~ YULIA.Who the hell does he think he is?He fucking had the audacity to tell me to stay put as if I was some kind of pet! I had found myself nodding before I came to my senses. Now in defiance of his order, I paced around the room angrily. Why was I afraid to go down stairs? What was stopping me from leaving this room?What was so important that he had to leave? I shook my head and tried to forget about it as I headed to the luxury bathroom. I picked up a new toothbrush and toothpaste. I applied a lot of paste and brushed thoroughly.When I was done, I rinsed my mouth abundantly with water and sighed as I stared at the mirror… at myself. Were those large sleep bags under my eyes?Ugh! That pervert made it hard to sleep last night. I was conscious of every movement, down to the smallest sound he made as he turned and tossed.To be honest, I was terrified of his other rabid wolf groping me when I slept so I half dozed through the night. How I woke up on his chest drooling away was
~ ISSA.I hated the way Yulia's name rolled off his tongue.I hated the familiarity he used to say her name. It was not like I was jealous. I just didn't buy the entire idea of them being acquaintances. "What makes you so sure that Yulia is the target?" I scrutinised him."The markings on the body are all ancient writings," Jamal replied. "And trouble started the moment she showed up. It's almost as if she's a radar to all sorts of crisis." "What makes you think that this body is not a message to me?" I asked instead. "Because you are not worth the trouble, but I don't think that matters now. Whoever did this is showing you that he does not mind going through you." He looked serious even if he just outrightly sidelined me. Again, I asked myself what was so important about this girl. Why was trouble following her around like she was some sort of magnet? "They can try," I finally said. “But they won't get to her. She is under my care." "Save the bravado, Issa. She needs to be pro
~ YULIA.I knew she was going to be trouble from the way she stood with her hands on her hips. She stood like she owned the place. She was in a very expensive dress that hugged her body and showed off her seductive curves. Its shoulders were off and was drowned in silver with sparkling matching shoes.The dress was in contrast to her stark blue eyes and fiery red hair that flowed down her back with expensive ease. "You slept over," She said looking around coldly. She was not asking questions.From the first time I looked her over, I decided that I was going to bide my time with her and not let her think she could bully me around. I wasn't the rebel back home for nothing. "And you must be the crazy and obsessive girlfriend he told me about," I replied. "Hi, I am Yulia, his emotional therapist." I stretched out my hand."You are a funny one," She replied in that same cold tone."I admire your observational skill, is that what drew him to you?" I teased as I wore a smirk.She smiled t
~ YULIA.I was not surprised by what Leia said about Issa. I mean he was a Lycan, so of course he was a whore."I used to think what happened in the bedroom, stayed in the bedroom." My voice was casual as I bit into the fresh green pear I picked out of a variety of fruits."Why was she in your bedroom?" Andrea's voice was cold as she glared at Issa."That is none of your business," Issa answered and took a seat by my side.I had so many questions for him but I had to wait for this unwanted breakfast to end."So she is exclusive." Iris raised an eyebrow."What does she mean by exclusive?" I dared to ask.The tension in the room seemed to have floated back in. While others were enjoying it, some weren't."Private fuck toy," Leia said as she drank from a glass cup of wine. She was really vulgar and bold."Why are you all here?" Issa changed the subject instead as he poured himself some wine."Dad is anxious, he wants the Announcing to go well, so he sent us here," Andrea revealed.Issa s
~ISSAI tried to remain calm as I watched Leia follow Yulia outside.I knew that it was probably to warn her off. She was wasting her time. Nothing had happened between me and Yulia...yet, so they had no cause for creating any drama."You are playing a dangerous game, Issa," Andrea said to me."What do you mean?" I asked."That girl does not belong here," Iris said. She was the eldest and most insane."She belongs to me," I told them with a finality that shocked them."Is that why you are flaunting her in our faces?" Andrea asked"You know me so well," I said as I picked up an apple."Aren't we enough for you?" Andrea asked angrily. "It's bad enough I have to share you with my sisters and here you are trying to add another one to the rooster.""I hate sharing him with you, Andrea," Iris said in a factual tone."Ladies, please, no fighting, there is no more me to go around," I told them, knowing fully well that this would stir up problems in the room."You can not and will not put a st
~Yulia.I was a nervous wreck by the time Issa helped me with my back zip.I wasn't supposed to ask for his help. It should have been something I could handle on my own but I realised in the end that I needed his help, since he was technically the only one close.It was either him or the Craven birds. Surprisingly, he was a total gentleman as he helped me with it. His eyes never strayed and he made no snark remarks. Well, only the rate of his breathing shifted and I felt goosebumps scatter across my skin when his warm fingers brushed my back. I did not even know he was done until he spoke. "You look ravishing." His eyes finally roamed my body hungrily. I felt a tingle in both my nipples and a slight twitch in between my legs."I don't think that's something you should say to your niece." I avoided his gaze as I tried to regain my composure."You are more than my niece, Yulia." His tone grew serious and I could feel his eyes on me. "Don't get any ideas, I don't want your Craven c
