I stood firm, watching as I saw her holding my mate's arm and batting her eyes coquettishly at him. I was lost in different worlds at the same time; confusion, frustration, and fury, burning with great rage inside of me to tear someone apart and rip off her wolf from its hiding, and then keep it caged forever.“What is she doing here?” I questioned in a very icy tone. My gaze was still fixed on her.The red head grinned like a shark. She was wearing a blue suede gown that clung to her skin and a very bold and flirty makeup. Just imagine!Imagine the mood!Imagine the appearance!I hissed. Silently.“Hi! I could not introduce myself the last time. I am Amanda Vermont, the representative of the nymph, secretary to the Magic Council. You are one very lucky woman, Mrs. Elise.” she introduced with a weird grin plastered on her face like a doll with a fake smiley face.“Nice to meet you. I would love to shake your hand since it is polite and proper, but it is a pity that your right hand i
The next morning, bright and early as the day, I went out wearing a tracksuit and a pair of running shoes. I informed Thomas that I was out for a jog and a cup of coffee at the nearest coffee shop.My heart was pounding as I jogged from the house to the café shop that was almost four miles away. But as I sighted the blue and white umbrellas perched on the little wooden tables and chairs that dotted the front of the little café, I stopped and grinned as I looked at the elegant cream teacup designs on the glass door. The scent of freshly grounded coffee and baked goodies welcomed me as I opened the door. I was extremely delighted when I discovered that my favourite coffee place was not so far away from my new home.I usually flew in to patronize the place and I greeted the few staff around, Bianca was already waving happily at me. “Let me just get my order, I will be joining you shortly.” I waved back at her and found my way to the counter.Francis, the son of the owner of the coffee
The trip to Maine was such a cool and pleasant one. We arrived there later that day and Carl looked both annoyed and pleased as I laid on his chest, thoroughly, and exhausted. He was rather nervous and guilty about how our marriage had been going, especially with that stupid redhead, Amanda, or whatever she called herself who was constantly making herself a nuisance. He was rather worried as Elvis and Lincoln approached him at different times before he left the feast, threatening him that they would take me away from him. He knew Lincoln was powerful but not as powerful as he was, and he was crazy about his best friend and I was oblivious to it.Elvis was just an opportunistic playboy, who wanted his cousin for her beauty and power. Obviously.Something that struck him was the mystery gift he received; a bloody mask signed 'L. W.' He had pondered on who had the initials and would be bold enough to send such a threat.I snuggled closer to him unknowingly as he carried me into his beac
As we both went back to bed that night, both of us were lost in our thoughts. Carl could not believe that I was that read and I could not believe that my mate had such an interesting past. He was wearing only boxer shorts, while I wore an oversized shirt and a pair of boy shorts. The night was really cold and as we climbed into bed, I commented about it offhandedly.“You do know that you have a mate here at your service, it will not pay you if you keep to your side of the bed.” the thunderous but soft voice of Carl toned in my ears as I plumped my pillow and sighed. The sheets were very luxurious in feeling to me and I soon found myself asleep, curled underneath my mate. I felt really warm that way, and contented.~~~~~~~~~~~~~Carl woke up the next morning as the bright light from an open curtain streamed on his face and lit up the room. It seemed someone had opened the curtain and windows, allowing the fresh cool sea breeze to blow in softly. He sat up from his sleep and looked ar
“You can actually talk to me in whatsoever manner you desire, you can give me the silent treatment. But you cannot swim away from me and my watch. I am in charge here. You are my mate in my custody, what will anyone say if something went wrong with you?” Carl yelled at her.Elise looked at him and sighed, “Are you done shouting? Who made you lord over my life? Because it was not really necessary to shout Carl. In fact I just feel that this is guilt for what you did to me. And besides something is always wrong with me when it comes to you in charge. Maybe you should look into that instead of yelling at me.” she said slowly. Carl was really infuriated with her and he knew she was manipulating him.“Elise I do not appreciate all these attitude I am getting from you. Are you blaming me for everything that has happened so far? Because I was not responsible for your illness neither was I responsible for your attitude.” Carl said as he walked to where she sat on the long island.Elise laughe
The trail where the man followed soon narrowed and no matter how much speed both Elise and Lincoln put in. The man seemed to outrun them and they both chased him, until what seemed like a dead end, a bricked up wall in a lonely alley and the fellow disappeared.They both walked back navigating their way back to the lounge, the host was almost prostrating as he led them back to their seats and promised a tighter security. Elise ignore him and looked at Lincoln in sadness. “You keep making excuses Lincoln. I don’t want to hear it actually. If you are here to do so then I can leave here after taking my mimosa.” Elise said gravely, Lincoln looked at her and bowed his head.“ I just knew a lost a huge gem when I saw you at the wedding. I felt that a part of me was taken away. And I decided to see you and tell you some things about your mate, besides what was the rushed wedding for?” he asked as he sipped his drink.“ Really! Because you don’t seem genuine. You are here to dish dirt on Car
