ALICIA'S P.O.VI was greeted by the morning sun the moment I stepped out of the cabin. This morning I will be leaving with Morgan to seek help for myself and my unborn child but I wasn't sure I was prepared for it. I have no idea where he would take me, that alone was enough reason to be scared, however I had to be strong, even if it was not for myself but for my child."You look gorgeous This morning," Travis said, walking out of the cabin with a cheerful smile on his face."I can tell you're teasing me. I know I look hideous," I replied, giving him a frown in return. I saw my reflection in the mirror this morning and I almost didn't recognise myself. I was looking skinny and even right now I could feel my flesh cling tightly to my bones. My joints felt like they were about to be torn apart and my ribcage hurt badly."It's time to go Alicia," Morgan called from beside the vehicle they had hired and I approached Travis, Emily and Zoey who were also with him.When I arrived there Zoey
ALICIA'S P.O.VShe led us to a discrete room and there we found a staircase leading down into a basement. I followed her curiously to know who this individual is and why they had to keep him in a place like that. We arrived before an iron door as she opened a little spot for us to have a look. Through the rectangle hole I saw a man seated down on an iron bench with his face on the floor.“His name is Alaric and he also has a rare condition. The previous person with a similar condition like his didn’t survive,” Helen said as I could tell from her tone how sorry she was.“What exactly is wrong with him?” Travis asked.“He developed a rare DNA which causes his body to build up so much heat. At times it gets so critical that he is caught up in flames but what is most unlikely is that the fire never consumes him,” Helen explained. “This is the second most critical condition we have been presented with so far,”“What are the problems of the other patients?” I asked.“Most of them have abnor
ALICIA'S P.O.VI created vivid images of all the incidents from Helen's tale about Micah Macdonald and even the end of her narration left me curious as I drifted my gaze from the statue to her. "So you are saying that the princess was also a catalyst.”"Yes, she was the second catalyst which existed," Helen answered. "All the Catalysts that had ever existed lived their lifetime running away from the fate of mating a werewolf, they lived their lives in fear which is why I see you as a young lady with so much nerve. If I may ask, why did you choose to do it?""I can't live knowing that my child with a human will be left to bear this burden. Someone had to end it no matter the cost," I answered.She mused for a while and I could tell that she was astonished by my response. "Apart from you wanting this, your mate must love you so much to spare your life," Helen said intensely."How can you tell?" I asked.“Any werewolf could kill his own mate if she happened to be the mortal catalyst so c
MARCUS POVStop the excuses Laura, if you don’t have enough capacity to handle a simple request like this then tell us now so that we can find another person to handle it. But you must know that failure to bring Flynn to us before sundown tomorrow will cost you your life.I recalled the last words the two young men said to Laura about Flynn. I never wanted to intervene in the matter but the fact I knew that his closest friend was about to betray him and I had the opportunity to save him was killing me.I had many reasons not to help him; one of those reasons was that I didn’t know if Flynn had the same intentions for her. While contemplating on the matter I took out the address the waiter at the restaurant had given to me. “What in the world should I do?” I thought to myself.Buzz… Buzz…The vibration of my phone knocked me off my thoughts. I took it out of my side pocket only to see that it was Alicia calling. My mind skipped at the sight of her name. Considering the clash we had a f
MARCUS POVI walked out of the hospital with my eyes on Stiles cell phone. I had taken his scent since following it was the only way I would get to him more quickly.I took Flynn's car as I tracked Stiles’ scent down to a highway. There were forests on either side of the road and just by a corner was a small road. His scent was coming from that area but since the road was rough I came out of the car then forged ahead on foot.I travelled several meters until I arrived before a signboard with the inscription. DANGER: NO TRESPASSING.It was weird but I neglected the warning as I continued moving. What was the worst situation I could expect from this? I was a werewolf and if there was anything scary beyond the poster, then it was me.It was a small community and everything was destroyed. There was no sign of life as all I could see was wrecked buildings, shattered roads and long abandoned belongings. The clothing hanging on ropes were worn out, It was like life had ceased to exist here f
MARCUS P.O.V"What pack did you come from?""Did you kill your Alpha?""Where are the rest of your pack?" Flynn and Rina kept throwing questions at me. The questions were discomforting because I was also confused. Why would they ask me these questions? What were they seeing that I am not?"If you have a pack, why are you hunting alone?" Rina asked again."That's enough!" I stopped them. "I am not an Alpha and I don't have a pack." "Then why are your eyes red?" Flynn said. I furrowed my eyebrows in uncertainty and just then he threw a knife made of steel at me. I caught it then looked at my reflection. I was stunned at what I saw. My eyes were truly glowing red. I knew what this implied but I didn’t have the nerve to say so myself.I pondered deeply in case I had killed an Alpha by mistake but there was none I could remember. The only Alpha werewolf I had encountered was my father, Harold and Wayde, the leader of the wayde pack. In the two encounters, I was beaten up and I didn't at
MARCUS P.O.V“Marcus, no,” Rina said but ignoring her I ran off. While heading deep into the tunnel I put on a bracelet. Upon my arrival I saw over thirty Kanimas, they were gathered inside a large opening underground. The place was noisy and they were so busy with what they were doing that they didn’t realize my presence.I looked forward to the direction they were staring and right there I saw Stiles chained to the top of the underground. There was a cage a few meters away from where he was chained and there were a few persons held hostage inside the cage.I saw blood dripping down his bare body, his shirt was ripped off and he was in a bad shape. Tears almost dropped down my eyes when I saw how helpless he was, and I felt even worse because I didn’t know how to rescue him from them.“Marcus,” Flynn approached from behind. “We have to leave now,’ he said.“I am not going anywhere,” I replied.“I understand that you want to rescue him but you can’t do that by standing here. The longe
MARCUS P.O.VToday brought back the memories of my brothers, it made me remember Ronald and Wilfred. If they were here, they would not let me go through these troubles alone, they would have stood by me until it was all over. If my pack was with me then these so called Kanimas would have fled from my sight.I knew that my reason for leaving was worth it but that can’t satisfy the fact that I still need them now more than ever. However, it’s too late to go back, I am a lone wolf. Leaving them could make me meet some new folks and even if I don’t win the trust of anyone else, I will always be glad that I took the risk.It took several minutes before I arrived at the underground cave. I turned around making my way up the high rocks which surrounded the kanimas camp and by the time I got to the front, I saw Rina and Flynn tied two trees with the company of the kanima pack gathered before them. They were all in their human form making it easy to spot Shawn Green this time. “Traitor,” I h