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
MITCH CHESTER THE EXPLOSION ROCKED the whole kingdom and could be seen from miles all around. Mitch covered Anna's body with his as the flames swallowed the whole cabin and reduced it to cinders. The flames burnt off his clothes and singed the hair on his back and the top layer of his skin too, sending waves of pain all through his body.When the explosion and the first wave of the fire were passed, he stood up slowly, Anna was safe. He heaved a sigh of relief, noting that the whole building was on fire and smoke filled the air. He carried her prone body gently, kicking away the few burning wood pillars standing."Enrique," He called through the smoke. "Lorna!" He looked around, not seeing anything because of the thick smoke. "Lorna!" He called again.He could hear the sounds of raspy breathing underneath the crackling fire. He shouldered through the burning house until he broke out. A small crowd had gathered around the cabin as they mobilized the water hosing systems to kill the fi
FIVE MONTHS LATER,I RUB my belly fondly. It has become a subconscious habit of mine since the belly bump sprouted. On some nights, I wake up from the nightmares and horrors of being locked up in the prison underground. It has been 5 months already, but the remnants of what we lost were still vivid. Every fallen warrior was given a befitting burial. After the death of the vampires, Paige started having recurring dreams of her lost memories. I had Lorna suppress it again. i also had Lorna wipe out the memory of Janet the mistress, now she was a servant in the palace... "Are we almost there yet?" Addison asked from the back seat. Mitch grunted. "Almost." I turn and look at him. The scar he had gotten from the battle that ran across his eyes was now white, it was healing well. The cut missed his eyes by less than an inch, but the scar added to his dangerous look. I reach out and touch his hand. He turns and looks at me, but I can not decipher what is going on in his head as his eyes
MITCH CHESTERAS HE TORE through the vampires, his eyes wavered back, and he looked at Anna. He could not believe she was nearby again, even as all the odds were against him all this while. Arranging the warriors for battle on such short notice was not an easy feat as most of his warriors were not familiar with guns, but he had made them ready and prepped for battle under a few hoursHe grunted as a vampire sank his fang into his arm. He growled grabbed the vampire by its head and slammed it into the ground."Keep your head in the fight, Mitch," Draco snapped. "Don't die when she is just a few feet away."Mitch chuckled. He turned and looked at his mate again. She was holding her own well against the vampires surrounding her and Alphonso."Do these things ever finish?" Mitch asked, looking around at the vampires still swarming over the field."We have to take out the elder vampires, or Vladimir himself," Draco said, stabbing a vampire dead on the floor. He shook his spear loose and lo
ANNA KYLIN CHESTERI WATCHED THE moon rise to its peak and anticipated when the witch Agatha walked up to Vladimir and said, “It is time.“Vladimir nodded and came to stand beside me.I closed my eyes, resigning myself to my fate as Agatha came closer, muttering a long string of spells under her breath. “I will offer the blood of the current grand witch…” She grabbed Lorna's hand and slit it at the wrist. I saw Lorna clench her jaws in pain as Agatha squeezed her blood into a cup, which she mixed with some herbs and gave to Vladimir. He drank it all in one gulp. Dark red veins streaked up his neck, and his eyes went bloodshot.She walked to me and added, “I will offer the life of the reincarnated grand witch, Annika, and use it to bind the soul of the vampire king, giving him immense power and immunity to the mountain ash wood…““I heard her raise her hand. The air stretched with tension, and time seemed to slow down. I opened my eyes, expecting to see my life flash before my eyes, bu
ANNA KYLIN CHESTER“COME HERE!“ THE grating of the cell on its hinges made me look up. One of the vampires was on the other side. She reached in and pulled me out harshly. My knees scraped the rough floor; I bit my lips to keep the pain in. Another one reached in and tried to grab Lorna but gasped in pain, pulling back immediately. “I will come out myself,“ Lorna said coolly. “But try to touch me again, and it will be the last thing you ever do.“ The vampire stared daggers at her but did not move to grab her again. She cradled her hand, rubbing it fondly. Lorna must have secured herself with some sort of spell. “And you will unhand the Luna immediately too.“ Lorna said in a cold voice to the vampire who had her fingers wrapped tightly on my upper arm. The vampire looked uncertain, but she saw the cold and threatening look on Lorna's face. I was also shocked, but it did the trick. The vampire released me. “Where are we going?“ Lorna asked, but I could guess already. “It is time for
