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Kathrina POV"You know…maybe he's one of…""Just shake it off. You can't assume stupid things merely because he left his car here," I said. Lita shook her head unbelievably. "Look, he must have his reasons. Why are we even talking about that blockhead?""Yes, he's got no good connection with either of us, but I found this suspicious. I'm beginning to think now that he's not just an ordinary scoundrel." She paused and sighed.Lita leaned forward, cupping my ear with her hand, then whispered. "Maybe he's from the underworld.""Gosh, your thoughts are wild," I said, taking a step backward.""Let's just head back home," I said."You said he disappeared within just three seconds. Don't you also find it strange like me?"I exhaled. Yes, it's strange but what can I do about it? I don't want to have anything much to do with Rylan.Now Lita is acting like this, if I just concur with her then she's sure going to pull me in into a whole week of investigation.I'm not ready to dig into Rylan's l
Rylan POV"Why did you arrive in the pack in wolf form?" Xander asked me as I put on the robe he had grabbed from my room and given me.I had emerged in my wolf form and changed to my human form, stark bullock naked when he saw me run into the packhouse."I met Kathrina and her friend, Lita before the road leading to the neutral territory. I had no option than to change to my wolf form and varnish into the woods.""Didn't she see you?""No. In a blink of an eye, I darted into the woods.""Thanks to your incredible speed," Xander said and clapped."But, do you think she won't start getting suspicious?""Why?" "Man, you disappeared in a wick of an incense. What sort of human dies that?"I shook my head, biting the down of my lip as I sipped from my glass of wine."I doubt she would," I shrugged."Where's your Jeep?""Unfortunately, I left it behind in lake town.""Huh?""I had foreseen that someone was going to be at the entrance of the town. Strangely enough, Red pushed me not to be
Rylan POVIt's time for the alphas meet," Xander told me later in the day as he walked into my office the moment I had just ended a call with a business client."It's past 7pm," I said, glancing at the wall clock hung on my office wall. "When is the alphas meet scheduled to start?""By 7:30pm. Don't worry, if we leave in the next five minutes, we will get there before 7:20 pm. It won't take long to get to the grand imperial edifice.""Where is that, by the way?""It's located before the neutral territory.""O, yes. Those motherfuckers don't give a damn. If a war erupts between the humans and us due to that, the alpha queen just orders every pack to get ready and give it their best shot to save her rotten son's ass.""You know that doesn't really have to happen. Her son will be able to handle it without involving all the packs in the city. And to be frank,I doubt that would cause a war between humans and us.""To heck with that." I stood up and grabbed my jacket from the coat hanger."
Rylan POV These shit alphas poked their faces staring at me, waiting for a response. I let out a short gasp before breaking the long silence. "Hayden, my intentions are pure, and moreover, I don't know what you want to expose," I lied. Hayden's glare instantly became more intent. He shouldn't say a word. "I think you're speaking shit," I mouthed out. His mien changed, like he was getting confused with what I said. Good, I think it must be working. My plan to make Hayden look so stupid. "Do not manifest your psycho self," Hayden said, staring at each and every alpha and finally, halting his stare on me. "Do not speak rubbish, I'm warning you," I said, boldly. One thing was definite. Hayden would never for a reason expose our past misfortunes. Of course, at that, we had a similar sense of reason – that everything between us should remain between us. "I think it should be over now," The Alpha Queen stated. "I support that," one elderly alpha said. "Thanks Alpha Drew," she appr
Kathrina POVI looked at the side mirror of my father's pickup truck. He was driving with minimal speed, while I enjoyed the soothing air that slapped my face. Driving a little more, we halted near the town gate."Here, Kathy, this is where I'd stop," he said, getting out of the truck. I unclipped the seatbelt and got out."Now stubborn miss," my dad called when I got to him."How're you going to get back home?" I frowned. "I will get back home. I just wanted to see you off here," I defended."And you're doing that for the first time. Why today? This is night," he said, rolling his eyes around. "Its past 7:30pm, you know.""I can protect myself. And, maybe a cab would come around. I've got a special Uber…" I defended myself."No, Kathy. No cab's coming around. And your Uber might not work so late.""Why? I'd…""Kathy… You know Lake Town. And moreover, you speak about protecting yourself, you're not even taller than this truck," he jested and I frowned. Fine, I was kind of short, bu
Kathrina POV"Kathrina," Rylan called again as I stared at him with obvious appalment."R…Ry…Rylan, is this you?" I asked, still in disbelief."Yeah. What you just saw…that's me. I'm actually a werewolf," he stated. I staggered back, shaking my head. I couldn't believe what I had just seen."Look, Kathrina, that's what I've been trying to tell you.""You…" I paused as I became aware that he was stark naked in front of me."Rylan, are…" I spun and saw a guy behind me. He stared at me a bit strangely."It's…you?" He asked, forcing me to squint.I darted my eyes down and saw his hands soaked in blood. My eyes grew bigger and I started running."Kathrina, wait!" I heard Rylan yell. Glancing back, I gasped as I looked ahead and saw the guy in front of me.What was that? How could he rush up to me in a blink of an eye."See you…""Don't!" I took a step back as he attempted to touch me. "Don't touch her Xander," Rylan said."Listen, Kathrina. It's dangerous here. He's going to take you back
