Evelyn glanced back at Victoria, and Raymond's eyes followed her movements. "I see you have made your name everywhere, apparently." Raymond cocked an eyebrow with detest in his eyes. His fingers left red marks on Evelyn's wrist as she struggled in vain."I thought you were smarter than to take the words of people like Victoria Foster," Evelyn shook her head with disappointment.Raymond frowned at her calm tone.His people had been searching for her for the past couple of days, but she didn't look like someone in hiding who just got caught by a fearful enemy. She wasn't in hiding. Evelyn had noticed some unfriendly attention after she left the Whites, but has been dealing with ill intentions all her life, she was good at protecting herself. She just didn't know they were Raymond's men."And I thought you were smarter than to show yourself in front of me ever again," Voice cold as ice, Raymond sneered back before he nodded lightly at Victoria, "it looks like you are not very good at h
"Show me your backpack!" Victoria demanded. "No!" Mathilda felt a lot more relaxed after Raymond left, "This is not the private high, and you are not the queen bee anymore!" Mathilda could easily get the throne of queen bee if she wants... and she probably would have, being the little princess of The Millennial and all, if not for Raymond. Having a famous big brother wasn't easy. Raymond was six years older than Mathilda, and after he passed the stage of hating a little tail chasing him around all the time, he was already the alpha-to-be that was surrounded by everyone. Though he started spoiling her around that time, Mathilda felt this tremendous pressure from the title of Raymond's sister, and that was when she started hiding that identity from everyone. "Try me!" Victoria snorted viciously, lowering her voice so only Mathilda could hear, "Isn't it enough that you got MY place at Yale, and now you just throw it away and followed me here again?! Quit NYU and I'll let you go." Mat
Victoria and her girlfriend waited for the policeman with cocky smirks and gloating chirpings, giving Evelyn a headache. Trying to escape from the noisy mean girls, Evelyn scooched over to Mathilda's side. "So, you are close to Raymond Reid?" Evelyn whispered with a voice low enough only for the two of them, but she didn't know there were actually many more ears to it on the other sides of the earbuds. "I'm not talking to you!" Mathilda hissed angrily, turning away. "I hear that he sleeps with a new girl every day," Evelyn teased Mathilda with an annoying smirk, "is that why you hate me so much? Because I'm the new you?" "Eww! Gross!" Mathilda jumped up in the air, "It's not like that!" "Ohhhh..." Evelyn laughed at the simple girl, with a drawling naughty tone, "then what IS it like?" Mathilda: "..." Raymond: "..." This is exactly why he can't trust Mathilda to step out of his protection! "He has a little sister, the same age as me," Evelyn suddenly fixed her eyes on Mathilda,
"What?" Mathilda blinked in utter confusion."What?!" Victoria shot Evelyn a death stare."I did! I saw your friend Vicky putting your necklace into her own backpack," Calm as ever, Evelyn rose her camera, "right after I took that picture.""You are totally just making this up now!" Victoria shrilled, her face red as liver, "You didn't say anything before this!""I didn't think anyone would believe me, but now it would help because the officers are here." Using Vicky's exact excuse, Evelyn shrugged with the most innocent look, and a surprised laugh escaped Mathilda. Raymond curved his lips, he could see Evelyn's harmless yet lethal puppy dog eyes in his mind-- She used them when she tricked him! Slow as Victoria was, she now realized Evelyn was only playing her."The necklace is NOT on Vicky!" Victoria blurted, stopping herself right before admitting they planted it on Mathilda, "You are lying! You are the lying bitch you always were back in high school!""You knew each other?" Offi
"I won't be humiliated like this!" Vicky shook her head with tears rolling down her face, holding her backpack to her chest."I have no intention of humiliating you," Evelyn sneered coldly, "you brought it on yourself when you tried to humiliate others.""No!" Vicky shook her head, turning to Victoria with begging eyes, "You believe me, don't you? Vic..."Victoria narrowed her eyes with a frown. Of course she believed Vicky. It wasn't like Vicky would wear or sell the one-of-a-kind necklace anyways. She just hated so much that she had to see Evelyn get her way!"Maybe I didn't bring my necklace today..." Victoria said hesitatingly, "maybe--""But I took the picture today, with the necklace IN Vicky's hand," Evelyn shook a finger, all serious, getting a glare from Victoria."Well, maybe I just forgot where I put it..." Victoria forced a smile, the crowd's attention was now all on Victoria."Don't doubt yourself, Victoria," Evelyn used a super fake kind tone, "I know you want to cover up
"They are heading in our direction," Theo got busy to work the moment Mathilda and Evelyn left the campus, "do you want us to take her now?""Not in front of Mathilda," Raymond rubbed between his eyebrows, getting frustrated for the whole messy situation about Evelyn,"...SHE is the damn criminal that drugged ME! Why are you painting us like evil thugs or something?!"Being-yelled-at-for-no-reason Theo: "..."Since when did Alpha Raymond have a problem with appearing terrifying in front of other people??? Besides, how was he painting them as thugs??"It's not like Mathilda can't solve it on her own..." Raymond grunted to himself. Theo didn't know what to say to that, but Raymond wasn't expecting an answer either.He was okay with Evelyn defending Mathilda since his little sister didn't do anything wrong anyway, but it sounded like it would have turned into a fiasco if Evelyn didn't help when it involved the cops, especially when Mathilda really wanted to hide her connection with the Rei
