LIONEL
If we could call the wedding off already and skip the extra activities that came with it, I’d have gladly agreed.But then we were to hold hands and dance together for everyone to watch. Seriously? It’s not like I didn’t know married couples did such. This was just different. The fake act was getting to its brim.It was weird—having to come so close to her, to hold her hand and let her as she placed the other against my shoulder and of course, she wasn’t looking right into my eyes because there was nothing to see in them.This was horrible. I had a sickening feeling that the pretence was beginning to show on our faces because we were both totally tired of the whole thing.It only took a while of swerving around the room before some other people began to join us—Ryker and Gwen and a couple others. Soon, the dance began to climax and we began switching partners to my greatest relief.It was then that I spotted Beatrice.REGINA“How could Beatrice have tried to kill you both?” I shot back at him. By both, he was implying Lionel as well? That was impossible."Well, I used to think that she’s just some desperate actress willing to do anything to appear in the spotlight. I just didn’t think she could go that far. Beatrice poisoned my drink, Regina.”“What?”“Yes, at the party.”I figured immediately. Of course, the party was the last place I had been seen before I went looking for Marcy, who was never there. “How did it happen?”“I’m not going to lie; it’s only speculation, but who else would have wanted me poisoned at that party? Summary is, I would have died. Hell, I couldn’t have been able to stand on my two feet as I am doing right now. It was Lionel who saved me.”Okay, that was... that was not what I was expecting. “I didn’t see him as the saving type after all.” I replied. I was yet to tell Frank that it was Lione
REGINA “Oh, Ryker.”I wrapped my arms around him. He laughed as he hugged me as well. “You look good, Regina.”“Thank you and you also look stunning too!” I replied. As we laughed just then, I remembered vividly that I and Gwen had falsely accused him of every one of Lionel's schemes, which had landed him in a hospital. For some reason, it reached my conscience as my fault. “Look, Ryker, I’m truly sorry I and Gwen had accused you falsely. We never meant it that way, believe me. We were both just caught in that web of confusion and lies from the many things Lionel had put us through.”Ryker shrugged. “It’s okay, Regina. I totally understand. What matters for me now is the future. With you both married now, can we say things are going to be better?”I sighed. “Well, what can I say? I guess that depends on Lionel, right?”“Lionel will not be a problem.”I scoffed. “You seriously don’t mean that.”
LIONEL Frankenstein clearly couldn’t say the words either. “I’m sorry if I blamed you for that. I didn’t mean it that way. It’s just…” Frankenstein was saying. “It’s alright.” It just wasn’t your business; I finished in my head. Frankenstein dropped some final congratulations and carried on. I was already exhausted and ready to retire to my room, but for some of the other guests at the party that I simply needed to finish up with. When I had the slightest opportunity, I slid out of the midst of the guests and went into the kitchen to fetch myself a glass of wine. I sipped on the wine. I needed something that had more blood on it—the hunger was there. Tonight had been the night of the blood moon. I wished it was one where I was free to roam the forests and munch at something naturally fun. I paused now and took another glance at my arm, where the wound had healed and left its scar behind. I was married. I wa
REGINA“The Mountain Monks.” I tried the name on my tongue again. If I were to meet these monks, I would be travelling so far away. How would I be able to embark on this journey without drawing attention from his grandpa or my father as to where I was going?“What are these monks to help me with when I get there? What do I do when I get there?”The priest sighed. “I won’t lie to you, Miss Regina. Werewolf history is in-depth. There’s so much to it. Modernization and all have taken the place of our history and past, but there are still some people that have not left the old practice. The Mountain Monks are some of such people, and that’s why they live secluded from every other human. I don’t even know how to tell you to access them. When I did go there, it was such a long time ago, and you would never find them within the mountains, unless they wanted to be found.”It sounded ancient. It sounded scary.But I knew I was going to try.
