The Alpha began walking slowly in the direction of the armed man, while I stayed back with Eric to see what he intended to do. "We don't want any trouble, man! I suggest you put your arms down so we can know ourselves better, and prevent any potential hostilities."Even after the Alpha's quiet and peaceful tone, the armed man refused to heed his words. He never stopped pointing his arrow in our direction. Instead, he became more aggressive. "Stop! Who are you and what are you doing here?" The Alpha obeyed and stopped walking in his direction. "Okay, man, I will obey you if you will drop your weapons down.""Why should I do that? Huh! Tell me one reason why I shouldn't take you down, all of you?" At that point, I was forced to intervene. Only if the armed man knew the people he was confronting, he wouldn't dare to do such. "Because we are not posing any threat to you. Can't you see that? Can't you see we are just peaceful people who hate trouble?" I asked."Hahaha!" He eased a short
The lad panted fast immediately after he heard Eric's intention about him. He might have thought that, could be the worst scenario for his problem. "Please, don't do that! That is cruel before God and humanity!" He pleaded.His pleas made us burst into laughter. Of course, Eric was not serious about his threats to have the lad killed, and his dead body thrown into the open so that wild beasts could feed on him. Neither was Ammon going to implement it. "We will spare only if you will cooperate with us," the Alpha told him.A glimpse of a smile appeared on his face upon hearing he will be spared only if he co-operates with us. "Anything! Anything you say! Name it! I'm willing to do, as long as I don't get killed by you!"I listened and observed as the Alpha and Eric queried and taunted the lad. The funny scenes brought us some relief thus; our anxiety has reduced ever since the funny scene erupted. "Maybe we should take him away from here to a more secure place, we never can tell when
We wondered the reason behind the sudden gesture Steve had made towards the necklace Ammon was holding."Why are you pointing at the necklace when it has nothing to do with the question you have been asked," I asked. Steve's reply was a swift one, "because it has everything to do with the question you have asked. The origin of my quest for revenge started from the necklace you are all seeing here," he made brief eye contact with Ammon before requesting the Alpha should give it back to him. "Can I have it back, Sir?"Ammon handed him back the necklace without wasting time. "Now what Lad? Now that you have the necklace, what do you plan to tell us next?"We were baffled by the way Steve cherished the necklace when it was handed over to him. He quickly opened the casing in the pendant briefly, before closing the case again. His actions make no sense to us."I know you might wondering why I cherished this necklace so much," Steve held the necklace with one of his hands as if he wanted al
My eyes could not believe what I was seeing. It was the picture of Lady Gia, carefully carved into the inner part of the pendant. In astonishment, I asked; "where did you get this you little brat!" My harsh tone alerted the Werewolves with me. Kane reacted without wasting time. "What's the problem, Louis?" He inched closer to me. Eric also did the same. Steve did nothing but stared at us, I guess in fear and bafflement."I see nothing here but a picture of a woman," said Eric."Me too, what's the problem, Louis? Why the sudden outburst of anger? Do you know who this is?" The Alpha's curiosity made him ask me a series of questions."Yes, of course, I know her. That's Lady Gia--a woman who was like a mother to me," I explained briefly to the Wolves before turning my attention again to Steve. "Where did you get this picture?" Steve lifted his head slowly. "That's my mother. She was killed by the Revolutionists simply because, she was a witch."I was startled by his strange confession.
"What made you believe all the Lad have told you?" Asked Ammon in surprise. Eric did reply. "Because I believe he was telling nothing but the truth. Did you see the look in his eyes, Ammon? Come on, don't tell me you didn't! If you did, you will see for yourself, he was mean the whole he spoke to us." He turned to face me as if the next line of his sentence was directed at me. "I mean, why will a boy of seventeen be doing all alone in the middle of the night? When you figure it out by answering this question, the both of you will realize that this is no joke."While Eric tried to convince us to believe Steve, I had gone far with the thought that this Lad standing in front of me might be the son of lady Gia who was murdered by the Revolutionists. As I stared at him, a sudden surge of pity began building up in me, soon I said the unthinkable. "You are not just thirsty Steve, you look hungry as well. We have some loaves of bread with us, would like to eat them? I will give them to you a
"If fighting the Revolutionists is not the only thing you want to do then, can I hear the next one? What are your other reasons?" Asked Steve.Ammon gazed at the Lad briefly. I guess so many thoughts might be going on in his mind as he stared. He did break his short-lived silence when he cleared his throat after that, he began speaking. "Steve, you are just a boy. You will understand the depth of what we are here for. It doesn't worth wasting your time. Despite Loius's strong position that you should stay with us, I still suggest that you should here when you can."Steve looked at him. The look on his face suggested he was still defiant. "I'm not stepping an inch away from here. I have come to stay. I must accomplish my mission even if it will cost me my blood!" He dared."It's okay Steve. There is no need to quarrel about this. You are coming with us," I quickly intervened to convince Steve that he was still with us, and we are not going to let him go without us. He looked at me and
As I watched, the Alpha got anxious once Steve made mention of the book we were looking for. I think Eric felt the same."Bradley's men have collected some books from the Witch's castle at Muldoch. Perhaps, the book you are looking for may be among them," Steve told us.I began to doubt the authenticity of his little piece of information. Contrary to what he told us, I was sure, the book was not in the library when our conquest began. I hide far away in the basement. Only Leah gave us a hint that might help us when she was alive. She told me, she saw them burst into the basement where I hid the book. That happened shortly before she was taken away by Derek who had her raped and chained. Leah even tried to remember the names of one of them who busted the basement but, I had forgotten. "No Steve, that was wrong," they all looked at me feeling a bit surprised at my disagreement. "I'm afraid you might be talking about another book and not precisely the one we are looking for. I hid the b
"No way! We can't allow you to do that!" Exclaimed Eric. He almost got to his feet. "I will not let you do that kid, that's a suicide mission!""The way I see it, sir, it's not a suicide mission per se. I see this as the easiest to get your hands on what you seek. Why are we still wasting our time arguing when you should be briefing me about where I will have to search for the Magic book?" Steve was confident he could retrieve the book. He never let the Alpha's doubt deter him."Are you sure this is the right way to go about this?" I asked him, just to make he was aware of the plan he had put forward. "Yes beautiful, that's my plan," he smiled and resumed, "why don't you brief me on what to do when I get in?"I did brief him. I told him in detail, the location of the basement, the title and the colour of the book. I also told them the easy way to sneak into the baseball since the main entrance had been broken or destroyed. I was not sure if he would meet anyone down there nevertheles