After dagging the sheep, one of the most annoying tasks Emma had done at Venom pack, it was time to go and get washed at the communal centre. Emma found the washing activity quite dehumanising. They had to stand there in their clothes while the warriors used hoses to pour water on them. After being washed, each had to go to the small shack to remove the wet clothes and put on clean ones. There were other slaves in charge of doing the laundry. Emma always wondered why they wouldn’t just let them wash one by one in the shack, but it seemed the people in charge enjoyed humiliating them. Emma studied the area well, observing as much area of the pack as she could. She needed to know the entire layout in case she decided to escape again.Kylie’s group had got their first. Emma went directly to her. “Why did you do it?” she asked, facing the defiant young woman. “You tricked me.”“I don’t have to explain myself to anyone,” Kylie said, flipping her hair. “I don’t owe anything to you.”“You’r
That morning as they were heading to the farm, Emma decided to pick a fight with Kylie. “Why are you always after my left overs?” she asked the blonde woman. “First it was Tommy, and now it’s Richard.”“You’re even more delusional than I thought,” Alison said. “You and Richard didn’t have anything going on. Stop trying to claim a man who has no interest in you.”“Do you know the reason for that? It’s because I didn’t want him. If I wanted him, he’d be mine by now. You’re the last resort, an option.”Alison immediately turned and charged at her. They began fighting as Andrea and the others approached from behind.“Stop it, you idiots.” Andrea called out.The fight did not stop. Emma was losing but she didn’t care. Alison stood up and left her on the ground.“Why are you two fighting?”“She started it,” Emma said, pointing an accusing figure at Alison. Alison gasped. “You started it.”“Whatever,” Andrea said. “Emma, you’re going back to solitary confinement. No food, no water. For thi
He moved his lips according to hers, willingly following her lead. Emma figured he was an amateur and it was probably his first time being kissed. He was one of those who tried to keep themselves for their mates. “Is this okay?” Emma whispered, not wanting to do anything he was uncomfortable with.“Yes, please.” He said. “I want you.”Emma smiled and went back to kissing him. She wanted him as well. She paused to remove her tattered blouse, exposing her bra. While he watched in awe, she took her hands back and unbuckled it, then let it fall. Ken looked like he had just seen the most beautiful things in the world. She looked into his eyes. The brown eyes had got misty and glassy. Emma could see the desire for her in them. Emma held his face and smiled at him. “You look so good, so perfect.”Suddenly, the young man kissed her, roughly this time. Emma used the opportunity to get rid of his shirt before standing up. He stood up and wound his hands around her, before lifting her up agains
It was the night of the full moon. As darkness drew closer, the guards checked all the slave quarters to make sure there were enough reinforcements to ensure that none of them escaped. The cages were reinforced with wolfs bane and the slaves starved throughout the day to ensure that they were weaker than usual. Emma was still in solitary confinement so the door was locked from the outside. The metallic door was too strong for her to break even in her wolf form. Being locked up in human form was bad enough. Being locked up in werewolf form was absolute torture because that was when a werewolf was supposed to be most free. Emma was certainly not looking forward to the experience. Suddenly, the door opened and Ken stood there.“What the hell are you doing here?” Emma asked him. “Today is the best day to escape. The boundary around the pack will be done so that everyone can be free to run as far as they can. This only happens on the night of the full moon. That’s why the slave quarters
The town was quiet and calm during day time but as the evening grew closer, it started to fill up with all kinds of young people. There were vampires, werewolves, witches and even some humans. Most of the humans knew what they were up against. The ones who lived in the region were mainly those who belonged to the founding families and they were protected by the supernatural beings who had come up with laws to ensure that humans were not killed off recklessly. Emma had managed to borrow money from a rich merchant so they were seated at a pub whose balcony overlooked the main street of the town. “It looks so peaceful here,” Ken said. “It’s very different from the country. The people seem so simple and there’s a lot of things going on. It makes my pack extremely boring in comparison.”“I believe now you can see why some of us prefer to move around and see the world,” Emma said. “Personally, I don’t think I can stay in one place my entire life. It’s boring. I don’t understand how some p
After the man gave Ken clear instructions, he and Emma said their goodbyes. Emma watched as Ken went off to look for his mate. When he rounded a corner and disappeared, Emma sighed and returned to the lounge. She went inside and got herself a drink. Sitting by the bar, she gulped her whole drink down. She was now truly alone, which made her miss Tommy more than she had done before.“Why is a lovely lady like you alone?”Emma turned and saw a very handsome young man. He was very tall. “Where is your companion?”“He left,” Emma said. “Found his mate.”“So you’re all alone.”Emma nodded.“I hate to see pretty women looking so sad,” he said. “Come, let’s dance.”Emma smiled and got off the chair. She allowed herself to be led by the man to the dance floor. “I’m Emma.”“Pretty name for a pretty girl,” he smiled. “I like that. I’m Jake.”Emma chuckled. “Not surprised. You look like a Jake.”A slower song came on. Emma wasn’t very comfortable being so close to a stranger but she decided to e
