" So what was it that you wanted to talk to me about? "I swear I didn't mean to be that polite with him but I was doing it for Ryan. I knew that, at the moment, the power that Helos, the Northern Chief held, was beyond our comprehension and thus he was practically undefeatable. The lives of all of us were at stake. The ghastly apparition had blindfolded me and carried me on air, somewhere. I guess I wasn't meant to find out his hide out. They took the blindfold off when I finally could feel solid ground beneath both my feet. The place was dark and damp. I saw that I was standing on one of the small stones, scattered around and the rest of the ground was submerged in water. I tried to dip my right foot to check how deep it was but it kept going and I had to take it out because it was too chilly. In front of me was a pile of discarded bones. Human-like skeletons formed a towering structure on which was seated a hooded figure, as if it was his throne. He brought forth his exception
" What are you doing here Sherizad? And why the hell are we dressed like those male guards? "Midnight had been standing on guard for hours at a stretch. It was now confirmed that there were infiltrators in all the packs. Some possessed by Helos's dark minions and some voluntarily submitting to the new world order of darkness. I needed to access my fathers secret study without arousing anymore suspense. Disguise was indispensable.Even Midnight didn't need to know about the details that I had gathered. " Take the lights out. I will stay here for the rest of the night. You lock the door behind yourself and come get me before dawn time. Make sure nobody suspects that I am not in my room. "She left obediently. I needed to unlock the secret of the weapons that we were carrying. The night went by quicker than I expected and soon O had to leave. I could only gather some bits and pieces and then I had to be present in front of my people as their queen. Soon it was time. Time for the pr
That stench in that mist took me back straight to the battlefield. Not that it needed anything for me to revisit that scene, over and over in my head, a million times, carefully visualizing the chronology of the event. Thinking , wondering and lamenting if there was anything that I could have done better that could have averted that massacre. It still made my breath heavy when I remembered her last breaths that she heaved on these arms. "Ryan, is everything alright? "Sherry's touch made me realise that she was gone as I stared at those empty hands. " The boat will not go any further Alpha. It might hit those rocks and crumble . We need to swim the rest of the distance to the shore. "" Sherry, get on my back... " but before I could finish, she had already stripped and jumped into the ocean. " Gosh! This water is so cold. You should have warned me before I jumped to swim. "She was so unlike my Sherizad, always getting on my nerves, always getting herself in trouble. But I someho
Ryan and his men did realise that the den they visited had something definitely sinister about it. But they failed to realise that it had accelerated the process of repeating history. What Beck experienced, whatever happened to Sherry or her father's murder was not things that were individual. They were all connected by the thread of fate. " Has Chong and you,been working on the list? "Ryan asked. " Yes, we did. All of them. Didn't miss a single one. "Josh confirmed checking his recently dialed list, with a big wink. " How's Beck doing? " Ryan asked. He had been keeping quiet and acting a little weird, ever since they got back from that place. Ryan was now sure that there must be more scattered werewolves from their lost packs.Scattered every where, other the centuries. His new mission was to try and track any paranormal activity and recruit as many of them. He wanted to meet each one of them personally, to see whether he knew them already and persuade them. He had been trying
" Why is this place so crowded? Who are all these people? "Sherry asked as she made her way towards the store room. Josh was right behind her. " They are not normal people Sherry. They are like us... "Sherry had not been coming for work for about a week. Ever since her night with Ryan, she had been feeling some strange discomfort. Ryan had specifically asked her to stay home and rest. He went to check on her every night and came back with the morning sunrays. She was back that day, after her little break. " All of them? " She asked looking at a hall room full of werewolves for the first time in her life. Ryan and his boys never felt that alien but it was different for those present there. Each had distinct features. Each had a different kind of eye. " Is something happening? Like do you have any festival or something? What's the reason for the gathering? " Josh, chuckled. " Nah! Not a festival. We are preparing a party. A different kind. " Josh winked. Sherry ignored the s
I went straight back to my apartment. It was time for Sarah to be back for a nap. I was in no mood for a conversation so I went straight to the roof top. I needed some time to myself. I went straight to the corner and sat there, as my legs dangled from the edge. I didn't know what made me more upset. The fact that I was just a mere human lookalike of a great werewolf queen or the fact that Ryan actually never touched or kissed me. It was his former dead lover whom he had been searching for in me. It was honestly humiliating" Oh my god, Beck! You scared me. " His sudden movement made me jump up. I almost tripped from the edge and was about to fall. But Beck caught my hand luckily. " What are you doing here? "I asked as I stood up when he pulled me up, " Did your Boss ask you to check on me? " I couldn't think of any other reason for him to be there. " Are you alright? " Somehow that question of his was making me uncomfortable over the course of the last few days. " I am alright
It felt like I was falling down a glass tunnel. I could see glimpses of my life, flash across it's mirror-like surface. It was as if my life was playing before my eyes but in a reverse model. I could see the incident with Beck, my moments with Ryan, the days spent before that, me getting kidnapped, my first meeting with Ryan, my struggles with my dad, my miserable college life, followed by my school days. It kept going back and back till I saw myself as a baby in my dad's arm, in the same cave where he was murdered. And the moment that flashed after that were those of me getting taken away from my mother, who was lying unconscious in a hospital. Beside her was a man, who held her hand fondly. Definitely a spouse or a partner. The father of her child who was getting elated and was being congratulated for becoming a new father. So, the man I loved my whole life as a parent, was my kidnapper? Luckily, I wasn't in a state to feel any emotions and it was much easier that way. It was s
" Sherry! Thank God! Thank God you are back! "My eyes were open but my view hadn't yet adapted to the new light conditions. But I could feel Ryan's tight and warm embrace around me. He was crying. He was crying as he was hugging me. I felt one hand around Ryan's back and my other hand was holding something hard. It was the hilt of the dagger that I had pierced myself with. " I am so sorry. I am sorry about what Beck did to you. I am sorry I couldn't stop him. I am sorry I couldn't save you both... "I could slowly see everything around me. I was on Ryan's lap, still on the road in front of my building. There was a small crowd in the back and I could hear the distant sound of the ambulance and police car blazing. I saw Beck's lifeless body lying just beside me. His hand almost touched mine as I tried to get up. I pulled Ryan's ear close to mine and whispered, " Take us out of here Ryan. It was no one's fualt. I remember everything now. I will tell you everything. It's was all prep