Clarissa I took a moment to steady my raging heart, adjusted my top, and then stepped out of the door. When I did, I was surprised to see that there was practically nobody in the pub save a few stragglers who were still drinking or passed out. How did everybody leave so soon? I wondered and looked for my sister. Damn, I had forgotten everything when I was with Dacre. The main doors were locked on the inside and a few waiters were waking up the passed out people to make them leave through the back door. I wildly looked around and saw a door on my far left falling shut slowly. It was on the far end of the passageway that I had entered to follow Dacre earlier. I rushed towards the door and flung it open before stepping outside. The cool wind splashed into my face and I saw that the path led to the forest. I again looked around, not knowing where to go next. My instincts told me that I should head home as Talia had either left with Kyler to have sex with him or been the good girl and
Clarissa“Just what in the name of Goddess is going on?” I heard a voice but couldn’t quite pin the owner to it.I was standing on the ground, transfixed at the sight of the girl who had just died in front of me and stated that I was the killer.The two girls who were Miranda’s friends began shrieking and howling loudly as more and more people began to approach us.Gasps followed murmurs and those followed stares and accusations as both the girls I didn’t quite recall the names of, began to loudly wail and tell everyone of how I had taken the life of their best friend.I was too dazed to even move and for a long time, I only kept staring at the dead body of Miranda that was soaked in blood.Dacre and Silas exchanged a look upon understanding how the issue had blown up. A look passed between them but I was too busy to pay attention to them.A chill ran down my spine at the thought of my parents seeing the body of the dead girl and how they would react upon knowing that I was a suspect.
ClarissaTalia’s bickering with Silas had taken my attention away from Dacre and the fact that we had just witnessed a murder.But I recalled it the second my eyes fell on the two girls who were Miranda’s friends again. They were sitting rigidly and whispering to each other.Probably they were trying to ensure that we all rot in jail forever.The car’s ignition took a few minutes to start but I was hyperaware of the fact that I was sitting on the lap of the guy I had kissed half an hour ago.Even his legs felt like bricks to me and I clutched to the headrest of the front seat so as to not slide down.The car took a while to start and the tall man cranked the ignition a bit too hard, throwing me on Dacre’s chest.“Ouch” I groaned as my head bumped with the ceiling of the car. He placed his palm on my back and pushed me forward as I struggled to get up.“Sorry fellas, you have a bumpy ride ahead” The patrol guard stated as he began driving the car like a madman.Before getting in the ca
Clarissa After he said that line, he simply stepped away from me and began walking inside. I quickly looked around but thankfully nobody had seen him say that to me. Somehow, his voice and his words had reassured me. I was not sure why I felt like I should believe him but in the brief second that our eyes had met, I had felt that if anybody could pull me out of this mess, it was him. After all, he was the one to have put me in that in the first place. ‘...but I want something in return’ What did he want from me? Should I trust him enough? While I was lost in thoughts, Talia straightened up and we all entered the large hall that had rooms on either side that served as offices of various employees. The large hall had a waiting area with rows of chairs on either side and a small passage in the center to walk toward the reception. The guard was directly taking us to the council head’s office when a woman in her earlier thirties stepped out of the office hurriedly. She was wearin
ClarissaDacre nodded his head. “Yes mam”Mrs. Bryant straightened her posture and smoothed her hair.“By any chance, is your father going to visit the council? We have heard that the rogues are getting pesky in the south so he might visit the council head to discuss the matters in detail.”Dacre rubbed his chin thoughtfully, “I am not sure mam, but I will check with him. I will also ask him to recommend you.”Mrs. Bryant began glowing like a candle flame. Being recommended by an alpha to the council head worked wonders for an Advisor’s career. She could be fast tracked on a promotion and also receive additional perks but most of all her social standing would elevate to a whole new level.While Talia looked at me and then back at the lady again, Dacre fell silent.Alfred came rushing in and he was almost dragging John along with him. “Mam, I brought John, you may note his statement.”Mrs. Bryant only gave him a frustrated look and uttered, “The case is almost solved. But yeah, I hav
ClarissaDacre patted on my shoulder but I whisked his hand away while still listening to the two girls intently.They were doing all of this on purpose!My blood was boiling and I wanted to kick the door and just drag them outside. But then even if I did, I wouldn’t have any proof about my innocence.And more than my quest to prove myself innocent something else was nagging at me.They were talking about Dacre and I wanted to hear what they thought about him.A small voice in my head said that I was being jealous but I shoved it down viciously and kept listening to them.Stacy purred alongwith Ashley and the two giggled like idiotic schoolgirls.“Yeah, he is so hot. Like hot hot. I want to dig my nails into him and want him to dig into me.”Ashley replied, “I bet he must have a big one judging by his muscles. Oh how would it feel to ride him”Yes, I was getting jealous.I could clearly feel that.Dacre patted on my shoulder again and I whisked his hand away.This time, he leaned into
