She studied him, imagining him as a protector of thousands, she couldn’t stop herself from being impressed. “That sounds great.”“Yes but over the years we have had to protect ours first. We became easy access for rivals who were in disguise as settlers.”“The war made you become open again?” She muttered.“Yes it did.” He took a turn into a rough path which would lead him to a thinner highway. “But there, I’m sure you’d be safe. There are witches that. . .”If she had a drink in her mouth she would have spat it at him. “Witches? You mean like spells and magic?” Her shock was plastered golden on her face.“Yes, they have been our guide for ages. Every pack has a mage or a seer that stands as a healer, advisor or protector. It depends on the balance of the pack’s spirit.”Still not over another revelation, she managed to ask. “Can a pack have both?”“Yes but it’s rare as they serve different elements and spirits which can cause a rift in the pack. My pack have always used a seer but re
For the decades Zipporah lived on earth she had never felt the terror of being a prey. She was nothing but a meal in their eyes but more than that, she was a drug to their prime hunger of excitement. She swapped her eyes from left to right, they were gaining each time she caught their speed. Their bodies blended with the trees like its shadow, emerging into the light with thirst in their eyes. Their speed pounded dust and dirt into the air, it caused the forest to become hazy and blind. She felt a strain in her neck and knees. Her stomach and aching head made a protest to the speed she was kept on. The trees were becoming a blur, it all flashed by her eyes and she wanted to do nothing but scream for everything to stop. She needed to breathe.She pulled her left hand from his fur and struggled to grip her chest when she felt her heartbeats collapsing into her chest. With every jolt Adam added to his speed, her head spun with the current and her skull drummed louder in her ears.Tiny s
Drizzles thundered into the making of a storm. The clouds grew darker, the trees scattered with the wind till the earth threatened to quake. Zipporah could barely see through the havoc, she tried to crawl away from the growls with her elbows but the wet ground only dug her hole in her struggle. Her ears picked up howls which echoed in the rain, she arched her neck from the gaining wolves to the loud thump she heard. Thunder and lightening resounded with her scream when she saw her wolf crushed on the soiled ground by three bloody canines. Overpowered and severely injured, he kept fighting off every slash and bite. She felt pain worst that the pang in her bones when she couldn’t help him. Her tears mimicked the rain, it flowed with no restrain and soaked the ground. She was tired of crying, it helped no one. She wiped her face and dragged a stick closest to her. With no plan except a desire to survive she slashed at the wolves, they barked at the weapon she held. But her stand couldn’
The absolute definition of flabbergasted spread through Zipporah’s face. What she heard was different from what her brain was choosing to believe. Her soaked gown dripped on her bare feet, the hem she held in her hand toppled from her hold. She tried to hide her shock but the fact that her tongue had no words to cover up for her reaction made her want to return to the river and hide her stupid face under it.“Oh fuck, you look like your face died without your body,” Lyra belly laughed. She snorted and cackled as she shifted her weight from the tree.Zipporah glared at her amused display. Whatever the joke was was at her expense and completely lost to her. Having enough of the impressive, tall woman she plucked the skirt of her dress and walked away from her. Her legs plodded down the riverbank, she swore at how silly she felt with her gown stuck to her skin, each step she took made a squishy noise and it irritated her.“Hey!” Lyra shouted even though she wasn’t far away yet, “where do
The silence that lingered as he took care of her foot was not long but it was loud and unending to Zipporah. She glanced around, figuring out what to fill up the moment with. “So, uh, nice place you’ve got here.” She shot, when he raised a confused brow at her she swallowed a sigh at how hot his glance was. Clearing her throat, she paraded her hand over his head, “your territory.”He only nodded, his focus on the dressing he made.Refusing to let the silence win, she asked, “Lyra said you were going to get help?”“Not really.” Her heart sang a tune of victory when he continued. “This is the farthest of what’s mine, we still have a bit of distance before we get to the hold. There is a secret space close by, it belonged to my brother, I only went for dry clothes and something for your leg.”“Thanks.” Her eyes left the top of his head to their company, “what about Lyra?”“She guards this part of the trees,” he threw a proud glance at her and added, “and she takes her duty very seriously.
