"What else was I supposed to hug and cuddle while you were gone? And that's a lovely photo of you."She sat up and looked at him, eyeing him from bottom to top."Who are you and what have you done to Zander?" She asked.He shook his head at her, reached down with one hand and took a hold of the one bunching the dress, he took it out of her hand and with delicate care folded the dress and set it down, then kissed her knuckles while looking at her in the eye."I believe the question, my beautiful little mate, is, what have you done to Zander?"He said seriously.
Rose marched back over to Zander and took hold of his hand, he stared down at her with an odd look on his face but didn't say anything and led her back to the car that was further than should be legal. Once in the car, Zander asked her to put the cake in the back but she looked at him like he was crazy. "What?" He said, holding the back door open. "Hell no. The cake will just slide around and possibly fall. I'll just place it on my lap." He shrugged, closed the back door and opened the passenger door for her. She thanked him and went to sit. The sun was slowly setting, and the sky has coloured a mixture of orange, yellow, pink and purple. "So where to next?" She asked, excited since baking with him had been so much fun. He looked so concentrated on his cake as he asked, but he was still somehow aware enough to prevent her from both burning herself multiple times and somehow almost slipping on the floor because of the flour. "You'll see soon." That was all he said. She looked
As they kissed, his lips were soft and tender on her but as Rose felt a stirring heat pool in her lower half he began to quicken the kiss, her hands wrapped around his back and one in his hair. Still having more sense than the other times, She began to move away, trying to slide out from him and stepping to the side but he followed her. Rose must have run out of the tree because She was suddenly falling back with Zander on top of her. "Save the cake!!" She managed to yell out as she braced for the ground. When She jolted, she was suddenly on top of a bewildered-looking Zander, one of his hands on her lower waist and the other holding the blue box in the air waiter style. "Save the cake?" He choked out, repeating her. "Yes, is it okay?" She asked pushing herself up by putting her hands on his chest and straddling him. She went to grab the box but he moved his hand away. "You didn't even make it and you're worried about the cake? And yes I'm fine, thank you for asking." He said
When They pulled back, They were breathing hard and had goofy grins on their faces. Rose rested her forehead on his and looked into his eyes. "It's a yes." She whispered to him. "I'm glad." He replied. They separated and took out the plates and glasses, putting the still-hot pasta and vegetables on the plate. She learned that Zander had some members watch and bring the food, but that he had indeed cooked and set up himself. He made sure, She knew of it too. She just smiled and nodded at him, still taken aback by how much detail and thought he must have put into this. When They finished the food he served her some wine that they drank while they talked to each other. She learned so many new things about him, his interests, his likes and dislikes, and how he struggled with understanding why she got angry at him sometimes because he's never had to answer or explain himself to anyone in so long that he's forgotten. She learned that he missed his brother and family when he brought hi
Her calm was cracking."The bone breaking, the rough texture and feel of whatever you're wearing or laying on, each and every cell on your body harden to create rougher skin and at the same time, each and every hair grow out of the skin, feeling as if little needles are growing from out of your skin. The way your ribs break and then grow larger, how your organs tighten up, the expanding of your face to make the snout and the most painful part has to be your spin breaking in order for all of this to happen. You'd think that would mean everything goes numb. . .but it's the opposite actually."He said, his voice projecting through the room but no emotion hinting anything. She listened with attentiveness, a vivid picture painting itself in her mind. His words made her want to run for the hills and hide but what would that do?"And after. Will every shift hurt?""No. It will be quicker and the more you shift the more the pain turns into nothing."Well, at least it wasn't going to be like t
Walking out of the room, Zander knew he probably should have at least tried to act casual in front of her but he couldn't. Not now. Not now that he was so close to his revenge. He travelled in the last cover of darkness in the forest surrounding the house, the clouds in the sky darkening as the minutes passed, the sent in the sky was that off before it rained. As Zander entered the premises of the farthest corner of the island, he nodded to the two men in front, entering the cave he went down further and further until he reached the war room. Stefan, Vilkas, Damon, and Maverick were already in deep discussion, leaning over the large table with countless maps and papers. The men all quieted down as Zander entered, their faces concealing whatever emotions they were honestly thinking. "Report," Zander ordered, they were quick to respond, knowing his patients only went so far on this mission. "We've discovered where the door has been hidden and have managed to lock it down in place. We
