Schuyler's P. O. V.“Ready yourselves,” Archie suddenly said after a moment of another silence. “The lycans are here.”It seems that his companions weren't able to kill the lycans they were supposed to face. I looked outside of the car’s window and at first, I wasn't able to notice anything myself, but when I paid more attention, I saw the tree branches moving—not because of wind, but because of the lycans running faster than our car.“They’ll block us, for sure.” Honey commented and when I glanced at her, I saw her glancing outside of the window too and watching the lycans. “They're too many and stronger, we can't defeat them.”I looked at Archie in agreement to what Honey said. No matter how strong Archie may think of himself or the people around him, he still can be outnumbered by his enemies—causing his downfall.“Archie, if we surrender—”“We're not surrendering!” He immediately cut me off with a clenched jaw. “I would never.”“They're too many for you to fight alone!” I yelled a
Schuyler's P. O. V.Slowly, I tried to reach for the other door’s handle before I pushed it open and quickly went out. I run as fast as I can to get away from them, not caring to look back or check if anyone is even behind me when I hear someone laughing loudly, as if mocking me for trying to get away from them.I'm not dumb. I know too well that my speed is nothing from what they can do, but I don't want to end up dying and not being able to do anything…I was about to make a turn when I saw another lycan, running towards me with the killing look in his eyes. Quickly, I ran into another path until I heard something smashing. And when I took a quick glance, I saw Archie… holding that woman to his left hand and pinning her against the car’s door while the other lycan was dead and laying on the car’s hood.“Ms. Savannah!” I heard Honey's voice on the other side. “Run! We will be right behind you!”I didn't answer her nor nod my head to her. I just did what she instructed me to do. I kep
Schuyler's P. O. V.For a moment, I thought that finally, Archie is looking at me as his family. And although I haven't done the same, I just thought that somehow… we can have a good bond, but I was wrong. Archie is one of those evils my great-grandfather was pertaining to. He is, and he would always be—just in a different way.Silence filled the car on our way to our final destination. Attorney Tim was the one driving and I can sense that even he is having a hard time to guess what just happened to us and we're so quiet.“We're almost there,” Attorney Tim said, trying to break the silence between us, but none responded to him. I heard him sighing before he spoke again. “Archie, what happened to your friends?”I leaned back in the car and just silently listened to them while sitting beside Archie at the backseat. For a strange reason, I can't understand why Attorney Tim forces us to let us sit together, as if we're kids and need to be protected!“They faced dozens of lycans on the way
Schuyler's P. O. V.Five years later…“What should we get for grandpa’s birthday, mommy?” I heard a soft little voice asking from behind me as I tried to finish cooking the pancakes she had been requesting.With a gentle smile in my face, I turned around to face her. I found her walking towards me, holding a small blanket she loves to keep every morning after she wake up from a good night sleep.Her sleepy eyes bored onto me and I couldn't help, but notice the similarities of her look to her father. How unfair. I carried her in my womb, but she got her father's eyes instead of mine. Though other than that, most people says that I look exactly like her. Or it could only be because they have never seen her father at all.“Mommy?” I blinked for a couple of times before snapping out of my own thoughts. I looked down to my daughter and saw her confused eyes darted at me.“Y-Yes, baby?” I leaned a bit before spreading my arms and encircling it around her small waist as I carefully carried
Schuyler's P. O. V.“R-Really?!” I couldn't hold myself from smiling excitedly after hearing the good news.“Mommy, who’s that?” I heard Stormi asking from the dining hall.I glanced at her and offered her a loving smile before I bid my goodbye to my manager with the information I needed about the celebration later. I bit my bottom lip in excitement as I made my way back to the table.“Guess what good news I received, baby?” I held her two hands and she only looked at me with those innocent eyes of hers.Suddenly, it made me feel like looking into his father's eyes… again. But I shrugged off that feeling in an instant to not spoil the moment.“Did you get a bonus, mommy?” Her index finger flew to her bottom lip, as if she's really trying to think harder. I laughed at that before shaking my head and she pouted her lips at me. “Then, why are you so happy?”I'm glad that at her young age, my daughter can speak sharply
Schuyler's P. O. V.“Good that you agree to come here,” Archie said with a grim look on his face.By the years that have passed, Archie and I started to grow a little closer to each other. ‘Yes, just a little, because it took us years to gain each other's trust.’ And just by looking at him right now, I can immediately tell that Archie is not in a good mood, but he's trying to not show it in front of my daughter earlier.I glanced at Stormi and found her having a great time with her grandpa. They're really the closest one to each other. Probably because Stormi is more affectionate to him than Archie. Even Honey was forced to join them along even though she's missing out on their topic.“Had to. I promise Stormi to let her see her grandpa, at least, before his birthday.” I shrugged my shoulders at him as I sat on the counter table. “What's up? You look down and pissed today.”He frowned at what I said, “The old man is demanding me to marry before he dies. Guess who he made a deal with?”
Schuyler's P. O. V.“W-Where to, sir?” I couldn't hide my trembling voice as I tried to glance at him.I heard him groaning before he slightly opened his eyes to look at me. He looks really weak and if only he’s not holding a gun and pointing it at me, I would manage to escape from him. How the hell did I not lock the doors before driving away?!“To where you're going,” he said in a low voice before he closed his eyes again. “Be quick!”“B-But I’m going to my work… there are a lot of people there and they will s-see you in that state.” Stupid, Schuyler! Of course, I should go there. Helo would be in that place more than any other place he could think of!He pressed his gun on my temple even harder, making me know that he's dead serious wherever he wants me to go.With my trembling hands, I turned the car to the way I should go. Somehow, I’m slowly feeling hope inside me. The company's surrounded by guards, heavily! I should be able to scream for help and escape from this man…. But on
Schuyler's P. O. V.Escaping from him was the most impossible thing I’ve ever done in my life, only if… I have not done the same to Ezekiel.I looked up at the human sized portrait in front of me. I could feel the people walking by behind me and probably some are wondering why I suddenly take an interest in the CEO’s portrait when we haven't even met him yet. Or to say, I unexpectedly met.A deep sigh escaped my lips before I turned my back to it and went straight to the office. The unit project that I submitted was approved. I should be celebrating right now, I worked my ass off just to submit that one.It took me a month to do my research after hearing that the higher ups would give a chance for us to present the finance security that the company has to develop even harder, but after going through all that stuff today and learning the fact that our boss could be someone who's doing an illegal job like my husband, hence the gunshot, I could tell that the security project they approve