This was a challenge he never expected to encounter, especially not this night.Ian had been able to leave the pack house without arousing attention. By that time, he was sure that the men that were in the late Alpha’s bedroom had mostly left, so he had assumed that he would not face any trouble on his way back to the outskirts of the Pack compoundHow wrong he was about that.Before Ian even made it ten steps away from the house, he was suddenly confronted by a group of wolves. They could not have been more than ten, Ian thought, but they clearly were lying in wait for him by the way their eyes glinted at him and they growled, with their furs standing on end. This was enough to raise Ian’s hackles.So, the people had left him a leaving party to send him off, he thought grimly, before raising his voice to speak out, “I am no threat to you. Why don’t you all let me pass and we will speak nothing of this?”But there was no response other than even louder growls at him. It was clear they
Gabriella was finally there. She turned her car off the intersection and onto the street where her brother’s home was. She was sure that Sky had not thought that she would be coming this afternoon, so quickly after she promised to visit. Therefore, she was able to make this visit a surprise. Perhaps Sky would be a lot happier by the time she saw Gabs there.Her hands tightened on the steering wheel as she drove down the street. She had not yet really thought about her brother Jay and his possible whereabouts. From what Sky had said before, he was probably at Elder Quinn’s place. But what if something had really happened to Scarlett and Elder Quinn? What then?And she still wondered why Sky had not taken Oliver’s vision into account. Was her sister-in-law reacting with fear, or was there a reason for it?Gabrielle sighed, shaking her head as she neared the house now in full view. There was no point in overthinking about things like this – that would be like shutting the barn door after
It was all another waste. And wasn’t it the most displeasing thing ever.Another day was gone, and Meera the witch angrily headed back to her coven. Anyone who saw her with her eyes blazing and her magic flaring up so badly that things were thrown about with her in the vicinity, were certainly staying away. Now, she had dropped the disguise of the she-wolf that she had worn for two days. Being in the comfort of her master bedroom in the coven, she felt no fear of being discovered for any reason. The only thing on her mind was how useless the days had been, one after the other. It was just infuriating, she thought with her blood boiling.She waved her hand carelessly and conjured up a tall and large wine glass filled with her favorite expensive red wine. As she took a sip, then another, she found herself thinking furiously about everything, while still pacing around the wide roomNot only had she been unable to find any clue of the she-wolf’s whereabouts, but she had also been in that
Oliver had finally reached the last turn on the road, now seeing the Welcome sign that signified that he had reached the town as he had wanted. He sighed in relief. He was there now, and the destination was not far away. Driving a little way longer, he began to think of the names of the street he saw on the map in his father’s study. He took several twists and turns, hoping he was going the right way until he finally saw what he was looking for. Good, he thought, easing up on the gas pedal.Now he finally reached the spot where he remembered Elder Quinn’s house to have been located, just a little off the path. The teen drove further, and parked in one of the car parks of the shops nearby, before exiting it and locking the car. His boots crunched the fallen leaves on the concrete as he walked towards the place where he would take the path to Elder Quinn’s house. He had never been there before, but he remembered the map that he had found in his father’s study the first time that Scarlet
Oliver kept as far a distance as he could manage as he kept on following the girl, who seemed to be muttering to herself. He could not risk catching her attention and ending up getting accused of stalking her, or worse. She could even be dangerous, and end up attacking him if she ever caught sight of him. No, he told himself while ducking behind a large bush and ignoring the strange looks he got from a passerby. It was better that he was not seen.The girl was strange. And it was not just because she was muttering to herself whilst walking to a place that Oliver had no idea where it would lead. Her aura was different. And it was that which had caught his attention. The vision he had seen on catching the hem of her dress had been strong and had caught him unawares. He did not know what to make of it, and it was still in his mind even now. The thought of what had happened in the vision coming to fruition sent shivers down his back. It was unlike anything he had ever seen.What was wr
The two women sat in the living room, with their meals half-eaten. The atmosphere was quiet, yet there was a layer of tension in the room.Gabs was trying to mind-link with Jay, and Sky was watching her husband’s twin sister scrunch her face as the lonely, anxious Luna had thoughts racing through her head. She really did hope that Gabs would be able to find Jay because it was very important.Sky’s eyes ran over her sister-in-law’s face, whose eyes were shut tightly as if Gabs was trying to concentrate. As she noted Gabs’ eyes having one or two more fine lines, an air of nostalgia suddenly hit Sky. It felt like only yesterday that all of them were teenagers. Yes, they had dealt with a lot of issues then, and things were not as rosy then as they were now between all of them.A lot of things had changed, as they rightly should. Now, Jay and she had Oliver and Scarlett, who had already turned 18. And Gabs had her human mate, with children as well.Skyler frowned to herself, feeling appreh
