"Nebra, Steele, and I will pay the witches a visit. You four will follow Jerome and Hazel at a safe distance. Don't engage or make yourselves noticeable," Landon laid out the plan of action once they were at the back of the van.Nebra shot Neon a warning look. "Emphasis on following them at a safe distance and not engaging.""I heard him the first time," Neon sighed and rubbed the back of her neck in embarrassment."You heard me the first time in the Council. Did that stop you from assaulting Cleopatra and leaving with the crest?" Nebra raised an accusing brow.Neon bit the insides of her mouth and looked away."What if Jerome tries to kill Freya or Cheyenne?" Kourtney asked."He won't," Steele interjected. "Neither will Hazel.""I agree with him," Adley nodded and stepped forward. "For one thing, witches hate losing. It bruises their ego. And the easiest way to bring us to her is to have Freya in her custody.""And Jerome Nichols doesn't seem like one who'd let us off after attemptin
Her threat silenced Cheyenne for a moment."I don't know anything about any of them," she clenched her jaw tightly.Hazel rubbed her nose, then trailed her finger to her neck. "It will take me nothing to kill your pet. But it'll give me a certain kind of satisfaction to see your father kill it and give its heart.""You have five seconds to tell me what I want to know," she added and rhythmically began tapping her foot against the floor.Each tap aligned with the beat of Cheyenne's heart.Subconsciously, Cheyenne was counting the number of times Hazel tapped her foot against the floor, and a growing sense of unease crept over her."I met him a few days ago, and I know his name is Landon. That's the only thing I know," she finally blurted out, her eyes bulging from fear."Tell me something I don't know, Cheyenne," Hazel hissed."I swear that's all I know," Cheyenne retorted desperately. "Please don't tell my father anything.""What about the other two?" Hazel questioned further, ignorin
Human City. Jerome spent the next few hours in the laboratory while his men guarded a shaken up Cheyenne. She saw him walk back to the car while Hazel joined the Bentley in front. "Those are werewolves, aren't they?" Cheyenne swallowed, her eyes pinned on the tanks. Jerome followed her eyes until it settled on the tanks. Then he turned his eyes back to her. "They're not dead, Cheyenne." He assured, fastening his seatbelt. "They aren't, but they will be." Cheyenne scoffed, her accusing eyes resting on him. Jerome was about to respond when his phone rang. It was a video call from his son. He answered the phone and held it up. "Dad, you won't believe what I discovered!" Lance Nichols' voice erupted as soon as the call connected. Jerome didn't share his enthusiasm. "What is that, Lance?" "I think I'm getting close to this Council place. Two days ago, I captured a werewolf. From all indications, she came from the Council because she has a backpack. A modernized backpack." Lance c
"I don't get it. How is it that Freya has three alphas as her mates, and none of them has ever tried to mark her?" Landon asked as Steele pulled into a driveway."There's one of them in front of you. Ask him," Nebra spat out and alighted from the car."You refused to let me end my story, so you have no idea why he didn't make a move on her. I, on the other hand, know exactly why. So I guess I'm just going to wait for the other two," he shrugged and alighted from the car as well."I find it unfair werewolves and vampires get chased around by humans while witches live amongst them with no worries," Nebra scoffed as she stared at the duplex in front of her.Landon was about to take a step forward when he frowned and looked around. "Is this a friend of yours or a foe?""Neither," Steele replied.Nebra also frowned, smelling something in the air. "Say, would he try to kill you or anyone in general for trespassing?"Their ears caught the sound of something, and they quickly moved out of the
Nebra subconsciously stepped backward and frowned. "Oh, damn it!""I did anticipate your next move. I just didn't know Steele Lockwood would visit the man whose parents he killed. So I apologize for not getting here sooner." Hazel apologized blandly. She left her bloodshot eyes open as she stared at them."And I thought I should let you live a few more hours. How sad you came looking for your death." Nebra scoffed, her eyes downcast.She was an alpha, which meant she was used to sending chills down the spine of others. She rarely felt fear from other alphas except a selected few. But even when she did, it never made her want to run away like the way she was feeling now.Pike was right. Hazel became stronger. She even had the whole room engulfed in a suppressing cold aura. Fighting her was suicide."Is that fear I see in your eyes? Who would've thought Nebra Vause, the rogue alpha, would be afraid of me." Hazel laughed mockingly, covering half of her face with her palm."Afraid of you?
"What do you mean by that?" Cheyenne didn't delay in blocking Hazel's path.Hazel slipped a hand out of her pocket and towards Cheyenne. "Get out of my way!""I'm not in any position to ask you why you plan to kill the girl, but I really need you to tell me what's going on." Jerome butted in with a tight frown."What is going on is that I need Nebra Vause to come to me. To take me seriously! I spent hours searching for them, and when I finally found them, someone snatched them right from under my nose." Hazel replied, her hand still outstretched towards Cheyenne."I don't know what you're talking about, or what this Nebra did to you, but she's clearly the one you should be facing right now, not Freya!" Cheyenne refuted adamantly.Hazel pressed her lips together tightly. "Jerome, get your daughter out of my way before I kill her."Jerome glanced at one of his men who was the closest to Cheyenne. Before she could grasp what was going on, the man carried her out of the way."I understand
"How do you know so much and have such a good eye?" Knight raised a questioning brow."My mother's tribe had eyes for identifying anything magic. Because of that, they spent months trying to learn about anything abnormal," Nebra responded, her eyes still pinned on the house more than a hundred meters away."In other words, they are adventurous. Nebra got that trait too. The main reason why she couldn't sit still in the Council and chose to become a rogue instead," Landon added, walking up to them."Can we please talk about the important matter here?" Hunter frowned, and everyone turned around to look at him."Knight and I have spent the last few months trying to keep rogues from attacking weaker packs, securing the forests for fellow werewolves, and most importantly, trying to track down the new menace who's taking packs by force and merging it into his own. We never once encountered any heartstealer. So how the hell do we have three in this estate?""I think what Hunter is trying to
"A freaking alpha. Meaning you must be very strong. Let's fight," Jason cackled, halting his movement.But the smile on his face faded upon seeing four other alphas emerge behind her."Five alphas Vs. two heart stealers. We're outnumbered," Daniel frowned.Steele's eyes settled on the familiar figure on Daniel's shoulder, and his anger surged. "What did you do to her?""Such concern. I take it you're one of her alpha mates," Daniel raised a brow and stepped backward.After more than thirty minutes of exchanging spells with Hazel, he knew he didn't have enough magic to engage in a fight with an alpha."Let's get out of here, Jason!" He turned and bolted towards the door.Hunter, Steele, and Knight gave chase while Nebra and Landon walked towards Hazel."How surprising. Being saved by the person I've been meaning to kill. Are you sure you won't regret this?" Hazel wheezed, locking eyes with Nebra."I'm going to nurse you back to health, then I'll kill you myself. Don't think I'm being k