She felt the mist rise up as she looked around still searching for Lucas and she walked on a bit before she stumbled. Carl looked for her in the mist and he felt very miserable as he did so. “Where on earth was Elise?” his wolf worsened the whole thing when it began making small pained whines. He knew if anything went wrong with Elise he would have himself to blame.He suddenly shifted to his wolf and howled loudly, because he felt that she was in danger or something evil was happening to her. It was like someone was struggling with her and he gave a second howl and he sighted her in the clearing mist. He fly like he bumped into someone even as he rushed to her, but he ignored the feeling, all that mattered was that Elise was safe.He shifted back to his human form and ran to hug her. He picked her up and carried her in is arms and sped back to the house. Elise felt the air fill with tension as she tried to wrap her mind around what had just happened, who was Lucas? Why on earth was h
The sun was out shining brightly and the beach area seemed a little crowded, a mother was seated under a purple umbrella. She and her daughter who looked like a year old had the same copper brown hair and gray eyes. They also wore matching flowery one piece bikinis. Elise looked at them lovingly and Carl hugged her. There was a group of teenagers playing with a ball that rolled over to their side. Carl picked the black and white ball and threw it back. They all yelled their thanks and continued their game. They walked down to a row of some old shops made from browned tin roof and palm leaves, there was a row of coconut trees behind them, that gave shade to the sellers.Carl pulled Elise into one of the shops, where an old man dressed in a blue shirt and jean shorts that matched his eyes, sold jewellery. They both looked at his little collection and Carl bought her a silver and ruby pendant with the inscription of the infinity sign.Elise thanked him, but her mind was not really with
Carl acknowledged his greeting and looked at his butler grimacing while Elise went to hold his hand and rubbed his thumb. He looked lifeless with a bandage wrapped around his chest and tubes and cords attached to every area in his body.“ where you able to get out all the mercury poisoning? I mean when was this mercury thing discovered.” Elise asked as she stood near the doctor. “ it was when we were trying to remove the bullets actually and we started noticing the black drops, but the good thing was that it was easily and quickly discovered, so he did not really need a transfusion.” the doctor explained as he pointed to the chest area.Elise and Carl heaved a sigh of relief and was led away by the doctor, she thanked the doctor and then called Sasha to keep an eye on him. Carl posted two body guards to watch the room. He really wanted to know why his butler was attacked and he knew where to get his answers.Elise called the driver as soon as she got out of the hospital, assuring him
Ever since they got back from the honey moon, things had worsened between them. They had begun fighting again and she had a niggling feeling that he knew she was going out with someone else. She shrugged and knew that he did not really care either, she remembered how they fought on evening when she had asked for information needed to set up for the festival.“ You are my Luna, you are no longer the guardian. You have no right to such information.” he had said as he typed on his laptop. “Excuse me! I am a guardian by birth right. I still have the seal and I have every right to ensure that the festival goes well. I can never abandon Victor to all those duties.” she said as she paced and stared him down.“ I will never allow my mate to slave away under the guise of being a guardian. You are my mate, my Luna and nothing else. If your brother needs help, he can get an organizing committee.” Carl waved her off while she still stared at him with an incredulous look.“ You must be kidding me
Gerald looked at his boss as they checked each file of possible criminals that could have stolen the Luna stone. Carl had overhead the conversation between Selena and Elise and was shocked when he was told that it happened the day before.“ Why does it have to be kept as a secret from me? Why should Elise even be keeping secrets from me? Have I not been a good enough mate Gerry ?” Carl asked Gerald soberly. “ You know it actually takes time for a woman who was not initially in love with her husband to grow in love. That is what it is, just give her time.” Gerald replied and rubbed his arms.Meanwhile Melissa and Selena were talking as they walked to a secret location sent by Amanda to prevent suspicions and gossip. As they arrived at what looked like a fancy restaurant, they were surprised to see Elvis dining with Amanda.Amanda thanked him for the dinner and gave him a sound kiss, before rubbing his back and escorting him out of the restaurant. She commanded the both of them to sit d
