"What the hell is going on here?" I screamed, seeing how people shouted my name up and down the castle.There were about ten people standing outside my door, ranting, mumbling or saying that name in a high pitched sound."What happened?!" I shouted, hoping it shunned them."Hayley you have to help Sonia please," Grey walked in.He looked like he was running mad and it scared the hell out of me. His body trembled and his eyes were red."What happened to Sonia," I asked in fear. "She fell off the stairs," he replied breathlessly and at that exact moment, my body went pale in shock.She was pregnant. "Where is she?" I did not wait any longer for information as I sped off, trailing her scent.She was in the hospital and just when I got there, I saw a cleaner mopping off blood stains on the floor and it smelt like Sonia's. I understood how Grey felt immediately. "Sonia," her name rolled out of my mouth when I got to her bed.She was unconscious and blood was dripping down her legs. Some
"Happy birthday Hayley!"I froze in my steps, their words ran in my head over and over again. It was my birthday.And they were celebrating it."What?!" I breathed out."Wait, it's your birthday right. Yesterday your mother said it was but we could not tell whether or not it was true. It's your birthday," Lance asked, his shoulder tensing up as he did."Um...yes, it is," I replied, still stunned by the surprise. "Good," he said, wearing a birthday cap on my head and his.My workshop was decorated, I wanted to complain about why they moved my hard earned work but what they replaced it with was way worth it to talk."The cake is almost here–""There is a cake?!" I shrieked."Yes," Lance smiled.There was going to be a cake for me, people were around to help me celebrate my birthday. It had never happened in such a long time.The last time it did, I was seven years old. It was the same year my brother died and the same here my parents stopped treating me like a person."Are you crying?
"I will make you pay!" Lance yelled with wide red eyes. It was all happening too fast. There were flashes of light and sparks as the witches attacked us with their spells. Elena was around the corner laughing at how Lance tried to shield me. "You can't if you are dead!" One of the two witches who were with us screamed. She stretched out her hand towards Lance and he dropped on his feels, forced to look up at the ceiling as blood began to pour out of his nostrils and ears. "Lance!" I screamed, noticing that he was in pain and if they continued he was going to die. "No, please stop.""Let him go, we are not here to kill them," Elena finally said something. "We are only here to show them a whiff of what is coming.""Hayley!" I jolted up from my bed, awake from the weird nightmare I was having. Beads of sweat were on my head and neck and my body trembled in fear. "Look at me, it's alright. It's safe. It was just a dream okay?" Lance who was beside me said, holding my hands in his.
"Who goes there?" Lance asked sternly. I was right behind him and he was shielding me from whoever thought about interrupting a private date. "I'm here to cause your demise.”It felt like a prank at first and I had to look at Lance to be sure. "What?!" Lance and I chorused, bewildered. "Hayley!" I blinked back to reality to see Lance shaking me. "You really need to stop zoning out like that, you're beginning to scare me," he said. "You don't remember anything that happened on our date?" I asked him. "What are you talking about, of course I do. We went there, ate, chatted and went home when it was late because we lost tra–""Track of time," I finished his sentence in realisation. Then I looked at him again. "That is exactly the same sentence that keeps ringing in my head.""What?" Lance looked at me confused. "We don't remember what happened that day Lance and I think it is all connected to my nightmare," I explained. "No that can't be true,""But it is," I argued so he does
I remembered everything. They both looked at me, dumbfounded. "You do?" Lance asked, moving close to me. I felt something trickling down my nose, placing my hands on it, I flat my own hot blood. Immediately, I wiped it off. Lance saw it and he was everything but happy about it. "Why is she bleeding?" Lance asked Dorcas. They both never really got along well. "She is not supposed to–""You said you knew what you were doing," Lance interrupted her. "She remembers it doesn't she, Hayley are you ill, you should not be bleeding," Dorcas said to me. My nose bled again and I wiped it off. There was still the pain in my head but it was not as heavy as when they started the spells.Remembering everything that had happened, I got up on my feet and stormed my way towards the door. "Hayley, wait. Where are you going?" Lance called, chasing after me. "My sister," I stopped to look at him. He had the keys that opened the door and I needed him to give it to me. "Tell me what you remember
"You two will leave my pack without hesitation and never come back without an invitation from either myself or Lance." I demanded, turning to take my leave. “What disgrace, you will send out your on mother. I carried you in my womb Hayley and this is how you treat me–”“For years you pretended I did not exist!” I snapped, shooting a glare at her. “Just go.”“You can not send us away!” Elena yelled. “Go back to father,” I told her. “He’s depressed and who knows what he could do to us?”“I don’t care,” I shrugged, not even looking at her anymore as I walked right away from the crowd to my workshop. Lance walked right after me, not saying a word till I got to my destination. Shutting the door behind us, Lance faced me with a smile. “What?” I questioned in confusion. Earlier he did not want me to beat up Elena and now that we were alone, he was giving me a goofy smile. “Oh it’s nothing,” he denied but kept smiling down at me. “Lance,” I called out warningly.“You seriously do not
"I am trying to plead with your mate here to let us stay here a while longer," Elena rolled her eyes.Yeah right. “Good luck with that but we both had already come up with a conclusion.” I shrugged. Lance gave her a flat look and I smiled, at least we were on the same page. “You can’t do that to us,” Elena argued, trying to cry but failing woefully. “We don’t have a choice, you pushed our hands of judgement against you,” Lance told her. “But we–”“If you’re not out of this pack by the time I am back, I’ll make sure that your belongings are found in the woods. Trust me,” I smiled, glaring at her along with my grin. “Lance–”“I’m sorry, but she is the boss,” he raised his hands in defence, walking away from her room as I did. I had to admit, we were like badass couples. “Where are you going?” Lance asked, putting me on a halt. “Grey caused some nasty shits it’s his mate's clothes now. I have to do him a Favour by prolonging her stay in the hospital till he fixes it,” I sighed.
We were starting to notice the wintry weather and my sister and mother were gone for a good two weeks. It was the very first day in December and we were making preparations for the stockpiling of hot chocolate ingredients, board games, and winter craft supplies to avoid succumbing to that thing known as "cabin fever." I loved winter because winter offered an exciting smorgasbord of activities in the great outdoors such as sledding, skiing, snowball fighting and building snowmen. Although, I hardly took part in any of those things mentioned, personally, because winter made me shiver a lot. It was morning and it was not even snowing but the mere thought of it all made my teeth chatter. "Hayley, gosh are you alright?" Lance said, returning to me on the bed. I think he went to pee or something. "I'm cold, super cold. Check if the windows are open." They were and he went to shut them close. "It's not even snowing yet," Lance said, curling up beside me. "You are shaking like a leaf in s
"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