A few minutes after, Nadia left her room to scout the hallways before going back to get Angel. She quickly picked up some leftover food for him including the vodka with the disposable phone and the pen and paper he said he needed. The two skittered down the stairs to the experimentation room, dodging the guards and Angel went inside alone. He hurriedly grabbed the Needle driver, Tissue forceps, Scissors, needle and thread, and put them in the polythene bag that Nadia’s Nana got for her. He then saw about six pairs of cargo pants hung by a side rail and took one pair and wore them Stuffing the items he took inside the pockets, he went back outside to join Nadia. She gave him a warm smile when she saw he had found a pair of new pants. The two found their way down the last flight of stairs and down to the basement. Angel breathed easy when they got inside the secret passage. Sniffing the stuffy air, he muttered, "you are right, nobody has been here for a while, I could only perceive
Thanks to Daniel's screwup, the path to the pit was easier to navigate with fewer guards. When he dropped inside the pit a few minutes later, the entire place was quiet. He cringed internally, remembering having to hit his friends to escape them. When he got to his cell, he saw Kurt was out cold. He opened his cell door and saw the human huddled up under his blankets, sleeping. He went to a corner of the room and emptied his stash in a corner. He then sat down on the bare floor turning his back to the items. He brought out the pen and paper, smoothing the folded piece over one thick thigh, he started to write to the White wolf, hoping to find an ally in the cousin he never met. And hoping his gut feeling was correct and that his cousin would come for him. He made the letter short and somewhat coded, in case his plans didn't work out. After that, he took another piece of paper and started to draw the house and grounds by memory. He was impressed he still knew how to draw. 'It had be
The sounds of marching feet pricked Angel's ears and his eyelids flipped open. His entire frame tensed as he stood up, directing his gaze first to the human still out cold on his bed. He had patched him up and wrapped a rag around his stitches with Kurt’s help, hoping now that the weakling have the strength to complete his assignment. He strode to the side of the bed and pulled off the blanket covering him from the stomach down to see if there were any signs of bleeding, but there were none. He let out a sigh of relief, cover him, and walked to stand close to the iron bars. Uniform guards in army gear spilt in with Mathew in the lead. He started to point at Weres in their cells and one by one the guards fired a shot at them, causing them to drop to their knees. Studying them quietly he noted there was no show of pain just instant docility.Angel clenched his jaw, understanding they were being drugged to keep them manageable. He cursed mentally, trying to think of a way to get out o
Angel drew in the cold, fresh air into his lungs once they reached the surface. He discreetly scanned the grounds, forming an alternate plan in his head. The keys Nadia gave him were still in his pocket and he thought they might come in handy if Aaron needed to run. He supposed his late boss's men would protect him if he was able to get to Alexander's house but he silently noted it was quite a distance and Aaron was not in good shape. Mathew gestured to him to follow him and Angel obeyed hesitantly. Guards flanked him as they took a path to the female cell block. Upon getting to the entrance, Mathew gestured for them to wait and choose just two guards to follow him inside. They came back with two she-wolves. The two were completely naked and almost as white as the snow-dusted grounds. Although they looked clean, their faces were covered in bruises and they have a glassy look as if they were nothing but a shell of themselves. Angel swallowed when one of the two looked at him. He c
Nadia stayed transfixed at the scene happening in front of the house. Her Nana had rushed up to alert her just when the Weres were marching to the front of the house and her heart had leapt in panic when she saw Angel carrying someone and marching behind the others. The sights of the naked women, flanked by the guards, made her cover her mouth in horror. She had immediately recognized one of them as the lady she often saw with her uncle. She wore the same bland look; there was no sign of any form of emotion just as she remembered. Nadia’s eyes settled on the other one. From where she stood, she saw when the lady jerk her eyes in the direction of the main entrance, and then, a swift blur of actions followed that made her hitch a breath. The lady emptied the contents of the stomach of three guards, slit the throats of two and jabbed one repeatedly in the chest before killing herself. Nadia’s Nana made a distress-filled cry and tried to pull her away from the glass wall, but she didn
“Finally! A host!” Antonio Rufus said and walked to his side to push Aaron forward. “Is that him?” he asked Aaron, gesturing to the Were. “Yes, that’s the creature that killed my boss,” Aaron replied. The poor human sounded crushed. Angel figured if he survived the ordeal, he would surely celebrate his second chance to live. “Where is she?!” Rufus asked the alpha in his familiar forceful tone. “Answer me now or these two get a bullet each in the head.” ‘She?’ Angel thought as a frown furrowed his eyebrows, wondering at who the unfortunate she-wolf was, that seemed so important, that Antonio Rufus would risk it all to get her but the alpha Were’s reply made him suppress a chuckle. “Okay … do it,” he said nonchalantly. “I don’t know who they are,” he added. Angel heard Antonio Rufus growl low in his throat. He then raised a gun and trained it at the alpha Were.. “You don’t recognise your own parents? I thought they said you are smart. You don’t appear to be the sharpest knife in th