Hayden POVI had left the meeting so as not to lose it and crash Rylan's head on the table.Flicking on the lights of the kitchen after I had walked in, I walked straight to my mini refrigerator.I grabbed a chilled carton of juice, gulped it down before taking out a packet of cigarettes from my jacket pocket. I took out a stick, lit it and took a puff to ease my mind.I brought out my phone and saw over ten missed calls from Skye. He had been trying to reach me some minutes after he had dropped me off but I was too upset to talk.I guess it's quite urgent, if not he wouldn't have been trying to reach out to me.Opening the mindlink, I puffed out a whirl of smoke."Hey, Hayden," Skye said when his side of the link opened up. "Yeah, what's wrong?" I asked, sensing the worryingness in his voice."Something happened here?""Huh? What happened over there?" I asked, dropping my cigarette on the ashtray on the countertop."After we left, some rogues attacked.""What?""Yes, some daring stu
Kathrina POV."Why didn't you return home last night?" My mom asked me first the very minute I walked into the house the next morning."Good morning mom," I greeted."Save your greetings. Just answer my question.""I wanted to sleep over Hayden's place," that was the lie I could easily come up with at the moment."And you lied to your dad that you were returning home? Why?""What's wrong mom? I had to sleep over Hayden's place and so? What's wrong with me spending the night over at my boyfriend's house?""Are you crazy?""No, but I think you're the one crazy.""What?" My mom's jaw dropped."Yes. You're always acting crazy to only me. I thought you would quit nagging and scolding me like I was a runaway school kid but I forget that yelling at me was your strong suite. And…""How dare you?!" My mom thundered."Madlyn!" I heard my dad groan, stopping mom from slapping me."Were you really going to slap me, huh?" I asked her and glanced back at my dad standing at the door."Kathrina," he
Writer's POV Some days later, the Salvador family was having lunch at the dining room with Rylan seated next to his girlfriend, Kathrina and Caroline and Zita. Madlyn had invited them to come over to have lunch with them. They made jokes and chatted while having lunch round the table and Kathrina felt really happy. After dinner, Kathrina walked out with Rylan, his hand locked with hers, both walking behind Caroline and Zita."Guys, I'm leaving tonight," Zita said when they stepped on the lawn and they gave her a shocking expression."Why?" Kathrina asked."Hey, we never spoke about that," Caroline said, feigning annoyance. "Well, it's because…I've got no reason to stay back anymore. I could return to where I came from and carry on living my normal life.""You want to leave, for real?" Rylan asked in disbelief. "I remember you changing your mind a couple of times before.""I'm serious this time, Rylan. I'm leaving…""You're not leaving," a familiar voice said and they turned to see
Kathrina POVEverything has been peaceful since Zoey's death. My life had changed. I live a good life with my family. I've got my best friend, Lita, back and I have gotten new friends I'll keep forever, they are Caroline and Zita. I just wish Zita gets to spend more time with us.On a sunny morning, Rylan and I followed Mrs Fox's car behind then stopped at the town's entrance gate. She was leaving Laketown for good. I had no idea that she stayed back for two months after she got to know who I really was and about the demise of her daughter Lexie. I had got a call from her yesterday which made me so happy and I had told Rylan to follow me so we helped her pack her things and see her off at the entrance gate.When Rylan pulled over by the road behind her car, we got out and walked up to her leaning on her car."You know, I am happy I stayed for sometime. I was able to experience inner peace and happiness more than I had expected. Kathrina, I'm happy I got to know you and you made me be
Zita POVAfter Kathrina left that morning, I saw a big disappointment on Hayden's face. I don't know why but I felt pity for him. I couldn't help it but followed him to his place a few days later when I went to see Kathrina in their college.He happened to catch me and invited me into his house for a cup of tea."I wasn't expecting you'd follow me to my place. You're Zita, right?" He asked, u nodded as I took the cup of tea from him."Are you okay?""If you think I'm not, then you're right. I'm not going to act tough after I was rejected by my mate. It hurts. It's all my fault though.""I thought you wouldn't give up on her?""I was thinking about that too. Actually I had no intention of giving up on her before even when I knew she had hated me. But that day, when she rejected me, I saw the firmness in her gaze and knew she really had no feelings for me again. And when she took Rylan's hand and left with him, I knew I've lost her, forever.""So, what's your plans now?""Giving up. Sto
