CHAPTER 48Feria stared down at Rose and wondered what Grim saw in her that made him overprotective. “Before I finally end you, what spell did you use on Grim?” Feria asked, disgust clouding her voice. Rose stared back at her with resolve. If she was going to die, she wasn't going to give Feria the pleasure of appearing afraid, she was going to die on her feet. Rose stood up slowly, not taking her eyes away from Feria. “You know I didn't do anything to him, your crying is unnecessary,” Rose said finally.Feria glowered with fury at her, her eyes popped and her claws extended. As Rose stared at her, she expected Feria to raise those claws, slash her throat, and be done with her. The seconds seemed to stretch as Feria stared down at her. Then just like it wasn't there, the glowering and threatening stance Feria was giving disappeared and her lips curved up into a smile revealing her sharp fangs that gleamed in the moonlight. Then she laughed. That wasn't what Rose was expecting, she ha
CHAPTER 49Rose kept replaying the scene in her mind over and over. She kept thinking about what she would have done to make him kiss her. At that moment, she didn't care about what Feria would feel. The look on his face had said enough and she closed her eyes, expecting his lips on hers but she had gotten nothing. He had just pulled away, leaving her cold in the cold morning breeze. “You should watch me because I'm not catching you next time,”She had opened her eyes to his back, already moving away from her. She had groaned but followed him closely.Now they were on the mountain and the sorceress was there waiting for them. “Did you climb up here? Or you levitated?” She asked. “I could levitate but I enjoy climbing,” the Sorceress replied. Rose waited for the Sorceress to laugh and say she was just joking but she never did. How could someone enjoy climbing that? The sorceress was clearly not a vampire and didn't have the strength that came with it and it was just a mystery how s
CHAPTER 50Rose sat still at the base of the mountain. She was shivering despite the sweat that made her clothes stick to her body. She didn't know long she had been sitting but her heart was still racing like she was still falling. She stared up to look at the Sorceress and Grim staring down at her. Her body was covered with slashes from tree branches down. “I told you, it works only in life or death situations,” Grim said, staring at her like she was a specimen placed under a microscope. Rose stood up and walked towards Grim and slapped him. “I would have died! If you want to kill me, do it now and stop making me live in anticipation of my death!” she shouted at him.Even the sorceress who had been talking to Grim about how throwing her down was a bad idea was shocked at Rose's reaction. When she had shouted and part of her anger had dissipated, she realized what she had done. “I...I...”“It's okay. You didn't die, now run along before I changed my mind,” Grim said coldly. Rose t
CHAPTER 51“No...No...Never my lord,” Feria begged as his fingers tightened, letting his claws pierce deeper. “I just...I just wanted her to go,”“Without me knowing,” Grim completed, his face cold. “Please my lord, ” She begged. She knew that if he went deeper, he was going to get her killed. Grim stared at her for a second, then pulled her closer and placed a kiss on her lips before letting her go. “I'm sure you'd not do that again.” Feria nodded, unable to produce words. Grim looked at her one last time before heading to the bath chambers. “Come with me,” he said over his shoulders as he undressed. “I'm not done with you yet.”Feria dropped the clothes and followed him into the bath chambers like he had spelled her. She loved Grim and doing what he wanted was the only thing she wanted. Rose and Grim were on the mountain again. This time they had made it up without incident. Although Rose had slipped several times and caught herself. She knew that Feria was a little disappointed
CHAPTER 52It had been almost two weeks since Dale had gone on the journey to find Venessa, but he had been unsuccessful. First, he had heard that she was hiding among humans in California. He had made a stop in California at the place she was supposed to be but hadn't seen her. The leader of the Vampire Clan had tried to kill him for conducting business in his territory but had thought better of it immediately upon learning he was Grim's brother. He was then told she had gone to Manhattan, but he still couldn't find her, not even any traces of her. He was in a bar in Las Vegas, where she was supposed to be hiding, but he had not seen her. He had been drinking when the bells jingled above the door and a lady came inside.At first, he thought it was Feria. Their hair was the same color, and she had that same walk, like she was walking on a runway and everyone was praising her, but a closer look showed that they were very different. Feria was taller, and her face was slimmer, her body m
CHAPTER 53For a second, the dark shadow just stood there like a gust of wind made of just black smoke and then it was gone. Rose just stood there, still rooted to the ground. There was clearly a difference between seeing something in the dream and then seeing it in the real world. His face had gone white with fear and she had half expected it to rush towards her like it always did in her dreams. But one second it was there and the next it wasn't. She would have thought she imagined it if she hadn't seen the look on Grim's face. “Let's go down.” He said, breaking the silence. “I'd tell the Sorceress to set up wards around this place.”Rose nodded and allowed Grim to stare her around by the shoulder as they made their way down the mountain. When they got down, Grim told her to get back while he visited the Sorceress to tell her what happened. As she walked she imagined if Althrea had taken some kind of interest in her, she hoped not. She even hoped that it wasn't Althrea. It was bett
