MiaI loved parties. I was always excited anytime I heard about one. I could remember all the fun I had had attending parties as a child but now all I could think of when I thought of parties was dread.I had started dreading open parties where there was no bouncer at the entrance and anyone could walk right in ever since the dark wizard had shown up.Albert's birthday was coming up soon and the boys were thinking of throwing him a surprise party. Afraid because of what had happened the last time, I had tried to persuade them to have the party but they wouldn't listen.I didn't want a repeat of what had happened the last time. I didn't think having a party out here while our enemy was lurking around was a good idea. I would have preferred us to celebrate Albert on a low profile right in the house and take him out later in the day."Let's not have a big party." I told the boys as we sat in the garden, having our secret meeting and talking of the party.They had invited me over to their
JackI smiled as I carried the cake in my hands and watched as Quinn knocked at dad's bedroom door. We all waited for him to answer, our eyes twinkling with mischief. I knew my siblings were excited about today just as I was. Even Mia looked excited about all her protests about not having a party."Who is there?" Dad growled from the bedroom.He was still asleep which was good. Our visit was the perfect way for him to start his day."We are the one, dad.""Oh! You kids." He groaned, hating to have his sleep disturbed.I chuckled at his mild annoyance. This was going to be a lot of fun."Come in." He said.Quinn pressed down on the knob and we started singing as we walked in."Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you, daddy. Happy birthday to you!"Dad's eyes widened as he saw us and the cake. Veronica sat up in bed and held her hand to her mouth in surprise. Dad's eyes filled with tears as he moved forward to blow the candles and my heart soared with joy. Th
Mia"Are you sure you are going to be okay, my love?" Mum asked as we pushed her luggage into the trunk of the car.I nodded. "Of course, I don't live here. I will be fine. I won't come home so I don't have to deal with the annoying change in weather.""Please be safe." She urged me and I moved to give her a hug.She sighed as she stepped back from the hug. "Be good. Okay, dear?""Yes." I said, hoping that she would move soon. I didn't want her to stay here for too long. I was afraid the dark wizard might show up anytime and I had no doubt that she was going to be his target. (Yes, I had decided to start referring to him as a man instead of the woman I had kept on referring him to. It didn't matter that he had shown himself as a woman to me, he was called a dark wizard and I should address him as such. I had embarrassed my high school English teacher enough. Mrs. Wells would have scowled at me for my usage of pronouns though she wouldn't understand why I had to do that.)I didn't wa
Mia"What do you mean by you are resigning?" Sean looked at me as if I was speaking a different language that he didn't understand.I gulped. I had known that this was going to be hard. Even if I wanted to resign, I was meant to have given him a notice prior to this moment. "I'm sorry, sir.""Sorry?" He scowled at me. "That doesn't cut it. You would like to quit your job in a week and you are just telling me. Who does that? You are one of my best employees and you want to leave suddenly like this, without giving me time to find a replacement for you.""I'm sorry, Sean."He glared at me. "Don't say those words again, Mia. You are getting me infuriated."I sighed, holding my breath and pursed my lips as I looked at him. I hated the position that I was in as well but I had to do it. Albert had called me this morning to remind me to submit my resignation letter when I got to the office as if he feared that I wasn't going to do that.I had given him my word that I was going to resign. Eve
MiaI was surprised when my colleagues started trooping into my office five minutes before closing time. I had no idea of what was going on but I knew it wasn't normal.I wondered what was going on as I looked at them all. None of them told me anything and just smiled at me, acting as if they were not acting abnormally.I sighed in relief when I saw Gerald walk in with Sammy and rushed to their side."What is going on?" I asked them.Gerald snorted. "What do you mean by what is going on? You were the one who decided to resign. Weren't you expecting people to hear of it?"I took a step back and glanced at Gerald. He seemed angry at me and I felt I needed to confirm before I left. "Are you mad at me?"He snorted. "Mad at you? Why would I be?"I sighed. "Gerald." I pinned him with a gaze and drawled his name. "Fine." He growled, flinging up his hands in the air. "I'm angry at you. When were you going to tell me that you were leaving? I can't believe you told Sammy and didn't tell me." H
Mia"Will you like to join me?" He asked, extending his hand to me.I snorted. "Would that not make me a fool? Why would I work with you after you tried to kill me? Don't pretend as if that snake wasn't sent by you." I had been told that he could control snakes.He scoffed. "Why would I pretend the snake wasn't sent by me? Hora wouldn't like that I denied him. That was my favourite snake by the way. Do you know how much power I had to feed it to make it that big and now it's dead? I am pained at the moment because of its death but life moves on. If Hora's death could get you to my side, it was worth it. I'm sure he would agree. He was a loyal soldier of the cause, you know?""The cause?" I frowned in confusion.I wondered why the boys weren't charging at him as they wanted to do but I guessed that they wanted information from the dark wizard as well. Moreover, if he was distracted from talking to me, it was going to be easy to catch him unaware and get rid of him.I smiled to myself a
QuinnWhen we were younger, we had a nanny. She was human and she loved fairy tales. She would always read them to us. Her favourite of all those stories was The Beauty and the Beast. She knew we were werewolves and felt that we would be able to relate more to that.I was always annoyed anytime she read the story and felt like she was mocking us. Why else would she call us beasts who would be eager to have a beautiful girl love them to save them?I had been so happy when she finally resigned to start a family of her own, grateful that I wasn't going to listen to the story again.It wasn't until we grew up a bit more that I realized that our nanny was trying to tell us about ourselves. We were alike with the beast. We were werewolves who would have to be mated to a woman. We were definitely going to be more patient and hopeful she loved us than the beast had been with Beauty.At the moment, feeling trapped and unable to move an inch of my muscle, I felt more like the beast than on any
MiaThe bind evaporated from the bodies of the dark wizard shortly after he left. I couldn't help but think that he was a coward for escaping before he freed them.He should have freed them before he left and waited to see if they wouldn't be tearing him to pieces. I imagined him fighting them on the night of a full moon and wondered if he would be able to control them and survive the attack after cursing them for losing their sanity and humanity when they shifted into wolves. I doubted that he would get near them when he knew what he had done.He only wanted to cause grief to Albert and turn the boys into prisoners with their nature. He would probably lift the curse when he wanted to get rid of them or fight them when the moon wasn't full.I doubted that the cure he had mentioned was the only one. I didn't want to be ripped into pieces by the same boys I wanted to save. I was amused that I was perfectly comfortable with addressing myself as their mate. I had indeed accepted my fate e