RYLEEI saw Javier get struck down by the rogue king and I smiled, good riddance to another troublesome mutt.Suddenly, Leo yelled and ran towards him while Bastien proceeded to fend off the rogue king.I smiled again as I looked at Sarcana and saw the look of terror on her face, finally, we were back to facing each other one on one again.Now that Leo had left, I could go back to teaching her a lesson that she would not forget. It was our good fortunes that the rogue king came when he did.Philip and I were marching over to the penthouse to go retrieve Mia ourselves and punish that backstabbing good-for-nothing child, Olivia when he brought Mia to us.Had it not been for Javier and Sarcana showing up, we would have acquired Mia by now but not to worry, after we were done getting rid of them all, we would take Mia. I was going to kill everybody present – Javier, Ivan, Leo (Another backstabbing piece of shit), and lastly Bastien, that annoyingly clever wolf.Everyone but Sarcana was go
RYLEEThe atmosphere was tense in the warehouse in the lower district where we were surrounded by an army of wolves that seemed keen to take our head off.Philip called it a necessary precaution, I thought it was an ambush but it looked like I was wrong and he was right. The rogue king seemed to have indeed agreed to meet up in good faith and he was holding Mia somewhere we did not know about.There was the option of trying to get into his mind and find out where Mia was but I knew that it would not be easy to do that and he would probably notice the moment I tried and that could blow our chance. Now we had one task before us… find a way to convince him that it would be in his best interest to work together with us.“Maybe you did not hear me the first time, give me one good reason why I should work with the likes of you?” he repeated his question.Philip answered, “We go way back, Damien… you know I am good for my word. I promised you that I would take no action against you until I h
MIAI could tell I was not awake, at this point I had grown up to the level where I could tell if I was in a vision or not. This time, I was definitely in some sort of a vision.It was not like the normal vision that I was used to having, this one felt a bit different, it was almost like the type I got when I got stuck in the elder forest.For a moment, I thought that I was back there, that everything that had happened since was all an illusion generated by that heartless mist to torture me.Me escaping it, meeting my mother, escaping the elder forest, and finally freeing Ivan from his mind, the good times that came after that, and then finally, the attack on the penthouse, I had to question all of it, did that all happen or was it just a warped version of the future shown to me by the mist?I decided that it all did happen and indeed, I escaped the elder forest. If then, why did I have a similar type of vision?I saw a flash of my childhood when I was just an ordinary little girl wit
MIAThe feeling was a familiar one, a strange weakness that seemed to reach right down into my bones. It flowed throughout my body and kept me feeling impotent and unable to do anything. I was trying to figure out where I had felt like this before but I could not recall.I gasped in shock when I saw the man who had knocked me out talking to somebody in a hushed voices.I tried to use my super hearing but I could not still make out what they were saying. At first, I thought that they were burning incense that was what was interfering with my super hearing and stopping me from eavesdropping on their conversation but I was wrong.I tried to extend my claws, if I was going to get out of this place then I knew that I needed to fight. I needed to tap into my power and break free on my own. Nothing happened.I tried extending it again, but once more, nothing happened.'Lynn, are you there? I need your help again, let's work together to get out of here,' I said to my wolf.I waited... there w
MIAThe vision landscape this time around was a mountainous region, it was night time and there were a million stars in the sky but that was not the most attractive thing about it.The full moon stood in all its glory, shining down on the rocky terrain with its silvery light.Under normal circumstances, I would have loved to stay behind and admire the beauty of the land, take in the wonderful sights, the cool breeze, and the breathtaking rocky outgrowths and formations but these were not normal circumstances.I needed to wake up, I needed to kill the rogue king now that I had the chance, if only I could just summon my claws, his neck was right within my reach.How could he tell such a blatant lie about Javier? He needed to be dealt with for that. How could Javier be dead? That was impossible.The events of my former vision warmed its way into my mind again and I dropped to my knees. Wait? Could there be some truth to what the rogue king said? No, it had to be a lie, he was lying.I wa
RYLEEI gritted my teeth, the nerves that Sarcana must have reaching out to me, she must be feeling very desperate to take a step like this. This was an opportunity I knew I could not pass up, a chance to see the mighty Sarcana on her knees."Something's come up, I have to leave," I said to Philip.He looked at me with those empty eyes of his but he said nothing."Wherever it is you are going, make sure you return on time. You don't want to cause us any delay at all," Damien warned.I smirked at him as if I of all people who have waited for this for the longest of time would be the one to put it in jeopardy, "Don't work yourself into a state, I will be back before you even notice I'm gone. Just got one minor thing to take care of.""Maybe I should send some of my wolves to escort you," Damien insisted.Now it looked like he just wanted to get on my nerves, "Do I look like someone who cannot take care of themselves to you? I don't need whatever feeble protection you are offering."He s
DAMIENI was restless, pacing back and forth in the giant warehouse where I had met my new allies some days ago.It was almost time for the ritual, the blood moon would be in the sky in no time and the main person who was supposed to conduct the ritual was nowhere to be found, such hubris.Where did that Rylee bitch disappear to at a time like this? Was she not the one who promised that she would be back on time and wouldn't let anything interfere with our plans for the ritual?Now she was the very person who was interfering with our plans, I never got a good vibe from her from the beginning, this is why lycans and wolves like myself could never co-exist.If not for the fact that Philip vouched for her, I could not see myself working with her for any other reason.I snapped my finger and two of my top-ranking officers came out of the shadows and knelt before me."Get in touch with the vampire king, let him know we have a problem."They nodded but didn't move."What is it?" I asked in
IVANA sharp pain stabbed me in the chest again when I looked at Javier, to see my brother looking so weak and pale was killing me in more ways than one. This is not how this situation was supposed to turn out, he was still in a coma from his wounds.To make matters worse, Sarcana had gone out with Olivia of all people saying they were going to do something to increase our chances of getting Mia back. I opted to go with them but Sarcana insisted I stayed behind and looked after Javier.Bastien and Leo had already left a while ago to go see if there was any information to find or allies who were willing to join hands with us and fight our new enemies.All I could do was just stay and watch. I hated the feeling of helplessness I felt inside of me, it was a paralyzing feeling and then something strange happened.Leo and Bastien returned first, they still seemed preoccupied with whatever discussion it was they were having. They both came to check on Javier, Leo stayed longer, watching Jav
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