Chapter 47 The wind picked up as the robe-clad lady hurried to the sleek car parked at the end of the tiny parking lot. Her bare feet hit the ground with soft thuds. Pray she got to the car before her feet bruised. Finally, she stood in front of the small car and for several seconds, her eyes roamed over the beauty before her. She didn't have a knowledge of cars but then, she saw the logo and knew it was a really expensive car. Anna was about to pull the door open when a crash was heard, glass shattering, and out of instinct, she cowered. Straining to look at what had caused the noise, she saw the man who had wanted to kill her on the roof of a car. The car's roof was compressed and the windshield had blown out due to the force of impact. Shards of glass filled the floor of the lot. The window he had been thrown out from, Alma's window, had been unhinged from its joint and Anna gasped in horror. She staggered towards the entrance of the building to check for
Chapter 48"One shot of bloody Mary, please!" A lady, obviously drunk, yelled over the blaring music. "Coming right up!" The male bartender yelled back in reply and soon he was making the mixture. A spurt of vodka and a blob of spicy tomato juice. When he was done, he slid it over the counter towards the drunk lady who grabbed the small cup immediately. "Thank you!" She emptied the contents in the cup in one gulp and placed the cup on the counter with a thud. The bartender shook his head and returned to his business. Turning in her seat, the woman surveyed her environment. People downstairs were frolicking on the dance floor and the strobe lights made her dizzy. She scrubbed her eyes with the back of her palm and blinked a few times to take in her surroundings. From her peripheral view, she saw a tall man come towards the bar and twisted in her seat to have a better view of him. He was really good looking. Built with muscles in the right places. His h
Chapter 49"Lucian, who's that?" Lucian, who had been speaking to Alex, twisted in his seat when his gaze fell on Anna's form. She was hiding behind one of Uhh, that's Anna," He replied hesitantly. Anna, who had been hiding behind the column, moved and everyone in the room was able to see her. "Oh Lucian, what have you done?" Casey muttered under his breath and leaned over to Lucian. "She should be out of here before the whole estate wakes," "Know what?" Lucian said out loud as he stood to his feet. "This meeting is postponed, I have to take her home,""Lucian, you can't do that. Let Felix—"He cut Petl short, a sugary smile plastered on his face. "Felix has business to attend to. " As Lucian moved towards where nervous Anna stood, Casey spoke. "I don't know what's the matter with you both. Sometimes I forget I'm your Beta because you don't even acknowledge me at all," By now, all eyes were on him, Anna's included. Lucian st
Chapter 50 "Werewolves are beginning to infiltrate our environment, we need to do something before it gets out of hand," The Argents, after spotting a werewolf with a human lady the previous night, had followed him to find out where he was coming from. The chase was futile because the werewolf had gotten them lost. The werewolf had spotted them before they did. Justin had been among the Argents who went to the club that night and he immediately phoned Walter and informed him of the development. Walter had asked to meet the next day. Walter, who had been leading the Argents for close to three decades, stepped into leadership as soon as his father, Gregory was killed not less than ten years after he began to lead the Argents. He paced back forth as he pondered on what might be done to permanently end the Lycan race. In his late sixties, he still possessed the gait of a youth. Moving with confidence, his footsteps not faltering. His blond hair had partially gre
Nora leaned against the door and watched seven of the men peer into the monitor. None of them seemed to be able to understand the graphics. She chuckled. The only thing they were good at was killing. "Nora, Honey, care to explain what this means? We're not computer gurus." Walter spoke up after several minutes of silently conversing with his board of trustees. Nothing thrilled Nora than seeing her all-knowing husband with a look of utter confusion. He liked to think that he was a deity with all the knowledge in the world. She cleared her throat, still maintaining her position at the door. "Quentin, can you move? I can't see the monitor with the way you're standing," The man she'd just spoken to moved as she'd demanded and now, she could see the monitor clearly. She laughed again. These men saw jargon, she saw juicy information. "The tracking device you placed on the Werewolf's body stopped transmitting information when he got to Viewpoint park. He totally disappear
Nora Argent? Unbelievable. Lucian and Felix hadn't left the lab and it was late in the afternoon already. Lucian had planned to go straight to Anna's street as soon as they were done here. "I feel weak, Lucianos. Very weak." Felix said weakly. It was uncommon to see him look this pale. The power of Argentum. "It's silver. Let's wait for Augustus to run tests. You'll be fine," Lucian reassured. "The Argents be damned. It's a good thing that they aren't able to trace our whereabouts. It'd have been disastrous, really," Lucian nodded his head and watched Augustus place a test tube containing a small amount of Felix's blood in a centrifuge. Moments later, there was a whirring sound and the test tube spun with great speed. Augustus stared at the men seated on the lab stool a few feet away from him. Lucian nodded when their eyes met and he gave Lucian a thumbs up in reply. "We have a lot to deal with, Felix. For a few days, I totally forgot about the existence of T
Anna was going to enjoy the rest of her evening with Ryan, so she put all of her problems behind her and let herself revel in the moment. Ryan, her coursemate back at Stanford University, had miraculously shown up at her door two hours after Argent had excused himself out of her apartment looking obviously better than he had been when they were still in college. Alma had gasped audibly when she saw him. The change was evident. He now worked at a law firm and had already been promoted to the position of a district attorney. Life was good to him and Anna wasn't envious, she was happy for him. So right now, smiling at him at a four-star restaurant downtown, close to the Golden gate, Anna's heart filled up with joy. She was living, wasn't she? He looked broader than he had been back at the SU days. His blond hair, shorter than it had been now, had a nice sheen to it. His expensive wristwatch that she had noticed immediately he sat on the nearly worn-out couch back at her
Well, I don't think there's any way you can get home without me driving you." Lucian pointed out. "It's not safe for you to be near my home, Lucian. The Argents—" Lucian scoffed and twisted the key on the ignition. His car roared to life and he looked at her. "Anna, don't worry about that. It's not your battle but ours. Stay out of this," Anna gave him a bewildered look. " What the heck are you saying?! The pod is in my house. My house, remember? No matter how you try to keep me out of this, I and my friend are very much involved." Lucian paid no attention to whatever she said. He gave her a straight answer. "I said what I said." "Just take me home, please. Whatever you do, I don't want it to affect me and my friend." " You were given a quit notice, right? You'd be out of there, soon. Don't worry, you'd not be affected," Lucian replied as he drove out of the lot. He focused on the road while he drove but he could see how Anna paled and he felt sorry for her. Th