Sarah's eyes welled with tears and Valencia looked around helplessly. She didn't know how to stop a child from crying. But she tried, "Sarah, you will one day be the bravest werewolf in the history of lycans."
Fat drops of tears splattered Sarah's cheeks, which she rubbed away with the back of her hand. "I promise that," she said as she looked at Valencia confidently. For some reason, Valencia wasn't angry with her. While her parents profusely apologized for their girl's behavior, Sarah didn't say a word and went back to studying the scenery outside the window.
Valencia chuckled as she could see the makings of a confident and badass alpha in little Sarah- a girl who had turned the lycan world upside down and established new rules for them. She could see herself in Sarah.
Gerald announced a minute later, "We have arrived."
Valencia was glad to step out of the car, the question asked by Sarah churning through her mind. She had practiced and rehearsed wh
The alphas sputtered as if trying to rekindle a dying fire. They eyed each other nervously and one of them tried sounding confident, “Ar...Archon alpha, it would be really kind of you, if you would let us receive the same benefit as your beta.” Valencia raised her eyebrow, “And, what is that?” “Rumors have been rife that your blood has been important in helping your beta find a mate and successfully have not one but three cubs. Something, we haven't witnessed in ages.” Gerald uttered a guttural sound but Valencia looked amused, “So you all want me to offer you my blood to drink and magically regain your virility?” The crowd broke into hysterical laughter as the man who had spoken up was reduced to mortal shame. It was a common saying that between death by a blade and death by mortification, one would choose the former. Dominic spoke when the laughter had died down, “Archon alpha, what my good friend tried but failed at communicating is that we
The werewolves looked at each other skeptically, nobody uttered a word as the hall had gone eerily silent. Valencia looked alarmed. Of course, she didn’t believe that Dominic would do such a thing. But now was not the time to give friendship a priority. She asked in an edgy voice, “I thought you could do better, Dominic.” Dominic met her eyes with a steely gaze. She knew he wouldn’t speak unless she made him respond to her. He was prideful in that way. He smiled unnervingly, “So, I see the archon alpha has come to a conclusion. I guess the verdict is out.” He looked at her as if to signal, Two could play the game. Valencia’s eyes raked him. She loved and hated him at the same time for being cheeky. Why did he have to constantly push her? If there was someone who was smiling it was Mark. He was practically gloating at the effect he had had on the meeting. He stepped forward, “Archon alpha, I think we should strip this bastard of all his
She saw Olivia huddled under the same canopy with Elvin and Tom. Olivia immediately rushed to her and began sobbing. Valencia tried to calm her down as she hugged her two kids. A silent question in her eyes, "Did you find Sarah?" was met by a shake of the head. Valencia felt disappointed in herself. She couldn't stand the look in Olivia's eyes. Why had she agreed to get the kids here? She scolded herself. A pair of hycwens heard the cries of Olivia and began approaching them. Oh no, thought Valencia. What was she supposed to do? The kids and Olivia were looking upto her for protection. And, there she stood unable to transform. No, she wouldn't go down without a fight. She ran away from the trees, hitting the giants with large stones, trying to divert their attention. "Here, you dimwits," roared Valencia as she assaulted them with rocks. The trick worked and not one but a large group of the giant hycwens spotted her. Shoot. She ran
The last time he had seen it, which was just a few hours ago before the hycwens attack, it had looked more like a scratch, but now it had deepened. “Wait, Archon alpha.” There was an edge of desperation in his voice that made her stop dead in the tracks. She meant to ask what the issue was but she saw his ashen face looking at her feet and followed his gaze. She looked at her feet curiously and then back at him, “I guess I got a new tattoo.” Valencia added offhandedly but Dominic closed the distance between them in three long strides and held her hand. “We have to go to the mage and meet him right now.” Valencia pulled her hand away from his grip and shouted, “Sarah is missing, do you understand that? I’m not going anywhere until I find her.” “Please try to understand, the wound-” Valencia pushed him away and growled, “The wound, the wound, the wound...is there anything else you talk about these days? Do you know what famil
Valencia gave him a cursory nod and spoke, “We just ended a small scuffle with the hycwens, we weren’t expecting the Coven head to grace us with his presence.” She said measuredly while gritting her teeth earning her a smile from the man. “Oh please, you know I have never been one to be asked for niceties, but every now and then there arises a situation wherein some ignorant cub steps out of line….as is evident in Sricgis.” Dominic walked inside to see the two talking and tried to small talk. He bowed his head low and said in a polite way, “Greetings, Sir Trecdor. To what pleasure do we owe your presence among us.” Trecdor’s eyes brightened to see Dominic and he got up from his chair and rushed towards him and embraced him. “How are you Dom, my boy? It is so good to see you again.” Trecdor’s back was turned towards Valencia so Dominic tried to ask her if everything was fine, trying to understand why Trecdor had suddenly shown up but sh