Emma remained squatting and tried to think of a way of getting that girl out of there. She tried to think of a way out but all that came up were problems.1. She didn’t know how many vampires were there.2. She didn’t know how fast and strong they were.3. She had no idea how they would get out of their if they had to outrun the vampires4. The girl had barely developed which meant that her supernatural powers were quite week. She looked 14 or 15 and that was a very early developmental stage for most werewolves. The fact that she couldn’t break out of the ropes holding her was a sign of the little strength she had.Emma stood up again and looked at the girl. She moved her mouth to show ‘how many’ before lifting her hand. She raised one finger and the girl shook her head. Emma raised two and the girl nodded. Emma went back down and started thinking. So, one of the vampires was in the tent while the other had gone off to the woods, probably to ease himself.Emma opened her bag and retr
“Come inside,” the man said and turned to walk into the house. The crowd stood aside to let Katya and her mother follow him. Emma followed right behind them.“Where have you been?” the man asked Katya who was shaking like a leaf. Tears were cascading down her cheeks.“Calm down, Lucius.” The mother said. “She looks very scared.”“Let her go with her mother,” Emma told the man. “I’ll tell you everything.”“And who the hell are you?” he asked.“Emma Greenfield,” Emma said. “Can we talk in a more private place? This girl has been through a lot. She needs to shower and get some rest.”The man glared at Emma for a while, before turning to Katya’s mother. “Take her away,” he said. “You, come with me.”Emma followed him. They went through a long hallway. At the end of it was a door which he opened. Inside was a study. There was a shelf with a number of books, a couch and some chairs. “Sit,” he said.Emma went and sat on the couch.“Now tell me everything.”“Are you the alpha?” Emma asked.T
The evening was calm. A gentle breeze carried the sweet smelling scents of different flowers, spreading it all over the garden. Emma’s heart was filled with delight as she strolled through the garden next to her favourite person. The garden was filled with daises, roses, and tulips among other flowers, creating a very colourful scene. This matched with Emma’s mood which was cheerful. With her hand in his, they walked along the cobblestone path, letting their hearts speak to each other.Lucius was telling Emma about his childhood. He narrated to her about funny adventures he and his friends had engaged in while in the garden. As he showed her different places, she felt like she was reliving his childhood with him, and it strengthened their connection.“What?” Lucius suddenly said and stopped walking. He seemed to be listening to someone via mind link. Since Emma had been integrated to the park, she was now able to mind link with other pack members. After the mating process, she and Luc
Two days later…It was a beautiful morning. The sun rising and the atmosphere was becoming warmer each passing minute. The large dining room in the pack house was a hub of activity with many of the pack members having their breakfast. Casey and Emma were enjoying their hearty meal in one of the best tables while Michelle was in a corner downing her food as fast as she could so she could get out of there. Her position as Luna had not been officially taken away from her but everyone knew that she was no longer the alphas mate and no longer respected her. Even her former best friend Janet did not want to be associated with her. She claimed it was because Michelle tried to kill Emma, but everyone knew that she had never been a true friend to Michelle. She had been in it for the benefits which was understandable. Michelle was very hard to love.“I wonder why she doesn’t just leave,” Casey said referring to Michelle. “No one wants her here, including her family.”“Be nice,” Emma reprimande
Emma woke up with a jolt. When he eyes shot open, she looked around the strange room which reeked of herbs and medicine. She was sweating so much that her entire blouse was wet. Her head felt heavy. She closed her eyes and thought of the last thing she remembered which was Michelle wriggling in pain on the floor. Her hand instinctively moved to her chest where there had been a wound. It had healed. She didn’t understand why Michelle had also been in pain. The only reasonable answer was that a witch had linked them so that Michelle would also die if she killed Emma. Could Casey have done it?Emma lay awake for a few minutes, not bothering to get up because she could feel that her body was still very weak. Whatever Michelle had used to try to murder her must have been very strong. She was about to drift off to sleep when she heard voices. The people they belonged to where still far because she couldn’t make them out clearly.Suddenly, a sweet-smelling scent wafted into the room. It was
