Joanna couldn't be blamed as she oddly felt comfortable leaving her child with a bunch of strangers.Few seconds later, she was finally done and despite the fact that the wardrobe in the room where she was staying was filled with different types of female clothes, Joanna knew better than to pick them to wear.Moreover, she saw no use in not wearing her clothes when she obviously had clothes in her duffel bag.Joanna didn't care if they didn't match the standard of the mansion. She was content with the little she had.Now wearing a pair of all black hoodie and joggers, Joanna stepped out of the room, looking refreshed and vibrant. She tentatively walked towards where she heard noise the most which led her to the largest and most exquisite dining room she had ever laid her eyes on. Joanna had no idea what reaction she should or ought to have because at the moment, her brain chose not to function. Meanwhile, Elias,his daughter and Alan all had their gazes focused on a particular piece
Joanna's POV;I was woken up by loud banging and hammering around me and if I didn't know better, I'd have said those people were out to kill me. I mean, why I. the godeess' name would you wake up a fellow person like you who was very much alive like you were waking the dead. I squeezed my eyes shut in anger but at that moment, I heard one of them finally yell."B*tch! What do you think you're doing in there? Don't you have a home? Don't bring your bad luck into my business. Get out of there right now!" I heard a woman yell. I didn't need to turn around to see exactly what she looked like. Of course, it was a wooden compartment but the front side was covered with a transparent glass. I made out this compartment to be the barrier between the bakery behind it and the customers buying the confectionaries.I knew they could see me and even when I felt sorry for staying in this compartment without permission, I was also dead tired. I truly felt like sleeping till I've had enough but I kne
Not only Joanna but the others whom the woman had called to help her yell and curse at Joanna were dumbfounded. Wasn't this the woman who was planning on calling the cops on Joanna few minutes ago? Why had her attitude changed in the blink of an eye?.Joanna pursed her lips, not knowing what to say and could only nod her head in agreement. What was she to say to a woman who changed attitude in the blink of an eye? If she wasn't talking smoothly, surrounded by other people and dressed nicely, Joanna would have thought she was insane.She was finding it hard coping with how fast the woman's brain was."Um, thank you ma'am. I really appreciate it. I'll clean up if you want me to," Joanna offered even though she could tell that there wasn't a single speck of dust she had left in the compartment.Hurriedly waving her hand in dismissal, the woman shook her head at Joanna hurriedly."No, of course not. It's fine. I'll tell that lazy of of mine to clean the whole compound. Don't worry young l
After eating a heartfelt breakfast,it was at this point Joanna knew it was time for her to plan out her day and how she'd leave Elias' house. She believed that the only reason why he had allowed her stay in his home despite being a stranger to him was because she had saved his daughter and Joanna couldn't blame him. Who'd want to help a stranger? Who'd allow a stranger stay in his home for a night? Not knowing if she had ulterior motives? After eating and seeing her son had properly being bathed and taken care of, Joanna walked back into the room she had slept in and immediately packed her duffel bag properly, making sure she didn't take anything that wasn't hers. Few minutes later, she was finally done and Joanna took a good look around the room, staring at it solemnly before heaving a sigh. She was aware she only had the conscience to stay for a night, in return of the favor for saving a life. Joanna was aware it'd be very shameless of her to decide to ask to keep staying in som
"What? Do you think I won't be able to feed you and your son?"At this, Joanna slapped her forehead. She should have known!Indeed, he was just as she thought of him to be."Umm, I believe I didn't say anything like that. I'm leaving only because I know I have no right to stay here nor in any way related to you," Joanna forced out. This was the first time she looked at him straight in the eye since she met him. It was either she was always having her face to the ground or staring anywhere but at him. Elias had nothing to say at this. Indeed, she had truly pointed out the reasons for her leaving but still, he wasn't satisfied. At that moment, the cold CEO who could think of a great business proposal worth millions of dollars was finding it hard to think of an excuse to keep a potential lover by his side. Joanna turned her back, ready to leave but how could Elias let her go just like that? If he did, he'd no longer be known as the ice king again that could freeze a person in place wit
With his lips pursed, Alan continued to stare at Elias' hand, looking like a kid deep in thought. Joanna didn't notice her son's expression as she was too busy, thinking about the past. The past that made her days hell. Her fists were tightly clenched by her side as she lightly reminisced the past that haunted her before she met Alasdair and Micah. Thinking back to this, Joanna was grateful and couldn't help but give a small bitter smile. Indeed, she had come so far and she swore nothing was going to drag her back down again or stop her. Elias who was still sitting right in front of her had to struggle to control his almost erupting emotions. He didn't look like he was angry but Joanna's emotions were greatly affecting him.All these didn't pass by the eye of Alan who had now been watching Elias intently like a hawk. The little fellow has his eyes lightly popped out as he waited for what was next to come."Heading somewhere?" Elias asked, snapping Joanna out of her thoughts. She vi