REGINAIf anything was even going to prompt a connection between me and Lionel, I was going to cut it off. I had other plans and one of them was to wait for the right time for the entire dust to settle and I would break away from the devil I got married to and live the life that waited for me out there. “Really?” I asked. “Then I shouldn’t joke with such a bond. Don’t worry, I’d see to it that I and Lionel put whatever feud we’ve had for each other aside for this one night.” I replied, putting on my best action costume.Sir Leonard seemed impressed as he gave me a tap and continued through the house, mildly giving orders to keep everything else in place. As I made my way now to the room, climbing up the flight of stairs that led to the top floor of the mansion, I spotted Ryker looking through the door of the study right at me. He had a blank expression on his face as he only stared for a while and looked away.He seemed angry or disappointed. I could tell he was frustrated, though. L
LIONELI tried to imagine it. I, in the same room with Regina Donovan, on the same bed, doing what? I couldn’t even picture it. It was not realistic.“You see…” Grandpa was saying. “When two wolves just get married, the first wedding night spent together is a sacred night. It’s one that completely seals your marriage. I strongly believe that after this first night, it would spark up the intimacy between the both of you. You would see that after tonight, it would all begin to change—the way you feel towards her.”How could I explain to Grandpa that the case of Regina Donovan was not a matter of just not liking her? I hated her from the very roots of her family. That wasn’t something that just one night of forced sex was going to change.“So as it is, Regina would be in my room tonight?” I knew the answer to that. I was just trying to believe it wasn’t going to be real.Grandpa nodded quietly. “She’s your wife, son. Treat her as one.”I swallowed speechlessly.“I’ve arranged with some o
REGINA“Isn’t that what we both want? We both want to pretend like neither of us exist. I mean, you didn’t want this marriage and I didn’t want it either so how about we talk about how we can make it easier for the both of us?”It wasn’t easy to have to stand right before him—the alpha Lionel—and lay my terms for a marriage. However, I could tell where my source of strength had come from, and no, it wasn’t from Ruby.This was rage.The sheer rage from the gross nature of him having to be so relaxed in the room while I undressed. Who the hell did he think he was?Thinking about Ruby, the thought came to my head. Why hadn’t you told me he was in the room, Ruby? I thought within myself.Ruby had received enough bullets for one night to be too weak to give comments about everything that was happening. I could sense him out; Ruby replied weakly. I may be powerful with intuition, but that is only when I’ve even got energy to pull from,
LIONEL“What?”I couldn’t understand what she was saying. First, she had pushed me to the wall and I couldn’t exactly tell she was doing it on purpose. All I knew at the moment was that I had to put her in her place this very night. She had to understand that she was not in the position to decide how it played out in this marriage. She had pushed me to act on my wolf instinct—to do what Lucius would do because Lucius would devour his luna without thinking twice and just as she wished, I had given it to her. Losing my cool, I had pinned her down and made my point once and for good.She was mine!It was not the other way around, and there was no other way around it. I owned her and she was to act as property for whatever I wished to do with her, whenever I did wish to act.It was when I had made my point that it dawned on me that I was clearly choking her. She had gagged for air, hitting at my arm. Her struggles were nothing compa
LIONEL I was in a world where I was just having a little fun and both women fell dead right before me while I barely escaped an attacker that could clean up a murder scene in seconds. I was in a world where everything was uncertain. What if I just found Regina to be dead? How would I explain it all to Grandpa? How would Grandpa ever forgive me when I wouldn’t even be able to forgive myself? Forgive myself? I gave it a thought. Had I done something wrong? Well, I had been careless with her. I should never have let her out of my sight, no matter how much I despised her. I should have ensured she was always there. Staying in a different room was a bad idea. Now, there was only one way to right all these wrongs. I needed to goddamn move! There was also the detective, though. Nicholas had called the night before and I had never reached out to him again. Perhaps this was also a good time to talk to h
LIONEL “No, Lucius. I think something is beginning to make sense. This cars speaks about healing... restoration of energy... ” Lucius waited, almost like he was beginning to see what I was seeing as well. “Do you remember the night at the wedding, Lucius? The moment when I and Regina were to heal from the blood bonding... We were not healing because our energy core was broken, but then Regina was not healing either.” Are you saying Regina has an issue with her energies as well? “I can’t conclude for sure, but it was most likely that somehow, Regina also had the problem with her energies. You said it yourself that the fact that we were broken did not in any way affect her own healing process, and yet she wasn’t healing fast enough. So what if she had come here…” To find healing? Lucius completed. Oh, dear goddess. I ran my fingers through my hair in realization. It was like an ima
