James's POV I have tried to calm David's mind about Ellie and how she was using us. It was nothing short of betrayal to both David and I but we have to finish what we have started.And without Ellie, our fight was already a lost cause.We were not the only victims of Ellie. According to Lorraine, everyone was. The queen of their kingdom, the queen's council members and most especially, Lorraine herself.Although Lorraine still has no idea if she was truly adopted by the woman who had raised her, Lorraine suspected Ellie and the woman knew each other.Kelvin had finally fallen back asleep, and presumably, he would be asleep for the next four hours so we had time to take him to one of our private basements and get the mayor's wife.Getting the mayor's family turned out easier than I expected.Instead of going through the stress of working out a plan and risking our lives to kidnap the mayor's wife, I suggested we use Kelvin's phone to call her and inform her that her brother was involv
***Somewhere in the northern part of Budapest***"Hello there," Samuel walked into the pottery shop in his usual black Jacket and black Jeans. "Long time no see, Fiona."The woman in the shop continued to count her money, recognising whose voice it was. She raised her head to him when he stood next to her with only the counter between them."Get the fuck out of here, Samuel. I don't fucking want anything to do with you again," she looked back at what she was doing and continued to count the money.Samuel laughed. It was always very typical of her to say something like this but he knew his way when it came to Fiona."That's quite a lot of sales, huh?!" He slid his hands into his jacket pocket and brought out two warps of white money and slammed it on the counter. "I need you to do something for me."She turned her gaze at the bundle of money on the counter and swallowed hard. Fuck! He really knew how to get her.But remembering their last encounter, she rose angrily to her feet and gav
"I don't know exactly how strong but… you should be scared, Sam." Fiona shook her head. She was dead serious about everything she said.Although she had no idea who the witch in the prophecy was but, one thing was certain, the prophecy cannot be changed.Delayed? Somehow…"What powers do you think she might have?" Kelvin asked her. Fiona pinched her brows at him. Of course, the prophecy witch was going to have magical powers like every other witch. And as a hybrid, physically strong and perhaps, might have healing powers and blood thirst."C'mon Sam, you're asking the wrong question." She said and looked away for a moment. By the time she looked back at him, her eyes fell into his, there was not even a pinch of laughter ok his face."Is there something you need to tell me, Fiona? You are totally not yourself." "For free? I'll better go to the grave with it…""Fiona, this is too serious for you to make jokes outta it…" Samuel interrupted her, his face tightened and a wrinkled frown t
"Anita, we have to tell your dad about this. This is a threat to all of our race." Samuel's voice rattled through the cell phone. Since he left Fiona's place he took it upon himself to do whatever he had to to stop that prophecy from coming through.In all sincerity, Samuel was scared of this mysterious witch who has both vampire blood and witch blood in her. Thereby making her one of the strongest breeds already, a hybrid. He gathered the information he could get his hands on about the witch. He needed to know more than what Fiona told him but it was only getting more and more complicated.Fiona didn't help matters, all she knew was that there was a witch and aside from that she claimed not to know anything else.It was more than necessary to tell the governor everything so that he could prepare for war, perhaps kill the goddamn witch before she masters her powers. "Sam, what are you talking about?" Anita's peach eyes bent into a grin. It was absolutely unlike Samuel to be scared o
James's POVI pushed my head out of the window and breathed in the cool air. The night was calm and quiet. Aside from the quacking of frogs and toads and the chirpings of cricket, nothing was breaking the silence, perhaps not from anywhere close to my window.I have seen improvement in Lorraine's condition. Her fingers have been making slight movements and her brows furrowed from time to time.I can't wait for her to finally be awake so I can give her a tight hug like it would be my last.I have missed her a lot.I walked back to the bed and sat down on it. Lorraine was looking spectacular. I saw a dimple curve out of her chin as her face quivered and a smile crept out.Lorraine could have been the most beautiful woman I've ever seen if I had not met Sasha.I don't think I've seen this dimple before. Her plump juicy lips and the bright smile on her face.I held her hand in my palm and tugged it gently.Wait! She responded. She was getting warmer than she was, I smiled. "I love you,
"C'mon Uncle Sam, I can just drain this one and throw her body off the cliff, nobody is going to see her," Anita pulled her fangs out of her victim's neck.Blood was all over her mouth and her long, thick fangs dripped down blood."I can't let you do that, self-control," Samuel said, pulling her shirt up."She's the best I've tasted so far, it tastes like… I don't know," Anita could not find the right word to complete her statement before Samuel bent down and sniffed the blood."Lycanthrope. She's a lycanthrope. A marked one. Her pack will come for her. Let's get out of here right now," he said as they began to sprint away from the scene.The last thing Samuel wanted was to pick a fight with a lycanthrope pack. They'll never give up until they've accomplished what they were out for.The last time a war broke out, it was bloody on both sides. However, the vampires suffered more because the power to win the war was rooted in numbers.This wasn't Sparta where three hundred soldiers would
