LOGINShare
COWARDS ONLY LIVE IN THE SHADOWS - PART 2
Last Updated:
2024-10-29 19:42:56"What took you so long Catherine?"
She sensed the anger in her father's eyes, her side eye sighted Alex and the fear in him made her chuckle.
"What's funny?" Don was dumbfounded by his daughter's character, the more he tried to be close to her, the more she proved difficult. Raising her without a mother had been difficult, her mother had died of internal bleeding barely a year after she had brought Catherine into the world.
"Nothing, was weird why you would want to see me by this time".
"I have the right to call you whenever I want Catherine, you can't be bigger than me". He hissed.
"Now tell me what's going on between the staff and you?"
"Dad I don't know". She gave him an innocent look.
"Stop the pretense, Eden told me what transpired".
"That bitch!" She murmured to herself, no wonder she couldn't look her in the face when she served the juice, her father must have interrogated Eden. Catherine knew her father better than anyone and she knew Eden had told him everything.
"Father, I did nothing, they decided to leave their jobs".
"All of them?" Her father sat on his usual chair, his gaze fixed om her without twitching. He had put Alex in charge of the house since he traveled, last night he heard about Catherine's recent action he waited for this day.
"I want them all back".
Alex stood like a statute by the door, he never had the intention to interfere, they were having their moment and he would leave them to it.
"But father they're gone, we could get new ones".
"Whom you plan to throw off soon I guess?" He looked at her with his eyebrows raised.
"Father it won't happen again". She assured him impatiently, she wondered why Alex went all quiet, her wolf side hated him as he disgusted her.
"I disagree, I think it's better you live in the house with no maids that's enough punishment for the two maids you took their lives". Her father commanded.
"No, dad you won't do that ". Her father was unnecessarily strict with her this morning, she thought to herself as she turned to walk away in anger, she needed some air away from all this.
"Don't you dare walk out on me?" His father shouted at her.
"I'll do whatever I like dad". She walked away without looking back, Alex stood by the door which she walked passed she wasn't expecting him to hold her either, she felt her nails had come out.
"Eden". She angrily shouted at top of her voice.
"My lady". Eden came rushing to it, she wasn't surprised to see Catherine angry. She felt a sting on her face almost immediately which caused tears to roll from her eyes.
"The next time you think of reporting me, you should think of that". Catherine hissed as she walked into her room, closing the door forcefully behind her, she climbed her bed.
***
She didn't know she had slept for so long, she stretched as she checked her time and noticed how far it had gone. She got up from the bed and decided to get some maids for herself, she didn't care what her father thought. Slowly she wore a sweater and a trouser which matched her black sneakers.
"My lady".
She almost bumped into Alex on the way, he looked perturbed which didn't bother her anyway.
"Eden isn't in the house".
"So?" She asked looking directly into his eyes.
"What did you do?"
"Did she report me again?"
"No, I'm just guessing you-".
"Let it slide Alex, I'm off to get some maids". She announced.
"I thought your father warned against that?"
"Does it look like I care, I might be long". She announced while she walked passed him.
"Where are you going?" Alex suspected she was heading elsewhere.
"Hunting, I'm starving".
"Should I come with you or send someone?"
"No, don't worry I'll be fine, just stay with father". She responded.
"Take his advise Catherine, get someone to follow you".
She recognized her father's voice as she turned around to face him. "Father I'm no longer a kid, remember?"
"Ya I know, but promise me, you won't take long?"
She sensed he hadn't known about her mission to get maids for herself, probably Alex would tell him that when she was gone.
"Fine father, you got my word".
"Don't you think we should keep an eye on her"? Alex spoke out immediately after Catherine left them.
"No, there are better things to do, how are you going about our rival, the Black furs pack".
"They are watched from a distance and you got nothing to worry about".
"You should get the warriors ready for attack".
"You got it all covered". Alex gave out a warm smile.
"Any word from the Chefs she fired?"
"She insisted she hired new ones". Alex mustered the courage to tell Don who was vexed.
