Ethan watched Seraphina devour the stake that was kept in front of her, surprised that blood wasn’t the only thing that she could eat. He studied her with intrigue, realizing that the more time he spent with her, the more knowledge he learns about the vampire specie. He had heard so many stories about them and had even faced them off in battle more times than he could count, but never had he spent this much time trying to figure out their hidden secret. With Seraphina, he finds himself genuinely intrigued and this intrigue was slowly turning into attraction that he had never felt before.Leaning close to her chair and smiling at the manner in which she ignored him, he pointed at the almost empty plate of steak. “Does that satisfy your hunger?” He asked.Seraphina turned to kook at him, thinking it was just a trick question, but when she saw that he meant what he was asking, shrugged her shoulders indifferently.“It does the job for some minutes. Blood is still the main deal.” She answ
“No.” Daphne said, turning away from Ethan to go back to her treadmill exercise. Ethan sighed in distress, not the least surprised that she was acting that way because he had anticipated it.“What do you mean no?” he asked, pressing the stop button on the treadmill to prevent her from training. Daphne rolled her eyes in frustration, coming down from the wooden equipment to face him directly. Some strands of her hair which hadn’t been fitted into the band used to tie the remaining, stuck on her sweaty face and Ethan found himself wanting to help her tuck it behind her ear. Because of the situation that they were in, he decided to keep his hands to himself, so as to avoid them being slapped by her.“Why should I train her?” Daphne asked, putting her hands on her waist. “For all I know she could kill me like she did to my warriors.”“We both know that is not going to happen, Daphne.” He replied, shaking his head. “We need her in order to succeed over the vampires. By the way, I am not ask
Seraphina and Daphne stood in the middle of the training ground, staring intently at eachother. While Daphne had a rough look on her face, Seraphina’s remained cool and levelled. Seraphina could tell just from the tension in the large space that it had taken quite a number of threats to convince the other woman to do this and she couldn’t help but smile. The only reason she had asked Daphne to be in charge of her training was because she had witnessed firsthand how bold and fearless Daphne had been when confronting Ethan and knew immediately that she also wanted to become like that. She wanted to be strong, bold and fearless for the time she was going to be meeting Zachary again, because she knew it would happen one way or another.Ethan cleared his throat behind Seraphina and while she turned to give him audience, Daphne shifted her gaze towards his direction.“The training can start now.” He said, resisting the urge to roll his eyes at them. “I do not have all day as you can see, I
“The obsidian order clan’s territory is not hard to penetrate as you well know.” Seraphina began to speak while pacing the large conference room aware of the watchful eyes of Ethan and Ryan on her. She knew she wasn’t supposed to be giving out her people to the werewolves but at the moment, rescuing her sister was a million times more important than the lives of every other vampire in her clan.“We know that.” Ethan responded impatiently, as if he was waiting for her to get to the main point and she spared him a glance before turning away to continue pacing the large hall.“Unlike your pack that is covered with fences, we have none in our territory, but that doesn’t mean the vampires guarding the boundary between here and there are not powerful enough to stop your attack.”“I think I have penetrated your territory more times than I can remember so I can gladly tell you that you give your warriors too much credit.” Ethan responded immediately. “I think they are very easy to defeat. Wha
A day later, Ethan stood in the interrogation room of the pack house, his back facing the window and one of his guard wolves sitting close to his leg. He thought about the promise he had made to Seraphina, thought about how to win the war against the vampires and an exasperated sigh escaped his lips.Months ago, he and his warriors had tried to get information about how Zachary Wright operated, but had failed woefully. Now, he was happy that they had Seraphina who knew much about the vampire lord than anyone he had ever met, but he still couldn’t understand why he was having conflicting feelings.“You are scared to let her go and I keep telling you that we do not have to.” Morgan spoke up inside of him, causing him to roll his eyes. “She is our mate, the moongoddess gave her to us.”“I am quite sure she wouldn’t want to stay, Morgan,” Ethan replied, using his hand to pet the head of the wolf sitting beside him. “She wants to get her sister and disappear out of our sight.”“I am sure
