"You never had to do that; it was my sister’s bill, and you should have allowed me to settle it," Emily said to Colbert Lesley as he drove.She loved the fact that he showed up when he did. Who knows—if he did not come at that time, she might be in some dungeon already devoured by the wild animals that she was supposed to tend.However, even though she loved all that he had done for her and was grateful for each one of them, she felt she should not allow him to bear her burden, especially when it had to do with her family."Come on, Emily. Your salary is way below that, and it also has to do with those twins. I can never allow you to be intimidated by them," he replied."And how did you know that I... I mean the situation?" Emily inquired nervously.Yes, he had come to her rescue, but even if Emily was expecting to be rescued, he was the last person she would ever think of. She could not help but imagine why he is always there in her times of trouble, most especially when it has to do
Mr. Josh walked down to the reception and met the Xerxes twins at it again. He heard the chaos from his office upstairs, and looking through the CCTV in his office, he saw that it was the twins trying once again to make Emily’s life miserable.As it is, Mr. Josh is tired of the everyday trouble, but he does not know what to do to abate these unpleasant situations. He has gone as far as relieving the twins of the duty of communicating their needs to the junior staff in the office and requesting that they relay their demands to the head of the affected department for it to be immediately taken care of.Sadly, even such a perfect arrangement did not deter the twins from having their regular tussle with Emily, who is only a receptionist in the huge establishment.Nevertheless, Mr. Josh had vowed to put an end to this today, if not for his own sanity, then for that of the firm. The twins had approached him a number of times to demand that he relieve Emily of her duty as front desk personne
"You enter the other lane, Samantha; it is moving fast," Sheila yelled at the top of her voice. She was not pleased with the fact that driving was slowed down by the cars moving in front of them, and so she wants Samantha to leave the right lane and move over to the left."But then we are making a diversion just after the next street," Samantha shouted in response.The stereo was at its loudest, the girls were playing a hip-hop beat, and they sang along with it, ignoring the danger that their attitude posed to other road users.See, we cannot wait here forever, Samantha. You can quickly return to this lane when we get to the front." Sheila suggested expressing her displeasure with the situation.There were more cars on the right lane of the express road, and this did not sit well with the girls, especially Sheila, who was enjoying the reckless driving of Samantha together with the high music.She wanted Samantha to enter the other lanes and drive faster, not minding that Samantha woul
Oscar Lee and his wife, Elise Lee, were sitting in the sitting room when the door was forcefully opened, and in rushed Samantha, their daughter. As soon as she entered, her eyes searched quickly through the sitting room before she made her way up the staircase, completely ignoring the presence of her parents.The parents noticed their daughter's strange attitude, and seeing that she was about to go to her room, the mother called her back.Hey, Samantha, you are back," she said.Samantha paused on the staircase for a second and, without responding, made to continue on her way.Her reaction made Elise even more worried, and so she quickly stood up and took some steps forward."What happened, Samantha? Why are you this way?" she inquired. "You went to a party; what happened there? Look at your eyes." She was overwhelmed with fear.Seeing that she was left with no choice, Samantha decided to open up. She was already in big trouble, and even if her parents might not be able to save her thi
The father and daughter were taken by surprise. None of them had expected such an odious suggestion to come from Elise. As it is, they could not even think of the possibility of such a thing.Replacing Emily with SamanthaFor once, they felt that Elise had gone insane. But what would a desperate mother not do for her daughter? She was even prepared to give up ten lives for her precious Samantha."It is not possible, mummy. I can't be Emily," Samantha uttered, and soon the glimpse of hope that she had felt disappeared. "E... mily can... not be me," she murmured."Don’t talk like that, dear; I know what I am saying," Elise persisted."But then, the lady driver saw me, mummy..." Samantha explained.Samantha felt very uneasy. She wished that her mother’s plan would work, but the more she thought about it, the more challenges she saw."We would say that Emily is the only one here. You traveled or something." Elise explained further.She was already beginning to feel some doubt about her su
AT THE PACKHOUSE"You can leave now, lady. The alpha must not meet you here. We already have enough ladies here for the same reason at the moment," the impatient guard said to the young lady who was trying to force her way into the packhouse.The lady was not deterred by the hostility of the guards but persisted in her quest to be allowed to present herself to Alpha Xavier. "No, you must believe me. I am telling the truth. I am the one, and the alpha must see me," she insisted.The lady was Sheila, Samantha’s friend, and she had come to the packhouse to seek refuge. She is insisting on meeting with the alpha on the pretense that she is the chosen one with the green pearl. She was hoping to obtain the position of the luna of the great Twin Spark Island through a disguise.After the incident with Samantha this morning, Sheila saw that her friend was in deep shit. She was the first to take a proper look at the situation since she wasn’t as drunk as Samantha. And so she was quick to notic
