."Leo reminds me of you." Horatio kissed Scarlet softly on her lips."Eww!" the quadruplets said together.Looking away from their parents, Shawn covered his eyes, while his siblings giggled.Scarlet smiled at them. "May said that Hazel looks just like my mom. And I think Leo looks like you. The only thing is, he has red hair.""Umm," was Horatio's only reply."Shawn looks like me as well, but with a little mix of your features," he said, kissing the top of her head."We sure make lovely children." Horatio kissed Scar
"Kera, are you ok?" Scarlet touched her shoulder to feel it shaking."No, my father killed my mother. He then lied that Horatio was the one who had done it. Why would he do that?" Kera cried.Horatio leaned his head to the side. "Matthew killed Catherine? I thought-" he paused to think about it."He told me she went out to seek some information. When your mother didn't return, he went to look for her, then later came back saying she was dead." Horatio placed a hand on her shoulder."I'm sorry that this happened to you, and I never had a hand in the death of your mother."Kera wiped at her nose. "I know you don't. I saw when he did it in their room. He said he saw you leaving the room and that I mustn't trust you, but he didn't know I saw the entire thing, he must have read my mind and that's why he took me to Magnus, but why did he kill mom?" Kera sobbed. "He never taught me anything. Mom was the one to always tell things and show me how to use my powers, so why did he kill her?""This
Scarlet made her way to the crystal cave, to put the red crystal back in its place and cast a spell so that no one can ever reach it again.She also hoped that it would restore the village to what it once was when it was back in its place.Scarlet, Kera, Elijah, and May had gone ahead of the others after the cave refused their entrance. "Hey, May. Remember, you said an ancestor of mine might be from this clan? Is that why the cave allowed me to enter with you?" Kera asked. Elijah glanced at her, noticing that after the war three days ago, and all the training with Scarlet, she was much braver and more confident now. Scarlet asked the river nymphs for entrance, but they start playing around, splashing her with water. "You little." Scarlet cast a spell, making a gigantic wave that washed the nymphs ashore."Scarlet!" May scolded her.Scarlet stopped laughing and helped them back into the water. "Scarlet that was so totally not nice, not cool at all." A nymph told her. Then the stai
April placed a hand over her mouth as she dodged a warlock's fist, then vaporized. Scarlet stood up suddenly. "This all ends now." She began to draw energy from the earth, then let it out. Everyone was thrown off their feet, while it dissolved most of the enemies into nothing. Those who were still stupid enough to run at her got blasted while her dragons had also changed into beings more malevolent, letting out purple and black fire, burning everything. April traced over to Elijah. "We have to stop her before she kills everyone." Elijah gulped. "But she seems demonic."April pinned him with a look. "You're just as strong. Come on." She dragged him off to where Scarlet was. April told him what to do.Elijah grabbed a hold of Scarlet's hand and start chanting some words, feeling the energy rolling from her to him. He directed it to the sky, blocking out the moon.Scarlet fell to the ground, then got up quickly, snarling at April and Elijah. She groaned, holding her head, looking
Nikki let out a cry, her sword sliced right through Matthew as if he was made of butter. His body fell to the ground in two halves, and his face now had a peaceful smile as if that was what he wanted all along.Nikki let out another cry.She walked over to where Kera lay and noticed that the hole in her body was getting smaller and smaller.Kera groaned before sitting up. Nikki gasped. "Kera, you're alive, how is that possible?" Kera looked down at her body in shock. "Did Scarlet teach you how to do that?'' Nikki laughed. Kera shook her head still looking at her body. "No, but the crystals she had us plant yesterday worked, so none of us will die." "But what about those who come to fight us?" Nikki asked, helping Kera to her feet."Scarlet only cares about us, not them, and now is not the time for chit-chat. We are in the middle of a war." "Right," Nikki nodded. "Let's go," Kera smiled, and together they ran after some elves, who ran away screaming. ****Elijah was holding his
When they got to the top of the hill, Kera gulped from beside Elijah, who was too engrossed by the strange glow the red moon cast down on them. The place seemed even more sinister than on any other night. The place was also silent and all he could do was wait until the enemies break the line."Do you think Murmalaid would have helped us out in this situation?" Kera asked.Elijah glanced down at her. "No, because things have changed, but even then, I doubt the fates or gods would have let her interfere. There are no more humans to worry about."Kera nodded. "I guess you are right."Scarlet looked over at her brother, giving him a smile because of how brave he was. When she looked back out, she could see the flames that had engulfed parts of the village."It's a good thing we thought of evacuating the village and an even better idea to have our people set up out there."Horatio held her hand."It is a good thing Miley isn't here to see all this. She would be crying by now." Nikki joked,
I sat on the window seat looking outside; I remembered the rain falling hard that day and with it came this horrible feeling I have been feeling for to month now. Selina thought that we should go to the beach. It was her way of trying to cheer me up, but for whatever reason, I didn't want to leave the house, because my mind was telling me that something bad will happen. Selina left me alone after seeing that there was nothing she could do to cheer me up and I went to lie on my bed, thinking that sleep would help. But suddenly there came crashes and screams from downstairs, which I paid no attention to, thinking that it was just someone doing a spell because it was always like that there. We were crazy and always did experiments, so I lay there until a young witch by the name of Cari burst into the room. She was bloody and crying. I looked at her with wide eyes, but before I could go to her, a tall shadow appear in the doorway. The vampire grabbed her by the shoulder, then he bit
Scarlet blinked a few times, only to see that Miley was waving a hand in front of her face. "Are you alright?" Horatio cupped her face in his hands. "Yes, just a memory that had me lost in time." Horatio kissed her and leaned his forehead on hers. Miley came up the hill after. She waited until Horatio moved away before she spoke. "Scarlet, are we still going to have training with you?" Miley asked. Scarlet had a distant look on her face, but she quickly shook it off. "Shouldn't we be training with them, too?" She heard October asking Alistair. "We don't need it," he replied. "Cocky, I like your confidence, vampire, or is it cowardice?" Horatio asked. Gore chuckled. "I can take both of you with my hands behind my back," Alistair told them, then removed his helmet. "Oh there pretty boy, don't want to mess up your hair or get a bruise on your face now, do we?" Horatio mocked. Scarlet glanced at her mate, wondering why he insisted on picking a fight with her vampire. She the
"I don't think this will end well. Some of these guys seem as if they will go at it any moment now," Kate said. And she was right. The tension in the manor was thick, and it wasn't from the pending war. But just from lores being around other lores, they didn't trust. A few more Lores, mostly witches, warlocks, and vampires, had arrived during the time Scarlet was setting up the crystals, which set the wolves on edge and even had a few questioning things. "Are we sure this isn't a setup?" Carmela asked when a warlock who was covered from head to toe in tattoos and piercings walked by her. Kate stared at the man, interested in the iron bars that ran through the bone in his nose, the rings in his brows, and the finger bone that was dangling from his ear. "Yeah, and I don't think I have enough arrow if shit should go sideways. "Don't worry, I don't attack those that are weaker than me." The warlock stopped to say. "Yeah, besides, we are only here because we are excited about the wa