ARMANDO“How’s she Dani?” I inquired standing at my garage, situated beside the luxuriously huge building, trying to decide which of my motorbikes to use.Danielle had come to meet me there. “She’s getting better. Just needs more sleep and rest.” She patted my shoulder. “You never really told me how you met her.”I shrugged, momentarily forgetting about bikes and going out to pay focus to her. “Just in the most unusual way possible.”“So, she’s like Tasha?” She asked.“No, she’s…wait, how do you know there’s a Tasha?” I quirked a puzzled brow.She merely laughed. “Hey, who’s your buddy again?”A puzzled smile spread my lips. “But I can't remember telling you about her.”“Not directly,but most times I'm always there when she calls. Well not always, mostly there. And she’s one clingy woman.” I walked out the garage into the garden taking small strolls with Danielle around my compound.“Forget about Tasha. It’s over, that's all in the past now.” A small frown etched my forehead.I ha
Lucy"Where have you been?" My gaze immediately went to the bags Armando walked in with. "You went shopping?"He shrugged, walking further into the room. "Yeah. Decided to get you some stuff. You need clothes."I lacked words so instead I offered a smile. "You shouldn't have.""But I wanted to. If you're going to be staying here, you...""Going to be staying here? What do you mean staying here, I can not...""Can not what, Lucy?" His expression told me he was ready to argue this to the end of the world with me. I heaved a sigh when I realized that beneath the annoyance clouding his features, there was concern and the need to protect me. "I know you're worried about me and...""Yes?" He probed."I'll stay."A big grin spread his face. "Now that's what I want to hear.""But only for a few days." I added."I only heard you saying you're staying. Whatever you said next was discarded before it could reach my ears." He beamed.I chuckled. "Crazy you.""That's right. Crazy about you." He le
LucyFor two days Armando was absent. Not coming to see me. I knew he was very angry and these past two days had given me the opportunity to think and decide.I was wrong and I would apologize. I had realized that without him these past few days, I wouldn't have been able to survive without his help.My home was no longer safe, and he was right about that, he had done the right thing by helping me take the bags of money out of there.I waited for him. I was better now. I would wait, I had no idea when he would return but I would sit out here and wait.As soon as I saw the gate open, I stood and watched him drive in. "What are you doing out here?" He asked, surprised to find me outside after parking the car at the garage ."Waiting for you." I told him. "It's cold and your health...""I'm sorry." I cut him short. "I'm sorry for my attitude earlier. You've been nothing but helpful and kind. While all I've done is be a bitch.""Hey, it's okay. I'm not angry." He cupped both sides of m
LucyShe lifted herself up from the floor. Her eyes flashed her wolf, she wanted to shift and that infuriated him all the more.Armando's eyes were no longer his. They belonged to his wolf's and to be honest, it was worth the scare. Blazing red with fury, even I knew I must tread with caution. "Calm down, Armando.""You were filming me?!" His voice reverberated through the whole house. I could say I felt the house shake beneath my feet."Who sent you?" He asked the girl."I can't..."Before the girl could complete her defiant statement which was already obvious what she wanted to say. Armando angrily lunged himself at her and before my very eyes, his wolf claws were slashing the girl's neck."Armando!" I cried out.But he was far too possessed by his wolf to listen. As though slashing her neck was not enough, he drove claws into her heart and tore apart."Laia possess me." I sent a message to my wolf.It was the only way he would listen. Wolf to wolf.I felt her take charge. I went t
Lucy“But why kill her when she could have easily applied and worked as an undercover?” This night could not get anymore strange and exhausting.My nice dinner plans with Armando had been ruined because of yet again another mystery that must be solved.“Because she knows there’s no vacancy. Our boss hires a specific number of workers and once he reaches the limit, he closes the room for vacancy.” Vikan patiently explained, still holding the dirty necklace.“Put that in a Ziplock and bring to me.” Armando ordered the guy. “And this phone too. I’ll take it to him myself.”“Yes boss.” The Vikan guy went to do as his boss had instructed.I watched Armando go pick up a key from a small shelf where he had keys to his vehicles hung.“Going somewhere?” I eyed him.“I’ll send in some men to come stay with you.” He closed the shelf.“First off, will you be going like that? You’re covered in the girl’s blood. Secondly, I’m going with you.” I ensured my tone was firm on the second statement.He m
Lucy"There's no need to apportion blames at the moment. The good thing is we now know. So we have the upper hand, my men will accost him on his way." Armando said."What about his family?" I asked with a sense of curiosity."They should be with him, I guess." He said.A troubled hiss left my lips. My phone rang then. I brought it out of my pocket. "Talk of the devil.""Jax?" He quickly glanced at my phone."Yes.""Pick it." He suggested."I don't know what to tell him. Maybe he already figured it out. I'll just return his money and since he has signed the freedom document, I'll still be free, I guess." I reasoned.Armando merely chuckled. "And you think that will work with Jax? He really wants me dead which was why he was ready to sign your freedom so long as you do the deed. He won't let you go if I'm not dead. Pick that call, Lucy, don't make it more suspicious than the situation already is.""Alright." I sucked in a breath, bracing myself for the worst and picked the call. "Hello,
