Aveline"Who's there?" I asked, alarmed and curious that there was another person in the cell with me.I stood to my feet with the speed of a wolf, even though I couldn't call myself one at this point. I stepped on the wet floor in the process and a big splash went across the room.'Is it just me or did the water level increase?'"Hello? Can you hear me? Did the water increase on your side too? Is that why you're asking for help?" I got no response as well."Shit!" So much for saving oxygen. My heart was beating so fast against my ribcage as the water kept rising.'Did it drown the other person already?' I ran around my cell room, looking for an escape route or a way to reduce the water but it just kept increasing. From my knee down was soaked with water. This was no joke! It was real and I had to do something, anything. Else I'll get drowned in it."Fuck! Please!." I cried out to my wolf or the goddess or anyone who could hear me."Get me out of here!" I screamed and banged the cell
Kade"I'm still trying to make peace with the reason she should still be alive." Beatrice rolled her eyes at Kade after the guards dragged Aveline out of his room."You know she has to be kept alive. We have no other choice." Kade replied, "Just the same way I have to spare your son when the hunt begins."Beatrice rolled her eyes again."Ours is different. We made a deal. You won't touch him in exchange for my help.""Aveline plays a vital role in all of this and you know that. You're just finding it hard to admit.""Whatever...""I'll just let her remain alive for now, once she's fulfilled her role, I won't hesitate to get rid of her like I did her mother." A smirk played on Beatrice's lips as she remembered what she thought to be a pleasant event; the day she killed Aveline's mother. "After all this is settled, you can do what you want with her. I don't care." Kade replied. "How long before the torture kicks in?" Beatrice asked."About ten minutes." "How long will it last?" Beatr
Aveline"What the fuck do you have going on here?!" I tugged harder at the gate, expecting answers from the two who were looking at me dead in the eyes with disapproval. It was as though they were searching my eyes for something, like a confirmation of something being done."Are you ready to help us with the sacrifice?" Kade asked, his eyes still pinned on mine."Why the fuck would I help you after everything you've done? You even locked me up in this goddess-forsaking place and you want my help?" I fought back the tears that threatened to wet my dry cheeks.I couldn't afford to let them see me as I truly was at the point; broken, scared and exhausted. From what I've been dealt with in this freaking cell and generally in life."Why are you doing this Kade?" I asked the man who just stared into my eyes like he was possessed or something. "Why are you suddenly overwhelmed by power and thirst for fame?" I asked, trying to understand why he chose to be the villain in my life."My gosh,
Aveline I woke up on the bed, unscathed. This has got to be a joke!Something was messing with my head here and I needed to figure out what it was before it overwhelmed me.I sat up but I was too weak to even think. The worst part is, I didn't know what time it was. The only source of light was the dim light bulb that shone in the cell and it appeared to be dimmer each time I woke.Like someone was controlling the cell with a remote."I'm fine!" I whispered, touching my face, my left chin where I hit hard on the wall what seemed to be a few minutes ago, or hours. I didn't know anymore.I looked around the cell with anxiety, the dark walls met my gaze, and the floor was still cold and damp but it wasn't as wet as the day I first came in._Talktometalktometalktome_ I wished more than anything that my wolf was with me but since I couldn't feel her, I decided to do what she would have advised if she were here.V was a calm wolf, and that helped her defeat her enemies with ease. While I w
DravenOne could say everything was going quite well except for Draven of course, he grew miserable by the day. Although he tried to push everyone away and act like he wasn't affected by what was happening around him, he buried himself in work and took over taking care of Betty.Taking her to every ice cream date on their date calendar and playing with her for however hours she wanted.Everyone noticed the changes but could not talk to him about it since it was better than locking himself away in his chambers or numbing his system with alcohol.Sabrina had been handling her position so well that there were barely any complaints concerning the company or its shareholders. She was fierce and was able to keep them in check since becoming CEO, plus she did extra work making sure nobody bad-mouthed Aveline behind her or in her very eyes.She would almost tear them apart and that helped reduce the many flying rumours about Aveline. However, there was a new problem. Julian, the cursed Lyca
KadeKade and Beatrice left the dungeon after Kade gave her 48 hours to make a decision. "Do you think it will work? Do you think she will agree to it?" Beatrice asked Kade once they were out of the dungeon. "I'm positive. There's no way she can survive what her cell is made of. The last person who was put in there ran mad and is still hearing voices from the room to date. If she survives the mental torture, it's a miracle." Kade replied confidently. "Good. Everything has to go well so we can fully take charge. And I think you should give Julian what he wants." Beatrice added.Kade looked at her with a smug expression. "Hhm, is the almighty Beatrice worried about me? Is that what I think it is?" "Don't push your luck. I'm just saying. He looked pretty serious back then and considering his history, getting into a fight with him is the last thing we want for our plan to be a success so give it to him let peace reign." Beatrice explained with a stern voice."I still take that as you
