Checkmate

“State your business, werewolf!” Lucas then spoke loudly but a trace of fear could be heard in the tone of his voice since he knew how dangerous the werewolves could get but still, he acted like he wasn’t afraid at all as he continued, “Hurry up and scram! We don’t want unnecessary blood to be shed in this place we are businessmen remember but we become killers in such situations!”

Valentine didn’t reply right away, making the atmosphere become tense and heavy on the other hand, seeing that there was still no response, Lucas was noticeably annoyed. If this went on, then he might really obey his urge to shoot. He was just about to speak again when suddenly..

“Hmmm, I think I saw her, is that her? Cadis?” Valentine finally spoke. His tone of voice was cold and devoid of emotions It could terrify anyone who could have heard him.

“That’s her, oh, she really doesn’t look too good’ Cadis replied

“She doesn’t seem to recognize us? Can’t she sense us?” Valentine looked at Emma with the same shocked expression as those stupid humans.

“What the hell are you talking about?” Lucas asked, as he couldn’t help gritting his teeth in response. He felt like this guy was ignoring him as he didn’t put him in his eyes. That surely was a distasteful feeling but instead of answering him again, Valentine suddenly asked No, it felt more like an order as he said nonchalantly,

“Give her to me. If you do, I might consider sparing your lowly lives.” Everyone looked at Emma, some of them envious and some of them sympathetic after all, being taken away by such a man is not necessarily a good thing. Emma was also stumped, she knew, of course, that this man was a werewolf and she didn’t expect him to really come to her rescue, but why? Should she be happy? She did not know what or how to feel, she just sat at the carriage waiting for everything to unfold.

On the other hand, Lucas thought that this man just saw the beauty of ‘1 million’ and wanted to try to snatch it without paying, he finally lost it and he pulled the trigger of the crossbow.

SWOOSH! With that short distance, he easily hit the target and shot him in his right chest that made Lucas wear a wide grin on his lips.

“Serves you well” he says as he aims at him again however, that surprise turned into a shock when suddenly, an arrow came flying towards Lucas, the arrow was swift enough for their eyes to not follow its trail as such, before Lucas could react on time, the arrow hit him directly in the middle of his neck, going into his nape It went without saying, Lucas was killed in one attack, one shot by his own arrow, he falls landing next to roger.

“Ugh.. Silver arrow is really a distasteful thing, right?” Valentine spoke again he wasn’t down at all everyone there heard him as if speaking lightly after being pierced by a silver arrow. The shock Roger felt at that moment soon turned into terror he shifted his widened eyes to the one who caused Lucas’ death as he couldn’t help but swallow a mouthful of saliva in great fear.

“Again, give her to me.” His voice contained utter coldness that could cause anyone to be frozen in fear. The situation was now becoming intense with everything bestowed on rogers next action.

“Should we attack him boss?” one of them whispers to rogers.

“NO!” he answers and makes some few steps towards Valentine, everyone froze on seeing this as the environment changed and the mist kept on blurring their view, a cold and light wind blew through them and this implied that it wasn’t safe for them anymore.

“Let me out buddy, this guy is really pulling my nerves!” Cadis says to Valentine.

“You have killed one of our own werewolf, we don’t wish to fight you” Rogers says as everyone else feels so disappointed as he spoke, they were itching to strike on the werewolf and avenge Lucas death at that point but rogers was way wiser than that.

“I will give you what you want werewolf, you just have to let us pass after all this is done but you must know what you ask for cost us a fortune perhaps you should consider paying half the price, half a million that is” he says to Valentine.

“This guy has the balls huh!” cadis mutters “Tell him we are giving him nothing, not even a single coin”

“That’s not going to happen human” Valentine says walking to where he was standing, now they face each other, rogers takes a breath before he could answer.

“Okay, you can have her” He finally says and walks to the carriage, opens it as everyone looks in disbelief, he turns and looks at ezeliel as he waits for Emma to walk out.

“Oh dear, she is indeed a worth millions, just look at her buddy, we are having a princess for a mate” cadis says to Valentine.

“Take it easy cadis, we are almost d….” Valentine had barely finished his sentence when another silver arrow hit him so hard and this time, he was hit right in the middle of his chest aiming for his heart, he goes falling to the ground with a loud thud.

Roger was taken with great shock because he did not know who shot the arrow and he had given no orders but he couldn’t take any more chances with the werewolf, he takes his bow and walks to where he was lying, his look said it all, he was more than willing to finish him off.

“Get back to the carriage boys we need to be moving” he commands his troops and they all climb back to their carriages, one of them goes to lock the open carriage but to their surprise, they had lost a fortune already.