Lucy“I’m here, Teck.” He said into the phone.We were outside the fence. After his efforts to calm me down, I was better. He really did have a way of soothing my anger.“Yes. She’s with me.” He replied to something this Teck guy said over the phone.Probably he was asking who I was.“We can go in now.” He informed, taking my hand. He led the way and soon we were coming out of a lift and stepping into a room packed with gadgets I was sure only this Teck could understand.This place looked like the lab of a secret, brilliant yet crazy scientist who was trying any and every experiment he could find.I saw him. I knew he was young, specifically his age but nothing prepared me for the extremely young, innocent looking face staring back at me.The kid could easily pass for nineteen or even eighteen.“Boss.” He greeted Armando. Then to me, he waved shyly. “Hi.”“Hi.” I waved right back, easing his obvious discomfort with a smile.“He’s not used to being around people. Especially women.” Arm
Lucy"How can I have a twin sister, Armando? I'm an only child." I did not want to believe it.No, there was no way. I had no sister at all."She looks like you, Lucy.""People look like people all the time Armando, big deal.""Why are you denying this?" He was staring at me, observing me."Because you're not even sure. How do you know I have a twin? It's not even the picture of an adult but a little fourteen year old." I retorted.All my life I had thought I was alone, I had even come to get used to it. So how come I was suddenly alleged to have a twin?Not just a sister but a twin?! Ha! Unbelievable!"Who looks every teeny bit like you!" He argued."And how would you even know that?! You have not seen a picture of me when I was young.""Still, Lucy. Even you can not deny the resemblance. She's just like the mini you. And remember, we're trying to pursue a mystery here and the broader our minds are, the more information we will have.""Useful information, not crazy ones." I knew he ha
Lucy“We have your mother, Jax. You wouldn't want to do anything stupid.” The three of us were out, Luciana had her hold on the woman who still had her grip on the detonator.“Why did you come here, mom? How did you even find out about this place? When did you even arrive the city?”“I have my ways, Jax and I came here for you. I heard everything. I won’t let them take your throne away.”“But you risked your life!” Jax seemed confused in that moment.I looked around and couldn't find Seth.“Where’s Seth? Is he no longer on your side?”He glowered and growled. “Why don’t you go ask his dead body lying alongside others in that building!”I observed Luciana’s face, her expression was blank. Well, I had thought she would be sad by the news at least, she’d known him from years back.“So you’ve not had enough of us, huh? You came back for more?” I eyed his frail state. He was severely injured and was just holding on for dear life.He was just as stupid as his mother. Though they had wasted
Lucy“Hi. You said you wanted to see us.” I could not help stiffening my tone the moment we entered the living room and I spotted the woman who appeared to be in her late forties to early fifties.But I could see where Alpha Jax had gotten his features from. One glance and you would know she was not lying about being his mother.“Yes. Oh Mother of the Moon!” She exclaimed in shock seeing Luciana beside me. “Who’s Lucielle and who’s Luciana?”“I’m Lucy, not Lucielle and she’s Luciana.” I clarified.“No, Lucy’s for short. Your name is Lucielle. Your parents named you after your twin grandmothers, from your maternal side.” Her face fell as she said this.Luciana and I looked at each other, then at Armando before finally settling on the woman again. She was richly dressed but her emotions were on display. It made me wonder.“You seem to know a lot about us than we know of ourselves.” Luciana chipped in, she had pulled me to seat with her.Armando took the seat beside me. “What would you l
Lucy“How are you, Teck?” I carried the tray containing his breakfast to him. I had offered and lifted it out of the maid’s hands that had been bringing him his food.He was awake and seating but with lots of pillows propping his sides. He offered me a pallid smile. “Fine, thank you.”I dropped the tray before him. “Here’s breakfast.”“You made it yourself?” He asked, a bit surprised.I quirked a brow. “You think I can’t whip up a meal?”He chuckled lightly. “I didn’t say that. Thank you.”“How are you healing? How’s the ribs?” I asked, helping him stay stable so he could eat.“It still hurts.” He said.I sat back down on the bed. “I’m sorry Armando and I didn’t listen to you. You would not be in this situation if we had carried you along.”He shook his head. "It's okay. On the bright side, you met your sister.”“Yes, I did. You know, she said she agreed to kidnap you because she wanted to meet me.” I told him.During our conversation yesterday, she had confessed the reason she had ag