Meanwhile Elise was watching Amanda on a screen from a recording that a secret camera insect like drone implanted on the walls of Amanda's palatial house, alongside Thomas as everything was going on and she warned both of them.Melissa and Selena pretended like they were not aware when they saw the black sedan of Amanda's guard trailing them through the tinted back window. The driver dropped them off at the gate and when they both entered, they hugged and went their separate ways.Selena went straight to the shower and washed off the monitoring spell that was made on her and continued her tasks. Elise was sitting in her own lounge turned office as she looked at the various case files before her. Bianca was able to pull off a detailed dossier on everyone except that Lucas Wainwright and she was at her wit’s end because of that.Anytime she thought about him, questions about who he was, his heritage and why he was so interested in her usually came up. She pondered about who the Shadow h
Elise was very angry and sent for Thomas, she needed answers and she needed it fast. She had dismissed the both of them in anger, telling them to pull out all the efforts and information they can muster about the stolen stone.The moon festival and feast was around the corner and without that stone, a whole lot of imbalance and disaster could happen. Why would such a thing happen. After she just laid down her happiness, freedom on the altar of mating. No one can mess with what was hers to protect.The documents with the lady was the dossier she had on Amanda and a folder that was marked confidential which Elise had never seen. It had information on all the secret dealings going inside the council. Some of which caught her fancy, even as she viewed them.It seemed like a bunch of photocopies but they seemed extremely useful and too detailed to be leaked, she was waiting for Thomas as she looked into more of the documents, she saw the seal of the council on many of the papers and realiz
“One more stop before we get going!” Carl announced as they left the restaurant, and entered into the car. A bouquet of what looked like a hundred roses laid on her seat and Elise squealed in delight, she had always dreamed of having roses given to her. In fact she usually bought herself a rose each birthday she had.She jumped into his arms and kissed him soundly, Carl carried her into the seat and asked her to close her eyes while he pulled out a black silk blindfold. Elise giggled and closed her eyes, she felt the soft material tickle her nose.The car zoomed off and soon they arrived at their location. Elise could sense that it was a lounge by the loud jazz music and the scent of different colognes that was easily differentiable. She followed his hands and as she entered into the place, he slipped the blindfold and she saw a beautiful banner with her picture and the inscription of a romantic poem and balloons and a group of jazz musicians playing.Elise felt really shy and nervous
“Bianca! Bianca! Pick this phone up now.” Elise almost yelled in frustration as she chewed on her sandwich filled with avocado, lettuce, chicken and tomato. Carl had gone out to attend to business, leaving her and the maid in charge,……….. in the huge house.Elise had taken a shower changed into a purple kimono and silk and fur sandals. Then the maid fixed her a plate of sandwiches and coconut milk infused with cinnamon. She decided to call Bianca and send the text to Bianca. But she had not picked up her phone.“Hello! Chica what is up baby girl? You have not been dropping juicy details on the group. In fact you have been hoarding sweet information from us.” Bianca accused her as she called.“Sorry! I have been to busy to even come on the group. Besides the last time I checked you were getting it from Vince, that hot shot at your work place. That aside! There is fire on the mountain! You have to help your girlfriend out.” Elise begged as she dropped the sandwich in her hand and sat up
The sun was out shining brightly and the beach area seemed a little crowded, a mother was seated under a purple umbrella. She and her daughter who looked like a year old had the same copper brown hair and gray eyes. They also wore matching flowery one piece bikinis. Elise looked at them lovingly and Carl hugged her. There was a group of teenagers playing with a ball that rolled over to their side. Carl picked the black and white ball and threw it back. They all yelled their thanks and continued their game. They walked down to a row of some old shops made from browned tin roof and palm leaves, there was a row of coconut trees behind them, that gave shade to the sellers.Carl pulled Elise into one of the shops, where an old man dressed in a blue shirt and jean shorts that matched his eyes, sold jewellery. They both looked at his little collection and Carl bought her a silver and ruby pendant with the inscription of the infinity sign.Elise thanked him, but her mind was not really with
She felt the mist rise up as she looked around still searching for Lucas and she walked on a bit before she stumbled. Carl looked for her in the mist and he felt very miserable as he did so. “Where on earth was Elise?” his wolf worsened the whole thing when it began making small pained whines. He knew if anything went wrong with Elise he would have himself to blame.He suddenly shifted to his wolf and howled loudly, because he felt that she was in danger or something evil was happening to her. It was like someone was struggling with her and he gave a second howl and he sighted her in the clearing mist. He fly like he bumped into someone even as he rushed to her, but he ignored the feeling, all that mattered was that Elise was safe.He shifted back to his human form and ran to hug her. He picked her up and carried her in is arms and sped back to the house. Elise felt the air fill with tension as she tried to wrap her mind around what had just happened, who was Lucas? Why on earth was h