One of the crystals Claire talked about were found in her coven. It was with Kendrick to be precise. And the other which Claire had held, she had no idea where it was. But since Claire said it was with her, it means it's in the pack.She looked at Claire. Her eyes shone. "It's with Kendrick." Abigail finally said looking sad. "I understand you might want to go there to retrieve it. But that'll be leading you into the Lion's den. And I wouldn't let you. None of us will. We can do the remaining two."Claire could not think. What would the moon goddess give her such a daunting task. It was cruel. She wanted to yell at the universe, telling them she was tired. She just wanted to fall into a deep sleep and only wake up when the war is over.War was inevitable. She knew. But she hoped in her heart it wouldn't come to that. If she had to choose, she'd choose to give the task to someone else.She slowly came out from her day dream and considered what Abigail said. " What about the other cryst
Soft sunlight made its way into the room where Claire was asleep. She squinted her eyes at the sunlight. Groaning, she checked the time and found out it was still quite early. Wanting to go back to sleep, a knock on the door stopped her.She didn't have to check who it was. It was her maid who came to get her dressed for the trip with Abigail and other witches. Claire gasped. She forgot to take the necklace from Abigail the day before. It was frightening. And the more frightening part, she could not remember her dream. It all seemed blank.What happened? Did Kendrick manage to take her powers? With a thumping heart and shaky legs, Claire stood up from the bed and walked towards the window where a potted plant was kept. She didn't mind that she looked like someone who had crawled from the depths of hell. Her hair looked like it was played with by birds.She took deep calming breaths as she stood in front of the pot. Please don't let her fears be true. She raised her hands and command
"Why did you do that?" Abigail asked when they were in the car.Claire was seated at the window. She was viewing the landscape. Somehow they brought her some peace. She hadn't seen a bare stretch of land. It had all been bare lands.Claire didn't feel.like explaining herself to anyone. She was feeling so lonely. No one could understand how she felt. A lone tear threatened to slip off her eyes but she held it in. The car felt stuffy and she rolled the glass down. The air rushed into the car, giving her a breath of air. She could finally breathe normally. After multiple sighing through her nose, the car finally came to a stop. She had been so lost in thought, she didn't realise they had reached the place. She looked confused. What were they doing there? "Why are we here?" She turned her head just in time to see Abigail coming down from the car. She held the car door in her right hand, looking into the car. Her look says it all. Just great! She would have to trek to the village. But
Claire could hardly believe what she was hearing. Does it mean their trip had been wasted? She doubted it.If it turns out to be true? She would be filled with guilt at what she did to Nicklaus. It was bad enough that she didn't tell Alexander of her plans but going against Mia and Nicklaus for nothing was leaving a bad taste in her mouth.The woman who had said it shrugged her shoulders at their various expressions. It was really hard to believe their expression.Claire looked at the room which was assigned to her and Abigail. Khloe had requested her room. But that wasn't entirely the reason they weren't sharing a room. The room she was given was a very small room that could hardly contain one person. Abigail had refused to let her have a room of her own for fear of Kendrick doing something sinister. Claire could not argue with her on that. She was glad Abigail had suggested something like that.The bed creaked when she lay on it. She had dinner with the ladies ispraypeay room. It w
Claire could hardly believe it. It was not supposed to happen. What went wrong? But didn't Caroline say the village head traveled? The story wasn't adding up.Claire remembered what happened in her dream and she wasn't in the mood to sleep back. Not like sleep would come willingly when there was an ambush.She felt Abigail's hands on hers and decided to follow her out of the house. Outside the house, there were lots of chaos, with children and families shouting and running. Some houses had been put on fire. The smoke made its way to Claire's nostrils and her lungs. She began coughy violently. They stopped by a small Alley which was free from all the things going on around them. "Do you think they are after us?" Claire's eyes were wide and red-rimmed because of her coughing fit.Caroline used her hands to go through her hair, a tired expression on her face. "I don't know. This has never happened."Claire noticed the tired lines on her face. She knew the woman was barely hanging on t
"I will. If only you could stop giving me that look." Claire said to Bernard."What look?" He inquired giving her a more intense look like he didn't hear what she just said. Claire could only let out a puff of air. She never wanted to do it. But she needed it for the crystal. Who does the village head have to be killed? She asked in her head but unfortunately, she was met with silence.It was not like she would receive an answer even if she asked the question out loud. She mistakenly turned and met Abigail's gaze which was filled with a silent plea. She won't let them down. Not now, not ever. She took deep breaths as she closed her eyes remembering what Abigail had taught her some days ago. It was a magic trick that could only be done by the witches of the first order.She had to do it. She told herself continuously in her head. Opening her eyes, Bernard was taken aback by her eye color which had turned to white, reflecting some kind of light.The hairs on his arms and legs stood o