It started with the throwing up. Rosabel hadn't even fully eaten that morning but what she did matter because it came right back up. She hated throwing up, mostly because she was the type of person who once she started couldn't seem to stop. This was not an exception. Her stomach was empty instead of full when lunchtime came around. She could feel her organs clenching tighter, pushing whatever food was left out, even the water she had tried to drink. When She had finally calmed down, she was shaking with cold sweat, for some reason lying in the bed made it worse since the usually soft texture of the silk and cotton seemed like sandpaper to her skin, so She sat down on the cold ground. She put her head in between her knees hoping to feel better. At least your humour was still intact. Then came the voice. She was back. And she seemed so loud. Her voice rang too loud and too clear in her head. Missed me? Mini purred. Rose squeezed her eyes shut tightly, it wanting to hear her
Rose’s ears were assaulted with the sound of heavy pattering, something sliding something and a splash that sounded as if a bomb went off next to her ear. Her head throbbed and She whimpered as more bombs went off making her flinch.Her breathing was heavy and She felt as if something was leaving her and clouding her face. Something squeezed her hand making her look back at the sad angel. He looked so familiar, touch so familiar, eyes . . . her back tingled stronger.“Why.."She tried to croak out but she couldn't finish. Not when the tingling turned into a fierce stabbing. Not when the bottom of her spine suddenly broke making her back lift off the ground. She gave out a pain-filled scream that didn't seem to end until her lungs burned.She screamed to the top of her lungs as the tingling that had turned into stabbing made its way up her spine slowly and painfully. Something made a sound next to her but she drowned them out with her wails.The more her spine broke the harder her back
Rose got up from the bath, water sloshing around her as it trickled away from her body. Her flesh glistened in a soft haze of liquid. Her round breasts were pert and heat emanated from in between her legs. The Alpha growled in admiration as he helped her out of the bath. his arms wrapped around her, bringing her in close to this cocoon of flesh in which he wanted to imprison her. She threw her head back and welcomed his touch as he closed around her. She breathed in his scent and looked with wide eyes at him, drinking in every inch. Her hands dropped down to feel his arousal. Her hands loved the hardness and the heat.He kissed her until she was dizzy. Their tongues danced and their lips crashed together, the sensations blurring together in a crazed whirlwind of mad delight. She could feel a fire being stoked deep within her body and the flames were beginning to take hold of her. She needed more. She was hungry for him, her mate, and she wanted to show him how much she loved him.She
Zander had killed the vampires who had been helping Caleb execute the plan all this time. It was later revealed that Caleb had been forcing the witches to help him in killing the wolves. The witches have revealed his evil plans of using Rose’s blood and gaining more power since she’s a silver wolf. Her blood is the key to his wicked plans. They handed him big bags containing Rose’s blood which he extracted from her when she was abducted and held captive. Caleb has been piling up blood bags of dead wolves so that the blood could help him defeat Zander. Zander has freed the coven which had been suffering the cruelness of Caleb. They thanked Zander, healed his wounds and Rose’s and moved away from Citadel overnight. Rose’s heart continued to hammer in her chest as she helped gather the dead bodies and pile them up. When all the bodies had been gathered in a great pile, fires were set, and a huge pyre blazed. Smoke rose in a great thick cloud through the sky, and the flames danced. Th
As Rose began to realise what he meant, her blood began to boil. A low growl escaped her lips. Mini kept pushing at her to let her take control but Rose held her back. She wanted to listen to him confess. She wanted to know why he wanted to kill Zander. “Johanna? Vampire queen?” Rose weakly spoke, her throat was burning making it so difficult for to her speak. “Yes, she was, she was also my beloved mate but I should be ruling the Vampires not her, I’m the rightful leader, not her,” He spat out in anger. “Let me tell how I used “The Vampire Queen” he emphasized on the vampire queen. “I wanted not only the throne but also wanted to kill Zander,” he continued with a menacing smile on his lips, “So, I manipulated Johanna, saying that killing Zander would keep the peace between our two species… that, he’s the reason behind all those wars between Vampires, witches and Werewolves and she believed me… that fool,” “You son of a bitch,” Rose muttered, glaring at him. “She met Zander at t