****Violence AheadEver had the feeling of being watched in a dark room but upon looking around, not seeing anyone? The tingling of the skin, alerting one that it was a dangerous situation? The hairs on the skin rising, making you feel like the weather was unpleasant? The wind lightly whispering in your ears, telling you sweet nothings? The soft murmurs of unknown voices passing through the wall, letting you know you weren't alone? Unknown ringing of bells making your heart beat erratically?Moving away from the spot you once were but then feeling like you were being followed?Well, it was much more worse than this. Unlike it being a room, in the heart of a forest, it was midnight and not a single sound could be heard and none was made. The night animals in the forest seemed to have noticed something was off and all had gone quiet, none saying a word. Suddenly, the crunching of dried leaves and sticks could be heard and then came the howls of laughter. In the extremely dark forest
In the extremely dark forest which the moonlight had refused to illuminate, admist the horrendous laughter, jumpy cracking of dried tree sticks on the floor and leaves were heard.Nothing could be made out in the dark forest. "Ha!" A short laugh followed after the boisterous horrendous laughter. Anyone with a soft heart could never stay in this forest as this person would have been long gone. Suddenly, the crunching of the dried sticks and leaves stopped and all that followed was an uncomfortable silence. The silence that made one's senses heightened.Two series of footsteps had long been made out in this dark forest."He-!" Suddenly, a loud yell which was soon cut off by strong sounds followed by muffled cries of pain could be heard."Hm, it tastes nice," A sweet and sultry voice was soon heard while the muffled voice continued."What are you doing?" The middle of the forest was suddenly illuminated by a burning fire on a long stick. Holding the stick was a woman dressed in tatter
Rising, Joanna realized she was still in the same position she was in before the dizziness took over. She didn't need to be told that was happening to her was no ordinary thing."Mother this isn't normal....," Joanna whispered to her mother while the latter nodded her head in understanding. " I know sweetheart and I believe the only person with such immense power, able to do this to you is none other than Celine, she who you've been in contact with" Stella explained to Joanna who now had an incredulous look on her face."Waaaa....," Alan's loud cry of pain was enough to snap Joanna out of her thoughts. Balling her fists by her side, she slowly removed herself away from. the group, moving slowly towards the witches."What did you do to me and my son?" She hissed, glaring straight at Celine. "Hm, you know what annoys me the most about you? You act like the superior one, walking like everyone is below you. I hate you," Celine seemed to have lost control as she raised a knife in the air,
"Who's next?" Swinging his sword on his shoulder, Elias smiled. Immediately, the young witches stepped backwards in fear, too scared to put to practice the spell they had been taught. "Cowards!" Helen's mother yelled as she came to stand in front of them. "Give up Joanna and we would let her baby go!" She yelled loudly,staring at Elias straight in the eye. Her thoughts were unknown but just as they all thought, Alan was being used as a bargaining chip."How do you expect us to give her up when her son is nowhere in sight?" Mark hissed, glaring at the witches who looked like a colony of ants. Unhappy with what was said by Mark, Helen's mother glared at him but the young Beta didn't flinch. He couldn't be bothered with the nuisance of a witch and was more bothered about Joanna and his mate. He couldn't see Helen too which further made him on edge but he couldn't show it for fear of alerting the enemies. Slowly, Celine walked out from behind the forest, standing right behind the c
This left Aric with one choice which was to kill every witch he came across as fast as he could.Soon enough, he went unto action.Elias and Stella both noticed Altair who was planning on killing another guard and immediately went to stop him. They both directed the guards to kill the other witches while they fought with Altair who seemed displeased by their actions."Why is no one taking my side?" Altair screamed blindly as he fought with them . He was seconds away from changing to his wolf form and they could see it. "... because you're doing the wrong thing. No one is going to take your side," Stella yelled as she dodged his incoming blow.Her words seemed to further anger Altair as he charged towards her once more, leaving Elias out of it. Midway,he changed into his wolf form while Stella transformed to the creature that once haunted Joanna. Everyone on the battlefield could see Stella change and the moment she did, the witches who were starting to have the upper hand all star
