“Now, can we sit and talk about what's going on here instead of running a marathon?” Joyce asked Nora.
Once Nora nodded her head and gave her affirmation, Joyce let go of her arm. Then she said, “That’s good. Finally, someone is listening to me.”
When she noticed Ernest trying to sneak away from there with a wide grin, she said,
“You too, grandpa! I think that’s enough pretending that you are trying to catch your breath. We have some serious talk to do that’s pending for a long time now, I guess,” Joyce called her grandfather and waited until he was seated on the outdoor chair comfortably.
Ernest sat on the chair with a grumpy face. He kept on glaring at Wyatt and cursed him in his heart for having such a foolish mate. Wyatt sweated a lot and felt chills on his body, every time, Ernest looked at him.
“So, now! Let’s hear about this so-called friend you came here with and also the per
Joyce sat opposite Ernest and stared into his eyes while trying to read his thoughts. Ernest evaded her intense gaze and looked at the sky.“Isn’t it a clear sky today?” He had just finished saying that when the rain started to pour on them.As he didn’t get any reply from Joyce, he said, “Let’s go inside. Who would know that it would start to rain all of a sudden? The weather in this forest is so unpredictable. Huff... huff...”Joyce stood under the rain without moving and asked, “Didn’t you spread the rumors that rain is a curse for us? Especially soaking our body in water? Then why did it happen to me too?”“I already told you that the curse is only for Drake and it only works on him. So, why are we even discussing this topic now? I thought we already cleared that misunderstanding. Let’s go back inside before you catch a cold,” Ernest said and tried to pull her up.Joy
“That is different unlike the situation now. It is completely different... Don’t you dare try to escape from your sins so easily? We still have some scores to settle, Old woman,” Adele huffed and mumbled under her breath.Betty rolled her eyes and looked at her daughter, Adele with disdain. With a sullen face, she pinched Adele's arm."Ouch! Mom, What is wrong with you? Why did you pinch me?" Adele complained and tried to pinch her mom back.“Oh! Ho! How lively the whole house had become after your arrival? I am so happy… I am so happy…” Ernest danced around the living room and came near them.Joyce stood up from the sofa and ran towards him while weeping loudly.“Grandpa… I am sorry. I am so sorry… I should have not lost my patience and shouted at you.” She hugged him and bawled her eyes out.“It’s ok, my little wolf. There is nothing to be sorry about. I did
“So, one part of her is a hunter and another is a wolf. I didn’t want her to face any troubles while growing up. So, I placed a spell on her and sealed her memories of both wolf and hunter." She explained to them.“Is there no way for both the personalities inside her to know each other’s existence?” Joyce asked her.“I don’t know if it’s possible as there were no such cases before. But I doubt, if they come to know of each other’s existence then one may try to dominate the other and …” Adele shook her head as she was afraid to even imagine the outcome."My daughter would have stayed happily if only she was not disturbed by some stupid wolf,” Adele blamed Drake for her daughter's awakening.Ernest and Joyce smiled awkwardly at Adele but inside their mind, they were actually joyful. 'Ha ha ha, finally there is someone who could teach that lazy brat some good lessons,' They thoug
"Yes, yes! Also, you are the most powerful being in the whole universe. There is no one like you and you are one of a kind," Joyce informed her with overflowing enthusiasm.Anayka pushed Drake aside, who was still holding her face and not letting go of her. Then she rubbed her aching cheeks as he had been squeezing them all this time.She already understood that he was too lazy to move his hand from her face, and that's why he was holding it till now. She shook her head in disappointment.After listening to the story Joyce told her, she pinched Drake’s thighs to see if it was real or all of it was just a very bad dream.“Ahh. It hurt a lot, my mate… Why did you do that?” Drake rubbed his legs and asked her.“Didn’t you squeeze my cheeks till now? It’s to take revenge for that,” Anayka muttered and pinched him one more time.She then scrutinized and found that there was something unique in ever
“You have decided well. But you can’t move in with your boyfriend, yet. For now, let us just leave this horrible place and go back to the city. Later, we can sit and talk about this boyfriend thing in a relaxed manner,” Adele hid her content deep inside her heart and spoke to Anayka in a very calm voice.She even patted Anayka's shoulder to show her encouragement that the decision she made was not bad. Anayka smiled at her mother and nodded her head in understanding.Looking at the way, both the mother and daughter were communicating with each other, Drake became alert. His brain kept on sending several warning signals with a beeping sound.“What? No! She is my soulmate. Mom, please don’t separate me from her. I cannot live without her. So, how about I also come along with you both and we will all live happily together? Let us even forget about my grandfather. He is too old to travel and he may disturb us a lot,” Drake held Ad