The principal, Mr. Payne, was silent as he watched Sky pace from left to right relentlessly in the small office. He had his hands clasped over the desk, and his expression looked pinched as if he was in pain. And he might as well be, with the mother that was more intimidating than he could recall, barging into his office at his break time and telling him that he needed to answer her questions on where her son was if he was not in school.Privately, Mr. Payne was beginning to think he needed to retire. Maybe bowing out gracefully was better than being brow-beaten by another intimidating parent demanding he answer for the children’s misdemeanors.Watching the woman pace in the same disturbing rhythm as the last hundred times, the man decided to try again to get her to calm down.“Madam, you can have a seat,” he began, “I am sure we can get to the bottom of this-”His speech was immediately cut off.“Get to the bottom of what? That my son is missing and not in school, and you want me to
Meera kept walking down the worn path, which was invisible to any normal human. Only supernatural beings would be able to see the path to this place, and only once given entry, would anyone be able to enter Hades through there.Her eyes glinted as she saw the cave come into focus. There was a shimmer in the air there, which was a sign of wards being put over it, to deter anybody who dared come for nefarious purposes.The witch rolled her eyes, snorting to herself as she neared the place. Did any of them think that these measly wards would deter her if she really came to destroy them? With a shrug, she walked through the invisible, shimmering wall, and the wards broke instantly. bells went off in her head, but she kept walking until she finally reached the mouth of the cave.Those witches had to have now known that she was here, she thought with a frown on her transformed face. The words she had just passed through were probably for that purpose. Oh well, she thought, waving her hand
Chapter 92Meera could not believe what was happening in front of her. She had been watching the little play that she found amusing, she had to give it to them that the wolves indeed had a flair for the dramatic. The way they were all standing and looking like they had just received the biggest shock of their lives amused her to no end. It was almost as if they still thought they would be able to save her and even if they thought they did, it was just something that made her laugh even more. Scarlett had been destined for death the moment she had been captured by Meera and she had been smiling just a few minutes ago at the amount of pain that she was causing the wolves to feel.Then the Oliver boy had done something, she felt the thrum of magic from him and her heart lurched as she realized that she had made a very big mistake. She thought Scarlett was one of a kind, the only wolf with a special ability and even though she had been seeing Oliver around he even tried to attack her beca
The head of hades saw that they were indeed taking their time to consider what their options might be. He was here, waiting, while they discussed if he was trustworthy or not. He felt he had made the right choice by changing his appearance, if he had appeared to them as his normal self then they would have never even looked at him twice talking less of considering what he was proposing. He got the feeling that they were also the recipients of one of Meera's bad actions, from what he heard she had kidnapped the daughter of these wolves and that was something that he did not understand. Why would Meera be interested in the daughter of some wolves, it must mean that there was something else that he was not seeing here. There must be something about the girl that Meera felt interesting, and to be sincere, he only knew one thing that would make Meera even stress herself to abduct the daughter of two alpha wolves.There was something different about these wolves though, the boy that was st
Scarlett woke up to find Meera staring at her. Eleanor was not in the room and she didn't even realize that she had been so tired. The ordeal she has passed through these past few days made her feel like she was made of concrete and everywhere ached in her. She wasn't even sure what was what anymore, her leg felt numb, and the fact that she didn't sense Meera's presence when she came back in meant that she was also tired mentally too. She felt even more exhausted after the small chat she had with Oliver and the fact that she slept on the floor wasn't helping either, and now she had to deal with Meera looking at her like she was some unsatisfactory product.Meera already knew what she was there for. She had come to pacify Eleanor a bit and the little witch had asked for some permission to go out. She wanted to go to a mall. Meera sent her out with two guards, she was the ruler of the court of hades now so she had them at her beck and call, and she hoped that Eleanor would take an inter