The mayor had just gotten off a call with Samuel. The plan was going as planned. He has set the trap, now it is time to watch it catch its target.This was the type of plan that was entitled to a congratulatory party even before they were carried out. Unfortunately, Kelvin was not here to join in the celebration. Tonight they were going to get rid of one problem. Although it was not certain which problem was getting rid of which. But definitely, one was going to die."Sir, your plan worked just fine. Now, they'll fight each other." The mayor's aide said. He has been sitting beside the pool, watching the mayor and his guests swim in the pool."Yes!" He said and began to come out of the water. "You know what? I'm very happy right now, you can have one of them," the mayor turned to one of the ladies, "take good care of him. He's still a virgin.""Sir, my two daughters don't think so," the aide laughed."That's what you always say, nobody has ever seen them. I doubt if those daughters of
Lorraine's POVThe sun has begun to rise in the sky and I still don't know where James is. Something was wrong. I just have this feeling that something bad had happened to James.I tried not to think of what might have happened to James that was making me feel like this.I would have loved him to be beside me when I woke up. I would have kissed his sweet lips. I've missed the hardness of his chest, I've missed his cologne.It has been about four hours since I gained my consciousness but it felt like it had been decades without him. "Nothing will happen to James," I said to myself."When he comes back I'm not going to talk to him. I'll not even smile at him. How could he leave me all alone at night?" My mind was beginning to boil.I turned to Kyle. He has been sitting with me since I woke him up.Perhaps, this was how James has been going out in my absence. No. It can't be, I nodded the thoughts out of my head. I trust him. He couldn't do that to me."Is this how they've been going o
Ellie's eyes almost bulged out of their sockets at the sight of Lorraine's sudden change. She could sense the power running through her niece. The aura Lorraine exuded was more than just an urge, it was pure anger.Ellie crawled backwards, too surprised to act or do anything. She knew what she was supposed to do but she couldn't, she couldn't bring herself to hurt Lorraine. She was to protect her and not hurt her."Lorraine," Ellie called. Seeing her niece like this had not only surprised her, it broke her too. It was her fault that Lorraine had to go through this. If only she had done what she had to do at the right time then the urge would not have gotten so strong. "Lorraine, fight it. You can do it. Remember your destiny, think about your mother."Lorraine could still hear Ellie's voice in her head but it was getting dimmer with every passing second. Suddenly, Lorraine screamed, her voice echoed with excruciating pain. Someone was doing it. The same thing Ellie could bring hersel
After almost an hour of working on the passport David had given him, Kyle had found out that Mary, as I suspected, had been in and out of Lightwood several times over the last few weeks. According to him, she was in the city at this very moment."When last was she in Lightwood?" David raised a question and Kyle gave him a fiendish glare. He had just said she was still in Lightwood so what does it matter when she entered the town."What is she doing in Lightwood?" David asked another question, with surprise spreading all over his face. If anything, he has had one of the roughest stories so far amongst all of us."We'll have to find out. That's why we need to find her before she leaves the city," I answered, calculating the possibilities of finding her. It was not going to be easy, where would we begin to look? I asked myself. Just as it was impossible to look for a needle in a sea, it was same when the case is turned to her David pursed his lips tightly and smirked. " I don't think sh
Lorraine's POV"Hurry, we need to go before he finds you," Ellie said and began to hasten her steps. She was faster than I expected her to be. Perhaps it was because she was frequent with the road."Before he finds me?" I gaped, unable to hide my surprise. "Is he going to find me?" I halted and my eyes blazed with fear.This was the point where I was supposed to be confused and scared at the same time. And Yes, I was confused and scared.Turning her head backwards, Ellie saw that I wasn't following her anymore. "You need to hurry up, Lorraine, I'm sure he's coming for you right now," she uttered and stopped. I thought I had seen it all and there was possibly nothing more that would shock me again but hearing that he would be able to find me was something I had not expected.My head began to heat up with questions. Complying with her, I continued walking, and even hastened my steps and began to run. "Why is he able to talk to me despite our distance?" I asked but she didn't reply. W
