~Emma~
After I finished eating, we proceeded to the royal couple's study room. When we arrived there, the couple was already waiting for us.
"Good morning, Alpha King, Luna Queen," I said cheerily, bowing my head in greeting.
"Good morning," Alpha King replied.
"Good morning, dear. Have a seat," Luna Victoria responded cheerily.
We settled on the sofa, facing the couple.
~Emma~Shirley avoided my gaze. But I know deep insidethatshehatedme more because her partner incrime has alreadyabandoned her. Now she is on her own from now on."Shirley, I will accompany you to your room. You need to rest," Luna Victoria said in a gentle tone.Shirley nodded her head, looking like a child lost in the forest. She can fool anyone with her crying, but not me.I watched Luna Victoria and Shirleyclimbthe staircase,reachthe top anddisappearfrom sight.
~Emma~When I turned round, facing the owner of the voice it was indeed Augusta, grinning at me like a psycho who had just escaped from the mental hospital."Hello dear Emma, did you miss me?" Augusta asked, leaning against the closet."How did you get here? Where did you hide?" I asked."Secret!" Augusta shrugged and smirked. "Why should I tell you?""Everyone is looking for you. You can't escape this place!" I said. "It's now time for you to face the consequences of your evil actions, tormenting the two Alphas and bullying me!"Augusta smirked. "And what can you do to me? Are you going to catch me and surrender me to the Alpha King? Or you will kill me yourself?" she asked, observing my face closely."Answer me, how did you enter my room?" I asked."Does it matter anymore? You are going to die anyway. But before I kill you I'll have to do this first." Augusta hurled a sweet smelling brown powder into my face, entering my nose, eyes and ears. The result was instant. I found myself lo
~Emma~"No! We can't do that! What if they are innocent? What if we are wrong with our suspicions? What if Josephine suddenly returns here? Alive and well? Can you endure guilt? Allowing the royal couple's family to die in a massacre we could have prevented? Please think about that!" I argued fiercely with her, wanting her to listen to reasons and set aside her hatred just once.I need to convince her fast before it's too late!Grandmother sighed deeply. "Alright, you got a point. Tell me one thing. Do you think they are innocent? Do you think they don't have anything to do with your cousin's disappearance? Answer me!"I only have seconds to think about my answer. Right now I can't allow Alpha Jett to die in Augusta's hands! No way!"Yes! They are innocent!" I shouted loudly, meeting my grandmother's eyes, desperately trying to convince her to believe me."Alright, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt," Grandma said and began chanting again.The upper part of my body was freed next.
~Emma~I opened my eyes and grabbed Shirley in the arms with my right hand and released a blinding light that forced everyone to close their eyes and that's when I started the freezing method, freezing everyone in sight.Administering an antidote or medicine to everyone takes a long time. Chances are the majority will die and I can only save a few people. Of course I will save the royal family first, and the rest will die.Honestly I can't do it alone! There are too many to save. I only have two hands so freezing everyone is the only solution I could think of."We're here to help!" Grandma and brother Arnold said in chorus. They suddenly appeared in the living room of the mansion. They were holding bottles containing the medicine concoction mixed with my blood that we had made before in the village.Our family can't teleport to a place we haven't set foot before. That's one of our weaknesses. "Guys, how did you teleport to this place? You've never been here," I asked in wonderment."T
~Emma~I looked at him hard, scrutinizing his face closely. He looks fine, no trace of poison on his body anymore. "Bring your family upstairs and put them together in one room so they can rest properly and comfort each other. Then come back here and teleport these two despicable women into the dungeon and imprison them there forever until they die. They are dangerous people. They are not permitted to see the light of day ever again. Don't tell anyone where you hid them. Do you understand?" I gave him my instructions."I understand." Alpha Jett nodded his head, agreeing to my suggestion.He left my side and brought his family to their rooms upstairs to rest.There are three house staff that I need to observe closely because they are still feeling weak. I think they are not recovering well. One of them is Carlos. I'm getting worried about them because they are the last three people who received medicine. Maybe I was too late to save them but I did my best. Right now they look weak. I w
~Emma~After Shirley was taken to her new room in the basement, the rest of her clothes and stuff were also sent there.Alpha Jett returned to my side and we chatted for a few minutes. We decided to relocate the remaining patients to the servants' quarters so they could rest comfortably on the bed.My three patients fell asleep after taking the third dose. They seemed to be doing well, which gave me tremendous relief."Why don't you go back to your room and take a rest? You've been doing all the hard work and everything is taking a toll on you. Your face looks haggard as if you are carrying the world on your shoulder," he said softly, massaging my hands. "I'm so sorry you have to suffer the worst in their hands," he said apologetically.I took a deep breath. "We all suffered terribly at their hands. The mental, emotional and psychological torture they put us through is the worst kind I will never forget," I said. Tears filled my eyes. I can still remember how my blood ran cold when the
