There was something about her. Ethan thought to himself as he relaxed on the chair, staring at her with keen eyes. From the moment he had caught a whiff of her scent in the woods, to the moment he brought her into his home, he knew there was definitely something about her. It definitely wasn’t just the mating bond that was making him feel that way, it was also the strong energy he felt anytime she was in his presence.
He could swear on his father’s life that Seraphina wasn’t a typical vampire. This vampire was strong, fearless and from her eyes, he knew there were secrets lurking around her. He knew better than to trust a vampire, afterall, his pack had been attacked by them numerous times and both species have never lived in peace, but he was ready to believe whatever she tells him. Why was that? he had absolutely no idea, but maybe it was because she had a very sincere face and also because his wolf was keen on being attracted to her.
Speaking of attraction, he allowed his gaze to size her up, taking in all of her appearance, from the dark color of her thick long hair which stopped at the middle of her back, to her hazel-colored eyes and full shaped lips. She had sexual appeal reeking from her, but he was determined to get information he needed instead of giving in to the pleasures of her beauty.
“How did you say you escaped again?” He asked when his gaze rested on her face again. “The last time you spoke, I was intent on thinking you were lying. Now I want to know the truth.”
“My sister helped me escape.” Seraphina replied, and he heard the pain in her voice.
“And where is your sister now?” He asked, picking up his wine glass and lifting it to his lips. He saw her fist clench, and immediately felt like she had not fully explained herself the first time they had spoken.
“She was taken by them.” She finally spoke, looking sideways to gauge his demeanor. There was fire in her eyes, and he couldn’t help but wonder what laid behind the rage he was feeling from her. “I need to get her back.”
“Your sister’s kidnap has nothing to do with me.” Ethan said, dropping his cup on the table. He leaned closer so that they could both see the color of eachother’s eyes. “I can only help you if there is something I can get from you in return.”
Seraphina swallowed the lump in her throat and allowed her fist to unclench on the table. She knew Ethan’s eyes were on hers and she couldn’t blame him because from what she had heard about werewolves, they had a keen sense of perception. He was probably gauging her demeanor so that she wouldn’t take him by surprise.
“What do you want me to do for you?” she demanded.
“Tell me the truth.”
“I am telling the truth, “She answered with clenched teeth. “Why can’t you just believe it?”
Ethan smirked at her, a soft scoff escaping his lips. “Why were you kidnapped by your kind in the first place?” He asked, returning his finger on his lips. “What did you do?”
Seraphina took a deep sigh, contemplating on whether it was time to finally tell him the main reason she was locked up in her clan. She wondered if she could tell him that she had been kidnapped because the main presence of her could hurt his kind and even kill them. She thought about what he was going to do if he found out that she was one of the keys to defeating the werewolves and putting an end to their existence.
Ethan kept staring at her to see if she was going to respond, but when she opened her mouth to speak, one of the servants rushed in to tell Ethan his beta was looking for him. Ethan nodded his head at her and after staring at Seraphina one more time, stood up from the table.
“Stay here.” He said to her. “I will be back.”
Seraphina said nothing to respond, and he walked out of the room, not before whispering to the servant to keep a close eye on her. He walked out of the house, meeting his beta in the torture room beside the cell. Ryan stared at him when he entered and just as he walked in, he saw a large man sitting on the floor of the prison, bound in chains on his legs and hands.
Ethan raised an eyebrow at Ryan, asking a million questions with his eyes.
‘We caught him outside the pack gates.” Ryan said, in his usual thick and rough voice. “He is a vampire.”
“I am aware that he is a vampire.” Ethan responded, walking closer to the man. As soon as he knelt down, the man jerked his head towards him, releasing his fangs that were as sharp as the tip of a sword. Ethan smiled wickedly at him, before raising his gaze to his beta again. “What happened?”
“It seems he was one of the people chasing your mate earlier on. “Ryan replied. “But when I asked him the reason, he said nothing and insisted on taking her back to their clan.”
Ethan smiled at the information, making a tsking sound with his teeth. He stood to his full height and with a sinister look in his eyes, turned to Ryan.
“Rip his heart out.”
Ryan eyes widened in shock and while Ethan was about to leave the cell, he caught hold of his sleeve. Ethan, surprised at his reaction turned to look at him, tilting his head to the side.
“You can get information out of him.” Ryan whispered. “To know whether she is telling you the truth or not.”
“If I want to know the truth from Seraphina, I will compel her to tell it to me.” Ethan replied, giving him a look of understanding and Ryan nodded his head. Ethan was right anyway, he only needed to hold Seraphina’s neck and as an alpha and her mate, he could use the compelling spell to have her tell him everything.
“Alright then.”
“Good. Rip out his heart and get rid of his body.” Ethan repeated before walking out of the room. As soon as he got into the house, he could tell something was wrong, because he immediately felt the smell of death lurking around the premises. Increasing his pace, Ethan rushed into the dining room only to see the servant he had placed in charge of Seraphina lying still on the floor, her eyes opened and transfixed to the side. On the other end of the room was Seraphina, who leaned on the wall, with a look he couldn’t understand on her face.
Ethan’s eyes flashed in anger at the sight. He was about to pounce on Seraphina for killing his servant, but something drew his attention to the body on the floor again. He inspected it one more time and saw that there was no blood coming from anywhere, neither was there bite mark on any part of the body.
