"We're talking about mobilizing an army of ten thousand humanoids and what you say is that it's too much for a pack that small?" Kevin was visibly livid. His fist clenched against his napkin as he listened to the top officials of the San Francisco State Government talk like they were sixteen year old girls who had fully bloomed and expected life to be a bed of roses. "Mr Kevin, we cannot provide the amount which you ask of. We would be cutting short the budget for this year and where do you think we get funds from? And how sure are you that these so called werewolves will be able to defeat your regent humanoids? That's nearly impossible. Ten thousand humanoids is too much for a pack with less than a hundred and fifty members." "They are much more than you think. More powerful than you make them to be. More violent and deadly than you can ever imagine. Rufus Kainwright, one of the men seated at a table in one of the most expensive restaurants in San Francisco spoke. Hi
"You know, you're such a beautiful lady. One who would be the perfect Luna, a mother figure and everything perfect for Lucian." Vera started. She crossed her leg and leaned forward so she was able to stare into Anna's eyes. The chair tilted to an uncomfortable angle, but Vera knew how to manipulate it. Anna wasn't going to lie, this lady smelt nice. She was probably using an ancient oil from the time of their old era, because its essence was something she'd never inhaled before. "Luciano is smitten. I'm still looking for what he finds attractive in this body of yours. Cellulite, rolls, a very far butt. So unladylike." Vera gagged. That sentence hit home. Vera didn't have to say more than that. Whatever result she was expecting from uttering such insensitive words got to Anna and tears spilled from her eyes immediately. A smile of accomplishment lined Vera's thin lip. She had gotten what she wanted. Now was the time to start her manipulations. "Is this how you w
A lady in scarlet cloak hurried down the alleyway leading to the temple as early as four a.m in the morning. By this time, crickets still chirped and the air was dense with mist. Her face was covered fully with a hood and as she meandered through the dirt filled alleyway, she bent her head. Anyone could be walking back from anywhere by this time and she couldn't take the risk of being seen. She needed to get to the temple real quick because time wasn't on her side. It was only a matter of time before the whole estate awakened and the priest in charge of the temple came out of his praying room. The nuns would arrive later, so she did not worry about encountering another lady dressed in an identical cloak as hers. Finally, she stood before the monumental temple and stared up at it. A smile of accomplishment coated her lip. The only problem she had right now was how to enter the temple without alerting the argus eyed guard. Yes, guard. The temple had just one guard and the man
"When she does, Lucian will have no option than to get married to me. Then, I will become Luna and no one will take him away from me." Petl nodded and watched Vera smile as she day dreamed about that day to come. If only she knew. Finally, Petl stood up. "I have to go. But, here, I got something for you." Petl slipped out a box from the coat of her jacket and handed it over to Vera who had a confused look on. "What's in there?" Petl shrugged. "A gift. In the spirit of the celebration of the festival of the lunatic." Vera's eyes widened and she tore at the box violently, discarding the pieces of nylon foil used to wrap the little box. "I have to go. It's almost dawn and Lucian will be at my door any moment from now to ask me about yesterday. I have to come up with a lie." Vera didn't look up from the box she was trying to unwrap. "Alright. Thank you! Have a nice day." A sinister smile coated Petl's face as she hurried out of the room into the larg
As soon as Petl shut the door to her house, she pulled off the cloak she was wearing and dumped it on a sofa in her sitting room. She was apprehensive. Now that she had accomplished all that she had planned, she knew that a grave mistake had been made. In less than two hours time, the whole estate would be alerted about the death of Vera and investigations would be conducted immediately. And Petl, being the head of the investigation team, was going to conduct it from the beginning to the end. She paced about the room, confused about what to do. If she decided to dismiss other coroners with the excuse of taking up the investigation herself, everyone would be suspicious. Her heart beat real fast as time ran. She was sure that the perpetrator would be found and no matter what her explanation was, the estate was going to execute her. And even if Lucian and the other cabinet members could stop it, the whole pack was going to go against it and that meant war and rebellio
When they passed by him, Petl stared at him longingly. Tears brimmed in her eyes. Lucian heaved a breath and sighed. There was nothing he could do than wait till it was time to know if her case would be taken up to the universal council. Lucian knew Felix was going to be at his girlfriend's home. They'd reconciled and he'd promised to make her breakfast and serve her in bed for one month. So, when he knocked on Aliyah's door and no reply came, he drowned the moans coming from her room and yelled; "Vera is dead and Petl has been arrested for murder of two!" In less than two minutes, the door was pulled open with force and for a moment, both of the men now staring at each other with wide eyes thought the door was going to come off its hinges. Not surprised. Lucian wasn't surprised that Felix was already fully dressed when moments before, all to be heard were moans of pleasure. "You just said Vera is dead and Petl has been arrested for murder
When Nora returned from her walk, she found the house empty and she wondered where Augustus had gone. She wasn't tired like she used to be each time she took a walk to clear her head. She was really feeling different. She decided to prepare a lunch of lasagna for Augustus. That was his favorite dish and she hoped it softened his bad mood. She really missed the fun Augustus she had been living with for weeks. So, she went to the kitchen, prepared pasta and made sauce. This was going to be fun and she was glad that she was a good cook. She couldn't bear watching Augustus' mood spoil further because of her bad food. Thirty five minutes later, she was done baking. She set the dish in a flask to keep it hot, in case Augustus returned home late. So, Nora waited. Nora waited for hours and when Augustus returned in the evening, she stood up and welcomed him with a hug which he accepted with all gladness. He wrapped his arms around her waist and squeezed her, sighing he
Lucian groaned as he slowly opened his eyes to a strange environment. Everywhere was pitched dark but due to his extraordinary vision he could still see a bit of his surroundings.He could see he was in a small, unkempt room with little furniture that had no windows which could explain why it was so dark.Everything seemed strange to him and he had this blankness and strange feeling of weakness.Where was he?He tried getting up but it was an impossible task as something was preventing him from getting up.What?Glancing down at himself Lucian realized he was tied firm to a chair with layers upon layers of thick ropes and immediately his face tightened into a frown.He was being held hostage. Who would dare?!He was still blank as to how he got here but soon enough he started to remember.The Market.... The River.... The pretty demon lady....and then the four men.One of them drugged him with the poisonous dart. Lucian grew agitated, he wanted to kill those men for what they had done