Chapter seven
(Andra disposes of her parents)
They both got up and made their way to where I was and stood beside me at a little distance.
"So, I have come to a conclusion and have made a decision that I would ask all of you this question.
What is the best punishment for these two traitors?!" I threw a question to the pack.
"Death! Death! Death! Death!" They all recited with fierce growls and howls.
I felt the eyes of the alpha on me as I walked towards my parents.
Mother and father bowed their heads before me.
"Do as you must." Father said.
"You two are a disgrace. Working for the vampires and betraying the pack. You know very well, the enmity we share with those beings." I sai
I wined up my car glass and they were forced to remove their hands. I moved through the company gates, with my car, slowly and kept pushing the horn to make them move faster away from my path. The security men at the entrance of the company stopped the press from entering the premises. I finally made it into the company but it wasn't over yet. Workers there gathered around me and started throwing questions at me. I just wish I could read minds as well so I can finally know what is really going on here. "Is it true Andra? That you are taking over your parents' businesses?" One of the workers finally asked, thereby opening my eyes to what it was all about. Finally, a clear question. How did they find out about this so soon. This is something that happened over night.
For me, vampires had always been jealous of werewolves. Werewolves could mix up with humans in the daylight but vampires can't. Vampires had always been stuck in their coffins at the rising of the sun. Another document was brought to me and I stopped my thoughts and resumed typing. Soon enough the time for closure arrived and everyone started to pack up. I decided to meet Alyssa first, since she is physically closer to me. I walked straight to her and confronted her. "Here I am Alyssa. What is it you wanted to tell me?" I asked. "Come on Andra, I agree you are a werewolf but try slowing down a bit." Alyssa said. "Just make it quick. I have somewhere else to be." I replied. "We only just closed. At least give me some time to pack up my things first." She said. &nbs
"How come you are searching for her this soon. I thought a person was considered to be missing only after twenty four hours or something of that sort." I said. "Yes, but this scene was captured on a CCTV camera." The officer said. "I guess we can show you, since you are her friend." The second officer added. They returned to my table and opened up a laptop that one of them had been holding. A video was played and I watched patiently. Alyssa was walking along the road when a car stopped beside her. A man in a black coat came down from behind her and covered her nose with a handkerchief. She passed out after so much struggling and was taken into the car. The video ended. "After that, the vehicle followed routes without CCTV cameras. We don't know what happened and we can't identify a car without a plate
I tried to hide my surprised reaction from the alpha but he already saw through me. "I take it, you haven't come across such an amount before?" He said. I closed my mouth and looked at him. "I'll be off then. And take it that my job with you is over. What I mean is that, I won't be spying on you from now henceforth." He said. "Wait, you've been spying on me?" I asked. "And don't worry about questions that will rise about your parents. I handled that already." He said. Then he smiled and took my hand into his.
Don't ask me were it came from, sometimes the writer of this book can come up with stupid ideas. "Preshy Writes can just be crazy." I said with a smile. I moved with speed and sprayed it all over Stark's company walls. I even wrote something right in the middle of the front wall. The next day... I woke up and prepared for work as I usually do. Today I can't wait to see the result of what I had done last night. My plans on how to retaliate are always going to be ten times worse than whatever he was going to do. You don't expect that I would let you get away with it, do you Stark? An hour after I had started work in my company, Stark barged in. "Why you little..." He said and charged towards me. My security
This record of his self confession will work well against him. I made my way down and came out of the company. I was immediately attacked with questions by the journalists. "Ma'am! Ma'am! Is it true that you have been after Mr Stark for so long?" A journalist asked. "No, that rumour is fake. I don't have anything against Mr Stark." I answered. "How about what had happened to his company walls. Any idea who is responsible?" Another asked. "No. I am totally innocent of all he said against me." I said. "And why should
That's a good point. "So, what are we going to do great alpha?" A werewolf asked. "Nothing." He said, with his face turned away from me. "What do you mean?" I asked the alpha in surprised. "I mean, we won't do anything about it. You will." He said, referring to me. "I will?" I questioned, not understanding what he meant. "Yes. You will." He answered. "I want you to get closer to him, Win his heart and trust then get him to fall in love with you." The alpha said. I hate that man, and moreover, we are not in good terms. How does the alpha expect me to carryout what he is asking me for. With the situation I am in with Stark, I doubt that that will be happening anytime soon. "I know you two hate each other, but this is the only way. I'm not asking for your cons
Ugh. He's sure got some nerves. "Coming right up." I said with a smile. A maid was cleaning a table close to where we were and I snapped my fingers so the maid would come to me. Father had also trained the hirelings to answer that way as well. That is, whenever they were in the same place as he was. I've been thinking of having them all replaced but I gave it a thought and figured I won't have enough time with me to train a new batch of hirelings. "Get him a glass of chilled red wine." I said to the maid." "I don't want anything." Stark said. "What do you mean?" I asked. He stood from the sofa and came extremely close to me, so close that our lips almost touched, but I didn't move back. I can never show weakness to a man, never.