‘I know,’ Xavier said and gave someone named Darrow some instructions via mind-link. Angel could feel that the Were was also an Alpha wolf but not of Wulfblood. He wondered then just how many alphas were there! He almost laughed out loud. Antonio Rufus had no idea what he had walked into for sure. ‘Will you tell me your name?’ Xavier asked, drawing him out of his musings. He let out a sigh and replied, ‘Call me Angel.’ ‘Thank you, Angel. I hope we get to talk and meet when this is over…’Angel wanted to reply but Antonio Rufus yelled, “You are a fool if you think you are in any position to make deals. Perhaps I ought to show you a demonstration of what I'm capable of…” He then stepped back and raised his gun, directing it to the head of the male Were posing as Xavier’s father. Angel clenched his jaw, shut his eyes and heard Antonio Rufus add, “I see this didn’t work on you…” Then a loud blast resounded in the night. The smell of blood assailed his senses. When he opened his eyes th
"Angel?" his mother's voice called to him in that soft affectionate drawl that made his heart thud. Angel opened his eyes and found himself underwater. Trying to breathe, bubbles formed around him and his throat and nostrils hurt like hell. In the dark depth, he could make out Blaze and Antonio Rufus's unconscious bodies and he geared into action, going for Antonio Rufus first and then Blaze. Using his legs to paddle upward, he swam up the water, holding on to the two. It was quite an effort, but he made it. When they reached the surface, Blaze became conscious and splattered out water from his mouth. Antonio Rufus remained unconscious. Breathing hard, the two Weres exchanged a look of relief. "Why the hell are we doing this again?" Blaze asked with an effort, casting a hate-filled gaze at the unconscious human. Angel's chest shook with laughter and he went into a coughing fit. "You know why, Blaze," Angel managed to croak. He then lifted Antonio Rufus away from the water shore
When their needs were thoroughly satisfied, they found their way to the park. Angel noticed the little ones were no longer there. Amelie and the triplets had gone back to the cabin but Xavier was there with Cole, Ash, and the rest of the gang. Cole was standing behind Isabelle with his arms wrapped around her, chatting with Xavier and Jason. Opaline was talking to Faelan and he could see the younger Were shifting on his feet and darting anxious gaze to Jason. His big brother turned around and grinned in his direction as the younger Were glowered at him. Jason laughed. Wulfrun, Darrow, Kurt, and Odwolf were sitting around a table laden with drinks, and with the way Wulfrun kept shaking his head and staring into his cup he was certain the Alpha wolf was half drunk. Tiana was in a corner with Ash and with how close their bodies were and the scent surrounding them Angel knew there was some foreplay going on there. "Looks like we have to pick a side," Nadia said in a laughing tone.
Angel and Nadia left his parents and strode back in the direction of the park. Angel wrapped his arm around Nadia's shoulder, holding her tight to his body as they walked. "Tell me about them…" Nadia said in a soft voice. Angel lowered his head to press a kiss to her forehead. "My mother was the only daughter of an alpha—" "Also Wulfblood?" Nadia asked. "No," Angel replied. Nadia smiled up at him. "She was a warrior and quite dashing. According to the story, I heard. She rejected her first mate, and the second and the third…" Angel said. Nadia chuckled. "She said she didn't want to be tied to any mate, but then she met my father at a party and his wolf recognised her as his true mate. My mother said the moment she set her eyes on him she knew she was in trouble." "I bet! Especially if you look like him. It's hard to tell now and it breaks my heart," Nadia said. Angel's arms tightened around her and he kissed her again. "Yes, I looked like him. She said he walked up to her
Xavier, Isabelle, Angel, and Nadia with Hallec in the lead accompanied Angel's parents to an unoccupied cabin not too far from Angel's house. Angel's mother faltered on her feet after the walk, clinging to her son and Angel paused to lift her up in his arms. "Aunty," Isabelle called with concern. "It's been a long day. I am fine, Belle," she said. Isabelle nodded and threw a worried look at Xavier. "Amelie is the pack's doctor. I will come to pick you up first thing in the morning. So she can give you a full body check." "Thank you, Xavier. Cole, Belle's mate, already told us," Alpha Bardulf said, sounding tired too. "He seems like a good human," he added. "He is," Xavier, Angel, and Nadia said at the same time. The old man grinned. Isabelle smiled. "You have quite a number of humans here as security. Do you trust them all?" "Well… they are useful for now. Cole hired them for specific jobs and I am certain that none of them would want to have him as an enemy," Xavier sa