Aveline "Let go of me!" I protested as Kade pulled me out of the cell room with so much force.He ignored me and kept on pulling me out of the room. I felt bad and happy at the same time.Happy because I was finally out of that shit hole, that manipulative cell and bad because I couldn't fight back or stop him from treating me with so much roughness. I felt so weak without my wolf."Get your hands off me!" I screamed just as we got to the main door of the dungeon. I managed to push his hands away but it only lasted for a second as he grabbed onto me almost immediately and pulled me out of the dungeon."All I wanted you to do was offer me some little help by performing a little sacrifice." Kade's voice was raspy."After all I've done for you, don't you think this is a little way to appreciate me?" "Fuck. You. Kade!" I screamed in response."You just have to be stubborn huh? You just have to give me a hard time and make things hard for everyone." He wiped his nose with the back of hi
AvelineThere was something on my jaw, no, it started from my cheeks to my jaw and it was itchy and uncomfortable. I tried to reach for it with my hands but I could not. Like I was restricted. I tried to shake it off by shaking my head sideways but it was a futile move so I resorted to the only option I had which was to pull my hand out of whatever it was that was holding it bound.And when I tried to pull out my hands three times, I finally threw my eyes open and then it dawned on me.I was in that shitty lab and whatever it was itchy on my face was tears. I was crying from my sleep."Fuck!" I exclaimed when I tried to straighten up but felt a sharp pain in my spinal cord. I woke up bent with my hands pulled back by the strong straps.Pain shot through my bones from my spinal cord and I felt just how sore my joints were.The leather strap was so strong I couldn't wiggle my hands out of it, it had some elasticity that held my hands tighter the more I tried to pull out of it.I stoppe
Sabrina"How dare you bring me to a motel? You think I'm one of those cheap sluts you play around with as you will?" Sabrina fumed, ignoring the look of total confusion her words brought to Julian's face. "Read my lips you scumbag, I do not want to do anything of that sort with you. Hell, I don't even want to be in the same space as you are and I'm barely coping..." Sabrina was raging on and on and it seemed like the more she spoke, the more angry she became so Julian tried to calm her down."Wait, wait, you think this is a motel?" He asked with a chuckle. He had no idea why he warmed up to the lady despite her fierceness. Maybe that was what intrigued him in the first place.Sabrina stopped raving and just stared daggers at him."You think I want to do something of that sort with you?" Julian asked again, a subtle smile of amusement on his face."Of course! Why else will you bring me here instead of taking me to the hotel we booked? This is not the name of the hotel. And why would y
JULIAN The day Julian and Sabrina were meant to travel finally arrived, and they both made their way into the private jet that was waiting for them at the airport. Immediately after they stepped inside, Julian noticed the change in Sabrina's expression, and it was quite easy for him to tell what the cause for her sudden change in expression was. “Why are the chairs so close to each other?” She questioned, slowly moving to one of them, while he moved to the other. “I am not the one that built this jet, so I have no answer to the question that you just asked me,” Julian replied as he slumped down into one. “It was a rhetorical question; you didn't need to answer it,” she replied with a quite feisty tone. “If it were up to me, I wouldn't have minded the chairs being so far away from each other,” she muttered under her breath. Julian turned to stare at her with the same amused expression that always finds its way to his face whenever his eyes land on the embodiment of beauty sittin
Aveline I started getting worried. Not because of Betty this time around, or Sabrina or even my company, _although those always got me worried daily_This time around, I was worried because of the She-wolf who had been helping me through my recovery. I had not seen her in a while now and it was not normal for someone who always came around every morning to check in on me and keep me company, she hadn't come in for three days. I had every right to be worried. Considering what I went through in the hands of Kade.'What if he locked her up in the cell because she did something offensive?' I thought to myself with a deep sigh. She was a slave after all, and slacks are not cut for slaves in the clan. 'What if they killed her?!' My heart beat accelerated at this thought and I placed a palm on my chest to calm myself. I had to think about the positives that could happen but there were barely any positives that could happen in this shit hole of a clan where the Lycans kill for the fun o
