“Do you ever wake up early?” I frowned at the voice that spoke.“Leave me alone, it’s still too early,” I shuffled around my bed. I knew who the person was, Lance had been trying to wake me up for the past ten minutes but sleep was getting the best of me. Then the bed sheet that was cuddling my body close was pulled down from me and I whimpered as the cold atmosphere met my skin.“Lance, will you please leave me alone?” I pouted, still refusing to open my eyes. I feared that if I did open it even for the slightest time, I was going to lose the sleep and nice dream I was having.I heard the curtains being dragged open but I didn’t flinch until the brightness of the sun came in contact with my eyelids.“Lance!” I finally opened my eyes to shoot him a glare but he just laughed at my attitude.“You have exactly ten minutes to get yourself ready for the healers conference, else you’ll be extremely late. I mean you’re already late, but you’ll be extremely late if you’re not in the car in t
"I cannot believe it!" I shrieked and Mike winced. "I'm sitting really close to you, do you mind not shouting?" Mike glared hard at me. He fixed the car key in and ignited it to life, turning the steering wheel and allowing the car to move in the direction he wanted."They made me president, Mike," I lowered my voice, taking his warning seriously. He was still the Alpha of my mini pack."You said that seven times before we even left the event, president of what?" Never for once did he turn away from the road to look at me. He listened but didn't have to even look my way, I found it unnecessary too, I was not ready for a car accident. "Of the healers club," I replied in a duh tone. Anyone who knew and 2as interested in healing would want to be that. It was a bug step into becoming one of the greatest healers. How did Mike not even know that?"You need to calm down and quit nerding out with me," Mike said, keeping a straight face as he stared boredly at the road. "You're just jealou
"What?!" I shouted, pushing myself away from him. "Hayley,""You can't just bring up such a news out of nowhere, I'm not even prepared physically and mentally, you want me to take the Luna ceremony. That basically means you want me to be Luna, I'm not ready to be Luna, I don't even know the first step to being one," I panicked and he watched my every single move with a smile on his face. "Hayley, relax you're going to be alright. I'm not giving you total control as Luna, but you will have the title. Your training will continue, till you're the best and then, you'll assume full position. Right now, it's just a ceremony," Lance placed his hands into his pockets, relaxing on the kitchen's counter."Oh, is that even supposed to help me?" I raised a brow, eyeing him.He shook his head with a laugh, moving his weight away from the counter. "I'm trying to be of help, now to hand you over to the ladies to handle you if you don't mind," he grabbed my shoulder and turned me around to meet Son
"Take the children to the safe room, along with the elders," Lance shouted to no one in particular, but everyone knew what he was talking about and did as he had instructed.Everyone, besides me. It had to happen on the day where I was made Luna. The day that was supposed to be special to me."Hayley, follow them," Lance gave me a stink eye when he saw I was not moving along with others."What, why?" I frowned and he sighed."You are the one they want, you have to go," he instructed but my mind was already made up."I just swore to protect–""We were clear about this ceremony. You have not attained the full position as Luna, only its title," Lance stated out. The cathedral was already almost empty. Only the stronger members of our pack remained to fight back. The vampires were trying to break down the door from the other side and Lance was still standing against me staying to fight."Hayley, for once listen to Lance," I heard Sonia say to me. She was standing behind me and I turned
"Lance," I called out for the umpteenth time but he still would not reply. He kept on walking away from me and everyone else.It had been about twenty minutes since the vampires left and everyone was already packing up. We were waiting for nightfall before we had another funeral for the ones we lost. But everyone was busy with something at the moment. The vampire had disorganized a lot of arrangements around and the pack house was a mess. No one was too phased about the attack, they were sad about the people that died, but I had not seen anyone shed a single tear about it. We only lost three of them, two men and a woman. "Lance!" I shouted, already frustrated by his behaviour. "What is it Hayley, get to work," he still did not stop to talk to me. "I didn't do anything wrong to you, why are you so upset?" I walked faster and stopped right in front of him."I asked you to follow them to the safe room," "And I was already going, an old grumpy man made me stop," I replied,throwing my
"When are we expecting their arrival?" Lance asked, although not getting up to open the door."Tonight!" Gray announced. "They'll be here at any minute now. Should I offer them a room and just tell them you've retired?""Yes and mention that Hayley's with me as well," Lance said. "We will see them in the morning."I had expected any other form of bad news but not my family coming over. It was impromptu, unsettling and most of all entirely unwelcoming. What did they want to do here? Why had they chosen to come now after all this time? Lance pressed me down to the bed. Honestly, no matter how distracted I was about other things, his touch was more distracting. He rubbed his thumb up and down my forehead gently. "I need a full body massage," I blurted out unconsciously, it was meant to be in my thoughts and he smiled. "With or without your dress on?" he said, licking his lips. "Without," I whispered. "Take your clothes off," he ordered her and she obeyed. "Yes Alpha," I said."Now
