~YULIAIssa and I went over the plan as he drove me to school. I had to wait for Dean Davina to call me first.“Do not appear too eager or they will definitely suspect that something is up,” Issa said as he focused on the road.“But why should they be suspicious? Aren’t they the ones that want me to join them?” I asked.“You must understand that the Canis board is a very distrustful bunch, so even if they extend a hand of invitation, they are still very watchful and doubtful, even amongst themselves,” Issa replied.“What should I look forward to?” I asked as my anxiety began to set in.“Lots of questions about me and Marianna,” he said. “They will also ask about you and how you grew up, they could also try to turn you against me,” he said.“They hate you that much?” I asked in disbelief.“More than you can ever imagine,” Issa replied.“But you have to keep our Mated status a secret, they will not let you in if they know about that,” he added.“I think Andrea knows,” I said to him with
~YULIA“Yulia, we will be late for the next class,” Ashley said. I finally looked up from my phone and stared at her as we walked out of the class. “I have to see the Dean.” “It’s because of Leia, is it not?” She raised her brows at me with worry.. “Yeah,” I lied. Her expression turned grim. “It is alright, I am not getting expelled or anything.”Her face brightened up after that. “Oh, I was worried there for a while.” She sighed in relief.. “See you later.” I smiled at her before she turned and dashed to her next class. I blew out a tension-filled breath, adjusted my ash blazer and turned to the direction of the Dean’s office.I had barely made it two steps away when two very tall girls appeared out of the blue and blocked my path with their bodies. I frowned and was about to ask them to step out of the way politely when I looked up and the words died in my mouth. It was Leia’s minions. The blonde twins and they glared at me quietly as if I had stolen their boyfriends.“Do not t
~ISSAMy mind was heavily on how Yulia was doing as I entered the premises of Calion Holdings. There was so much work to be done, new updates to be installed on the company archives and new codes to write in order to strengthen the online security of the company assets.Hackers were already devising newer and slicker codes– ways of getting access to hidden information and I needed to be ten steps ahead. I was deep into working when my office door opened abruptly. The interim chief executive officer of Calion Holdings stood with her legs apart and her arms crossed. She was in a maroon power suit with a knee length skirt and matching stiletto heels.Iris Craven. As I glanced at her, I instantly realized that she came with a problem.“I am guessing your presence here has nothing to do with work,” I said and closed my laptop. Unlike Andrea and Leia, Iris was not someone to be dismissed. She was a very important part of Calion Holdings and the one closest to Deucalion. She was the firs
~YULIAI just called the head of the Academy a dick. And he thought it was funny. Albus looked at Davina with a humorous twinkle in his eyes and winked.“Well, she’s got a little fire in her, that’s for sure,” he said with a chuckle.“I didn't mean it,” I said in a small embarrassed tone.“Of course you did,” Albus said boisterously. I was kind of shocked that he did not get offended. “Let us have a seat, shall we?” He said and snapped his hand. Some of the books closed shut and floated to their respective shelves. The chairs and tables arranged themselves. Some of the men and women exited the room to continue their reading elsewhere while Davina and Albus remained.“Who are those people?” I asked, recalling that I had seen them at Issa’s Announcement.“Members of the board,” Albus shrugged as sat down across from me. Davina remained standing by his side with her arms crossed. I could see the tension in her shoulders.“Do you know why we called you here?” Albus asked as he twirled
~YULIA‘Can’t wait to see you tonight.’ Leia’s text read and I groaned wearily. I just could not catch a break with her. I exited my message app to see what class I was having next. I decided against it and texted Issa instead.‘You were right, they don’t like you.’ I texted.I looked up from my phone and stared at the ceiling, wondering how long it was going to take Issa to respond. And as if on cue, my phone buzzed.‘Did they suspect anything?’ He texted back.I smiled at the fact that I was truly important to him to have him answer this fast. I tried not to draw attention to myself as I slowly walked down the hall with no destination in mind. Then I looked back at my phone and finally made sense of his words without putting my feelings for him forward. ‘No, we’re good, and I met the chancellor.’ ‘Albus, that old fool.’ He replied.‘Why do you have a problem with everyone?’ It baffled me how he was always at odds with almost everyone that I had come across lately.‘It’s a long st
~YULIA“Issa, how nice of you to grace us with your presence,” A middle-aged, yet very attractive woman who possessed dirty blonde hair that was neatly styled– said as she approached us.“Hesta, this is Yulia,” Issa said as he took my waist possessively. Hesta was dressed in a dark pencil skirt that clung to her waist and legs as if it was a second skin. She wore a silk cream blouse that she tucked neatly into the skirt. She had on Chanel red bottom heels. She looked simple yet fabulous. And I knew at first glance that she was no ordinary woman. She was a witch.“Hello,” I said politely.“My oh my, she is a pretty one,” Hesta said as she washed her eyes over my body as if I was a merchandize. “You really know how to pick your women.” A mischievous smile played on her face and Issa had to clear his throat. “She is my niece, control your thoughts, Hesta.” “Please, Issa, you may be able to fool a lot of people but you can not fool me, the way you described her is how a lover would d