"She what!"
***
Catherine wasn't scared of anything, she had released one of the carriages to ride on, and she was starving.
"Madam, do you need some help?" One of the drivers who took care of the field came out.
"Do I look like one who needed help?"
"Sorry ma".
"Get out of my sight before you regret coming to ask me". She almost busted out in laughter as she watched the man running off in fear of losing his job. She entered the carriage and headed out of the house, she didn't want to stay long before her father changed his mind.
Asher cave was so mysterious that Catherine yearned to have a look at it, she thought to herself while she brought out the map from her pocket. The road was narrow which are locating the place to be complicated, she heard the hiring sound from the birds, and she had heard tales about humans being frightened to come here. Catherine boldly entered the forest, her eyes were alert, and she spotted some mountain lions. She quietly parked her Carriage to prevent being seen and hid in one of the bushes. A mountain lion showed up again which got her on her feet and chased after it, just then she changed into her wolf form making her speed faster. The mountain lion seems to be slow, Catherine caught up with it just as it was about to turn, she tore his side with her claws which made it cry out loud and slow it's pace. Catherine saw she had an upper hand as she pounced on it and used her claws to slit it's throat. She went for his heart as she threw it to her mouth, it's blood was fresh she didn't realized she had consumed flesh in it.
She headed for the carriage when she heard a screeching sound, she looked behind her to see who it was but saw no one.
"Who's there?" She heard the echo of her voice.
Related chapters
THE REJECTED LUNA TRAUMA
She sighted a cave which was a surprise to her, no one told her there was a cave in the forest. The vultures had taken the remains of the animal she had killed, she turned around as she walked to the cave."Who's there?"Catherine turned around as she sensed she was being followed but saw nothing. The cave looked old and abandoned, she stumbled into a skeleton and discovered it belonged to a human probably killed by wild animals or a werewolf like her. She heard the screeching sound again which made her look back and still saw nothing. It was getting dark, her wolf side had given her the warning to turn around and go home but she insisted she got a glimpse of the cave. She had barely entered the cave when she stepped on another skeleton, she wondered what the humans were doing out here alone, she could barely see inside the cave.The force of the wind came unexpectedly as it pushed her to the left against the wall of its entrance, her left wrist had saved her from dislocating her righ
THE REJECTED LUNA HATE - PART 1
"Run Catherine run". She panted heavily as she found herself running to the listening of her father's voice. She felt on a rock almost hitting her teeth on it, she turned around to see the creature who had faced her directly. It was a wild animal she and her father had stumbled into when when they went hunting. It opened its wide mouth as it was ready to pounce on her. *** "Are you okay?" Catherine felt something cold and liquid on her body, the moment she woke up, she discovered she was in the middle of nowhere. A man stared at her closely, she slapped him almost immediately. "Don't look me that way". She shunned him when she realized she had a nightmare. "I was trying to help". He innocently explained. "Where's the cave?" She asked as her eyes searched all over for the cave, she recognized the forest but the cave wasn't there. "There's no cave here". The man lightly touched her shoulder which infuriated Catherine, he talked to her out of pity which embarrassed her. The colo
THE REJECTED LUNA HATE - PART 2
Catherine woke up to the noise of the birds, it didn't sound like they were playing, it sounded like a bad omen. The pillow she placed on her head to block the noise wasn't working. She cursed under her breath while she was forced to sleep.***"My lady". She was able to hear her maid who shouted at the top of her voice.She has barely closed her eyes and now this, she snubbed the maid who had started pounding at her door."My lady please open up". Catherine angrily stood, she had decided to give Eden the beating of her life for being callous."What the?""Your father my lady, he all of a sudden stopped breathing".At the sound of her father, her heart skipped, she had just escalated things."Take me to him". Catherine perceived something strange, Eden had stopped looking at her and wouldn't take her to see her father."Eden speak up". Catherine shouted as she tried to control herself, Eden had taken a step backward with the feeling Catherine might hit her."Sir Alex warned me not to