The other alphas and werewolves had been waiting outside the Round hall pacing nervously. Olivia was in tears and held Sarah close to herself, who was crying as well. Gerald hugged his family affectionately, the other two kids Elvin and Tom one each in his arm, their little hands around their father’s neck.“Are you okay, sweetie?” He asked Sarah carefully who hadn’t uttered a word since she had returned to them. There had been a look of shock on her little face followed by tears that streamed down her pink cheeks. Sarah didn't speak but continued to sob and Gerald looked at her worriedly.Had something shaken her to the core? Why wouldn’t she speak all of a sudden?While he shot worried glances to his wife, an announcement rang through the hall that was audible even outside.“All the werewolves are to come inside for an emergency meeting right now.”The voice of the Coven's head boomed through the ha
After Mark had said those words, the entire hall fell eerily silent. Never had the judgment of the archon alpha been challenged and never had someone spoken it out loud in a room full of werewolves. Gerald who had been standing silent the entire time clenched his fists and handed over the kids to Olivia. He stepped out from the crowd and asked Mark in a threatening voice, “How dare you even say those words? Have you forgotten the rules we abide by? Challenging the decision of the archon is a grave offense and the repercussions can lead you to lose your life.” Mark gnashed his teeth but instead of talking to Gerald, he walked forward and stood a little farther away from them both. Everybody looked at him with a mixture of surprise and some contempt. He looked at Trecdor and spoke, “Sir, the hycwens have been attacking our pack members for a long time but we always got rid of them. However, now since the birth of the cubs, they seem to have taken
Mark looked around at the group of werewolves, trying to sense the pulse of the room. Now that he had created such a ruckus he couldn't back away, not if he wanted to be known as a coward. His eyes trailed towards his pack that looked like they were confused as to what their alpha was doing. His eyes looked at them with a sort of silent communication, ‘For all of you and for the glory of our pack.’ He then looked at Valencia and Dominic who looked at him as if they would rip him apart then and there. Valencia took the first step and was about to advance towards Mark when out of nowhere, Dominic jumped in the air and changed into his wolf form. When he landed on the ground, he was on all fours, his greyish black fur strikingly contrasting to his emerald green eyes looking menacingly at the other alpha. Wasting no time, Mark too changed into his wolf form, a brownish furred wolf with black eyes staring at the other alpha. They both bared their t
Valencia let out a growl on hearing that. “How could you, Trecdor? She is a little girl…all these days…I have been living with the guilt of scaring her and it was you all along?” Trecdor spat at her words in disgust, “Trecdor? Do you dare call me by my name? Where is your respect for the Coven's head?” Valencia meanwhile kept glaring at him, “You lost it when you sent an untrained, tainted werewolf after my niece, you don’t have the right to that seat after what you have been doing to the humans…” Dominic tried to mind link her, “Keep him busy talking, I’ll try to untie the knots holding me to this filthy pillar.” She was startled to hear his voice in her head all of a sudden but Trecdor only took it as the reaction to his betrayal. To goad her further, he added, What use is she to me? Well, if she grows up and is capable of birthing a wolf then she may be of some use…if not, she is a burden on our community…like yo
After ensuring that the car was safely hidden out of view, both of them stepped out of it and peered through the gate.Luckily nobody had come running towards the gate when it had creaked loudly.So they believed that it could either mean that whoever was in charge didn’t think that anybody would show up or if they did then they wouldn’t walk out alive.After ensuring that nobody was around using their acute sense of hearing and smell, the two slowly edged inside.There was a lot of abandoned stuff littering around the open space so it proved to be effective in hiding.Thus, they used the empty drums and stuff lying around to hide them while carefully walking inside.The two werewolves kept inching towards the entrance that they hoped would be heavily guarded or at least tripped with wires.But to their surprise, again nothing obstructed their way. It was strange and both of them merely glanced at each other before walking
Running towards him, she turned him around and before he could react, she pulled him by the collar and placed her lips on his. Daniel had not expected her to have such a reaction and he was startled for a moment but soon he gave in to the feeling. He was afraid that she would shun him and was only around him for old time’s sake. The fact that she took the initiative to kiss him dispensed all the worries from his head. His arms went around her and he lifted him from the ground while kissing her back. Jenny smiled and a chuckle escaped her lips to feel him be so elated. His eyes were shining with joy and she could also see a tear or two though he was trying hard to not show it. “I love you” The words escaped his lips automatically and Jenny’s eyes mirrored his emotions. “I have always loved you, Danny,” Jenny replied and the two smiled again. “Now, put me down…” Daniel who was lost in the sensation of
