#Chapter7ANIYAH POVAn aching pain pinched my sore knee and elbow. I groaned out. Even though my eyes were still shut tight, I could still feel the sun's warmth against my skin. Moving away from the light, I rolled over. Plush and soft, I wrapped the blankets around me to hide from the cool, circulating central air. My face hidden, I inhaled the warming scent of the fresh cotton and uncanny perfume.Wait..Where the hell am I at?Snatching the blankets from over my face. My eyes fighting the light for the opportunity to see, I noticed my surroundings.I shot up out of the bed.Bad idea.Hangover. I dropped back down onto the mattress and grabbed my now throbbing head.Maybe I should try this again, but slower.I opened my eyes back up to take in the room once more, hopefully to find a clue to tell me where I was. Spotting some familiar spiked high heels from last night on the floor, I knew where I was.Keira? I guess becoming used to Kiera we
#Chapter8JASON POV"If you assholes don't come on, I'm not going." I yelled up the stairs as I flopped down onto the couch."Oh relax, we're ready." Aaron assured as he ran down the steps.He slapped my shoulder. I let out a threatening growl which informed him I was not up for the dumb shit tonight.Aaron was the beta of my pack, the Black Water tribe and the mate of Keira, my sister. However, I reminded him I would not hesitate to rip his throat out."Why so tense Jason? Maybe a little action tonight from one of the lovely ladies at the club will ease some stress." Aaron always assumed a woman would satisfy me after a bad day. Especially since I did not have my mate."From the dumb ass day we had in those meetings, I will need it." I agreed.After long hours in careless meetings, the guys thought a night out would do us justice.Well, all the un-mated wolves thought."Jason always get action, girls can't stay away from him." Brent entered the room.
#Chapter9JASON POVI had laid in bed. Watching the sun rise, I could not find the time to fall asleep. I was too focused. Too anxious. I was drowning in vivid visions of her. Her beautiful frame. Her face. Her kissable lips and dazzling eyes, I could not erase her from my mind. Ecstatic that I had found my mate, I was a little discouraged about her being a human."Why couldn't you give me a she-wolf?" I whispered to the moon goddess.Despite our minor dilemma, the wolf in me was still howling with excitement. But this will be just as hard too.If my mate were a she-wolf, things would have happened. I would've saw her; she would have known and I would be on the road to marking her as mine without the hassle of explaining it all. But since she is a human, she will not understand. She does not get it. She does not know what she means to me. So, I have to take my time, even though it’s going to be difficult for me.I listened to the threatening footsteps near. I sm
#Chapter10ANIYAH POVThe next week was basically the same stuff. Classes, lunch with the girls, and oh, more classes. I refused to tell anyone, including Keira and Keisha what had happened between Jason and I. Honestly, I did not want to.It was now Friday, and I was ready to start my weekend off right. Keira, Keisha, and I decided we would go visit the local carnival today.Anxious, I got my mom to drop me off. My mom pulled up front of the house. I listened to her ask me what Keira’s parents does for a living. She found their house insanely large.Honestly, I wondered the same thing sometimes.After making up some insane story about Keira's parents being some rich software creators, I hopped out of the car and ran up to the door. Before I could even ring the bell, Keira was at the door with a silly smile on her face."Come on, we are waiting for you." She began tugging me into the door.She pulled me into the direction of a large room that looked sort of like a
#Chapter11Month later...Monday. Oh how I hate your ass. I cursed Garfield's most hated day on the way to school. I always considered Monday the 'Weekend Recovery' day. It's the day where people returned to reality from a weekend of parties, liquor, hangovers, sex and other shit they shouldn't have done.I walked in to the school and linked up with Keira and Keisha, who were standing near my locker. It's been a month of me being at this school and they still managed to stand to wait for me every day by my locker. I always called them stalkers because they always seemed to find me so easily. "What's up stalker?" I joked."Ha-ha bitch very funny." Keira hissed. "It's too early for your bulshit jokes.""Nothing like a morning joke." I laughed.I opened up my locker, snatched out my books, and closed my locker. I turned and looked at Keira. I could how different she looked. Exhaustion clearly being the suspect, I could see her struggling to look alive. I guess she thou
#Chapter12My mother laughing, she listened to her usual morning gossip on the radio as I scanned through the Internet on my phone."So why aren't you going to work again?""Oh someone broke into my office last night. The police are there now observing. They said it would be best if we were not there.""Really? What did they take?" I asked."So far, nothing that we know of. Everything just seemed to be thrown everywhere. I wont know for sure until I clean-up for myself.""Oh. That's weird."I stuffed my things into my back as we pulled up in front of my prison."See ya mom?" I yelled out as I ran toward the entrance of the school. Annoyed that I had missed a good half of my first class, I walked in with my head low. Ignoring the staring eyes, I kept my head down as I made my way to my seat."Nice for you to finally join us Ms. Ross. We were just finished picking partners for the upcoming project. There's only one person left, Carl. Do you mind partnering with
#Chapter13Exiting the car, I followed her to the back of the large house. I spotted everyone having a good time. Keisha was lying in a chair on the other end of the pool, I guess trying to catch a tan. AJ and Brent were wrestling wildly in the pool, and Aaron was operating the grill.But Jason wasn't here."Looks whose here." AJ stalked over to me."No, wait." Knowing exactly what he was up to, I held my hands up in defense. "I still have my clothes on.""You have five minutes then you're going in." Brent insisted that I remove my dry clothing before I get tossed in."Trust me, they will do it. They got me earlier." Keisha yelled from across the pool."Fine." I sighed. I slipped off my shirt and shorts, revealing my black and white pokka dot bikini.Without another second to spare, Brent had picked me up and tossed me in to the pool. Luckily I could swim because he made sure I was tossed straight in to the deep end.We spent hours in the pool. It was fun.