“What the hell happened?” He demanded, rising from the floor to stare at Seraphina who was still quietly leaning on the wall. His eyes flashed red in anger when she said nothing, and he clenched his fist tightly. “What did you do to her?”
“It’s back.” She whispered from the far end of the room, loud enough for him to hear. “My powers are back.”
There was total silence in the room as soon as the words left Seraphina’s mouth. Apart from the hollow sounds coming in from the window and the soft breaths escaping Ethan’s lips, the room was otherwise quiet. Ethan on one hand, stared at Seraphina as he tried to make sense of what she meant. Powers? What did she mean by powers? Was she a vampire witch? Did he just allow a witch into his household to threaten the lives of his pack members without realizing it?With a calculated move, he took one step towards her, trying all he could not to let her know he was very impatient and could snap her neck if she dared play games with him. His inner wolf was waiting patiently to see what he was going to do, but he knew Leon wouldn’t want him to hurt their mate. Hell, if he did that, they would fight eachother for a very long time. Tilting his head to the side, Ethan glared at Seraphina, finally able to get a glimpse of her face from the dark corner she stood.“What do you mean powers?” He aske
Ethan had his back against the wall in the far end of the dining room as he watched two of his warriors cover and move the corpse of the female servant away. He said nothing even when Ryan and Daphne placed their hands on their waists at the same time, asking with their eyes for an explanation to be given to them. He tried to think of Seraphina and the so-called power she claimed to have. If she was indeed going to be a risk in his pack, then wasn’t it better to send her away or better still get rid of her? he wondered. A part of him wanted to be rid of her, but another part, the stronger part that was controlled by his heart and his inner wolf, wanted him to keep her and find out what was locked up inside of her.“Ethan?” Ryan called, bringing him out of his thought process and he blinked, allowing his eyes to settle on his best friend. “What happened here?” Ryan asked for the third time again.Ethan watched him keenly, before darting his gaze towards his gamma, Daphne, who stood the
The immediate awareness that someone was inside the room, staring at her while she slept, had Seraphina jumping up from the bed only to see Ethan leaning on the wall, his eyes heavily on her. She quickly looked down at her body to make sure no part of it was exposed before looking up to meet his gaze again. There was a slight smirk on the corner of his lips that had her using her palms to cover her cleavage and the smirk immediately turned into a smile, one that she didn’t think she had seen on his face before.“You don’t have to cover anything.” He spoke, his gaze hovering over her body wickedly. “Our kind have seen more naked bodies than newborn babies.”Seraphina cleared her throat, not only angry that he seemed to be enjoying himself, but also because he had interrupted her dream, a dream where she had been able to rescue her sister after a fierce battle with her vampire friends.“I can see that.” She said, standing from the bed and dragging the sheets with her. When they stood to
Ethan was beyond confused at the situation surrounding him. Was Seraphina playing games with him? or did she not just know how to control the powers she claimed to have. Ryan, his beta continued to examine the bodies of the warriors while he in turn looked far across to Seraphina, who just stood like she had done nothing wrong.“They are dead, Ethan.” Ryan said, standing to his feet and placing both of his hands in the pockets of his pants. “They are both dead, what are you and that blood sucker doing?”Ethan ignored Ryan’s questions and snarled in anger; his eyes red with rage. Before Ryan could say another word to him, he hurried to Seraphina, grabbed her hands, and pulled her against the wall of his chest. She saw how red his eyes were and from the little growl she heard from his throat, knew there was a possibility that he would be changing into his wolf form if she wasn’t careful.“Are you playing with me, young woman?” He growled again, spitting at her face. “Do you think I brou
Ethan lowered his eyebrows as soon as Kara called his name. He didn’t know she was back to the pack because her sister hadn’t informed him about it. She was someone who liked to be around him, one of the few people in the pack who didn’t fear him like others did. Unlike Daphne whose wolf was white in color, Kara’s wolf was a fierce black that could run for ages.He opened his mouth to speak, but the realization that Seraphina was in the room and could be dangerous to her life hit him immediately, so he rushed to her side, leading her quietly out of the hall without saying a word. Seraphina watched them keenly, saw the way he spoke to her and almost flinched when another woman walked into the ring, halting both Ethan and the previous girl on their steps. The girl whose name she was dying to know, smiled at the older gorgeous woman, leaving Seraphina to wonder if all the women in the pack were as good looking as both of them.“I gave an order Daphne.” Ethan said to his gamma, looking ba
Back at the Obsidian Order Clan, Vivienne stood in Lord Zachary’s great hall, her long red hair flowing in the middle of her back as she waited beside Magnus O’Neil, the second in command to the great vampire lord. Vivienne could feel her hand shaking with both fear and panic as she thought of how to bring the news of Seraphina’s escape to Zachary Wright. He had left the witch in her care, trusted her enough to do what was important to keep her within their sight but she had failed him by allowing her to escape. Now she had no knowledge of what would happen when Zachary arrives.Vivienne looked around the hall, taking note of its shiny floors and well painted walls. She spared Magnus a glance and after seeing that he was calmer than she was, scoffed out loud. Magnus on the other hand, turned to look at her, raising an eyebrow as he was surprised about her gesture.“Is something funny, Vivienne?” He asked, his voice low and very calm. Vivienne shook her head in response, as she refused
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