LIONEL
For some reason, it was difficult to simply fall asleep. I had to pretend everything was fine. This was a night like every other night so why couldn’t I just fall asleep? Then I remembered. This night was not like every other night, not when I had Regina Donovan and her busybody friend somewhere in my study.I had to come to terms with reality – their presence was awkwardly intruding my sleep. Was it because every now and then, I could perceive their scent from within the house?I was so annoyed that I rose from bed now and took out a special spray which was normally used to mask the scent of creatures and sprayed it around my room. I then returned to sleep, but again, the sleep wouldn’t come.Now totally frustrated with trying, I rose from the bed and made my way to the sitting room to pour myself a drink. I met Ryker in the kitchen pouring a cup of coffee and immediately knew what it was for.“Nice job being a waiter.” I mentionREGINA“I don’t understand, Gwen. What did you mean by I had taken off?”“The thing is after you dropped me off at my apartment, I came up with the idea that perhaps we needed to take some time off. You know, attend a party or something. As soon as I got to your house, you were lying unconscious against the couch. It was when I nudged you to wake you up that you awoke but then, you shifted into your wolf form and growled away, almost like you were angry at something…”Oh, Ruby… I thought sadly. Ruby must have wanted some time to take off into the wild, to be alone, some time to heal. I instantly remembered what Ruby had told me and thought about telling Gwen but decided to give it a little time. Gwen needed to know indeed, but perhaps not now. I needed her to heal completely.“And when I took off?”“I chased after you. You kept running into the wild, past the boundaries of the pack and down into the forest. You were totally out of control
REGINAThere wasn’t anything really special about Eric Circle, or maybe it was because I had experienced Sun Entertainment. As soon as I entered the building, I was met by a receptionist.“How may I help you?” She asked.“I would like to see Sir Damian. I was referred here by someone known as Frankenstein.” I replied.“Well, Sir Damian is currently busy conducting a private audition with some of the girls. How about…”“Oh, I am one of such girls who is here for an audition as well.” I immediately cut in.The receptionist led me towards his office. Indeed, there was a queue of some of the women going in one after the other. “You just need to wait in the queue.” She instructed.I extended my gratitude and took a seat. The other girls were fervently practicing, making me feel like I should be getting my hands on something, except there wasn’t exactly anything I had in mind. I believed in what I was capable of and
REGINA“Nobody has said no to me before, Gina girl.” He laughed evilly, enjoying the fact that he could keep me in his grip.“Well, you’ve not met me.” I was getting much angrier. “As you’re standing before me, you’re totally disgusting to me, and I wish I could open my eyes and watch you disappear.” I gave back the entire truth of my thoughts without hesitation and instantly, I pulled my hand from his grip and turned away.The last thing I expected was that he’d pull me back again and this time, more harshly than before. I growled in shock and anger, not particularly afraid of him, but filled with disgust and repulsion as he tried to force his lips on mine.“Let me go!” I screamed.“Don’t bother yelling, Regina. No one is going to hear you.”Shit! The office was soundproofed. All those women would be out there thinking a successful interview was going on while this bastard was trying to force himself on me. “Stay away!
REGINA I could hear her whistle as she approached me again with the rope. I didn’t want to open my eyes, trying to lie as still as possible for the right moment, like a wolf about to leap on its prey. Her whistle made it even easier to use my sound senses and track her movement around me. She had leaned down now and shifted me slightly to hold my hands and then she slowly began to place the rope around my arm. It was time! With the speed of light and desperation to leave this company before the Sunbeam poison completely kicked in, I pushed her head in a deadly slam against the wall. She fell still instantly. “Great! Let’s leave this goddess forsaken place, Ruby.” I rose to my feet, clutching my neck as I staggered through the passageways, listening for the echoes of the men’s feet. Soon, I found an exit and just as I slipped out into the light, I could hear the men running towards me, but I knew they were not going to make it, not when a cab had stopped right before me.