Pale view of a white ceiling filled her iris when they finally came alive. She felt the fold of the soaked bed sheet under her gripping hold. Her heartbeat drummed into her ears, she was terrified they would bleed. She could still hear the thunderstorm, taste the spice of fear and feel the charge of the darkness.She raised her hand to tuck in her hair but had no strand to attack, her curls were in a bun. She frowned at that then looked down to see her manly clothes were gone as well. She was in a blunt yellow cotton pajamas which ended above her knee.Barely registering her new surrounding, she tried to sit up from the ache she felt at her side. She succeeded eventually after a slow struggle with her weak legs. She reached under her gown for the ache she felt, it was in between her stomach and her back and it burnt like hell. It was oily when she touched it and had a pink color around the edge. She judged by the swell it had that it wasn’t good. Her ankle was wrapped in a tidy set o
We know who you are, Zipporah Williams. The whole pack does.Like the wordings to a bad, catchy commercial those words were sown into Zipporah’s brain. After clearing her plate she tried to rest the ache in her head, and failed. She sat up with nothing and no one as company except the endless wheel that was her thoughts. Every inch of the room has been reviewed with her eyes. She was sure she’d know the number of bricks around the fireplace or the exact image of the shapes embroidered in the carpet if asked in a quiz. It was a disaster to be stuck in a room with no device or sign of life. She felt a countdown of insanity going off in her head and the sad thing was Ivy had just left less than an hour ago. Her meal had kept her entertained long enough, all her senses had been focused on the food she didn’t notice the silence that filled up the big room. Now that she had nothing to do except ignore the ache on her side and ankle, she could do nothing but listen to everything around her
Profanities rolled loosely off Zipporah’s tongue. She felt the heat do something wicked to her skin. With ease and unsettled fingers she raised her top. What she saw was completely unnatural and almost unexplainable. The potion she drank was sipping out from the pores of her swollen skin. It began to spread as it coated her injury. Mixing with the pink ointment on her injury, it turned brown.In absolute wonder, she watched the swollen injury heal. It felt like time was moving faster for that part of her waist and it was profoundly painful. As the color faded with her wound, the pain tailed it. Her ribs simmered into relief. No one told her the healing process was going to be such torture. She hissed, tired of the different forms of pain she has had to endure. The part that was swollen was warm when she touched it.She stared at it, confused about what just happened. Few minutes ago she had a swollen waist, now she had nothing to show of it. There was no bump or even a scar. She wond
Carl acknowledged his greeting and looked at his butler grimacing while Elise went to hold his hand and rubbed his thumb. He looked lifeless with a bandage wrapped around his chest and tubes and cords attached to every area in his body.“ where you able to get out all the mercury poisoning? I mean when was this mercury thing discovered.” Elise asked as she stood near the doctor. “ it was when we were trying to remove the bullets actually and we started noticing the black drops, but the good thing was that it was easily and quickly discovered, so he did not really need a transfusion.” the doctor explained as he pointed to the chest area.Elise and Carl heaved a sigh of relief and was led away by the doctor, she thanked the doctor and then called Sasha to keep an eye on him. Carl posted two body guards to watch the room. He really wanted to know why his butler was attacked and he knew where to get his answers.Elise called the driver as soon as she got out of the hospital, assuring him
Ever since they got back from the honey moon, things had worsened between them. They had begun fighting again and she had a niggling feeling that he knew she was going out with someone else. She shrugged and knew that he did not really care either, she remembered how they fought on evening when she had asked for information needed to set up for the festival.“ You are my Luna, you are no longer the guardian. You have no right to such information.” he had said as he typed on his laptop. “Excuse me! I am a guardian by birth right. I still have the seal and I have every right to ensure that the festival goes well. I can never abandon Victor to all those duties.” she said as she paced and stared him down.“ I will never allow my mate to slave away under the guise of being a guardian. You are my mate, my Luna and nothing else. If your brother needs help, he can get an organizing committee.” Carl waved her off while she still stared at him with an incredulous look.“ You must be kidding me
Gerald looked at his boss as they checked each file of possible criminals that could have stolen the Luna stone. Carl had overhead the conversation between Selena and Elise and was shocked when he was told that it happened the day before.“ Why does it have to be kept as a secret from me? Why should Elise even be keeping secrets from me? Have I not been a good enough mate Gerry ?” Carl asked Gerald soberly. “ You know it actually takes time for a woman who was not initially in love with her husband to grow in love. That is what it is, just give her time.” Gerald replied and rubbed his arms.Meanwhile Melissa and Selena were talking as they walked to a secret location sent by Amanda to prevent suspicions and gossip. As they arrived at what looked like a fancy restaurant, they were surprised to see Elvis dining with Amanda.Amanda thanked him for the dinner and gave him a sound kiss, before rubbing his back and escorting him out of the restaurant. She commanded the both of them to sit d