~YULIA.With every step they took into the space, the darker and stronger the power in the air grew.My wolf suddenly went silent and I doubted if I was going to be feeling her at the surface anytime soon. "Just breath," Issa said the moment he noticed my discomfort. "Your senses are overwhelmed, just immerse yourself in it."I shut my eyes and tried to drown in the power like he said. It felt strange surrending myself to it but I had no other choice. I had to do as he said. A few moments later, I became used to the strange atmosphere."The Order?" I asked as I watched them talk quietly among themselves. They were nine in number. Three men and six women and they paid attention to no one else but themselves."Old snobbish people?" I asked with an amused smile."Yep." A small smile tugged at the corners of his lips and I could not resist returning it myself. "I can not wait to get to the part where they try to buy me." "Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it." The ol
~ISSAMy heart exploded as I shot Davina the coldest glare. Even Iran came alive from the corner I had pushed him to. "Did you just threaten a living soul right before my eyes?" Jamal cut in even before I could speak. Davina corked her brows at him as she looked him over. Almost amused that she had roused up these emotions from him. Jamal looked genuinely angry and that angered me too. It was one thing for Davina to threaten Yulia and it was another for Jamal to suddenly become protective of her. What was he trying to prove? Who the hell did he think he was? I was disgusted by the way that he came to Yulia's defence. That was my fucking job. He could haul his stuck up ass out of here if he thought bullying three women made him a better werewolf.‘Forgive me if you took it in an offensive way, Nocturnal Detective Jamal. . .’ Davina deliberately trailed before smirking at him. "I only meant that she would be stirring up a lot of trouble with her presence. There will be bloodshed,
~YULIABloodshed was becoming second nature to me as I watched the heart burn. It did nothing to change how I felt about Mom’s death but at least I was sated that the people behind her murder were dead. Yet it seemed like there was still one person to find.“Let’s get out of here,” Issa said and held out his clean palm. I took it and he led me out of the dead lawyer’s apartment. I felt like there was something I needed to do. We were a few feet from the house before I stopped and turned back to it.“What is it?” Issa asked as concern masked his face.“I need to do something,” I told him. “What?” He asked.“I need to burn this place to the ground,” I told him. “It is the only way that I can move forward with my life. This house was built on the kindness of my mother, I need to raze it to the ground.” I told him.He nodded. “The fireplace,” he said. “We can set something on fire, a pillow, anything and spread it all over the place.”I shook my head. “I have a much better idea,” I sai
~ISSA“Shut up,” I muttered angrily as I drove to the lawyer’s house.“Who are you talking to?” Yulia asked with a puzzled look on her face.“He is taunting me,” I told her. Iran had been laughing nonstop in my head ever since he fought his way out and unleashed hell on those witches. I could do nothing as he took control of my body while I was forced to take the back seat and helplessly watch.I still had the taste of blood in my mouth and I fought the gag that was taking place in my throat.“Is it always like this?” Yulia asked. “I have been dealing with Iran since I was a boy, Yulia,” I said with a sigh. “He has been my curse for as long as I can remember,” I added.“Was that how you fought against magic?” She asked. “Because I know that Werewolves are fast but magic is faster.”She was right. Magic was very effective against wolfkind and even more lethal if the magic user was very powerful. “Magic works against me, and it hurts like hell, but with Iran, it's like pain is what h
~YULIABlood, burnt flesh and death was all I could see after the whole carnage settled. I saw a part of Issa that he did not show anyone, not even his pack. I saw the Issa that was full of regret and denial. I saw him look around in disbelief, I saw him almost throw up as he spat blood and flesh out of his mouth in disgust. There was blood in his hair, flesh hanging from his body and his clothes were badly burnt. The only piece of clothes that was still intact on his body was his trousers. He sighed and reached for his phone in his pocket with a blood-stained hand.“Who are you going to call?” I asked curiously. “The clean-up crew,” He answered in a monotone. He refused to look at me while he made the call.“Clean up at the downtown bar,” He said curtly. “Bring new clothes.”I had seen the clean up crew once at Lana’s place when someone had broken into her place and almost killed her. He looked at his phone which was now coated in blood before he returned it to his pocket.He loo