"Hey, I just wanted to surprise you with something. No big deal about it." Stark said."Surprise me? Rumors are being spread falsely about you and your company. Rumors that said you've been stealing money from my company and also been engaging yourself in fraudulent practices." I explained, trying to calm myself."And you believed those rumors?" Stark asked me.People still stood there watching the both of us."No, I don't believe those rumors. And I don't think you would do a thing like that." I said to Stark.The question of how Stark knew I'd come here crossed my mind and so I asked him about it."Stark?" I said his name."Yes?" He answered."How did you know I would come here?" I asked him."That's a good question. It's also a very simple one if I may say so myself." Stark replied."Just shut up and answer the question." I said, clearly showing
Of course I would look and smell so filthy. I just returned from a battle.I went back into the bathroom and I had my bath.Looks like I will have to resume work tomorrow.After taking a bath that almost lasted an hour, I came out of the bathroom feeling like a new person.You know that new feeling, that feeling of clean freshness when you are just done bathing? That's exactly how I felt.The thought of the alpha's death still penetrated my mind.He had saved me from what could have been my last memory on earth.He really did loved me. Even after knowing that Stark was the one I love, he sacrificed his life for mine. He is truly a great alpha and a great companion.I like him for who he is.I just feel bad that I don't love him the way he loves me.I put on a night gown since it was almost night time again and sat on the bed.
62"Stallone!" I screamed.I rushed to his aid immediately and I was on my knees before him right there.Stark finally reached where I was and even bent down with me.Apparently Stark had a doctor or rather, doctors, among his followers.Stark called out loudly for one of them and the doctor he had called for came right before us.The doctor placed his hand on some parts of Stallone to check his breathing or so.After carrying out some actions, the doctor looked at Stark and then at me."He won't be able to make it through this. It's better you say your last words with him before he dies." The doctor said."You can't possibly be serious!" I yelled."He... He is the alpha, nothing can happen to him! Not when the pack and I still need him!" I shouted again.Stark tried to call me down but I refused to be calmed.
61To my surprise, as Stallone kept attacking stark, stark handled himself quite well.Stark wasn't exactly hitting back or anything. I mean he was, but soon stopped after realizing it had no effect on Stallone.Stark was dodging ever blow that came from Stallone like he was an expert.I was actually very impressed with what I was seeing. Soon enough Stallone stopped throwing punches."Hmm, impressive. You seem like a complete expert at dodging." Stallone said."Thank you for the comment." Stark replied."It's too bad, what we need on the battle ground are people who know how to throw punches. Not cowards who dodge from it all their lives." Stallone stated."The vampires!" A werewolf shouted."What the!" Another exclaimed and growled furiously as the first pushed him aside."The vampires!" The werewolf repeated.This time, he had alre
60Stark decided to let it all go and then, since I got lost in thought and didn't pay attention to him at first, he started over again and explained the plan he had devised in detail.Stark sounded so much like a professional while he was explaining his plan.So much that I was sure that we had the upper hand at the battle."So? What do you two think?" Stark asked, waiting for both our opinions."I think your plan will do for now since we haven't made any by map yet." Stallone said to Stark.Stallone was trying to accept and also degrade Stark's plan at the same time.Stark knew better by now and I could see he was trying to control himself around Stallone.Stark wasn't ready to go into argument against Stallone and waste precious time over again."Your plan was amazing. I'm sure with this carefully thought out plan, we would win the battle." I said to Stark.
59I've not really seen this side of the alpha.He changed to his human form and I followed suit.And I must say, it's quite nice to see him that way."Andra?" He called out, snapping me out of my thoughts."I've been calling your name for some time now. You've been smiling to yourself." The alpha said."Huh? No I wasn't." I disagreed with him."Yes you were. I saw it with my own eyes." He said."No, you were probably thinking about something else and thought I was smiling." I said to him."So you are saying that I have been thinking about you?" He asked.My cheeks flushed."Since when? I never said that." I replied, rushing my words."Oh, so you are saying that I wasn't thinking of you but you were thinking of me?" He said.Okay, this time, I could swear my entire face
58"You will not speak to your alpha in that manner Andra!" The alpha yelled at me."I'm trying to be as calm as I can my Lord. But you know it within yourself that we need their help. We don't stand a chance on our own now. It's not like before when we were more in number than the vampire." I explained."Leave my presence at once!" The alpha yelled.I wasn't a little girl to run away crying like some fairy tales you must have heard about. No, I am the Luna.I left the alpha's chamber and soon after, Stark was pushed out of the alpha's chambray by the werewolf who had captured him.Stark got thrown into a cage for animals and locked in.Lucky enough for him, it was a cage. He could receive air even though it would mostly be difficult to breathe in a cage where left over kills the alpha made sometimes were being kept in it. Not for eating of course.Why did the alga refus
57Men can really be so annoying sometimes.I don't have any time for all this love stuff anymore.What's final is final. I will give birth to and raise my baby on my own.I don't need a man beside me. I am strong on my own."Okay, you all should follow me." I said to the hunters.We all walked till we got closer and closer to the alpha's fortress.Once we were near enough, I stopped them from going any further."What? Why are we stopping here?" One of Stark's followers asked."It won't be right to just take you to the alpha's fortress directly. You all have to wait here while I proceed to speak to him and try to convince him to take your help." I explained to them."Okay, we'll stay right here and wait." Stark said.Since they seemed to all be fine with my decision, I put it into action.They waited for me a
56Finding out who had just fed me didn't even take long.Just minutes after I was done eating, Stark appeared before me.We stared at each other for some seconds before we finally got back to reality."I came to rescue you. Just hold on a minute." Stark said.He moved behind me and started to untie the ropes."So it was you who had thrown food towards my direction?" I asked him as he continued working on the ropes."Yes, I figure you would need something to eat. Also to boost your energy for the escape." Stark replied.He got me loose and held my hand as I got up from the chair.My body started to achieve so I started with baby steps at first.I got a hold of myself and ran with Stark.Along the way, we almost got caught by several vampires.All through every minute I spent with Stark in the vampires' den, I