Seraphina was already pacing her room with impatience when she heard the door unlock from outside. She halted on her step and waited for whomever it was to open and when Ethan appeared in front of her, she fought every urge in her body not to lunge herself at him and wrestle him to the ground.He had not only kept her locked up in the room but had stopped her from attending her training with Daphne. If only he knew how desperate she was to hone her fighting skills, he wouldn’t treat her as such. Last night she had dreamt of her sister, Lisa and in her dreams, her sister was being tortured until she breathed her last. After waking up with an uneasy feeling in her stomach, she knew she no longer had time to play lock and key with the condescending alpha.“You promised that I wouldn’t be locked up.” She said to him, clenching her fist in anger. Ethan on the other hand saw the way and manner in which her fists clenched and could immediately sense she was furious. He folded his hand on hi
The whole house went silent as Seraphina drank to her fill. She didn’t know why she wasn’t stopping or why she was drinking from the blood of an alpha while his subjects watched with awe, but she found herself not being able to stop. Somehow, his blood wasn’t bitter and sour like the blood of other humans. It was sweet and tasted like something she had drank before. Surprised that Ethan and his people weren’t doing anything to stop her, she dragged her face away from his hand and looked up only to find him staring at her with intrigue.“You are beginning to discredit everything you said from the beginning, Seraphina.” He said, wincing as the pain of her deed finally began to get to him. “Don’t you think that is dangerous considering where you are?”Seraphina stood to her full height, turning to gauge the faces of all the warriors standing behind her. She was surprised to see them all looking in awe instead of rushing on to arrest her for daring to bite their alpha.“I am the one stopp
Seraphina stared at Daphne and her sister simultaneously as they both dipped their hands into their pockets, watching her. From a closer look at both women, she realized they both had some similarities that gave them away as sisters. Both women were of tall feminine build with faces that men would crawl for, but while Daphne had sharp blue eyes, Kara’s were a trembling brown that could bring any human or wolf down to their knees with just one stare. She watched them simultaneously for a moment, before stretching her hand to point at Kara.“You want me to fight her?” she demanded, now focusing only on Daphne who nodded her head curtly. “You have seen the way she looks at me, she might kill me.”“I wouldn’t want to believe you are scared of my little sister, Seraphina.” Daphne answered, deliberately mocking her. “You are older than she is, and might I not forget that you are a vampire. You have a upper hand.”“But she hates me for reasons best known to her.” Seraphina argued, taking a m
Seraphina shut the door behind her, even though she still had her fears, she felt a sense of relief. She had an assurance that Ethan hadn't left her all alone, because he promised he wouldn't. As she walked towards her bed, she suddenly heard a faint noise outside her window. She approached it cautiously, her eyes widened, her heart racing with different imaginations. She peeped through the window, only to find one of Ethan’s warriors standing right there. “What are you doing here?” she asked. “Aren't you supposed to be with the alpha?”“I’m sorry to intrude, Seraphina,” the warrior said. “Alpha Ethan asked me to keep an eye on you, your safety is my responsibility tonight.”Seraphina nodded, she felt a surge of energy, knowing she’s been guided. As she laid on her bed, she meditated on Ethan’s thoughtfulness towards her and a warm smile spread across her face. *****“Seraphina, it's time for your training.” Ethan’s loud voice echoed outside Seraphina’s door. Seraphina’s eyes fl
As they walked away from the council members, Seraphina felt a mix of emotions. She was grateful for Ethan’s protection and at the same time, she felt guilty for creating a conflict between the alpha and his council members. She couldn't keep up with the silence any longer, and decided to feed her curiosity“Why are you doing this, Ethan?” She asked“Doing what?” Ethan demanded, his eyes fixed on hers, waiting for her response. “I’m a vampire and a threat to your pack. You should be getting rid of me, not protecting me. Is it because I’m your supposed mate or is there more to it?” she demanded, her eyebrows raised in curiosity. “It's because you are special.” he said, a gentle chuckle escaping his lips. Seraphina’s expression didn't change. She didn't even smile, her seriousness a clear indication that she wasn't in the mood for jokes. “No jokes, Ethan. I’m serious..”“And who is joking here?” Ethan interrupted, his eyes locked on hers, flashing a warm smile at her. “You are not j
“I’ve told you to get rid of that blood sucker.” Daphne's voice whispered from behind while Ethan stood there, confused about what to do next. “It's obvious he can't, his heart is already attached to hers. He would rather risk the destruction of his pack than to let her go.” Ryan responded, taking a step forward towards the unconscious bodies lying on the ground. “They are all dead!” he added, his voice dripping with pain. “As usual,” Daphne whispered, her hands clenched into fist. “This is getting out of hand, Ethan.” Ethan stood still not saying a word to any of them, his imagination going wide. The whole of his being was seeking to always be around Seraphina, but looking at the dead bodies fluttering all around, was a concern. There has to be a way out, Ethan! He thought to himself. “We have to get the rest of the pack members out of here immediately!” Kara declared. “We’re not sure of what's coming next.” she added, her gaze sorely fixed on Ethan, waiting for his approval.
