When Emma and Derek stepped into the big hall, it was like there hadn't been a bloodbath some minutes ago. There were no bloodstains anywhere, nor were there any scent of blood. It was sparkling neat and beautiful as it was before the intrusion.Aiden, his twin and Yodah had done a great job, together with Clem, and co. Prescott was not left out either. Since Emma had deserted him for her love, Freya had been carrying and talking with him. Maya and Ava weren't left out either.Emma smiled, feeling so happy walking arms in arms with Derek. Her mind was consumed with the hot sex they had just had and the playful atmosphere thereafter. Since they had been bathed with sweat after the hot beautiful exercise, they had visited the bathroom, where they had done a quickie first before bathing together. She could feel insides humming in pleasure and contentment."Stop ruminating on those thoughts. You are making it hard for me as it is." She heard Derek whine in her mind, and smiled, loving thi
Emma watched with furrowed eyebrows, as Derek was crowned the Alpha of the Blue Moon Pack. A golden crown with diamond fixtures was placed on his head.But that wasn't her problem. Her problem was that he was avoiding her gaze. What the hell was going on?She turned aside to Maya and Freya. They also had the same look on their face. They weren't sure what was happening.She looked around and found Aiden.She piqued her eyebrows at him, but he shrugged. He didn't know either.She shifted her gaze from him to Shane, who was standing between Clem and Leo.Coincidentally, their eyes met. He was confused too.Derek wasn't smiling. He was cold.Was this part of the drill? She thought, letting her eyes search for Anthony. He was his brother, so he must know something about what was happening.Her fears heightened as she noticed that Anthony had been looking at her sullenly all this while, and that immediately their eyes had met, he had instantly averted his gaze.Something was wrong. She cou
Emma bit her lips hard, unconcerned about the string of tears dropping down from her eyes constantly, as she watched Derek sprout nonsense out of his mouth. Yes, that's what she had tagged it. Nonsense. But did it stop the painful tightening of her chest or the weight that threatened to push her down? Of course not. She was caught up in an angry and hurtful haze, deaf to Prescott's shouts in her head to calm down.She flung roughly away, the hands of Maya and Ava that were trying to hold her still, to hold her back from her mission. Already, she had let Prescott drop from her hands whilst hearing Derek talk. She hadn't been bothered about his cussings on his butt scratching the floor, nor his whines about his body being dusted. Her eyes and focus had all been on Derek, swallowing whole and sinker, everything he was saying, even though knowing that it would hurt her the most, including the action she was about to take her.Behind her, in her moving motion, was Freya. The latter was stu
When Emma stood before Derek, her eyes cut across everyone standing around him, including his parents who both averted their gazes when they met with hers.A deep seated fury roaring its head in her body, threatened to burn the whole hall down and Emma, although she didn't really understand it, didn't want to dare give it an expression. No matter the fact that she felt like screaming the walls down, and burning up the whole place, she couldn't. She still loved him. And it hurt so bad, so bad that it confused her. Now, she could understand the vision Queen Zipfarah had. The woman had been trying to protect her, but she had stubbornly refused, deciding to save Derek before herself. And what had she gotten in return, betrayal. A stab on the back from the person she cherished the most. This was more than Pain. Zipfarah couldn't have seen it more. This was painful. Love was painful. She thought, tightening her fisted as her gaze landed blankly on Derek who was watching her with an indiffe
Emma hissed, watching Melvina's mouth drop open in shock.Why was the woman surprised? She thought, staring at both her and her mate in disdain.Whatever it was, she was sure that Derek wouldn't have done this, without their consent. So, why was she acting like she wqs surprised by her anger, or angry words? 'Damn me for thinking that she has been good! Hypocrites!' She screamed in her head, feeling more confident with the presence of the vampires behind and beside her. Although it didn't daunt the fact that she thought them wicked for feeding on human blood, she was still appreciative to them for standing with her, together with Prescott.Seeing Derek still mute, looking all beaten down and trodden, she smiled bitterly. She would make him pay. She promised him, sending the message through their private link.And when his eyes widened a bit, having read her message, he shifted on his feet, forcefully pushing his hands into his pockets.Emma knew he was frustrated, but she didn't care
"So, where were we?" Emma asked, smiling innocently, breaking the stunned silence in the hall.Before she had spoken, a pin drop on the floor would have been heard literally. The hall was so still, until she had spoken, and until Claire's mother shouted at her."How dare you...you filthy human..." The woman was still ranting, when suddenly she got dumb. She tried talking, surprised at the turn of events, but she couldn't even open her mouth. She stared wide eyed at Emma, wanting to plead for mercy but for pride, confused on how to break free from her. She should have shut her mouth.There were murmurings now. Emma could hear them, as usual."She has powers? What the fuck! How did that happen?""She is a witch?""Or a vampire? Don't you see the resemblance between her and the other girl?""But she doesn't smell like one. She smells like a human.""I thought she was human. What just happened?""What is happening? I'm beginning to think that there is a missing part of a puzzle here?""I
Same hour that night; USA:The vampire to the left of Dobah(Yodah's uncle; hope you guys remember 💆) suddenly launched himself, wings bursting through his back as he leaped into the air, talons twisting his hands, his face contorting until he wore a razor-sharp beak. Even as he attacked, the second vampire's body rippled with fur and his face lengthened into a long muzzle to accommodate the teeth filling his mouth. While the bird went high, the wolf attacked low. The third vampire wavered until he was transparent, dissolving into droplets of mist streaking toward Dobah.To Blenda's horror, she could see a vine creeping along the ground, a long deadly tendril reaching out toward Dobah's ankle. She pressed a hand to her mouth to keep from screaming. It wouldn't do to distract him. She had to trust in the fact that he was very experienced and would see each and every threat directed at him even though the attacks had been launched simultaneously. "Get home now!" Dobah's voice issued th
He didn't know who Dobah was. She held that realization to her. It was ammunition, might have shock value when she needed it most. His head was beginning to move from side to side, a slow reptilian motion that was curiously hypnotic. Blenda knew better than to focus her attention too closely on the movement. Something about it fascinated her, yet at the same time repelled her. That was warning enough. He blinked his hooded, blood-red eyes just once. (Okay guys... another pointer...vampires have red eyes, and love reptilian motions)She blurred her image and that of the stranger, jerking the human with her as she sped with preternatural speed just as the vampire struck, grabbing for her with his clawed hands. She felt the wind of his strike as he missed her by scant centimeters. The creature shrieked his anger, whirling in a cloud of dirt and twigs, a powerful dust devil towering high, blackening the air around them. Blenda's heart was pounding in alarm. She had succeeded in angering