"Samuel," the governor's voice echoed through the whole room. "I want you to tell me how this happened to my daughter when you were there.""Sir," Samuel began, "I had no intentions of taking her there, she followed me and there was nothing I could do about it. Forgive me, sir," he bowed his head.He, unlike the others, knew that Anita was not going to make it. It was just a matter of time before she died. He was sure, the governor knew this too.So to buy himself a chance for survival he needed to provide the governor with something very important that would make the governor change his mind. Because the moment Anita died, he was next."I had gone there to kill the hunters first before I come to you. I have gotten news about a witch who would be the end of our kind," Samuel rolled his eyes. He was not happy that he had no other option than to spill his secret key to making history.The statement he had just made has changed the whole thing.Now, whether he was the one who stopped t
"His survival depends on me?" Lorraine repeated the statement with a confused stare. How can James' survival depend on her when she was still yet to know what happened to him?It has been two days already and David was still not ready to tell anyone what had happened.Thanks to her new nurse friend who has kept reassuring her that James would be fine."How can I save him? Tell me, please" Lorraine resorted to pleading. If there was one thing she noticed about her aunt, Ellie, it was that she was adamantly stubborn. "Please, aunt, tell me," Lorraine's voice was shaking, she was trying hard to fight back tears.The truth was that she would not be able to bear losing James. He had become an indispensable part of her life.If Ellie said she was the only person who can save James then she was ready to do anything to save him. Whatever it was going to take.An odd silence lingered in the air immediately after Lorraine finished speaking. Ellie rubbed her hands together as if to keep herself
"You'll be the one to train her. The girl hates me a lot." Ellie answered as she blinked her eyes, hoping that the queen would not prolong the issue and just accept to train Lorraine alone."Why does she hate you?" The queen queried despite knowing exactly what the reasons were."You don't need to ask, you know the reasons. She thinks I've wronged her for all the secrets I've kept from her." Ellie stated, heaving a low sigh. She still hasn't seen anything wrong with what she had done."Think?" A chuckle escaped the queen's lips.But Ellie didn't find it funny.Ellie felt if she had not done exactly as she had, she was sure Lorraine would have been long-dead by now. Williams would have found her and he would either kill her or take her as a prisoner.None of the two options sounded better than what she had done."You should talk to her. She's a teenager and they expect explanations for things. You owe her an explanation for everything, Ellie. It was and it still is her life that's on t
Today was the first day Samuel decided to visit the mayor after a very long time. He had gone to the mayor's house but there was nobody around, it was empty. He looked everywhere in the house and it looked like nobody had been in the house for a while. "Lucky bastard," Samuel muttered when he opened the wardrobe in the mayor's room and found it empty. He knew what this meant, the mayor's wife was not around.When he was outside the house, he clenched his hands and punched the entrance door. His punch went in easily and jutted out at the other side.Samuel had a feeling that there was more to everything the mayor has been doing between him and the hunters. He just wasn't sure yet.And the only way to find out was through a visit. But since he didn't find anyone home, he was going to head straight to the mayor's office.He needed the mayor to tell him where he was going to find the remaining hunter because he was sure the one he had stabbed was dead.However, human life can never equa
Samuel shot him a glare that said he was not going to take that as an answer. "I don't think you understand what I'm asking from you, Guano. I want you… to tell me where I can find the hunter." He reiterated his demand, his eyes beginning to redden.The changing of Samuel's eye colour did close to no effect on the mayor who now felt he was not completely weak against vampires.It was rare for anyone to call the mayor by his name. He never even knew that Samuel was his name until now.The level of trust the mayor had in these guns David gave him was immeasurably high. For something he hasn't tested himself, he realised he was letting his confidence lead him astray.However there was a war coming and he has chosen his side, it was with David. Anita was alibi that there was a chance for David to take out Samuel and that was the only thing the mayor wanted.The mayor would have instantly brought out his gun and put a bullet into Samuel but if he did that, where was he going to get the twe
Lorraine's POV "You must enjoy sitting alone," Ava blurted when she approached the reception section where I'd been all day. The sarcasm in her voice was not something I'll have to think through for long before I understand it."Hello, David," she waved at David and he turned to face her, and responded to her, with a light sneer on his face. David has been very cold and seemingly lost in thoughts. He barely does anything other than leave to take his bath.Although I have not tried to read his thoughts I was sure that whatever had put James into this critical situation was stinging David.He has refused to tell me what happened. I've asked him over and over again and each time, he just scowls and looks away.However, when I asked Ava what she thinks might have happened to James, she said his damaged ribs were likely to be a result of physical combat and that he was also stabbed with a piece of iron."Ava," I called and she eyed me. "Oh! I'm sorry I forgot." I apologized to her. Ava ha
David unfurled another bottle of beer and began to drink it. He was already drunk to a stupor. He could barely sit up straight.The images of what happened that night crashed into his head. He felt guilty about everything that happened. It should have been him and not James.It was him Samuel wanted to stab with the iron, but James got in the way. Deep down, he knew it would be very hard for James to survive. The iron had gone deep into his organs."Why?" He slammed his hands on the counter. And everyone in the bar turned their eyes to him. The barman turned and saw the shreds of bottles scattered all over his counter. "I think you've had enough. You should be going." The barman should have asked David to leave since, but he was making a lot of profit off the drinks, so it would be a great loss to him."You'll not tell me what to do," David yelled, almost falling off the chair. Then he stretched his hand and demanded another bottle."Young man, you need to leave." The barman said calm
Queen Elara had concluded the meeting with her council members minutes after she was informed that her niece had come. However, what she wasn't told was that her daughter was with Lorraine. This meeting was not the first of its kind, it was always held this time of the year when the moon was about to be full. There was news that some lycanthropes have gone rogue and have taken to themselves to increase the strength of their packs by increasing their members. So the full moon in two nights away would be one where lots of werewolves would change for the first time. The meeting was only to ensure that every witch outside Arthantha was safe. Everyone, well, except Fiona. "Oh! I see you've finally met your cousin," Queen Elara said when she walked into the room Herla had given Lorraine and found her with Ava, laughing. "My Queen," Ava lowered her head and Lorraine replicated her. "To what do I owe this visit?" Queen Elara settled into the armchair beside the bed. This was her favouri
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