LIONEL“I’m not exactly sure of what you’re talking about, Arturo.” I already had an idea of what he was referring to. I only needed confirmation that it wasn’t what I was thinking. “Oh, I’m sorry about that. Let me clarify.” The mere way he spoke was already getting on my nerves. “The night before the day Damian was found dead, he had gotten a call from a guy threatening him to turn off an actress when she came for an interview the next day. It was like the caller knew the lady in question was going to come to meet him and for some reason, he wanted Damian to send her packing.”“And had he done that?”“The caller was you.” He rushed in without answering the question. There was no time for the stress of denying it all. I had a lot to think about tonight. “Of course. We did have that conversation. What I don’t understand, though, is why it’s coming up now.” I replied even though I knew the answer to that as well. “It’s only strange that you threaten him and then, boom… He’s gone.”“
LIONEL “Look, Ryker, I know you don’t have the right to believe me after all the entanglement I’ve had with Regina Donovan in the worst ways but I wouldn’t do this. You should know me more than this. I wouldn’t do anything to Regina at the last minute and hurt you and Grandpa so badly. If I wanted to harm Regina in any way, I would have a long time ago.”Ryker kept staring at me. I could see a flicker of doubt on his face, smoothly merged with the strong urge to want to believe me. “It’s actually so hard convincing anybody now. The tension is slowly rising. Grandpa would be pissed.”I shrugged. I was already tired of proving what wasn’t meant to be so difficult to prove. “I don’t have anything to do with Regina not being here right now. If you don’t believe that, fine!”I made my way out of the room, choosing the boring party over an argument that could stir up between me and Ryker. The guests were huddled in groups, some clearly distra
REGINA Time was passing, and I knew it was hopeless. They weren’t going to leave me alone. That night, I started working on ways to escape. From what I had seen in the movies and as an actress myself, I knew these kidnapping plans always had their loopholes. I found this one’s loophole just when I looked closely enough. The pole. Ruby whispered to me. “Exactly, the pole!” I replied. Though it was firmly rooted to the ground, it was shaky up above, and with constant pressure, I could break it out from above after several hours. I began that same night, nudging it over and over and watching it slide through bit by bit even though it wasn’t appearing to be making any much difference. I urged myself to keep going. By morning, I could see a clear difference in how loose the pole was becoming. At that point, I knew well that I could do it. Today was the day of my marriage and I had to be home before the blood moon rose tonight. I hadn't sl
LIONEL If I could make Regina Donovan disappear from the face of the earth, I would have gladly done that. But this was beginning to get on my nerves and I was starting to find it very strange. What her father had said had been true whether I wanted to believe it or not. The last time I had convinced Regina to run off, she had said just the same thing. She couldn’t do what Marcy did because she wanted to fulfill her obligations to her pack and her pack wouldn’t have to suffer for her actions. She was clearly willing to be the sacrifice for the pack before she left my sight that day. Had she changed her mind at the last minute and taken off? Even after such a strong resort? No… if she had run off, I have the feeling her father would have known; the same way he knew Marcy had run off. There would have been signs of an escapade everywhere. Her clothes and other essentials would be packed and Alpha Donovan would have not needed to come in here, trying to at
LIONELMy head was spinning wildly. That was true—Frankenstein was with me for a good while, but he could still have planned to help Regina. He may have done that with the help of someone else. Anyway, chances that it was him were now slim for me. He was weak and all shaken that day, and besides, if indeed her disappearance had to do with the letter she got, then it couldn’t have been Frankenstein because he was busily collapsing from poisoning in my office. Gosh, I wanted to hydrate, shapeshift into my wolf form and get the hell out of all this. What was the solution to this riddle? “It doesn’t mean you couldn’t have still been involved.” I replied. “It only makes chances slim.” My key suspect was still Arturo and now, Frankenstein was on the list but somewhere minor. My eyes trailed on someone else now…“If I wanted to help Regina, sir, I…” I couldn’t even hear what Frankenstein was saying. My entire thoughts rang as I watc
REGINA I ran through the large stress of wheat as fast as my legs could carry me. I was tired, I was breathless but I didn’t stop. I kept surging forward, screaming as I went, unbothered about who heard me anymore - not when they were already following the path I made through the crops, right behind me. If I could just make it to the forest!I could feel Ruby within me, strength draining from us both. We need to keep pushing, as hard as we could. I kept going, but I could feel them closing in. I could hear their breath. The forest was there, just right there. I was going to make it!I lurched into the first clearing of the forest trees as I began to glide my way into the woods. It was getting dark and it should make it easy to camouflage in the dark and find a way to hide my scent. The clouds were dimmed with a trace of scarlet that could have been the aftermath of the setting sun or the coming of the rising moon. I
REGINAI wasn’t thinking straight so it was easy to believe I was probably imagining all these. All that mattered was that even if this was just my imagination, I had broken free somehow and I had to run as fast as I could. I could be dreaming, but that was okay, as long as I made it out alive.So I ran through the wheat crops again the same way I had run earlier in the evening, panting for breath. It was totally dark now, but I could still navigate my way through. Even as I ran, from behind, my senses picked up the voices of the men. One of them was coming from the back of the shed towards the front now and I could tell he was bringing a piece of the meat they were roasting for me.He was going to find out!Run, Regina… Run!I was getting farther away. It was easier now to believe I could actually make it out now deep into the forest before they could trace anything out, my scent gone. Then I heard someone yell.He had seen I was not present in the shed anymore. He had raised an al
REGINA The only move I had now was to wait for the beast below to continue his search through the forest so I could leap down from the tree and even contemplate escaping the midst of these creatures. But for some reason, he wasn’t moving yet. He remained within the circumference of the tree on which I sat still, watching with my heart racing. He prowled around back and forth, almost like he was noticing something amiss. There is trouble, Regina. I heard Ruby whisper within me. When they reach their full potential under phenomena like the blood moon, their entire senses are heightened. That includes sense of smell, hearing, speed, and strength. I was completely screwed. There could only be one reason why he was yet to dive carelessly into the forest and continue his search - he was suspecting I was around. He may be hearing your very breath. Ruby warned. I was probably panting ou
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