Hello, my lovely readers. I hope you are enjoying Angelica’s journey thus far. Unlike Angelica’s mother, Quinn, Angelica has been sheltered most of her life, because of her parents’ fears, and this is going to be a different kind of journey than her mother’s. It is clear that Angelica isn’t quite as mature as her mother was, and she is going to learn quickly that her sheltered life at home is far different from the world outside of it. Will she grow and mature into a strong Goddess like her mother was, embracing both her sides, or will her sheltered life and her fear of letting people in, stop her from becoming who she was meant to be. Also, will Angelica find what she needs from the warlock to stop this person coming for her. That is all yet to come. Once again, thank you all for your continuous support.
Angelica’s POV My hands gripped the armrests of the chair, as I tried to hold back my powers, which were now threatening to show themselves, but I knew I couldn’t allow them to, not in front of a whole restaurant of innocent humans. Plus, if I allowed them to take over, then I would be validating my mother’s accusations that I wasn’t able to control my powers yet, and I be damned if I was going to prove her right. “What’s the matter sweet stuff? Cat got your tongue?” He now asked me, as he licked his lips, and began to look from my eyes down my body, until his eyes rested on my chest. My knuckles now started to turn white, as I gripped the arms of the chair even tighter, while I began to hear them crack beneath my hands, knowing that I was holding on to the last ounce of restraint I had left in me. Picking my words very carefully, I finally whisper below my breath, knowing that only he would be able to hear me, “If I was
Anglica’s POV “Angelica, please give me a minute to explain myself.” Joffrey pleads with me, as I step off the elevator, finding him already on the top floor, realizing he must have taken the stairs. Pushing my way past him, I say to him, “What’s there to explain? You’re a vamp and you want me for my blood.” “Your blood?” He says to me with a confused look on his face, but I am sure it is all part of his act, and I’m not falling for it again, as I head straight towards the bedroom, wanting to get out of this small damn piece of material, he called a dress. Slamming the bedroom door behind me, I begin to pull the dress over my head, but then the door to the room flies open, making me drop the material back down over my body quickly, as I yell out to him, “What the hell, Joffrey.” “I’m sorry…” He begins to say as he turns away from me, making me think that he is going to give me privacy, but then he turns ba
Angelica’s POV Slowly, I opened the door, before stepping out of the bathroom, and my eyes immediately found Joffrey, sitting on the edge of the bed, with his head hanging low, looking defeated. Awkward silence filled the room as I stood there, not knowing where to start with him, but then he makes the first move by saying to me, “Angelica, please give me a chance to explain.” “Okay.” I said back to him, as I leaned against the wall, thankful that he had made the first move, hopefully telling me what I sought to hear from him. His head rose up to look at me at that moment, and I could see sadness now in his eyes, but also the look of shock that I was giving him this chance to speak. “I don’t know where to start.” He said as he turned his head away from me, like he was ashamed to look at me. “How about you explain to me how you passed Selena’s exam last night at my party.” I suggested to him, wanting desperately to know ho
Angelica’s POV “So, are both your parents like you?” I asked him, before I took a bite of my steak, that Joffrey had ordered us from room service, as the two of us now sat at the small dining table in the room. “No. My father is a full-blooded Alpha, but my mother though is a hybrid like me.” He explains to me, and I couldn’t help but to ask, “So, your Aunt Rosa, is she a hybrid too?” “Yes, but not the same as my mother and I. She doesn’t carry the wolf genetics.” He now says, making my head tilt to the side as I look at him confused now what else she could possibly be mixed with, but he quickly changes the subject by saying, “So this thing that is after you, what do you believe it is?” Shaking my head, I look down at my half-eaten steak on my plate, as I wished that I could tell him about my family’s history, and how my mother and my ancestors were hunted by the Dark Prince for our goddess’ blood. There was no doubt that
Angelica’s POV Voices coming from outside the bedroom door awakened me, while the sun beamed freely into the bedroom, as I quietly got out of bed, throwing on the cozy hotel robe, before I moved towards the door wondering who Joffrey was talking to. A familiar woman’s voice now carried into the room, making me realize that his Aunt Rosa was here, but she sounded like she was in distress. Cracking the bedroom door open, their voices carried freely towards me, and by the sounds of what his Aunt Rosa was saying, the vampires had come back after she had closed the restaurant down, causing damage to it, that was going to take some time to repair. “That girl you had with you last night, caused more problems for me then what I already had. After what they destroyed, I fear I am going to lose the restaurant, because there is no way I’m going to be able to come up with the money they are now demanding I pay, because of her.” I now heard her say
Angelica’s POV With daylight now on our side, and the majority of the vamps nestled up in their nests, with their fill of last night’s riches, Joffrey and I head out into the city to find the warlock that I came here to find. I was giving myself to the end of today to find him, and if I don’t, then I was going to have to make a difficult decision, which was to call my Uncle Tristan, exposing that I was in his city, so that I could warn him what was going on beneath his nose. As Joffrey drove us towards the part of the city called Old Town, he began to warn me about the area. “This part of the city is rough, and it houses a lot of supernatural beings that don’t want to be found. I think it’s best if you let me do the talking.” After what happened last night at his aunt’s restaurant, I couldn’t disagree with him, because I didn’t want to draw any more attention to myself or cause any more problems for him and his family than I already had.