THE FIGHT WAS OVER almost as quickly as it started. We did not stand a chance against Vladimir and he was already getting empowered by the forthcoming blood moon. Lorna was sprawled on the floor, blood seeped from her mouth and her back was twisted in an unnatural angle. I was on my feet, but it was threatening to give way any second.And Vladimir?He did look like he had done anything. No sweat. No hair out of place. He had his sinister smile plastered on his face as he walked towards me. He stopped a few feet away and brushed my cheek with his icy-cold fingers. “Your last few hours should have been enjoyable, Annika.“ he said softly. “But instead, you let that witch,“ he turned and looked at Lorna before he continued, “...to spoil it. Tch.“ she chuffed and walked away. “It is back to square one now.“The woods around were suddenly alive, and things moved in the shadows. I thought I was hallucinating; maybe I had hit my head harder than I thought, and I was concussed as we were surro
ANNA KYLIN CHESTERI SAT UP in my bed, my heart was racing, and adrenaline surged as my wolf leaped to the surface, enhancing my vision, but I could not still make out the shape of the person in my room. I was about to jump through the door, not minding that I would alert the whole mansion, but I felt a pair of fingers wrap around my upper arm. Gasping in shock, I turned sharply, trying to wrestle my arm away from the stranger's grip, but to no avail. I am being attacked by two people, I thought anxiously to myself. I started to yell, but the person holding me stepped out of the shadows and my scream died in my throat."Lorna?!" I gaped.She put a finger to her lip to keep me silent. Then she cocked her head. I swung my legs out of the bed. My mind was spinning with imagination. I still felt like I was in a dream. I reached out and touched her. She was real."Quickly," she said to me. She muttered some words under her breath and the lock in the door snapped apart. The door opened
MITCH CHESTER “HAVE GUARDS PATROL the area,“ Mitch said, trying hard to rein in the panic he was feeling. “Quickly.“ Draco nodded and gave out his commands to every available guards to be on the search for Lorna. “No one knows how long she has been gone for. She might be out of the kingdom now.“ Mitch growled. “Just tell them to search.“ “We should probably get back,“ Draco said, turning to look around. Mitch nodded. He looked at Vorenus. Draco could see the hesitation in Mitch's body language. He knew what mitch was about to do. He dipped his hand into his pocket and tossed a small object at Vorenus who caught it easily, confused at what it was. Suddenly there was a sizzling sound and vorenus dropped the object quickly. The smell of burnt flesh filled the air and Drcao nodded in satisfaction. “What was that?“ Vorenus growled. “Silver, “Draco said. “Silver bullets. It is going to be our trump card.“ Vorenus shook his palm gingerly as the wound healed back immediately. “I can i
MITCH CHESTER“YOU ARE GOING to crash the car,“ Draco said, holding on to the side of his seat as Mitch drove like a blind bat.Mitch scoffed without slowing down. He pressed down on the pedal, and the car shot even faster. “This fucking snow,“ he growled as he screeched to a stop. The tires of the car were stuck in the thick layer of snow. He got out of the car; his legs sank almost to his knees.Draco came out too, cursing under his breath. “I wonder whose idea it was to get electric cars to drive over snow,“ he looked at Mitch and added sarcastically. “Oh wait, it was your brilliant idea.“Mitch rubbed his chin and said, “Maybe I should have gone with your idea and bought electric sleds instead.“Draco scoffed, kicking at the snow.Mitch looked around. His breath vaporized from his mouth as he breathed out. “Come, we are not far,“ he said to Draco.“Sometimes I wonder why I follow you,“ Draco said as they walked away from the stuck car. “This is crazy. You can't just stand up and w
MITCH CHESTERMITCH KNEW HIS mind should be at rest now that he had reinforcements, but his mind was still worried. He had no doubts that it was because his mate was still out there in danger, his son was lying in bed, unconscious and blind, and his kingdom was on the brink of civil war.He paced the length of the room anxiously, his eyes drifting into the dancing fireplace as he walked past. A small knock came at the door. “Come in,“ he called.The door opened, and Draco came in. He took a look around the small, almost empty room and shook his head, saying, “You are still sleeping here.“Mitch chuffed and nodded, “I can't stay in the master chambers alone. Anna should be with me.“Draco nodded and said, “I understand that, but…“ He looked around again. “I am sure you can do better than a tiny room. There is even no air conditon -““No one uses air conditioning here, Draco,“ Mitch said. He sat on the bed heavily; it creaked under his weight.“There is no ventilation,“ Draco continued,