CHAPTER 54Instinctively, Rose sidestepped as the dagger whistled past her ears. “Are you trying to kill me?”“Yes,” Grim smirked. For someone that was trying to kill her, he was enjoying it. She tried to rush him like she had done the last time but she couldn't. He kept disappearing into thin air as she neared him. And this time he wasn't as predictable as he was at the last time. “What am I doing wrong?” Rose asked, placing her hands on her waist as she stood.“Everything,” Grim responded. “I'm just testing you, your reflexes are not bad. When it comes to speed you are a natural. A little more training and you wouldn't be so slow,”“Thank you so much,” Rose replied with a healthy dose of sarcasm. “So now what?”Grim didn’t respond immediately. Instead, he closed the distance between them with a fluid, effortless motion that she wasn't expecting. Before she could see what was happening, he was already in front of her, his hands stretched out, grabbing her shoulders and twisting her
CHAPTER 55Rose stood at the door motionless, staring at the scene before her. She tried to move but she couldn't no matter how much it hurt to watch them. They had not even noticed her. Feria's moans and Grim's groans seemed soundless... She lifted her hands to her eyes and they came up wet. She was crying and she hadn't even noticed. It was enough to pull her to the present. She stared at them one last time before she turned around and walked away.Why had he stared at her like that when he had no feelings for her? But he had seen what she saw, felt what she felt. Why did he...? She'd be lying to herself if she said she had forgotten about his relationship with Feria. What had she been expecting? She was here for just a few months but wanted Grim to leave Feria who he had been with for years and run into her waiting arms. She had been expecting that but now she could see how vivid her delusion was.She hadn't registered her movement but her legs had taken her to her room. “You're
CHAPTER 59Rose woke up to the sound of a knock on her door. She had ignored it, hoping the person would get the idea that she wasn't interested in seeing anyone and leave but the person didn't leave. It was after she stood up from her bed and went towards the door that the person left. She groaned and returned to bed, her hand instinctively going under her pillow to retrieve the book and flip through it again.She had flipped through the pages of her mother's red book so many times that she knew the number of pages. The thing was that even then, the brown pages were still blank. She had tried to read the book beside the light of fire, under the sunlight, under the moonlight but she couldn't see any writings. It was like a bad joke with no punch line.She had gone through so much trouble to carry an empty book. At the back of her mind, she believed that maybe her mom had taken the original and left the fake or she had met the sorceress to hide the writings in the book to prevent j
CHAPTER 58Reed had decided to call for a general pack meeting. The restlessness within the pack had increased and just like Kael had told him, he needed to do something about it. Make a power move. He was no longer respected, no longer feared, no longer revered. He knew they had their thoughts about him being Alpha but they had only been murmuring, now they were beginning to have the nerve to speak up. It felt like his control had slipped. But not anymore. For generations, the only language the pack understood was strength, power, and brute force and he would make sure they remembered who ruled them.He walked into the clearing where pack members had gathered for the meeting. The moon was not full but its glow was enough to illuminate the grounds, enough for them to see him and for him to stare into their eyes. Just as he had instructed, Kael had ensured that the place was packed with all the pack members. He walked up the highest rock where he stood alone, staring down at them qu
CHAPTER 57Rose turned around to see one of the maids frowning at her. The maids had started to hate her since Grim started training with her and had kept her alive. “What are you doing here? Lord Grim is not here.” The maid said sharply.“I know that,” Rose replied, her heart racing as she thought about an excuse. If she just said she came to see him, the maid would be expecting her to leave immediately after she realizes that he was not around. If she tells the maid that she came to pick something from the room, the maid could just wait until she is done. She needed the maid to leave so she wouldn't see her enter the restricted room. “Grim sent me. There's something urgent I need to do,” Rose replied with as much confidence as she could muster. The maid stared at her and she returned the stare without blinking. Her father had taught her about the importance of holding a stare. After a few seconds, the maid turned to the side and looked down. “Oh, okay,” she said as her cheeks tur
