AUTHOR'S POV:"How come you have this special ability and you didn't care to make a fortune out of it?" Ava asked as she watched Queen collect the materials that were needed for the making of wolfsbane potion."This special ability was handed down to me by my mother. It's something generational, I was supposed to teach my daughter too but I had only sons.""Oh,""There are a few rules to a potent wolfsbane. These rules must be abided by or the wolfsbane will be impotent. It has to be applied to the people who would be needing it, only by magic. With what you've explained to me, wolfsbane with a touch of magic, and they'd be fine.""Thank you so much for this.""There's no need to thank me," Queen replied while Ava watched as events unfolded before her."Okay. Let's add a wolfsbane leaves,Juice of 2 Mandrake leaves, 3 drops of dragon blood,1 powdered moonstone, 2 drops of Syrup of Hellebore, 3 Murt lap tentacles, Juice of 7 Sopophorous Bean, and finally, 1 Occamy egg, and we are done.
AVA:Handing the covered potion I was holding to Damien, I sighed inwardly.Now that Damien and I had put our differences aside, we had solved a problem for the people of Blue Crest pack.War was always the reason for bloodshed and the innocent people to suffer."Thank you so much for your help. I'm grateful. I must tell you this before I leave. I must tell you that I regret all my actions towards you. If only I had time to turn back the hands of time, I would treat you right. I'm sorry once again, and I'm sure Audrey is too."Not believing a single word he said because I was smarter than he thought, I sighed inwardly again. It was always with these apologies that they never meant."Audrey, there's one more thing I would like to tell you," I said and she turned her neck in my direction."I didn't burn your house and kill your parents like you think. Ander killed them and burned your house too. I think he has a thing against you." It wouldn't be fair if I didn't release this dreaded se
CHAPTER 153AVA:The pouring of a splash of water on my face made me sit upright. I squinted my eyes to aid me adjust to the light.The smell of dust filled my nostrils and I was forced to sneeze when I tried to suck in another gust of air.I almost choked from the dust when I saw the cobwebs and decided I was gonna be here, at least until the rope used in tying my hands was loosened."I asked politely, that you help me get my revenge on Damien and Audrey, but what did you do?" Ander spoke, near enough to my ear for me to recognize his voice. A grimace plastered across his face."Where am I? What's going on?" I looked around me, asking as the Images of the last moment before I passed out flashed in my mind. "You fucking made a fool out of me. I even heard you forgave them. You freaking forgave them," he made a pained expression appear on his face, bent low to face me before he continued."You know what? By the time I'm done with you today, you're gonna have to be understanding what's
AVA:"Where have you been? Everyone has been worried about you." Leo looked me over, half way staring at me and halfway hugging me."Can we go in, our tell you in there. But just so you know, I was kidnapped." I said to him."Now tell me why the heck you were gone for four hours and who kidnapped you?"Before I answered his question, I looked around, where was everyone gone to?"I sent them all away when we started looking for you," Leo answered my question even though I asked it in my head.I nodded. "You were right about Ander. He is up to no good and he is the one who kidnapped me. I managed to get myself out of his hold." I said and Leo's eyes darkened. I could sense that he was already getting angry."That bastard. Does he think it's funny barging into my wife's birthday party and taking her from me? Why don't you wait here, I wanna go have a chat with him." Leo moved immediately after he was done speaking and was quick to hold his waist, momentarily stopping him from moving.Leo
AVA:Surprisingly, I was able to break the rope which was used in tying me, merely because I felt like it should be torn from my body.Now, everyone believed me. Queen rushed to my side with a great smile on her lips. "Goodness gracious, you have powers we don't know about too? If you aren't aware of your powers until now, then it means that you need someone to teach you how to control your powers and know the capabilities inside of you.""Exactly," Billie clapped and came beside me."I'm gonna make you a pillar of salt if you get too close." I joked. Billie had a mock-shock expression on her face before she burst out laughing.Leo came around me and hugged me.Queen glared at him but turned to smile widely at me."Can I speak with your wife for a minute?"Leo shook his head in the negative, "No,"Queen grinned at him as if passing a message through her eyes. "She will always be your wife. She isn't even running away."When I thought they might be going back and forth about who was t
AVA:I wondered if Leo would understand what I meant by the 'Salu'ah' if I told him about it.Adding to the fact that I wasn't sure of what I was about to say yet, I decided not to mention anything about it. I could simply be overthinking at this point.Weeks had passed and I grew weaker as the days went by. Not to mention that I gained lots of weight and I became so picky when it came to my choice of food.I stood in front of the mirror, still observing myself and how much I had gained weight when I began to remember what had happened in the last few weeks.Queen fell sick during those few weeks and to make matters worse, all she said about the Salu'ah was true and gradually coming to pass. I had gone to the fields alone, this time, because I wanted to test out what was happening to me and the truthfulness of what Queen had told me.I had turned into my wolf form and I was surprised by what I saw. Slowly but majestically, like most wolves, my wolf, freed itself, dancing in the light