Angelica’s POV An eerie feeling right away hit me, that I wasn’t alone, as I called out to the man “I know you are in here. I just want to talk.” Silence remained filling the air, but as I closed my eyes and tuned into my wolf senses, I could hear his heart beating a mile a minute, telling me that he indeed was still here, and that he was scared. Opening my eyes, I look in the direction that I could hear his heartbeat coming from, as I tried to refrain from using my powers, exposing myself to him, as I squinted my eyes now trying to focus them, by using another one of my wolf’s abilities. Faintly, I could see his figure cowering in the corner of the room, before I called out to him once again, “I am not here to hurt you. I was sent here by a good friend of mine, who said I could find a warlock that goes by the name Alatar.” “My father is dead, but you already know that.” He finally says bitterly to me, breaking his silenc
Angelica’s POV My eyes instantly widened, as I recognize the one from the restaurant last night, making me realize that these two weren’t just men, but vamps. Taking a step back towards the door, as Alatar’s son got to his feet, I knew it was too late to keep him out of this, especially if the vamp recognized me. “Talon, I thought we told you to leave town, and here you are still here.” The one vamp said to him, as he knocked over a pile of books to the floor, while the other vamp from last night turned and looked in my direction. The look of recognition instantly rose on his face, but to my surprise he didn’t say anything, but just stared at me, as if he was trying to tell me something with his eyes. But as I tried to figure out what he was trying to tell me, a loud thud filled the room as the other vamp knocked a bookcase over, and Talon stepped away from them towards me, as he says to him, “I told you I needed a few days to take care
Angelica’s POV Stepping outside the protective walls of my father’s house, I froze in shock at the chaos that was happening on the front lawn, as the heir’s army had made their way through my father’s gates. The witches and warlocks were holding their own against the vampires, and the wolves were in full blown battle mode, scattered out on the entirety of the front lawn, holding the vampires from making their way to the house. Joffrey nor my father were no where in sight, making me believe that they were on the frontlines with my Uncle Bishop, trying to hold off the heir from entering. I knew that I had to get to them, but there was no safe direct path to make it there. Taking a deep breath, I composed myself, knowing that I had to make it passed a battlefield if I was going to make it to the frontlines where they were. Calling upon my powers, I raised my hands in front of me, before I began to make my way down the steps, knowing that on
Angelica’s POV It didn’t take long for Talon to come walking in the room, as I stood beside Selena while she went over the spell with me, knowing that it was going to take all three of us to reverse the spell that Alatar had placed on the telus. I personally had never seen such a complex spell as the one we were about to perform, but I knew that Selena knew what she was doing and had faith in her to guide me through it. “Just in time.” Selena says to Talon, as she grabs the potion she had made, while she ushers for me to retrieve the candles placing them in a circle like she had told me to do. As I placed the candles in the circle, Talon moved to stand to the north, as Selena moved the potion to the center taking her place to the south, while I moved between the two of them to the east. When we were all in our places, Selena says, “Whatever happens, don’t break the circle.” She then turned to face me, before she says, “I
Joffrey’s POV “How is this even possible?” I asked, stepping away from Angelica, towards my greatest grandfather, now alive and well standing before me. “It seems the heir’s blood wasn’t the only thing trapped inside the sunstone.” Angelica confesses to me, making Ambrogio’s eyes move from my own to her. I had my suspicions that his soul was somehow bonded to the sunstone, but I never would have imagined that he was literally trapped inside of it.“The heir’s blood?” Ambrogio asks, as if he was confused, which he probably was, since it has been many moons since he was imprisoned, and so much has changed since then. “Tyler, the vampire that had imprisoned you is dead, by my mother’s hands, but he left behind a son, which is whose blood was trapped inside the sunstone with you.” Angelica explains to him, trying to get him up to date with what is going on here now at the present time. “Tyler’s dead.” He now said,
Angelica’s POV My body was frozen in place, as I continued to stare into the sunstone, realizing that the heir’s blood wasn’t the sole cause of the pulse that beat in the center of it, as it now looked like it had a heart of its own. At first, I felt fear, but that fear was slowly disappearing as I began to feel a source of energy from the sunstone entering my body. As that energy seeped from the sunstone into the tips of my fingers, making its way up my arms and to my heart, I began to feel an immense feeling of love washing through me like a tidal wave. Of course, I thought it was Selene’s love, making me close my eyes, as I began to welcome it into my heart, but as I welcomed the love into me, I realized it wasn’t her love I was welcoming. Tyler’s voice at that moment begins to echo in my head, as he says, “Only my blood shall release you, combined with the love of her soul.