Once Drake was safely placed inside the trunk of the car, the butler started the engine. But he did not drive away immediately and waited for Ernest's signal.Ernest waved at them cheerfully and even wished them to have a happy journey.Then he held Anayka's hands through the open window of the car and said,.“If you ever change your mind or wish to see me, please come back. You can always call Wyatt at any time of the day if you face any issues in the city. He will be at your beck and call. Also, all you have to do is give him a missed call and he will immediately bring you here."He then rubbed her head and said, "I am already starting to miss you so much. Do you really have to go?”"I am sorry, Mr. Ernest. I really need to go and resolve my family issues. Also, I couldn't meet my grandfathers properly yet. I hardly spoke when we met last time as I didn't even know that they were my grandfather." Anayka said.Her eyes kept on sea
'She is a bad influence on my Anayka. I need to make sure that my mother could never do anything bad to my innocent daughter,’ Adele made a decision and hid Anayka from Betty’s view.“If we are finally done with all the parting messages and farewell exchanges, then Mr. Driver, why don’t you hit the accelerator and start to drive the car now?” Adele asked impatiently and kicked the front seat.“She is just like her father. So impatient and get ridiculously over herself. Please do not mind her rude behavior,” Betty comforted the driver so that he would not get offended by Adele’s actions.“I understand, Madam,” The butler nodded his head.Then he looked at his master for confirmation and once he got a signal, he drove the car away from the mansion.Adele had noticed the interaction between Ernest and the butler. She huffed and shook her head in contempt. ‘This old man is no better than
“Orphanage? No! Who told you that? Yes, I and your father never spoke about our parents or our family members to you but we never told you that we were orphans or grew up in an orphanage,” Adele wondered.“I heard from Ashley’s mother, Erica. She told me after they killed you… I mean after you disappeared suddenly…” Anayka stuttered as it had always been very difficult for her to talk about that day.“My little girl, did you see anything happen on that day when I disappeared?” Adele held Anayka’s face and asked her while looking straight into her eyes.She hoped that they had not involved her daughter in all this mess. ‘She was hardly ten years old at that time. If they did use her then, I will make sure to show them all what hell means!’ Adele grudgingly thought.“I… I… Mom… I saw …” Anayka stammered and then her head started to ache.
Drake immediately rushed back to the forest with Anayka. He placed her inside their bedroom and asked his aunt Violet to come and examine her."Aunt, what happened? Why is she not waking up?" Drake asked his aunt Violet while trying to hide his nervousness."She is pregnant," Aunt violet whispered to him with a weird look after checking Anayka."I know she is pregnant but why is she not waking up yet? It has been two days and I... I… don't know how to wake her up... Is there something wrong with her? Please tell me whatever it may be, I can handle it..." Drake couldn't speak anymore as words got stuck in his throat.He was afraid that something bad might happen to Anayka. He was afraid to lose her once again. 'No, please baby… Please… get up. Please...' He held her legs and begged."Don't worry. She is only unconscious, I don't see any health issues and she is absolutely doing fine. Maybe, she could be too tired and in a deep s
On a silent night, outside of the city's range inside a crowded bar, Anayka slowly sipped the hard liquor drink in her hand. Her eyes kept on roaming near the dark corner as she gripped her glass.She took another sip of the drink while staring at the figure in the corner one more time who kept on gazing at her intensely."Ok! That's it!" She slammed the glass on the table and stood up.She then marched towards the dark figure and slammed her hand on the table in front of him."For how long are you going to keep following me? I saved your clan, you should agree with the contract and scram off," She spoke impatiently as if there was no more patience left in her."I never signed any contract with you and I am sure Ana also would have not signed it as well. It was all just a few petty words. So, there is no legality in you holding her body and not letting go of her," Drake argued with her."Legality? Don't you dare say that word to me? What you
"Yes, Mom. But I knew already that they were planning something behind my back. And I continued to ignore the warning signs. So, there is also a possibility that I just went along with their plans. I knew that something was wrong with my food; still, I consumed it," Adele mumbled in a very low voice.Betty can't believe how her daughter could be so stupid? The anger that was getting accumulated in her heart, made her soul almost leave this world. When Faris saw her rage-filled face, he came next to her and stopped her."Betty, calm down." He held her hands and patted them."How could I stay calm when our daughter hates being a wolf?" Betty asked him.Faris couldn't respond to her as he too was upset with their daughter's behavior. He looked at Adele and shook her head in disapproval.Betty then continued to speak in a harsh tone, "She didn't even think about Anayka for one second. If she had only thought about her daughter's wellness, she would hav