Nadia was with Isabelle, Tiana, Opaline, and Amelie when they all watched the craft land atop the mountain. They had gone to visit Amelie with the new additions to the family as they had been doing for the past few days. Amelie was a bit overwhelmed with the thought of three babies but with the she-wolves' assistance, she had a lot of time to rest and be with her mate. The she-wolves have been taking turns in babysitting and helping with the house chores. Xavier was still a tad careful about having Weres stream freely to the home he now shared with his mate and still had guards standing across the water to the cabin as security and to allow only authorised pack members to cross over to the cabin. But since he was the Alpha to the pack and the triplets were the first babies born by a human mare to a Were, all the pack members were interested in seeing the babies. Xavier decided to organize a party so as to introduce the babies to the pack members. Nadia didn't know the setup of
Angel helped to groom his parents in the jet on their way back to the island, cutting off his father's beard and trimming his hair. Cole gave them new clothes and the two took their baths and changed into the new clothes in the jet. Angel's mother washed her hair and braided it into two cornrows. Her hair was all grey now and reached below her bum. The dress she wore hung on her slim form, but Angel thought they looked quite better than they did a few hours before. The stewards gave them plenty to eat and drink, and Cole assured them they would undergo a thorough check-up when they got to the island. After their meal, Angel sat across their chairs just looking at them. His mother tried to smile at him and her lips trembled as tears welled and spilt down her face. "I never thought that I would see you again. I did pray and prayed for the moon goddess to watch over you and send you a helper," the older woman said in a voice thick with emotion. "I'm so sorry, mama. It was my fault…"
Angel and his parents watched the fucker's blood pool under his head and soak the snow-covered floor. His brain cells splattered everywhere. "Where is the property deed?" Cole asked calmly as if he hadn't just shot a man in the head. "In a box buried under the earth over there," Angel’s father said, weakly, pointing to the left end of where they stood."How come you never gave it to him?" Angel asked, still holding on to his parents, making sure he held them to his sides as if he was afraid they were an illusion that might fade away. "I was hit in the head, when they attacked," the old man started. Angel clenched his teeth remembering the scene too well. "I told him I had lost my memory. Your mother was unconscious for days," he continued. Angel pressed a kiss to the older woman's head as she clung to him. "She lost her voice for a while too. It made it easy for me to continue the charade.""They had killed everybody else…" the older woman chipped in sad resignation. "So there wa
(The Boldclaw Prowlers’ Pack, Ohio. Seven days before Cole and Isabelle's wedding) Angel took a deep breath as the Jeep stopped just in the driveway. The place looked different from the last time he saw it. The expansive bungalow he remembered was now replaced by a massive duplex. The front porch was framed with exotic flower beds and the only familiar sight was the endless ridges of grapevines about a quarter of a mile away from the building spanning to the horizon. He wondered if the small cottages at the south end of the grounds were still there. "Ready?" Cole asked and he directed his gaze at him. "I still can't believe we are here…" Angel said, noting his courage failing. "Believe me, I know exactly how you are feeling right now. But if you don't take that step and find closure, it will forever haunt you. Let's go," he said and without giving Angel the chance to react he pushed the door open and stepped out. Angel was forced to imitate the act. As soon as he stepped out th
"I found out who I am, papa," she said, calling her father the way she used to when she was little or feeling vulnerable. Her father's eyes widened. "W – what do you mean?" he stuttered. "I found out why you and mum wouldn't allow me to use a regular hospital.""That fucking bastard! Did Antonio tell you?! He promised me he will never bring you into his shitty obsession with those creatures---""You mean our kin, papa?""Nadia, listen to me you are nothing like—""I am no longer just wolfless kin as you and my uncle Antonio, Papa. The moon goddess blessed me with a mate, a Wulfblood…""Oh God, he has infected you with his madness. Wulfblood are extinct. They no longer exist, Nadia! Antonio was not right in the head. He was obsessed with those creatures …"Nadia gave Angel a warm smile, Xavier gestured for every Were to turn their back to Nadia and right there she shapeshifted. A gasp tore from the device as her father gaped at her. Isabelle passed a robe to her, standing out of vi
"Tiana!" Amelie called out to the unconscious she-wolf on the ground. "Help me drag her here. She can not die! She was protecting me!" Amelie started to weep. Isabelle rushed back to her and knelt in front of the two women, panting. "Help me drag Tiana here. He shot her in the chest! She was trying to protect me!" "Amelie, calm down…" Isabelle cautioned. The other woman grunted in pain. Isabelle looked from her to Nadia for an explanation."She is in labour," Nadia supplied. Fear clouded Isabelle's eyes. "What?" She muttered and jerked her gaze back to Angel. "Let me try to get Xavier and Cole," Angel said as Amelie struggled to crawl to Tiana, but Nadia stopped her.Isabelle dragged her friend towards the doctor. Amelie struggled to kneel and then quickly tore open Tiana’s vest to check her wound. Nadia knelt beside her ready to help. Angel and Isabelle flanked them, in a protective stance while war literally raged around them. Kurt, Blaze, Odwolf and the rest of the Weres had