~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,
~YULIA.I had believed that taking a break from school to deal with my mom's death was the next step for me...But as Issa spoke about me going back to my studies, it made me angry.Issa watched me with a raised eyebrow when he heard my protest."You are still eighteen, honey," Andrea cut in. "So it's normal to be in school." She did not even try to hide the sarcasm in her tone."Is there a reason for not wanting to go back to school?" Issa asked as he sat down.I did not want to talk about my mother in front of the Craven sisters nor Jamal Khan who I just found out was some sort of independent werewolf detective."How do you know my age?" I asked Andrea."Background check," She simply replied. "I have to be sure that you are who you really say you are, I can not stand by and watch an imposter taking advantage of my Issa."I frowned and scoffed. I looked over at Issa in disbelief."She does that with everyone," He replied in his defense. "Take a seat, Khan," Issa said as he glared at
~ISSAI did not want this conversation to continue with Yulia present...But she was no longer a child by werewolf standard and she seemed like she was interested in talking to Khan which greatly displeased me. I could see her clearly blushing as Jamal paid attention to her. I had cut the small talk between them short and in doing so heard what I had been afraid to hear."You took the words right out of my mouth, Lycan Issa," Khan said to me with renewed interest in his eyes. "Perhaps you know something that I don't."Nocturnal prick! I hated how he threw around accusations left and right like he was the judge, the jury and executioner."I am old, Detective Khan," I replied with mockery. "I have seen things.""What do you plan to do?" Yulia asked him."Find out what their plan is and stop them before they execute it," He said."And who are they?" I asked."I am still working on that," Jamal replied."You do not know anything yet and your only leads are dead bodies, understood." I del
~YULIA."I need fresh air." I got up. I was feeling suffocated with everyone in this room and I was especially pissed at Issa because of how he was objecting to Jamal trying to help me.If he was not interested in getting justice for my mom, then he had lied about having my interest at heart. I will get to the bottom of this with or without him. It was a vow that I made to myself as I left the room. The curious glances I got as I left the room almost overwhelmed me but I ignored all of them.I was the niece of the newest Lycan in town so I understood the attention but I was not going to tolerate it. I located the exit and headed for the door. I needed a cool breeze from all this pretence. "Gray eyes, just like the moon," A voice said. It creeped me out. I turned to locate the voice only to see that it was one of the Order. A male this time and he had that same look that Davina had given me the first time we met."Was that a compliment?" I sarcastically asked."Yes, it was. It is v
~YULIA."I feel violated," I said with a cold shudder. I was outside with Jamal who had a pissed look plastered on his face."I wish I had followed you sooner, that would never have happened." His voice was tight with anger. I did not understand why he was so angry. Did he care that much about me?"It's okay, cheer up. No permanent harm was done." I attempted to brighten up the atmosphere. A little smile tugged at his lips— but it was only for a moment. He turned to me, his face all serious and I got lost in the way the night breeze blew at his hair."I am going to ask you some uncomfortable, questions," he suddenly said. "It has to do with your mother. If you want my help, you will have to talk to me about her, including things that are personal to you."I swallowed, nervous of the things I would have to feel when I had to talk about my mother. Then I nodded. "If it will help find the people who took her away from me, then I won't mind a little discomfort." "Are you aware of any
~ISSAMy heart skipped a beat as I watched Yulia go from her usual loud mouthed-self into a terrified little girl.That was when all my senses went on high alert."What is it?" I asked trying to keep my voice even. Iran was making things harder the closer I was to her. He kept putting images of Yulia naked and bound to my bed in my mind. I felt a slight twitch in my cock."It's Lana," She said breathlessly and showed me the screen on of her phone. I saw a girl of Yulia's age with dirty blond hair and eyes filled with fear as she was tied to a chair. She was Yulia's close friend."Please, do something, Issa..." She begged and I heard her heart beat intensified. "I do not want to lose anyone else."I grabbed her by the wrist. Big mistake. Iran became agitated and fought for control.'She needs help, can't you see!' I yelled at him in my mind. Of course Iran did not give a fuck about anyone but his primal needs."Let's go," I told her as I pulled her to where my black Porsche was park