#Chapter14Aniyah__Yawning, I reached under my pillow and grabbed my buzzing phone. Groaning out in annoyance, I realized that I never shut my alarm off.It was seven and I was wide awake now on a Sunday morning. Great! I headed downstairs to fix me something to eat. I slipped on my black tank top and black boy shorts and dragged myself down in to the kitchen."Good morning?" My mother greeted me as I walked in."Well you beat me to the punch." I said smiling as I watched her scrambling some eggs.Good, because now I don't have to cook. I pulled a stool back from the kitchen island and sat down. She was making bacon, cheese eggs, and blueberry pancakes.YUM!!Wait... But why? She only did this when there was something special going on. "Mom, what's going on?" I gave her a questioning look."What do you mean?" She played coy."Mom.""Fine. I give in. Next week I am going to Florida for a week. That’s it. Business.""Okay, what day are we leaving.
#Chapter143Epilogue 3 months later...Jason stood on the balcony that overlooked their rear field of their home. He watched silently yet observantly as Aniyah and Jess took part in an intense training session with Maya. Once Maya proceeded to finish up their session, Jason made his way to the field where he met the exhausted yet proud girls. "Alpha." Maya greeted as she picked up her things. "Maya." Jason nodded. "Thank you.""Of course. You should be proud of these girls. They are good.""Thank you." Jess teased. "With a few more lessons, I will be able to beat your ass.""Yeah right." Maya took off running, laughing as Jess ran to keep up."How are you feeling?" Jason turned to Aniyah. "Well besides the burn in my legs, I'm good. I don’t know, I think these workouts are strengthening me." Aniyah grinned."You look stronger." Jason could not help but admire the curves that her work outs were creating. From her firm yet soft arms to her sculpted
#Chapter142Where do we start? Aniyah sat at the edge of her bed as her focus remained on the floor.Look at him. She wanted to look at her father however she could not find the strength to do it.As Aniyah contemplated on whether to look in her father's eyes, Christopher was struggling to find the right words to start with.He knew it was years since the last time he talked to his only daughter. Now, he was not sure where to even start."I know this is a lot." Christopher noted."A lot is not enough to explain this." Aniyah chuckled."I know." Christopher exhaled. "I'm a...vampire. I guess that is why it’s too weird to look at me?"Christopher toyed, even though it bothered him that his daughter could not look into his eyes."That is not why." Her eyes strayed away once more.Aniyah admitted why. She admitted to her father how looking at him made her afraid. It was the thought of seeing him come and go again that made her afraid to confront him."I kno
#Chapter141Aniyah began to rise from the bed when she heard the bedroom door open.Jason, worried about the distressed look on her face, sat beside her as he motioned for her to lie back down."What's wrong?" Jason asked."I'm good."Aniyah continued to push herself up, her face as emotionless as she could make it. Even though her body was screaming with pain and discomfort."What hurt?""Everything." She chuckled.Shit. She thought. Even laughing hurts."It feels like that pain you get the day after a workout." Aniyah rubbed her arms. "It’s like the day after a Maya workout."Jason smiled."Ouch. You must feel like shit." He began running his fingers across her legs. Applying enough pressure that left her groaning from the mixture of pain and pleasure that came from his massage."Speaking of Maya, how is everyone? Where is my mom?""Everyone is getting the attention they need. Maya. Kiera. All safe. Brent is making sure Jess is safe. Carl is..."