LIONEL It was not easy to clear my head in the house, not with all the people from different packs trooping into the house to see my grandpa and greet me in anticipation of the coming marriage ceremony. With each day, it was getting realer. Some of the women already came in with decoration items and grandpa had hired some men to handle some carpentry, all for the goddamned wedding! “You know all these aren’t necessary, grandpa.” I whispered to him as I approached him in the large hall just before the study in the mansion where he was busy giving orders to some men installing new chandeliers to the ceiling. “How about you just smile and stop acting like you would shift into a wolf and tear one of them to a million pieces?” grandpa replied as casually and calmly as ever. He wasn’t even moved by everything I was trying to say. I was getting bored with all the activities disturbing my peace within the house and thought it was best to move out with Ryker to ease off, except… Where th
LIONEL“What are you trying to say?” I couldn’t wrap my mind around the words. I was even yet to realize just how much interest I was putting into the affair of Regina Donovan, but I had set something up and I needed feedback.Coincidentally, Ryker was going to do just that – give me the information I needed.“I and Gwen were together when Regina called and told us to track her phone before she passed out.”“Passed out?”“Yeah!” Ryker continued. “We found her lying on a roadside bench unconscious just as someone had raised an alarm and wanted to have her sent to a hospital. We took over from there and rushed her to her home instead. Her father – Alpha Donovan took over from there and treated her with concoction he prepared. She had been poisoned with a Sunbeam needle.”That was strange. Sunbeam needles were not the kind of plants that anyone would see lying around. In most cases, they were cultivated in overseas countries and wer
LIONEL“HEY! ARE ANY OF THE BABES OUT THERE? GET THE GODDAMNED MUSIC ON!”The fool was yet to even understand what was about to happen. I watched him as he waited but the only response that he got was silence. Then he grumbled again about the music and slowly relaxed back into the water. He didn’t even get my scent. There was so much foam, so much booze and of course, he was just too stupid.Then I made my own move.I held him by the hair and dipped his head into the water before he knew it. I could feel him in my hands as he gargled and spun, struggling for life beneath the water, unable to breathe. His hand held mine, his claws sticking out as his wolf spirit began to take over, struggling to tear free from my grasp but his scratches and piercing were only pinches to me.But the plan was not to kill him. No way… There was no way I’d just let him die without knowing who was there to torment him. Moreover, even though it wouldn’t be track
REGINAFrom the mere look of things, my career was over before it even began. I mean, once again, I had made a move towards pursuing my dreams and another man has proved stupid. As I sat alone in my room days after my encounter with Damian of Eric Circle, I thought perhaps I needed to see Gwen again to discuss with her.Gwen dropped by as soon as I called her and even after I was done narrating what I thought about my life currently, she wasn’t sure of the next move to make.“I don’t know, Gina… After the danger that crazy guy put you in, I just can’t imagine you moving into another death trap while chasing your dreams.” Gwen said tiredly.“But I just can’t stay and do nothing, right? We all take risks one way or the other.”“This might be too dangerous.” She replied. “But yeah, you’re right. I have an idea, though. How about we reach Frankenstein again and you know, hear from him?”“Just hear from him?”“More like give
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
LIONEL The suspense was killing me. I couldn’t get my mind wrapped around what Regina could have been doing to not be present in neither the hotel nor the bus. Had she gone back? No, she hadn’t. If she had, at least the girls would have seen her. They sounded honest enough. They had not set eyes on neither the woman nor Ray. Ray! The name sent pangs of anger firing through my head. What had they both been up to? Now, this was beginning to look scary. After all, she just met the guy. What if Ray had done something terrible to Regina? What if Ray had... You need to remain calm. I heard Lucius instruct from within me. Regina could be in trouble. I replied within my thoughts. No, Lionel. Look at it more clearly. After all, Regina never loved you, and she knew very well that you didn’t love her. This could just be her plot to make you panic. Lucius re
LIONEL I joined the bus as I met the driver. “Hey, good morning.” The driver greeted me in the most absurdly friendly manner ever. “Good morning,” I replied. “Looks like you’d be joining us today.” He mentioned. I got into the bus now and took my usual position at the back. There were new faces of tourists in the new bus. In fact, I recognized none. And Regina was not present. Neither was Ray. Where the fuck were they? “Yes, I’d be joining you.” I replied. “That means your wife’s all good?” I scanned again for Regina. She truly wasn’t in the goddamned bus. “Yeah.” I replied. “Wait, she’s not here yet. I assume she’s yet to come.” “I guess she’s joined another rider.” “Another rider?” “Yeah, there was a bus that came earlier for tourists that wanted to start their journey much earlier today.” He repl