#Chapter112ANIYAH"I'm tired." I pressed before I rolled over in my bed."That's good." Jess rubbed my arm, massaging and pressing at my tender muscles that begged for another ice pack. "That mean your muscles are getting that good workout.""Who made you a gym coach all of a sudden?" I shoved her away."Oh shut up and get dress." I looked at her, watching as she shuffled through my closet before she pulled a t-shirt and a pair of leggings. She tossed them onto my bed before she pulled out a pair of my workout sneakers."I don't feel like going." I sobbed."You cannot stop because you feel a little burn in those arms."She gave me a light nudge against my arm. With such tender arms, a light nudge could easily feel like a ton of bricks being forced against my body. "Bitch, do not do that again." I yelped, rubbing my arms vigorously."I will be waiting patiently for you downstairs. I will give you twenty minutes. If you do not appear within twenty two minutes, I will be bac

#Chapter114Jess hovered over me, watching as I prepared myself to enter the ring."I thought you said your arms hurt?" Jess questioned me with more apprehension rather than her usual sarcasm."They do." I hunched down to tighten the laces on my sneakers for a secure fit. "But I'll manage."Carl returned with a pair of boxing gloves and a pair of boxing mittens before he climbed into the ring."This should be nasty." Jess took a seat on the sideline. If they sold popcorn here, I was sure she would have it.Ignoring Jess, I climbed into the ring. It felt bizarre, all so different being inside of a boxing ring. Especially when I had become accustom to training with Maya at the rear of the house.Carl handed me my gloves. I slipped them on and tightened the straps around my wrist. "Good. Good." Carl eyed me. My face scrunched up. "What?"He noticed my sudden change in emotion but did not understand why."Nothing." It was something. It was the way he looked at

#Chapter116Jason_I had met with the vampire covenant leader too many times to count. As usual, we limited our meetings. Our contact? Almost hard to explain.It was always the same when we met; in a dark facility with minimal lighting and his facial features always well hidden.When asked why he did not want to reveal his face, he always told me it was his way of going unnoticed when in public.I always thought it was because he was hard to look at or his skin was not rich enough in color to be exposed.However, those thoughts I formed within my mind began to die out. Now, I thought he was hiding something much richer then a hideous face."Where are we going?" Zeiden cycled through his phone, his eyes drawn to his social media profiles."I have to see someone." I pushed down on to the gas pedal, passing the speed limit."Donations?""Huh?"Zeiden ripped his eyes away from his phone to motion toward the four plain t-shirts I had tossed in the back seat

#Chapter118Carl slipped out of the room. For some insane reason, he seemed contented enough to leave me alone within the weapon room.As I sat down in one of the waiting chairs, I looked around, taking in the various pieces were at his disposal.Small guns. Large guns. Pistols. Machine guns. Grenades. Bombs. Swords. So many other pieces I could not name even if I tried. So many weapons that could take down even the largest prey; pieces that could take down the largest werewolf.With my heart drumming through my body, I could not help but feel a little concern as he stepped through those doors. Carl returned. With two beverages in his hand, he placed them in front of me before me sat down in the chair just across from mine.The silence was intense; dense discomfort that would require the sharpest knife to rip through.I was not sure where to start. I just knew I could not allow him to know that I knew of the other world."What is this room? It's like a place made f

#Chapter120She was wearing almost nothing.Her body flourishing beneath her bra and boy cut underwear as she stepped out of the bathroom. She tied up her hair before she added her favorite perfume to her inner wrist and neck.She snatched my attention; capturing my thoughts, distracting me from thinking about what had happened just earlier today."Hello." She snapped her fingers to awake me from my day dream."You look beautiful." I exhaled.Her once questioning look turned soft when I complimented to her."You tell me that a lot when I'm half naked." She shrugged; turning away as she began to tend to her body, lathering herself with her favorite cream."I say it no matter what." My head tilted, watching as her lower half jiggled when she moved. "Even when you wake up looking crazy.""Shut up." She chuckled.Reaching onto the nightstand, she pulled her ring from the surface before she slipped it onto her hand. She looked at it; frozen in the moment as her e