THE REJECTED LUNA THE ESCAPE
Catherine lay still on the bare ground with her eyes shut, her breathing had become stable and the wolf's bane had finally worn off completely. Gradually she opened her eyes and looked ahead although she could not see anything. She trailed her hands on the ground as she headed for the door blindly. The door had a little open patch on it where the tiny ray of light oozed from outside. Here, she put one eye as she looked through to see if anyone was around the door. She studied the environment for a while counting every second that someone passed by, identifying the person from their footwear. She knew that the guards had uniformed boots and the non-guards had fancy leather shoes, some had flowing robes that covered their shoes. At the brisk of dusk, the maid would bring in her dinner, Catherine knew this and so she laid back on the floor with her eyes shut as if she was still in the influence of the wolf's bane. She heard the door latch and then the creaks from the metal door and the
THE REJECTED LUNA IN THE WOODS
Catherine had been on the run all through the night; she did not stop for a rest nor did she let the horse rest. They trailed through until it was dawn and still kept on walking until they got to the lake. The hyenas were sipping from the lake and Catherine approached them. They surrounded her and the horse as soon as they sighted them. Moving around as a predator preparing to devour their prey. “Stay away.” She said as she watched them. “I'm warning you.” One of the hyenas dived in for the horse but instead, she blocked it, hitting it down. It got the other hyenas furious and they all charged, saliva dripping from their mouth. Catherine bent down and placed one hand on the ground as she raised her head, her eyes and fangs had all come out. She roared at the hyenas so that they ran away fearfully, including the horse. Bringing out to her wolf’s side when she was weak only made her weaker and so she fell to the ground gasping for air. She had no strength left in her to run after th
THE REJECTED LUNA CATHERINE'S DILEMMA
She winced and held her head as soon as she opened her eyes. She did not know how long she had been out. Catherine looked through the small opening of the carriage by the time she had fully woken up. She could only hear the voices of the men but could not see anyone as it was already completely dark. “Let's camp here for the night. Feed the horses and take them to the stream for water.” The leader instructed one of the men. Catherine was pulled out from the carriage just after they had brought out the rest of the slaves in the other carriages and tied them together. “Let go of me.” She resented and freed herself from their grip although her hands and legs were bonded so she could not properly move. “Come here.” The man forged towards her but she nudged him with her shoulders. The man held her firmly and pulled her until she fell to the ground. The men distributed some yeast bread and a plate of stew each for the slaves including Catherine. "I don’t want your food. What kind of foo
THE REJECTED LUNA THE BLACK FURS
“We have arrived, stop the carriage!” Raphael said and the carriages came to a halt. “Bring out the girls and take them to the warehouse, clean them up and prepare them. They are coming.” He announced. They pulled the girls out including Catherine. She did not resent as she used to as she was just recovering from the tranquilizer's effect. The ray of the sun rushed to her eyes and she quickly shut them. She had not seen the sunlight for a long time, only the gloominess of the woods. It made her nauseated and so she vomited just before she got to the warehouse. “Move!” The man instructed and pushed her, she looked around but everywhere seemed rather too strange to her. There was nothing that she could recognize, it was just an arid land with a warehouse right in the middle. She did not know where they had come from or where else to go even if she wanted to plan an escape. “Move!” He nudged her with his hand on her shoulder. As she turned and looked at his hand, she sighted a familia
THE REJECTED LUNA THE REJECTED LUNA
The girls looked up to the door as the men pushed it open and walked in but there was a different man in their midst. He had a posh look, probably a middle-aged Dutchman. He whispered in the ears of Raphael who only smiled and led the way to the girls. Some of the girls moved backwards as the men approached them but Catherine had no fear in her. The tranquiliser was completely worn off and so she was back to her normal self. Although her wolf’s side had still not returned. The man looked at the face of every girl but found Catherine different as she did not depict any iota of fear.“You, what's your name?” He pointed at her but Catherine pretended like she had not heard him. Raphael rushed towards her and forcefully pulled her up, "Did you not hear this man?”“No violence, no violence.” The Dutch said, “ I am a man of peace. They are just like us and deserve to be respected.” He walked slowly as he approached her. He roamed his hand on her shoulder up to her face but Catherine acted l