Angelica’s POV Holding the sunstone in my hand, I tried to focus on the tiny little speck in the middle of it pulsating, but I was finding it hard to do so with all the chaos going on outside. “Focus Angelica.” Selena says to me, as she hovers over me, making it even harder for me to focus, with all the pressure that was now on my shoulders, and the thought of Joffrey out there on the frontlines. Leaving out a growl of frustration, I lowered the sunstone from my view, before I said, “I don’t know if I can do this.” While tears began to pool in my eyes, knowing that so many lives were counting on me, but here I was unable to pull myself together. For some reason, my mind was still stuck on Mrs. Thomas, and how I wasn’t strong enough to keep her safe. It was a brutal reminder to me that I wasn’t as strong as I once thought that I was, and right now, there was so many lives counting on me that I felt the weight of the pressure n
Angelica’s POV I don’t know exactly what I was expecting when we returned to the house, but I knew that the look on Selena’s face, along with Talon’s expressions right now wasn’t it. It was clear that something was wrong, as the look of dread filled her eyes, as she stood there holding the book that Alatar had left for her. Moving quickly to Selena’s side, I asked her, “What’s wrong? Is there something wrong with the reversal spell?” “There’s nothing wrong with the reversal spell, it will work, but it calls for a drop of the heir’s blood.” She explains to me, and I shake my head as I realize that was never going to happen, especially with the shield that he keeps up around him, protecting him from anyone being able to lay a hand on him, let alone get a drop of his blood. “Damn it!” Joffrey says, as he runs his hands through his hair, obviously frustrated that even with the reversal spell there was no way to use it, but then h
Angelica’s POV As I sat there, tears began to pour from my cheeks as the minutes began to pass, while my heart ached in my chest. All I wanted at this moment was to see Joffrey’s face once again, and to know that he was okay.A beam of light at that moment shined down on me, and I raised my head to look up to see the moon piercing through the opening in the trees surrounding me. The sunstone around my neck at that very moment began to softly glow, before I heard a faint sound of movement on the other side of the wall. Getting to my feet, my heart began to race, as my eyes focused on the wall in front of me, while fear began to consume me that the heir had sensed my presence alone within the forest, awakening the sunstone. As movement from the other side of the wall filled the air, I raised my hands in front of me, calling upon my powers, as I readied myself for whatever it was.Movement now could be seen at the top of the wall, as a hand reached over its edge, and I st
Angelica’s POV Too much time was passing, and I feared the worst, as I stood outside beside my mother and Selena, watching the gate for any sign of the heir’s return. Daylight was beginning to fade, as the moon began to show itself, telling me that my father and Joffrey should have returned by now. I couldn’t just stand there, waiting on them to return a moment longer, as I knew it should have been me who retrieved the book, but instead, two people that I care deeply about were outside these gates, risking their lives for my mistake. Turning, I looked back towards the house, knowing that I had to do something, but I couldn’t allow Selena or my mother to know what I was about to do. “I’ll be right back.” I said to them, before I took off towards the house, without waiting to hear a response from them, because I knew if I turned back around my mother would know that I was up to something. Entering the house, just to make it loo
Joffrey’s POV Frank remained by the front window, as I moved around the cabin peering out all the other windows, especially the window out the back door, where I could see the grown-up trail that Alpha Jaxson had been talking about. I knew that it would probably be the way that Luna Tonya would be coming from, and I just hoped that she would make it here unscathed, as I had no clue how many more vampires the heir had within these woods. As the minutes ticked by, I felt myself on edge, knowing that it was just a matter of time before the heir’s men would be arriving back to track us. Frank had given up his cover to help us, and I prayed that it wasn’t going to affect our mission in finding my aunt and Angelica’s uncle. While I stood there peering out the back window, I heard Alpha Jaxson ask Frank, “So, how is it that you were one of them, but you fought on our side?” “I was never one of them. I was placed undercover by my Pri