The grandfather clock chimed loudly as it struck 2pm. Oliver's visibly shook at its loudness. The damn thing never knew when to stop. It was the absolute nemesis of his life. He was so annoyed that his father had replaced the modern clock with this, all in a bid to belong in a society that doesn't value them. Crazy life!
He'd arrived home an hour ago. It had been so quiet, and his mother wasn't home. In fact, there was no-one home, which was so good. He didn't want anyone to have an inkling that he skipped school. His mother would have thrown a fit.The woman was so paranoid, and quite boring when she wanted to be. A sigh escaped his lips, as he jumped down from the bed, sliding his big feet into his Leather-Paws slippers. He glanced at the portable cloche he'd received for his 17th birthday, and smiled. It was right in time for his launch. If he didn't eat, life would lose its colour.'You're so funny, Olive,' He thought fondly.He grabbed his iPhone 11 pro, and dragged himself out of the room, into the kitchen. The spotless white dishes played with his mind, and without warning. He could see his mother on her hands and knees as she played with his father. Then, the image zoomed in, and he caught the back view of a stranger as she spied on him. He tried to see who it was, but she eluded him.A gasp escaped his lips, and a shiver went down his spine. Something was off. There was a huge trouble brewing, and he didn't know what it was. Who was that woman? She looked like death. His teeth clattered together. Oliver clutched his phone tightly, a cold fear seeping into his heart.He moved closer to the window. His eyes darting to and fro as he peered into the exterior in a bid to note what was happening. Just then, his phone buzzed loudly, his heart skip a beat. What was going on? He almost dropped it on the floor, but his reflex was more powerful. He rose the phone to his face. It was his mom.For some reason, he swallowed hard. What could have been the reason for her call? At this time, he should be at school, but he was at home. What should he do? "You won't pick it, right?" His mom's voice rang out behind him.Oliver did a quick turnabout, looking right into his mother's ever young face. She was scrawling, and that made him feel much worse."I...""You skipped school. I would like to know young man if you've been doing that for a living or its something you just stared?" She snapped.Oliver pushed his phone into his jean pocket, and then walked forward. Despite being a female it was evident she alpha blood made her stronger, she was a tough cookie, and right now, he didn't want to offend her."Mom, I can explain," He mumbled.She placed a hand on her waist, making her gown wrinkle as she did. She rose a brow at him. "All right. Let's go to the living room, so you can explain all your excesses these days," She snapped coldly.She walked out of his kitchen, and he followed suit. His head hung down in shame. They walked through the pathway, and walked towards the living room. Oliver rose his head, and looked directly at his father's piercing eyes. Fuck! He was really going to be screwed today. He tried to use his powers to find out what they knew about his skipping, but they seemed to build a fence around their thoughts. After so many years of living with them, they'd developed a backbone. It made him slightly annoyed, but he decided not to push it, so he wouldn't get in trouble.His dad looked at him, his gaze hard. His one lifeline of getting out of this was gone, and he had no plan B. Would it be better to just lie? They had of knowing if he was telling the truth or not, so..."Sit down," his dad said firmly.Oliver stood rooted, looking right at his dad. He barely knew what to do. He watched as his mom sat down carefully beside his dad, and they clasped hands together. His breathing escalated. He looked away from his dad, towards the door."Don't even think about it," his father mumbled.Oliver swallowed hard, then finally sat down on his chair, his weight pulling the sofa in. They needed a new couch. This one wasn't really good for them anymore, he thought."Tell us why you skipped school?" His dad asked stiffly.Oliver stared at his hands. He licked his dry lips, as his stomach rumbled at that moment, reminding him, that he ought to be eating his lunch by now. "Dad," he started. "I didn't want to skip, but I was feeling ill. I'm sorry.""I can't believe this," His mom exclaimed."Skyler! Be calm," His dad mumbled softly. Oliver wrung his fingers together on his lap. Did they know the truth? He tried to show that he was passive, but it wasn't really working as planned. He couldn't successfully fool his parents no matter how hard he tried."If that was the case, why did you leave without informing your principal? No matter how ill you are, you always inform someone. Tell me, what has changed?" He asked calmly."Why are you talking to him like this? We need to put him back in order, and this isn't the way," His mother mumbled.Oliver watched the irritation that passed his father's face, but he masked it quickly. His father itched his day's stubble, as a way to make him feel better."I'm handling it, right? Let me do this my way," He snapped."I'm handling it, right? Let me do this my way," He snapped. In that same breath, he turned to Oliver. "Answer me boy!""I wasn't well.""So, you're saying you weren't up to any mischief? You didn't really know about Mr Elvis?" His mother shouted, ignoring his father's words. "Why do you do this? I've pleaded with you so many times, that I want you to be normal. I agree you can never be human, but why can't you just be a normal wolf? There is no need to do this?""I didn't do anything wrong," Oliver shouted suddenly.Everywhere went silent. Oliver stood up suddenly, his eyes dilating rapidly like he was on drugs, but his powers were connecting, making him dizzy. He was vaguely aware of his parents rushing over to him, in a bid to assist him. But, something was pulling at him, bringing a wretched pain to his loins. "Stop!" He rung out in panic.It wouldn't oblige. "Ok, I was lying, ok?" His voice creaked out in misery, as he grabbed his head with two hands. His fathered tried to help him feel better, but he pushed him away. "Don't touch me! You're the one doing this to me! I admit I was lying. Mr Elvis isn't crazy. I caused the whole thing!""Calm down," His dad was saying.Oliver flailed his hands forward. He couldn't breathe. He felt like someone was restricting his air pipe. What was his dad saying? That he should calm down? How could he, when... No! His feet shot off from the ground, and felt like gravity was no more in motion. No!He was aware of his mother's screams, and his father's frantic call for help. But, suddenly, everything became a pink colour, and in that pink world was his mischievous twin sister, Scarlett. She was just like him, and, then she was tumbling into a pit. He could feel hands on his legs, trying to pull him down. He frantically, tried to pull her down, his eyes were in pain. But, he couldn't reach her.In a parallel shift, their eyes met, and all he thought he could read were pure pain. "Scarlett!' He called out, but there was no response from her. And, then he couldn't see her anymore. The room became normal, as he tumbled backwards, free falling into his father's hands. That was a bad idea, because they both fell on the floor, with a hard flush. Sounds of pain eschewed. His mother did all she could to disengage them, and finally she succeeded. Oliver felt like his body was made of hard rubber, as he sat straighter, resting his back on the couch.His mother did all she could to pull his dad back to normal, as he spewed curses of his mouth. Oliver blocked the sounds of pain, and slowly pulled his legs up. He couldn't stop seeing his sister's eyes, as they cried for help."Mom! Dad! We need to save her," He whispered suddenly."Save who?" His father queried, in pain.Oliver turned his bloodstained eyes on them, and muttered one word, "Scarlett."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