JAVIERI stepped into the sitting room and my eyes almost bulged out when I saw Ivan and Mia in an intimate position. “What the hell is going on here?” I asked, fury coursing through my blood. Mia peeked at me through Ivan’s shoulders and a frown formed on her thin lips. “What?” she scowled at me. Her voice was slurred and her eyes were wide, her hair was flying all over the place. I noticed the glasses that were on the table and the empty bottle of vodka and I glared at Ivan. “Did you get her drunk on purpose?” I asked him with a frown. Ivan scowled at me, “At least I'm not running around with some girl while ignoring my mate!”I scoffed, Ivan’s voice was a bit tipsy but I knew he wasn't drunk, not completely like Mia. There was no excuse for how he was holding my mate right now. “Leave her alone,” I scowled at him. I walked up to them and attempted to pull him away from Mia but she clung onto him like her life depended on it. “Leave me alone!” she snapped, her eyes blazing
OLIVIAI stared at the woods, certain that it was going to be filled with a lot of night crawlers and night-time creatures. I looked behind me to make sure that no one was following me. I was correct, I was the only one standing at the edge of the woods at that time of the night. “Perfect!” I grinned before venturing into the woods. I shifted into my wolf form and sprinted into the woods before shifting into my human form. I could pretend to be weak and attract prey but I was in too much of a hurry. I saw the light coming from the lighthouse and I frowned. I headed quickly to the cabin, careful of being followed. “That was quite reckless, leaving the lights on,” I stated the moment I entered the lighthouse.“No one would be crazy enough to be in the woods at this hour,” the voice answered. I nodded, averting my gaze and bowing my head slightly. “I have news, Master,” I stated. “Speak up,” the voice urged, sounding impatient. “Mia survived,” I stated.The voice hissed sharply
JAVIER I couldn't stop myself as I stared at the scar embedded in between her chest. “It’s hideous,” she sobbed.My heart ached for Liv, she wouldn't have to hide such a horrible scar for the rest of her life if she hadn't jumped in front of a sword for me. “You’re beautiful, Liv,” I said to her. She stared up at me with her beautiful big eyes, tears welling up in them. I got lost in her orbs and wondered what kind of horrible pain she had to go through all by herself. “Do you think so?” she asked me, a sad expression on her face. I sighed, running a hand over the scar, “I'm so sorry, Liv.”We were so close, that I could feel her warm breath on my lips. I tried to erase the feeling that bubbled in my chest but Olivia inched closer, her face filled with vulnerability and desperation. I hated that I had caused her to remember her trauma. I just wanted to take away all her pain. Then as she came closer again, our lips almost met. That was when my father’s voice stopped us. I may
JAVIERI tried to snatch the file from Ivan but he kept it out of my reach, his eyes still wide and the familiar look of shock on his face.“What did you see?” I asked, glaring at him as he kept the file out of my reach.Ivan cleared his throat, trying to maintain a neutral expression, “It’s nothing that should concern you.”I frowned, “What do you mean by that?”“The file doesn’t concern you, Javier. Go to bed, I’ll continue from here,” Ivan replied.I glared at him, I hated it when he spoke to me like I was a kid. With a slight tilt of my hand, I grabbed the file from him, ripping it a little. “Hey! Look what you’ve done now,” Ivan scowled at me.I ignored him and focused on the file in my hand, it was slightly ripped so I couldn’t see the face of the person in the picture.A frown settled on my lips as I glared at Ivan, “Why would Dad ask us to open a file together and you would refuse me to see the contents of the file?”Ivan shrugged, “I told you that it doesn’t concern you.”“B
MIAI woke up with a start and groaned when the weird sound of the alarm rang in my ears again. “Who turned on the alarm?” I mumbled, grabbing the alarm clock and staring at the time as I turned it off. “It’s just a little past midnight. Why will the alarm be ringing by this time?” I wondered.I looked around the bedroom and it looked eerie and cold. I shivered slightly as I grabbed my duvet to cover myself and go back to bed but I couldn't – something wasn't right here. “Javier!” I called even though he was an asshole. Ivan was supposed to be sleeping next to me considering this was his room but it was empty. There wasn't anyone here except me. “Ivan!” I called out again. My voice echoed throughout the walls of the house and I shuddered again. Gradually, I stepped out of the bed and gingerly stepped out of the room. “Javier!” I called again. No one answered me and my voice still echoed in the entire house. Just then I heard voices coming from the balcony, I headed up there an
JAVIER“What do you mean by that?” I asked, glaring at Ivan. We were standing in the middle of the parking lot and I had the eerie feeling that someone was staring at us. I checked behind quickly but I didn't see or feel anyone. “It’s Olivia,” Ivan said again.I glared at him, “Whatever you're saying doesn't make sense. If you're just trying to stop me from going to see Father then you're wrong.”Ivan rolled his eyes at me, “How can I stop you when the car tires have already been slashed?”I stared at him, a frown masking my face, “You didn't do that?”“When have you ever known me to indulge in petty things such as slashing of tires?” Ivan asked with a frown on his lip.I nodded, that was true. Ivan would never be caught dead being so petty as to do this. He'd rather tie me up to a chair and leave me there. “Fine. Then who would have done it if it wasn't you?” I asked, still suspicious. “It’s Olivia,” Ivan answered again.I frowned, “But she's been inside with us. And when she wen