Latest chapter
THE REJECTED LUNA THE REJECTED LUNA
The girls looked up to the door as the men pushed it open and walked in but there was a different man in their midst. He had a posh look, probably a middle-aged Dutchman. He whispered in the ears of Raphael who only smiled and led the way to the girls. Some of the girls moved backwards as the men approached them but Catherine had no fear in her. The tranquiliser was completely worn off and so she was back to her normal self. Although her wolf’s side had still not returned. The man looked at the face of every girl but found Catherine different as she did not depict any iota of fear.“You, what's your name?” He pointed at her but Catherine pretended like she had not heard him. Raphael rushed towards her and forcefully pulled her up, "Did you not hear this man?”“No violence, no violence.” The Dutch said, “ I am a man of peace. They are just like us and deserve to be respected.” He walked slowly as he approached her. He roamed his hand on her shoulder up to her face but Catherine acted l
THE REJECTED LUNA THE BLACK FURS
“We have arrived, stop the carriage!” Raphael said and the carriages came to a halt. “Bring out the girls and take them to the warehouse, clean them up and prepare them. They are coming.” He announced. They pulled the girls out including Catherine. She did not resent as she used to as she was just recovering from the tranquilizer's effect. The ray of the sun rushed to her eyes and she quickly shut them. She had not seen the sunlight for a long time, only the gloominess of the woods. It made her nauseated and so she vomited just before she got to the warehouse. “Move!” The man instructed and pushed her, she looked around but everywhere seemed rather too strange to her. There was nothing that she could recognize, it was just an arid land with a warehouse right in the middle. She did not know where they had come from or where else to go even if she wanted to plan an escape. “Move!” He nudged her with his hand on her shoulder. As she turned and looked at his hand, she sighted a familia
THE REJECTED LUNA CATHERINE'S DILEMMA
She winced and held her head as soon as she opened her eyes. She did not know how long she had been out. Catherine looked through the small opening of the carriage by the time she had fully woken up. She could only hear the voices of the men but could not see anyone as it was already completely dark. “Let's camp here for the night. Feed the horses and take them to the stream for water.” The leader instructed one of the men. Catherine was pulled out from the carriage just after they had brought out the rest of the slaves in the other carriages and tied them together. “Let go of me.” She resented and freed herself from their grip although her hands and legs were bonded so she could not properly move. “Come here.” The man forged towards her but she nudged him with her shoulders. The man held her firmly and pulled her until she fell to the ground. The men distributed some yeast bread and a plate of stew each for the slaves including Catherine. "I don’t want your food. What kind of foo
THE REJECTED LUNA IN THE WOODS
Catherine had been on the run all through the night; she did not stop for a rest nor did she let the horse rest. They trailed through until it was dawn and still kept on walking until they got to the lake. The hyenas were sipping from the lake and Catherine approached them. They surrounded her and the horse as soon as they sighted them. Moving around as a predator preparing to devour their prey. “Stay away.” She said as she watched them. “I'm warning you.” One of the hyenas dived in for the horse but instead, she blocked it, hitting it down. It got the other hyenas furious and they all charged, saliva dripping from their mouth. Catherine bent down and placed one hand on the ground as she raised her head, her eyes and fangs had all come out. She roared at the hyenas so that they ran away fearfully, including the horse. Bringing out to her wolf’s side when she was weak only made her weaker and so she fell to the ground gasping for air. She had no strength left in her to run after th
THE REJECTED LUNA THE ESCAPE