The environment was quiet and very tense, Grey and the driver had a small conversation at the beginning of the drive but then it ended quicker than it even started. My mum took pleasure in staring outside the window and my sister was busy typing away on her phone, the buzzing of her phone every once in a while was the only annoying sound that was heard. I threw my head backwards, resting on the chair to calm myself and not think about why I agreed to actually follow them back to my old pack.The thought of what Lance and I could be doing at the time if my sister had not showed up crossed my mind and goosebumps gathered my skin. For the first time Lance was interested in me. Not only did he make me Luna, he also marked me.I asked him for a massage, not deliberately but I was glad that I did. I could still almost feel his hands on me. Subconsciously, my fingers moved to the spot where he had bitten me and when I touched it, I found it hard to hold the groan that lingered in my throat
It was dead obvious that my mother and sister had come to cause ruin in my life. Just when things were starting to look sunny, their presence in my life casted a gray cloud over the horizon of my existence. Elena was the catalyst for all catastrophic events in my life. Soon everywhere will flame up in a chemical combustion. "Sister," Elena sang, as we were approaching the castle gate. "Hmm," I sighed. "You don't seem very happy to see us or are we not your family again?" "Oh suck it up Lena, please for crying out loud don't ask me any more silly questions," I said, groaning. "It's alright," Elena said, with imperviousness. "You do look lovelier from the last time we saw. Lance must have been kind to you, I suppose. Though now that I'm back in the picture, it's only fair he showers me with some of those affections. Isn't that right, mother?""Yes dear it is," replied Leah who seemed so far away. I suspected she only heard the last thing Elena said and did not even know what she wa
"The witches are at the castle with Vladimir" Grey told me, offsetting my balance. "What?! What are they here for? Did he tell you?" I asked, my breath hitching. If they were here for war, then I am truly fucked. At this point, I'm at the brink of losing my mind over my face, I can't tolerate any more adversities. "He said they are here for a truce" "Truce? The witches?" I looked about the hall to make sure no one was eavesdropping or nearby to hear what we were saying. "I can go and bring them here. Lucas said they had come last night but he didn't want to bother us until he confirmed they didn't use that as a camouflage" "They slept in the castle?" My eyes widened in rage. The witches are not allowed in my castle. Whatever their aim is for coming, they belong in the bush, not in a place like mine. "They left for the hotel nearby. Lance, I think they are here for good. From what Lucas said, he overheard Vladimir threatening Zara that he would make her suffer just like her peopl
When I reached the hospital, I went straight to meet my friends who happened to be in the room where Sonia was still with her baby. But this time instead of the happiness that was on her face when I left her earlier on when she gave birth, her face had gloom etched in them. She waved me to her when I came in and encumbered me in a long hug "I'm so sorry Lance, we tried everything to stop her but she wouldn't listen to us. I would have done more but you know Harley" I took her hand and kissed her knuckles "it's not your fault... I have cleared the mess. I just hope she recovers. Then this would be in the past" "What did you do to her?" Grey and Mike chorused. I exhaled thinking about the scenario that just took place at the dungeon before I came "I killed her after making sure she suffered. I tortured her with whips, and saying it right now makes me want to feel the joy I felt from back there" No one said anything, just nodded their head. Nonetheless from their faces, I could tell
LanceI rushed into the hospital shouting at the top of my voice for all the workers, who ran to me taking Harley from me. Grey was by my side tears gathered in his eyes. I have never cried as much as I cried today after she passed out."Doctor you have to do whatever it takes to restore my mate I beg you," I tell the pack doctor. Dorcas was weakened from the charm she had to pull off at the battleground, if not she would have been the right person to do this."Alpha, I will do everything I can to help our Luna if I can, I promise," He said and closed the door after him, keeping me out."Lance!" Petra ran out from another part of the hospital reminding me that they were still here. "What happened? where is she?"I couldn't say anything to anyone right now. I needed to hurt someone anything for what just happened."Grey what happened?" she asked Grey when I wasn't forthcoming with any answer "Someone say something!""I think we lost her" Mike said slowly just walking into the hospital.
