DERRICK KINGS
"What is it, Damian? And why did you have to come here? You are stopping the guards from doing their duty." I frowned at Damian when we were away from the guards and the intruder lady.
"Derrick, I know I shouldn't be doing this but think carefully about this…" Damian started, his playful grin gone from his face.
"Think about what?"
"Her…you can't have her locked up, don't tell me you are doing this because of…
"Because of what?" I snapped, feeling my anger surge. Knowing what exactly he was trying to bring up, I cut him off, not willing to reopen an old wound that moment.
"She has a hand in the disappearance of Laura and must be held hostage until Laura is found."
"Do you really believe she has a hand in Laura's disappearance?" Damian asked me.
I looked at him, confused. "What the heck are you trying to say?" I clenched.
"Relax man, relax. I just asked. But if you will let me speak to you right now as your Beta and not your friend, I will advise you to deal with this another way other than this."
"What other way should I deal with a criminal?" I scoffed with irritation. "Look, Damian, don't you see this? Can't you tell what is going on? They are rearing their heads up again, they are coming to challenge me again! They are fuvking coming at me again to hurt me again. Don't you see all of this? But they have missed something. I am not as weak as I used to be…"
Damian sighed.
"Fine, you don't see it yet. Perhaps you will get to see it soon. Just watch, watch how I lay all of them bare, and one by one, I will break every damn bone in their body."
"Fine. I will agree with whatever you have in mind to do but…don't lock her up." He insisted.
"And what would I possibly do with her? She is of no use to me…" I gritted, flashing a hateful glance at the intruder lady.
"Maybe one of your servants …I mean that wouldn't hurt, keeping her as one of your servants. Then you watch her and see if she really knows something. I'm sure you will figure something out later on…" Damian suggested.
I paused as I minced over Damian's suggestion. Take the intruder as my servant?
"See that, doesn't that make more sense than torturing her to death?"
I shrugged. "You have no idea, Damain. What easier way can a great man be killed other than through his servant?"
Damain laughed. "You? Killed by a servant?"
I frowned and gave him a serious look. "That's not a joke, Damian. And I don't mean me exactly...I mean I am quite great…"
"Of course, of course…I have no doubt about it. Still, why don't you give her the benefit of doubt this once…"
"Wait…" I stopped and peered suspiciously at him.
Damain must have read my expression. He chuckled. "I am not trying to protect her in any way. I don't even know her, man!"
"Then why do you keep trying to stop me from torturing her?" I tilted my head and peered deeper at him.
"Man, believe me Derrick! I ain't trying to protect her…"
"Fine. I will believe you…" I said as I slowly turned to face the lady intruder again while considering Damain's suggestion.
'Take her as a servant?' I exhaled slowly. I felt my veins throb. Seeing her did nothing but remind me of a past I have struggled to set straight. Could this be the chance I have waited for all these years?
"Go on, what are you waiting for?" Damian tapped my back.
"Uh, yeah…" I took a quick breath before I started briskly towards the intruder and the guards.
I ordered the guards to leave when I got to them.
Once they left, I faced the lady intruder and approached her menacingly. I was going to try one more time to force the truth out of her before going ahead with Damain's suggestion.
First I dismissed the guards letting her stay back. She must have thought she was free from my wrath. In her wildest dreams. I couldn't have missed the look of relief that crossed her face when I ordered the servant to go and free her.
I would have given her a glint of hope. The same hope I will be taken away from her in the next minute.
She started to step backwards fearfully as I approached her with a cold look until she couldn't move anymore.
"I will be asking for the fuvking last time…who sent you?"
"I'm sorry…I…" she stuttered.
As I stared down at her shivering body, Damain's words came flashing in my head again. The person before me was too weak to raise a finger against me.
My teeth clenched hard. No, I can't have myself feeling pity for her. If this was the plan of my enemies to infiltrate me by using a weak fellow against me, then I must never fall for it.
"Fine. Then I must kill you with my own hands if you won't tell the truth. You are of no use to me."
She fell on her knees before me almost immediately. "Please spare my life! I was sent by no one. I swear!"