Kathrina POVThe next day, I went to Caroline's house and she said Zita was in the backyard at the river bank. I went there and saw her holding a small steel silver pot.I walked up to her and faked a cough, causing her to glance at me. "Hey, are you okay?" I asked her.She nodded and smiled. "It's still warm in here." I stared at the pot then it dawned to me what was in there. I looked up at her and she shook her head."That's Zoey's ashes?""Yeah. I was reluctant to throw it into the water. I'm happy you're here. I've gotten the strength to do what I want now."I chuckled. She opened the pot,dipped her hand into it and took a handful of ashes then threw them into the water. She did so till the pot was empty and dropped the pot in the water. We both watched the pot as it flowed on the water surface. "You know, Zoey was the only family member I had in the entire world," she said after a while. "Our parents are dead. We both left the vampire world because we didn't want to be bound t
Kathrina POV "Let's meet up tonight. Come alone and I'll spare your mother. You can send a message when you're done thinking about it. Your life in exchange for your mom's, sweetheart," Zoey said and hung up before I could say a word and I stared at them. "I'm going to meet her," I said to Caroline and quickly sent a message to Zoey, stating my agreement to her request. "Kathrina, going alone ti see Zoey is freaking risky," Caroline said. I shrugged. "I don't care…" "I'm coming with you," I heard Rylan said, almost yelling as he barged into the house. "No, Rylan. My mom's life is risk here. Zoey wants only me to come." "I knew this would happen someday. I won't let anything bad happen to either you or your mother, Kathrina." "Wait, how did you know that Kathrina had a problem?" Zita asked. "They are mates and their bond have grew stronger since something happened one certain night," I heard Caroline said to Zita in a whisper. "I felt you were in trouble, Kathrina," Rylan said
Kathrina POVSome days later, I returned home from school and while trying to make something to have for lunch, my mom got a call and I watched her go far away and answered the call. Since then, she started acting strange. Morley talked to me one day about it and he had observed that she's been getting a couple of strange calls from an unknown number. When I tried to talk to her about it, she said it's nothing.A week later, we were chatting and telling jokes in her Cafe when her mood changed to a gloom after her phone beeped and she glanced at the phone screen."Mom, are you okay?" I asked."Um, yeah. Why ask that?""You've been acting a little bit weird these days. Is there a problem?""Nah. It's just the little stress I face sometimes. You know handling the Cafe alone on some days when it's filled is not really easy peasy. But I do appreciate it when you guys do help out on the weekends, especially you, sweetheart.""Hm. But I've told you to get a sales girl. It would relieve you
Hayden POV I watched as my mate left, not wanting to accept me. I didn't know why she was so much acquainted with Rylan recently, but then, I knew that it wasn't going to be for long. It wasn't going to be for a long time before she came back to me. I knew that she wasn't going to be for long, and she was going to be mine once again. I was definitely sure of it. Kathrina's words, however, bore deep into my soul. While the fear gyrating around my core had me in place thinking for a moment that I would lose Kathy forever, I tried to shrug it off. It was like a hot dagger slicing through my skin, killing the morale and courage about the future of me and my mate, and it wouldn't stop tormenting me. He was having fun with her. My enemy. "I've told you Hayden , Kathy doesn't belong to you. She's mine, and mine alone," he said, with some vile smirk on his face. Oh how I wish Kathy could see this, then she'd know what kind of person she was looking forward to. "And what claims do you
Kathrina POVI opened my eyes a while ago, not knowing that some hours had passed. Caroline was in front of me. I looked beside me and saw Zoey. She was no longer in my body but looked just like Zita. I touched my face and Caroline walked up to me with a mirror."Congratulations," she said as I stared in awe at my face in the mirror. At last, I've gotten my face back. I'm now the real me. Kathrina. I turned to Zita after I stood up. She smiled at me. I glanced at Zoey. "What's going on with her?""She's unconscious. And she'll remain so till some time in the morning," Zita said."Thanks so much, Zita. I do appreciate what you've done for me," I said and pulled her into a hug. Then it dawned on me. I slowly turned to see Mrs Fox in front of the car. She walked up to me. "I saw it all…Kathrina," she said. She darted her eyes elsewhere and stared at her daughter's body. She walks to the body and wraps her arm around the body as she bursts into tears. I went to console her. I told her
Kathrina POVI stared blankly at him as he leaned forward to me. I was about to utter a word, to retaliate to his sudden action but I felt him pressed a button and my seat slightly went back. He did it again and chuckled when I gasped. I pulled up an irritated expression and he grabbed a bag from the back seat and placed it on my lap."What's this?""Check it out and change into it. I got some clothes ready which you could easily change into. I'm sure you've not added weight for over a year. You seemed to be on a diet when I saw you then.""Why should I change my clothes?""I'm taking you to your home. Your fake Mom might probably want to question you when she sees you in black clothes. I'm sure she has no idea that you attended your actual Dad's funeral.""She doesn't even know I've been lying and fooling her all this while." I sighed."You can simply tell her today. I know you're tired of lying to her," he said, peering into my eyes. I wondered how he could tell what I was feeling.