Jackson.Knowing that the person who betrayed me was most likely living with me bothered me a lot. I had always felt like I trust those people more than others. They were all handpicked to work closely with me. Vlad decided the best way to find the culprit was to have everyone around for dinner. He could track the scent using the necklace.Kelsey was already in the dining room with Sandra when I got there. They were chatting about something. As I walked in, Annette and Vlad came from the other side acting lovey-dovey. I shook my head before talking a seat. They were like teenagers who had just discovered love for the first time.A few minutes later, Alexander and Jared arrived. Jared was the gamma and Alexander was the beta of the pack. They were always welcome to the pack house and had their own rooms. Alexander had a big family and preferred not to move them to the pack house. He lived in a nearby house while Jared lived in the pack house with his wife Kelly. After those two, came K
Jackson.When the door opened, I looked up. David pushed a hand bound Angie into the room. She was wearing a knee length blue dress and black heels. She had full make up on and looked hotter than I’d ever seen her. I realised she must have really liked my brother. I watched as Angie sat on the chair opposite me. David picked up a rope and started tying her to the chair. She had the good sense not to try to resist. When he was done, David stood up and went to stand by the door. I continued staring at Angie’s innocent face, wondering how I’d missed the hidden resentment I could now see in her eyes.Angie averted her eyes and stared at the ceiling, waiting for me to say something. “Who are you working for?” I asked.She didn’t say anything. She just continued looking everywhere other than at me. It enraged me but I kept my cool. I knew that if I stood up, I would beat her to death. Before killing her, I needed some answers. “Answer me!” I said, my voice louder. Angie sighed and sat up
Angie was replaced by a very nice young woman. Leilani was 25 years old and was genuinely nicer than Angie had ever pretended to be.“Can’t you just tell me what it is?” I asked her for the nth time that morning. She had come into my room and woken me up very early in the morning, telling me to get ready. While she went through my closet, I had gone to shower and now I was putting on the outfit she had chosen for me. White jeans with a little rip at the knee, a light blue cotton blouse, black heels and a black jacket accompanied by a light blue scarf. Looking through the mirror, I saw that I looked good but couldn’t figure out what occasion required me to dress like that.“Am I going riding? I don’t think the heels are appropriate for that.”Leilani smiled. “Sit.”I sighed and obliged. She quickly made the final touches on my makeup, before spraying some perfume on me. When we were done getting me ready, she escorted me to a waiting car and handed me to the driver. I imagined Jackson
Jackson.The party was loud and wild, as expected from most college parties. The young students danced, yelled, drunk and did a lot of inappropriate things under the cover of the woods. Large speakers had been set up outside the cabin and light bulbs placed high up on the branches of some of the trees. Vlad and I watched from a far, having attached a camera to one of the security bulbs. Of course we had not gone near the party. Vlad had compelled one of the human kids to do his bidding during the day. We turned away when a young couple started kissing directly under the cameras view. I grabbed my bottle of beer and gulped it, before looking through the window. The woods on either side of the road were silent. Nothing seemed to move inside them.“There he is,” Vlad said, taking my attention back to the camera. “That’s Bryson’s son.”“Jackpot!” I said. We had been informed he would be there, but wanted to make sure before we attacked. The young man had his father’s dark hair but his w
Jackson.“I heard she’s ready to talk,” I said, entering the torture room.“She is,” David told me. Angie who was now lying down after being chained to the wall sat up on her own. She looked weaker than last time thanks to David’s torture measures which he had learnt from yours truly. I was happy to see that she had finally come to her senses. For a full week, she had been stubborn. At one point, she had frustrated me so much I nearly killed her. Had it not been for David, she would have been dead and buried by that time.I was about to sit down when Francesca burst into the room. David immediately grabbed and restrained her.“What do you want?” I inquired, annoyed about the interruption.“It’s your brother,” Francesca said breathlessly. “I think he was poisoned. He’s losing breath.”“David, call Jane and Linda. Get her out of here.”What did Francesca think I could do? First of all, Ken and I harboured a mutual dislike for each other. While I would never kill him, I wouldn’t feel sa
I had never realised just how big Midnight pack was until I went visiting some of the households with Sandra. There were so many people, some of them wholesome families. Before, I thought Jackson was a dictator who ruled his pack with an iron fist. But as I talked with the pack, I realised that all the members were really close to each and loved their alpha. The way Jackson treated his pack was very different from how he treated outsiders which was why they liked him so much.Mrs. Atkins was a middle aged woman who ran a flower shop with her daughter Lena. She was very happy to have Sharon at her home and they shared many stories about Jackson. The things I heard made me see a very different side of Jackson, a side I had thought never existed. Apparently Mrs. Atkins had been their nanny while they were growing up. When her services were no longer required, she used her savings to start a flower shop which was doing quite well thanks to her hardworking daughter.“I hope that her mate w
