MITCH CHESTER"FOR FUCK'S SAKE!" He growled, looking at the splinters on the snow. That was the second phone in 3 days that he had destroyed because of his temper. He marched angrily through the streets of his kingdom. His beast was fuming underneath as he remembered what Anna said. She wanted the children back. Like he would let that happen. She would have to come back and steal the kids from him before he let them go. He gripped the tree closest to him, and his claws dug into the hard bark.Wasn't he being toxic? He asked himself. After all, she was not wrong. He did not share any DNA with them. He frowned and his breath rumbled in his chest. He did not really have any rights over them."Fuck that!" He growled. "Draco," he mindlinked."Yeah?" Came the immediate reply."Who did you station at the school? ""Alphonso and Brad," Draco replied.Mitch nodded and said, "Good." Those were good and alert soldiers. "Have them contact me if they sense anything out of place,""Will do, and I
ANNA KYLIN CHESTER I NEVER THOUGHT I would feel this way again. I lay on the bed in a fetal position. Of all the women he could sleep with... it was Ophelia - the woman who had made it her and her father's mission to humiliate me and my children.I tried to will myself to sleep, but the sleep would not come. I remained like that in the same curled-up ball. I vaguely noticed that Reine came in, and tried to coax me to sit up and do something active like going out on a stroll, but she left me alone after a while, frustrated.What was the point?As soon as my strength was back up, I would arrange for my children to be brought to me, and then I would leave. Here, my own sister plotted my downfall and death, and she was getting angrier with each second I remained here.And in the mountains- the place that signified security for me - I scoffed. I have been humiliated. Ophelia won. How would I hold my head up with pride to her, knowing that she was sleeping with my mate?I frowned. "Fuck t
ANNA KYLIN CHESTER" - DID YOU HEAR what I said?" Rick's voice cut through my thoughts.I looked up at him. "What did you say?""Pay attention, Anna," He muttered angrily."You heard the alpha!" Beth snarled.I rolled my eyes. "Can you just... repeat what you said,""Perhaps we should sit down," Jones said. Rick nodded curtly and put a hand on my upper arm. He led me into the hospital. The scent of death hung heavy in the air. Nurses stood around their station with dumb, blank looks on their faces. The head nurse, who had advised me to go home this morning shared a long gaze with me. I nodded at her in assurance as we walked past. Just three days ago, I had never had a dead patient. Today, there were over 2 dozen of them. What an irony, I chuckled inwardly.Rick applied a little pressure on my arm. "Somewhere private, perhaps." He said. "Your office?""I was hassled here," I muttered, pulling my arm from his grip. "I didn't have the time to grab my key card.""Well, uh.." He cleare
RICK FORSON RICK LEANED BACK. He put his hand in his pocket to hide his bulging cock. He could not understand how seeing Anna like this - with her sharp wits and detective mind - was making him so hard. He sighed in sexual frustration. He wanted her. He wanted to - "Let me see that," Jones voice snapped him out of his reverie. Jones walked past him and took hold of the laptop. His breath was coming in deep rumbles as he went through the article on the screen."Rick," Beth said in her annoying grating voice. "Can't you see that she is a quack doctor? Why are we wasting time with her?! We should have her hanged -"Rick groaned inwardly and recoiled slightly as Beth placed a hand on his shoulder. Her touch disgusted him, but he had to put up with it. "How is it looking, Jones?" He called. The beta sighed and dropped the laptop. He shook his head slowly. "This is definitely what was used. I perceived wolfsbane in the blood of some of the dead, but I don't know of cyanide...""They don'
ANNA KYLIN CHESTER "LET. ME. GO!" I attached my arm away from the Beta's grip, but it was tight. He was going to leave a bruise, although he wasn't rough. He led firmly a good distance away from the hospital before he released me."You were going to start talking out of turn," He said."You." I planted a finger on his chest and frowned. "You didn't tell him, did you?"He rubbed his face and looked away. "I haven't found an appropriate time.""That's..." Bullshit! I scoffed and turned away. "So am I just supposed to sit back and let them ruin my reputation?" I asked."No one is going to ruin your reputation," He said calmly. "But I need you to control yourself."I scoffed again. If anyone here needs self-control, it's definitely not me. "Is there anything else you want to tell me?" Jones asked.I looked at him. I hadn't told anyone about the meeting I saw between Beth and Marcus a few nights ago. "Hoe did you know about the Luna and the doctor?" He asked like he could read my though
MITCH CHESTER "WAIT WAIT, HOLD up. What do you mean by 'Lorna should have called me'?" Anna asked."Lorna was supposed to have - wait, you haven't gotten any call from her?" He groaned. "I haven't.""Oh for fucks sake," He said under his breath, rubbing his forehead."What is going on?" She asked. At least her voice has lost the sharp edge. She was a little less pissed at him. "What is all this talk about vampires? Aren't they extinct?""That's what we all thought," Mitch said. "But apparently, they were just... hibernating perhaps.""That's not good," she said. "I wonder if that has anything to do with what is happening here."He shook his head. "No, I think not. They are totally unrelated, but not for long.""What do you mean?" She asked.Mitch thought of how much he should tell her about what was going on. "Tell her everything," night growled. "It would be easier that way." He scoffed."Mitch?""Yeah?" He answered in a gruff voice. "It's dangerous for you out there now." He looked
MITCH CHESTER HIS MOTHER STOOD and walked up to him. "You..." She poked him with her finger. In another circumstance, this would have been a funny sight as she did not even get up to his shoulder height. But now, funny was the last thing on Mitch's mind. "... How could you?!"Mitch sighed and looked at Lorna who stared back at him hard."It's not like that, Mother," he said in an exasperated tone."Oh yeah?" She said. "Well, tell me how it is then. Didn't you sleep with another woman while your wife was on a business trip?""Not 'wife' mother, she is my mate," Mitch chuffed, walking past her."There is no difference," His mother snapped."And isn't this supposed to be private?" He directed the question to his mother, but he was looking at Lorna."There is nothing private with me," She sat beside him. "I am your mother."He scoffed. "I and Anna have sorted things out." He muttered."Really?" Lorna asked. "I haven't had the time to talk to her."Mitch scoffed. "Because you were too busy
MITCH CHESTERAFTER TURNING ON this unfamiliar bed for most of the night, he was up at the first crack of sunlight. He stood from the bed with a grunt and stretched, his bones and back popped."That's what you get from a badly spent night in a new bed," He muttered to himself as he trudged up the stairs to his bathroom. He washed up quickly and didn't bother to shave before he went downstairs to the dining table."Good morning, your highness," Patty, his chef greeted cheerily."Hmph," He grunted in reply."Ah, I see my salve worked for the wound on your neck," She gleamed as she placed a cup of coffee on the table. "You'll tell me when you need more, yes? It was a secret recipe I learned from my former pack."Mitch grunted and nodded. She waited around for a while like she wanted to say something more, then she retreated into the kitchen.Mitch subconsciously touched his neck where he had slashed his neck. The skin had healed up perfectly. Was it a result of the salve? Or just his bod
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,