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
DacreI knew it was a mistake, I was well aware that this mission was going to fail miserably yet I had gone ahead and screwed myself…royally at that.Silas was more than family to me. He was not only our pack’s gamma’s son but more than that. He was my best friend and a brother to me.And, Silas would never react like the way he did which was why I knew I was in trouble.Silas kept marching ahead, ignoring all my attempts to talk to him. His shoulders were tense and his posture was rigid and he was stomping forward, only grunting and looking anywhere but toward me.“Silas…will you just talk to me?”I tried again but there was no response.I gritted my teeth and kept running after him. He increased his pace and I ran towards him and yanked his hand, hard.“Just what is wrong with you?”I yelled as I lost my cool. He had walked straight into the forest and I had no idea where he was heading to. Maybe, he was just wandering around cluelessly. It was morning but the deeper he went insi
ClarissaDacre had walked away from me, gone. I could have chased him but somehow my legs had lost the strength to follow him.Talia and Jake were bickering about something but I had no idea what they were talking about. As I fell to my knees, I felt the atmosphere around me change. The air suddenly felt dense and I had trouble breathing.A black mist suddenly began to whirl around me, blocking my view of everything around me. I blinked and tried to rub my eyes but I still could not see anything.The mist surrounded me like a cocoon, trapping me inside it. I tried to reach for Talia and Jake who had been talking behind me.But my hand only grazed empty air. “Talia…Jake”I shouted but there was nobody to answer me. The hair on the back of my neck stood up as I felt something near me.I threw a wild look around but there was no one near me. Fear began to crawl up my heart and again I felt the faintest brush of wind on my face, making me look to the other side.The mist cleared partiall
Clarissa Dacre and Silas were walking in, probably to also shove some food down their throat. They were still clad in their same clothes so I guess even they had not found a temporary place to stay. As Dacre was climbing the stairs, his gaze fell on me, and for a moment, he stilled. Silas, who had been climbing the small flight of stairs behind him, bumped into him and scowled, “Why did you stop?” For a moment, Dacre held my gaze and I thought that he would say something or come to talk to me. My face brightened a little but he simply turned to the side and occupied a table on the far end, away from us. They both walked past the table of the friends who had been gawking at me earlier. But, only now I knew that my choice of words had been wrong. What they were doing to Dacre and Silas with their eyes was gawking. They were simply staring at the two as if the boys didn’t even belong to the mortal world and were Gods who had decided to visit the puny realm of mortals. Silas turned
ClarissaWe finished our food and Jake got up to pay the bill. Talia saw him go away and hopped on the chair beside him.“Just what is going on?” She asked me and I looked at her in confusion.“What is going on?” I asked in the same confused voice,“Is there something you aren’t telling me, sis?” She asked and folded her hands on the table while looking into my eyes.“I don’t understand” I tried to say but the nervousness in my voice betrayed me.“Why do I feel you are hiding something from me? Don’t tell me you have fallen for that hottie.”I made an elaborate show of opening the cap of the bottle and pouring water out of it into a glass, “No idea what you mean.”I sipped water to buy some time as Talia began her interrogation.“I saw the way you two looked at each other, even at the council home and now here. At first, I thought you were glaring at each other in the council office. You were always looking at him and I thought you were scared of him so you wanted to ensure not to go
Clarissa I turned around and I saw Dacre standing behind me with a cocky grin. Up close he looked even more enticing and the clear blue of his eyes was reflected in the warm lighting of the mall. “At least you admit that you would not mind chasing girls” I replied and his smile widened. “Do you know what lies I had to tell Silas to come here? Poor guy is waiting by the ice cream stand or something while I am here, wondering what made you call me to a mall. I thought you might slip in the room number of your hotel.” I rolled my eyes at him and cleared my throat. “Funny. I almost laughed.” Then I took his hand and dragged him a bit farther away from the crowd to talk to him in a bit of privacy. “Miranda. I want to talk about her.” His shoulders immediately tensed and he asked me sharply, “What is there to talk about?” I placed my hands on my hips and asked, “You are hiding something from me and you lied to the council head too. Why would you do that?” He rubbed his chin though
ClarissaDacre had handed over my phone back to me after saving his number while I was melting because of his words. I could still feel his breath upon me and I took a moment to calm down my racing heart. I decided to go in and wash my face while the mystery which Dacre had posed me with keep churning in my brain.‘What had I asked him?’I groaned in frustration and tried to replay the events of the night at the pub in my head over and over again. Cool water splashed on my face as I looked at my reflection. My make up had mostly worn out and my hair was sticking out from all the directions.Goddess, I had been roaming around like a homeless person. I scrubbed my face and hands hard and got rid of the makeup and dust and smoothed my hair as much as I could.It would do me good to change my clothes and I knew that Talia must have found a dozen dresses for both of us already. That was an advantage of having a twin sister who loved shopping. She knew my size, she knew my taste and she al
ClarissaI had forgotten that I had somehow asked Dacre to be my daddy in the pub, a slip of the tongue which I am not sure if I wanted to regret or not.I turned beet red as heat pooled in my core and at the same moment, Dacre walked in too.Our eyes met and I was red but my sister Talia completely misunderstood the reason for my embarrassment.She came towards me hurriedly and rubbed my shoulders, “It's okay, don't worry”Talia thought I was getting worked up due to my father’s scrutiny. In parts, I was but I had turned red for a completely different reason.I tore my eyes away from Dacre as he walked into the villa through the massive doors that we had thrown open when we had dashed through the entrance to meet our parents.Dad gave him a nod and he bowed in return.“Greetings, alpha of the Bluemoon pack and Guardian of the north. I am Dacre Caldwell, son of Alpha Thaddeus Caldwell, from the Thornglass pack from the south.”It was customary for people to greet the alpha of other pa
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