Emma frowned, a deep furrow forming in her eyebrow as she tried to grasp the concept behind whatever theory that the squirrel just spurted from his mouth.What the hell was that? Imagine something and he would latch onto it? Did he have a mind vision? The concept reminded her of her professor. Professor Perkins who had told her to imagine and hold the thought of being totally free from the innumerable voices which had besotted her a few days ago when she had stepped into the power of reading minds. But that was different. Professor Perkins hadn't been able to read her thoughts or see the image. So, what was the squirrel talking about? He could read off images too? Although it sounded awesome, it was a bit creepy."Emma…" The squirrel called her, and she shrugged, deciding to listen to him and obey. She could ask her questions-for she had them many, later.Now, obey she shall.And so, she captured with her mind, the picture of the gown she wanted to wear(the gown she had imagined times
Ava's mother.That had been Emma's first thought when she had seen the woman, standing right in front of her. The eyes, the nose, lips, expression, everything screamed Ava, except the hair. Ava didn't have the dirty blond hair. She wasn't as close to Ava as she was to Maya but the former had crafted a tiny place in her heart since saving her from further humiliation at Cassie's party. The latter had saved her from going insane-for that had been what her feelings had bordered on when she had found Cassie on Derek's lap."I am Emma, Ava's friend." She replied finally, remembering that the woman had just asked who she was."Ava's friend?? That's weird. She had never mentioned you. Come in." The woman said, and Emma muttered a thank you, before stepping into the sitting room which had an uncanny resemblance with Derek's. She chuckled unconsciously as she remembered that she had once referred to this entire place as Melvina's estate. What the hell! She thought; what ignorance could cause.
Ava was all dressed up. She was sitting on one of the two armless chairs in her room, the squirrel on her lap, waiting for Emma. She had been waiting for thirty minutes. But she wasn't really concerned about that. She was more concerned about the fact that the redhead in her dressing room was back, and so Derek would be free from the beast, at least that had been what her father had mentioned. Her father was Jack, the pack's doctor.On the night that her father had suddenly left the house, she had been awake, unable to keep down Sydney Sheldon's 'the stars shine down'; a book she had borrowed from one of the humans in their class. Of course she had known that it had been work that must have taken him out by that time, but it hadn't stopped her from worrying. She hadn't been able to remember the last time her father had left the house by that early wee hours of the morning to work, except in rare cases where a woman of her pack was having difficulty giving birth.So, when he had return
Jack, Ava's father opened his mouth then shut it, still processing what he had just heard. It seemed too much to take in. So, the mate whom he had advised that the young lad should pray to the goddess for, had already been staying with them in the pack, and was a human? What does this mean for the pack? Would a human be Luna? Personally, he didn't have a problem with it, since she alone had the capacity to drive away the beast with time, but what about the others? They didn't know about the lad's current state. Neither did they know about his battle with an Alferic beast. So would they accept the human as their Luna? And about the beast, he doubted that they would know about it. He himself hadn't seen any of that before; had just known it from stories told time without number by his parents. And now, the evil being had possessed their soon to be Alpha and no one knew except from his family and the Alpha's.Did the human know about that? Is her 'chi' strong enough to drive away the b
Emma checked out her appearance for the umpteenth in the long standing mirror, beside the wardrobe in Ava's room, before opening her purse and dropping the plain necklace which Queen Zipfarah had given her into it. She didn't want to forget it. It was too important to her quest tonight. "Where did you get that?" she heard Ava ask her, and turned around sharply, not fully understanding the identity of the 'that' in her friend's question."What…?" she asked, furrowing her eyebrows, even as her gaze shifted to the squirrel subtly, asking too.But he wasn't sure either. He also didn't find it necessary to read Ava's mind for that since she would definitely explain her point soon if she wanted to get answers. And he wasn't wrong, at least not this time."I meant the necklace…where did you get it from?" Ava asked, squinting her eyes as if they were being blinded by the sun. The necklace was exactly the same as the one her grandfather has, even though this one was coated with pure gold whil
The party had already started. It was taking place in the largest hall in the pack, located in the south wing of the Alpha's building. It was rarely used, mostly reserved for occasions such as this which happened once in a while.The females of the pack had really outdone themselves in the decorations of the hall, under the strict supervision of Melvina. There wasn't to be any mistake of any kind. Today wasn't a day for that. Today was her son's birthday party, and not just that, the coronation of a new Alpha.The dignitaries were already arriving in their numbers, girls and boys from neighboring packs attended too, no human was seen around. Of course not, this was a werewolves' party, though the attendance of some supernaturals weren't banned.Alpha Peter is seen at the entrance of the hall, welcoming the very important guests to his son's coronation service, most of them being Alphas of other packs, including his elder brother. He would be a liar if he had said that he hadn't been e
Leo watched silently, the telepathic communication going on between Curtis and Maya, his supposed mate, he still wasn't sure of their mate-ship, but he was very sure that he was very much attracted to her. The gown that she wore glued to her like a second skin, the lacy material giving snippets of how creamy and soft her full skin would be, enticing, seducing. He found out he wanted to hold her, to caress her beautiful face, to hold her to himself by gripping her waist, he wanted to shield her away from the eyes of the other guys in the room which were staring at her openly, unashamedly. The fact that she wasn't even aware of the effect she had on the opposite sex endeared her more to him. He wanted her.But first, he had to know what was wrong. He was sure that Maya must have told Curtis some bad news, seeing that the latter's eyes were dilated out of shock. He needed to speak with her, with both of them.And so, carefully, he untangled his arm from Zoe's, a posture she had manipulat
There was a knock on the door.Derek soughed, glaring at Clem and Shane."Did you tell him that I was here?" He asked them. Currently, they were sitting down on his bed, forming the structure of a tripod stand, or a triangle, if seen from high up the ceiling."No, of course not." Clem replied, taking his gaze away from Derek to the door."I had told him that you were with your mother." "Okay then, if you say so. Check out who is there." he stated, sitting upright on the bed. He had been reclining at the bed board since his two friends had come to drag him into a party he wasn't sure of the outcome. What was the essence of going to the party when Emma hadn't come? It was dangerous-and that's why he hadn't faulted his parents when they had told him an hour ago that he wouldn't be engaging in a combat if it should ensue between them and their foes tonight. They had mentioned the beast as their concern. They couldn't risk having it controlling him, as it is also triggered by the sight or