Caleb stood at his meeting place with Shirley, walking around in circles and muttering angrily to himself."She said a few days." He huffed. "I have never seen anyone as inconsistent as witches.""Maybe I should give up and continue with Mendez's plans. I should pick Mendez's calls.""Witches are the worst.""I should have never put my faith in a witch."A loud chuckle almost sent him to the ground. He staggered away from the sound of the voice, growling into the evening."Really, Caleb Levisay? I was just two minutes late." Shirley said, stepping out of the shadows.Caleb grunted, "You are four days late!" He accused.Smiling, she spun around, "Ohh? I thought it was two minutes. I must apologize then."Caleb huffed, he could see from the mischievous glint in her eyes that she wasn't sorry.Shirley smirked, then straightened her expression."Fine, let's get down to business. I've got to go back soon, we're at war remember?"Caleb grunted, then set himself down on a trunk. With Laura
Larry tailed Caleb as he trudged back home from his meeting with Shirley. Since Laura's death, he made it a habit to shadow him. Watching Caleb go out of his way to snatch something that wasn't his and knowing that he was going to do anything possible to prevent him from winning against Andrew was therapeutic and calmed his nerves. Since Laura's death, Larry had become close to losing his mind and going rogue. There was a new voice in his head. At first, he couldn't tell the difference, because it sounded a lot like him. Sometimes when it complained it sounded like his wolf, but it wasn't him or his wolf. Neither of them was as bloodthirsty and mean as it. The voice was unhinged and impulsive. It fed off his hatred for Douglas and nagged at Larry to kill the old Alpha, Caleb, Nicole, and Mendez for Andrew's sake, it wasn't patient, it wanted their blood immediately. It was the reason why Larry began following Caleb at first and since then, he had learned so many interesting things.Sh
"Where are you going?"Andrew jumped back at the sound of Emily's voice. Then slowly spun around to see her staring daggers at him, with her arms folded."Yikes." He muttered under his breath, then heaved.Emily raised a brow, her patience was running out."Out?" Andrew answered, uncertainly.Emily narrowed her eyes,"You're planning to go in search of the wild animal right?" She huffed.Andrew's heart skipped a beat. How the hell did she know? He asked himself."Right?" She asked again at his silence.Andrew shrugged, there was no need to pretend, his cover was blown up."Yup." He answered, scratching his neck, wondering why he felt guilty all of a sudden.Emily gave him an annoyed sigh."So you planned to sneak out, to go in search of 'the wild animal' looking like that." She said, gesturing to his outfit.Andrew scrunched his face, then his eyes fell to his outfit, wondering what was wrong with it. He had planned to discard it in a safe spot, then shift into his wolf and go in pur
Andrew subtly sniffed the air as they treaded carefully within the woods. They'd been hunting for about an hour, with no tracks or signs of the rogue. Andrew was certain that it was still within the woods and his wolf grumbled within, wanting to stash Emily somewhere safe and go in full pursuit of it. It itched to rip it apart and howl out into the night. Despite this, Andrew was relieved that they hadn't come across it. It meant that he was leading them in the right direction, which was away from the rogue and towards the coven village as he had planned to. Yet he was still on high alert, because the rogue may have caught a whiff of their scent and decided to come after them. Beside him, Emily was unusually quiet. She followed his lead obediently, but he could feel her agitation rising as minutes went by. Confident that the coast was clear, he nudged her.Emily grunted,"Ready for a quick snack?" He asked.Emily shrugged, pausing for a second. "That's not a good idea, it may lead
Andrew's wolf fumed as Andrew ran through the forest. Although it was in control, it was pissed off that it couldn't shift to hunt the bear that was chasing them. Andrew's body was a limitation and weighed it down. It was a bit pacified that at least Andrew had put Emily out of harm's way. When it was done with the bear, it planned to go after the rogue at once. Both wolf and man agreed that it was the best opportunity they would have to get rid of the wolf and hoped that Emily would stay put and not come after them until they were done.Andrew intentionally led the wolf into the Western part of the forest, hoping that the ruckus the bear was making would stir up the rogue. They'd run for a while now, but there was still no sign or even scent of the rogue.Frustrated Andrew doubled back, allowing his rage and dominance to seep out of his pores. The bear charged on, overtaken by its prime instinct and not noticing the change in Andrew's countenance.Andrew crouched low and let out a me
…"Who are you? Who the fuck sent you? And what the fuck are you doing in my territory?"Brown swallowed and tried sitting up as his injured limbs snapped back into their rightful positions.Andrew heaved, fisted, and released his fingers repeatedly as his thoughts ran all over the place.Emily. His wolf fidgeted. Andrew's patience was running out. He needed to go in search of Emily pronto, his mind was already making up crazy assumptions and none of them ended with Emily sitting safely on the tree as he had left her. As precious minutes passed by, he was tempted, as he watched Brown groan in pain and drag himself towards a tree and then rest his back on it, to find a cave or some sort of hiding place and bind him to it so he could come back later and go in search of Emily."I have no name. I was trained to be no one…" Brown started, after making himself comfortable.Andrew eyed his features. Brown didn't look like any of the pack members. His lean stature, tan skin, and long blue hai