MIAI noticed how the aura of the room had quickly dropped the moment I mentioned what I had seen in my dream or was it a vision. I seem to have lost track of which it was, especially since I almost died in the same dream. ‘It’s a vision!’ Lynn’s cryptic voice filled my mind. I rolled my eyes mentally at her, ‘Where have you been since?’‘I’ve been here. Just wondering why you saw a vision and what it all means,’ Lynn answered. ‘Why didn't you help me when I was in danger?’ I scowled at her.Lynn sighed, ‘I don't know.’“Earth to Mia!” I blinked and saw Javier snapping his fingers in my face, a concerned look in his eyes. “Yes? I'm here,” I blinked, startled. “What else did you see?” Ivan asked. I frowned, shaking my head, “Tell me the meaning of what I saw first.”“We need you to tell us everything,” Javier said. I shrugged, “I don't need to do anything. Tell me why your aura changed the moment I mentioned Olivia and the black cloak.”Javier and Ivan exchanged an uncomfortabl
BASTIEN“The woman in a black cloak,” I mused, staring at the three people in front of me. “How did you know I was coming, Sir?” Mia asked again for the unkempt time. I ignored her as I was left with my thoughts after she told me about the vision she had. Ever since I had seen her at the hospital and I heard about how her wolf surfaced I knew something unique was going on with her. “How are you able to get visions, Mia?” I asked, a puzzling expression on my face. “Perhaps if you stopped hoarding information from me then I would understand what is going on here!” she snapped at me. “Calm down, Mia, I'm not hoarding any information from you,” I stated. She scoffed while she fixed a querying looking at me. Ivan and Javier followed suit. I looked away before walking to the balcony.“Something isn't right,” I stated.“Give me something!” Mia snapped at me. I sighed, “The woman you saw in your vision wasn't Olivia.”Mia scoffed, “Then why did she look like Olivia?”“Because that's wh
MIAThe next few days were all dark and gloomy, we had won the war but the cost was heavy and it was felt by everyone of us, most of all was Javier.For the first few days, we just holed up in the isolated house that Leo had found and there we passed days as we all tried to come to terms with what had just happened. But today was the day, the day we said goodbye for good.Ivan and Leo had decided that we would all mourn our dead on the same day. Leo handled all the preparation, that was the least that he could do, he said.The first few days were the worst, Javier blamed himself for everything even though we told him that it was Rylee’s fault that he had that evil put in him in the first place and even though he knew this himself, he still blamed himself.How could he not? I sympathized with him and as he hurt, we hurt too. He killed Olivia and then also went ahead to kill Bastien when trying to kill my mom who was protecting him from killing his own brother.It was a very horrible ex
MIAWhat was going on? I was supposed to be dead was I not? Instead, everywhere seemed bright and happy.Not the dark and cold embrace of death that took hold of me earlier, what was going on? I could feel the sunlight on my face and I could hear birds chirping happily in the distance.My hands went to my chest, to where the blade was plunged into me, I felt around the skin frantic, there was no scar, no depression, no sign that I had sustained any injury of any kind at all.I opened my eyes and looked around, I had to blink to adjust my eyes to the brightness that was all around me.I was lying in a field and I was wearing a short rosy gown as opposed to the dark blouse and the tight jeans I had on when I was stabbed.I sat up, the grasses were about two feet high and they were swaying in the soft breeze that was blowing, it was all I could see for miles, a field covered in green grasses and hills all around.I got up and walked through the grasses bare-foot, there was just something
IVANWith Mia captured, it was different, we were able to track her thanks to her mother, things were happening so fast that it felt like I would not even be able to keep up.Mia had been sent away by her mother and then Javier had attacked us and defeated all of us easily, he was about to end my life, my brother, and that was when Olivia stepped in.Why did she step in? Maybe she felt responsible somehow and was trying to make amends but that didn't work, she just ended up getting killed by the man she called her bestie, it was tragic.Now we were all in Bastien's car heading towards the site of the ritual. Sarcana had been able to track Mia to where she was being held.All that was on my mind at this point was to kick down the front door and rush in to rescue her, but I knew deep down we didn't have the strength to stop our adversaries, we were most likely going for a suicide mission."How are we going to take down all those guys and free Mia?" Leo asked.That was when Sarca