Catherine lay still on the bare ground with her eyes shut, her breathing had become stable and the wolf's bane had finally worn off completely. Gradually she opened her eyes and looked ahead although she could not see anything. She trailed her hands on the ground as she headed for the door blindly. The door had a little open patch on it where the tiny ray of light oozed from outside. Here, she put one eye as she looked through to see if anyone was around the door. She studied the environment for a while counting every second that someone passed by, identifying the person from their footwear. She knew that the guards had uniformed boots and the non-guards had fancy leather shoes, some had flowing robes that covered their shoes. At the brisk of dusk, the maid would bring in her dinner, Catherine knew this and so she laid back on the floor with her eyes shut as if she was still in the influence of the wolf's bane. She heard the door latch and then the creaks from the metal door and the
THE REJECTED LUNA HATE - PART 2
Catherine woke up to the noise of the birds, it didn't sound like they were playing, it sounded like a bad omen. The pillow she placed on her head to block the noise wasn't working. She cursed under her breath while she was forced to sleep.***"My lady". She was able to hear her maid who shouted at the top of her voice.She has barely closed her eyes and now this, she snubbed the maid who had started pounding at her door."My lady please open up". Catherine angrily stood, she had decided to give Eden the beating of her life for being callous."What the?""Your father my lady, he all of a sudden stopped breathing".At the sound of her father, her heart skipped, she had just escalated things."Take me to him". Catherine perceived something strange, Eden had stopped looking at her and wouldn't take her to see her father."Eden speak up". Catherine shouted as she tried to control herself, Eden had taken a step backward with the feeling Catherine might hit her."Sir Alex warned me not to
THE REJECTED LUNA HATE - PART 1
"Run Catherine run". She panted heavily as she found herself running to the listening of her father's voice. She felt on a rock almost hitting her teeth on it, she turned around to see the creature who had faced her directly. It was a wild animal she and her father had stumbled into when when they went hunting. It opened its wide mouth as it was ready to pounce on her. *** "Are you okay?" Catherine felt something cold and liquid on her body, the moment she woke up, she discovered she was in the middle of nowhere. A man stared at her closely, she slapped him almost immediately. "Don't look me that way". She shunned him when she realized she had a nightmare. "I was trying to help". He innocently explained. "Where's the cave?" She asked as her eyes searched all over for the cave, she recognized the forest but the cave wasn't there. "There's no cave here". The man lightly touched her shoulder which infuriated Catherine, he talked to her out of pity which embarrassed her. The colo
THE REJECTED LUNA TRAUMA
She sighted a cave which was a surprise to her, no one told her there was a cave in the forest. The vultures had taken the remains of the animal she had killed, she turned around as she walked to the cave."Who's there?"Catherine turned around as she sensed she was being followed but saw nothing. The cave looked old and abandoned, she stumbled into a skeleton and discovered it belonged to a human probably killed by wild animals or a werewolf like her. She heard the screeching sound again which made her look back and still saw nothing. It was getting dark, her wolf side had given her the warning to turn around and go home but she insisted she got a glimpse of the cave. She had barely entered the cave when she stepped on another skeleton, she wondered what the humans were doing out here alone, she could barely see inside the cave.The force of the wind came unexpectedly as it pushed her to the left against the wall of its entrance, her left wrist had saved her from dislocating her righ
THE REJECTED LUNA COWARDS ONLY LIVE IN THE SHADOWS - PART 2
"What took you so long Catherine?" She sensed the anger in her father's eyes, her side eye sighted Alex and the fear in him made her chuckle. "What's funny?" Don was dumbfounded by his daughter's character, the more he tried to be close to her, the more she proved difficult. Raising her without a mother had been difficult, her mother had died of internal bleeding barely a year after she had brought Catherine into the world. "Nothing, was weird why you would want to see me by this time". "I have the right to call you whenever I want Catherine, you can't be bigger than me". He hissed. "Now tell me what's going on between the staff and you?" "Dad I don't know". She gave him an innocent look. "Stop the pretense, Eden told me what transpired". "That bitch!" She murmured to herself, no wonder she couldn't look her in the face when she served the juice, her father must have interrogated Eden. Catherine knew her father better than anyone and she knew Eden had told him everything.