REGINA It was so dark anyone could have stumbled and fallen but I could easily glide through thanks to my night vision. “Ray, come this way. Hold my hand and let’s go together.” I could hear Ray’s discomfort, stumbling over the rocky grounds as he tried to keep up. I held his arm now and continued through the cave. I could still spot the wolf ahead, gliding through gracefully, checking every now and then to see if we were still following. Then suddenly, the wolf vanished from sight. I was still so busy running as fast as I could that I didn’t even notice that the wolf was already out of sight. When I took notice, however, I came to a stop. Ray stopped beside me, holding his knees as he coughed uncontrollably. Neither of us said a word because we were too busy struggling with our breaths. But I was also too busy trying to find the wolf. I couldn’t see anything. Even with my night vision, this felt darker th
LIONEL They would only find their casualties and of course, they should be wiser next time. I heard them from inside and then they were out in the dark again, by the shores of the beach with their guns poised as they scouted the dark, searching for something that may point towards me. Then they started advancing towards the forest, splitting up. The next instinct in my mind now was to play their game, of course. All I needed to do was follow them into the forest—my domain and territory—and there I would kill them one after the other. But then I remembered the casualties in my room. Not only were two men dead—two men whose colleagues had taken their bodies out just before me and most definitely cleared out the evidence of them ever being there. There were also the two ladies I was just having a good time with lying death in my room, both shot in the head. Why was it that anytime I decided to have a little bi
LIONEL What harm could be in a little moment of sex, just a little time to enjoy myself and forgetting the shit of a wife I married? That was what I was experiencing now. I was Lionel Williams. I had my way with whatever I wanted. Imagine having two girls go head over heels to have this moment with me, and yet, there was a wife I had who dared to leave me sight and go out fucking another man. Fuck you, Regina! The good thing is there was something to put all that anger on now. As I cursed at Regina, I squeezed Lydia’s boobs and spanked Jemma’s butts. Both women were already sliding out of their dresses, both stark naked as they moaned and panted, struggling for who could kiss me first. I was still in my clothes even though Lydia’s hand slipped underneath my shirt and rubbed my breasts till it hardened. Jemma was faster. She instantly slid her palm over the bulge of my pants, struggling to grab my crotch as
REGINA After a good while, all we found was nothing but large mountains, a couple of trees sticking out around cooler areas and endless piles of dusty stones. “We can’t be sure we’re making any headway.” Ray stated now beneath one of the shades we found with trees around. “Neither can we be sure we’re safe, right?” I mentioned. Ray gave me an inquisitive glance. “You feel it could be dangerous finding the Mountain Men?” I shrugged. “Well, we can’t exactly tell what is going on yet, can we?” “So what is your plan B? What would happen if we found these Mountain Men and we couldn’t seem to find our way back?” “Lionel would definitely come to look for us.” I replied. Ray seemed panicked. “Look, I need us to get this straight. You said Lionel would not be here to find us.” “Yes, that’s if, of course, I make it back in a day plus and not more than that
REGINA “Such is life. I need help here, Ray, and from your knowledge, only you can help me in this desperate time.” I convinced him further. He nodded now, apparently more energized and ready for the trip. “Alright, are we going to walk there or take a vehicle?” “I don’t want us drawing attention. It’s a tourist center so eyes could be on us. I think we should walk the way.” Ray made a face but shrugged nevertheless. “Alright, we move then.” He replied. I headed for the door slowly and hesitated when I felt his arm on my shoulder. “Regina, are you sure about this?” He asked. I smiled. “Believe me, no sane person wants to embark on this journey. If it wasn’t that important, I wouldn’t be doing this.” He nodded. “Then let’s do what had to be done.’ I left the room, happy to have met someone as helpful and supportive as Ray. As we made our way out of the room, I locke
REGINA “Don’t worry, Ray. There’s nothing you should worry about.” “Regina, your husband was a werewolf and you didn’t even, at least, warn me that he was something of such, not to talk about even telling me about this. In all, I should have just stayed away from you!” “To hell with that, Ray!” I shot back. “Whatever Lionel is cannot stop me from living my life the way I want!” He shook his head. “Regina… Regina… You’re not listening. Your so-called husband could have killed me. That easy, Regina!” “He wouldn’t hurt you. He could threaten you but he wouldn’t hurt you.” “What is wrong with you? I mean, you sound so sure of something so abnormal.” I shrugged. “What can I say? He’s my husband.” Ray suddenly paused and I could see a new curiosity on his face. It was like he had read another new discovery in my words. “Regina… if you could marry the werewolf. Are you al
REGINA I was alive, I was safe, and I was just wondering whether Lionel was even thinking about me. It began with the night of the accident when the car had slid down the hill and Lionel had come just in time to rescue me. That same night, I had struck a new deal with him and saved myself from having to be blackmailed each time I set my eyes upon him—I was not going to bother Grandpa with news of the accident and he was not going to ever bring it up as me being indebted to him. It had gone perfectly well with him in his room, and at this point, all I wanted to do was return to my room and allow myself to fall deeply asleep. It was just after I had a shower that I got a knock. The first idea I had was that Lionel was back again with something to rule out my little threat against him. On the contrary, it was my good new friend. It was Ray. “Hey, Ray.” I made to shake him as I extended my hand to him. He shrugg