~Emma~I have fallen asleep for three full hours and when I wake up I feel energized and refreshed. I feel so much better after having a good rest. Things will get better from now on since Augusta was already imprisoned in the dungeon and Shirley in the basement.Their fall from grace is my reward for their bullying.Now I can finally focus my attention on my investigation of my missing cousin.I rise from the bed.Despite the tragedy that has befallen us, I'm still thankful that no one died today. I feel better now that the bad guys are already locked up. They can no longer hurt innocent people again.Time to leave the room and check on my patients.I went to the bathroom to take care of the call of nature and check the magic bottle I hung in the shower head. It's still there, so I removed it and put it inside the closet.I went to the dressing table and brushed my tangled messy hair.Done fixing my hair, I exited the room and went downstairs, heading to the servants' quarters.After
~Emma~Although I hate Shirley's bad attitude, I can't help but pity the unborn child in her tummy. The innocent baby is one reason I'm trying to control my temper around her.It's easy to give in to my anger and hatred towards her because of the horrible things she did to me, but the thoughts of the baby dying because of my revenge stopped me from harming Shirley and taking my revenge.Shirley is at her lowest moment now. I still have a little bit of empathy left for her.She looked at me, blinding me with her glare. "Why are you still here? Enjoying my discomfort and misery? Enjoy it while you still can," she said resentfully.I ignored her nasty attitude and focused on the baby's well-being. "Stop being negative, your current situation is already bad. The best thing you can do now is focus your energy and attention on the baby in your tummy. Start caring for your baby's well-being. Stop being mean to everyone," I said, giving her golden advice.Shirley snapped at me. "Why do you ca
~Emma~After spending the rest of the day with my family, chatting nonstop with everyone, we all call it a day with a promise to return next week for a proper family get together to be held in a nice private place, situated on the beach that can be rented for a few days, all expenses paid by Lucian.He's trying to impress and dazzle my whole family with his wealth every chance he gets.Well, I'm trying to act nice when he's around because I don't want to be labeled as the snobbish one.Before we left our house I returned the silver necklace to my grandmother in the privacy of her room. "Grams, thank you for giving me the chance to borrow this powerful necklace. Without it I'd already be dead by now," I said.Grandma smiled. "You are powerful on your own, child. You just need time to harness your power. By using this necklace you have tasted how good it feels to have limitless power at your disposal to defend yourself and save others from harm. You can borrow this necklace anytime to b
~Emma~It was a sunny afternoon. Alpha Jett and I were planning to visit another park within the city, the last one we hadn't visited yet.I was putting my essentials in my sling bag when my phone rang. I quickly answered it.The caller was my dear grandmother. "Hello, Grams..." I said, wondering why she called all of a sudden."Child, return home right away," Grams Dacia said."Why? Did something happen?" I asked anxiously."No, nothing bad happened. In fact something good happened today, your missing cousin Josephine finally came home!" Grams said happily."Whaaaaat? Is this true?" I shrieked in utter delight."Yes! Come back home immediately!" Grams said. "Josephine will explain everything to you about what happened to her during her disappearance. Hurry up! We will have a happy family reunion once you arrive!" she added merrily."OK, I will come home immediately, but I want to ask this question first. Did she come home alone?" I asked."No, she came home with her husband and her b
~Emma~The following day we woke up to a dark sky, heavy rain pouring outside like torrents."The weather is not good today," I commented, glancing at the transparent window."I think there is a hurricane coming," he said sleepily. "Today is a good day to just stay indoors, watch movies, just relax and chill," he said with a wink."Then go back to sleep sleepyhead," I said, smiling in amusement."Wake me up when December comes, babe," he joked."Okie Dokie, go back to sleep while I prepare our breakfast in the kitchen," I said, rising from the bed and entering the bathroom so I could start my day.After I finished in the bathroom, I went to the kitchen and prepared food for breakfast.One hour later, breakfast is ready. I arranged the dishes palatably on the table consisting of creamy waffles, sunny side up egg, ham and slices of ripe mangoes with two cups of hot espresso coffee.I went to the bedroom and announced, "Breakfast is ready!""Coming..." Alpha Jett replied.I returned to t