~YULIA I saw their magic. I could literally see the weaves of strings and patterns as they cast their spells. I could see the energy and power of their words as it crashed into Issa. I could see exactly how their magic worked. Was this the ability that came with being a child of light? Was this why everyone wanted my blood?Death and burnt flesh filled the air as I took in everything in my surroundings. Issa’s painful grunt as waves upon waves of magic hit him from all directions was the most vivid of everything. He was pushed onto his knees by the sheer force of magical powers coming from the remaining five witches.The fire had gotten the girl I had knocked out cold. I knew she was dead before she had hit the ground. She was a witch but I was a full-blooded werewolf. My strength was enough to kill her. I had felt the bone in her neck snap violently from my punch. There were five witches left and they had all focused their powers on Issa. I
~ISSA What did Rogers want from my Yulia? What was his end game? Sooner rather than later, we were going to have to meet face to face. “So, it seems like your lawyer has abandoned you,” I said to a quivering Agatha. “Still, I have not been given a reason as to why my sister had to die.”“We can not tell you, Lycan,” Bailey said in a hard tone. “A painful death awaits us if we talk to anyone about it.”“I am guessing going up in flames is part of it?” Yulia asked with deadly sarcasm. Agatha widened her eyes in surprise. “Yeah a few of your people have gone up in flames recently,” I said, confirming her suspicion.“And it seems that you are next in line to go to hell,” Yulia added. “You will tell me why my mother had to die by your hands.”“We can not tell you who leads us although you will be surprised if you do,” Agatha replied. “But Rogers is a big part of it, he has all the answers we cannot give you.”“How predictable, Rogers abandons
~ISSAI felt Iran clawing his way slowly to the surface of my mind. ‘Witch blood,’ he whispered hungrily at the deep ends of my psyche. He and I could feel the tension coming off the bartender. Iran and I could smell her fear as we both watched with dark humour as she thought of her options. She had none.“You need to make up your mind,” Yulia said in a hardened tone. I could feel her rage as she glared at the Bartender. The lady beside me sat rigidly as fear coursed through her. These two women were involved in the death of my beloved sister and I would do anything and everything within my power to make sure that they paid.The bartender looked around at the bar helplessly as it dawned on her slowly and surely. There was no one here to help her. She was cornered. I knew that her right hand was still on the shot gun hidden behind the bar counter but she as well as I knew that it would do nothing to help her. There was a lot at stake and it would be bad for business if word got out
~YULIA“Ward endangerment?” I asked in disbelief. “Is he being serious?” I was beyond confused by the legal action Mr. Rogers took against Issa. “Does he even have the power to do that? He knows you’re a Lycan after all.”Apparently, the letter that had been delivered to Issa came from Mr Rogers. The content made no sense to me. Why did Mr Rogers suddenly want to take him to court?He was the one who convinced me to move in with Issa in the first place. I felt a migraine forming in my head just from thinking about it.“Only if he has a legal interest in your case,” Issa answered as he drove us away from the school. “I knew that slimy son of a bitch was up to something,” Issa added.I looked at him. “Is there anyone you actually like?” “Yeah, you,” he answered as he pressed down on the accelerator, increasing the speed of the car.I noticed the anger in Issa’s eyes even if he was trying to mask it. Anyone would have been angry had they been in our shoes. I was just surprised by how ca
~ISSAEach body was missing something. A heart was missing from one body, another a liver, another a spleen and another the eyes. It was one of the bloodiest things I had ever seen. There was a yellow police tape to create a boundary to prevent the public from getting closer but I could still see flashes of pictures being taken and phones held high to record the gory scene.The school security team was doing its best to keep back the people but it was of no use. I could not blame the onlookers. I caught sight of Davina and Albus having a tense discussion with Jamal. I understood that it was a bad look on the Chancellor because this abomination happened right under his nose and in his school. I looked at Yulia who seemed lost and distraught at the gory sight before her. I could literally feel the emotional turmoil she was currently going through.“It would seem that someone is boldly trying to reenact the war we tried so very hard to stop and prevent,” Albus said as he joined me in w
~YULIAI could not breathe as I watched. Was this how my mother died? Bloody and alone with no one to help her? “No,” I croaked as tears welled up my eyes. Issa said nothing as he followed Mom into the house. I watched with a broken heart as she limped with agony written all over her bloody cut up face. She held onto her left wrist where the hand had been cut off as she struggled. Who could have done this?A rustle of leaves took our attention away and we saw figures clad in hooded black robes following Mom into the house. Witches. They were in no hurry. They walked like they had all the time in the world. “Why did anyone not notice this was happening?” I whispered as pain coursed through me.Issa watched with his fist balled up. He said nothing as he silently watched the whole thing. Mom pushed the door with her shoulder releasing a painful grunt as she entered the house. The hooded figures, eight in number, followed her into the house. I ran into the house and towards them.