Anna (His Claws On My Neck Sequel)

As the cloak of night fell on the busy streets of Manhattan, a particular manor shone differently with the lavish cars parked around it. The grand ballroom was buzzing with chatter and wine glasses clinking as everyone wait for the birthday celebrant to emerge. The place was filled with business tycoons and big personalities, a sign of the celebrant being an equally heavy personality.A few minutes later, the bouncer met an undistinguished old woman who seemed to be in her late 60s that still wore a red bodycon satin dress.He frowned at her. “Name?”“Annika Merriweather,” her voice was shaky and high pitched, definitely those of an old woman’s. She has a killer body, though, thought the bouncer. The grand double door opened and she was permitted to go inside, the list mysteriously having her name despite it being an unfamiliar one. Once inside the grand ballroom, her eyes scanned the crowd. There were all sorts of famous people dominating different kinds of industries in this room t

Max went directly to his car after they were dismissed. He zoomed through Manhattan traffic and reached the HQ in less than an hour. He was still five minutes late, despite him leaving the campus as early as he could."I apologize for being late."Multiple pairs of eyes fell on him as soon as he entered the room. Its windows were covered by thick curtains, almost cloaking the entire room in darkness, if not for the hologram screen on one end of the room. In the middle was a long table full of men in suits, and a man in a wheelchair at the end.Max skimmed the looks on their faces—curiosity, disapproval, nonchalance, and many more were present in the faces of over twenty men at the long table. He tried to catch sight of the man at the end’s face, but thought it’d be nothing he wants to see, so he decides against it.“Take a seat, Agent Gomez.”He accepted the offered seat to him, and the meeting commenced. He listened quietly to the updates for the recently completed missions. The usua

The email was, to say the least, brilliant.It contained a list of his proposed topics for their thesis—complete with the problem, its background, and his proposed ways to mend the problem. There were also some case studies with supporting materials. There were ten proposals. She read through all of them and was thoroughly impressed.They were interesting, unique, and meticulous proposals. They could win as the best thesis for each one of these. They could land the top marks if the results were just as interesting as the study.However, she couldn’t help but list down each proposal’s flaws. New and fresh, yes, but they had their own reasons as to why they weren’t studied enough, or why his proposed solutions won’t work. He was smart. But she was smarter.She starts typing her reply, commenting on every proposal, and articulating her thoughts as best as she could. Now that she knows her partner is actually competent, perhaps just a little slow, she is relieved. His proposals were also

They say to keep your friends close, but your foes closer.Since it’s difficult to distinguish her enigmatic thesis partner, Anna thought to keep him very close, regardless of what he’ll turn out to be.Thus, they spend the next few days together, working on the thesis. She did not know if she could call it quality time, since there were barely any words unrelated to the thesis that were uttered to each other, but nevertheless, they spent long hours of the day in each other’s company. That was good enough.Anna used it to study their research topic, which was duly approved by their professor, even giving them a compliment that said: ‘Interesting. I am looking forward to the outcome of your study.’ Which is no pressure at all.“I have bad news.”Max came in one day, his laptop in his arms and his hair a little bit messier than yesterday. His expression was not so good. He sat in front of Anna with a frown.“Our respondents canceled.”And he had all the right to be problematic. That was

Just this year, the Institute confirmed that her wolf had weakened.They did a test after observing her shortly, and they saw her wolf’s power weakened. They never found out why. Anna also never discovered why, or how, her wolf weakened. But she was the first to feel it then. Back when she was young, she could hear her wolf’s voice. She could talk to it. But after some time, that voice gradually disappeared. And she felt when her spirit would dim—it meant her wolf was struggling inside.She never knew why.But until now, it is one of Anna’s biggest secrets.The Institute’s top agent is growing weaker.If this accidentally gets out and their enemies catch wind of this, they will definitely not sit still. That’s why she’s very sensitive and insecure about this topic. Because she is the Institute’s biggest asset, and if she falters, the Institute will be in danger.After that match, Anna did not linger in the HQ any longer, because if she had, they would’ve suspected something was amiss.