NoraThe day had finally arrived. I barely slept the previous night as my mind was a chaotic mess, plagued with different thoughts. When I finally get the two things requested by The Anonymous, one of my children will be handed over to me.That was all that mattered to me right now. I had already bathed and dressed up for the day. Thankfully, I didn't unpack my things yesterday after I was told I would be leaving the next day, so there was no further packing to do. I was set.I stood before the mirror and checked myself out. My hair was neatly brushed backwards and tied in a ponytail. I wore no makeup, just my face serum and lip gloss. I was going for the natural look. My blue gown suited my pale skin and slender body so well.Satisfied with my look, I carried my luggage out the door, took a long glance at the room where I had spent 7 good days, and sighed. The only thing I was going to miss about this place was the beautiful interior decor.I took a deep breath and shut the door, car
NoraAlpha Raphael and Klaus led me to the office where the peace treaty would be signed. When we got in, my eyes scanned the area, noticing how slightly large the office was. There were two beautiful flower vases by the door.Two long black cushions flanked the sides of the room. The desk was situated close to the wall at the far end of the office. The wall had a window with long black curtains draped to the sides. The white walls were immaculate, making the room an ambient shade of white and black.I was offered one of the seats behind the desk. My first instinct was to decline the offer as I would rather remain standing, but on second thought, I decided to do as told. I would do all I needed to do; after all, it would all come to an end today. I pulled the chair out and sat down.Klaus was by my side, looming over me like some kind of personal guard. His father went around the desk and sat behind the swing chair. As soon as he was seated, he shoved a document across to me."That is
NoraHearing my name being called out, I rolled my eyes and turned to see Klaus jogging all the way to my car.I huffed out air from my lungs and placed a hand on the roof of my car and the other by my side as I waited for him to approach.Upon reaching me, he stuck out a document, his breathing a little ragged from the running he did."You shouldn't leave without this," he said, squinting his eyes to look at me as the sun was shining a little too brightly. I reached out my hand and took the document from him."Thanks," I muttered under my breath. It was just common courtesy. I was thanking him for running all the way down just to give the document to me. I had already forgotten it as my mind was focused on the rest of the things I had to do for the day."Nora…" he hesitated and waited for me to respond.I arched a brow in inquisition and folded my arms."I really need to talk to you," he said again. Whatever he wanted to say must be quite important because this was the second time he
Klaus I walked back into the house feeling dejected. All my efforts to tell Nora what happened that night had been in vain; she wouldn't even give me a listening ear. All the while, she acted as though I was some kind of pain in the ass she wanted to get rid of. The first time I tried to talk to her in the hallway, she brushed me off. I had quickly gone to make her a copy of the peace treaty she had signed without even reading through, hoping to meet her as soon as I returned and get another shot at telling her the things that had burdened me for the past five years, only to return to her absence. "She just left about two minutes ago, Alpha Klaus," the guard at the entrance doorway revealed when I scanned the area and didn't see her, and had resorted to questioning him. I immediately ran out in search of her. If she left two minutes ago, she must still be at the garage, I believed, and fortunately, I was right. I called out to her just as she was about to get into her car and s
NoraRight in the cave, a few feet from where I stood, was a skeleton with a knife stuck between its ribs. Someone had been killed here and left to die.I staggered backward until I felt my body lean against a hard substance. I turned in fright and exhaled deeply in relief when I realized my back had made contact with the wall.I immediately took to my heels, my heart beating sporadically in my chest. I could hear the ringing of blood in my eardrums so loudly. As soon as I successfully got out of the cave without any mishap, I slouched and breathed in a much-needed lungful of air before making my way back to my car.I got in and turned on the radio just to distract myself from what I had just seen. But even the radio did nothing to take my mind away from it as I wondered what might have transpired in that cave. From the state of the body, that probably happened decades ago. Who could that have been, and what could have caused his death?My phone rang just at the right time, pulling
NoraI had almost arrived at my pack. I didn't know what to expect, but I was going to make a brief stop at Beta Ken's house before going to my father's house.As soon as I arrived at his compound and killed the engine of my car, I saw Grace, my ex-best friend, come out of the house. She must have heard the car drive in and come to see who it was. I swallowed hard, not knowing what to expect from her.I slowly got out of my car, determined to walk up to her and let her know that I have righted my wrongs and was truly sorry for what happened in the past and how everyone had suffered because of me.She stood motionless by the door and watched me. I glanced briefly at her face; there was an emotion there, one I couldn't quite decipher. I lowered my head and continued taking slow, unsure steps towards her.All of a sudden, she rushed towards me at full speed, and I braced myself for the beating I knew was going to come. Unfortunately, her father was not here this time to restrain her fr
NoraOf course, I knew who it would be. I brought it out while Grace and Beta Ken watched, and as soon as I saw the content, my heart skipped a beat in pleasure. I knew I had to take some moments away from Beta Ken and Grace to make an important call in my car."Please excuse me, Beta Ken, Grace. I will be back with you shortly. I need to quickly make an important call in my car," I smiled."Of course, go ahead," Grace returned my smile."My father and I will be here waiting," she linked her hand with her father's, and they urged me ahead.I turned around and walked straight to my car. As soon as I got in, I looked at the message again."The ancient relic has been received, and I have word that the Calypso pack is now a free pack. As promised, your son Justin will be released. Send someone to pick him up at Central Park, New York, by 2 pm. I will text you his exact location once we get there. Again, don't do anything stupid, or a child would die!"I heaved a heavy sigh after reading t
NoraAt exactly 2 PM, I had gone to my late father's house, trying to put things in order with Beta Ken and Grace helping me out when suddenly, I got a text message.I immediately excused myself, telling them I would be back soon as I needed to quickly grab something from my car."That's alright, babe," Grace, who was overseeing some children cleaning the house, said as she squeezed my arm.I smiled at her and went out of the house, half running towards my car. As soon as I was safely inside, I checked the text message.It read:Latitude and longitude coordinates are: 40.785091, -73.968285. Your son Justin is there on a bench.With trembling hands, I immediately forwarded the message to Jessica and then dailed her line. We were finally so close to getting one of my children!I panicked as I spoke to my best friend, "Jessica! Yes, I just sent you a message with his exact location...""They already contacted you?" she asked in surprise."Yes!...He is there…Put the location in your Googl