ClarissaDacre winked and walked out, suggesting that the discussion had ended but I knew it was far from true.His words had indicated something but I had no idea what he had meant by that.He opened the door and walked out of the room, leaving me with no other option but to follow him.My palms were sweating again as everything he had said to begin to churn in my head, trying to make sense of it.Were there really demons encroaching on our land? And what did they want from us?I shuddered at the thought and slowly climbed down the stairs.Dacre had disappeared from the large hall but I saw someone that made me sag in relief.“Jake”Jake was our beta's son and Uncle Charlie was more of a friend than an uncle to me. From a young age, I and Talia had begun to call him ‘uncle’ and though now we were grown-ups, the habit had stuck.Jake had grown up with us and he was like my family. The moment my eyes spotted him, I ran down the stairs and almost jumped on him.Jake was tall and lanky,
ClarissaDacre spoke but the council head only stared at him for a complete minute unsure if he had heard things right.Not just him but even all of us were surprised to hear him speak of a very grizzly technique used to deliver justice.It was almost a do or die situation in which people would get thrown and mostly it involved killing the other opponent.The fight would be bloody and until the other party yielded it would always result in loss of limbs or death. Mostly the pride of the fighting opponents would make them risk their lives because they would prefer death to take a step back and accept humiliation for the rest of their lives.The council head studied Dacre for a while and looked at him with squinted eyes.“Are you sure young man that this is what you want?” He asked and Dacre responded with a nod.“Yes sir”Mrs. Bryant who had been standing on the sides and observing everything tried to interject, “But Sir, he is Alpha Thadeus’s son. If anything happens….”She trailed of
I spoke and Venzara stopped making Mary slap herself. “Fine. well, they were a notorious specimen to instigate and their leader was particularly hard to coax but I managed to throw the blame on them by filling their heads with awful things about those in power. I wanted Klout and the other four guardians out of power so that I could reign single handedly.” Klout yelled loudly, “Just take her away from my eyes or I will kill her right here and right now.” He was teeming with anger. All of us had been fooled by a single woman- a power hungry, ruthless woman. Not demons not witches but one of us. Then Mary again shuddered and I felt the silky dress of Venzara brush against me as MAry howled, “What? What is happening? Why am I being held by the guards? Sir, the boys are at fault?” Mary cried as Venzara chuckled beside me. Klout slapped Mary hard and spoke, “You are going to be executed for your crimes. Take her away from my sight.” He barked and then also instructed the guards t
DacreHer earlier pitiful voice was replaced by her usual smug and arrogant expression for a while.“That was for what you did to my sister. Yes, my sister was one of the women you murdered and I have been keeping an eye on you ever since then.”Mary raised her hand to slap Mrs. Bryant as we all simply stared at the revelation, too confused to understand what was going on.A familiar voice spoke in my head, “Sorry, but this woman just drove me out of this hag’s body by startling me.”I scoffed.So, even the demoness could be startled.That was why Mary’s expression had suddenly changed.But then it went back to being all sorry and pitiful yet again as Mary continued, “Yes, I deserve all the hate. I have done awful things to get into power. At first, I wanted to be luna but Thaddeus was too dumb to take notice of me. He was busy fucking around women so that played in my favor. But then I realized he was not respected much so when one of the other elders of the pack got suspicious of me
DacreShe then turned to us, “what matters is what punishment you would give to these boys for violating dozens of our laws and putting the lives of every werewolf in jeopardy.”Mary droned on and on while I tried hard to maintain a stoic expression.My eyes flicked to Silas who was staring at her with a murderous expression.He mind linked to me, “how long are we going to sit quietly and let her sing hymns of our glorious betrayal to the werewolf kind?”I let out a sigh, “I want to find out if the council head is in this too.”“I mean yeah he is a shithead but would he really be involved in it?”Silas asked and I shrugged, “you never know”We fell silent as Mary presented her case in front of Klout who looked down at us with distaste.“Do you have anything to plead guilty to? I will not be impartial to you. It is against the council’s belief in fair justice.”I got up from the ground and looked him straight in the eye.“I and Silas were chosen for this mission from the get go and so
