13 - UNMASKEDREBEKKAI came out of the cleaning room smiling sheepishly.There was lightness in my chest that I could not comprehend, it was almost as if I was floating and not walking upon the ground anymore.What had I been afraid of?I didn’t even remember why I was gripped by serious apprehension when I saw Lord Stephan earlier but right now, I couldn’t wait to see him again.I was going to see him again, right? Definitely, although he didn’t say anything of the sorts, I knew that I would, I could feel it.He called me his savior!I was still smiling when I bumped into Kaitlin.“Where have you been, I have been looking up and down for you?”“Sorry Miss, I was having my lunch,” my voice was light and airy.Kaitlin frowned and studied my face, “Rebekka?”“Hm?” I answered absentmindedly.“Did something happen?”I shook my head sideways, “No miss, not at all.”She still studied my face then shrugged, “You are just weird, anyway, we are running low on silver needles, go to the warehou
14 – FIREPLACE ROMANCEDAMONRebekka looked like a deer caught in the headlights as she looked up at my eyes, she was too mesmerized to speak.“Are you hurt?” I prompted.She blinked as her consciousness came back, “Damon?”“Yeah,” I gave her a sad smile.She gasped, “Damon! What the hell happened, who the hell were those people? What were they trying to do to me?”I took her hand, it was soft, clammy and shaky.I pulled her to her feet but I didn’t let go of her yet.Her legs were shaking so badly that I knew that if I did, she would fall back down.“Damon!” she yelled again and she hugged me tightly.“It’s okay, you are okay now!” I assured her as I patted her back and stroked her hair.Tears spilled down her eyes and soaked up my shirt as she sobbed and shook.I held her tightly, “C’mon, let’s get you out of here.”Rebekka didn’t object, she stood there shaking as I bent to pick up her money.After that, I held her close and led her away from the alley.My mind was racing and my an
15 – STUCK IN MY HEADREBEKKAWhat the hell was I doing?What in the name of the goddess of the moon did I think I was doing?As I ran, his voice echoed in my head, “Who am I? I am yours.”Sweet Goddess, how did I fall for that?I knew he was trying to kiss me, he had done it before, it was fantastic.I knew I should say no, I was with Lord Stephan now, we had amended things, we were going to get together and I was going to have his crimson eyed babies.I should have said no to Damon but my mouth and my body betrayed me.They wanted what he was offering and they got it.The feel of his hardness pressed against my thigh drove me neurotic.It was not until he reached for my breasts that I was able to get away.It was not even intentional, the pleasurable sensation was just so intense that I didn’t even know how to react, I just squirmed, squirmed and squirmed my way away from him.It was not until I hit the floor that I came back to my senses.I shook my head, I should not be thinking a
16 – BLOOD OF THE GODDESSDAMONWhat did I do wrong? Everything was going very fine but then suddenly, she broke the connection and ran away.I got up casually and took another swig from the bottle of brandy and then I headed out of my house.I could see Rebekka up ahead, walking hastily only for her to trip and fall, she got back up on her feet and then she started running.Knowing that danger might still be lurking outside waiting for her, I decided to follow her and make sure that she arrived back at the clinic safely.It was the least I could do, after all, she was coming from my house, I could not let anything happen to her on my watch.As I followed at a safe distance where I was unnoticeable to her, I kept thinking , this was not me. Why was I going out of my way to make sure that Rebekka was safe?This was not me.When I saw her push open the clinic doors and head inside, I breathed a sigh of relief.It was then that I realized that I had been holding my breath. I half expec
17 – NAKEDSTEPHAN“C’mon, how long do you plan on leaving me hanging? You are the one that said let’s stay in for drinks and now you are neither drinking nor are you saying anything,” Claude was looking intently at me and frowning.I sighed as I met his gaze, “I have something to tell you.”He leaned forward in his seat, “Go on then, let’s have it.”I paused.I had run the thought over in my head way too many times till the point that I felt like I was crazy, now I needed external input.“There is a slim chance…”“Mm-hmm.”“That Rebekka might actually be my mate.”Claude erupted in a loud laughter, tilting his body back and kicking his legs up in the air.I smirked as I looked at him, “Did I say something amusing?”He sighed deeply and looked at me, the laughter was still in his eyes, “What have you been drinking? I would love a bottle of that too.”“See, this is why I didn’t want to tell you, you were never going to take it seriously.” I complained and leaned back in my chair.“Oh,
18 – FRUIT OF THE POISONED TREEREBEKKAThe next day, things were rowdy at the clinic, it looked like a fight had broken out in one of the local pubs because lots of drunk low-borns flooded the lobby of Dr Purcell’s clinic.“Rebekka!” Dr Purcell called.“Sir!” I answered running down the stairs and smoothening the fabric of my dress.It looked like it was going to be a busy day today and on days like this, I usually missed my chance to eat and I hated that.“Fetch me some warm water,” he said.I nodded and took a stainless basin and ran to the kitchen and got some water from the central heater put there specifically for that reason and then I ran back and placed it by his side.Dr Purcell was dealing with a nasty head injury sustained by one of the men, without intervention, that low born was never going to heal fast enough to survive.“See to the people crowding the lobby, look at their conditions and assign numbers to them based on priority.” Dr Purcell said without looking at me, h