"Claire. Claire, wake up." Claire felt a light gap on her shoulder. She stirred in her sleep, trying to get out of her sleepy state."Claire, wake up. I have great news."Claire wanted to wake up but she was too deep into the sleep to hear properly what the other person was saying.She opened her eyes slowly and was met with Abigail's eyes staring back at her. "Hmm?" She asked as she rubbed the sleep off her eyes.She was shocked to see the day had darkened considerably. How many hours had she slept? She had noideo but judging from the little light which streamed into the room, she guessed it was three hours. Well, that was good. She had not gotten that much sleep for a long period of time.She sat up and squinted her eyes at Abigail. Abigail sat at the edge of the bed and started to spread out the sheet which was wrinkled by Claire's body."You said you have news right?" Claire asked tiredly."Yes. Let's have dinner before I tell you." Abigail said with a twinkle in her eyes.Claire
Claire waited patiently until Abigail was done with her food. She looked at her like she was with her favourite candy. Abigail continued to ignore until she ate the last bit of food on her plate.Claire could no longer wait, she stood up and filled Abigail's cup because she had gotten to know Abigail drinks a lot of water when she eats. She took the plate to the kitchen without waiting for the waiter to come get it.She sat back down, nothing in her way.Abigail smiled at her. "I can see you are really interested in what I have to say." Claire wanted to roll her eyes for the hundredth day that day but she held herself back. "Just tell.me already. I can't wait much longer." She said as she shifted her chair closer to the table, her breasts resting on them.Abigail could see the spark in her eyes. She had kept her waiting for so long it was time to tell her."Bernard knows who took the crystal." She said finally.Claire's eyes widened at that news. A smile broke out on her lips. She w
"No" Claire shouted as light burst forth from her. The chains on her hands broke away. And she stood up from the slab in a whirl of light and wind.A look of shock was plastered on Kendrick's face. The room was enveloped in darkness. But Kendrick soon came out from his shock.His lips moved, changing spells, the crystals brought out a warm orange hue. He walked over to them, placing a hand on each of them. They shone with so much brightness, driving out the darkness. It combined together, a bright light bursting forth.Kendrick directed the light at Claire, who was above the ground with eyes, glowing red. The light came at her with full force. It hit her directly in her chest and she fell to the ground unconscious. "Now, I can do what I have in peace." An eerie smile covered Kendrick's face.********"What took you so long?" Nicklaus asked Aiden as he emerged from the door, holding a slumped Isabelle in his hands. Some guards were patrolling outside, looking for a hint that gave aw
"We have her sir." A soldier reported through the mind link. Aiden clenched his fists as anger radiated off his eyes. He was in kill mode. The thought of being dead by Alexander because of Isabelle made him want to rip her to shreds.He said through clenched teeth. "Coming over. Is anything with her?""Apparently not sir." Aiden furrowed his eyebrows as all eyes turned to him in the car. He had not followed them in the pack run through the forest. His role was to stay back. And go with other guards.He told Alexander of his finding through the link. He had not said all of it, before he was cut short. He gulped in fear. The waves of anger that were directed at him, made him so. The link was flowing with so much negativity, he feared he would be dead, before he knew what hit him.He got to the clearing where Isabelle was being held. She was blindfolded. She felt his presence and began to squirm, soaking the cloth around her eyes with her tears."Where is your lover boy?" Aiden asked w
Mia stormed into Alexander's office. Her eyes canned the room, before it landed on Alexander. He was seated on his chair, facing the window."Abigail called." She said once she entered the room.He swiveled in his chair. "Called?" A furrow came between his brows. "Yes, she called and got it me." She said, as she sat on the chair.Alexander's brows deepened. "I don't understand. How did she get to you?"Mia waved her hands in the air. She didn't know how to explain. "It has got something to do with magic."Alexander stood up at once. "Is Claire with them? Is she okay?" The look on Mia's face made him stop. He began pacing in the room. "Say something!" The silence was killing him.A look crossed Mia's face. It was a look of bewilderment. The day before, Alexander had stopped all search for Claire. Why was he so worked up again?"She…they are in the junction." She said.Alexander raised a brow at her. She sighed. How was she to tell him? But she did anyway. "Claire isn't with them."Fu
