DravenDraven walked into his office, ignoring everyone who greeted him; the incident in the station made him really annoyed. Every trace of smile was gone from his face as he summoned his assistant and his secretary into his office. "Now I'm going to ask you guys one question," he indicated by showing his index. "Just one and that's all." They could not look him in the eye, their eyes were fixed on the ground. "If we may ask, what is it, sir?" It was his secretary who spoke…on behalf of her and the assistant. "There would be a huge problem once you guys fail to answer me," he rose to his feet while inserting his hand into his pocket. "It would not be any different if I ended up finding the truth."Immediately they heard that, their hands started to fidget in fear. "We…I won't lie, sir." The assistant awaited the secretary's response while looking her in the eye. "The same goes for me, sir," she breathed a heavy sigh, and Draven nodded. "Look at me," he commanded while sitting at
AvelineDraven's call was all of a sudden, and I picked it up. I saw him storm out of the interrogation room; he might have found out already; that was the only reason why I picked up the call and nothing else. "Why are you calling?" Considering the fact that he might be of little help at the moment, I did not hold back from using my hoarse voice. "You should know that I'm always in the middle of something at times like this." I heard him sigh from the other end of the phone. "I'm sorry for that but I need–+"Just go on with what you called me for." I cut him off with a frown on my face. "I…I've got a favor to ask from you." I inhaled in anger. Calling me just to ask for a favor?! His company hijacked one of my shareholders after I granted him a contract out of pity and he thinks I would grant him another one? That is so stupid, just like he is. "I can't do any for you at the moment." My voice was infused with disdain and I felt no pity for telling him that. Not even the urge to t
AvelineAs I walked into the building, a sense of unease washed over me, but I looked back and saw the guards coming behind me, and a sigh of relief escaped my lips. 'Don't tell me you are afraid,' V whispered to me, but I shook my head. 'Not afraid, just uneasy.' I said while rolling my eyes in the process. There was nothing to be scared of, not even Beatrice nor Draven, and the same goes for Sophie and Emily. Every one of them. "You stay at the door when I get in okay?" I said without turning back to them and they all chorused."Yes, ma." "She's the one." "She's the CEO of Nova Empire I can't believe." I heard voices from different angles and my forehead knitted. "Who are you here for ma'am?" The receptionist made me pause in my tracks, and I turned to her with a smile, and immediately I did, I noticed the shock on her face. With an arched brow, I asked. "Do you still want to know who I am?" She shook her head and averted her gaze from mine. "You would get used to me in your
Aveline"Be…Beatrice's bag?" I stuttered. Beatrice threatened me in my own office and now I was in the office of her son. That gives her the upper hand in a lot of ways in which was not looking good to me. No, there are people outside, people that are heavily guarding me. One word from me, and they would barge into this place, so I was good…there was nothing to panic about. 'Do not show them that you are not feeling good here, Aveline, you just have to be yourself,' I whispered to myself, and a smile was plastered on my face."Hey," Draven's voice pulled me back to reality and I checked my wristwatch. I was supposed to be here this long; Beatrice's arrival would only be like salt that was added to a wound. "Do you have a problem with that?" His question made me turn in the direction of the bag. That was where he pointed to anyway. "No, I don't." I gave him an answer almost immediately. "I don't think we should be this casual considering the fact that it is only business that is be
DravenDraven walked out of the building and the look he had on his face showed how shocked he was after he saw Kade leaning on Aveline's car. "Hi." Kade waved to him with a smile on his face. "I think we've met before." He took off his dark shades but the smile was not off his face. The former nodded at what the latter said. "Yeah, Kade Pierce." Aveline constantly switched gazes from Draven to Kade, the only difference was the way she looked at them. She seemed to be shocked at Kade's coming and she was annoyed whenever she looked at the former. "Can you guys tell what the fuck is going on here?" Aveline demanded as he shielded her eyes from the sun with the back of her palm. Without sparing any of them a glance, she turned to leave when Draven held her wrist, but the guards pushed him back. "Leave him," Aveline muttered. "I should hear what he wants to say.""I can't talk here," Draven heaved a sigh after looking at each one of Aveline's bodyguards. "We both know this is someth
AvelineMy gaze remained fixed on Kade, my mind replaying the events that had transpired just moments before. The memory of his actions was etched vividly in my mind, and I couldn't help but wonder what had driven him to behave in such a way. The look on his face had been a mixture of determination and defiance, his eyes flashing with a fierce intensity as he stood his ground against Draven.As I continued to study Kade's expression, I couldn't help but ask, "Why did you do it?" My voice was barely above a whisper, but Kade's response was immediate. He shrugged, a small smile playing on his lips as he replied, "I just thought it was the right thing to do."I searched his face for any sign of regret or hesitation, but there was none. His voice was firm and resolute, his words laced with a conviction that was both admirable and unsettling. "He kept questioning you, and I didn't like it," Kade added, his eyes never leaving mine.I held his gaze for a long, tense moment, my mind racing wi