The minute she was about to stab me with the sword, I closed my eyes waiting for her to give me the final blow that would take my life but it wasn't forthcoming.Then as if wanted to open my eyes to see what stopped her, something else happen. I was pulled from the ground I was kneeling and elevated to the sky all my strength returning to me.I looked about me in shock, my mouth open, my eyes wide and my hands spread wide. I looked about the battlefield and saw that the dome was now open and standing there was none other than Dorcas in a very complicating posture.She was shinning brightly with her hands pointed to me, her eyes bearing fire in them.I was still mesmerized with what is happening until I began descending until I reached the ground, my feet touching down a few feet from the wide-eyed Elena."Harley" She mouthed in awe.I was looking about my body to notice that I was no longer feeling any pain. It looked like I have been totally healed, with my body surging with so much
Harley After I saw the blood on my hand, I knew that Lance was going through something and needed my help. I didn't know how I was going to help him, I just knew I had to go there to help him in any way that I can. I had told my friends and they had tried to convince me not to go on, insisting that I don't leave. I was more than grateful that Petra had arrived so she could stay with Sonia, while I go in search of Lance to see if he was still okay. After what seemed a futile exchange with them, including Sonia trying to blackmail me emotionally into staying, I had left them my legs leading me straight to the Northern part without much resistance or search. When I entered the battlefield I was nearly overcome by the stench of blood mixed with sand oozing from the field. I stood at the entrance, scanning my eyes about until they landed in the familiar body of Lance swaying to whatever Zara had done to him. Before I knew it, I was running straight to him meaning to stop her from hurt
"Harley what are you doing stop it this minute go away!" I told her shaking my head vigorously as she stood and faced Zara."Awwn, isn't she so sweet Lance, look she wants to take your bullet" Zara riled, clapping her hands. By now the others have stopped crowding closer to see us. Grey ran to my side in concern but I pushed him toward Harley "You have to stop her I beg you" I saw the uncertainty on his face."Zara, you promised you will not hurt us, why are you doing this? I thought we had an understanding?" Harley forged flailing her hands about."I made no such stupid promise Harley, I wouldn't be so foolish as to say that after what Lance did to me and my people" Venom was laced in her voice as she uttered it."Please Zara we can settle this without any fracas" Harley reasoned at the adamant ZaraZara started rolling her hands about once more "I think I have overstayed my welcome Harley, it's time for your Lance to pay for what he did" she was talking and still rolling her hands a
LanceLooking at the way Harley was holding unto that baby, I experience a kind of contentment and joy I never knew I could. I was amazed at how beautiful and perfect the baby looked in her arms.When she asked me to hold him I nearly passed out with fright. Me, hold a baby. I have never held a baby and the very notion of holding one was flabbergasting. For once I wanted to decline but the look on her face doesn't brook any argument so I had to take the pup in my arm.It was incredible the way I felt once the child was in my arm and Harkey was close to me still cooing to him. I imagined what it would be like for us to have our child, which made my heart soar when I thought of the fact that he or she was on the way already.My eyes instinctively found hers smiling when I saw her touch her stomach earlier on, thinking how our baby would baby look."Touch him like this" She had instructed me on how to tweak the rosy cheek which I did, eliciting a hint of a smile from the little one. Wow,
It has been a week now since the letter was sent to the witches but there was yet to be any response from them. I had rushed back that day to stop the letter from going, being that I have a new resolution, only to find out that the omega had sent it. Ever since then, I have been training seriously and waiting for them. It happened just as we had envisaged. The witches didn't attack as they had promised. Three days have passed and now it's the seventh day. Nothing. "Lance, are you going to stand there doing nothing or come to help me button up my dress?" Harley whined from where she is standing struggling with her morning dress. "Harley, don't you think this dress is too big for you? " I taunted her to see her blush through the mirror. I relished in seeing her blush whenever I riled her up. She soon regained her feistiness, swung her hair, and huffed out loudly "Say all you can Lancelot, you can't piss me off this morning" she applied a rouge lips gloss on and picked her bag from t
"What?!" How can they say such? And why would they even inform me in the first place? They have been attacking for a long time and haven't given me any time why would they suddenly start giving me a hint as to when they would come?"This is fishy. I smell something awkward" I said my thought aloud."I think so too" Grey concurred "The witches never give notice before an attack." he confirms my fear "I think it's a detour deception" He forged on "They want you to think they are coming in three days and prepare for that, then boom they attack tomorrow or next"That was exactly what I thought. I started strolling in the direction of the terrace. This is becoming daunting. I swore a long time ago not to fight in a long time to come but the witches are really getting on my last nerve. I'm working hard to be on their good side so that they would lift the curse that was ravaging my mate but that doesn't mean I'm a fool or don't know what I'm supposed to do."We would prepare Lance. This is