Emily got to her feet, dragged Andrew up, and conducted a quick scan of his body.She traced the part of his arm where she could feel her magic healing. She pursed her lips, wondering how she would explain it to Andrew.Andrew grabbed her face and stared softly into her eyes."What happened out there?" He asked."You were injured." She blurted out. "But it's gone now, did it hurt?""Emily."Closing her eyes, Emily sighed. She needed time to figure out what to tell him.Part of her screamed at her to tell him the truth, but she shut it down immediately. Besides, they needed to get out of that forest before the wolves came back. She didn't feel a bit safe knowing that two ruthless beings were running around unchecked. The thought of the healing claw wound on Andrew's arm sent little tremors down her spine. She didn't know how Andrew survived or where the wolves were but didn't want to be there when they returned."I'll tell you when we get out of here." She said opening her eyes, "Em…
Still teasing Emily's neck, Andrew lifted her off the couch and she automatically wrapped her legs around him.Emily moaned into Andrew's ears, gripping him tighter."Fuck Emily you drive me crazy," Andrew murmured, balancing her on his waist.Tired of being teased, Emily grabbed his face and kissed him ferociously, "Where are we going?" Emily asked in between kisses, "Inside?" Andrew replied.Emily gave a frustrated sigh, "it's too far," she said, adjusting herself so she fit perfectly on Andrew's body.Groaning Andrew led them back to the couch and set her down on it. "We're putting on too many clothes," Emily whined, breaking the kiss and shrugging off her jacket, Andrew followed suit. When she was done, she grabbed his face and continued the kiss.Andrew's hands slipped into her undershirt and found their way to the hook of her bra, in a few seconds he undid it and slipped it off her with her help.Without breaking the kiss, his one hand palmed one of her lush twins while the
"Did he agree?" Emily asked as soon as her mother reappeared. "Yeah, after a lot of persuasion."Emily released a shaky breath. Her body was burning like she'd been bathed with acid. "Let's get into position then." She said, lifting herself up. The pain was too much had she found herself unable to stand. She staggered backward and fell to the bed. "Emily! What's wrong?" "It's like my body is on fire." Emily hissed,Vanessa came to her and inspected her body."It's the mark from hell. He's suffering from the mark from hell. Are you sure you can do this? I can tell Andrew the plan, I'm sure he'd be happy to do it in your place.""No." Emily said forcefully. The truth was that no one could execute the plan effectively apart from her. Even if they collected the totem from Caleb, she was the only one powerful enough to destroy it. Andrew's strength couldn't break it, and neither could her mother's magic. But her body burned and she wanted to crawl into bed and cry. She'd have to make
Emily purposely ignored Andrew.She also purposely ignored the nudges her mother was giving her, as she narrated her experience to everyone. She also tried to ignore the sparks that were ignited in her body when he pecked her and whispered that he had to go but he'll be back.But when her mother, who'd been attentively listening to her, rose up, dragged him by the side, and hugged him. Envy, heavily laced with anger as she'd never felt before, coursed through her body. It felt as if her mother was betraying her. Jacqueline was the first to notice the change in her countenance.She smirked,"Girl, that's what you get for ignoring your man. Now he's in the arms of another woman." Emily growled and Jacqueline burst into laughter."When did you start behaving like a she-wolf? Hold your horses Em, it's only your mother. It makes me wonder what you'd have done if it was another female."Amelia laughed,"She would have probably hexed her entire generation." She said,"Nah, Em's feeling m
Emily had given up on trying to escape her imprisonment before she realized that it wasn't real. It had been days, yet she'd not felt hungry and she woke up the exact way every time. The sun didn't set, her clothes didn't change, she didn't want to use the bathroom and everything was still and lifeless.The only thing that changed each time she awoke was her strength. It was as if something was sucking out her energy. On the second day of her entrapment, she remembered wandering around the sheet/film that locked her in search of a weak spot or way out until she got bored and forced herself to sleep.Now she could hardly move a limb. Anger at Andrew and his Kingdom burned within her chest. She allowed it to blind her reasoning and she began to blame him for everything that happened.She promised herself that she would hunt Andrew if she died there.She'd been making such plans when she noticed the potted gardenia again.With a lot of effort, she stood up, walked to it, and lifted it of