Jackson.She knocked again. Closing my eyes, I took a deep breath. Kelsey was my mate and I was not yet convinced enough to want to kill her. “Give her a benefit of doubt,” my wolf Kai said in my mind. It seemed he was not convinced with the evidence provided. I, on the other hand, had lost all trust of Kelsey. I wondered if she had come to finish me completely. Had she accepted me as my mate because she wanted to use sex as a weapon?“Not today, Satan.” I muttered.“Did you say something?” Kelsey asked from the other side of the door. Her voice was sweet as ever. In the past few weeks, I had craved to hear that voice every day, but now I wanted it as far from me as possible.Standing up, I went and threw the door open. She smiled upon seeing me and tried to hug me but I raised my hand and pushed her back. My chest was aching but I had to let her go. “I do not want to see your face right now.”“What’s wrong?” she asked, looking so innocent. No wonder I had been fooled. She had a face
The poison Ken ingested was so strong. The pack healer and witch tried their best but he didn’t make it. I did not feel any pain from his death because I didn’t like him at all after what he had done to me. His death made me a bit sad, though. I think that was mostly because of Jackson who I pitied. He may not have had a close relationship with his brother but I was sure there was a connection between them. That was why I wanted to go and comfort him.He had seen me but was walking away. It annoyed me but I kept going, hoping to reach him before he went into the administration block with his beta. I was about to catch up with them when I saw his beta coming towards me. I stopped walking and waited to hear what he had to say.Without a word, he grabbed my wrist and called out. “Guards!”Two guards were instantly by my side. “Take her back to the slave house.”He let go of my wrist and the guards each grabbed a hand. “What’s going on?” I asked, trying to pry my hands away from the stron
“What are we going to do about her?” I asked Jackson thirty minutes after he kicked out Francesca. I shuddered when I remembered the madness in the woman’s eyes. It was clear that she would never accept that Jackson wasn’t hers. I used to think she was just obsessed but it turned out she was also delusional. Something wasn’t right in that crazy brain of hers. Jackson poured the water into the glass and gave it to me before putting the jug back in the fridge. We were standing by the kitchen counter.“I don’t know,” he said. “What I know is she’ll be leaving the pack house today. I’ve asked them to take her to a secure place as I plan on what to do. “I can’t have her here because she’s a danger to you. I’ve always known she didn’t like you but didn’t think she’d go to the extent of wanting to kill you. I cannot tolerate that.”I went and hugged him. “Thank you so much. Truthfully, I don’t think I can feel safe with her around.”“I know.”I heard those words in my mind. With narrowed ey
I smiled when I felt the hand move from my wrist to my waist. His other hand joined the first one. A wave of delicious heat travelled from my waist to my core, and I felt my nicker getting wet. I moaned as I looked up. Jackson angled his head to the side and kissed me on the lips.“Hey,” I said when his lips met mine. I looked around and saw that people had moved further from us. He was hugging me from behind and I just wanted to collapse in his arms. My heart was beaming with joy as my wolf danced around in my head.“Let’s get out of here,” he said.“Sure.”Jackson took my hand and we walked out of the yard, several eyes staring at us. We entered through one of the side doors and went straight to the elevator. He didn’t wait for the door to close. Jackson pushed me against the wall and kissed me. The kiss was rough and fast, a testament to our starvation. As he kissed me, one of his hands went down and pulled my dress up as he touched my core, rubbing in rough circles. By the time we
I spent the next two weeks avoiding Jackson. I had returned to my room in the servant’s quarters and asked Francesca to give me roles that didn’t involve serving the alpha directly and she obliged which made it easier to avoid running into Jackson. Jackson did not also bother to look for me so the distance between us grew each day. Thankfully, I never felt any mating related pain which made me happy. At least he was not sleeping with Mia or any other woman.Kat left the day after the celebration. I’d never seen her so happy. She promised to help me repair the relationship with my parents and she fulfilled it. Two weeks after Kat had left, my mother arrived at Midnight Pack and asked for me. We hugged for what seemed like hours by the swimming pool, crying and talking about how we missed each other. “I’ve tried to talk to your father,” she said. “He’s coming around but you’ll have to give him some time. Losing Edmund took a toll on him. Edmund had been prepared to be the heir. He may