AVA:I lay on my back, the smell of drugs and disinfectant filling my nostrils. "Where am I? What am I doing here?" I asked myself as I tried to raise my aching back."Please take it easy." Leo helped me lay back gently on my back. "You fainted some hours ago. I was so worried about you." He told me.I was about to ask what was wrong with me, what happened and why I was there but he had already answered me.A doctor came into the room with a nurse following closely behind him. A stethoscope hung around his neck and he adjusted his glasses and cleared his throat.He came close to me and after checking my temperature and using his stethoscope to check my breathing, he took a few steps back from me."We will run her a test to ascertain what's wrong. The result of the test will be out soon."The doctor said while the nurse simply nodded."Thanks," Leo said and shook hands with the doctor who slightly bowed on recognizing Leo.After a while, the doctor invited us into his office and we sat
AUTHOR'S POV:The arrival of Ethan broke the uncomfortable silence and tension that followed Leonard's words."Alpha. I have vital information." Ethan said, looking Leonard in the eyes.Leonard began walking away, following Ethan out of the place, but he wouldn't stop turning his neck and glaring at Damien, as though he was saying, "Keep off my mate."Damien turned to face Ava, who stood, almost flustered as she began talking to Billie once she noticed that Damien was going to talk to her.Something darkened in Damien's gaze and he walked up to Ava who was trying to avoid him, by walking away with Billie."Ava, can I talk to you for a moment?" His cracked voice betrayed his emotions even though he tried hard to conceal the fact that he was not hurt.Leonard's words, that Ava was pregnant were so heavy on his heart -- so heavy that he found it hard to ask the dreaded question he yearned to ask.His eyes twitched, his fingers shook, his lips trembled and his heart skipped a million beat
AUTHOR'S POV:Leo got out of the car and he headed straight in a particular direction. Some of the men who were with Leo were already Safari's ex-men before they got hired by Discord, so they easily knew the hideout and the place where Safari's captives were kept.Leo gave an express command. "Seize the keys and free everyone." After entering the place, Leo began looking for Ethan and Billie. He tried using their scents to catch up with them but it their scents only lingered in the atmosphere. Wherever their, scents led, he went there but he would not see them.Worried, he began looking for them. Apart from. The stench of dead rotting bodies also filled the place and he was forced to cover his nose.Some people had been chained for a long time here and some were even chained to their deaths.Leo dialed a number as his right hand held it to his right ear."Drake, I think you need to contact the police on this one. Human trafficking is going on and we need to trap these bad guts and mak
AUTHOR'S POV:"Hello. Who the fuck are you?" Safari asked, reminding himself that he was the indomitable guy who had been fearless since age ten."I am Leonard and you must be Safari." Leo hoped that he was right because this same number was the last Discord answered."Listen to me," Safari bellowed, his voice sounded threatening."I need you to release the flash drive, hand it over to Discord, or else..."Safari drawled."Or what?""I kill the werewolves. I'll eliminate your stupid kind!" He yelled, trying to scare Leo."Why don't you hold on because I have a present for you?" Leo grinned smugly.Safari's face twisted in anger, his anger simmering below the surface, as he asked, "What present, what present you fu -" before he could complete his sentence, the line had already gone dead."That bastard!" Safari growled while standing up to his feet and downing the glass of alcohol in his hand."Who does that bastard think he is, huh?" Safari was angry that Leo had cut the call on him.A
CHAPTER 183AUTHOR'S POV:30 minutes earlier...Thirty minutes earlier, Discord had just shot a gun at Leo but he successfully dodged.This had angered Leo so much because he had not intended to harm Discord. He had planned to stay through to the word of his bargain. If Discord made them release his friends he would hand over the flash drive as well as clean up the mess created by the media.Leo frowned hard. He hated the fact that Discord had taken him for a fool just now this made him remember what he had done to Ava. Discord had shot Ava with the gun containing wolfsbane poison and now, he was doing this. Everything just kept aggravating the situation.Something snapped in Leo and his eyes changed color.He collected the gun from him in a fit of rage and watched him collapse to the floor."If wolfsbane is good, why don't you get your dose of it." Leo looked around at Discord's men and they only appeared feeble to him. He could finish them all in seconds but he only wanted to do thi
