NOTICE: Dear readers, if you love this book please leave a sincere comment in the comments section and say what's on your mind on this book, thank you.******"Enough," Lance spoke up when Mike was not letting go of my neck. At the order, he released me from his death grip. I lost! My eyes met with Lance and then he looked away, rolling his eyes as he did. Once again, my heart froze. The pain my body felt was nothing compared to the sting in my chest after I saw how disappointed Lance looked. I had underestimated Mike, he was stronger than he appeared and I got thrown from one end to another like a pile of nothing, I was not even able to land a punch on him. Lance's voice remained monotone as he spoke, "Next, Lucas and Petra." I looked at Gray and Sonia and they gave me a thine smile that was not as reassuring as they wanted or thought it would be. For the next set that competed, I paid no attention, only sat at one end lost in my own thoughts of how I had lost the fight and disg
“I am lying right here, you know?” Jeff said to me but I was too irritated and upset to apologize to him. They all became mute after my heartfelt speech and I smirked, knowing that they were contemplating on the matter.“What is your plan?” Mike asked, taking a pause from chewing his fingers. I looked at the other group to see that they were making progress by trying to shift the bone back in position, but it was only going to cause more pain for the child since they had no pain killer.“I need everyone’s help,” I said, squatting in front of the old man, ripping the lower part of his trouser away from him as I accessed his left leg. The spot where the wolfsbane was injected looked black as his veins slowly turned purple due to the infection. “Mike, you will go to my workshop, get me hypo-liquid, castle dust and you will also find a small bowl covered with a napkin. Please be careful, they’re all very important. You’ll find the first two ingredients on the top shelf, and it is written
Soon Jeff stopped jerking, he laid still and someone could almost mistake him for dead. I listened closely for a heartbeat and I was relieved that I heard it beat.The entire pack became as silent as a graveyard and it scared me, they were all waiting for me to do something wrong so they could have an excuse to throw me out or kill me. The way I prayed to the moon goddess, I never even believed I could. I stared at the injury for progress and nothing changed. Then I began to doubt myself, even if I had lost my powers, it did not mean I lost all the things I learned. It didn't feel right, I was so sure of the cure even though I got it from a last minute idea."What have you done to my husband?" Lia, his mate rushed out in tears, grabbing my shirt and pushing me away with force. She had so much strength for an old woman that it made me stagger backwards till I hit the wall and bruise my back.I watched her sobbing, begging her husband to answer her and I gulped hard. She was either over
"You all were spectacular today, although some of you lack the knowledge and some the skills and other the strength," Lucas faced me when he spoke about strength and my mood sank, he still was not proud of me. It didn't matter to me because I had already helped two members of the pack. "You are all qualified to be a member of this pack but under a condition. Be warned that if you make the slightest mistake for the time being, you will be thrown out." Everyone smiled at the information, they all had a pack of their own. I too should've been happy, but it was no use, Lance was never going to see good in anything I did, since I had no powers."You can all go now it's getting late," Lance finalised and everyone began to dismiss. "Hayley," my body froze when I heard my name. Lance called my name. Slowly, I turned to the direction of the sound. My heart began raining with the beating doubling per second. I had no idea what he wanted to talk about. I did so badly in the test, even when I
"Right and what will the rest of us eat? I hunted down this deer but do you see me whining about getting a big share?" Petra said arguably."That's your fucking problem not mine. Back off!" said Lucas, warningly. Lucas attempted to take another bite but Petra was not letting up. She knocked the meat off from his hand. He got angry and grabbed her by the throat. They began fighting and I was helpless knowing I could do nothing to stop them. I was angry that two grown adults were fighting because of meat. Although I blamed Lucas, because he was actually acting greedy. I wanted to seperate but I felt Lucas might snap my neck if I came close. Petra and I were not exactly on friendly terms. She might do the same to me. "Stop fighting the both of you!" I resolved to yell from my seat since I could not afford to get closer to them. "Fools, you're both going to get kicked out if Lance sees you fighting!" Tyler said. "Break it off both of you," said Mike calmly but they ignored him. In a
I thought I was supposed to be learning how to fight, not doing push ups and pull ups. Gray stood watching me count up to twenty push ups but the goal was to get to fifty. At twenty five I could feel my hands buckling but I kept going. I kept going but not with as much enthusiasm as I started it and at thirty I felt myself landing on the floor. I counted to ten letting my body take a rest and then I forced myself to finish the remaining twenty. There was the sound of metal clanking coming from nearby. Apparently, we were not the only ones who had come out to train. We were in a space outside which was a makeshift gym. Even the equipment used was not like the standard gym equipment found in those fancy gyms. I saw Jeffery and he was heavy lifting even at his age. Lucas, Shirtless, was deadlifting some of those heavy metals. He paid absolutely no attention to anyone. I looked around me and saw Petra doing some bench press. Mike just stood by observing everyone. Nice!" said Gray, comin
"When you are on par with Mike then you and I will have business but for now I don't want you coming close to me".Lance said in a cold voice but then began to cough. He held his chest and waited for the cough to subside. "Do I make myself clear?""Very loud," I said. Lance left without saying anything else. His cough made me feel slightly troubled. Gray and I took a stroll silently to my workshop. It felt a bit reliving to be away from the others and just being alone with him. It strikes me as odd that Sonia was not at his side. Although, I learned Sonia preferred to babysit some of the children like Beam. They were five children and Beam seemed to be the youngest of them all. "Hayley-""Gray," I quickly interjected cutting him off. "It's not your fault. You warned me. Let's just forget about it okay."He nodded. "So what medicine do you wish to create?" he asked as we entered into the workshop. "I want to create something for Lance's cough," I said. "I'm not saying that is no
"It's for Lance, you have to be sure it's okay," picking up a rag, I cleared my work table, not minding to look at him as I spoke."It's sweet, don't worry." "Saying that only makes me worry more," Gray frowned, still staring at the cup as if it were poison. "If you die, Sonia would hunt me down, so you're safe." Patiently, I waited for him to make a decision. Gray staredat me, then at the cup, then at me again. It was rather unnecessary because it was very unwise of me to use a cup of tea to kill him, even if I had something against him."If it makes you feel better, I could take a sip," I reassured and Gray finally gulped in the entire cup at once.Cautiously, I watched his every expression to know whether or not the tea tasted okay. "This is actually pretty good," Gray smiled."I told you, it's sweet. Actually, it tasted very sour due to the lime in it, but I added a lot of milk, thus creating a sweet cough tea," my face lit up in pride."Nerd alert!" Gray laughed and I retur
"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