Standing in the midst of other ladies, Sheila could not tell what trouble she had gotten herself into. She was not sure which was better, the wrath of the rich lady driver or the fury of the alpha.Sheila wondered why the alpha would pick today of all days to meet the ladies when all she wanted was a few days away from the world around her.In sum, there were about twenty ladies in the field, each claiming to have the green pearl. In front of them were Alpha Xavier and Beta Jasleen, and all around them were the guards, each holding tightly to his weapon.With the gigantic figure of the alpha in front of them, no one dared to say a word. The atmosphere was so quiet that even a drop from a needle would be heard. All along, each lady looked at the other in envy, fearing that her rival might be the chosen one."Only one of you is the one," Alpha Xavier finally said after taking an intense look at the faces of each of the ladies that claimed to be his chosen luna.At his words, the ladies
"Yeah, come see the damage your good for nothing daughter caused to my precious car," the lady driver said to Mr. and Mrs. Lee, who were following behind her. They dragged each step they took in the hope that they would never get to the car."Have mercy, young madam; Samantha is a little girl," Elise continued to beg.Elise’s pleas further infuriated the lady. Such huge damage had been done to her car, and the Lees wanted her to let go just like that. The lady felt that it was not her fault that the Lees did not bring up their daughter properly, and so they must be made to pay for her despicable attitude."Yeah, a little spoilt arrogant brat," the lady replied, showing no sign of empathy towards the teary Elise.Oscar and Elise finally arrived at the car, but both refused to take a step further because they feared that seeing the extent of the damage might cause them a heart attack. Just looking at the Bugatti parked in their cheap house already sent shivers through their spines."Com
Samantha was inside the sitting room with her mother when Oscar Lee entered the house looking perturbed. “Is she back?” he inquired.“Not at all, daddy” Samantha replied.“This is serious. What the heck had happened to her?” he lamented. “Has either of you been able to contact her?” he asked.“Her phone has been switched off since yesterday” Elise responded.Oscar Lee thought about this for a few seconds before he spoke. “And is she with that man, hmm... Don Nick, is there a way you would know that?” his question was directed to Samantha.“No, she is not. Maybe this time, she had run off. I knew that was what she would do” Samantha responded. “A loser, that is what she is” she gritted her teeth.“She dares not run away, where would she go to?” Oscar Lee exclaimed, gnashing his teeth.“I overheard her talking about Yonder Pearls City. And how accommodating it is for humans and wolves alike” Samantha replied furiously. “She dares not go there, I will look for her even to the end of the
“Oh no, I am so hungry” Emily groaned in pain inside the dark room, hoping that one of the fierce men would decide to take pity on her and release her.“You keep quiet” one of the twins, Kimberly yelled.Kimberly and her sister had just opened the door when they heard Emily’s plea. The room was dark, and the light was turned. Four fierce men stood at the corners of the room without giving a thought about Emily’s constant pleas.“Oh, Miss, please let me go home, I have been here for long” Emily begged as she saw that the twins were back. “Let me return home and I promise that I would be gone before you know it. I can't go on with the CEO, please believe me” she cried.Tied to the iron chair, Emily’s whole body was already in excruciating pain and it was beginning to look as if she will soon become numb because of the inability to move any part of her body because of how firmly she was tied to the chair.She has been dealt with mercilessly by the twins, and the fierce men they had hired
“Don’t try to play dumb with us, Emily, we can no longer be fooled by you” Timberline warned.At this point, Emily decided that it was truly useless trying to play dumb with the twins. Soon she would be gone far away from here, and she will no longer pose a threat to any of their ambition to get laid with the CEO, or whatever their plans are.“I am sorry, but it was all the CEO’s idea, and there was nothing I could do about it. And just to put your minds at rest, I will be gone far from here by the end of the month, and then either of you can have him. I won't stand in the way, I promise” She assured them.Her words sounded ridiculous to them. They hated her audacity and wanted so much to smash her head against a wall right there and then to teach her a lesson never to mess with any of them in the future.What annoyed the twins most is not the fact that she dared to date the CEO having been aware of their respective interests, but that the CEO would look her way a second longer. They