Lorraine's POVJames had blood stains on him. I instantly knew whose blood it was, it was Kayla's.So all this while she had been the mastermind behind everything that was happening. I regretted not reading her mind when I had the chance.Unlike I expected, there was no sign of remorse in James's voice as he spoke. It was as if he had just disassembled a nuclear bomb that would have killed the whole world.After James has rushed out in between our discussion, I wanted to follow him but my mind suggested I gave him some space. It would appear like I was pegging him too much if I don't let him do some things alone.So I forced myself not to follow him and I crawled back onto the bed and waited anxiously for him to return and tell me what it was all about.I was waiting when I slept off."No!" I yelled as I jerked from the nightmare I was having. I was gasping for breath. I looked around the room, the walls were familiar. I was sweating like a rat dropped into a bucket of water.It was o
"James, what happened?" Lorraine's voice echoed as she struggled to get out of bed and go after James who had suddenly run out while they were still discussing. But before she could get up, he was already out of the room.James went directly to his brother's room and knocked on the door, he would have barged in if he didn't know that his brother had a guest."David, I need to speak with you," James said as he knocked again when his first wasn't answered. The thud was loud. He was not supposed to interrupt them but he had no choice. What he had to say was way more important than anything they've got going on inside the room.He knocked several times again.The door opened and David stood inside, spurred by the unnecessary banging his door had to receive when the first knock alone was enough. When he saw that it was David, he did away with the anger. Looking straight into his brother's eyes, he was shocked and curious at the urgency James had used in calling him. He for sure, thought t
"I'm sorry I came late," James said, still wrapping his right hand on the knife he had stabbed into Kayla. Late? Really? Kyle gasped.Who cared if he came late or not? What mattered to Kyle was that he came and he saved them. Kyle was still amazed that he was able to make it to the building so fast. It wasn't even up to twenty minutes that he had texted him about the whole situation immediately he found out that they had walked into a trap.James pulled out the knife and Kayla spilt more blood from her mouth and fell to the ground, covering the place he had dug the knife into her with her hands to stop the gushing of blood but it was of no use, the blood kept pouring out."Ja. Ja…James," she stammered, weakly and turned to face him. She wanted to say something but there was not much strength in her to put the words together. The little she had was going on trying to stop the blood.How did he find them?She never thought he was coming here today."Thanks, man. You saved my ass," Kyl
"Someone's knocking on the door," Lorraine said, getting out of bed and heading out of the room. She had gotten James to stay at home and not go with the rest of the team. She had a bad feeling about it. There was something completely off about everything to her.She halted at the door and looked back and saw that he was fast asleep. His heart went up and down slowly. She wasn't sure what would have happened if he had gone with them but she knew something bad would have happened.As for David and the rest of the people, she hadn't seen much about them. She just wished they'd be safe. "Why didn't I warn them?" She berated herself, realising that she could have just told them what she felt even if they would have still gone ahead with what they wanted to do.The doorbell rang again. "Who's there?" She asked, her voice calm and loud enough for whoever it was to hear. It wasn't David because he would never hit the bell before coming in, he always had his key with him.Who would it be? S
James's POVI could not look straight into her eyes. I just hope she finds it in her heart to forgive me.I turned and started to walk back to my room. I had nothing else to say. As I walk away, I heard Kyle offer to track the location and James chipped in with the go-ahead.Exactly as I expected, whoever was behind this shouldn't go scot-free."Who do you think did this?" I asked Lorraine when she entered the room right after me. Making sure she had securely locked the room, I leaned my back on the door."I don't know who could have done this but whoever it is, I agree with Kyle, the person is closer to her than we can think of," she answered dryly and walked to me. It was her turn again to console me."I can't think of anyone who could do this to her. And, sadly, we all fell for the card. We all thought she could betray us and it hurts me," I swallowed. The words were heavy on me but I needed to say them out.She walked to me and curled her arms around my neck and I wrapped in my ha
"What do you want me to do?" Kyle asked as he was finally able to clear the sleep off his eyes."I want you to track this number, get the location and everything on it that you can lay your hands on," David said, stretching the phone to him and scowling back at Kayla when he caught her doing the same thing to him.Kyle glanced at him for a moment. He didn't like the way David spoke to him. It sounded more like David was giving an order rather than a request."Okay. Whose phone is it?" Kyle asked as he walked to David and accepted the phone. It was an unwritten law for every single tech personnel to never hack into a phone except he or she has been given full details about it."Why do you care?" David resisted giving an answer and it only made his questionnaire more curious. He was already getting pissed at the questions Kyle was throwing at him. It didn't matter whose phone it was, what mattered was that he could do it."Because it's my work and I'm the one who's going to do it. I can