"How the hell did you manage to lose her again?!" Raymond was so mad he let out a disbelieving snort, "You literally WATCHED her leave!""We didn't think the girl knows counter reconnaissance!" Theo let out a frustrated sigh, "What high school girl could detect three different guys following her and keep calm AND lose them in a few alleyways?!"Raymond rubbed his temples with a string of frantic chuckles.Theo looked at him worriedly -- his Alpha was definitely losing it."Forget it," Raymond waved his hand in the end, "I'll see her tomorrow dinner at the Whites.""You really think she's gonna be there?" Theo asked in a cautious tone, "I mean, it's pretty obvious that she's avoiding us--""You THINK?!" Raymond rolled his eyes at Theo, but then he just sighed, "She WILL be there. She risked so much to get her family into our pack, there is no way she would blow it off when her family is on the line.""And if she just blows it?" Theo asked worriedly. Last week he wouldn't have believed t
v "Bold!" Raymond grunted, heavying heavily with messy breath as he glared at the man in front of him.The man looked like a tramp with a scar across his nose. With just a sniff Raymond realized -- the man was a rogue! Raymond has made enemies over the years, but none so bold to drug him in bright daylight, in HIS city!Now he not only owe Evelyn for Mathilda, but also for dragging her into danger?! This fact felt more upsetting than the fact that the man just drugged him."Oh my goodness!" Evelyn gasped at the scary wound on Raymond's arm as he protected her in his arms."It's alright, don't worry about it," Raymond glanced at her horrified face, and out of nowhere, he comforted her with the sole hope of wiping the worrying off her eyes."Wow! You can still talk?" The man let out a sniffish laugh, glancing around with an annoying smirk, "Got some fight in you, huh? I'm impressed... but not for long."A dozen men stood up one after another, all tall and bulky -- apparently this whole
Raymond has been working overnight for days.[Eve, why was the big bad wolf working late again last night? I miss him!] Willa nudges Evelyn in boredom, demanding. Like Evelyn missing Raymond, Willia misses Sysiphus and maybe more. The spell's breaking restored the memory of Scarlett, James and Raymond, and Evelyn suddenly got all her family and friends back with no life-threatening risk hanging over her head.But that isn't the case for Willa. She is clean like a newborn baby and the only one she knows now is Sysiphus. Not to mention, Sysiphus adores Willa like no one else. Willa would only talk to him and Evelyn, not even Raymond.Things were so great for a month or two after Sysiphus marked Evelyn, but then he suddenly got busy, and so did everyone else. Though they see each other at breakfast, that had been their only chance to see each other in a whole day.[I'm sure we can see him tonight, it's Friday after all,] Evelyn rubs her forehead, getting a headache from the baby that had
Raymond came early.He didn't dare take more people against Killian's request, but he sent men to monitor all the mages in the city when he came to the warehouse hours early and lurked around. When it was reported to him that several important members of the coven disappeared, he knew something was wrong.So he woke up Sysiphus and came close to the house, only in time to hear Killian's words.Killian: "I can explain..."But Sysiphus wasn't in the mood to hear.[You can't go in rage right now!] Raymond was watching Sysiphus carefully in his mind, ready to take control at any moment, [I told you she would be in a bad condition, and you--][I have learned my lesson, Raymond, I won't lose it. I went into deep sleep because I was worried about the witch's mate bond spell, but not now when I see my mate with my own eyes.] Sysiphus answered calmly, his eyes landing gently on the white wolf floating in the air.The shade of cocky that had always been in his voice was gone, replaced by an earn
Killian persuaded Ava to use the same warehouse where she peeled off Mathilda's wolf.He saw real fear in Ava's eyes and he knew to Ava, the moon goddess truly existed and that Ava really believed she wouldn't be protected in that warehouse by her goddess.But why stains two places on the earth when she obviously enjoyed peeling off wolves, right? She might do more in the future. This logic persuaded Ava.Right now there they were. Ava and Killian, standing in the dusty, empty, abandoned warehouse, with Evelyn between them in a magic bubble, covered in burnt scars, barely alive.There was only one beam of moonlight throw the window, and Killian put Evelyn right under it.Ava kept her distance -- she had developed a moonlight-phobia since Mathilda. Killian glanced at his watch before he bowed to Ava: "Would you want me to do the honor?"Ava shook her head. It was so scary last time, and she couldn't even imagine how she pulled that off all on her own. But this time she felt a frantic
For four days straight Evelyn was kept in a magic bubble, naked.Fire would burn her skin crispy before ice froze her limbs. Then again, and again. Until she was at the edge of death, and that was when the mage guarding her would heal her wounds to prevent her death.And then a new cycle of fire and ice.Every day Ava would come visit Evelyn with only one question: where is your totem?Ava saw Evelyn's power. It was a much more pure and strong magic than anything Ava had ever seen. Maybe Killian's was stronger, but his power wasn't as pure.Ava wanted Evelyn's power. She had been stealing from Evelyn all her life -- she stole Evelyn's mother, father, identity...Everything! Why not this one more thing? Sara stole Scarlett's power successfully!But Evelyn wouldn't budge. Even at the edge of death she never begged. There were a few times when Evelyn tried to take her own life, and Ava had to add more men on guard just so they wouldn't kill Evelyn by accident.Evelyn really wanted death.