~YULIAAll eyes fell on us the moment we entered the old newly renovated Victorian era home of the Cravens. It was built in the middle of a very enormous acre of land surrounded by a massive forest of trees. The halls that connected with the entrance were filled with statues and marbles of ancient gods and medieval gothic knight suits of silver shining armour.I felt the envy of the women as they appraised my dress and the handsome man whose arm I clung to. I realized that this was no ordinary dinner. I could see that a lot of important people were present. A very well-suited butler came towards us with a tray of drinks. Issa took one and handed it to me, then he picked another one and held it without drinking. I figured that I was going to do the same thing. If Issa was not going to be drinking tonight, then so was I.I looked around at the faces of the invited people and realized that I did not know one person except for Deucalion and his daughters who were clad in dazzling dress
~ISSAI was not really worried about Leia’s threat because I knew that my Yulia could take her.I knew that Marianna had thoroughly trained her before she was killed. I was watching secretly. “Is it really your first time attending something like this?” Yulia asked me as we leisurely walked through the grand hall of the house. “Yes, I find gatherings like this boring,” I said as we passed by another guest who peered at us with awe and curiosity. I knew that Yulia’s custom made dress was attracting a lot of attention from everyone that we passed by. Hesta had really outdone herself.“I don’t want to sound paranoid but I think the eldest sister is following us,” Yulia whispered as we walked. I knew that she was talking about Iris.“She wants to talk to me alone,” I told Yulia. “She is waiting for you to wander off.”“Should I wander off so you two can talk?” She asked.“You are not leaving my sight, Yulia, whatever she wants to say, she can do so with you present or she can keep on f
~YULIA I was really enjoying the knowledge Albus was imparting me with before Issa showed up. I had never seen him as angry as this before. I hastily said goodbye to the chancellor of my school before I followed Issa outside.“The unexpected has happened,” Albus said to me with a wink as he walked away. His response gave me an odd feeling that he knew something was about to go down. Something I was not going to like.I almost began to run after Issa because he was stomping the ground as he walked.“Could you please slow down and tell me what is going on?” I asked him.Issa stopped walking and sighed. He ran a frustrated hand through his rough curly long hair.“Talk to me, what is the matter?” I asked in a soft tone.“I am guessing daddy proposed to him,” Andrea said as she appeared from wherever she came from with a long thin black cigarette in between her fingers.Confusion hit me as I looked at Issa. “What is she talking about?” “Let us leave here,” Issa said. “I will tell you
~ISSAThe bastard had planned this all along. Deucalion. Always the business man. He knew that the object in his possession was very valuable to me because it was connected to Yulia. When Marianna and I had rescued Yulia from the jaws of death, a mysterious box came into my possession. The content of the box had something to do with our moon goddess. The supernatural matron of the werewolves. I had no idea what was inside the box but I knew that it had something to do with Yulia’s parents and how they died.While the box was with me, the key to opening it was with Deucalion and that was the only reason I was working as the top back and front-end developer for his company. I created software and wrote codes to make his company number one in fintech and software development. He paid me very well but I was not interested in his money, I was only interested in getting the moon key. Deucalion knew that I was not interested in his company and was only keeping me hostage with the key in
~ISSA“I know that you are up to something, Issa,” Davina said as we walked side by side. I could feel her cold hostility towards me. “You and that niece of yours.”She was right. “What gave you that idea?” I asked, indulging her.“You scorned my invitation the last time,” she replied. “It makes no sense that you would suddenly change your mind.” “You are right, Davina but things have changed and I realize that your secret sanctum holds the answers, and Yulia’s life is in grave danger.” I revealed it to her.She stopped and fully turned to me. “It is quite surprising to see you care about someone else besides yourself,” she said with a sad smile. I knew that she was thinking about what could have happened between us.“Why does everybody think I am selfish?” I mused.“Because you don’t hide it.”“Fair enough,” I said and. “Look, Davina, I know that something evil is about to rear its head and you can feel it too, even old Albus can feel it in his stubborn old bones, we need to stick
~YULIA I felt uneasy as I followed everyone to the large dining hall while Albus quietly walked beside me. What did he mean by expecting the unexpected? My life was full of the unexpected anyway so what was making me uneasy?The dining hall was large and spacious with chandeliers decorating the very high ceiling. The table was the strangest I had ever come across. I had no idea what material of wood it was made with.“Obsidian,” Albus said as if reading my mind. “Very fragile though,” He added as he took a seat. The obsidian table was very long and I was certain it would take a lot of people. How big was the Craven house?I sat beside Albus and before I could say a word, Davina appeared with a pissed off expression on her face and plopped down beside Albus. He was sitting between us.“It did not go well I presume?” Albus asked with humour in his voice.“With that Lycan, nothing ever goes as planned,” Davina replied in an angry huff.“What happened?