I scoffed in disgust. How dare she still lie in my presence…
"You dare lie to me?! How then did you manage to be in a wedding dress not meant for you?!" I growled in annoyance momentarily letting my Lycan aura loose. Seeing as she lied without flinching, she must not be as weak as Damian and I thought her to be.
"I'm sorry please…I will do anything you order me to do! Take me as your servant! No, take me as your slave and I will serve you forever! Use me as bait to catch your enemies! Spare my life please!" She pleaded.
'Use me as bait'… that part sounded interesting to my ears. And the perfect idea hit me right at the moment.
"Yes, I will do as you said…I will use you as bait and capture all my enemies. However, this wouldn't be just any bait…"
I pulled her tightly to myself with a pleased smirk and into her ears I whispered, "My slave? My servant? No. You will be my wife…"
She wobbled to the ground the next second.
I lowered myself to her level, held her jaw and raised her face to look at me.
"You are mine now and must do whatever I say…do you understand that?"
"Why…I…"
"You think you got a choice? No, you don't. Remember, I only let you live as my bait to capture my enemies. I wouldn't hesitate one second to slit your throat and feed your weak bones to my hounds the moment I realise you are one of my enemies." I warned her sternly. I hope she took my warning seriously. It was for her own sake. I wasn't one to not keep my words.
LIA BLAKE"Wear this!" An older woman flimsily threw some cloth at me. Unable to catch it, the cloth dropped to the ground. She was putting on a servant's clothing and I knew at once she must be one of the elderly servants. "And you are not allowed to be clumsy here! Get your tiny self into them and get your arse down for some work! You stink!" She added, shot me a disgusting look before she walked out of the room slamming the door behind her shot. I stared down at myself, at the once extremely pretty wedding dress I wore that had now turned into a complete mess and stinking badly from the stench of the dungeon. Anyone would hardly believe it. I sighed tiredly and sank into the nearby seat. Well, it was actually the only seat in the somewhat large room. "You will be my wife…" the words of the Lycan King echoed in my head. Such good meaning words said with so much venom and cruelty. Cold shivers creeped my flesh and I shuddered. To any she-wolf, those words were pleasing to hear
LIA BLAKE"Don't worry, you will get used to it." Ma'am Lucy said as though she read my thoughts. There were some guards guarding the frontage of the different axis of the exquisite buildings. "He really is the king…" I murmured in awe gaping around the place. My father's house, despite how I usually saw it as one of the finest houses in my pack, was like nothing compared to this beauty. "Excuse me, we are here to see the king…He is aware of our coming." I heard Ma'am Lucy ask one of the men on duty. I didn't hear the guard speak but Ma'am Lucy was soon calling out to me. "Come along girl! The King is waiting.""Yes ma'am," I mumbled still partly in awe as I took quick long strides to catch up with her. She pushed open the entrance door and we let ourselves in. The dead silence of the room struck me the moment we stepped in. A series of portraits and pictures of people I guessed to be legends or perhaps had an impact on the pack hung on the wall. "This is the throne room, not
DERRICK KING"So, what did you decide to do with her?" Damian asked as he strolled into my office.I was busy with some documents. There was a lot more about being a Lycan king. Asides making tough decisions, this was also part of it…signing of and approving necessary projects and duties."Have you seen Rick? Why hasn't he submitted the list of men fit for the next level of training yet?" I asked without taking my eyes off the paper I was looking through. "I have no idea what that bastard is up to…I haven't set my eyes on him since morning." Damain said without interest and slumped into the settee across my table. The door opened and someone trotted in briskly. "Here, sir. Forgive my lateness." I looked up to see Rick drop a file on the desk and flashing me a dirty grin. "Where have you been?" I asked him as I ran my eyes down his chaotic body."Training your men, of course. We went hunting too. Damn, the hounds are pumped. I bet they wouldn't waste a second to rip apart anythin
