LIONEL
I couldn’t sleep and it was no understatement.I couldn’t tell if she was awake or not, but as for me—one who had gotten so used to being alone in the comfort of my room and sleeping all alone—the idea that someone was in the room even if not right beside me was totally discomforting.Not to talk of having to remember it was Regina Donovan. This was a curse.Still, I had it all planned out in my mind. The previous night had been a long one and it had definitely ended with Regina pulling up a move that I couldn’t have seen coming. How could she even think up the guts to threaten me? She was playing around with fire but my plan was kind of different for her this time. I wasn’t going to burn—not at once. I was going to give myself some time for the furnace to get hotter. And then I will consume her when she least expected it.For some reason, Regina was so convinced that I was the one who kidnapped her. I had previously thought it wasREGINAI woke up with a start. It felt like I had not even slept at all. But I did sleep, and I knew what I was feeling was a result of sleeping with one eye open. I could not trust the next move that Lionel was going to make. For some reason, I could feel he was still awake, even when he lay still on the other side with the bed between us. For that same reason, I wanted to stay cautious and watchful. I remained awake for as long as I could, hoping to see the daylight in no time to get the hell out of the room. That was when I had fallen asleep. Still, even in my dream, the thoughts of him being around plagued me and I couldn’t help it. By the time I arose, the room was empty. Sunlight was coming in and I could see him nowhere around. Had he gone out already? Of course, I could tell he had but I couldn’t tell what he could be doing outside. I rose now and decided to freshen up before I stepped out. I had a whole long day ahe
REGINA“Hey, son.”Lionel made to return outside again. “Come on, Lionel. Do join us at the table.”I wasn’t looking at him but I could feel the anger boiling in him as he made his way back in frustration and sat by the other side of Grandpa, directly opposite me. “I was just discussing the idea of the honeymoon with Regina.” He stated. I saw Lionel rub his eyes in suppressed frustration. “I thought we’re not doing this anymore, Grandpa.”“Nope, it’s definitely happening. Or what do you think, Regina?”I took a glance at Grandpa, who was eagerly waiting for my answer and then at Lionel, who had his piercing eyes staring right back at me with a warning that told me to deny the offer instantly. “I mean, you could both choose to go anywhere you want.” Grandpa added. And that was when it struck me.I could go anywhere I want?“Can we go to the Maldives?” I suddenly spat thoughtlessly. Even Grand
LIONELEven though it appeared as though I had agreed with Grandpa’s wishes for a honeymoon, I still totally didn’t want it to take place. And there was only one way to make sure of that - Regina Donovan had to be of the opinion that the honeymoon doesn’t take place as well. I couldn’t stand the thought of it—of having to be with her for several weeks, flying out of the country or so and picnicking with her everywhere I go. I’d rather we remained in this mansion, ghosting each other, and in no time, I would be out again working so long that I won’t remember she existed. “Where do you plan for this honeymoon to take place?” I asked Grandpa. He shrugged. “There are so many beautiful spots around the country, and of course, if you both want somewhere distant, that’d even be better. I just need anything that would take you both as far away from here as possible.”I nodded. “So it depends on where you both agre
REGINAHe picked the book nonchalantly and flipped it back to the shelf from which I had taken it. “Keep your hands to yourself.” He growled under his breath. I turned away from him with my head lowered. I wasn’t in the mood to talk about anything with him. I had no strength for a quarrel. I simply turned away and began making my way out when I felt him obstruct again. “I’m not done yet.” He growled. I looked away from him. “What do you want?”“Maldives? Really?” Oh, this was about the Maldives. Believe it or not, I didn’t want to have to spend a second around him, but I knew the plans I had. This was a chance for me to hop upon and find the Mountain Men.I didn’t say anything in response. “Are you that desperate and eager to have us go to some entirely new continent to spend time together?”Again, I didn’t respond. “What are you trying to do, Regina Donovan? What are you trying to accomp
LIONELHe seemed very unhappy. “I honestly wish it didn’t have to be this way. If you don’t mind, I just want to be away from the both of you, so I don’t have to keep feeling hurt watching how your marriage is playing out.” He replied. I felt my soft spot for him tingle again. “Ryker, I know all these are made worse because you still harbor the mentality that I kidnapped her.”“Are you saying that Regina was lying when she said so herself?”“Yes!” I replied with assurance. For goodness sake, it was either Regina was a greener snake than I had thought or she was just as misled as he was and every other person she had told the lie to. There was only one way to find out. Ryker chuckled now. “Why do I find it hard to believe you instead of Regina?”I scoffed. “Because you know me... I am not an alpha that should hide my plots from you. No matter how dark, I’d rather just tell and do whatever has to be done irrespective of
REGINAI retreated to the room early that night. By the time I got into the room, it was empty. At least, I turned on the lights first thing to be sure and not end up like the day before. After freshening up for the night, I went back to my spot on the ground after swearing to myself that I wasn’t going to take the bed for anything. I had hardly fallen asleep when the door opened quietly behind me and closed. “Is this how you’ll keep lying on the ground, huh?” I heard his deep, rusty voice as he stood above me.“What do you care?” I shot back. He scoffed. “Of course I don’t. You could die for all I care. What I don’t want happening is to have you catch a cold or something while seemingly sleeping comfortably in the room, thereby drawing suspicions to me.”His excuse made sense. “I’d be fine.” I shot back defiantly. “Suit yourself. It’s not like I’d be sleeping here with you tonight, not if I really want to catch any
LIONEL“Do we have a problem, Ryker?” I felt the anger rising within me. “I thought we'd had our differences all cleared out. I told you—I'd investigate the matter. Wasn’t that it?”He scoffed. “Still, you threaten her to change what she had said about going to the Maldives?"My head spun wildly at his remarks. That very much explained where the new attitude was coming from. He had seen me in the study and of course, he thought it best to ruin the opportunity she had at cancelling those stupid plans.But how does Ryker just suddenly know everything?“Are you monitoring us, Ryker?” I asked now. “Because you shouldn’t be. Whatever is happening between I and Regina is none of your business.”He scoffed. “Do I have to monitor anything? You don’t even have an idea of just how obvious and open your hatred for Regina Donovan is becoming. I was just passing by the study and that was it. It could have been anyone else. It could have been
LIONELAfter my call with Frankenstein, I felt much more fulfilled. It was satisfying to have set the work in motion and now I could focus on doing something else to keep me awake through the night. I had just settled on my system and began a task when the voice came from the door.“For how long do you plan to do this, Lionel?”I looked up to find Grandpa. I sighed heavily. “Is there a problem, Grandpa? You should be asleep.”“How do I sleep knowing you aren’t sleeping either?” He replied.I really didn’t want to have this conversation. “Believe me, Grandpa... this isn’t about whatever you’re thinking. I and Regina are cool.”“Really? Then what could keep you from staying in the same room with your wife?” He shot back.“Isn’t it obvious? I’ve got some jobs to handle. Once I’m done with it tonight, I’d join Regina.”“Lionel, it’s been only two days since you got married. What job is it that can’t wait for just a
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