Andrew and the Compliant narrowed their eyes at Vanessa."Do you understand it? Can you see how clear the prophecy has become?" Vanessa asked,The Compliant and Andrew glanced at themselves and then back at Vanessa."You," She pointed at Andrew, "became the enemy, you were the destroyer. He used your body to commit all these atrocities. Right now your people do not trust you. You'll need to do a lot to regain their trust. The second prophecy has come to pass. Can't you see it? You aligned with the enemies, you brought harm to your people and if I didn't save you, you would have perished.""Oh." Andrew agreed, nodding. "Now I'm very curious about the 3rd and 4th ones. I wasn't one to believe in those prophecies. My husband did and I often mocked it for it. I didn't think the prophecy concerned us witches and hoped you didn't find the key. I even hexed you."Andrew shrugged, he didn't understand where she was going or what she was trying to say.Vanessa chuckled mirthlessly, "And afte
"Where am I?" Andrew growled. His eyes were still shut and he wasn't fully awake.Vanessa, who had been standing behind her kitchen counter from the moment she dropped him, shivered. He's not going to rip you apart. You saved him, remember? She repeated in her head."Where am I?" Andrew asked again, propping his eyes open, then shielding his face with his arms.His wolf prowled around restlessly in his head. It wanted blood and it wanted it now.Vanessa steadied herself by gripping her kitchen counter. Her knuckles turned white and the bones in her fingers threatened to snap.Andrew jolted up."Where the fuck am I?"A shudder ran through her body and she swallowed involuntarily."My home." She said, her voice sounding more confident than she'd expected.Andrew's head snapped in her direction and he growled. Vanessa could see the malice in his eyes and feel the anger rolling out from his pores. Gathering as much courage as could muster she stepped forward. "I've been waiting for
The first thing Shirley did when the bodies exchanged was to try to get hold of Caleb before he fell to the ground.Later on, she would regret it deeply and ask herself why she didn't disappear like she normally did. Maybe it had something to do with the mark from hell that she'd seen reappearing on Caleb's body.Shirley's illusion flickered and she could feel her powers waning out as she bent to check on Caleb and wondered why. After confirming that he hadn't been knocked dead, she vented out her frustration on him and tried to wake him up. After trying several spells that didn't work she shook him roughly and punched and kicked him but he remained unresponsive. She'd also said another couple of spells that were supposed to be potent and yet the effect remained the same."Coma!" She yelled, "You're in an induced Coma you son of a bitch! Motherfucker, you get to sleep while I think of a way to save us!"If she had stopped screaming then and paused to do the actual thinking, she would
The next morning Vanessa snuck into Brighton and stood amidst the crowd of werewolves standing before the platform in the form of a man. She had to dig up her husband's old spell books and read and practice them throughout the night before she was able to perfect the spell. She stood within wolves knowing that any mistake she made meant death. She trembled, her hands were balmy and her forehead was clouded with sweat. Although she was terrified about being exposed, she was more terrified about failing. It seemed like the fate of the whole world weighed on her shoulders and that was enough to make her shake. Before leaving Andrew, she'd given him a sleeping potion and was glad that it was still in effect when they dragged him out of the dungeon that morning."Who are you and what have you done with Vanessa?" She muttered under her breath. Never in a million years could she imagine that she, Vanessa, would dare to do what she'd been doing in the past few hours. It was very out of char
It was the time of reckoning. Caleb thought, trying as much as he could to keep a grim expression on his face when he was bouncing with excitement inside him. The platform had once again been set and the pack members gathered beneath it chatting away as they awaited the death of Brighton's number one enemy. The gates of the dungeon creaked open, shushing the crowd of onlookers. The advisors and some stakeholders, followed by a barrage of guards and warriors who dragged Caleb's unconscious body processed solemnly to the platform and ascended it. Caleb had never felt so powerful in his entire life and he loved it. Thrills of victory ran down his spine and he clasped his eyes shut and struggled to keep at bay, the smile that had been threatening to break out from his lips. "I still don't understand why we are hurrying his death." Someone murmured dispassionately.Caleb scowled as his head snapped toward the direction of the sound. It had come from one of the stakeholders.He sneered
A thrum of energy buzzed in Shirley's brain signifying that some of her spells had been activated. And she knew the exact ones, it was those she'd said to trap the moon witch.A slow smirk spread across her face and she ignored Vanessa's righteous rant. She'd come on her own with the idea of threatening her into submission. But the once pale woman had suddenly developed a backbone of her own and was now shooting back and matching Shirley word to word.Of course, Shirley was irritated and had started thinking that maybe it was time to slice her throat. Shirley's threats were like water on a rock to Vanessa and it amazed Shirley to see her fired up like that.Unexpectedly, the new members of the circle swooped in, grabbed her, and secured her. They'd been hunting for a few days now. Yet, instead of Vanessa cowering like she normally would, she screamed some more and accused Shirley of doing everything under the sun. It had started grating Shirley's nerves when her spells suddenly activa