BLOOD MOON PACK WRITER'S POV"This is so strange…" Jimmy said as he and Emily walked out of Alpha Blake's home. "Exactly…she couldn't have just gone off the grid without notice. Does it even make sense?" Emily added. She was worried and scared at the same time. They were heading out of Alpha Blake's house where they were informed by one of the servants that Lia hadn't been home for more than a few days. They all thought she was with them as she used to be in the past and they, Jimmy and Emily equally thought she was at home. "Wait!" Emily screeched to a halt. She sneered as a sudden thought hit her. "You don't think she is with Carlos right now?"Jimmy's face rumpled. "You mean like Carlos has kidnapped her? But why would he do that? He found his mate and…"Emily smacked his head. "Idiot, not like kidnapped her. Maybe she went to him to beg him to take her back.""Lia wouldn't do that. You know Lia, she cares about her pride," Jimmy said. "Hm-mm," Emily nodded thoughtfully. J
WRITER'S POVThe Hulk sneered at Barnes, "You, have you tricked me?"For several minutes, Barnes kept taking him to different places claiming she had lost her toy there but once he got searching for it, she always told him it wasn't there and took him to a different place. And when he tried to ignore her and get back to the house, she would pout and burst into tears.But the Hulk wasn't having it again. He straightened up and faced her. Then he gripped her by the neck and lifted her to his eye level. "You dare trick me… who made you do this?" He growled.Barnes writhed in pain. "I…I really lost…""Tell me who made you do this or I will end you right now…""Let me go and I will tell you!"He lowered her back to the ground still glaring at her. "Speak!" He barked.Barnes wiped her face. Emily had told her to try and hold off the Hulk for as long as she could. But she wasn't sure she could continue anymore. The Hulk was already sniffing the foul play. "I'm sorry, Emily. I hope you are
DERRICK KINGS"The Alphas are all here…" Rick informed me. "Good. And my new wedding date? Is it announced yet?" I turned around from the window where I was gazing out. "Yes. The news has been sent out. Damian took care of that and he is already at the meeting hall.""To every pack like I asked?"He stared briefly at me. "Yes, as you had ordered, my king. But if I may overstep my boundaries…" Rick started."What is it, Rick? You have always overstepped your boundaries anyways." "Laura is still out there. What if she isn't so pleased with your decision to marry again. I mean what if she returns right now…""Don't worry about that Rick. Let her be found first." I patted his shoulder before I started to the meeting hall where both the Lycan elders and the werewolves Alphas were waiting for my arrival. Rick's question lingered momentarily in my head. I hadn't actually given it a thought. What I was supposed to do when I find Laura and bring her back. But I decided to go with my words.
LIA BLAKEI was exhausted, weak and my entire body begged for a rest. Unfortunately it wasn't getting it. There was still a lot more to do. I looked at the heaped plates before me. I wondered if they fed the whole pack. How did they always have this huge amount of plates to wash each day? It wasn't my turn to wash the dishes. Meanie and her friends had made me do it. I was doing their work alongside mine. The only time they did their work was only when the elder servants supervised us. It had been four days since I became a servant in Harrow Wood pack. Five days since I left Blood Moon pack."Consider yourself lucky you haven't been sent to the slave quarters. Be grateful the king has allowed you to be a servant. If you challenge us, we will make you go there…" Meanie had said to me when I came back from the Lycan king's quarters."Now tell me, what did you discuss with the king? You are coming back from his quarters…" I looked at them and greatly wished the burden from meeting t
LIA BLAKE"Would you like to choose your servants by yourself?" Ma'am Lucy asked me as she led me into the senior servants quarters. "Urhm," I mumbled, not sure if I wanted to do that. "Those girls, punish them now." My wolf urged me. My wolf can be really fierce. Sometimes I wondered how she coped with a softie like me. But then I figured I would be doing myself more good by not letting them anywhere near me. Who knew how darkened their mind would be now about me after what the Lycan King acted minutes ago. Fortunately ma'am Lucy didn't say another word about it again and quietly led me into a living room that was quite large in a way. The junior servants quarters didn't have a living room. "Sit down and wait while I get the first aid box," she told me before she sauntered into the next room. I had never entered the senior servants quarters. It looked more refined than the ordinary servants quarters although the blocks weren't much apart from each other. There were two long