Before the coven of witches arrived, the Red moon pack members all arrived safely, with none of the members missing. They were all ushered into Alasdair's home which already contained the Blue moon pack members. "Joanna, you need to stay in. I promise, we would rescue your son and bring him back to you," Sebastian spoke, finally braving up to speak to her."No, stay out of my way. This is my fight," Joanna hissed while he immediately retreated."No, this is our fight!" Mark yelled as he threw his fist into the air."Fine, just be safe," Sebastian gave up stopping her while Joanna ignored his words.Mark was carried outside, behind the flowers where his body was hidden.This was a big risk they had all taken to ensure he'd get back to normal as soon as they spotted Helen, the one who put him in this condition.Althea who had also been locked in Alasdair's house during the previous battle was allowed to join the fight. No one dared to stop her since they all knew her main aim. Alasda
Upon waking up, Joanna realized she had fallen asleep right in the living room just as Elias had spoken."What was that? Please don't tell me you fell asleep while he was talking?" Aric groaned, trying to restrain his laughter but it was fruitless."Hm, de.. definitely not. I just had something to think of. For how long was I out?" Joanna awkwardly questioned, hoping to change the topic as soon as possible. "Sure, no one here is a fool. We were all able to tell you fell asleep for what...? Slept for a total of 15 minutes. I mean, who does that?" Aric continued to sass when Joanna had to keep her mouth shut despite ber shock. She couldn't help but wonder how she was able to have that type of dream in this situation making her seem like she was deranged and had no conscience.If anyone amongst them knew of the dream she just had, Joanna was sure she was going to be eaten by them.She peeked a glance at her mother, hoping to catch the slightest bit of reaction from her to see if she ha
Joanna's POV;I didn't need to be told that I was yet again dreaming in the midst of war. Moreover, why do my dreams always have to be wet dreams I knew would never be fulfilled. Was Sebastian sweet? Definitely not. Was Elias sweet? I really didn't know.Was Alasdair sweet? Yes, but then, why was it that my dream wasn't about him? Everytime I closed my eyes to sleep, I was always ending up in Dreamland. Have I been cursed? I didn't know but then, I recalled something and I hoped at this point, whatever it was that was going to happen in my dreams, my mother shouldn't be watching. Now that she had made herself known beside me, she didn't need to keep watching me in my dreams.After several failed attempts of trying to wake myself and leave Dreamland, I gave up on this idea and rather focused on the situation at hand. How did I even fall asleep in the first place? I couldn't understand this as my thoughts were all jammed up. A touch on my bare shoulder was enough to send me to an ent
At this, Joanna didn't know if she really knew him or he had been pretending. Either ways, now she was starting to doubt her judgment on people."Don't be surprised. He has always been like this," Stella hit Joanna's arm lightly and smiled at her."How did you....Hold up, did you know him before now?" Joanna questioned tentatively."Silly girl, how did you think he was able to accept you unto his home without any hassle? Although he is kind but Elias never trusts anyone to that extent," Stella laughed while Joanna seemed more shocked." Are you trying to tell me that you asked him to take me in?" "Of course," Stella laughed, pulling Joanna to sit."Since when did that happen?" "Unfortunately, your mother wouldn't have the time to narrate the story to you because they are near.." Elias interrupted as he took out his shiny two swords and stared at them.
**18+, killing scene, read at your risk"Things happened after your disappearance," Althea spoke and smiled at Joanna but the latter could see the worry in the little girl's eyes.Joanna didn't need to know what was making her worried and once again, she was overwhelmed with fear; the fear of where her child was."Don't worry, your son will is fine," Her mother coaxed, rubbing her arms lightly.Upon hearing the confidence in her voice, Joanna was surprised as to why."How are you so sure he's fine?" She couldn't help but ask."I'm sure because they can't do anything to hurt him. Don't you know your son has more powers than you? Thereby, making him stronger," Stella laughed while Joanna couldn't help but gulp her saliva.She had already had an inkling as to the fact that Alan had the same powers as her but she didn't realize he had more of it than she did."Aside that, he's just a little boy. What self defense does he know?" Aric asked as he stared at Althea from the corner of his eyes.
"He was taken away by a disguised witch that came for revenge.""What! A disguised witch? What is going on? What do you mean?" Alasdair asked in a hurry as he ran his fingers through his hair. It was at this moment Joanna was a le to see the fatigue in his eyes and now, she felt like she had come back to square one, like the powerless little girl she once was. "Before we continue this conversation,we need to get him inside. It's a long story...," Elias spoke, pointing at Micah who had stopped moving and his eyes were tightly shut. Immediately, they all made their way into Alasdair's house, as they shut the door tightly.Altair was smart enough to protect the house with a spell that didn't allow outsiders to hear what was going on. Indeed, the blue moon pack where everyone treated each other like families had become a pack where they all had to be careful of whom to trust."Now, can someone tell me what the hell is going on here? I'm really so confused," Mark cursed out, slapping hi