~YULIA “He can hear you, Lana,” I whispered as we both sat together in the living room on the sofa where Issa and I had fucked.“Oh, super hearing, I forgot,” Lana said as she covered her mouth with her right hand and blushed in embarrassment. She had called Jamal handsome and I glanced at the detective’s direction to see that he was smiling.Why did Issa call Jamal here? To be a bodyguard? I was not so sure but I did not mind it because he was part of the team now.“So, tell me, how have you been?” I asked her, genuinely interested in her response.“I do not know how loaded your uncle is, but he has got me living like a princess,” Lana said excitedly. “When I asked him about the expenses, he told me not to worry about it,” she added in disbelief.“He believes what happened to you was his fault, and this is how he is trying to make amends,” I told her. “But have you gone back to the house?” “Yeah, everything is back to normal, and even the windows ha
~ISSAI was a very old creature of the night. I had centuries on my existence and I aged very slowly. I had developed an uncanny affinity towards technology when it came into existence. I had attended the first unveiling of the iphone and from there I had been fascinated by how the internet worked. The idea that I could access all forms of information on such a little device intrigued me so much. Back in the ancient days, knowledge was a very hard commodity to come by and some even killed for it. However, I noticed that there was some information that was restricted from public knowledge and consumption. Like the secret meetings of politicians, or information of violent criminals or secret international black operations by the military.I began to wonder how I could access these secrets and that was where I discovered my gift for hacking. I had of course learned from the best and consumed everything I could about it. The idea that I could get anything I want from Hacking thrilled me
~YULIAI took a quick glimpse at my phone and clicked the text message Issa had sent me. He warned me about how suspicious Iris was and that only increased my anxiety. Although, I wondered why her sister Andrea had not told her anything about what was going on between me and Issa.‘Tread carefully,’ Yara whispered in my mind. I began to feel uneasy as I remembered that Lana was here and to everyone in this room, she was the most fragile.Iris never stopped her intense glare on me as she sat rigidly. Her question caught me off guard. What was I to him? I was his freaking soul mate bitch! But she could not know that, at least for now.“Look,” I began. “I do not know how family works where you come from, but we tell each other everything in this family, including if my uncle should settle down with a walking red flag of a woman like you,” I added a hint of sarcasm to throw her off.“Yulia, that’s rude,” Lana whispered and poked my arm.“Lana, she does not even think highly of you,” I s
~ISSAHeavy is the head that wears the crown.Those were one of my father’s parting words to me as I grew up to become the Lycan I was today.For a creature in my position, I was feared, revered, hated and wanted. It was a tiring existence when everyone always wanted something from you. For some powerful werewolf families, it was my cooperation to be their ally in times of war. For some it was my Lycan seed and for some, it was my death.Everybody wanted a piece of me and that was fine. It was the occupational hazard of my existence.“I had no idea that she was at your place, Issa, and I did not even think she would ever come there,” Deucalion said to me through the phone as I walked toward the transparent elevator that brought me thousands of miles under the ground to my secret place of work.Shadow one was still hard at work trying to get the information of the people I had just given him.“Maybe if you had not put it in her head that I was into her, she would not have overstepped h
~YULIAI paced back and forth at the hospital hall as I waited for news from the doctors about Lana. I was not bothered about Iris because I knew that she would heal but with what the doctors said, it might take a while. Third degree burns. “You need to relax, Yulia, you have been pacing for a while now,” Jamal said with a health magazine in his hands. He sat crossed leg and occasionally flipped through the pages of the catalogue.“Lana could be dead for all I know,” I said.“She is fine, you should worry about Iris instead,” Jamal said.“Does it make me a bad person if I don’t really care?” I asked in a low voice.Jamal shrugged. “She attacked your human friend and threatened to kill her right in front of you, I’d say she got what she deserved.” I was glad Jamal was on my team. A mature doctor with thinning white hair approached me. He was in an open white coat with a stethoscope hanging snugly around his neck.“Ms. Yulia?” He asked as he got near to me.“How is she?” I asked.“W