It was close of work, and Emily walked out of the office complex staring blankly ahead of her. Her mind was completely preoccupied with weird thoughts.These past two days had been the most challenging for her. Trying to avoid Don Nick is not a task that Emily would have undertaken willingly. But then she had to do it, if not for herself, but for his sake.She knew what Samantha can do, and she was aware that there was no stopping her once she starts.Truly, the fear of Samantha is the beginning of staying out of trouble.Wallowing in her thoughts, she made her way to the gates. For now, she had not yet decided how she was going to leave the company. One of the options available to her was to send her resignation through Mr. Josh considering the fact that he was the one that gave her the job.Emily knew that she will get Josh to agree to keep her decision away from Don Nick until she was gone. She figured that in that way, she wouldn't need to bring up the issue with Don Nick since he
“W... what...” she exclaimed and the phone dropped from her hands unconsciously.Samantha proceeded to pick up the phone and returned it to Emily. “You may have to watch until the end, sister,” she taunted mischievously.Emily looked at Samantha, her eyes depicting hate, pure hate for the lady to who she had thought that she owes her existence. Never would she have imagined that Samantha had gone to this extent to blackmail her. She just stated that she wants to fight fair, but to Emily, this shameless act was far from being fair. It was brutal, gross, gruesome, and everything bad and terrible.“But... but you can't do... do this, Samantha” Emily cried, and stopped the video that was playing on the phone.Samantha giggled, happy with the tremendous feat that she had just achieved. “Says who, Emily, who can stop me?” she retorted.She loved to see the fear instilled on Emily.“This is... wrong” Emily replied, pointing at the screen of the phone. “It... is every... every shade of wrong.
Emily cannot say for sure how long she had stayed in the basement or what time it is, but she had fallen asleep, and in her sleep, she had the most unpleasant nightmares all thanks to her hunger. She opened her eyes and yawned, and that was when she realized that she had woken up as a result of the sound coming from the sitting room. She tried to cease her breathing but was barely able to achieve that because as it is, she was too weak to properly direct the function of any part of her body. No soon has she woken up that the door to the basement open. She froze, but soon her head was nodding involuntarily in sleep and hunger. “Hey you, there?” Samantha’s voice was heard. “Hey, Sama...” Emily murmured with the last strength in her. She did not try to move closer to the door because she was too weak and she felt that Samantha was only here to bring some food to her. “Hey, Emily, don’t tell me that you forgot to take some food along with you. What are you still doing in there?” Sama
While Samantha was going on with her task, Emily would not stop thinking of the whole event, and she decided to get more answers from Samantha who was the only one available to provide them. “And mother and father, are...” The unhappy Samantha cut in. “Father mind linked me to come home for you. Seems he still got some use for you. Left for me, I would not give a damn. I don’t care whatever happens to you” She said as a matter of fact. Samantha is not one to sugarcoat words. “Thank you” Emily replied nonetheless. Samantha's words hurt her, but she was grateful that she went out of her way to come for her. Without acknowledging Emily’s thanks, Samantha went on. “We are still on the lookout for the intruders, and we fear that they operate through some insiders. And you know how this goes. Should the intruders not be caught, then the humans among us are in trouble...” Hearing this, Emily exclaimed. “Huh...” This is a fact that was clear to Emily, but each time she hears of it, she n
It was a cold morning and Emily woke up from the bed with a fright. The loud sounds and indiscreet growls had woken her, and she looked around her dark room in fear. She could hear the shouting and screams of werewolves coming from outside the house. She took her phone and checked the time, and it was past four in the morning. The noises were getting louder, and all she could do was jump out of the bed. This is an occurrence that she was already accustomed to, and it always happens when there were intruders in the pack, most especially rogues. Being indoors she could not ascertain the magnitude of the situation, and all she was sure was that there was trouble in the land, and as for how big the trouble was, she could not tell but she knew very well that it was huge enough to take her life. Without a second thought, Emily grabbed her duvet and ran out of her room. Every member of her family had gone out to wad off the intruders, and all Emily could do was hide until they come back an
Emily looked up at him to be sure that she heard him clearly and to show his seriousness, he repeated himself. “Yes, Emily, come and live in this mansion with me, and I promise that no one will ever be able to hurt you” he assured her. Emily was no fool, she knew that he can do just what he said. If he said no one would be able to hurt her in his care, then no one would dare to get close to her. But then what would people think of her, what will her family see her as, some cheap whore? She had been fighting all to no avail since that dreadful night with him to make her family have some trust in her, especially her father, Oscar Lee. Emily so much desired for the minute trust he had for her to be restored, and now he wanted to completely shatter her plans with his ridiculous yet tempting offer. Yes, shatter her plans, that is the only thing that living with him would achieve and Emily does not want such. It was enough that she was human amid werewolves, and she would not want to go r