~YULIAI looked at Issa with a bit of confusion at what he said. Why was he changing the plan? He squeezed my hand softly, which meant to tell me that he knew what he was doing.“Why are you changing your mind after all these years,” Davina asked him suspiciously. “What is your plan?”“Davina,” Albus admonished lightly. “He helped rebuild the school.” Yet it was not enough to make the headmistress back down. She still had her claws out for him.“It does not give him the right to choose when to enter into our folds anytime he feels like it,” Davina said with a cold glare.“Actually, it does. Without me, all your precious books and items would have been lost,” Issa said, shooting Davina his own cold glare. “Burnt down by the same witches that betrayed you when you let them into your boy scout club,” He added with venom.Davina could only glare because I could tell that she had no retort.“And the sanctum is forever grateful to you for helping us weed out the traitors,” Albus said grac
~ISSAI was not really worried about Leia’s threat because I knew that my Yulia could take her.I knew that Marianna had thoroughly trained her before she was killed. I was watching secretly. “Is it really your first time attending something like this?” Yulia asked me as we leisurely walked through the grand hall of the house. “Yes, I find gatherings like this boring,” I said as we passed by another guest who peered at us with awe and curiosity. I knew that Yulia’s custom made dress was attracting a lot of attention from everyone that we passed by. Hesta had really outdone herself.“I don’t want to sound paranoid but I think the eldest sister is following us,” Yulia whispered as we walked. I knew that she was talking about Iris.“She wants to talk to me alone,” I told Yulia. “She is waiting for you to wander off.”“Should I wander off so you two can talk?” She asked.“You are not leaving my sight, Yulia, whatever she wants to say, she can do so with you present or she can keep on f
~YULIAAll eyes fell on us the moment we entered the old newly renovated Victorian era home of the Cravens. It was built in the middle of a very enormous acre of land surrounded by a massive forest of trees. The halls that connected with the entrance were filled with statues and marbles of ancient gods and medieval gothic knight suits of silver shining armour.I felt the envy of the women as they appraised my dress and the handsome man whose arm I clung to. I realized that this was no ordinary dinner. I could see that a lot of important people were present. A very well-suited butler came towards us with a tray of drinks. Issa took one and handed it to me, then he picked another one and held it without drinking. I figured that I was going to do the same thing. If Issa was not going to be drinking tonight, then so was I.I looked around at the faces of the invited people and realized that I did not know one person except for Deucalion and his daughters who were clad in dazzling dress
~YULIA“Issa, how nice of you to grace us with your presence,” A middle-aged, yet very attractive woman who possessed dirty blonde hair that was neatly styled– said as she approached us.“Hesta, this is Yulia,” Issa said as he took my waist possessively. Hesta was dressed in a dark pencil skirt that clung to her waist and legs as if it was a second skin. She wore a silk cream blouse that she tucked neatly into the skirt. She had on Chanel red bottom heels. She looked simple yet fabulous. And I knew at first glance that she was no ordinary woman. She was a witch.“Hello,” I said politely.“My oh my, she is a pretty one,” Hesta said as she washed her eyes over my body as if I was a merchandize. “You really know how to pick your women.” A mischievous smile played on her face and Issa had to clear his throat. “She is my niece, control your thoughts, Hesta.” “Please, Issa, you may be able to fool a lot of people but you can not fool me, the way you described her is how a lover would d
~YULIA‘Can’t wait to see you tonight.’ Leia’s text read and I groaned wearily. I just could not catch a break with her. I exited my message app to see what class I was having next. I decided against it and texted Issa instead.‘You were right, they don’t like you.’ I texted.I looked up from my phone and stared at the ceiling, wondering how long it was going to take Issa to respond. And as if on cue, my phone buzzed.‘Did they suspect anything?’ He texted back.I smiled at the fact that I was truly important to him to have him answer this fast. I tried not to draw attention to myself as I slowly walked down the hall with no destination in mind. Then I looked back at my phone and finally made sense of his words without putting my feelings for him forward. ‘No, we’re good, and I met the chancellor.’ ‘Albus, that old fool.’ He replied.‘Why do you have a problem with everyone?’ It baffled me how he was always at odds with almost everyone that I had come across lately.‘It’s a long st