“Alpha Dante! You are the finisher yourself!”“Great Alpha indeed!”Alpha Greg and Carlos hailed Alpha Dante. Carlos poured the drinks and gave it to both Alpha Dante and Greg. “To our victory!” He roared. Alpha Dante nodded, sparing a meek laugh as he cheered back and they clinked glasses. “You finished Blake once and for all. It is not an easy feat!” Alpha Greg praised enthusiastically as he sat down. “How did you think of using that young woman?”“Mm-mh. Laura,” Alpha Dante mumbled as his eyes narrowed. He had a tail on Derrick’s men. It was through them he found out Laura's location and acted immediately. He wondered what would have happened if he hadn't acted fast before Derrick got to her. Feeling huge of himself, he chuckled and sipped his drink. “Look at that arrogant smirk,” Greg teased and urged him again to share his secret with them. “Well, I didn't do anything much. As you all know, everything that happened is how it was supposed to happen. The young woman returne
LIA’S POV “And do you want to know the biggest shock?” Laura charged up again. She looked at me, her lips cocking up. “Everything she had been telling you are all lies…this girl is no lycan. She is a fucking werewolf!”I crumbled. At this point, my legs became numb. How…how did she know of this…who could have told her….Carlos? No…it couldn't be… Even the day she kidnapped me, she never knew I was not Lycan…how then… “All these while I had been away, I was trying find out the truth and now that I found it, I had to come back and expose this lying bitch,” she sneered. The truth? My stomach sank. What else did she know about me? Derrick turned, his gaze darkening. “What did you just say?”“Derrick, I’m sorry I took time returning back to you but it was for a good reason. This bitch lied and deceived you!”“Is she speaking the truth?” Derrick questioned, his cold eyes gripping me. “Yes, tell him. Prove to everyone here that you are a lycan,” She demanded smirking. Why was she feel
LIA’S POVIt was the sound of quick heavy boots lumbering against the floor that awoke me. The first few seconds were hazy. “Are you alright?” A blurry figure appeared by my side. My wolf kicked and my eyes immediately cleared. Derrick. I tried to speak but a sharp pain reared up in my side. “Don't move yet,” he ordered as his arm instantly located my back for support. “Do you remember me?” He asked, his gaze sweeping all over me. How could I not? I nodded suppressing a groan that came as I shook my head. “Do you remember anything? Who kidnapped you? Can you remember their faces?”True, I was kidnapped. I sighed. I shut my eyes as the memories floated in my head. The harsh voices echoed in my head. Recalling how a dagger almost slashed me into halves with me tied to a chair and I couldn't defend myself made the fear suddenly overwhelm me again. My body curled and Derrick must have noticed. “Don't force it. Take your time–”“Derrick!”Rick charged in abandoning his basic etiquett
“Lia kidnapped? How…when…how…she–” Carlos mumbled, his eyes dancing in shock. Doubting his ears, he rushed to the notice board and had a look. Confirming that Emily and Jimmy had not lied left him limp as he imagined who could have kidnapped Lia right in Derrick's house. “Where are you coming from? You still haven't answered us? You were with Lia and yet you didn't know she was kidnapped,” Jimmy accused. “Who could have kidnapped her? Did you not see or hear anything? If she was in the almighty lycan king's house, how could she have been kidnapped! Don't they have the best security there!”“The exact thing I'm thinking…” Carlos muttered sadly. He just couldn't make sense of the whole thing. Why would anyone kidnap Lia…“I left the king’s house this morning…Lia was…” he paused, not sure to bring up Lia's miscarriage. In the process, sudden thought came over him. What if Lia had been kidnapped somewhere else and not Derrick's house…Anyone that kidnapped her knew she was weak at that