Lucius didn’t like having to cut down indigenous trees but the pack needed more land for a meat processing plant. The town was not developing fast enough and they had decided to start industrializing more as a development strategy. There were a lot of untapped opportunities that he was sure would improve the lives of his pack and the neighbouring packs if implemented. The humans were progressing very fast and it was best for them to do the same. If they stayed backward for long, the humans would try to come and take over the land.Lucius was not afraid of what the humans would try to do to them. He was worried there would be too much unnecessary bloodshed. If they developed their town, the humans would not see the need to try to do it for them.Lucius was talking to some council members under a tent when he started to feel a kind of pain he had never experienced before. He almost screamed out when it hit but he had to stay strong since he was the alpha. Under no circumstances was he a
The house was empty and quiet. It was also fairly cool. Michelle was happy to lead the guard to one of the rooms on the ground floor. She had linked her arm with his and that was enough for him to forget all about his job and follow her like a puppy. As soon as they entered the room, Michelle started kissing him. He kissed him back, going fast as if he had been craving her lips for the longest time possible. The kiss disgusted Michelle because she had no interest in the man but she had to bear with it. She was a woman on a mission and this time, she didn’t want to stop until she had achieved her goal. With Emma in the pack, Michelle knew that she would never be happy no matter how she tried. Soon, Lucius would divorce her and that would turn her into a ‘nobody’. The whole pack would no longer be afraid to make fun of her in public. She knew they humiliated her in private, saying all kinds of mean things behind her back. Because she was the luna, they could never say it to her face. I
When Michelle heard Lucius leaving in the middle of the night, she knew he was going to see Emma. She felt the bile in her throat and got up from the bed. She went to her closet and opened a jewellery box. Underneath a necklace was a key. She removed the key and went back to the bedroom. Squatting, she inserted the key into the bottom drawer and twisted it. She pulled the drawer open and stared at the box inside it. Grabbing the box, Michelle stood up straight and went to put it on the bed. She sat down and opened the box.She removed the dagger inside it and stared at it. There was a vial of a certain poison in the box as well. Michelle placed the dagger back in the box and returned it to where it had come from before locking up. This time, she didn’t take the key back to the closet. She placed it under the mattress.Michelle went back to bed and pulled out her phone. She went to the contacts and deleted Axel’s number. She couldn’t believe that Axel had been brought down by Jack Carv
When Emma woke up, she was lying on a bed and it was dark. Slowly, the memory of Lucius injecting her came to her mind. She sat up and looked around the dark room. It was better than most of the rooms in the pack house. Where was she? She slowly got up from the bed and went to the window. She pulled the curtains aside and looked outside. She was not shocked to notice she was in the cottage Michelle had almost killed her in. she sighed and went to turn on the light before trying to open the door. Emma’s heart started racing when she realised that it was locked. She banged on it as loud as she could.“Hello? Who’s there?” she yelled on top of her voice. “Get me out of here!”A few seconds later, she started hearing footsteps. She went back to the window, only to find that it was boarded there were three metallic vertical rods that had been used to board it up. She could not escape through the window.She realised the footsteps had stopped at the door but there was no movement to open th
She stopped and watched as the door opened. It was like time had frozen as she watched the man she loved strut into the room followed by an equally handsome man. Their striking appearances commanded attention and changed the atmosphere in the room. They were both tall with broad shoulders, wearing black suits. Lucius’s jawline complimented his sharp features increasing the magnetic charm of his blue eyes. Every step he took was effortless and graceful.Emma glanced at the man walking beside Lucius. He was impressively tall and looked very athletic. Unlike Lucius, this man had long, wavy hair that cascaded down the sides of his face. “This is she?” the man said, approaching Emma. “You were right. She’s perfect.”Lucius stopped right in front of Emma who was yet to move because she didn’t know what to do. He went closer and pulled her into his arms. They remained like that for a minute. When he pulled away, the other man had gone to the table.Lucius looked into Emma’s eyes. “Why?”“Guy
A few minutes later, Emma was trudging through the silent forest with five strange men. She had pleaded countless times for them to reveal the person behind their operation but they refused. The other three men who had shot Axel and his counterparts had joined the two who had captured her and were chatting away about things related to their pack whose name she hadn’t been told. She didn’t dare run from the men because it was pointless. They would catch her within a minute. Besides, annoying them would not make things better for all those involved.When they came out of the forest, two black cars were waiting. Having given up on escape, Emma got into one. She could only hope she was not being taken to someone who hated her like Michelle. She sat in the backseat with one of the men and looked through the tinted glass as the car sped towards the city.The human city was bustling with activity, very different from most of the places she was used to. There was a lot of traffic, noise and c