~Emma~I don't want to argue with Alpha Jett now that we are caught in the middle of this blood thirsty vampire."Babe, are you gonna back out on your words this time?" he asked. His jaw clenched.I took a deep breath, feeling guilty. "I'm sorry, but what is the use of having so much power if I can't even use it to help others?""Are you trying to be a hero now?" he asked between gritted teeth."I have no choice," I responded casually. "Didn't you see the women's faces? Their eyes were stamped with hopelessness. How can I turn my back on them? How long will they stay this way if we don't save them now?" I said."But we agreed to teleport beforehand if we don't see your cousin among the caged women? And you agreed to it," he reminded me. His tone was heavy with annoyance.We were busy conversing with each other when the announcer's voice rang in the air again, bringing us back to our present surroundings.That's when we noticed that all the vampires around us had already taken their ma
~Emma~"This one text informs us about a vampire den who are kidnapping women, suspected to be run by a powerful vampire. Do you think we can find Lucian there?" I asked.Alpha Jett fell silent for a moment. "Although it's the first call we have that tells us about vampires, it doesn't guarantee that Lucian is the powerful vampire leader of that vampire den. It could be anyone. For your information, Lucian doesn't run a vampire den and he doesn't kidnap women randomly," he said, trying to defend his family's friend.I snorted. "But he kidnapped my cousin. That makes him a bad vampire and a kidnapper! And if the texter is telling the truth, there are many women who are trapped in that mansion. What if Lucian owned the house or he was the one running that den?""Lucian would never do such things, period!" Alpha Jett insisted.I looked him in the eyes, getting annoyed at how he still trusted and defended that vampire kidnapper. "Tell me. How well did you know Lucian? Have you stayed by h
~Emma~After a good night's sleep, we woke up to a bright new day. We take our time at the dining table, enjoying the morning with our morning coffee and the delicious breakfast we ordered from the restaurant across the street.While eating we discussed our schedule for the day."We will go to the mall to buy groceries after we visit the newspaper headquarters," I said."Yes, ma'am. I'll obey all your orders," Alpha Jett jokingly said.I grinned. His absolute cooperation with my cause made me happy. We no longer fight or argue and I'm trying not to get upset easily. I'm trying to focus on the task ahead. I realized that getting mad at Alpha Jett and his family will not help me in finding Lucian and my cousin Josephine.I have to block out other negative thoughts and emotions in order to focus on my mission.As long as I have Alpha Jett and my family's unwavering support, I will achieve greater things in the future, including finding Josephine."How is your family nowadays?" I asked, p
~Emma~At 2:00 in the afternoon, we packed our bags and put them in the trunk of the car. After making sure we didn't leave anything behind, we left the house and got into our vehicle, ready to leave.Lucian's abandoned home has been our home for 7 days.I looked at the imposing old structure in front of me, sighing heavily."Are you okay?" Alpha Jett asked, inspecting my face."I'm fine," I responded with a smile. "Let's go to the city now and get this over with," I said.He replied, "Alright, let's teleport back to the area in the woods near the highway.""OK." I nodded my head.Alpha Jett initiated the teleportation process in his mind and we disappeared from the hill. A few moments later we appeared in a small clearing near the trees fifty meters away from the road. We were lucky because there were no passing vehicles at that time.He drove the car out of the woods and we traveled smoothly on the open highway."We have two main cities to choose from, West and East? Where should we
~Emma~The following day I woke up to a bright new day. The sun shone brightly in the sky above.The morning is great, no mosquito bites for me and my handsome companion who is still sleeping soundly beside me. I wonder when he slept, a while ago? Or he fell asleep the moment I drifted into a deep slumber.Anyways, I got out of bed, went to the bathroom and gargled water in my mouth and splashed some on my face to finally awaken my senses.When I emerged from the bathroom door a few minutes later, my companion was still sleeping so I let him be. He deserved a good sleep after staying awake last night.I exited the room and boiled water for coffee.A few minutes later, I got my mug, some crackers and settled comfortably on the chair on the balcony, enjoying my hot drink.I scanned the surrounding area and was greeted with the tranquil sight of the majestic mountains looming in the distance. This place is truly magnificent and ethereal especially during the early morning.I wonder where
~Emma~After six hours journey, we finally arrived at the castle aka a huge mansion situated on a hill overlooking the ocean. I looked at the gate, no guard was stationed at the massive iron rusted looking gate."That is Lucian's home," Alpha Jett pointed his hand at the massive house looming in front of us.The mansion looks like it belong to a bygone era. It has been abandoned for a long time. No movement or sound could be heard coming from the house. The only sounds I can hear are the sounds of insects and birds chirping above us, originating from the branches of the few trees surrounding the area. The vast lawn was taken over by overgrown wild plants and bushes."Do you want to enter the gate?" he asked. "Or leave and go home?""I won't leave." I said, shaking my head, refusing to leave until I saw my cousin alive. "Let's check the house and gather some clues," I responded, getting out of the car.Alpha Jett and I held hands and teleported inside the mansion. The place was huge. S