Claire watched. She could hardly contain her breathing as they came out in rapid breaths. She could not understand what was going on. She followed the masked man deeper into the forest. More than once, she tried to use her powers but something was blocking her off. And whenever she turned to do so, she felt a searing pain at the base of her neck."Stay here. I will be back." The man said, leaving her alone in the middle of nowhere.Now was the chance to do what she wanted to do. She tried calling Mia one more time but it did not go through.Before she went to the village, she had a conversation with Mia. The conversation was about how to reach her in case something like this happened. And she was right to think something like that.Abigail had taught her something like that. And as she looked at the dense trees around her, she was grateful for that.Scrunching footsteps could be heard and the man was back once again. She wondered why he had not blindfolded her again. Perhaps it was b
Isabella has to talk to Kendrick soon so she made up an excuse so she would be able to travel.Alexander didn’t really care where she went anymore so that was her opportunity. Kendrick would not be able to come in because of the force that would deny her entrance so Isabella has to travel out.She took no escorts or guards and went by herself,it was something she regarded to be very important to her so she wasn’t going to let it just slip.Soon she arrived at the outskirts where she could finally be able to see Kendrick,where the forces would have no effect on him.“Long time no see, I still don’t see what you want to see me about. You must be really brave to walk into my territory,I must say you have a lot of bravery but go on speak.” Kendrick said upon seeing her walk towards her.His eyes were as cold as the winter, and to include they were not welcoming at all.Isabella who was really terrified as the sky was pitch black here and she has never seen anything like that before.She g
Two men walked towards Claire and untied her.She felt so relieved to be free from such pain, the ropes already dubbed into her skin and it was quite painful.Still she shows no emotions on her face as her face was as cold as a shell.She stared at the masked man with a very infuriated look and an intimidating look got to him but when she saw what he had installed for her she would then change her perspective.She was finally taken out of the room and wondered what he was planning to do with her.“So what are you going to do with me now?” She inquired again.Her Motive was to taunt the hell out of the masked man. If only he knew who he was messing with.“I told you I would be the one asking the questions here and not you,I don’t think you value your head because if you do you won’t be messing with me in such a manner.” He said already getting annoyed at her.To her own pleasure,she smiled all the way as she was finally taken out of the room.“Why exactly are you happy?” He asked, alre
It has been quite a while since Claire has been tied down, she didn’t try to free herself through forgetting so she doesn’t hurt herself.She still could not do anything because she didn't know which people took her.She had to be very careful and lately she has been very insecure about her powers and she started feeling she was not strong until she got all the crystals she needed.Till then before she thought she would be as strong as her potentials could take her. She knew once she was done with hee quest she would be extremely powerful and be able to do all she ever wanted.Claire looked around and sighed.She wondered what her group mates would be doing by now. She hoped Benard was smart enough to know that coming back to save her was not a right option.It would just delay them, all she wants is for them to continue looking for the crystal and the person who took it.“I wonder how he is going to deal with Khloe and Abigail but I just wish him good luck. And I know they should kno
“Both of you should just give yourself some time to cool off, especially now. You both are angry and frustrated but you don’t need to take it out on one another." Bernard said, looking at both women.Khloe huffed off, clearly frustrated. And Abigail pretended like she didn't hear a thing. She couldn't believe this. That she could behave this way. But her anger had risen up a notch, towards Khloe."Just stay away from each other for some time and that should help. If you want me to intervene in this at all you are going to have to listen." Bernard said agan, when he received no response. "I hate dealing with women." He muttered under his breath.He said In a very plain tone but his face was still as cold as ever.He was not showing a single expression on his face, he looked so calm but also tired and annoyed no matter how much he tried to hide it.I just don’t know why we got into this in the first place .” Benald said in frustration.“Like we don’t know who brought such misery upon us
It has been five days since the last meeting Alexander held with the council members.Everyone had been on their toes ever since the last incident because they knew the type of person Alexander could be whenever he was angry and upset.And it was very obvious he was very upset about the Luna missing.Alexander was not satisfied with the turn ups, so he decided to stop the whole thing because it was not going to head anywhere anyways.Alexander called for Nicklaus, his Gamma and also his soon to be brother in law. Gamma woke up some days ago and was back to his feet.Alexander had been very busy these past few days because he had a lot of things you had to do because of the disappearance so he was the one that was kept in charge of sending out the soldiers to look for Claire.“Yes, you called for me.” Nicklaus said walking into the garden to meet Alexander who looked really disturbed.“Does anything matter? You look so disturbed and have a lot on your mind.” He asked Alexander who had