It was the night of the full moon. Serena immediately felt the impact of the moon and even its energy protruding through the window and she felt a weird energy inside of her.I don’t do well with full moons, was all she could think of as she threw the blanket covering her body off her. In fact, most vampires of the obsidian order clan did not do well with the full moon. While the moon gives the werewolves a sense of peace and liberty, it made vampires extremely dangerous. They were usually not able to contain the urge to kill and destroy anything that isn’t like them on nights like this.“And here I am, living in the midst of werewolves.” Seraphina said to herself, groaning out loud in frustration.She stood from her bed immediately and began to pace the room, staring at the door while hoping she could escape for the night. Unlike other vampires, she was one of the people who weren’t violent on such nights but that didn’t mean everybody close to her was safe.The howling and growling
Ethan felt like he was about to go crazy and the punching bags in the training ground was not helping to relieve his stress. Zachary had sent a message to him earlier during the day, warning him about his warrior’s recent attacks on the vampire territory three months ago and promising to come back to finish off the war. It sounded ridiculous that he had gotten the message after three months, making him to wonder what the hell Zachary had been doing all these while just to remember the war all of a sudden.Ethan shook his head, trying to clear off the thoughts of facing the vampires again. It wasn’t as if he was scared of them, afterall he was an alpha, and his wolf could take on as many vampires as he wanted. What he was worried about were his pack members. He was aware that war always left casualties and at the moment he wasn’t ready to lose anyone. Anyone including SeraphinaHe didn’t know what to do about her She had looked him in the eyes days ago, told him that she didn’t feel a
Zachary Wright stood in all his glory in the cell Seraphina used to be kept. He leaned against the hard rocky wall, staring at the drops of blood lying on the floor, drops of blood that he suspected could be hers. She could not be dead, could she? He wondered, leaning off the wall to begin his slow pacing.The cell was not only filthy but also too stuffy to accommodate any form of air which had him wondering how the prisoners had managed to breathe while being trapped. His thoughts disappeared when the door to the cell opened widely, and he turned to see one of his guards standing behind him, head and eyes facing the ground.“What do you have for me?” Zachary asked, placing his hands into the pockets of his very long robe. The guard lifted his head immediately, took a step closer and looked him directly in the eyes.“She is dead.” He muttered simply.Zachary allowed a moment to pass before tilting his head to the side, an action that seemed to have intimidated the guard into looking d
Seraphina stared at Daphne and her sister simultaneously as they both dipped their hands into their pockets, watching her. From a closer look at both women, she realized they both had some similarities that gave them away as sisters. Both women were of tall feminine build with faces that men would crawl for, but while Daphne had sharp blue eyes, Kara’s were a trembling brown that could bring any human or wolf down to their knees with just one stare. She watched them simultaneously for a moment, before stretching her hand to point at Kara.“You want me to fight her?” she demanded, now focusing only on Daphne who nodded her head curtly. “You have seen the way she looks at me, she might kill me.”“I wouldn’t want to believe you are scared of my little sister, Seraphina.” Daphne answered, deliberately mocking her. “You are older than she is, and might I not forget that you are a vampire. You have a upper hand.”“But she hates me for reasons best known to her.” Seraphina argued, taking a m
The whole house went silent as Seraphina drank to her fill. She didn’t know why she wasn’t stopping or why she was drinking from the blood of an alpha while his subjects watched with awe, but she found herself not being able to stop. Somehow, his blood wasn’t bitter and sour like the blood of other humans. It was sweet and tasted like something she had drank before. Surprised that Ethan and his people weren’t doing anything to stop her, she dragged her face away from his hand and looked up only to find him staring at her with intrigue.“You are beginning to discredit everything you said from the beginning, Seraphina.” He said, wincing as the pain of her deed finally began to get to him. “Don’t you think that is dangerous considering where you are?”Seraphina stood to her full height, turning to gauge the faces of all the warriors standing behind her. She was surprised to see them all looking in awe instead of rushing on to arrest her for daring to bite their alpha.“I am the one stopp
Seraphina was already pacing her room with impatience when she heard the door unlock from outside. She halted on her step and waited for whomever it was to open and when Ethan appeared in front of her, she fought every urge in her body not to lunge herself at him and wrestle him to the ground.He had not only kept her locked up in the room but had stopped her from attending her training with Daphne. If only he knew how desperate she was to hone her fighting skills, he wouldn’t treat her as such. Last night she had dreamt of her sister, Lisa and in her dreams, her sister was being tortured until she breathed her last. After waking up with an uneasy feeling in her stomach, she knew she no longer had time to play lock and key with the condescending alpha.“You promised that I wouldn’t be locked up.” She said to him, clenching her fist in anger. Ethan on the other hand saw the way and manner in which her fists clenched and could immediately sense she was furious. He folded his hand on hi