19 – FAILING THE SNIFF TESTREBEKKAMy face?What did Lord Stephan mean by what the hell happened to my face?I had a confused look on my face but the way he stared at me intently told me he was not joking.I got up from the bed and walked gingerly to the full length mirror at the right side of the ward.Once I got into full view, I shrieked in terror and jumped back.What the hell was this?I could scarcely believe what I was seeing, my face, my beautiful face was covered in boils. “Doctor! What is this?” My voice was shaking with panic.“It’s like I told you, you would suffer some lingering side effects,” Dr Purcell repeated.“Oh my goodness,” I covered my face with my palm and crouched low, near the ground. I could not believe that Lord Stephan saw me in such a state, I must have looked pathetic. So very pathetic. Whatever attraction I imagined he had for me would have evaporated by now.“Doctor, is there nothing you can do?” Lord Stephan’s voice was controlled and firm.“I’m sor
20 – WAR COUNCILSTEPHANI looked up at Claude with angry eyes.Why?Why now of all times?Now when I was ready and willing to show this Damon fellow why it was a bad idea to ignore my warnings, I was going to beat the brakes out of him. I didn’t care if he was an elite guard or an elite ass, I had indulged his disrespect for far too long.Damon too had paused in his stride, he was also listening to what Claude just said.I turned back to look at Rebekka, she sat there looking scared out of her mind, her beautiful face covered all over with boils.I had to admit, even seeing her like that, I still thought she was beautiful.I looked at Damon again and then I made for the door.“That’s the blue-eyed Damon?” Claude asked as we made our way back to the pack house.I nodded wordlessly.“I should have known that he also had something to do with that Rebekka girl,” he added.I turned sharply at him, “She has nothing to do with him!” I exploded.Claude jerked away from me, “Chill man, you ar
82 – OUTBREAKREBEKKA POVMy eyelids fluttered open and the familiar ceiling and walls of the clinic room came into view. I blinked as I felt the soft rays of the sunlight filter through the curtains and hit me.What time was it? How long had I been out of it?I strained to sit up, my body felt very heavy like someone was sitting on my chest. I took my right hand to the side of my head and then brushed it over my face.Peeling faces, very crimson eyes!These two images flashed through my mind and I suddenly became alert, all the lethargy leaving me.I jumped to my feet and ran barefooted to the mirror at the side and looked into it, I let out a breath of relief.My eyes were back to the old nondescript color. But what happened? Last time, they were very crimson, just like…“Lord Stephan!” I yelped suddenly and then cupped my mouth, afraid that someone might have heard me.It was all coming back to me now, I had just escaped the thugs Lady Vanessa sent after me when I had some sort of
81 – PLAGUE CARRIERTHIRD PERSON POV“Make way for the Supreme Mother,” Baylor’s strained voice sounded from the entrance of the cave to the Witches’ headquarters.He had Lady Cecile’s right hand swung over his shoulder and he was half carrying, half dragging her as she could barely walk on her own.The rest of the warlocks and witches poured in with them, pushing back the eager and scared crowd that was beginning to gather.Lady Cecile still felt a trembling in her hand as her head hung low and was pounding like someone was using a mortar to strike relentlessly against it.She still could not believe what transpired, never in a million years did she think that she would run into alpha Michael herself. She came down there to supervise his demise but she never planned to actually face him.That was the whole point of a well calculated ambush. How did everything go wrong? Why didn’t Damon inform them that he was coming?Was he in on the whole plan? So many thoughts were running through
80 – CHIEFDAMON“I can’t believe that Chief is dead,” Vane said.I sneered as I looked at him from the side of my eyes, fucking kiss-ass. He never liked the old man for one day, why was he here pretending like he was hurt?“His weak ass should have retired months ago, he got what he wanted,” I said.Vane gave me a sharp look and then his face turned dark with a frown, he shook his head, “Could you not be a normal person for once? Would it kill you to show some sympathy?”I sneered in his face, “Would it kill you to stop pretending and kissing ass all the time? Could you not show your true self for once?”A low growl escaped Vane’s throat as he glared at me, I could see the visible effort he was putting in to control himself.“If I were you, I would be careful how I talked, the Chief is not around to keep you safe any longer,” he said and then looked away from me.I grinned, “That’s more like it, say things like you mean it, life’s more fun that way.” He looked back at me and then he