Everything around Rose stilled, “This can’t be happening,” “This can’t be,” Rose glanced at the witches, tears-filled eyes staring at them with hope shining in them. “They-they are alive, ri-right?” Her heart kept slamming against the ribcage and the news shook her entire self. Her mind kept denying the information she received and she couldn’t understand how to react to it. “No, sadly they are not, I’m sorry,” one of the witches responded. She had never met her parents and didn’t even know their names until now but she kept living with the hope that she would find them. She will meet them someday, and when she does, she will ask them all those questions she wants to ask. Learning that she could never meet them shattered her dreams and the little hope she had. She felt the ground underneath her feet slip away. Tears kept rolling down her eyes, as her heart broke into millions of pieces. The pain was too much to handle, her legs gave out but before she could hit the ground Zande
Rose was on her toes, watching the witches curiously as they kept chanting spells while closing their eyes and pressing their fingers on her blood. She folded her hands over her chest and kept waiting. Her anticipation was killing her. You waited to know about them for this long, just wait for a little longer. Kateia said. I’m waiting, I just couldn't contain my fear. I hope they’re fine. Don’t worry, just stay calm until they find out where they are. Okay? Okay. Rose replied. Suddenly the door of the room burst open and the two bodies flew across the room and hit the wall opposite them. Rose gasped and stepped back in horror as she stared at the guards lying on the floor. Groaning in pain, their bodies were lying in a pool of their own blood. A loud growl echoed through the room, it was so feral and animalistic that Rose immediately turned to the source. When her eyes landed on the person strolling into the room with so much raw power, she stilled. Zander? He was pissed off
“You are telling me that Lucinda, my mother took something from you before she went missing and you need to find it?” Rose repeated his responses, trying to understand the real motive behind this. Caleb studied her closely before answering. “Yes,” Rose wanted to ask another dozen questions, but dragging useful information from Caleb was harder than she thought. She wanted to know why her mother went missing. And What happened to her family but she pressed her lips together. “We don’t have much time, Rosabel, We need to find your mother as soon as possible,” Suspicion coiled around Rose. There was something off about him. If whatever he was saying was true then why didn’t he find the reason behind her missing? He said she took something precious to him, what was it? Does that mean she ran away? Why? Who was she running away from? Why did she take something that belonged to Caleb? Caleb’s story didn’t add up to her, she wanted to believe the information he shared but she felt some
Zander kept his anger at bay when he learned that something was happening at the border of the door they found. There was strange whispering in the cave of the door and it was covered with dense fog, not allowing anyone or anything to enter the cave.“We have been trying to go inside for two days, but we are failing, Alpha, the longer we stay in the fog, the less we are able to breathe in there, it’s so dense that we can hardly see anything up ahead of us,” Gamma Stephen said through the phone.Zander was on the edge of losing it, after so many days of searching for the door and when he could reach it he never thought he would face trouble again. It frustrated him. Why is it so hard to open that damn door? He has to find a way to open it or he could never recover what he lost years ago. “We think it’s the witches' doing,” Stephan informed, “Care to explain,” Stephan turned the camera and showed a dead snake and animal bones lying in a corner used in witchcraft. Zander's eyebrows
The next morning, Zander and Rose got ready to meet Caleb. As they made their way downstairs, there was a knock on the door. Rose walked over to the door and opened it. “Good morning,” Vittoria greeted with a small smile on her face, “Good morning, Vittoria,” Rose greeted back, “I bought breakfast for you,” She said, Rose’s eyes moved to the packages Vittoria was holding and quickly moved aside, “Oh, Please come in,” Vittoria walked inside and placed the food on the dining table. Zander was at the dining table when Rose led her there. “Thank you, Vittoria,” Rose said while helping her place the food. “Please don’t thank me, you are our guest,” Vittoria said while smiling at Rose. “We have to take care of you until you are here with us,” she said while serving the food on the plates. “That’s so nice of you,” Rose said while pulling a chair out and sitting down. “Have you had your breakfast?” She asked, “Oh, I’m sorry, I know Vampires don’t eat human food,” she quickly apolog
As soon as Rose entered the castle, she felt the presence of vampires in it. The smell of blood and death surrounded them. Her wolf and beast grew anxious, they were on edge and began searching for any kind of threat around them. It was so creepy. Rose glanced at Zander, she noticed his body stiff and his eyes alert. Rose quickly understands that If he’s alert then that means there is something wrong. She let her wolf stay alert along with her beast. She trusted them over this unknown danger she was sensing. The moment she saw Caleb, his witch and his men stopped walking, she immediately halted along with Zander. Caleb turned to them, the corner of his lips moving upwards as he said, “Welcome to the Citadel, city of vampires,” he welcomed and turned to his right side and out of nowhere a beautiful woman stepped forward. She was a brunette with hazel eyes and had a body like a model. “This is Vittoria,” he introduced, “Rose, if you need anything, you can ask her,” Caleb then turne