Amante POV
It was carelessness on my part to mistake those footsteps as Kapre on guards. The sounds were lightweights and shorts which differed from the heavy and wide foot of the giants of the dark.
Their smell reeks of tobacco with hints of a burned hair that was too intense for my over sensitive sense of smell. I could feel their presence, as near as I could possibly comprehend, though they were invisible in my eyes. The huffs, puffs, and ruffs were everywhere.
I was surrounded!
“Show yourselves!”
I screamed at the top of my lungs, using the Alpha tone that has the power to shake a werewolf out of his wits and scamper on his way. Though I was not sure it would have the same effect on those invisible creatures, I HAVE NO CHOICE.
It would be one hell of a fight to battle out an opponent face to face. I am n
Amante POVVenomous rage worms its way stealthily in every vein of my body. It succumbed my whole being completely before I even realized its existence.It tasted very bitter to my tongue. I almost vomit at the intense odor it emits, and my ears were hurt and sore with its snarls and screams.It takes a thief to catch a thief, and a traitor hated being betrayed. That was what I felt when I noticed I almost had been played upon by some creature deemed to extinction.Tikbalang, as Banyan called them, tried to ambush my mission. I almost fell into their trap. That one who dared to copy Banyan’s physical appearance now lay on the ground with its head decapitated from its body. Gel-like gore splattered around when I trampled it furiously with my hefty and gigantic paws.As expected, there were sounds of neighs, snorts, even thumps of several hooves pounding the roughness of the forest grou
Amante POVThere were odd-looking creatures in front of me. I have an idea what they were, and although, there were several of them surrounding me, I felt threatened yet confident of my ability to fight them on a battle of strength. The sleep has me regained my energy and stamina. I felt empowered and ready to take the action upfront.There were about fifteen of them, Tikbalang, gaping at my sparkling wolf form.They do not have an intimidating physical appearance, rather, I mentally smirk at their oddity.They were an inch taller than my crouched body of a wolf. These bony humanoid creatures with the head and hooves of a horse, but has a naked torso of a well-built human, made an amused impression on my mind. They have disproportionately long limbs, to the point that their knees reach above their heads when they squat down.They were covered with a fluffy dark mane, while some of them have
Amante POV“Our guest was exhausted and starving. It would not be a good fight if he failed to show his full potential because of that.”Everybody was all ears on her, and I found myself listening to her attentively as well, like a trained puppy.“Spit it Amante. It would not harm us to give her an earful. We, after all, are the stranger here.”Amaltheo whispered inside my mind.“You seemed to be more and more cautious and passive these days, Amaltheo. Have you forgotten what we are? Werewolf and the strongest one there is! Why should we bow our heads down on a female’s demands?”“What doesn’t kill you will only strengthen you, Amante! You should bear that in your mind.”He retreated into his own console, ignoring my shaken sentiment.“The bout shall take place tomorrow evening. For now, serve our guest t
Amante POV“Banyan’s been killed! Bundok Bato Tribe was under siege!”Those wretched words rang painfully inside my mind. I must know who dare to joke about such hideous news with me around. That was ridiculous!The Kapre that I know and befriended along the way may seem fun to be with because of their gentle demeanor. Yet, I could only imagine what those lengthy, muscled, and broad hands and feet as well as their gigantic feature might be capable when they turned vengeful and mad.The chaos around the village proved me wrong. Tikbalang, female and males alike, frantically dispersed and entered their houses. At first, I thought they were going to hide, cower inside their comforts, and wait for the nightmare to cease. It was a second mistake for my part.They emerged as swiftly as they disappeared with their unique weapons at hands. Some have axes, most have swords, and the
Amante POVThe white stone given to me by Banyan as a gift was enchanted. I did not know that, and I was not even aware of how powerful it was.I had it almost disregarded once. You see, I was in my wolf’s form ever since I stepped my paws on the sand by the bay of this island. It was hard for me to hold on to such a tiny pebble. Good thing was Lyra magically attached it under the lush coat of my golden mane.It was too unfortunate the Kapre couple was murdered as quickly as that by the hands of his so-called friend.Betrayal. I was way too familiar with that word.Once, I betrayed the pack where I grew up with, Irati Nardus Pack. I did all that without remorse, not even tried to bat an eye, believed it was the best for me.Then, Detective Giovanni Andrews betrayed me. He went mad and attack my pack just when I have the crown on my head and the power on my palms. I thought that
Amante POVThe water temperature was freezing over. I walk my way deeper and found the abyss- Hirudinea Annelida Kingdom at the bottom of precipitous trenches. The light I saw turned out to be anything but a lamp. It was just a stone, a huge and shiny diamond to be exact, bright and forlorn on top of what seemed to be a castle made from glassy snow rocks.Aside from that, nothing seems to be out of the ordinary. There were no sounds, and only faint lights that were coming from some bioluminescent animals were the evidence of life in this barren place. The castle itself looks like a spooky building, with no fishes swimming around.It was tranquil. No creatures around, or so I thought. I guess it’s my reality that I was not born under the water. My senses were dull and useless. I could not smell, hear, or feel anything but the coldness of the surroundings.At first, I thought
Amante POV“I would not take that as a warm welcome. I came here to challenge Takif. He dared abduct my mate, Allyssa Lausanne of Oracle Aswang Clan. I would take his head back up on the surface for his insolence!”I uttered those words with much contempt on that fish. I do not care whether I offended that merman who spoke to me. My heart was burning with the desire to murder anyone who would dare get in the way of me from having my lusted revenge.“What made you think I was abducted and did not come here willingly to stay with Takif?”I turned around to see Allyssa, my mate, hand in hand with whom I could only assume to be Takif. She wears a stern expression on her face. Her stares were as cold as the freezing surroundings we were in.Takif does not have a resembling physical appearance with the other merfolk. This was the first time I took a careful scrutinizing on
Amante POV“You can’t just die, Amante. Stand up and fight.”“What’s there to fight for? I lost. Allyssa told me so.”“She doesn’t mean that. She has no one but you for her. Trust me. I was with her the whole time, remember?”Amaltheo was urging me to fight for my life, the despicable life I was willing to throw away. I could still feel Takif’s webbed hands on my neck. For some reason, his strength seemed to be constant. It didn’t move tighter, and it gives me the impression that he was losing his grip.Ha! It was his slimy, webbed hands. It was slipping because of his own imperfection. I could see determination in his eyes, yet his facial expression was showing he lacks power to strangulate me. It was not a funny sight, but somehow, there was this side of me that wanted to laugh with amusement.He loses the grip sudde