MITCH CHESTER WHEN MITCH WOKE up a few hours later, the bed was empty and he was hugging a pillow. He grunted and he rolled to his back and got up from bed. As he showered, he wondered how he had fallen asleep so fast at Anna's touch.After dressing up in a simple t-shirt and chinos pants, he went down the stairs. He saw the huge frame of his uncle in the dining room, and he sighed in exasperation. Henry - or Enrique- was an infuriating man, and he made life hard for Mitch.Mitch hesitantly walked into the room. Patty immediately saw him and bowed deeply. Mitch nodded in response as Liz joined her in the bow."I was told you were awake throughout the night," Enrique muttered as Mitch took a seat."How're you doing this morning, Liz?" Mitch asked Loz, totally ignoring his Uncle."Fine, Alpha - Your Highness," she corrected.Mitch nodded absently. He did not see the relevance in the royalty he was trying to build. There were werewolves at heart and that made them a pack, not even a kin
ANNA KYLIN CHESTER I FELT AN immense sense of danger as the man smiled at me again. Goosebumps broke out on my skin and my blood chilled blue. The hair on the back of my neck stood on edge."Do you know me?" He asked again.I started to push away from the counter, I didn't mind leaving my croissant and cappuccino, but then I was flanked by another man. He had an even more powerful aura than the first man - if that was possible. He turned to me and blinked slowly - how a cat would blink to show affection. But the emotion in this man was far from affection.He rested his hand on the counter, closely beside mine and I could feel the chill from his skin. He turned to look at me closely, I could feel my heart rate doubling like I was about suffering from a panic attack."Don't be scared," the second man said to me. Although he had not opened his mouth, his words resounded loudly in my head.How was that even possible?!I struggled to restrain my shock, but I couldn't. "Who are you?" I man
MITCH CHESTERALL HE WANTED to do was to find this Vampire king and pull out his heart. That was the thoughts running through Mitch's mind as he walked out of the office. Anna had been visibly shaken after the encounter, he could not tell if it was because she was a woman and a werewolf, or because this was her first time with a vampire.Was it her first time with a vampire? He asked himself.He walked briskly through the kingdom. Everyone was busy with his/her daily duties, so the street was deserted.As Mitch walked, he tried to control his thoughts. He remembered what his uncle had said a few days ago about the weather changing and becoming colder when the Vampire king was close. He stood and looked at the sky, and then the mountains that towered around the kingdom like a protective barricade. The sky was clear, and the sun was high and warm.Summer was finally here, he noted. He would post some more scouts on the Northern Border to keep watch on the soon-breaking ice and melting s
ANNA KYLIN CHESTERI COULD FEEL a cold setting in, chilling me from deep within me. I felt it from my bones, and soon after, I was shivering uncontrollably as I sagged on the couch in Mitch's office. I had not gotten up from there since he left to find his uncle. My teeth chattered uncontrollably and my skin was starting to turn blue.The door opened and Mitch came through, talking with his uncle that he didn't notice me on the couch. Lorna came in behind them and her eyes immediately went to me, she gasped and jumped to my side."Anna," she called. "Anna, can you hear me?"I could hear her, but I didn't have the strength or willpower to respond. Mitch turned and looked at Lorna, and then his gaze came to me. I saw his face turn white with fear. He pushed Lorna aside and clamped his hands around my shoulders. "Anna!" He shook me a bit roughly."YOU are going to break her!" Lorna snapped, pushing him away. She gently pried my fingers from the bottle of alcohol I held."Anna doesn't dri
MITCH CHESTER"SHE WILL BE fine, Mitch," Lorna's soft voice broke through his thoughts. "Your agitation and anxiety won't help her at all, in fact, it has a worse effect."Mitch snorted. "Nothing could be worse.""I can tell you a couple of things that are worse," Lorna replied. "How would the children feel when they come back and find out that their mother is sick, and they see you're scared...""I'm not scared," Mitch opposed."You're white with fear," Lorna said. "I am tempted to give you one of my herbs to calm your nerves."Mitch scoffed and sat down on the couch. He grasped his hands to keep them from tapping, but the nervous energy went to his foot, and he still tapped it uncontrollably. Enrique noticed this and smirked, "As Lorna said, things could be worse. Not many people encounter what Vladimir did to her without dying or falling under his command..""How do you know that?" Mitch asked.Enrique ground his jaws and his eyes glazed as he went back in his memory. "Because I h
MITCH CHESTERHIS BEAST WAS restless as Mitch went about his day. He went back to his office to gaze aimlessly at his laptop screen and think about the state of the kingdom.After going through the costs accounted by the financial sector of the kingdom on the income and outcome of every revenue, he sighed and closed his laptop when the numbers began swirling in his eyes.Draco came in a few hours later, "You don't look well." He said. "Fancy a drink?"Mitch shook his head and pushed the laptop away. "What the fuck are these?" He snarled.Draco grunted and picked up the laptop. He scrolled through and skimmed the pages. "The price of things is on the rise tremendously.""Yeah no shit," Mitch muttered. "Diesel, Wood, even electricity bills..." Draco said. "They had to get some new things for the school too... that is exempting taxes that we have to pay to the state."Mitch snorted. All these didn't mean anything to him, but he wanted something to distract himself from the fact that his
MITCH CHESTERMITCH TOOK A deep breath before he spoke. "Something happened..." The children were too engrossed in their ice cream to pay him much attention."What is it, Dad?" Aiden asked absently."Your mother fell ill... seriously ill," Mitch answered.Slowly, the message sank in and they all paused. They looked at him wide-eyed with fear written all over their faces. "But... mum once told me that werewolves do not get sick..." it was Aiden who spoke.Mitch nodded grimly."She had the vaccine, right?" Addison asked, her voice shaking with unshed gears. "She can take the vaccine and get well again.""It is not that simple, Addie," Mitch's voice was tight with emotion. "This is a different kind of sickness.""Is she going to die?" Olly's small voice quietened their table.Mitch must have taken too long to answer because Addison burst into tears. "Shhh..." Mitch was immediately by her side, carrying her tenderly and hugging her to his chest. "Quiet, baby. Your mother isn't going to d
MITCH CHESTERHE HELD ON to Anna's hand even though she drifted off again, he watched the slow rise and fall of her chest. "She is going to be fine," His beast growled. Mitch nodded to convince himself, and then he stood up and went to the front room."Is she getting better?" He asked Lorna."You, tell me," Lorna replied. "The children told me she woke up." Mitch nodded. "That's an improvement," Lorna said. "I was not expecting her to wake up until a couple of days."Mitch snorted. "Do you have any of those weird teas? I need one.""I don't have any "weird" tea," Lorna snapped. "But there's coffee."Mitch nodded. "I'd take that."As Lorna poured the steaming drink into a small ceramic cup, she asked, "Did Anna say anything when she woke up?"Mitch took a small sip of the coffee and nodded. "This is good coffee."Lorna scoffed. "I grew the seeds in the backyard.""With these conditions?" He asked, gesturing out at the snow and ice all around."You underestimate her witchy powers," Enri