~YULIAI could feel how loud my heart was hammering against my chest as I stepped into Lana's house. I did not rush in but walked cautiously and as quietly as I could. I hoped that Lana was alright and she had not been hurt too much.The living room was empty as I passed through it. "I am here, alone like I promised," I called out.I heard a faint whimper. Lana's whimper of pain. It came from the open kitchen that also housed the dining. My heart skipped a beat and I raced toward the sound. That was when I saw poor Lana still tied to a wooden chair. The sight I saw broke my heart into a thousand pieces. Whoever did this to her was a monster and I wanted to make them pay.It brought tears to my eyes instantly. Her nose was leaking with blood and I could clearly see that three of her fingers were broken. The middle finger and index finger of her right hand as well as her left hand had only a broken pinky.Her eyes were filled with tears and pain. And it further broke my already shat
~ISSAWe glared at each other as the silence passed. I was no longer in control. Iran had taken the reign of my body and he wanted to feed. He wanted to hear the sound of bones breaking and flesh tearing. This human who dared to hurt Yulia's friend had no idea what was in store for him. He had no idea the doors of pain he had unleashed upon himself.He was trying to be fearless but Iran could smell his fear. The man looked behind me and stared at Yulia with cold eyes that promised revenge."I told you to come alone but you disobeyed me, when I am done with your knight in shining armor here, I will make you pay," He dared to utter and I could hear the slight waver in his voice.Tonight, he would know what fear and pain was. I remembered how he called Yulia a good girl and Iran's rage increased as he struggled to stand still."Pick it up," Iran growled again, referring to the knife on the floor. The knife was curved and the silver blade was gleaming under the white light in Lana's ki
~ISSAI wore my best attire. If I was going to be judged, I may as well look good when it was happening. Ironically, I was feeling excited by the fact that a council that I made was going to put me on the stand. I looked at myself in the mirror, trying to see if I still recognized the Lycan standing in the reflection.“The waiting is killing me,” Yulia complained for the thirty eighth time today. This was due to her being nervous about the whole thing. The Court was only active at night, so we had to wait through the day. “The audacity!” Miles thundered as he paced back and forth. “Do they know who the fuck you are? I mean, I know but I don’t think they do.”I smiled. I could understand that my second in command was feeling a bit disrespected but rules were rules and I made them, so I had no choice but to follow them.“They will tonight, you can bet on that,” I replied. My phone rang for the eleventh time today but I ignored it. I knew who was calling and I had no intention of sp
~YULIA“It all begins with a goddess,” Albus began. I listened to the chancellor of Canis with deep rapt attention, afraid that if I got distracted once, I could miss some important part of his story.“This goddess belonged to the wolfkind as their matron deity and they honoured and worshipped her, even going as far as to ask her for guidance. Every once in a while, to show her divine generosity, she bestowed her children with a special gift,” he paused and stared at me.I frowned. Did this gift have anything to do with me?“This goddess was of the Moon and she was called Lunaria. Her gift was that of eternal light. Whoever was bestowed this gift had the power of Light and if well trained could perform all sorts of feats. But this power was only given to the wolves.” Albus stopped again and downed his cup of tea before he continued.Lunaria… I felt a deep connection to the name and a light force surged through me again. “Lunaria bestowed her powers to the queen of Craven Grove Wolf
~YULIA“We should go,” I whispered to Issa as I pulled him towards the door. He was still gazing at Deucalion with eyes of steel and I had to pull him a bit before he reluctantly moved.As we reached the door, Deucalion called after us, his voice infuriating as he spoke. “Tell her who she really is, Issa, she deserves to know that much before we come for her.”I wanted us out of there before Issa unleashed his unstable wolf at everyone in the house. Simmering with rage, Issa literally stomped down stairs and I followed him.“Issa! Wait,” Iris called after us. But Issa did not stop and neither did I. “Please!” Iris persisted. “What?” Issa thundered as he turned around. Even I was a bit startled by his angry outburst. Andrea was beside her sister with an embarrassed look. “You know that we mean you no harm, right?” Iris said. “We had no idea he was hiding such a dark secret from us.”“Tell him to prepare himself, if he believes that I am just going to take this without a fight, he s
~YULIAI felt a bit light headed as those words left Deucalion's mouth. Helena Craven was the first child of light. But it still did not explain why she wanted me dead. Or what she needed my blood for.“I think I need a drink,” Andrea broke the silence and went to her father’s cabinet. Iris had a distracted look while Leia just kept quiet. “How did she lose her powers?” Issa asked.“She was born with those powers, Issa. And she could do amazing things with them. She could burn anything to a crisp just like Ms. Moonshadow here almost did to Iris,” Deucalion said. “And if we are going to continue this discussion, I think you should tell her what her real name is and her family.”He said this to Issa. I looked at Issa. “What is he talking about?” “That is between me and her, Deucalion, not in front of your daughters,” Issa replied curtly. ‘I will tell you everything when we get home, not here,’ he mentally told me. I understood his precaution. The less the craven sisters knew about