“After I was adopted, things were fine until two years later when they finally had their own child. They changed. I was sixteen and depressed. They treated me more like a maid or nanny, sometimes both. I didn’t complain about the nanny part because I loved the baby.”She drew a breath in. We were currently in the living room, we just finished dinner. It was time for some truth telling.“I had always been this strong, I realized. So one day, I returned home from school. As usual, the wife left the baby with me and went out. The house was left in disarray as it usually was, I cleaned and cooked my lunch. By the time I was done, I was tired. I fed the baby too.”“How cruel can some people be?” I could not believe this. Why bother go for a child if you didn’t want them?She shrugged. “I don’t know. So I fell asleep doing my assignment. Next thing, I was being woken up and accused of trying to kill their baby. I had no idea he was choking on his vomit.”“They accused you?”She looked at me
When the vehicle finally drove into the hotel, I was exhausted enough to fall asleep while also still incensed enough to punch someone to death.Luciana and I stepped out of the vehicle. I had a cut around my neck and waist, Luciana came out just fine.We had decided not to say anything until Armando was present. This whole saga was no longer just about me but him too.“Is it wise to return to the hotel where the guy was kidnapped?” Luciana asked.The guy that had driven us was one of Armando’s men.“Yes, boss.” He stepped out of the car. “Oh okay boss.” He put his phone back into his pocket. “Boss says he’s gone back home and I should bring you there. He said not to worry that he already cleared both rooms and lodged you out.”“That’s better.” Luciana climbed back into the backseat.I went back to the passenger seat and strapped in. The drive back to Armando’s home was quiet. I occasionally threw a glance at the back, I could still not believe I had a sister. A family.It was all so
“What the hell are you playing at, Jax?” Armando was not just angry, he was furious.I closed my mouth.“Hello sister.” She smiled.I did not need a soothsayer to get the story. “So you killed Zara.”“Smart, I like.” She beamed as though this was a party where everyone was mingling and telling their comical life stories.“I already know your friendship with Zara. What kind of friend kills their best friend?”“I needed the money. The Alpha was ready to pay, so what’s the big deal?”“I am so glad I never got to know you. You’re evil! You had a family!”“And you know that because?” She took steps towards me. She had the same brown tresses as I did. We were same height and I could guess we would fit in the same clothes.“Because I did a background check on you three.” I cast a glance Seth’s way.I turned to Alpha Jax. “How many other missions did you send her while you deceived me into going? Why did you even asked me to in the first place? You could have asked her to go without putting m
Lucy“Well. Well. Well.” The cocks of guns had me turning.Fuck! We were surrounded. I wanted to shift my feet but accidentally stepped on something. Feeling alarmed, I looked down. Apprehension got hold. As if things could not get worse.My instincts were right. The bastard had set a bullet trap for us. It was just like a mine trap. If I tried to let go, there was already a weapon attached to it somewhere, it would go off and hit its intended target which I guessed in this would be Armando.“Seems you found us, huh?” Alpha Jax appeared from round a corner of the building. “He must truly be very smart.” He had Teck in his grip.The kid was bleeding’ He had been beaten. He was alive but barely.“How dare you?!” Armando was about to rush forward.“One more step and Lucy will kill him.” He warned, pointing his gun at Armando.If I had known this mission would turn out like this, Armando would have come with his men. All that had brought us here was to get answers.“What do you mean by ki
Lucy“That guy is one of Alpha Jax’s men, they must be close.” I wore my clothes — without undies of course — my gaze still stationed on the dead gray wolf that had slowly morphed into a very naked guy I recognized.Armando wore his. “Do you recognize this one too?”As expected, Armando had also killed his own black opponent wolf. I peered at the face of the dead guy. “I don’t recognize him but he must be. This means they had seen us. We need to be on alert and tread with caution moving forward.”“Exactly. Let’s hurry, Teck’s life is on balance especially now they are aware of our presence here.” He secured his gun by his waist belt.I had my lace tied and followed him. My weapons and gun intact, even the watch too.“Good job, Laia.” I opened the telepathic link to extend gratitude to my wolf.“It’s nothing. It’s my chance, I took it. You do all the fighting.” She sounded proud of herself.I smiled inwardly. “You were so strong. I watched you from your head, it was thrilling.”“Right?
LucyIt was a relief to know they were still in the city. It kind of narrowed down our search. I had almost thought they might be on their way to my city.“But how do you know it’s not Jax and his men?” He asked me.We still stood outside, staring at the stepped-on flowers.“He’s responsible, no doubt. But see the window.” I moved back, taking him with me to point Teck’s open window. “Jax and his men can not fit in there. It’s a small window, even you can not fit in there.”“So he hired someone else?”“Remember when Tasha said she overhead him telling someone to contact someone else.”“Yes?” He stared at me expectantly.“What if he hired someone new to carry out this job? I am usually the person he sends but…you know, this issue came up and he got someone else.” It was a guess on my part but I was a bit certain. It could be a possibility.“But we don’t even know where they are. That bastard could be putting the kid through torture. I wish I know where they are. Where they have him. Te