As she kept thinking about this stuff, her feet automatically carried her to the headquarters. She walked inside the headquarters, climbed the stairs, and got to the upper floor where Daniel was sitting on the chair. He looked weak but not as exhausted as before. The guards stationed outside the room bowed their heads at her. “Has he eaten something?” One of the werewolves who were standing away from her bowed his head and answered, “Yes archon, we gave him food and he finished that reluctantly. In fact, he has been asking to meet you. But, we didn’t inform you because we thought it was too early.” She nodded her head in acknowledgment and went inside. Daniel was in a fresh set of clothes, probably Gerald had given her a new set. He even looked to have bathed and not as harrowed as the night before. Daniel had a notebook and a pen in front of him and appeared to be scribbling something. Seeing her enter the room, he got up from his seat and bo
The voice pained him and the icy tone with which she said that to him made him feel like he was punched in the gut. “Why are you doing this?” He asked in an anguished voice. She was still pinned to the bed and his hands were still holding hers. He tightened his hold on her and bent down again to say, “You don’t really mean that, you are saying that to get back at me.” Valencia kept looking at him with the same steady gaze, her eyes didn’t even falter for a second. She was proud of not giving away the roller coaster of emotions coursing through her. “If you think so…” Calhoun’s eyes grew darker and she hoped that he would get away from her the minute he realized that she wasn’t joking. However, he did just the opposite. Instead of getting away from her, he bent down and gave her the steamiest kiss ever. In one swift motion, he put his hands around her, pulled her in a tight embrace, and began eating her lips, devouring her
“Well let’s say fate decided to meddle with her life. She got separated from her parents and had to live on her own….but….she was a strong girl. As such, she decided to not let destiny decide the course of her life, thus she fought against all odds and became a queen from an orphan.” She gave a dry chuckle at that, “you make it look so effortless...” He responded, “I know it isn’t, but I didn’t want to go into the details of the pain and suffering of the girl, she has had her fill.” Valencia closed her eyes and replied, “Hmm…so, where is she now?” Calhoun looked at her face that was shining with innocence and pain. He wanted to kiss her so bad but didn’t want to take advantage of the situation. Thus, he answered, “She is ruling her kingdom all by herself.” “Oh, she doesn’t have a king?” “She could but she doesn’t need anyone I think.” “Well, everybody needs someone at one point or the other…” The words had tumbl
The word made her momentarily forget what she had been about to say. Nobody had called her queen before. Blinking her eyes she said while fumbling, “Yes…I am..” Though her heart had skipped a beat at that, she continued to look at him with defiance. Calhoun closed the distance between them and stood extremely close to her, their faces inches away from each other. “What wouldn’t have happened if I had stayed away?” He asked her again, slowly and steadily and she realized that he had understood that she had not implied the incident with the blue werewolf. A small part of her heart was amazed to see how he had clearly understood her but the other was still fluttering at the way he had called her queen. It felt oddly nice to hear him call her a queen. Scolding herself, she tried to get a grip on herself as even her wolf seemed to be confused now. Earlier, she had loved Dominic but now feeling what Valencia was feeling made her unsu
Dominic muttered and turned into his wolf. Valencia got up from the ground as the rogue motioned ahead and raised his hand to smack her again. But before he could do this, Dominic jumped on him, sinking his teeth into the werewolf’s arm. In normal circumstances, it would have sliced off the hand as an alpha’s bite was extremely powerful but no such thing happened now. The blue werewolf was more powerful than the alpha but it seemed to lose its mind from time to time. It was as if periodically it was being remote controlled by someone else and just moments of self control were granted to it before it was taken over by that other mysterious controller again. Dominic looked at his beta who got the message and quickly as his pack members to ensure that a stampede doesn’t occur and that everybody is taken to a safe place while they dealt with this rogue. Gerald and Patrick began guiding the frightened crowd, taking them away from the battle
“I kept telling myself that it will be okay, that I could always walk away and return the money if I didn’t like what was going on…” Daniel trailed off and his eyes automatically went to Jenny whose face was almost on the verge of crying. She couldn’t keep it together anymore. His face crumpled to see her like that and Dominic patted her head and pulled her in a hug to calm her down. Daniel felt relieved to see that neither of the alphas was hurting her even when they knew that she was their leverage against them. Gerald walked up to him and offered him a glass of water when the rogue moved his hands to his throat and touched the Adam’s apple. After emptying the water glass, he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and continued, “I was taken in and asked to do some mandatory health check-ups that they assured me and the batch of people who had signed up with them…we were taken in a lab of sorts and asked to sleep on a table to take some scan…I do