Outside the empire?” I asked, my brows furrowing as I tried to process what he was saying. “They run a jewelry business and the media, if they want to run the media, I think it’s better if they affiliate with Morak since it would make it easier for them to get verifications,” Paul suggested.“I’ll wait until they mention it.” I didn’t mind them trying to grow but they needed to make sure that their tracks were being covered.“Let’s pay a visit to Sophie,” I told him as I stood up and walked out of the grand hall.Paul communicated with the men, clearing everywhere until it was just the two of us and then we took another route into the side palace. No one knew the palace more than I did. I had grown up playing around these walls. More importantly, to make sure that I would make it out safe if there was ever any trouble, my father had made me play several games where I had to use the underground passages and all to make it out.Sophie’s door was wide open and she sat up hurriedly when
Esme’s POVRue and Amy dressed up in comfortable clothes just as we had agreed. After shopping, we would change into something that was more suitable for partying. Rue finally looked up from her phone after spending the last few minutes buried in them, “I already talked to them, we just have to be discreet and avoid the cameras.” A small smile broke on my lips at her words and I nodded eagerly, “let’s get this party started!” Like the guard had promised, the whole place was indeed cleared out. Since we had been investigating the resort in the last few days, dodging the cameras was not a lot of work for Rue and I but we had to hold Amy’s hand to make sure she didn’t take a wrong step. The moment we got outside the resort, relief rushed through my nerves and I exhaled.“We did it!” Amy danced, giggling at being free one more time.“Yes, we did.” “Although, I heard that the police has been made an estimate that they would lift the ban in three days.” Although it was a resort and a
Silvan’s POVA sleeping Lycan? “Sophie, can you shift into your sleeping Lycan?” I finally asked about a minute later.“I don’t think so,” she replied after what seemed like forever.What the hell was going on? A part of me was considering locking her up or having my men take care of her in case she had some scheme up her arms. However, there was also this nagging gut feeling that made me feel like I needed to know some more about what was going on here.“I’ll be putting you on house arrest and a female guard would come to your room in the next ten minutes.” I didn’t mention that I also had plans of putting surveillance cameras in her room just in case she tried anything funny with the guard.Unlike before, Sophie was more resigned and nodded numbly to my words. Satisfied, I stepped out of her room. “Any progress?” Paul asked, his face laced with worry.“I think she is saying all she knows, for now. However, assign a female guard to her room. I want eyes on her every minute.” “Als
Esme’s POV My head throbbed as I struggled to open my eyes. There was no difference in opening my eyes as everywhere was pitch black.Where were we? The last thing I remembered was being in the limousine headed to the club.I needed to know where this was. Considering that there was no movement or sounds around us, I doubted that we were still in the car. Alarm bells rang in my head the moment I tired to move my hands and saw that I was bound. “Amy?” I called out, my heart throbbing in my chest from fear.There was no reply and I tried for Rue. “Rue?” Still no reply. What in the goddess was going on. I moved my body even more and immediately realized that my legs were just the same as my hands. Bound and held in place to something.Was this the driver playing tricks on us? Or had we fallen into one of those human kidnapping scams where they wanted the families of the victims to fork out money. “You are messing with the wrong people,” I mumbled as resolution settled in my heart
Silvan. Doran had yet to call back, but in the last hour, I had found out the stores that the black card had been used. My heart dropped as I read the locations and saw how far it was from the resort. Did someone else take the black card from Esme’s room or was this Esme. Just as I forwarded the first store address to Doran, he called back.“Alpha,” he greeted and impatience surged within me.“Have you been able to find anything?” I asked.“Yes, we found the guards and they seem to have been knocked by someone and then pulled into an empty room,” he reported.Before I could ask more questions, he continued, “I checked the surveillance and although the faces aren’t showing, from their physique, I can see that it’s a group of men.” “Also, the guards were knocked down at the entrance to a secret passage of the resort.” My mind quickly filled in the gaps and the full picture looked as threatening as all my worst nightmares.“I’ll send you an address, you can let your men get started
Esme.I was never going to make it through. My body was burning and a lot of memories were starting to flash in my head. I shook my head as the scene of papa dying replayed in my head.“No, papa!” I screamed, my voice resounding in the dark and empty room.“You should call me daddy instead,” my captor teased and rage bubbled within me.“You are just hiding behind chains to keep me captive,” I yelled in anger, a roar escaping my mouth as another wave of pain and want pushed at me.My pussy was on fire and throbbing with the desire to be filled up. Every skin and inch of my body was also on fire.There’s no way I would escape this.I could already picture my resolve crumbling from my lack of strength. Yet, the mere thought that these beasts in the room would touch me kept me going.Probably to play games on my mind, they had turned off the light again and left me to battle my demons alone.Although, I was glad that they didn’t try to touch me forcefully. “This lady has a self will, I
# 96Silvan.Paul had gotten the plane ready in less than an hour and I climbed the stairs while still using an iPad to check the surveillance cameras around. I was also getting live feedback from Daron on how their search was going.“Alpha, we just found a man who’s willing to talk. He’s asking for a hundred thousand,” Doran reported and I hissed from anger.“Write the fucking check or wire him the money. Get him to talk either way.” “And he better have something useful to say,” I added. Doran responded hurriedly and went back to handling matters.“Doran, I’ll be unavailable for the next fifteen minutes, keep things stable,” I instructed and then I forwarded the link from the surveillance I was monitoring to one of the computer guys working under Doran.“Stay safe,” Paul said, slapping my shoulders gently. I forced myself to give him a grim smile that I could tell wasn’t pleasant to look at since Paul turned his face away.“I’ll keep things in order here. If you come back early en
# 97Silvan.I stood there, my mouth slackened with surprise as I looked at the group of six men that were lying unconscious in the room. Daron doesn’t waste anytime and rushed inside the room to access the situation. I glanced around too, carefully checking to see if there was anyone else hiding.Sensing two cameras, I pulled out a gun and fired two shots at them and watched as their pieces crumbled down.“All of them are knocked down and unconscious,” Doran announced while still looking around carefully again.Clearly, he didn’t believe that Esme would have been capable of attacking six of them. I had my own doubts too, especially when I knelt in front of her and saw the face of one of the men. I knew him. He worked for one of the families that supported my mother wholly and he was definitely among the strongest Lycans.He also had speed as a super ability which meant that other than being strong, he was almost impossible to tackle him.Had someone come in here to help Esme.I li