CHAPTER 56Reed sat in the dimly lit room. The former Alpha had created it for council meetings, but now he stood alone in it… waiting. His claws had extended because of his agitation and he drummed slowly on the edge of the table with it, but his mind was racing… it was the thought of her. Rose. He could still hear her father’s voice in his mind, the last words he had spoken before Reed had silenced him with a single strike. “My daughter will take my place. She will be the Alpha.” Like the pack needed another weak Alpha that stunted its growth.Rose had been too foolish. She had been weak. And now, because of her father’s misplaced words, some pack members still had their loyalties to the dead man. They wanted her to be Alpha. They didn't say it out loud but he could feel it. She was his obstacle to gaining complete control of the pack.He had thought about everything perfectly and had even started the execution. Imprisoning her. Starving her. Watching her lose hope, lose strength a
CHAPTER 55Rose stood at the door motionless, staring at the scene before her. She tried to move but she couldn't no matter how much it hurt to watch them. They had not even noticed her. Feria's moans and Grim's groans seemed soundless... She lifted her hands to her eyes and they came up wet. She was crying and she hadn't even noticed. It was enough to pull her to the present. She stared at them one last time before she turned around and walked away.Why had he stared at her like that when he had no feelings for her? But he had seen what she saw, felt what she felt. Why did he...? She'd be lying to herself if she said she had forgotten about his relationship with Feria. What had she been expecting? She was here for just a few months but wanted Grim to leave Feria who he had been with for years and run into her waiting arms. She had been expecting that but now she could see how vivid her delusion was.She hadn't registered her movement but her legs had taken her to her room. “You're
CHAPTER 54Instinctively, Rose sidestepped as the dagger whistled past her ears. “Are you trying to kill me?”“Yes,” Grim smirked. For someone that was trying to kill her, he was enjoying it. She tried to rush him like she had done the last time but she couldn't. He kept disappearing into thin air as she neared him. And this time he wasn't as predictable as he was at the last time. “What am I doing wrong?” Rose asked, placing her hands on her waist as she stood.“Everything,” Grim responded. “I'm just testing you, your reflexes are not bad. When it comes to speed you are a natural. A little more training and you wouldn't be so slow,”“Thank you so much,” Rose replied with a healthy dose of sarcasm. “So now what?”Grim didn’t respond immediately. Instead, he closed the distance between them with a fluid, effortless motion that she wasn't expecting. Before she could see what was happening, he was already in front of her, his hands stretched out, grabbing her shoulders and twisting her
CHAPTER 53For a second, the dark shadow just stood there like a gust of wind made of just black smoke and then it was gone. Rose just stood there, still rooted to the ground. There was clearly a difference between seeing something in the dream and then seeing it in the real world. His face had gone white with fear and she had half expected it to rush towards her like it always did in her dreams. But one second it was there and the next it wasn't. She would have thought she imagined it if she hadn't seen the look on Grim's face. “Let's go down.” He said, breaking the silence. “I'd tell the Sorceress to set up wards around this place.”Rose nodded and allowed Grim to stare her around by the shoulder as they made their way down the mountain. When they got down, Grim told her to get back while he visited the Sorceress to tell her what happened. As she walked she imagined if Althrea had taken some kind of interest in her, she hoped not. She even hoped that it wasn't Althrea. It was bett
CHAPTER 52It had been almost two weeks since Dale had gone on the journey to find Venessa, but he had been unsuccessful. First, he had heard that she was hiding among humans in California. He had made a stop in California at the place she was supposed to be but hadn't seen her. The leader of the Vampire Clan had tried to kill him for conducting business in his territory but had thought better of it immediately upon learning he was Grim's brother. He was then told she had gone to Manhattan, but he still couldn't find her, not even any traces of her. He was in a bar in Las Vegas, where she was supposed to be hiding, but he had not seen her. He had been drinking when the bells jingled above the door and a lady came inside.At first, he thought it was Feria. Their hair was the same color, and she had that same walk, like she was walking on a runway and everyone was praising her, but a closer look showed that they were very different. Feria was taller, and her face was slimmer, her body m
CHAPTER 51“No...No...Never my lord,” Feria begged as his fingers tightened, letting his claws pierce deeper. “I just...I just wanted her to go,”“Without me knowing,” Grim completed, his face cold. “Please my lord, ” She begged. She knew that if he went deeper, he was going to get her killed. Grim stared at her for a second, then pulled her closer and placed a kiss on her lips before letting her go. “I'm sure you'd not do that again.” Feria nodded, unable to produce words. Grim looked at her one last time before heading to the bath chambers. “Come with me,” he said over his shoulders as he undressed. “I'm not done with you yet.”Feria dropped the clothes and followed him into the bath chambers like he had spelled her. She loved Grim and doing what he wanted was the only thing she wanted. Rose and Grim were on the mountain again. This time they had made it up without incident. Although Rose had slipped several times and caught herself. She knew that Feria was a little disappointed