XANDERI wipe the sweat off my forehead and pull out another heavy box.Donovan coughs loudly and tells me to stop that. He doesn’t want to get some old forgotten disease in his system.And this, this is why condoms and birth control were invented. I couldn’t imagine having a child like him. I was already struggling with him as a brother.He makes murder seem okay.After his hissy coughing fit like a dying cat, he shoots me a glare which I promptly ignore.I’m going through Dreaya’s old stuff that I haven’t burnt. I always knew a day would come when I would need them to get to her. Except I haven’t found anything and we’ve been at this since last night. I haven’t even had the time to watch Adriana like I usually do.And that is adding to my pissed off mood right now.The only thing I’ve been able to gather after going through five boxes that are big enough to fit pharaoh. Witches like collecting weird items. Some really damn questionable looking things.If we didn't have enough reason
ADRIANAI always thought Xander was rich, I mean I knew he was rich. He is the lycan king and he has been alive for over three centuries. But I never really got to understand what that really means.It is so easy to think he is not a normal man. But then I don't really see it.Now that I’m outside his pack and I’m not seeing him smiling at anything I say. I’m seeing the effect he has on people.Starting with the flight from the pack to the central. And yes, flight.Daciana said she didn’t want to stay in the car for hours and then have to deal with that on the way back. So she called a helicopter.Xander’s helicopter because he happens to have one on standby at all times because of emergencies.According to her, this was an emergency.I don’t think my mouth left the ground since it touched there because of the shock.This is looking a lot like the stories Ursula tells me about the powerful men of the world. Xander was one of them.We arrived at the Central and immediately moved to a f
ADRIANAI had no idea what I was expecting from the club. Wait, my mind is completely empty.I feel like a baby, learning how to be human for the first time. Learning how to walk, talk, and eat. All of it.Daciana just takes my hand and leads me inside.There is a heavy red curtain separating us from what's going on behind the scenes. When the lever stopped. She glanced at me and waited until I didn’t look like I would pass out.The trip down here felt like dropping into a hole. It was quite literally that. Just that the end of the hole was something good. Or at least, I hoped.I wish I could say I was having second thoughts. I actually wasn’t.The curtains moved to the side. Exposing many round tables and women walking around in little to nothing clothing. Some are laughing and playing games. Some had cigars in their mouth and they went about, laughing and teasing each other.One thing I noticed immediately we stepped in was, there were no men.“Women only.” Daciana said as though sh
XANDER“Hey! Why are you acting like a raging psychopath?!” Donovan screams as he gets to the room.I growl in his direction in warning. I am not in the mood to deal with his shit. Nor do I have the patience to. If he was smart, he would know to stay the fuck away from me.He doesn’t move back, but he doesn’t say anything stupid again.“How much longer?” I roared at the trembling man seated with a laptop on his lap.I have no idea how he ended up working for me if he was such a pussy. He looks like he is about to pee his pants and I haven’t even gotten my hands on him yet. It would be best if he avoided that happening.“Just a minute, alpha.” He stuttered. “I have already gotten where they are, I just need to pin down their—no, no, no, no.”“What?!” Donovan and I ask at the same time.He jumps, looking like he wanted to run away from his skin. He swallows thickly then blinks up slowly.. His lips were trembling when he met my eyes. My hands itched to claw the eyes out.“I lost them.”I
ADRIANAI’m having the best time of my life. I giggled at Daciana who had a funny mustache on. Don’t ask me how she got it. Apparently, it is happy hour in the club. But it is always happy hour in the club. And since only supernatural women are here. The drinks are the types that would knock out even the lycan king. I think I got bat shit drunk after the first sip.But I couldn’t be sure. It might be after that, or after the tenth bottle.I’m sweating alcohol and it feels to elevating.I should have been doing this every week along with other pack members. You feel so great when you take drinks. Nothing matters, you care about nothing, you worry about nothing. Your mind is completely empty. No thoughts of revenge or stupid arrogant alphas and lycan kings. It is just pure happiness.“Oh, you have the prettiest eyes.” I barely spit all the words out.Daciana breaks out in a fit of giggles, along with the rest of the women at our table. She knows them because when they asked to join, sh
ADRIANADaciana giggle and bottle towards the bathroom. I don’t know how we manage to make it without either of us breaking a leg of falling face flat, but we managed.She goes in first and washes her face while I did my business. She was still standing in front of the mirror when I stepped out. She was touching her cheeks, and then doing it all over again.“What are you doing?” I slurred the words out.By some miracle, she actually understands what I’m saying and nods toward the glass.“Look, I’m doing the and she is doing out too.” That finished with a fit of giggles.“Are you sure you washed your face?” I asked her, trying to hold back my laughter.“Yep. The water was so cold and so good.” She drags the words out in a singsong voice.“Yeah, it did not work.” I said and proceeded to wash my face. I was aware I was ruining my makeup but I just didn’t care.If I go out looking like a clown with bad makeup, the other ladies will just laugh it off. Almost everyone here is wasted.“Your
XANDERDonovan urged me to leave the room and take a walk while the man works. He insisted I was making him nervous and that wasn’t helping him work any faster.I didn’t want to leave. Because I wasn’t a child that he would send into timeout.“Well, if you would rather stay here and bully him and make him not get any work done. Fine by me. I’m leaving.”“No, no, no, please sir. Don’t go.” I glared at the pleading man.He looked seconds away from shitting his pants when he heard Donovan was leaving.Donovan that little piece of shit, gave me a look that said I told you so. In the end, I gave up and decided to come out for the stupid walk.The whole ground was getting on my nerves so I went back inside. Instinctively, I started going to my office with the intention of seeing Adriana. When I recalled it was pointless, I headed to my room instead. At least there, I could smell her presence all around me.On second thought, as I got to the door, I changed my mind and beelined for her old r
XANDERThroughout the flight, Donovan kept yapping about things I didn’t care about. And I wanted to punch him more times than I cared to count.When we finally landed, I could have gotten on my knees and thanked the creator. And I’m not even a religious man.The car ride wasn’t easy either but at least he got distracted with saying stupid things. Like fantasizing about what we might find if we go there.“It is not everyday you get invited to an all girls club. What do you think is going on there? Lesbian orgies or maybe a nude fashion show?”I glared at him and he threw his head back, laughing loudly like he just said the funniest joke in the world.“Take a chill pill, Xander. You’re too uptight for my liking. Damn, you can’t take a joke anymore.”He says more things underneath his breath. Not that I cared to listen. Especially because we finally reached the house where he said their location was.We got out of the car and stopped outside of the house. It asked us for a password. Don