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"He was held captive by the old woman since he was a destructive demon who had slaved many girls and destroyed their lives. And the wise woman had caught him once when she went to treat an ill minor girl. She had found the ifrit in her body and after bringing him out, she fought him until he lost and seized him in a cave far away from the human dwellings in a place that was older than our existence. She guarded it with spells and stuff that would keep him locked inside for years until the mining companies and archeologists arrived at the place.
They dug it open and unknowingly released him in the process and he directly flew back to the old woman's place in order to kill her." It sounded like one of the stories taken from Arabian nights' Story book.
Zander and Ryley unquestionably stared at him with dropping jaws and eyes which never blinked. If they had been anime characters stuck in a world of perils or for that
89 “Where the hell is Zander? He had promised to let me copy his notes.” Yeoman sighed as his eyes gawked at the threshold of the canteen from time to time. Wendy flickered her lashes over his words and twisted her mouth in irritation. She slapped him on the head and scoffed, “This is why you have been waiting for him, idiot! I thought you really missed him as he had not attended school for over a week.” “I do miss him alright. But a promise is a promise, and I won’t go to the next class until he fulfils it.” He replied and returned her slap back to her and flinched back in order to tackle her following punch. "You are so stupid, Yeoman. That Guy has not come for seven days and his notes are yet completed. And you... Your presence or absence makes no bloody sense." Clark said While Wendy rose from her seat in frustration and hovered over Yeoman’s head as her tiny fists hit him on the forehead, head and mout
90"Which is your favorite flavour, Britney?" Looking at Rayne's best friend, Zander asked her."Black current." She merrily replied."And Reyne would take a Vanilla and Chocolate mix. Okay then. I will be back with your ice cream." He answered and left the two girls alone. Britney amusingly arched her brows as Zander didn't ask his mate and just mentioned the flavour she would have.Obviously... He might be knowing her likes and dislikes!As he hit his steps further, Britney and Reyne watched him go away with an overwhelmed and happy grin. The entire day after lectures was bliss. Neither of the two girls could have had such an amazing trip if it was not for the wild wolves.One can say that the image of themselves they had formed in people's eyes was negative whereas in truth they were the sweetest guys.They joked, pulled each other
91 Zander's POV I get it today why Ryley used to tell me that, "You will know what real pain is once you find your mate." because the bickering and fights arising with relation to her are real nuisance. And my mate, one for all, is a type of mate that only appears cute and lovely from the outside but she is a bigger badass than me from the inside and I love it. Her sharp tongue and spicy replies to Yeoman sank my heart more and more into the ocean of devotion. She is just like my type of girl. "Why are you angry at me, Reyne? What did I do?" I loosened my hold on the mic button on w******p and the voice message was sent to her. She has not talked to me since she abandoned me at the ice cream parlour with my friends. She sees all that I have to say to her and leaves it unanswered, punishing me with her silence. I have gro
Zander's POVIt took us some while before we pulled the car across Reyne's house.Its wedgewood roof glowed in the moon light while the lamps igniting near the snow fence around the house made it look like a house as shown in a Disney movie.The strings of my heart quivered as I saw the lights on the windows glowing. Something throbbed in my chest and for the first time I felt intimidated. Gosh, this was never in my nature. I never fretted but this girl and her aura... It is something else which I cannot restrain."Why did you stop the car, Zany?" My sweety blinked at me with her eyes as she sucked on her forefinger.I gave her chubby cheeks a stroke and then smiled, "We have reached Reyne's house.""We came already?""Yes, we did, baby. Now it's the most difficult part," I peeked out at the window of her roo