"We will leave right away from here, Aunt Violet..." Beryl said and pulled Joyce's hand."Do we really have to send her away? Can’t we just keep our daughter with us and only let this cunning wolf leave?" Tan asked Violet while pointing at Beryl."Do not interfere in your daughter's life. She has already chosen a mate and as per the clan rules, as a parent, you should respect her choice," Joyce strictly said and shooed the young wolves away from her cave.Joyce came out of the cave half-heartedly and scoffed thinking about her mother’s behavior.“I can’t believe the minute my mother came back, she would be so bent on kicking me out of her cave. How could she be so territorial even to her own daughter?” Joyce huffed and kicked the stone under her feet in distress.Beryl did not say anything and listened to her whining in silence. It was his fault for not finding a cave or someplace to live for them yet. As Joyce w
Just when they were about to enter the garden the trio noticed a few figures already standing inside the garden. Drake and Wyatt became alert and with keen eyes, they looked at the wolves in astonishment."Aunt Violet!" Drake exclaimed after whiffing the air around him."Aunt Violet? Isn't that the name of Joyce's mother? Why is aunty in our home?" Anayka wondered loudly."Because we are here to search for herbs that could break the poison." Anayka's mother Adele answered her question.She came out of her hiding spot after realizing who came over there. She was also surprised to see them in Marlon's house."Mom, what are you doing here? Why are you with Joyce's mother?" Anayka questioned her."It's a long story. In short, I met Violet when you were still inside my tummy. She approached me and informed me of the danger that her clan would meet in the future. She said that you are the one who could save her clan and at the same time, you could
If the hunter missed this chance to go out of the enchanted forest then it would be highly impossible to escape from here later. So, she forced Anayka to get into the car at any cost.'If you can't help me get out of this forest right now then you can only dream about saving those wolves. Whether these wolves survive or not is in your hands. So, make sure that this loverboy takes you along with him. If you miss this opportunity then you can never get me to help these wolves ever,' The hunter warned Anayka.Drake looked at her pale face and his heart ached. He wanted to do something for her so that her face would brighten again. The only problem was that he didn't know what he could do to make her eyes sparkle.He sadly thought, 'In the end, she decided to leave me once again. Just when I thought she could not be any crueler, she never hesitates to shock me even more. She had just come back to me but now she wants to go away from me again? And that too forever!'
“What do you mean by the medicines you prepare? Have you done that before as well? Then the fragment of memory that I saw earlier was related to that medicine-making process?” Anayka asked the hunter.The hunter did not reply to her immediately. She only had a sly smile on her lips and stared at the mansion in front of her.“Why are you not answering me?” Anayka demanded her.“What do you want me to answer when the body already knows what I had done...” The hunter questioned her back.“Have you taken control of my body even before my wolf power was awakened?” Anayka inquired with a shocked expression.“Yes, I did!” The hunter smiled deceitfully and then said,“Also listen, finding those herbs that are needed right now will not be an easy task for you. Only I can find them as humans had almost destroyed most of the exotic forest ranges. Moreover, these herbs were always highly
Anayka then gripped the golden band in her hand and started to play with it. She couldn't make a firm decision on whether she should remove the band or not."Oh! Come on… Just remove it… And stop playing with it," A voice in her mind shouted impatiently."So, you can talk even when I am conscious…" Anayka asked the voice in her head with a surprised tone."What is there to be so excited about? I could always see and hear what you were doing all the time. Even when you rolled under that wolf shamelessly and let him take advantage of you, I saw everything clearly and even felt it. Disgusting… Don't you feel ashamed of your behavior?" The hunter almost scrunched her face and put her tongue out in disgust."Shut up! I did not try to communicate with you to discuss my sex life. Also, who I sleep with or make love is up to me." Anayka muttered in an angry voice."Oh! Please stop behaving like a virgin and come straight to the
Anayka saw their eyes slowly turn black and his breathing started to become worse. She tried to check the wolf's heartbeat but she couldn't feel any pulsation.At that time, she heard Drake's voice and she tried to approach him. But all she got was a cold shoulder from him and then he left without even glancing in her direction.She went after him but then he got busy with bringing the injured wolves into the mansion. She waited patiently while examining all the injured wolves. Every wolf she checked had the same symptoms and after hearing Eunice's diagnosis, she tried to recall if she had ever heard of such a poison.Suddenly something emerged in her mind and then disappeared before she could grasp it. She tried to recall what she remembered but she could not get a clear picture of what had just happened. At that time, someone came near her and pulled her inside the mansion."Where were you all this time? We were all worried about you," Bernard said and