DravenDraven stared at the ceiling with his hands crossed above his chest, he enjoyed the silence after Beatrice questioned him, but the impatience in Beatrice's face only became stronger at each second that went by. If it was any other question he might have given an answer to it but the look of surprise that masked his face showed that the possibility of getting an answer to that question was more of a forty to sixty. Beatrice began to tap her foot on the floor since she had ran out of patience already, it could be said that even a pang was not in her again she was pushed to speak up."So are you going to give me an answer to that question?" She just had to voice out since she knew that she won't be getting an answer if she stayed mute. Draven turned to her with a hardened jaw."You showed up just to question me today right?"He demanded in a very firm tone but Beatrice shook her head sideways in a clear disagreement to what he said. "I just came to clear my mind off some things
DravenDraven arched an eyebrow immediately, his eyes moving in the direction of the cops that were behind Emily. "And you guys are here for?" Beatrice whose voice was completely infused with fear. "Above all, did you think coming here uninvited is something that is acceptable to us?" "I'm sorry, ma'am, but I think we need to ask some questions." One of the cops said in an apologetic tone. "And after that, we think we can let her go." "You could place a call and—-""Fine, go on with your question," Draven interrupted Beatrice while motioning his hand to the cop who had talked earlier. "But as you all know, I'm a busy person so be quick with what you wanna ask." "Thank you," he turned to Beatrice and her eyes widened in fear. Emily could have done something stupid already and the fear was in her face. Draven, on the other hand, remained focused. "Do you have something to ask me," Beatrice held her hand that had started to fidget, and immediately she looked at Emily. The latter sho
Draven Seeing Aveline being taken away and being unable to do anything made him lose his shit. He tugged and tugged in futility to free his hands but more Lycans approached him and covered him with their huge build."Fuck!" "Ave-line..." the sound came out mumbled. As he charged to pull the weight of the Lycans off him, he noticed some of them left him, their attention was distracted. With the decreased weight on him, he pushed them away from him and saw Brian and Scar fighting the Lycans. They were in their wolf form and they were pissed.It was possible that they saw what happened with Aveline and were out to save him.Draven lunged at some Lycans and the place became a war scene. Claws dug into flesh, Lycans into Lycans and fists into muscles as they fought tirelessly, the more they fought the more new Lycans ran toward the scene."Let's go. We have to go Draven. They're multiplying." Brian was always the reasonable one but Draven was as impulsive as ever.Kade didn't only tak
Aveline"Stay behind me, Aveline!" Draven guarded me behind him but it was of no use, we were already surrounded and he wouldn't be able to take on them alone.By 'them' I meant, the terrible-looking and intimidating Lycans that surrounded us. They growled and covered in on us.Draven let out his claws but how many could they defeat?The Lycans came to a halt suddenly and turned around as if something else caught their attention. A figure appeared in the darkness and I squinted only to see Kade appear from behind the Lycans. As they parted for him to walk through, I couldn't help the scoff that escaped my lips.It was true, Kade was in on this. He was controlling the Lycans and he was out to get me."Well well, look who we have here?" He said with a smirk as he stood right before Draven and me.Draven gritted his teeth, one of his hands still behind him in a protective curve around me."You're nothing but a fucker Kade and a disgrace to the werewolves." Draven spat, his eyes red with
Aveline For the rest of the ride, everyone was ~~calm~~ no, quiet. I was certain that we all had a lot going through our minds and brains.No one spoke about my supernatural outburst yet and I wanted it to remain that way. At least until we figure out what it is we are dealing with. 'Are you alright?' A familiar voice rang through my mind, making me almost jerk up. It wasn't V (my wolf) it was a masculine voice.'Calm down love, it's me.' The voice spoke again and my eyes grew twice their size as I realized it was Draven. I glanced at him and he let a reassuring smile cross his lips.'Why are you in my head!' I retorted, more shocked than angry. He had never communicated to me through the mind link and it seemed strange.'I don't want them to listen in on our conversation, we deserve some privacy don't you think?' There was something about Draven's voice that calmed me down.I smiled at his words, the eerie feeling that overwhelmed me minutes before hearing Draven's voice left in
