RYLEEThat was too much of an expensive joke, was Bastien trying to be funny? Because I was not finding what he was saying funny at all.We all had an agreement, we were going to work together until after we had gotten the power then we would go our separate ways and then we could decide to do whatever we wanted. No one of us was stupid enough to betray the other at this crucial stage of our agreement.The blood moon was just a day away, I was certain that Bastien was just telling lies to try and cause a stir, it was the type of trick I expected from him but still, it was shocking and very annoying to hear. How could he lie so shamelessly?“That’s a fucking lie and you know it! Have you no shame as to the type of tricks you would stoop to just to get back at me?” I shouted at him.His expression remained calm and he looked unfazed by my insults, “I am telling you the truth, Rylee.”“It is a lie, a lie that I will not fall for, there is no way that the Rogue king plans to betray me. He
MIA“We have a surprise for you. Get dressed, we are going to the beach,” Ivan and Javier chorused.I turned around in bed and blinked my eyes as I looked at them. I could tell that this was a dream but it was so peaceful and so nice compared to all the things that were going on in the real world.“What is the surprise guys?” I asked rolling around in bed.“Get ready and get to the beach if you want to find out,” Ivan said and with that, they left my room.I got to my feet and went to the bathroom, in this dream world, things were different, I could tell. Here, we were just a normal couple, there were no such things as werewolves or vampires or chosen ones.Here I was just Mia, an ordinary elementary school teacher who had the pleasure of dating the billionaire brothers, Ivan and Javier.I hurriedly got ready, putting on the bikini that they laid out for me while I was in the shower and we got on our merry way.It was evening already, I was wondering why we were heading to the beach b
IVANThere was a sudden thundering of feet above us. I could make out voices, shouting voices, there seemed to be some sort of chaos going on upstairs.I looked at Bastien and he nodded, this was what he was hoping to achieve, and by the looks of it, it had played out exactly as he had hoped it would.The guard who came downstairs to watch us and spout his rubbish insults looked confused by the sudden noise and commotion.Another guard ran down to come and meet him, he was breathing heavily.“What happened? What is going on?” The first guard asked.“It is chaos up there. We just received word that our king is locked in battle with that vampire bastard and that lycan bitch.” He said while still trying to catch his breath.“What? How did that happen?”“No idea what went wrong but we cannot stay here, we have to go and help out, come!” the second guard shouted at the first.He nodded and cast us one last look, “What of them?”“They are locked in here, they are not going anywhere, besides
SARCANALeo helped me drag the unconscious Mia inside Bastien’s house while Bastien and Ivan remained outside for a while. Knowing Bastien, I had a pretty good idea what it was that he was planning to tell Ivan.“Help me lay her on the couch there,” I said to Leo as we got into the living room.“What about Javier? We need to save him as soon as possible too,” Leo responded.“Damn it, Leo. I have not forgotten about Javier, just help me get Mia to the damn couch,” I snapped.He grumbled something and reluctantly helped me take Mia to the couch.Earlier, I had told them that Mia collapsed back into a coma because she had used too much of her power to get us out of the reinforced cell in the dungeon and this was true but not the whole truth. I could sense a whole lot of Rylee’s magic hovering around my child.It was this magic that kept her weak and made it so that she kept slipping back into a trance at any minor exhaustion. It was a miracle that Mia woke up when she did and helped us.
MIAMy eyes fluttered open slowly and the first thing that I saw was the ceiling, it was a ceiling that I did not recognize and I was about to panic when I heard Ivan’s voice.“You are awake,” he said and clasped my hand in his.It felt warm and inviting and I smiled, we were safe, we had escaped from the hands of Rylee and the Rogue king. Suddenly, panic came over me again and I asked hastily, “What about Javier?”Ivan smiled and gestured to my side, I rolled over and saw Javier lying beside me, sleeping peacefully. “Thanks to you, we were able to save him in the nick of time,” Ivan said.That was when the flood of tears and regret started to rise within me and I broke down crying.Right from the moment when I saw the rogue king and charged at him without thinking because I knew that he had a hand in my father’s death, I put everyone that I loved and cared about in danger. I was sure that it was in an attempt to get me back that Javier got fatally injured.Still, in an attempt to get
RYLEEThe attack was insane, I went after the vampire king, Philip, it was his betrayal that I felt the most and I thought needed to be punished first.The vampire king went after the rogue king, probably for the same reason I was going after him and the rogue king came after me.Every one of us had a different target that we wanted to maim or kill.In my case, the rogue king was trying to maim me and not kill me because, despite his rage, he was smart enough to know that they still needed me to perform the ritual when the blood moon emerged later today.The same thing applied to the rogue king. Philip knew that killing him now would be a mistake because Mia was still in his possession and protected by his people. If anything happened to their leader, the pack would cut their losses and just kill Mia making sure none of us got a chance to steal or claim her power.The only person who was truly expendable at that moment was the vampire king, he was the one who could be killed without t
MIAThere was something seriously wrong with Javier. I could tell from the way that he was standing at the open door staring out into the midnight sky. I got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach.So many questions were going through my head. Why the hell was Javier awake by this time? Why was my mother unconscious and hanging from his shoulders?Why would Javier be attempting to leave our new hideout by this time with my mom? It was like something straight out of a horror film and for a moment, I was rooted there, confused, not knowing what to do at all.The scream that I had let off earlier echoed throughout the house and it caught Javier's attention and he slowly turned to look at me. As soon as he did, my blood turned to ice in my veins.His face was a mask of evil, he had hollow sunken cheeks, with pitch black pupils, his fangs were out and what was worse? Black vein-like structures were streaking across his body where his veins normally appeared.He looked unrecognizable to me
MIAThe whole situation still felt like a dream or a nightmare, I was sure that I would wake up from it in no time, any moment from now, I kept telling myself, I would wake up in the strong arms of Javier and he would still be sleeping obliviously on the bed with Ivan and I.Yes, any moment from now I thought but the longer we stood there gazing into the night after Javier, the longer nothing of the sort happened and I realized with growing terror and fear that what happened was not a dream or a nightmare, it was reality. Javier must have snapped or something must have happened to him to make him do something like this. No way this was normal, someone must have done this to him."What now?"I asked absent-mindedly.Bastien was already reacting. That was the thing about him, no matter the situation we were in, I could always count on him to keep a level head and take action swiftly.He hurried over to my mom carried her off the floor and onto a sofa and laid her down carefully.Leo