Meanwhile Elise was watching Amanda on a screen from a recording that a secret camera insect like drone implanted on the walls of Amanda's palatial house, alongside Thomas as everything was going on and she warned both of them.Melissa and Selena pretended like they were not aware when they saw the black sedan of Amanda's guard trailing them through the tinted back window. The driver dropped them off at the gate and when they both entered, they hugged and went their separate ways.Selena went straight to the shower and washed off the monitoring spell that was made on her and continued her tasks. Elise was sitting in her own lounge turned office as she looked at the various case files before her. Bianca was able to pull off a detailed dossier on everyone except that Lucas Wainwright and she was at her wit’s end because of that.Anytime she thought about him, questions about who he was, his heritage and why he was so interested in her usually came up. She pondered about who the Shadow h
Elise was very angry and sent for Thomas, she needed answers and she needed it fast. She had dismissed the both of them in anger, telling them to pull out all the efforts and information they can muster about the stolen stone.The moon festival and feast was around the corner and without that stone, a whole lot of imbalance and disaster could happen. Why would such a thing happen. After she just laid down her happiness, freedom on the altar of mating. No one can mess with what was hers to protect.The documents with the lady was the dossier she had on Amanda and a folder that was marked confidential which Elise had never seen. It had information on all the secret dealings going inside the council. Some of which caught her fancy, even as she viewed them.It seemed like a bunch of photocopies but they seemed extremely useful and too detailed to be leaked, she was waiting for Thomas as she looked into more of the documents, she saw the seal of the council on many of the papers and realiz
“One more stop before we get going!” Carl announced as they left the restaurant, and entered into the car. A bouquet of what looked like a hundred roses laid on her seat and Elise squealed in delight, she had always dreamed of having roses given to her. In fact she usually bought herself a rose each birthday she had.She jumped into his arms and kissed him soundly, Carl carried her into the seat and asked her to close her eyes while he pulled out a black silk blindfold. Elise giggled and closed her eyes, she felt the soft material tickle her nose.The car zoomed off and soon they arrived at their location. Elise could sense that it was a lounge by the loud jazz music and the scent of different colognes that was easily differentiable. She followed his hands and as she entered into the place, he slipped the blindfold and she saw a beautiful banner with her picture and the inscription of a romantic poem and balloons and a group of jazz musicians playing.Elise felt really shy and nervous
“Bianca! Bianca! Pick this phone up now.” Elise almost yelled in frustration as she chewed on her sandwich filled with avocado, lettuce, chicken and tomato. Carl had gone out to attend to business, leaving her and the maid in charge,……….. in the huge house.Elise had taken a shower changed into a purple kimono and silk and fur sandals. Then the maid fixed her a plate of sandwiches and coconut milk infused with cinnamon. She decided to call Bianca and send the text to Bianca. But she had not picked up her phone.“Hello! Chica what is up baby girl? You have not been dropping juicy details on the group. In fact you have been hoarding sweet information from us.” Bianca accused her as she called.“Sorry! I have been to busy to even come on the group. Besides the last time I checked you were getting it from Vince, that hot shot at your work place. That aside! There is fire on the mountain! You have to help your girlfriend out.” Elise begged as she dropped the sandwich in her hand and sat up
The sun was out shining brightly and the beach area seemed a little crowded, a mother was seated under a purple umbrella. She and her daughter who looked like a year old had the same copper brown hair and gray eyes. They also wore matching flowery one piece bikinis. Elise looked at them lovingly and Carl hugged her. There was a group of teenagers playing with a ball that rolled over to their side. Carl picked the black and white ball and threw it back. They all yelled their thanks and continued their game. They walked down to a row of some old shops made from browned tin roof and palm leaves, there was a row of coconut trees behind them, that gave shade to the sellers.Carl pulled Elise into one of the shops, where an old man dressed in a blue shirt and jean shorts that matched his eyes, sold jewellery. They both looked at his little collection and Carl bought her a silver and ruby pendant with the inscription of the infinity sign.Elise thanked him, but her mind was not really with
She felt the mist rise up as she looked around still searching for Lucas and she walked on a bit before she stumbled. Carl looked for her in the mist and he felt very miserable as he did so. “Where on earth was Elise?” his wolf worsened the whole thing when it began making small pained whines. He knew if anything went wrong with Elise he would have himself to blame.He suddenly shifted to his wolf and howled loudly, because he felt that she was in danger or something evil was happening to her. It was like someone was struggling with her and he gave a second howl and he sighted her in the clearing mist. He fly like he bumped into someone even as he rushed to her, but he ignored the feeling, all that mattered was that Elise was safe.He shifted back to his human form and ran to hug her. He picked her up and carried her in is arms and sped back to the house. Elise felt the air fill with tension as she tried to wrap her mind around what had just happened, who was Lucas? Why on earth was h