MELISSA'S POV"By the way, when we leave for our kingdom, who is going to take control of your company, while we are gone? It's hard to find good people you can leave things to." I said, worried that all his sweat and blood, would go for nothing."Uhm… regarding that, I already have someone trustworthy in mind." Stefan said as he interlinked his fingers, and laid them each on both his knees."Who is that?""Edward."I was surprised he mentioned Edward. I never expected that he would mention anyone who even works in the company, and even if he would, one would expect that he would choose someone whose position is next to his."Edward? Why Edward? You barely talk to him." I said, looking baffled."You see, Melissa. Everyone who is working at Stefan's Design, both old and young, I have kept my eye on them, right from when they were young. I studied them, and when I was pleased with their personality and skills, I led them here, indirectly, and hired them. Alicia was really cool, and nice
STEFAN’S POV.“Shit!” There was traffic, and it seemed like it was going to take a long while, before I would be able to get through. So, I decided to take a short cut.I wasn’t going to let Melissa die, as long as I still had ways to save her. Then I picked up my phone, and dialed Diego’s number. Thankfully, I got him a phone, just in case I needed to get through to him, especially since I didn’t know when we were going to leave the human world.~flashback~“Here. Take this phone. Just in case I need you, I will reach you on this. Ensure it is always with you.” I said.“Wow. It’s so cool. I will always keep it with me, Alpha.” Diego said, looking happy.~back to reality~“Hello, Alpha.” He finally answered his call, after his phone had been ringing for a while.“I need you to search around Melissa’s street, to be on the look out for her. I just have a feeling that the person she might be with, might be possessed.” “Oh! On it.!” Diego responded.I kept driving through the road, whi
STEFAN'S POV.After Melissa had had her conversation with him, I stepped in. I could see that he was looking better, and brighter than when he was hurt, and I was glad that he stayed alive."How are you feeling, now?" I asked, out of concern."I'm feeling much better. Thank you, sir.""You are welcome. I have something I'll like to talk to you about, and I hope you are in a good condition to hear it." I said.Edward sat up, carefully, looking curious."I am in a good condition, boss. I really do hope it isn't a bad news." Edward said.Most people saw Edward as someone who wouldn't budge at anything, but that was just his outer appearance, and the way he made himself, seem. But he was soft, inside, although strong, but he would never be able to take in a bad news, and be fine, in a few days."Well, thankfully, it isn't what I'll call a bad news." I could see signs of relief in him, and he was ready to hear me out."Edward, I am going on a journey, which could take me years to come ba
MELISSA'S POV.When it was closing, I didn't stay around, that much as I needed to do what I had in mind to do. Since Edward was now the CEO of Stefan's Design, I knew that it wouldn't be long before we would have to leave.I met Diego at the entrance of the company. He had been waiting patiently for me, and I was pleased with how things were going according to plan."Turn off your phone." I said as I got to him"My phone?""Yeah. When Stefan gets home, he'll try to reach you when he doesn't see you. You won't be able to lie to him, so turn off your phone." I said, again.Then he brought out his phone and turned it off. And we took a cab. In about thirty minutes, we got to our destination."Melissa, where have you been? I've been trying to call you, and I have even gotten to your house, several times, but I have never been able to meet you." Layla said, with worry."I'm fine, Layla. By the way, I came to inform you that we'll be going to the beach to have fun." I smiled, trying to ma
MELISSA'S POV.I followed Stefan and Diego to the portal that was going to transport us back to our kingdom. I was nervous, though. It had been years since I stepped foot on that kingdom, and if I recall right, I was dead to them all.Things might not be easy, but we were all determined to pass through the difficult phase, and get things done."Thank goodness we got here, today. By tomorrow, this portal would have closed up." Diego said.I looked at the portal, it was reducing in size, and in a few hours, no one in the form of a human would be able to pass through it. There would only be a space for a dog, cat, wolf, etc. We were lucky that we decided to leave, today."Melissa, I mean, Jana. Are you ready?"I was taken aback that he had called me Jana as I wasn't expecting it."You have to accept that you are now fully Jana, or this portal will not accept you in. And we can't leave without you.""What If you both go, and then I wasn't successful at making myself acknowledge that I am
STEFAN’S POV.Then the man ran towards me, and bowed to me.“Alpha, you are back.” He said, and the others bowed as well.“Who are you?” I asked.“I am Dane. I was one of your guards, when you were still here.” He responded.“I see. Where is Melissa?” I asked, but they all looked at me, like they were baffled.Diego came closer to me, and whispered.“You mean Luna Jana.”“Oh, I mean Jana.”“She is with the women in the deeper part of the woods. Luna Jana is fine.”“Alright, lead me there.” I instructed.I was led to where Melissa was said to be, and when I got there, I noticed that they had built huts, and a few children were playing around, with a few numbers of women, preparing what seemed to be dinner.Then I spotted Melissa, showing a particular child, affection, and when she noticed me, she ran towards me, with a wide smile, and hugged me.“I knew I would still see you again.” She said, with a smile on her face.“When it comes to that, never lose hope.” I said, with a slight smi