Night darkened outside the window. The clouds thickened as they sought to keep the moon astray like fog that does to a traveler on a lonely road.The noise of the night insects slowly reduced and it eventually vanished like they were never singing. All the birds that were quietly observing the unseen side of the world that was alien to the human gaze stuck together with their partners and babies in the nests for the view before them daunted each feather on their bodies.The lights Zander had narrated as an ignition by the side of the fence around Reyne's house were now flickering. Going on and off. On and off. Then on and off it continued with a wheezing sound as though the filament was about to heat up beyond the point it could take and finally burst.Amidst all the mishappening that was taking place outside the house, Reyne remained in her room with Zander on top of her while Milan tenderly snored next to t
94 Zander’s POV Across the canvas of my closed eyelids, I saw a face as bright as the morning sun with eyes glimmering as if diamonds under light. The lips were smiling at me softly making me feel warm inside. I had an urge to touch them with my own mouth and drink the glossy juice of red they were stained with. When the lashes of those eyes flickered, my heart skipped a beat as I gasped at the serene look of them. Those cheeks were red as beet. One could get a shade of it on their fingers if they brushed them on the curvatures of her facade. I had sought to do exactly the same when I lifted my hand. No sooner had I settled the tips of my fingers on her soft skin, she turned into a pack of butterflies and scattered everywhere around me, those later took the shape of smoke and draped me back and forth until I could see nothing but darkness. And then suddenly
"Milan, baby you're okay?" With his shoulder bleeding and painful cramps twisting his stomach where he was punctured by the Ifrit, Zander dashed inside Milan's special ward, caring least about himself. He held her close to his chest as his heavy breaths hit against her tender shoulder. He was shivering in fear. The tears of terror trickled below his lower lashes as he kissed her everywhere on her hair and shoulder. "Milan," His voice cracked, throat turned dry. Words got stuck in his dry throat and chest became heavy. "Zany, the monster hit me here, look." She stretched her little hands out for him to take a glance on her white soft skin. She was fine until she saw Zander and now her eyes were starting to get wet. His heart sank at the view. There were deep scratches and nail marks so deep they didn't look normal. Her arms were tiny hence the marks and scratches seemed extraordinarily b
The door behind Jason unfastened and Ryley appeared from it. He passed a grin of hesitation as he landed his eyes on his alpha father. ‘You must stay out of this, Ryley. I know it would be hard for you to follow my instruction as Zane is your friend but you will have to try. Not for yourself but the pack and for your mother. You are the future of this pack. I don’t want both the leaders of the pack falling into danger.” He recollected his father’s words from the other night that he told to him once they arranged to transport an injured Zane to the hospital. However, how could he not interfere in this matter? It was not just about his friend damn it… but also about being loyal to their friendship. No matter the time, situation, fights, or any other obstacle; Zander always came to his help. Last year when it was Ryley in this place, Zander did come for his aid even when he was not told about Valen being his mate. He was angry yet he ran side by side with him an
(Last chapter) Five days later, In the lounge of the hospital beside the reception desk, Valen stood with her phone in one of her hands and a package in the other. She stomped her foot impatiently as she glanced at a recently received message, seething in vexation. 'Stuck in the traffic!' "Oh, moon goddess! Why do you have to mate me with such a dumb f*ck bastard." She cried— like she was a wolf, with a baby face and pout she was adored for. Then another message appeared on her screen that turned her facial expressions even sour and bitter. 'A bloody red lory has blocked my way. It's not moving further, not letting me do so.' "Oh Jesus, I will kill you, Ryley Shine." Valen shrieked, this time like a human, earning amusing looks from the passers-by and the watchman who was sitting across a huge television, keeping
117 "Tell me, I am on time." He said amidst his uneven respiration as he stood with his torso bent forward and hands resting on his knees, working on stabilizing his breathing. His beta entered the room behind him, "You are, Ryan." "How long has he been dead for?" Alpha Ryan asked coming to his full height even though his breathing had not braced up. He discerned the clueless faces of Zander's kith and kin waiting for an answer. When none came, his beta stepped next to him and disclosed, "Less than twenty-four hours. We still have time— but not much!" "Great. That's enough time." Alpha Ryan expressed his delight at his beta's reply with a clap of hands as the others gawked at him. Their doubtfully teary eyes stayed affixed on his face as he, standing as an odd one out, smiled in the whole room.