~ISSAIt was the first time I saw Deucalion actually look nervous as he poured himself a drink. We were all in his big study waiting for him to start talking. I realized that even his daughters had no idea that their mother was alive.“What is she talking about, Daddy?” Leia asked in a shaky voice. “You told us mom died.”Deaucalion sighed. “Clearly, I lied,” he replied as he walked to the large window overlooking the garden in his huge backyard.The room instantly went cold at this revelation. No one said a word for a while as we all took our time to process this information. His daughters glared at him with the feeling of utter betrayal in their eyes.“Why?” Iris demanded in a tight voice, as she was the first person to recover.. Deucalion shook his head. It was as if he was in a nightmare and wanted to wake up by all means.The doors to the study suddenly burst open with Andrea and a man passionately kissing and moaning. I did not think they noticed us as they grabbed and rubbed
~YULIA“He really wants your seed so bad; he is involving the council?” I asked Issa as he sped down the highway. “This is so ridiculous,” I added in annoyance.Issa sighed and made no reply. I could see that he was deeply thinking of what to do. “You can not refuse this can you?” I asked.“Unfortunately, no,” He replied. “There has to be law and order or else everyone will just do whatever they want. That was why the council was made. To keep everyone in line and it will speak badly of me if I do not follow it. Not that I care.”Clearly, he did care and he was just in denial. I understood that, Issa being who he was, hated being told what to do, especially by those that he knew were beneath him but he had to lead by example.“I find this suspicious though,” he said. “Petr could have made this move immediately I turned him away but he waited until we both found out about Helena.”“You think he is part of it?” I asked.“I know that he is part of it, I just need to make the connection.”
~ISSAI was not surprised that the dead don’t ever stay dead. I was surprised that the dead wanted what was mine. Helena Craven was alive and that only meant two things. Deucalion lied to me or he was unaware that his Luna had cheated death. Either way, I was going to get to the bottom of whatever the fuck was going on.What did Helena Craven want with Yulia? Why did she kill my sister? The Craven family had a deep dark secret and I would do anything in my power to find out what they were hiding.“Are you okay?” Yulia’s voice invaded my thoughts as I drove home. “You look sad.”I frowned at her, puzzled at what she said. “I have a sad face?” I asked in disbelief.“I think you forget that emotions are part of your being, Issa, even if you do not believe it.” She sounded genuine as she watched me.. “I feel betrayed,” I told her. “Helena is supposed to be dead but now that I am hearing she is behind all these, I do not know what to think.”I pulled into the driveway of the beach hous
~YULIAI could tell that Pete felt the change in the atmosphere as he glared at me and Issa. I understood how he felt. One moment he was this close to having his revenge and the next, he was disowned by his own father.“This was not how you imagined it would pan out, did you?” Issa asked mockingly as he put his phone back into his pocket. He looked at the men behind Pete. “And because you all blindly followed him, I am curious, what did he even offer you?” “Don’t tell him anything,” Pete ordered the men.“Why should we listen to you?” One of them asked. “Yeah, the way I see it, we have no reason to be here right now, we’re fucked because of you.”“I can get us out of this!” Pete thundered desperately.“I cannot wait to see how you do that,” Issa said as he watched. He was clearly entertained by Pete’s helplessness. I was curious myself as I watched on. I had some questions for him.“I know some things about you, Frostwood, some things you do not want to go public,” Pete said. “Ac
~YULIAIt was mesmerizing looking at the sea as it crashed on the sandy shores of Issa’s private beach house. The moon shone brightly as the waves rose and fell. “I had never seen Miles so angry before,” I told Issa as he joined me at the balcony overlooking the beach. It was different at night as the sands looked more like night ash while the water took on the colour of the sea.“He has every right to be, it was about time anyway,” Issa replied. I turned to him.“How long are we going to keep hiding everything about us, Issa?” I asked him. “Because at this point, I do not care who finds out what we are.”He sighed. “I have never felt fear in a while, Yulia,” He said. “But when it comes to you, that's all I feel. I am afraid of what might happen after everything we do comes to light and I still do. However, I am done hiding you from the world.”It was a bit refreshing to know that Issa could feel afraid and I admired the fact that he was willing to talk about it. I understood his p