JAVIEREverything was dark all around me, I was wrapped up in a cocoon of darkness and I did not know what was happening in the world around me.Then without any warning, a powerful shockwave hit me and put a crack in my cocoon, a ray of light filtered in and I reached for it immediately and tore at the cocoon until there was a hole big enough for me to climb through.It then felt like I was slowly rising to the surface after being submerged in a deep dark liquid for too long, it took me a while to fully return to my senses and when I did, I was overwhelmed and confused.The first thing I noticed was all the chanting and screaming, there were a lot of people around, wolves, I could tell and then something else, I could smell death in the air, vampires too.I had never been in the company of so many of them before then I locked eyes with Mia and I remembered what I had done to her.Not just to her, to Olivia, to my brother, to her mother, to Bastien, and Leo, oh my goodness, I was such
MIASo the ritual was going to happen in an hour, which meant that was exactly how long I had left to live. I turned my gaze to Javier with pleading and tears in my eyes.He just stood there like a robot or a statue, looking past me and not seeing anything at all.Was I really to take the words of the high priest Antonio? Was Javier lost to me? A part of me still felt that he was my last hope, that somehow he was the solution to solving the problem that was right in front of me.The wolf bane in my system made me suddenly groggy, I was afraid that if I fell asleep now, it would be my last slumber. I had to find a way to fight this feeling, I needed to be awake for my remaining time on the planet.The more that I tried to fight the sleep, the more it attacked me until I had no choice but to close my eyelids and succumb to it.As soon as my eyes closed, I realized that I was indeed in a vision. This one was different in the sense that it forced itself upon me, usually, when I fell aslee
MIA"How can you say such a thing about my mate, Javier? He is not cursed!" I countered the high priest Antonio."I did not mean to offend you, chosen one, I was just saying things as I saw it. Javier Romanov is cursed by the prophesy, he is the harbinger of doom and there is nothing you or anyone else can do to change that.""No, you are wrong, there is always a way and I will find it," I said stubbornly.The high priest shook his head at me, "There are far more precious things for the chosen one to be doing than fixating over a lost cause.""He is not a lost cause, stop calling him that."He got up from his meditative stance, "We have waited for the chosen one for a while now and here you are finally. You have a lot to learn, you need to learn how to use your powers to stop the forces of darkness that are converging. Only you can do it.""I don't care about any of that," I snapped, "I only care about saving Javier."Antonio sighed, "I have told you, it is a lost cause.""Then I have
IVANMy heart felt bad for Mia, having to swap her out in the middle of a serious fight like this but I was totally on board with my dad's reasoning.We could all think better and work better without Mia here, if she was not around for us to worry about, we could focus on the task of getting my brother back."Where did you send her?" I asked her mom."I..." Bastien cut her off."Don't tell him," he commanded."What? What the hell is that supposed to mean?" I said, anger rising in my chest."It's not what you think son, better if only she knew exactly where Mia is, for security reasons.""You think that I would rat out my mate's location if I get tortured or something like that?""You might not have a choice, Rylee is a powerful psychic. The only one among us here that can counter her mental prowess is Sarcana. So it is best if only she knew where Mia was and besides," he looked at Leo, "You might not rat her out but someone else here might.""Great, keep treating me like a criminal wh
MIAMy mother's words filled me with a sense of doom and gloom and made me sick to the stomach. How could she say something like that? Did she not know what Javier meant to me? How could she say that there was nothing we could do about it?We just got him back after he had been on the brink of death for so long, and now we were losing him again to some strange curse that I had never heard of.Was it not possible for us to catch a break? "Mom, c'mon, you can't say that there must be something we can do to help him."She shook her head sadly at me, "I am sorry dear but this situation is out of our hands, all we can do now is take precautions."Leo was not having any of that, "Maybe you might have hit your head a little too hard because I think you said that Javier cannot be helped. Or am I the one who did not hear you right?""I'm sorry, Leo, this is dark magic, there is no way out of it," Sarcana said to him. She was more apologetic than usual."Like hell, there is nothing we can do? W
JAVIERIt was a shock to me that I was standing right there, so close to her. I wanted to reach out and rip out her throat but my body would not let me do that.I cussed inwardly, this was bad, by the looks of things she was the one responsible for what was happening to me, if I could just take her out, the spell or whatever the hell this was would be broken.She was still smiling and had not yet answered the question I asked her earlier, I repeated it with much difficulty, the dark liquid that I was drowning in made talking very difficult.“What the fuck do you want from me?” I said baring my teeth.“There is no point in a puppet asking its master what the goals of the master are. Its job is just to obey wordlessly and move as the master pulls its string.” She said and laughed hoarsely.I took another step forward, “I am not your damn puppet you sick witch, tell me how to break this spell.”She stopped smiling and locked eyes with me, “Why the hell would I do something like that? I c