DacreSilas gave me an understanding look,“I think she mixed something in my food from time to time to make me sleep and then she would tell father of what a lazy son he had. He obviously believed her and I was caned and whipped on occasion.She told him that this was necessary for the future alpha to be strong and dominating.”“What?”This time it was Venzara who shrieked and I gave a humorless chuckle.“Yeah, I only remember bits and pieces of it. Thankfully, one elder saw her mixing something in my food and discovered it to be sleeping pills. Mary was thrown out and I never saw her again. I was too young to voice out my worries as everybody was extremely afraid of dad and his anger. Even the elders had to face his ire for whisking away Mary but somehow they got rid of her and dad just went to another woman I guess.”I completed and Silas patted my shoulder, “I…I never knew”That was all he could offer and I heard his voice crack.“I had pushed the memories of my childhood deep int
Dacre“Well, I have figured out a lot of things. Of how, you nearly killed all of the children my father had ever had, of how you poisoned those around my mother and made them abandon her, and of how you tried to take the position of luna in our pack as well.”If she was stunned by my revelation, she did not answer directly.“What rubbish? Your father asked me to be his luna, in fact, he was after me for years, begging me to take up the throne. I hear that he has still not gotten over me and goes from one brothel to another, looking for a woman to fuck or two.”She wheezed and I had a mad urge to smack her right in the face.Ignoring her accusations, I asked, “What do you know of the demon summonings? How are you involved in all of this?She drummed her fingers on a nearby tree trunk and replied, “I am an Inquisitor appointed by the Council head himself. I am here to investigate matters.”Before I could answer, Silas suddenly pointed at her and spoke, “I saw her face…in that file”Her
DacreI felt glad that I did not have to worry about Silas as Venzara and Yesmir would look after him.I increased my speed and tore through the bushes and wild patches of grass, thick shrubs, and thorny trees as the surrounding around me turned into a blur.Soon, the forest began to thin and I saw the first hint of yellow and dried grass that reached my ears.I immediately climbed a small hill to see where exactly we were. The windmill stood like a lone wolf in the distance and I let out a relieved sigh.I had been right about the direction though I had traveled there just once and that too through the road.Silas seemed to be floating in the air with a grumpy look as I feared Venzara was languidly roaming her fingers on him.I could only mind link to him and say, “Patience. We will be there in another twenty minutes or so”He only grunted in response and I stifled a chuckle as I tore through the long yellow grass.We were running through the open with no tall trees to camouflage us
DacreThe eyes looked hurt and I began walking towards a clearing a bit farther away from Silas.“Are you hungry?” I asked and she sniffed.“I don't know what to make of that reply” I answered honestly and I felt her eyes water.Damn, I had never imagined a demoness to throw a tantrum like a silly human teenage girl. But then women were a complicated species, one I had not even begun to comprehend.“Do you recall the last time I was fed?”I gave her an incredulous look. “You fucked Jake senseless. I thought that should keep you full for days”If I had meant to appease her, I managed to do the opposite.“I am not bound to Jake, I am bound to you…and Clarissa by definition.”I recalled the way Clarissa had offered her blood to Venzara who had sipped on her veins as if it was some exotic drink.“So?”“So, you both need to feed me from time to time or I have to look for nourishment elsewhere.”My eyes went wide at the thought of her and Clarissa making out.“You mean…you would…well, never
DacreThe girls left with Jake while I heard Venzara’s sigh as she neared us, both her and Yesmir were invisible but I knew she was around us.The way towards the mill was going to be a long one but we decided to simply turn into our werewolf selves and run towards the destination.I had never gone on a mission without Silas and running with him would make me feel better.Maybe his keen eyes would find out something I might have overlooked as a potential clue to the whereabouts of Mark and the other two men or maybe more occultists….and someone I wasn’t sure I wanted to meet again.I had a bag with my clothes stashed in it inside my car so I could always change into them when I reached it.With that thought, we both began walking toward the outskirts of the city so that we might change into our wolf forms and start running in our wolf forms.As we walked towards the outskirts, my phone beeped and I pulled it out of my pocket.I had received a text from Clarissa.We reached our tempora
DacreWas I a real pervert or was the demoness’ magic making me horny?No matter what was going on between the two of us, the fact remained that she was the daughter of a man who had threatened to rip me off of my title, my rights, my dream, and my pack… everything that mattered to me if I did not do as he asked.When I recalled the past, my fists clenched and I felt anger surge through me.But I threw one look at her and saw the look on her face. She seemed to be sad and lost in thought.I tried to lighten the mood as Shadow whispered of how much of a close friend she considered me to reveal her jealousy.My heart swelled with pride and something else twitched in my pants too but now was not the time to do anything.I was going to give her the sweetest experience and make her know that she was a Queen who could make any man swoon for her.And, then I thought of a wicked idea that made me rub my hands together in delight.“Is that why you were worrying about me sacrificing virgins? Ba