Draven’s office was occupied by three people, with Draven seated behind his desk on his usual office chair, while the other two occupants, Brian, his beta, and Scar, Aveline’s right-hand man, sat on the two chairs opposite where Draven was seated. “Let's not even beat around the bush, and let me get straight to the point. I called both of you here to fill you in on my plan to attack the Lycans and set Aveline free from their grasp.” His gaze moved from Brian to Scar while he spoke, paying rapt attention to the expression plastered on their faces. Just like he had expected, the only person that reacted to this news was his beta, Brian. “You know this is not something that we are supposed to rush into,” Brian said and leaned forward, placing his arm on the table, like Draven wouldn't be able to hear him due to the little distance between them. He continued before Draven could interrupt him, “These people are far stronger than we are; they are well versed in battle individually. It w
DravenThe day was a busy one for him, it was either that or he had been so buried in Aveline's absence that he snubbed work for weeks. And it was telling on him from the pole of files on his table and the trouping in and out of his secretary into his office with more complaints and questions. Must have lost track of time with the so much work he had to handle and he only realized that when he picked up a call from a client who wanted a detailed statement of his transaction with Draven's company. Draven ran out of his office when he saw the time. He had forgotten to pick Betty from school.He drove over to her school like a man whose wife was in the hospital.When he got there he was told that Betty already left and Kade picked her up.Kade was no stranger to the school. He always picked his niece from school before he decided to show his true colors and Betty always tagged along so the teachers didn't read any meaning into his meeting with the girls."You could have called me and i
KadeAfter his conversion with Julian, Kade decided it was better to act on his _with the last card he had to pull; getting Aveline's daughter, Betty._He had not shown his face since he got to Julian's clan and had his friend handle his business while he was away but everything was not going as planned so he had to take desperate measures."Hey, sis!" Kade greeted over the phone as he got in his car."Am I talking to a ghost? You have been gone for so long that I began to think that my dear cousin is now a ghost!" The woman exclaimed from the other end of the call."I had to handle some serious business and it took more time than anticipated," Kade replied with a calm voice."You got me worried. And your niece had been asking after you all week!" She replied. "I'm sorry I got you worried. You know what? I'm coming into town today, can I stop by the house for a good lunch? You know I've missed your nice dishes." Kade asked and just like he expected, the woman had no issue with hostin
AvelineI have not set my eyes on Kade since the last time he came to my room. It was hard finding out what happened between Kade and Julian because I was still healing and had been falling in and out of sleep.The she-wolf who has been helping me had suddenly been distant. She doesn't spend as much time with me anymore, claiming that I need my rest. So I had only the books she gave me for consolation. However, on this faithful morning, I woke up and I didn't feel sleepy after some seconds of being awake so I got down from the bed.My wounds were almost healed since I'd been resting well and taking my meds. I still felt weak but it wasn't as much as the first week and the pains had reduced to a faint feel.I staggered to the door and was surprised that it wasn't locked from the other side.Perhaps, this has anything to do with what the guards said about King Julian's order to let me be.Two guards were manning my door and they shifted their gaze to me when I walked out but they did n
Sabrina The days moved by so fast and the closer the date of her meeting with Julian drew near, the more anxious she became.How could she be in a meeting with a man who provoked her every being? The fact that Aveline was being held hostage in his clan was not doing anything to reduce the anger she felt towards the man."Hello, Aunty." Betty's light voice cut through the angry woman's thoughts and she stared towards the door."Hey, sweetheart. How long have you been there?" Betty was glued to the side of the half-opened door, staring at her mother's friend with so much adoration. It would be no surprise if Betty said she was looking up to Sabrina as a role model. The woman was fierce and still so sweet. She had a large heart but never hesitated to call out anyone who was in the wrong."Not long. I just came by when I heard you were going out soon." Betty replied with a shrug.Sabrina smiled as she gestured to the girl with open arms."Come here, child." Betty ran into her embrace.
JulianJulian found himself looking forward to seeing Sabrina again and it got him excited as he reminisced about the last time he got on her nerves. They were supposed to have a meeting concerning their collaboration."Kade is asking to see you, my king." One of the guards announced with a bow by the door just as Julian was about to leave the room."He's here for what?" Julian asked as nonchalant as he could be."He said he had been trying to speak to you since the evening of your return from your first meeting at Aveline's office. He's been going mad about it and threatening to break in if we do not let him in." The guard replied. Making Julian stifle a laugh."Typical of him. Let's hear what he wants to say." Julian stepped out, to meet Kade pacing like a hungry lion waiting for its food to be served."You want to see me?" He asked Kade who wore a frown."You didn't let me in your chambers? Why is that?" Kade asked, fuming.He was pissed enough that he was no longer regarded as t