“Dante! Come out here, you bastard!” Alpha Blake roared in front of Alpha Dante's house. The number of guards mounted in front of the gate was too much for him to go through–as if Dante had suspected of his coming and prepared. “You will regret this! You will regret this!”“Get out of my way or go in there and bring that bastard out!” He snarled at Dante's men. “Who is creating this unrest in my premises?” Alpha Dante came out in his balcony and barked. “Unrest in your premises?” Blake retorted charging past his grabbers. As the men rushed to seize him again, Alpha Dante signalled for them to stay back. “Alpha Blake, why have you come to my house to create problems by this time of the day?”“Where is my daughter?! Where is my daughter!”“What are you talking about?” Alpha Dante frowned. His face registered a surprise of a first time hearing s news. Alpha Blake clenched. “Don't give me that pretense look. I know you kidnapped my daughter. Bring out my daughter now!”“I have no ide
“What's going on?” Emily whispered to Jimmy referring to the crowd gathered in front of the notice board. Jimmy did a small dance as he dusted off his gloves. They were done for the day and he couldn't be more glad. Working in a pub wasn't an easy one. They'd only found out. “Probably another soon to happen protest or something about the king or his Luna. Whatever. We already have so much in our hands to worry about others.”“Are we still going to the death records center?” Emily asked. They had decided to set aside time to search for Lia despite their unavoidable busy schedule. “Why are you so bent on checking there. Lia is not dead,” she added trying to not sound as harsh as she already did. “Because we will still look there. It's better we look now and forget about it. And I really hope she is not there. Come on, we have like two other places to check today.”“Would that even help? If she died here, no one would care nor notice. Would they even let us see their death record?”
Derrick fumed. What sort of prank was that? Who was the idiot that brought him out? He swore to cut off his throat if he caught him. The moment he got out of his car, he headed to the dungeon. He was going to set Clara free but would seriously warn her to never come close to Lai. He should watch him catch her sister's killers but it won't be at the expense of Lia's death. He had already gotten in front of the dungeon when he heard Rick and Damian yell his name. “Derrick, we have a problem. A serious problem. Lia has been kidnapped.”“What?” Derrick was frozen. “What do you mean she is kidnapped?”“She is nowhere to be found.”The first place his mind went. “Clara,” he gritted. “And Clara? Did any of you release her without my consent?” He scowled, advancing quickly towards the holding cell. “Clara is still in the holding cell. She is not the one,” Rick said, forcing him to stop. Derrick staggered back and in an instant dashed over to Lia's quarters. “Lia! Lia!” He called as he se
Alpha Greg waved the guards to not bother leading him in as he trotted past them. He'd been here over a dozen times and knew his way with his eyes closed. He rapped lightly on the door and walked in. Alpha Dante seemed to be thinking but as soon as he walked in, he released a throaty cough. “You came quicker than usual.” His right brow arched up. Alpha Greg settled into his usual sitting position. “Am I the only one worried? Did you not hear? Blake visited the king yesterday as soon as he left here.”Alpha Dante did not look alarmed. Seeing him relaxed annoyed Alpha Greg who was not reluctant to say his mind. “You are so relaxed for a man who had plotted everything, Dante. If you are trying or even thinking of pinning everything on me, then this would not be funny.”“I have told you to relax, Greg! This is why your Pack members think you are a weakling and a scaredy-cat,” Alpha Dante said dismissively and hissed. Alpha Greg was ticked off. “Me? A weakling? Says who? Who said that!
WRITER’S POV “You disgust me! You irritate me! My sister did not deserve a mate like you!” Clara slammed at Derrick. He'd come to visit her in the holding cell where he ordered her to be kept until he figured out what to do with her. He regarded her quietly. “Yes, kill me! You think I'm being unreasonable? You think I'm being wicked? Then imagine how my poor innocent sister must have felt dying unfairly! Imagine how she'd feel watching you move on so quickly from her death like it meant nothing!”“Why did you take up her name?”“What?” Clara scoffed. “Is that what is important now? The name I chose to bear?” “You are very different from her.”“Yes I'm very different. In fact, we are both very unalike. She was too soft and had the worst luck to be mated to someone like you. That is why she died such a stupid death. She should never have accepted to be your mate in the first place! She should never have gotten pregnant for a man like you…now look where she ended up. My poor sister.