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
Oliver was staring with a concentrated expression fixed on his face, at the shimmering wall before him; more like glaring actually. His eyes could not comprehend what exactly it was that was covering the cave, but he suspected it to be some sort of barrier. A barrier to what he did not know, he had not exactly encountered things like this before in his life. aHis parents - mother especially, as overprotective as she was - had staunchly kept him and Scarlett away from anything that could paint them as abnormal, for their safety. However, that did not mean that Oliver was unfamiliar with the idea of magical places such as this one.As the sun, rising high in the sky, shining its rays down on his head, he wondered, why was he even here. But the answer came swiftly - he was here because of his vision. This girl - she had to be a witch, because of her magic - had been the trigger for one of his visions. Thus, she was the only connection to his father and his twin sister, Scarlett, that
Ian entered the kitchen and switched on the overhead lights, moving to get a glass cup so that he could drink some water. He took the first glass in large gulps, and then the second. Then he finally filled the third glass of water, and as his thirst was parched, he sipped the water leisurely.Taking a seat at the dining table, the wolf was deep in thought. His injured arm still itched, and though it had almost fully healed by now, it was still bandaged as he had just injured it. He had Scarlett to thank for that.She had insisted on taking care of him every step of the way, as a thank you for keeping me safe and playing a good host’ as she had said. However, to Ian, who very well knew how to read between the lines, it was definitely not the only reason. Her eyes had said it all that night that she insisted on patching him up when she saw the extent of his injuries.Ian was no stranger to romance, even though these days, he was considered an invisible outcast of the pack, which meant
Immediately Scarlett felt the mate bond burn through her, she began to feel scared. She had definitely not meant for this to happen!Without any thought, she pushed Ian away and hurriedly stood up, running right back to the house. The 18-year-old felt the gaze of Ian boring into her back as she ran back to the house, right back up the stairs and to her room. She locked the door firmly, before turning around to lean her back on it, panting like someone who had just run a marathon.Her mind was whirling, and her heart was in shattered pieces.She had not meant for this to happen, she thought desperately, trying to cling to the image of the smile she last saw on Ian’s face before they felt the mate bond. She did not want to think about how his eyes had looked at her, unreadable. She did not want to think about anything. Or else, she would lose it.Strangely, a voice popped up in her head, calm, cool, and collected. Elder Quinn’s voice, which was a memory of him instructing her on how to
Ian opened his eyes just as the sun was rising. The feeling of bliss still had not left him, and his body buzzed with a new energy - the mate bond with Scarlett had been completed.He looked to his left, where the sleeping girl still lay. She looked peaceful, and his arm that was curled around her waist tightened. He did not ever wish to let go of her. He had been conflicted before on whether he wanted to pull her into his mess of a life, but now, he felt nothing but peace, and he was complete. Ian had never felt this way before, and taking the risk was worth it in the end.He watched as she began to murmur in her sleep. Scarlett seemed to be coming away slowly. His eyes roved up and down her body, at the marks that he had made on her. Then he narrowed in on her neck, where he had bitten her, as a sign of their mate bond. The mark was still red but was healing up nicely and quickly. As he looked at it, he felt the tingling on his neck, where Scarlett had also bitten him. Their couplin
This was not good, Eleanor thought to herself. Not good at all.She knew, as she pressed send on yet another anonymous post on the school’s social media, that what she was doing was wrong. Yet, she could not bring herself to care about it.Her hand moved to scratch at her arm as the computer in the school’s ICT center booted off. As the screen went black, she was taken aback by the smile on her face.The school was in an uproar right now, and it was all because of her. Many people, students, and even the staff, were searching not only for the person that she had posted about but also for the mysterious sender of the posts. It was no use though, as it was all anonymous. And Eleanor knew how to cover up her tracks.Leaving the ICT center, she walked down the hallway of the school and was immediately stunned when a hand wrapped around her arm and pulled her into the nearby closet.Eleanor heard the door of the closet shut immediately, and she found herself looking into Taylor’s eyes. She
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