CHAPTER 182AUTHOR'S POV:The Grandmasters...Safari walked around the safety of his room, a glass of whiskey in his hand. He was simply in a dilemma as to what to do with the information Discord had just passed across.The problem was not in sending armed men to the place. The problem was simply the fact that those bastards could expose him too if he made the wrong move. One wrong move and everything he had worked for as a human trafficker, would just like a castle built in the air, crumble like a pack of sand.Who was going to save him now? He pondered and turned his wrist from time to time to check the time. Yet, time was passing and nothing was coming to his muscled mind.Another thought also crossed his mind. Could he afford to bear the loss that came with losing an entire day's work which didn't begin that night?Oftentimes, he'd always strategize and restrategize before he got the number of people he needed. Just when he thought he would actualize the number and finally pay for
CHAPTER 181AUTHOR'S POV:"Anything? By anything, do you mean anything?" Leo asked him again just so he could be sure."Don't be a dumbass, I've got no time on my hands. Spit out" Discord turned his wrist to check his wristwatch."In exchange for that flash drive, I need you to convince Safari to release everyone he held captive on the 30th of last month. In addition to doing that, I'll make sure to retrieve the news and make a public announcement that it was a fake mix-up. That would be a valid argument. Not only will you be free. Your family will be able to trust in you again."It was a tempting offer and Leo expected Discord to take the bait. After all, he had learned that each member of the Grandmasters was proportionally selfishUnexpectedly, Discird was fast to recognize the trick Leo was trying to play. The trick was to set him up with the rest of the Grandmasters!'Does this bastard want to set me up?' Discord asked in his mind. He couldn't believe that Leo took him for a fool
CHAPTER 180AUTHOR'S POV:Discord had the place surrounded by his men. There were over 500 men in the vicinity. Their guns and other ammunition stood in front of them, scaring others and onlookers away.Discord marched in front as their leader. Hen entered the place and went to sit on one of the king-sized seats he saw in the place.Pomposity and pride were usually the first weapons he used to surrender his enemies when the need arose. Many a time, when his opponents saw his heavy firearms and squad, they would usually surrender without him firing a single shot. But was he going to win in this mission?"I'm fucking speaking to everyone in this place. There's no need to hide. Come out and let's fight. You know how to run your goddamn mouths to the news but you can't fight, is that it? Hmm?" Using a lighter, Discord lit up a pipe and began smoking.Meanwhile...Drake noiselessly found his way to where Leo was. "Do you think we should call the police? There's a shortage of our men from t
CHAPTER 179AVA'S POV:Drake and other Equators had suggested the exposing of the illegal activities done by Discord stored in that flash drive. The Flash drive also contained the illegal activities done by the notorious Safari and Red Saint's gang respectively.I wonder why Discord kept such a record when he appeared to be discreet enough. Perhaps, he wanted to use it to his advantage in the future.Of course, we had done as planned but we only revealed Discord's misdeed, meaning that we were putting them in a great apprehension of harm to their reputation. Discord was already in danger but as soon as the rest of the group knew about this, they would come running to us in order to cover the truth. The Equators had a media house that they operated discreetly, but even I knew that those miscreants would blow the cover and find us in no time.Picking up a remote, I switched to Channel News. "News Headlines: A man named Discord is the head drug baron in the country. Corruption has eate
CHAPTER 178AUTHOR'S POV:Drake stood behind Leo all through the time he nursed his wife back to health.That meant that he stood behind Leo for the whole day, watching as he touched her lips, cleaned her face, or put her hair in order.Perhaps it was because he was loyal too that he stayed. He stayed to watch the definition of true love as it wowed him speechless.Leo had given his blood and Ava was halfway through the recovery process but he never left her for even an hour to go attend to his needs. His tired eyes were always on her as though she would die if she shut his eyes.Once or twice, Ava had protested, telling him to rest in the night and Leo had pretended to sleep and when he was sure that Ava had slept off, he awoke and continued keeping watch over her."I...I came with your breakfast but I haven't moved from here ever since then. It has pretty much turned cold and I know you won't take it, so, please excuse me. I'll go get dinner." Drake was able to stand for that long b
CHAPTER 177AUTHOR'S POV:"Safari, I've figured out a way to kill those creatures." Discord dropped the bombshell."What way?" Safari enthused. His heart leaped a thousand times as his head swelled with joy. What could that be that could destroy those scrawny creatures that wouldn't just die?Safari watched Discord's lips as they moved to make a speech...Discord couldn't help but make a flashback of what he had said to Safari. He had given a full lecture on how to bring an end to these creatures with the things he had discovered."You could kill them with wolfsbane. Wolfsbane is made from the plant aconitum. The patients allegedly diagnosed with wolfsbane poisoning, usually have a bitter taste in their mouths, followed by numbness and tingling in their faces and bodies, extreme nausea and vomiting, and cardiac arrhythmias and hypotension. Several required critical care has to be taken and if within five minutes, they are not resuscitated, the patients do one thing," Discord waited fo