Midnight, a warehouse.Killian stood in the darkest corner of the warehouse where Mathilda's wolf was peeled off her, waiting.Raymond slipped a piece of paper into his collar when Raymond grabbed his collar before punching him in the face. He only realized that when Raymond patted over it. On the note were these words--[Midnight, THE warehouse]Even now Killian was still shocked at how far Raymond really could see.Raymond saw through Ava's whole plan when he didn't even have magic! He tricked everyone when he accused Ava of the crimes Evelyn was supposed to have done, so they all thought Raymond was only there to clear Evelyn's name when--What Raymond wanted was to meet Killian without anyone's attention!The depth of Raymond's plan made Killian's blood run cold. Once again he felt fear for what an awful enemy Raymond would be.No doors moved, nor any windows. But suddenly Raymond walked out from a shadow into the center of the room. His head held up high and he was looking at the
Ava never loved Raymond, but it didn't mean that she didn't want to conquer him. The man who every girl in the city admired, how could Ava not want him?! But all he ever gave her was insult and humiliation! Finally she got power and she even stole Evelyn from him, but this man just wouldn't submit in front of her! How dare he?!"You kill me now without me accepting your rejection, then you can never have another mate in your life," Raymond threatened with a serious tone, but instead of looking worried, Ava lay back with a cocky smile.Raymond curved his lips."What are you laughing at?!" Ava's face twisted -- the annoying Alpha! She hated his arrogant confidence!"I'm laughing at how simple you are. It's so easy to read you," Raymond shook his head slowly, taunting Ava with a smirk, "I just threatened you with a life of no mate, yet you don't look afraid at all. You should at least act, because now I know--"Ava held her breath without realizing it because she was nervous that Raymon
Raymond finally woke up on the fifth day after Sysiphus went in rage.Mathilda dropped the glass in her hand when she noticed his finger twitching: "Raymond? Raymond! Oh my God! Someone! He's awake!!!"James came first, followed by Emma and Scarlett. Theo was called to the Alpha house later that day, but Mathilda didn't let him in until Raymond's mind cleared up late in the afternoon.Raymond wasn't in a good shape though--Sysiphus was still in rage, trapped in deep sleep. Sysiphus was hurt too badly and couldn't wake up, but somehow he managed to give control before he went into deep sleep to heal. Or else Raymond couldn't have woken up yet."Where is Evelyn?" Raymond asked James, his tone calm with a shade of desperation.He knew a lot of horrible things would have been happening to Evelyn while he was trapped, but he had to face it.Sysiphus took the most hit, yes, but Raymond was the one suffering the most. He saw through the situation earlier than anyone, and yet he was trapped
Suffered through so much: getting a rejection, refusing a rejection, and then watching his beloved little sister suffering the devastating scar, but none of them hurt Sysiphus more than Evelyn's few simple words.Evelyn didn't expect that in the end, it was her own words that pushed Sysiphus into rage!Bursting into a painful growl, Sysiphus lost it and shifted under rage. He charged in Evelyn's direction and instantly everyone reacted. The mages shot all colors of beams at him while his own wolves followed him and tried to stop their Alpha -- their most powerful warrior in rage.Of course they failed.Werewolves flew out from Sysiphus's hits like leaves in the autumn winds, and the beams shot by the mages didn't seem to even get Sysiphus's attention.With a loud growl, James shifted the same time Sysiphus did and jumped in front of Evelyn and finally he stopped Sysiphus inches before Sysiphus could reach Evelyn.[Leave! He can't think!] James mindlinked Evelyn, [He could hurt anyone
Evelyn froze where she was before anger burst into flames in her chest."You did what?!" Evelyn hissed under her breath, not sure if she heard Ava right. Her voice and her body shook under anger, too. She knew Ava was evil, but she never thought Ava would commit the worst crime there is!Peeling off the wolf spirit from a werewolf! It's like castrating a soldier captured in a war, like raping an underage girl in front of her family. You don't do that, not even in a war!How dare she?!Tears of pain burned Evelyn's eyes, and for the first time in her life she felt the urge to kill. She wanted Ava dead! She wanted to see regret and horror in those vicious laughing eyes and she wanted to inflict pain!Ridiculous that Ava did all this just to reveal that she had magic, but if that was what Ava wanted, then fine! Evelyn raised bother her palms and walked up to face Ava, like the death goddess with the power of life and death in her hands!Ava curved her lips, but she avoided Evelyn -- she