MELISSA’S POV.The next day, I sat somewhere around the woods, all by myself, lost in thoughts.It was really frightening to be in this kind of situation, but I didn’t want Stefan to sense my fear, so I tried inspiring him, mustering up my courage, and trying my best to hide my doubts from him.I didn’t want to think like a coward, but if I was allowed to, I would have loved it if we could go back to the human world to continue our life, and avoid any problem as big as this.But I understood the fact that he had to fight this fight. He was the people’s hope, and I couldn’t out of selfishness and cowardice, leave this place.“Is there anything you are worrying about, Luna?” Diego asked as he walked towards me.I looked up at him, and gave a slight smile.“Currently, I am not the luna of any kingdom, so refrain from calling me luna. And call me by my name.”“It was easy to call you Melissa, but I do not think it would be easy to call you by your original name.” He said, looking at me,
MELISSA’S POV.“Hide.” My father mouthed, with worry, clearly seen in his expression.Diego held my hand, and led me to the bathroom, which was possible for me to eavesdrop on their conversation, and thankfully, I could see them, through a hole.I watched as they barged in to the house, and horror filled me as I sniffed in the Alpha aura. He must be valon.“Do you remember our last conversation, three full moons ago?” valon asked.“Y…yes I do.” My father stuttered in response.I hated to see my father that way, but there was nothing I could do. My strength was little compared to the warriors that were following Valon. And Diego and I could certainly not take them down, together.“Good. I have come back here, because I feel you ought to have prepared your daughter for me.” Valon said.What? That was certainly me they were talking about. How did Valon know about me, and why was he asking for me?“She…she hasn’t appeared here. I do not think she is back in the kingdom, either, because s
MELISSA'S POV.Bonus Chapter.I got out of the swirling portal and wiped my hair to the back as it had scattered due to the wind. Oh, my. It has been a long while since I got here. It feels like second home.I walked out of the woods and then when I got to the road side, I brought out the currency I had kept since I left here and then hailed a cab.“Taxi!” I hailed the cab and got into it. I sat back and exhaled, ready to enjoy the ride.“Where to, ma’am?” He asked, politely.“Stefan’s Design, please.”I wanted to see how Edward was doing after all these months. I was certain he was doing well as he was a good leader and was capable of leading the people well. As soon as I got to the company, I ensured I put on the cap I brought along with me, so I won’t be recognized by anyone here. What explanation would I give them all if they caught sight of me? So, it was best for me to go unnoticed.I walked up to the vending machine and smiled as I recalled beautiful memories here, especial
STEFAN'S POV.It was a bright new day and this day felt different. Of course, it was the day to determine if we were going to win this war or not. But I had faith that our fate had something better in store for us all."It's time, right?" Melissa asked."Yes." Then I turned to the three warriors, Diego and Natasha. "We might face fear, hurdles and problems that seem bigger than us all, but we'll never back out until we win. Are we ready to fight this war!" I voiced out in confidence."Yes, Alpha!" They all chorused and then we headed out of the witches' kingdom back to the woods.While walking in the woods, Diego spoke up."The witches were really selfish this time, apart from giving Luna Jana back to us. If they couldn't fight the war, they could have at least, given us something which could be helpful to us." Diego pouted."It's fine, Diego. I believe we will win this war." "With or without them." Natasha added, with confidence."That's the spirit! It's time to show Valon the grea
MELISSA'S POV.I was in the room which they had kept me in, with my wounds magically healed. I was thankful that the witches had saved me, but I feared that they would be just another enemy whom I had gotten into their hands.Suddenly, the door creaked open and I noticed one of the witches at the door."You need to come out. Our Queen has asked for your presence." She informed me, without a smile."Do you think she wants to strike me dead or so something really nasty to me?" I asked, out of anxiousness."Please come out before things get nasty." She replied.Why were they so uptight here? I guess that's why they still stood strong, because they didn't allow any slight weakness to destroy them. They were queens over their weaknesses.I slowly followed her out to her meeting hall and to my surprise, I noticed Stefan, standing right before her."Melissa." He called out to me, looking touched."Stefan." I called out to him, softly as I covered my mouth with my hand.I couldn't believe it