AvelineUsually after most wars, it's said that the remaining armies ran away but that couldn't be said about this war because every one of them lay lifeless on the pack grounds and outside its gates.It was hard to say that anyone escaped, even if they did, they would be seriously injured. After making sure that every one of the vampires was dead, I finally let go of the light and it began to dim until it totally went off.Only then was I more aware of my surroundings. I turned back to see Draven's warriors and mine staring at me with widened eyes and parted lips. Even Draven had a puzzled but excited out of his mind expression. Scar on the other hand just furrowed his brows but his lips and every other part of his face still held his usual frown."Are you all okay?" I asked and just then, my ears caught a low groan and my eyes quickly scanned for the source.It was Draven. He was holding his stomach and wincing in pain."What's wrong? Who did this to you?" I asked when it was obvi
DravenDraven closed the door of the hall so that Aveline wouldn't be hurt except we've all been killed.The cubs and the females were all locked up in an underground safe house that was built to withstand all kinds of pressure. They would be safe. Except one of our guards lead them there.Let's hope they take the secret to their graves. Let's hope the pain isn't much for them to bear."Where's Brian?" His Beta was put in charge of the warriors and he must've forgotten. "He's with the warriors, they're going to block the gate."Where's the big guy?" The guard who was walking behind Draven, and struggling to meet up his pace was confused by the name and then Draven remembered that it wasn't his actual name."Oh, that guy that's big and doesn't smile... the new guy from Aveline's pack." The guard nodded at his explanation."He's with Brian, they're both arranging the warriors and their formations." Draven marched to where he knew they would be. And they were there, the whole army was
DravenDraven collected the book from the female and walked back to Aveline who was dumbstruck or rather in shock.All these were happening too fast and he knew that she was still processing it but there wasn't much time to be wasted.It was almost sundown. Any preparation that was needed to be made had to be that instant."Aveline, listen to me. This is the book that your ancestors wrote on how to discover and use your powers. I need you to study this. We need you to be in your right state of mind and get this done before the vampires match to the pack." Aveline blinked slowly for two seconds before her rhythm stabilized and her gaze finally shifted to the book.She was going through a lot in her mind and her head but there was no time to attend to that. The safety of the pack and its members depended on her majorly and she needed to get her head into the game.The book flung open with one swing from her and her eyes suddenly closed, her head lifted a bit and she hummed slightly lik
AvelineI followed behind Scar but he was walking fast like his life depended on it.Draven ordered some guards to show Scar and his people who came in a few hours after the call to their apartments.I was amazed by how fast they were able to gather their things and come at Scar's call. There must be some story behind their total loyalty and obedience to Scar. Scar on the other hand was grumbling throughout the whole process. It was almost like, no, he didn't want to be there. I was sure of it."Loosen up your face a bit. You'll grow old quickly with that face." I snuck behind him and whispered in his ear.My words must have done worse as he grunted and squeezed his face even more.Once I was sure that they were settling in well, I went to find Draven. We had to figure out how we were going to hold off the vampires. Since nighttime is their peak. Even though we were blessed with great hearing and smelling sense, we were still no match with the night reigners who hunt at night coupled
AvelineDraven tensed up at the information, although he tried to hide it, I saw his shoulders tense.We walked into the throne room and met Brian standing behind the spy who looked distressed.His shoulders squared the minute he saw Draven and he ran up to him."I came as soon as I saw..." he announced "Saw what?" The impatience was audible in Draven's voice."Their camp. The vampires and the Lycans settled in a camp. Kade was there with the cursed lycan and the vampire king." "They are in a camp?" Draven asked the same question that was in our minds.They've been sworn enemies for centuries, the blood thirsty vampires don't hesitate to drink from whatever or whoever's in their path just to satisfy their thirst for blood and this made them unable to form an alliance or even stick to their side of any agreement. How did Kade and that cursed Lycan king get them to stay with the Lycans when they knew the history of their blood thirst and how unreliable they were?"Yes Alpha, they are
Aveline "What are you talking about? She seems perfectly fine. The only danger she's in is if she continues to stay here with you. You'll make your enemies hers." Scar retorted, his tone laced with anger.He hadn't gotten over his beef with Draven and it was evident in the way he looked at him and spoke to him."You're right, I have my enemies but Kade's a potential enemy of Aveline. He claims he loves her and wants her but his actions show that he just wants her for something that I'm yet to figure out." Draven tried to explain but it seemed to Scar that Draven was the one who wanted to use Aveline, not Kade."You think I'd believe your cooked-up excuse?" He asked with a displeased look.Draven nodded slightly before letting the cat out of the bag or delivering the last straw."The day she managed to leave the pack, he attacked her in her office." Scar's eyes widened at Draven's words before they darkened almost immediately. A smile tucked at my lips seeing Scar get pissed because