AlexakisI woke up with a very strange feeling like there was a force acting on me; it was surreal. I stood up and walked about my room, seeing if that would make me feel any better but it wasn't working. I felt the force pulling me to the cave, but my body was still in my apartment.I decided to dress up and head for the cave. It was still so early in the morning and people were barely up. The atmosphere was so cool, and I loved it out here. I kept feeling pulled until I got to the cave.Claire was already there and I wondered what she was doing here so early. She looked at me in confusion like she didn't expect to see me there either but I ignored the look because I saw a figure in the bushes. I thought the figure must have followed her there, intending to harm her but stopped when it saw me.I couldn't think of the right thing to do at the moment because I was caught in between thoughts. I wanted to stay with Claire and speak with her as that might have been what pulled me to the c
Alexakis"Can I take you home?" The person asked as his head popped out from the side window, it was Marcus."What the fuck!" I exclaimed with all the strength I could muster, and Marcus started laughing. "Calm down, little Missus. I'm just... just playing around." He choked on his words a bit, and stepped out from the car; Angelo's car, putting out his arm over my shoulder and walking with me side by side."The boss is angry," I whispered."Oh yea, he lost some shipments some days ago and he's been very angry since then, putting pressure on everyone because of how much money he lost. It's been very tough and you wouldn't want to be around him now tho."I sighed. That was crazy to hear. No wonder he was so pissed, and this wasn't even the first time it was happening."Angelo thinks there's a spy within us, maybe someone was watching us, all his activities and is the one spoiling our affairs."Immediately he said that, I thought about the person that had been following me and how that
Claire."Claire! Table 12 needs a coffee!" Judith shouted for the second time. My head had been spinning round and round in circles and I couldn't think straight. I quickly poured the coffee into a mug and placed it in a saucer. I started walking towards the table but my legs still felt heavy and the pants I had put on weren't making it any easier. It was so tight, and I remembered wearing it because I thought it would have a big role to play in sucking up my emotions and making me feel good somehow so I could focus on work, but I guess I was wrong. I missed my step as I almost approached the table and the coffee spilt from my hand, pouring onto the person's cloth. I wished I had disappeared after that happened, but my body was still there. The manager was around observing all this while, and I was guessing the last days at my job were drawing closer by the minute."Shit" The woman exclaimed. She was a very pretty lady and she looked English, so it baffled me when she cursed because
ClaireI didn't realize that I had slept for so long as I turned on my bed to look outside the window and saw how dark it was. I stretched my hands towards the drawer at the top right of my bed and checked the time on the watch, sitting pretty on it. The time was 6:45 pm. Evie and Scott had stopped making noise, and it was quiet in the house. Their sound had almost driven me mad and I didn't know when the sleep crawled in. I planned to avoid father at all costs."Claire!!!" Father called. I guess my plan was short-lived. What was this call about? Father had never had to call me like this in a long time. The last time this happened was when he wanted to announce to me that he planned on remarrying and he had gotten a bride already. That was the next worst news I received since my mother passed. Had I not done the chores? Or was it the cooking? Nah, that was Becky's job. I took off my bed cover and went downstairs to the living room to meet dad. He had gone to his office, so I went th
Evie's POV.I walked out of Claire's room and shut the door behind me. I stood there, pressing my ears to the door, eavesdropping and hoping to hear her wail or scream as that would have given me the utmost joy. I stood for almost a minute but that didn't happen, so I walked back to my room, sadly. I didn't know why father had given me the position instead of his daughter, but I didn't care because I knew that I deserved it. Claire had not achieved anything by herself. She couldn't even make decisions, and I wondered what she uses her time to do all day aside from that miserable work of hers. I could never picture myself doing that. I had gathered so much money over my stay in college to be doing that. Being pretty and popular also had its perks. I received lots of gifts in cash and kind since everyone wanted to associate with me. I thought it would be harder in college, but I guess it wasn't so difficult to blend in after all. Someone knocked on my door softly."Hey, Evie." Mothe
ClaireThe day had barely begun and there were already people in the house. I hated it because I would have to be in the kitchen and living room a lot, making sure everyone was served. I rolled on my bed as I already expected someone to shout my name from where they were to come to do my work. My ego was still bruised from the words of my obnoxious sister and showing my face downstairs was too disgraceful for me. I wished I could wear someone else's face for the rest of the day, just so I won't be recognized by dad's guests.I got up from the bed and walked slowly down the stairs. It seemed like the number of people I thought were here in my head was not the same number I could see. They were multiplied. I recognized one of the men as dad's hunter and so, the rest of them had to be hunters too. I greeted one of them and all I got as a response was a fake nod. Did they all hate me? Had dad poisoned their minds towards me already? Today must be the day they were announcing Evie as the
AlexakisI walked down the street, trying not to be spotted by the man in front of me. Something felt suspicious about the whole thing. Angelo had told me to tail the man for no reason and I didn't know what I was supposed to do after doing this, I was tailing him for no reason. Back at the den, while Angelo told me about this errand, my wolf sense told me something was wrong but I couldn't place a finger on it. I decided to go for it after much persuasion. Marcus didn't go with me this time for some reason I couldn't phantom which was weird. Tailing this man was like filling a basket with water, there was no point because it felt like he had me going in circles and circles with no actual destination. I stopped for a bit and looked around. I had never been to this part of town and it seemed shady, I didn't want to get lost. I focused on my target and saw he wasn't there anymore, somehow he had bypassed my wolf sense and I couldn't feel him around. Something was going on and I neede
ClaireI didn't wake up on a good note today and I needed to shake it off, so I washed my face, put on my boots and stepped out. I didn't go to work today because of Evie's ceremony that was to take place soon, and I needed to prepare everything that was required. I needed some bit of fun to lighten up the mood at least, so I took a walk and hoped I would see any park that would be open. I had a terrible dream the previous night about Alex dying and I woke up crying. The dream wasn't exactly vivid so I couldn't tell who was behind the bow that struck him down. Maybe it was a sign for me to reach out to him, but I was unwilling. If he had wanted to see me, he would have come around at least, like he used to do. I was up in bed for a while before I got up, so stores had opened and it was getting quite busy out here. I stopped at my cafe and greeted Judith, thankfully the manager wasn't around. "Hey Claire, it's been a very long while since I saw you. When are you coming back? I've mi