Scarlett had just heard something that she considered unbelievable. She was sure that something was off because Meera just called herself someone's grandmother. She had actually been thinking that Meera was Eleanor's mother, all the acts of love and the fact that Meera looked so young, too young to be anyone's grandmother if she was being sincere, she could see that something might have happened at the court they went to. Eleanor seemed impatient for the power that she was promised to her and Meera also looked like she had a major headache and she didn't have the time to tolerate whatever insolence Eleanor might want to display.She also made a very shocking revelation right now, she was a grandmother but yet she looked like someone in her early thirties, a very young face and aura emanated off her and Scarlett could tell that wasn't normal. It was something to make yourself look young but Scarlett doubted that was what Meera was doing.She must have stolen someone's body. Meera was a
At the moment some issues were transpiring in the pack house. Jay and Skyler seemed to have gotten into a big fight and they were busy arguing with one another.Jay kept on insisting that Skyler return to the city to oversee the affairs of the huge pack house and businesses they had there. It would be unreasonable for the both of them to abandon the affairs of the pack for so long, but Skyler was adamant. She swore never to return until she saw her daughter again. She could not even believe that Jay was asking her to abandon the whole matter and go back to the city. She knew that what Jay was saying would be the right thing to do, the pack was as much as a family would ever be to them. They were the leaders of the pack and they needed to be there for the pack but she was not going to abandon her family again.While they were in the midst of their arguments, Oliver ran to them panting. He had left the room for some fresh breath earlier and now this."What is the matter?" both Jay and S
The rest of the pack including Ian finally arrived at the pack house, the heavy atmosphere that they carried along with them was evident in the way they all sat with their head bowed and lost in thought.Oliver could not believe what had just happened, he felt guilty for thinking that Meera wasn't a threat and that Scarlett would be safe no matter what happened, to him, all that was going on wasn't just fair. First Scarlet got tortured in front of them and she gets taken to heaven knows where after that. He felt they should have attacked Meera all at a go the minute that she dared to work her foul magic on Scarlett and that was something that he resented not doing.Leia sensing his anger tried to touch him so he could calm down but he yanked his hand away and went to a corner of the room and he started pacing."Are you really going to act like this?" Leia asked, looking at him and for the first time, she saw anger in Oliver's eyes. It was not like she hadn't seen him angry before, jus
Chapter 85Eleanor could feel the anger in Meera's voice as she told her of their history. So she was a wolf, after all, just an omega that the alphas always looked down upon.Eleanor could see why Meera seemed to always get angry when it comes to anything that has to do with the alphas. Even when she was talking to Scarlett earlier, there was a tone of hate in her voice and now she could see exactly why Meera was always so bitter. She was smiling now though and Eleanor could tell that this story was going to reveal what had brought them here as witches.Meera was already getting lost in the tale that she was telling and there seemed to be a rapturous look on her face."Whenever the alphas tried to push us down, we would leave, and then we would start somewhere else. Your ancestors were very ambitious people, they wanted to become greater than they were, they wanted to stop being seen as weak, and they wanted power too but then the alphas never allowed that, they always did what they
Chapter 84The elder could feel a bit of his power return as he came in contact with the crystal. It was only a fragment of the power though and he could already see that someone had been there. The place looked so lonely and deserted, a wall had already crumbled and the room was badly exposed to the harsh elements of this realm, he could also see that someone had definitely gotten to the crystal and it was just a matter of time before that person would be revealed. The crystal was an object of immense power and while it could not be handled by just anybody, there was certainly someone who knew about it and who dared to come to take it, they even braved the journey to do this act and thereby put the world off balance.The elder weighed his options and he wondered who this mystery person might be. He was just about to leave when he turned and saw a mirror, lying discarded on the ground and almost as pale and as broken as the other things. Because of the magic of the crystal, there was
Meera could see Scarlett looking at Eleanor and she felt anger rise in her. Eleanor would soon become a powerful witch, she was already a very powerful witch and so there was some sort of respect that should be accorded to her. Scarlett was now a prisoner and even though she was an alpha, she was still a prisoner. Meera saw the look on Scarlett's face and mistook it for the pride that the alpha wolves usually carried around. She should be scared and cowering before them, not just sitting and looking at Eleanor blankly in the face.Eleanor noticed that something like anger had overcome Meera's features, she could see that she was very angry and it was no doubt because of the insolence that Scarlett was displaying by looking at her straight in the eyes, she also felt some sort of pride already at the fact that Meera was basically treating her like a queen. There was something about the way Scarlett was looking at her that unnerved her and she wanted to scream at that look. This was th