116A storm of grief, they never anticipated, knocked their senses down.Anyone and everyone, who walked inside the ward Zander's corpse was placed in, returned with an expressionless face. He was just too young to die. Nobody believed their eyes when they walked in, but when they returned, they realized it was indeed true.His parents and friends stayed lined up by the side of the wall adjacent to his ward's door, weeping.His father had awoken with a smile, hoping to see the others safe within the boundaries of their pack- back in their sweet home. But the news he was dawned with, trembled his very core, muting him for several times before his wife broke into his ward.They held each other in a forlorn embrace and shared their pain. Their first child, their son... Was gone.The doctors warned him not to leave the bed yet Mr. Brown overstepped thei
115"Noooooo! Zander, my son.. He Can't... He can't die!" Mrs. Brown melted to the ground, her body loosely flattened, wailing deeply on top of her voice."C-control yourself, Mrs. Brown. You..." Ryley, who had been attempting to handle her, himself felt his throat choke as tears blurred his vision.The news that they received was itself so shaking and bewildering that none of them was ready to believe it. Zander was dead. He died whilst saving his mate. The Paladin Alpha sacrificed his life to save the others.When in the morning the Gamma hastily rushed to woods land after receiving a call of trepidation, all of them prayed for the well-being of all the Alphas and betas who've gone on the rescue mission with Zander.Although the Gamma left in his car, he returned with five ambulances behind him that paused across the hospital gate. It was Ryley who was given a call by doctor Jason to come ov
114“Zane!” his father shrieked, perceiving him wail in discomfort.A big chunk of glass stayed stabbed in his stomach. Blood slipped at his temple given that his head hit against a sharp rock, making the world around him spin.He did not get a second to steady himself as the ifrit galloped near him. He lifted Zander by his neck, his hold tightening around it. The wisp sound of his slow squeezing at zander’s neck had his father roar manically while he plunged at the demon, turning into his wolf.His canines pierced through the shoulder of the arm that was clasping Zander in his hold, and caused him to loosen his grip. Zander plummeted at the ifrit’s feet coughing and gasping for air.“He was dead, wasn’t he?” there was a faint tremor in alpha Hercules’ tone.Nobody had any answer except for shocking gasps and he
113Satisfaction. It was a kind of satisfaction he never derived before. Not from bullying or hurting people. It can only be derived through killing... Killing the enemy.His chest swelled in pleasure and eyes brightened. The scent of Reyne stayed in his breaths. The air held her fragrance, which his lungs gladly sucked in.Those alphas waiting out there said that they would leave as soon as they found Reyne— without creating any scene, but he couldn't stop. He had to kill him. Kill them all. They tortured his Reyne. They threatened their kind. And hunters... He killed him half right when he mentioned them.But it was over. Zane killed them here and the doppelgangers killed his psycho wife there.He smiled to himself as he rushed ahead. He just wanted to get to his Reyne and hold her tight. His crawl was quick. Zane was moving further steadily until— he witn
112She was threatened to not cry as it would ruin her make-up. Reyne couldn't keep up with their threats though. With the grief of her father's death weighing down on her chest, she sat in the cage wearing nothing but a flimsy tight one piece suit that covered her from knuckle to neck.She was told they would come to take her out on the stage. She was supposed to end the show, using her shape-shifting technique as the show stopping demonstration. Earlier she tried to refuse and what they did was whip her in the back. They scared her to do even worse that she easily gave up.Worse was that they put her in a cage. A real freaking cage as though she was an animal. She was not an animal. Damn it. She was an extraordinary creation. That's all. Who was going to explain it to the humans notwithstanding.Now Reyne could apprehend the meaning of her father's words, that he used to say all this while. Thi
111With his mouth pressing at hers, Zander looked around the room with his peripheral vision. It was a vast area. As far as he can see, there were doors and huge corridors.He assumed he would note the region in his mind during the kiss, and go away after knocking her down. But surprisingly, he didn't know what to do.His inside curled. The thought of Reyne made a wild current of dissatisfaction run down his spine. Still, he continued moving his mouth on her as he guided his hands around her waist.Just as heat of pleasure wormed within her, she eased down. The heat helped loosen her tight muscles and seize her trembling. Finally when Zander recognized she would not backfire his plan of occupying her sexually, he parted and stared in her eyes with a fake smirk."I've been wanting to do that since I saw you outside the theatre. You are hot!" She tilted her head back and
110A physical flash and burn shocked Zander to the core with its all-encompassing depth and strength and power as he hissed in exasperation at the view across from him.They were in the theatre where the Mad Magician's magic show was flaring in full swing. All the werewolves including himself were astonished observing the crowd that had gathered to see his show. Oh no, it was not because he was showing anything extraordinary as for now, but because of the slogan he had used in the advertisement regarding shape-shifting demonstration which was going to happen toward the end of the show, as a show stopping magic demonstration.In that instant, every other thought and emotion had ceased to exist except for a cascade of urgent directives to kill that bastard of a man he watched standing in the middle of the stage, showing some magic trick of fire through a woman."That's Phoebe Augusti