~YULIA“You want me to do what?” I asked in disbelief.“It is alright if you don’t want to do it, Yulia, it was a wild suggestion,” Issa said as he drove us home.“I am not against it, I just did not expect you to willingly put me in harm’s way, I thought I was too precious to you for that kind of thing,” I replied.“Was that sarcasm?” He asked as he glanced at me before he faced the road again.“No, I am just surprised, that’s all. I was actually excited too… So, when do we start?” I asked.“You also sound excited,” Issa mumbled.“I am tired of being on the sidelines, and this puts me in the front line of what is actually going on,” I replied.Nothing was said as he drove and we both sank into the silence of the car.“Are there any other crazy exes I should be aware of?” I asked.“Yes,” He replied. “I will make a list when we get home,” he replied.“That was sarcasm, wasn’t it?” I asked with a small smile.Issa shrugged as he drove.“Is everything going to be fine between you and you
~ISSAIris coming over to my place had almost derailed the plan but we were back on track. “We need Jamal and Miles for this to work,” I told Yulia.I wished there was another way to do this but I could not think of anything else. I knew that I was putting her in harm’s way and Marianna would be rolling over in her grave if she knew what I was about to do, but I was tired of waiting in the shadows. The last time I had ignored the growing signs of the witches’ uprising it had cost me my parents; it had taken my sister and almost taken Yulia when she was just merely a toddler.I wanted blood, I wanted revenge and I needed this cult to know that they had no right to exist. Before I went over any of the plans with Yulia, we both waited for Jamal and the beta of my pack to arrive.Yulia went up the stairs to have a hot bath, while I ordered pizza for the two of us. I was not in the mood for a home-made meal, nor did I want any of the maids anywhere near the house. I heard the sound of th
~YULIAA voice in my head was telling me that this was a mistake, but I knew that it was just fear speaking. I had no idea how we were going to go about this but I was confident in Issa’s plan. It was midnight and the only sound in the room was Mile’s munching loudly on the Pizza Issa ordered.“Where are they located?” Jamal asked. “And how the hell did you get this information?” He demanded from Issa who was gazing meditatively into nothing as he slowly paced the room.He stopped pacing and turned to glare at Jamal with a piercing cold look in his eyes. “Jamal,” he began. “I am sure that in your years of being a detective, no one has ever told you or asked you how and when to do your job, please do not ask me how to be a Lycan, I find it insulting.” I covered my mouth to hide my smile. The banter between the two of them always made me laugh. “Finding information about criminals is not part of being a Lycan, that’s detective work,” Jamal retorted.“So, why did you not get the infor
~YULIAI felt him before I saw him.His scent assailed my nose and my wolf ears perked up in excitement. Every day, I felt new things whenever I laid my eyes on him. Sometimes, I saw clearer, other times, I smelled things much better. With him, a myriad of experiences always happened to me. He was leaning against his black Porsche as the wind blew his long hair in waves.“Issa,” Jamal said, breaking the effect.“Detective,” Issa replied curtly.I still did not get why the
~YULIA“Death is not really the end,” said the professor that stood on the podium.He was a man in his late sixties with a balding head. I was not really paying much attention to him until he said those six words. He was in a black grey coat with matching suit pants and black leather shoes.“It is just the beginning of another journey in another realm,” he continued. “In fact, there are ways in which you can communicate with the dead if you follow the right steps.”An excited murmur erupted through the class. A
~ISSA“Your niece is full of surprises,” Deucalion said as he took a seat in the big brown leather chair behind his desk in his home study. He did not seem to be upset that his eldest daughter was still healing from Yulia’s unexpected fire power.I shrugged. I had no reply for that. “How is Iris?” I asked.“Embarrassed,” He replied.“She is out of the hospital?” I asked.“Left that same night,” Deucalion said with a hint of pride in his voice. I could not blame her. I would feel embarrassed if I got my ass handed to me by a much younger werewolf. “She was hoping to see you,” He added.“For what purpose?” I asked. I had no desire to hear anything she had to say, not after what she pulled. Deucalion had heard the slight irritation in my voice and smiled.The large doors of the Study were pushed open and in walked Iris. I was a bit surprised to see that there were no burn marks on her. As if reading my mind. “Magic and medicine,” Deucalion said. “Issa,” Iris said as she saw me. “Did y