79 – SON OF THE ALPHA AND THE OLD CRONESTEPHANWas I seeing things or was the monstrous fleshless face smiling at me?“Pretty eyes….” Her scratching voice purred.I winced, my shoulder still burned from her first attack.Where the hell did the silver come from? I could not see it. Just a second ago, before her monstrous transformation, she licked her bloodied nails.If she scratched me with mere nails, I should have effortlessly healed from it but the fact that I wasn’t healing meant that she used silver. Where was it?If I didn’t know, I could not recklessly attack her again, I could end up dead. My heart was thumping in my chest, this was terrifying and at the same time exciting.As wolves, we loved to fight, it was our nature and ever since I was little, I had been fighting but as I grew older, the fights grew easier and easier until it didn’t feel like a fight anymore.That was why I was so stunned by Damon, he was the first wolf who I had ever met that was able to really hurt me
78 – VERY CRIMSON EYESREBEKKA“Ahh!” I let out a shrill scream as a face that looked like it was rotting right before my eyes appeared before me.The darkness had faded away and now what I was seeing was dust caught up in a gust of wind along with the inhuman face.My shoulder felt like it was on fire for some reason, all my senses seemed to suddenly be kicked into overdrive.The smell of blood as well as dirt and decay filled my nostrils and my ear could pick up the fierceness of the wind as well as a scathing voice that felt like it was scratching the insides of my skull.I was rolling on the floor of the marketplace, writhing and yelling and pulling out my hair.People passing by started to notice the commotion, at first they all avoided me and went along their normal business.I felt a long tear on my upper thigh and I let out another piercing scream, I could not see anything, it was all dusty and windy, with rocks and little pebbles flying all over the place.Then I heard the sc
77 – CASUALTY OF WARDAMON“Go round, make sure that there are no survivors,” Vane ordered the men.I stood there in the settling dust and smoke and scanned the area before me. It was littered with the corpses of both witches and Elite Guards.“How many casualties did we sustain?” Vane was asking one of the officers.I was just absent-mindedly paying attention to their conversation, my thoughts however were fixed on how alpha Michael had easily evaded my trap.Did he know? Once again I didn’t think so but then again, it was hard to explain what had just happened here.“Sire, no survivors and the Wolf Killer is not among the dead,” another officer reported.Baylor was not here… where could he be? Still with Lady Cecile if I was to guess, what about the Old Crone?Stephan had been sent after her. Did he succeed in getting her or was there still a chance that the ambush could happen?I realized that I was just doing wishful thinking to keep hope alive and I hated it. But I was not wrong,
76 – A FUCKING MONSTERSTEPHAN“What the hell did that bastard want this time around?” Claude asked as I reached him.I looked back over my shoulders and watched Damon walk away. I sighed, all I’ve wanted since he came here was to rock his jaw with my fist but I was scared of doing that in front of the alpha.Damon’s whole plan was to make me look bad in front of the alpha, I could not give him the satisfaction of success.“What else but to shoot his mouth off,” I said.“I don’t know why you tolerate him, if I were you, I would have fucked him up a long time ago,” Claude said.I chuckled and then became serious, “We have a new mission.”“Oh c’mon,” Claude threw up his hand in frustration. “Can’t we catch a break?”“It is from the alpha himself,” I looked at him.Claude stiffened and became serious as he met my gaze.“That’s what I thought… gather the rest of the squad immediately, I’ll brief them.”He ran off.Not long after that, Claude, Flint, Louis and Hayes were all gathered round
75 – HISTORYTHIRD PERSON POV“Lord, we could have at least gone with one of the commanders, preferably Damon,” Chief Tyrell said to alpha Michael.Alpha Michael rode on in silence, his mind was busy. If the Supreme Mother came out of hiding all the way to Dragon’s Foot then it was likely that she had somehow found out that he was here.If that was the case then allowing herself to be sighted was done to lure him into some sort of trap. If West was where she wanted him to go, the west was definitely where he would not go.It had been a long time since he had been out and actively involved in a hunt like this but his senses had not dulled one bit. He knew Dragon’s Foot better than most, he had explored the shit out of the place in his younger days.By studying the map, he had guessed where she could possibly be if her plan was indeed to set an ambush for him in the west.If the commanders were as good as Chief Tyrell hyped them up to be, they would have no problem handling the witches
74 – TAKE NO PRISONERSDAMON“Sire, sire!” an enthused elite guard ran up to me smiling happily.I sneered at him.“Sire, we are moving out now,” he said, still smiling.I let out a soft exhale. Alpha Michael had managed to fuck me in the most unbelievable way possible and now I was left holding my balls in my hands.I got up from the tree trunk that I was sitting on and looked at him, “If I were you, I would stop baring my teeth and lock in.”“Yes sire!” he saluted and then ran off.I sighed, I was not going to give up that easily. There were still witches lying in ambush in the west. As long as we walked into that ambush, I was sure that I could find a chance to take out the alpha.This would have gone a lot better if the damn Old Crone and the Wolf Killer were in the loop and knew what our plan was.I could not believe that right now I was needing the help of the wolf killer of all people. He was good at what he did, with him at my side, I would feel a lot more confident taking on