Zora was now taking both Melinda and Kieran on a tour of the den.Zora's footsteps echoed down the corridors of the bunker as he led Kieran and Melinda deeper into the heart of the structure. The whole place was lit up, with fluorescent lighting, and the white light was shining in Kieran's and Melinda's faces. It was blinding to them, at first, and covered their eyes at the sight of the light, but as the seconds passed by, they opened their eyes slowly, and they could now endure the bright light.Zora noticed their reaction to the white light, and he only smirked. He knew that they had a long way to go and that they were still affected by their crude upbringing in the wild. He was poised to make them learn and unlearn a lot of things about the civilization he wanted to single-handedly bring to the world.Kieran and Melinda had not seen anything like the white light, and they kept looking at the bulbs as they walked by. It was as though they had cut pieces of sky, and installed them in
Zora had been staring blankly at both Kieran and Melinda, he was trying to find the right response to Kieran's rant, which tagged him as a deadbeat dad. Well, he expected nothing less from Kieran, and he was set to clear the misunderstanding. He knew Kieran was hurting, and the pain was manifesting as anger, but Zora could not let that accusation stand, he was set to dissuade the accusation in a calm and mature manner.And when Zora heard Kieran say that he lost his mother to the hands of the werelion hunters, he broke his silence.He cleared his throat, the sounds echoing in the tense silence. "Kieran," he began, his voice steady despite the rage simmering beneath the surface. "I'm sorry about that, aight." He said in a low tone.Zora's eyes softened, and he continued, "I'm sorry that you lost your mum and all, and I'm sorry about all you had to go through.""Look, I wasn't going to say that I was your father, though," he said gently. "I was going to say that I might be your brother,
*****CALISTA'S POV******‡NB: This chapter will be written from Calista's point of view‡Ekun was leading the Ridgewood warriors, deep into the woods, directing them toward where the supposed bandits that Kidnapped Alpha Cassandra were situated, and I had no choice but to move with them. Before having to move with the warriors, I tried to look for my family with Ekun, but we didn't find them, they were long gone. Ekun and I searched through the woods, but there was no sign of them. I shouted at the top of my lungs, I cried, I yelled, but all was to no avail. Ekun reiterated that he rushed to my aid when he saw that I was with the warriors, and when he looked back, he didn't see any member of my party anymore, and triggered a couple of questions that I couldn't voice out. Is my family dead? I was lost in thoughts, wondering for a while, but I couldn't come to a conclusion, because there was no sign that they were dead, and I didn't see them either, neither could Ekun. I couldn't help
'A betrayer.' She responded. '...This guy is sneaky, and y'all can't trust him. Y'all need to be careful with this guy henceforth, coz if he can sell his old pals out, just because he wants to join forces with us, then just think of what he would do, when he comes across a higher bidder than us, eh.''Woah!' I exclaimed Internally, my eyes opening wide with surprise, 'Damn! I never thought of it from this angle!!!''That's why I'm bringing it to your notice,' Lusee whispered. '....and we never can tell he might be double crossing y'all. He might be sent by the bandits to plant himself in your midst, and trick the warriors into a trap, canceling out the possibility of an extraction.''What. The. Fuck!!!' I shimmered internally. 'This could be totally feasible, and it could be our fucking reality, in the next second. I don't know, but since he said that he didn't see Malik, Meghan, and the pups all of a sudden when I knew that they were together the last few seconds before I left them, I
There was an instant meltdown around me, and at that instant, everything changed. That singular news, made the world around me dissolve into a blur as a rush of emotion flooded through me, leaving me gasping for air. It was like a dam had burst inside of me, and all the pent-up feelings of joy and elation were pouring out in an unstoppable torrent.I felt weightless as if I was floating on a cloud, and a huge smile spread across my face. The intensity of my happiness was overwhelming — it was the happiest that I had ever been in a while. 'You see it was only a speculation.' Lusee pointed out. 'But you can't trust him, still. Who knows, he might have turned on the warriors, but the warriors were probably still able to overcome him and the bandits, because of the information you gave Ubuntu earlier.''Hmm.' I muttered. 'But anyway, I'm glad we got the victory.'I marched with the warriors, the bloodied warrior leading us to the new place, where the Alpha was.The weight of all my worrie
"They almost killed you?" I queried, my brows furrowing, and a tinge of disbelief phasing through me. "How did things get so bad, delicate, and so fragile, that they wanted to have your head?" "Look, let's just forget all about that. That's in the bare past." Cassandra retorted, speaking in a whisper. "What you have to do now, is to support me... to support my stance. A house divided against itself cannot stand, and we cannot afford to allow those fools, wipe out the Maximoff dynasty…""I don't know the house you're talking about. But the house I know has fallen a long long time ago," I shot back at Cassandra, anger springing forth within me from absolutely nowhere. I just got suddenly fired up, and I kept riding on that energy. "...and why would I support you, when I don't even know what has gone down behind my back…" "Hey. Hey, stop. Just stop." Cassandra cut in, a look of pain in her eyes. "Do you know that I still remember what you did to our father?" She began an evil smirk disp
*****Kieran's POV*****‡NB: This chapter will be written from Kieran's point of view.‡They partied hard, deep into the night, but I wasn't feeling them. I was wondering how they all managed to stay anonymous, with all this lousiness. Well, maybe the big bunker is soundproof. After their small party jamboree, they eventually allowed everyone to retire to their respective rooms. Famalal led Melinda and I to our respective rooms. I bid Melinda a goodnight's sleep, before heading to my room.And as I stepped into my small bedroom, my eyes darted around, taking in the modest surroundings. But my gaze came to an abrupt halt as I spotted a fully functional bathroom. I couldn't believe my eyes, I had never seen such a luxury in a room of this size.Eager to take advantage of the unexpected amenity, I stepped into the bathroom eager to indulge myself in a refreshing wash. I didn't see any sign of water in the room. But my attention was drawn to a cluster of metal tubes on the wall, then it
I got up again, and I kept banging on the door, with brute force."Aaaaaargh." I roared. Anger bloomed inside of me, and a red-hot surge of rage streamed seamlessly from me, I knew that I had to find a way out - or die trying."Fucking coward!" I thundered. "Why don't you come up in here, and face me, huh…"I soon heard the sounds of footsteps around the room, and I stepped back, bracing myself, ready to attack whoever walked through the door in front of me. As I stood there, facing the door, some strange sounds oozed from the opposite of the room, and I turned reflexively to see what was happening there, only to see Zora and some other werelions waltz in from the other side of the room. I didn't even know that there was another door there.Upon seeing Zora, I roared in sheer anger. I looked fiercely into his eyes, and I couldn't contain the bristling resentment that was booming inside of me, it seemed as though the anger was getting the best of me, and before I knew it, I angrily l