~YULIA “So, you want to hang out with us just to get down and rough with her uncle?” Ashley asked the twins with a puzzled expression on her face.“We do not expect you to understand our ways, witch girl,” One of the twins said with pure disdain in her voice. I wanted to tell them that they were both too late for that but I knew that I could not tell them that I was already mated and what they were trying to ask was next to impossible. I shuddered as I imagined the both of them and I with Issa together as one fucked up family.Ashley turned to me with more questions on her face. “Is this a normal thing with werewolves?” she asked me.I shook my head. “Not really, it is more of a Lycan thing. Some werewolf families give their daughters to Lycans to get impregnated, and these two here,” I said pointing at the Rasputin twins. “Were unfortunately chosen by their families to be baby factories for my uncle’s seed.” “So that is why you are both being ni
~YULIAHeavy and vicious blows rained down on my head and chest.One caught me clean on my chin and my head bounced on the hard grass. I almost went unconscious until another one snapped me fully alert. I brought my wrists up and guarded my head.Leia’s punches were hard as they made contacts with my raised arm. She was sitting on top of me as she released hits after hits of furious punches.“Leave her alone,” I heard Ashley yell but it was more of an echo.Leia raised her right hand up to strike me but I used that to jerk my hips up pushing her off balance. I grabbed her by her Ash blazer and pulled her sideways to the left until I successfully got her off me.I shot to my feet and
~YULIA The ride back home had been a silent one. Miles and Jamal went their own way, while Issa took us home. I could tell that he had been very angry about our lack of breakthrough with the people who wanted me dead.“It seems like we are back to square one,” I told him as we entered the house. I noticed that the walls have been repainted and new art works have been hung. “Not necessarily, now I know that there is a pattern,” he said as he sat down on the sofa.“What do you mean?” I asked him, curious.“This is the second time we have witnessed men burning up, it means someone is behind the scene and they have access to powerful magic,” he replied. “Powerful enough to burn men up from a very long distance.”It was strange. “The secrets they are hiding must be that bad if they are burning up the men they hire like matchsticks,” I said.“Or they are doing everything in their power to stay hidden, but I will find them.”It was one in the m
~YULIA I was afraid. The violence was becoming easier. It was almost like second nature to me now. I was scared that I was going to lose myself to it if care was not taken. I was afraid that I was just going to be as ruthless as Issa. This night alone, I had injured three humans and werewolf and the truth was that they had all deserved it. Iris was in the hospital fighting for her life due to a third degree burn all over her body because she attacked my human best friend, Lana.The other three were men I had met in a place, a bar called Death Valley. They were sexist pigs who preyed on defenceless women and I felt no remorse knocking their ass out cold.“Have you always had those ropes?” I asked curiously as Miles bound a semi-conscious Stones.“I never leave home without it,” Miles said as he fully secured the ex-soldier.I felt no pity looking at Verne who had three knives in him, with one pinning his hand painfully to the ground. He was losing a lot of blood.Gaines was still u
~ISSAI could smell things no other werewolf can perceive. Emotions. I loved the smell of fear the most. These men had no idea what they were in for. I could literally see Iran smiling with the glee of death as he watched from within me.“Who is the fucker?” The rapist scoffed as he said, looking at his men in confusion.“Are you high?” Stone asked coldly. “My friend said to get the fuck out of here.” “Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are,” I quoted.“What?” The ex-cop said with a puzzled look.“Your friend rapes people Mr. Verne,” I said.A look passed among the men. I sniffed. Worry. A dark smile played across my lips.“I’d choose better friends if I were you,” I said, taking a few steps forward.“How do you know my name?” The ex-cop asked and reached into his jacket to produce a gun of his own. He pointed it at me.I could sense Miles somewhere in the shadows but I could not sense Jamal yet. I had a feeling he was around.“I know all your names,” I repl
~ISSAI watched everything. I was impressed by the way Yulia dispatched those two assholes and I was even more impressed by how calm she had been when our preys revealed themselves. It was hard maintaining a conversation with these random horny women but I knew I had to because I did not want to blow my cover.I watched the rapist approach Yulia and all my wolf sense heightened up so much that the women recoiled in fear as they felt my powerful aura. They could not understand what was happening but I had somehow changed before their eyes. It was the Lycan effect. One by one, they left me alone as they made up flimsy excuses about using the ladies’ room. I merely nodded as I was left alone.I saw that the rapist was leading her up the stairs and I followed, making sure to mix with the crowd to conceal myself. I spotted Miles having fun with a bunch of women who were laughing hard at one of his lame jokes and I rolled my eyes. He threw me a wink to let me know that he was aware of what