STEFAN’S POV.It was a new day, and finally, we had gotten to the witches’ kingdom. I was glad that at least up to seven men made it with me and I hoped that what we came here for was going to be successful and not abortive.The witches were hard to please and to plead to them was a really difficult thing to do with a low chance of being helped. I was lucky that I was helped many years ago without too much effort and I hoped it would be the same, this time, because we didn’t have much time to waste anymore.We got to the large gate and we were stopped by two of their female guards. As fragile as they looked, they were really powerful. One could sense power going through their veins and you wouldn’t want to upset them.“Please allow us in. We have an important matter to talk about to your Queen.” I pleaded.“Our Queen do not want us to allow people in, so you have to go back.” One of them said, with a straight face.“Please you have to allow us in. We came all the way here and tried o
STEFAN'S POV.“Holy shit!”I knew that there were different supernatural but I never knew that there was one like this. She charged towards us and in one strike, she killed three men and then slashed Diego’s skin.“Aaargh!” Diego groaned in pain as he dropped down to the floor.“Her slashes are painful. The only way to kill her is to aim our claws at her heart.” Natasha informed me.“Alright, I guess we have to watch her moves closely as she is really fast.”“Exactly!”I nodded and Natasha and I charged towards her and we were able to avoid her claws. We successfully darted our claws at her heart and she became weak and fell to the ground and was dying slowly.“I think we should stop digging into her heart. Probably we can give her a chance or sort. She might agree to join us in our journey.”“No, Stefan. Do not be in a hurry to gain more people to fight with you. Her kind are deceptive in nature and the second chance you give her, she will ensure she kills you and trust me, that sec
MELISSA’S POV.What am I going to do? I began to think hard and it felt as if my heart which was beating fast was too loud for me to hear my thoughts and I almost screamed at this. Then a thought came to me and Immediately, I put in action.Any wrong move or wrong act could take away the bit of trust he had given me today. I quickly sat on his bed and crossed my legs, then I tried to calm myself so I do not look suspicious.“Phew! You can do this.” I sighed and encouraged myself.Then the door creaked open and my chest heaved up, refusing to go down. Valon walked into the room and his expression showed how surprised he was to see me.“What are you doing here, Jana? What do you want or should I say to what pleasure do I owe your presence?” He inquired while he stood, gazing at me.“I came to ask for a favor.”“What favor is that?” He asked, with his furrowed brows, becoming more obvious.“I want a personal guard. In fact, I need a personal guard. Ever since you gave me one just to tes
MELISSA’S POV.I didn’t know if this could be a trap or not and I wouldn’t want to fall into something like this, so I had to carefully choose my words and know the right action to take while in this dungeon.“I guess a lot of things have gotten into your head. Help me check if there is anything like a letter in your cell.” Then he scoffed. “I know about the letter which you are looking for.” He blurted out as he held the bars of his cell.If truly he knew what I was looking for and could say something really informative, it was best to ask him but I needed to try my best not to sound desperate.“You know about the letter, really? Well, if you do, where is it?” I asked, hoping he was going to tell me without I having to go through any sort of stress.“Not so fast, Luna.”“What do you want?” I let out my frustration.“I will tell you all you need to know if you are able to persuade Valon to set me free from the dungeon.”“But you do not deserve to be there. You and I both know that.
STEFAN’S POV.Night had fallen and Natasha, Diego and I, were brought out and the crowd gathered to watch the fight between Theodore and I. Some of them seem excited while some had expressions of dread on their faces.“Now Alpha, it is time for us to have a match. Are you ready or you are still warming up?” Theodore asked, looking down at me.I glanced at Natasha and Diego. Diego was looking angry while Natasha was calm. I also stared at the crowd and I could feel the atmosphere was tense around them as well, then I looked back at Theodore who was acting foolish.To me, he was just like a boy whom I needed to correct and knock some senses into his head.“I know very well that you are mocking me and if I were to look at our age, I am very much older than you. I am not interested in bragging about how I could knock you out in a second.” I said to him and he snickered.Then I turned to the crowd.“You all are wasting the strength and the time that is needed for more important things tha
MELISSA’S POV.I mustered up my courage and walked up to him.“So, you requested to see me. What do you want to see me for? I am all ears.” “I actually agreed at the last minute to do what you wanted me to do back then, but the guard decided not to allow me out of the drum.”I had also planned that I would use the guard’s hatred towards me to my advantage. After all, the wicked go down.“So, what you are saying is that he intentionally left you to die.” Valon tried to make sense of what I had just said to him.“That’s correct.” I affirmed, trying to maintain how fast my heart was beating.I wouldn’t want him to be suspicious of my moves.“Well, I do not believe you. If I have to believe you, then I will need evidence.” He replied as he clasped his fingers and rested his chin on them.“What evidence do you need? Because I am certain that you will get evidence. I know he hates me and wants to get rid of me.”“The only way I can get my evidence of what you claimed is if I make him your