“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
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