#Chapter140Jason stood at the patient room door, watching from a far as the doctor wrapped the bandage wrap around Aniyah's arm."Thankfully you did not need stitches." The doctor sealed the end of the wrap with a strip of tap before she finished it with a smile."Thank you." Aniyah nodded."Come back in a few weeks and we will make sure everything is going good. Okay?""Yes."The doctor turned away and began heading toward the door."Thank you." Jason spoke."Of course Alpha. Make sure she gets some rest. I'm sure the entire ordeal took a toll on her.""I will."The doctor took leave; leaving Jason alone with the woman he had searched so long for."How are you feeling?" Jason asked her, watching as she rubbed her hand across her arm."Better." Aniyah slid from the bed before Jason placed her back without a word. "What are you doing?""You need some rest. I would advise you stay here.""I'm not tired." Aniyah slid from the bed; her body maneuv
#Chapter139"Is that all you got?"Carl crawled to his feet; wiping the spilled blood that oozed from his bottom lip as he stood up tall.He raised his hands; balling his fist around his silver knuckles he had made for a time like this.His victim, a hostile vampire, had also taken a few vicious attacks that Carl had inflicted on him."I’ll be finished here in a minute girls." Carl exhaled with exhaustion."Are you sure about that?"Carl had two remaining vampires left. He knew he did not have the strength to take them both on but he was set on trying.He was willing to take another hit. He was willing to take on a few more blows until he was down."You are a strong human." One stood over Carl's fallen body, smiling in triumph as his prey laid weak beneath his boot."Did you think your gadgets could take us on?"He kicked the devices from Carl's hands."When will you idiots understand that we are the superior species?"Carl began to stutter. Babbl
#Chapter138Jason caught wind on what Carl and Brent were up to. He just needed to give them enough time to get them done. "Have you ever dreamed of being on top of the world?" Lucifer continued. "Unstoppable. Respected.""You want to be feared?" Chris questioned."Fear. Respected. Same thing." Lucifer chuckled, sharing a laugh with his right hand, Liz."It’s not." Jason noted. "I rather be respected for what I do and who I’m then feared for being a damn monster."Lucifer was a little surprised by the comments of his guest. He expected them to oppose in the beginning, however he thought they would be a little more optimistic once he offered his speech.Even though he did not admit it, he was growing very impatient with the meeting. He wanted-he needed- them to see it his way."This is pointless." Liz intervened.She thought they could strive without the help of the wolf and vamps. To her, they were nothing but simpletons who she knew would get in the way.
#Chapter137Carl crawled his way across the roof; his steps slow and careful hoping he would not go plummeting through the rusted and torn roof of the warehouse."How are you walking so easily?" Carl glanced over his shoulder, watching as Brent walked so carefree."Because my fall won’t be deadly." Brent glanced over the edge of warehouse, taking notice of the distance between them and the ground."True."Carl found an area where he could set up the little equipment they could carry with them."A.J is still circulating the perimeter." Brent informed."Good." Carl noted. "This shouldn’t take long.""And what is it that we are going?" Brent asked, wondering as he waited just a few feet away from the target. "I can hear them.""Who?""Jason. Chris. Kareem and....Lucifer." Brent snarled; his eyes darkening at the thought of taking on the man who had taken what he had claimed."I get it. You want to kill him but don’t go all crazy on me now." Carl advised. "
#Chapter136"My-my wife?"The room became overwrought. It was as if a dark, impenetrable cloud had rolled in, carrying a storm that was strong enough to rip through every person.That storm was Lucifer."What have you done?!" Christopher's fangs showed Lucifer that he was ready to tear through him. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!"Describing the anger that ripped through Christopher and Kareem was impossible. The idea, the thought of losing the woman they had loved left them stuck in a trance they could not shake.Kill him. They thought.Furry crossed their faces as they hissed violently as they sought to charge."Wait a minute." Lucifer reached into his pocket. "Aht aht."He warned; his hand submerged in his pocket before he retrieved a small, indefinite item."Wait." Jason ceased them before he turned to Lucifer. "What’s that?""Well. It’s a little detonator.""For?" Jason held back the desire to shift; the desire to run through Lucifer with a single snap of
#Chapter135"Is this even stable?" Kareem questioned as they stood outside of the longstanding, once abandoned warehouse.It was obvious the warehouse had seen its ware and tare. Weakened structures and broken windows. Stripped boards and paint as it stood with minimum support."Enough for them it seems." Christopher looked over the warehouse, watchful of any movement."This place has been abandoned for years." Jason scanned over the warehouse, wondering if his fiancé and the others were even inside. "We might have to take it easy here.""What do you mean?" Kareem wondered."This place seems to be standing on pins. Foul movement might bring this shit down.""I'm sure we can take it." Kareem rebelled.They held the strength and capability of taking a little weight."But can your mother or your sister?"Kareem stopped to reconsider. He knew his family could not bare such weight. Weight that could kill them; crushing them under the tremendous weight. "So