The warriors surrounded Vlad while others went to lift their alpha and quickly carried him away. Vlad turned his attention to the guard holding the torch and made him fall to the ground. Suddenly, he was invisible which made it easy for him to escape the guards. He returned to where we were and told us to hold his hands. We did and started running towards the outer boundary. We hit it and stumbled back.“Shit!” Vlad said. “This seems to have been reinforced since Bryson took over. That bastard.”“They’re going to try to escape but won’t be getting anywhere. Michael, run to the pack house and get more torches. Suddenly, we heard two distinct howls and the guards all went down on one knee, their faces adopting sombre looks. My eyes widened.“Bryson is dead!”Vlad smiled. “Yes. I knew he would die. I added black magic to that silver bullet. It had to take him down.”Forgetting about us, the guards started running back towards the pack house.“We need to get Jackson!” Vlad said and let g
“Let’s go into the woods,” Maran suggested, running from the yard towards the back yard.“Okay,” I said, following him at a high speed.“Get AJ right now!” Bryson yelled and guards started running around in different directions. Running while holding another person’s hand made things complicated but we managed to reach the wooded area quickly.We did not stop until we were over five hundred metres away from the pack house and deep in the woods.“I think we’ll find Vlad in the caves,” I told Maran. “Let’s go there.”Suddenly, a portal appeared in front of us and Vlad stepped out of it. “It’s really you!” Maran exclaimed. “I’ve read a lot about you. I couldn’t believe it when I heard you had come back to life.”“You’ll have enough time to worship me later,” Vlad was still as cocky as ever. “Do you know how to reverse the Xiang Xiang spell?”“Anna Jiang taught me,” Maran said. “But I’ve never done it practically. All I know is the theoretical part.”“That’ll have to do,” Vlad said. “Now
I let Bryson do whatever he wanted with me for two days. I stayed silent and pretended to be unmoved while planning my next move. Quietly, I studied Bryson and the new staff in the pack house. I had no idea where Francesca and Kat were but was glad I didn’t have to run into them. By the third day, I was ready to set Maran free. I chose to do it on that day because Bryson was around which meant that his guards wouldn’t be watching me like hawks.I failed to get my hands on a good weapon so I settled for the small dagger I found under Bryson’s bed. The only decent thing Bryson had done was not sleeping in Jackson’s bed. Of course he didn’t do it out of respect but because he found Jackson disgusting. As if! While Bryson dined and wined with his loud mouthed friends in the living room at 4pm, I snuck out of my room. The main hallway of the second floor was empty and so was that of the first floor. It was almost too easy. It made me wonder if I was being set up. What if Bryson had someho
The person’s scent was familiar but I couldn’t place it. All of a sudden, he let go of me. I thought I was about to come face to face with Bryson or one of his guards. To my relief, it was Vlad.“How did you find me?” I asked, trying to study him in the dark cave. My super eyesight was enabled me to identify him but I couldn’t see him very well.“I’m one of the most powerful witches in the world,” he said. “I tracked you.”“What do you want from me?”“I want you to surrender to Bryson Miller.”I gasped. “What? Do you want to get me killed?”He shook his head. “No. Bryson won’t kill you. If he wanted to kill you, he’d have done it already. He wants to use you to make Jackson jealous and made. That’s all. “That man raped me,” I said. “I can’t go near him again.”“I’m sorry that happened to you, but do you have an idea how many women he’s raping now? The man even undergoes for minors. Do you understand now how important it is for him to be stopped?”“Yes, I do and I wish to stop him but
Thankfully, the information had not yet reached the motel. Betsy the girl who ran it was shocked when I decided to check out at night. I refused to reply her questions and told her to keep the money I had already paid for that night. I didn’t find a taxi so I ran to the high way and began walking along it. About ten minutes later, a truck appeared. It was going the opposite direction so I crossed the road and stopped it. “Hey, where are you going?” a man looked out of the window.“Midnight Pack,” I said.It was the safest place for me at that time. I didn’t intend to give myself up for Bryson but to hide in the one place he wouldn’t think of looking. Bryson knew that I had run away. He also knew that the people of Midnight Pack would surrender me if they found me. Therefore he wouldn’t think I’d do to hide there. Running to other packs was more dangerous for me. When I arrived at my pack, I paid the kind truck driver and alighted near the forest. Stepping into it, I ran as fast as I
For the first time in my life, I was truly alone. The whole world had turned against me and I couldn’t think of anyone who loved or wanted to be with me. My family and pack mates had watched in silence as I was banished from home once again. The first time I left, I had a plan but this time there was nothing in mind. I had no idea where to go. I walked towards our small town. I was about to reach when I met my cousins Hans and Jerry.“Look who we have here,” jerry sneered, standing in my way. I was in no mood to talk so I tried to move out of the way but he grabbed my wrist. “What are you doing here, you killer?”“I’m not a killer,” I defended myself.“You probably killed Edmund and lied about it,” Hans said.Hans and Edmund were 17 and 18 respectively. I wasn’t about to let them disrespect me. “Could you please leave me alone? I’ve been banished from the pack and vie got to get out of here.”“What do you have here?” Hans asked, ripping my bag from my hands.“Hey, give it back!”He ra