With tears rolling into itself, Charlotte was mourning for her father’s sudden demise. Only her friend’s family was attending the funeral in this untimely rainstorm. Her best friend Ava's arm was wrapped around her tight, holding her close under her umbrella. Even in the flickers of fire in complete darkness, the look in Charlotte’s swollen eyes could break anyone’s heart. The kind where the tears are lifeless and the death of loved one seems surreal. There was no use of crying and wailing, tears were not going to bring life back to her father’s deceased body.
Mostly funerals are sweet sorrow, there are memories of good times that came as blossoming spring meadows. But that wasn’t the case for her. There was endless darkness wherever she looked. With no relative left to support her, Charlotte was on her own now.As only daughter of the vampire house guard Carl Williams, she paid for her father’s funeral with the saved money of her tuition fee. At least, she was able to afford a proper goodbye to her loving father. Rest could be arranged later.That 'later' came for her shortly after the funeral, Carl’s boss gave her the notice of loan repayment which was due next week.“Your father took twenty thousand dollars as loan for your study. He was paying it back with his paycheck as monthly installments. Now, when he is dead and you are not a boy who can take his place, we want our remaining money with ten percent interest.”Charlotte was heartbroken with the fact that her father was working extra hours to pay for her college.How ignorant she was!She could have a part time job but no, her father never let her discover that they were tight on money. All of her life, she lived in a custom made paradise, which shattered with a single blow of reality. Indeed, life is unpredictable.If Uncle Tadd (Ava’s father) didn’t help her, she would have ended up in prison. He sold her one room flat to repay the debt and Ava found her a cleaning job in the same mansion where she was working. Charlotte was more than thankful to them for saving her sanity.She left college and started working as a cleaner, as she had no money left to pay for her last semester. Ava suggested her to apply for student’s loan, but when there wasn’t a penny in pocket to buy blood for meals, how could she think about luxury of education.Days passed and with her continuous hard work, Charlotte got another job at human bar. Pay was more than normal cleaning work, eight hours of night shift solved her residence problem. She shifted from Ava’s house to a rented room, which she shared with three servant girls.Room was quite comfortable to share but difference of their status was a problem in maintaining good relationship with them. Charlotte was a day walker, because she was born as a vampire and her roommates were sired by some unknown day walker. They were also struggling for living just like her, as rules for human hunt were strict than ever. This brought them closer, she also found an acquaintance to go out at night considering worsening condition on border.From previous five years, neighboring wolf pack was growing by multiplying both in numbers and lands. Alpha prohibited vampires to hunt freely, ensuring the safe trade of blood. Only Royals were allowed to hunt during full moon night, and pets were a status symbol for rich and respected. As Charlotte didn’t belong to any category, she was surviving on cold blood bags just like sired ones. It wasn’t a favorite method for her, but only affordable way to live on.It wasn’t that there was no King in vampire kingdom, but last battle didn’t end well for Royal Vampires.The new head of Werewolf Council (neighbor Alpha) was a ruthless killing machine, he alone was enough for an army of sired vampires. Vampire King lost the battle and his younger brother; a peace treaty with Alpha’s rules saved them from further damage. He was also childless despite of two hundred years of married life, that played a pivotal role in surrendering before classic enemy.Anyhow, Charlotte’s life was finally back on routine. Although it wasn’t an ideal scenario, but her heart was at peace. She was a brave daughter of her loving father, she was definitely going to survive this hard time.As for her mother, she died during childbirth, leaving her under Carl’s care. He brought her up like a princess despite of being an ordinary worker. Now, when he also left her at tender age of ninety years old(seventeen years in human life), this was a huge turning point in her life.Journey of a carefree girl to someone counting coins before spending was great in terms of self growth.Working in a bar broadened her horizon, she was introduced to a new way of earning: having a rich boyfriend. Countless girls preyed over spoilt brats, who spent hundreds of dollars per night for their company. Unfortunately, she wasn’t a fit for this opportunity. Vampires were known to be hypnotically beautiful creatures but Charlotte’s chubby body was quite the opposite of folklores.She had a symmetrical round body, without any distinct curve, as there was lots of fat on her every body part. She was like this from early childhood, her father often joked that her mother merged their bodies at the time of death.So back to business, this money earning method was out of question. Her midnight black hair and sea green eyes were not impressive even for human boys, this lead to another tension in her mind: will her beloved also dislike her?Thought of rejection kept startling her in her dreams as well as in reality. Seeing her worsening condition, Ava assured her,“Don’t worry, believe in the bond of souls. No one can ignore the attraction between two parts of the same soul. Purity of heart matters, focus on good things about future. I am sure your beloved will love you for who you are.”Both of them were at the age where girls yearn to be loved and appreciated and unlike Charlotte, Ava was hopeful for their happily ever after.Charlotte’s work was going great but there was a slight inconvenience she was facing on her way back to home. She was bullied by a werewolf patrol team on daily basis, who considered her a plaything due to her weak aura.One night she came back, bruised with sharp claw marks on her back. Her roommate Rory attended her immediately and offered her own ration to heal her back. She was also concerned about border’s aggravating state, the warriors of neighbor pack were victimizing sired vampires for fun.In the past, there was at least thousand miles distance between vamp-were border. It was occupied by some rogues, but Alpha eradicated the entire rogue pack and claimed that land too. From that day, all nightwalkers were bullied by night duty warriors.As sired vampires were considered as “extra” even in the vampire kingdom, Vampire King paid no heed to these incidents. Days walkers were privileged but none of them worked in night bars so patrol wolves also considered Charlotte as a sired o
How it feels to witness your life draining in a way you never expected, never dreamed of? What would be the last thing in your mind when you realize that this is it, there’s not a second more left? What is the extent of dread you endure when you could hear your killer coming towards you slowly, increasing your agony with his each step?Charlotte was feeling all of the above with her life hanging by a thread. She closed her eyes shut as the beasts approached her, feeling sorry for herself. She was so weak that she couldn’t survived six months without her father, how much ashamed he must be in the heaven?Her breathing was getting shallow and her mind drowning into darkness, waiting for a big sharp claw to end her life. Anticipation was worse than real deal, she begged in her heart for easy, swift death.Instead, her sensitive nose itched at the most powerful scent of warm blood, the scent she never encountered before. Surprisingly, life saving warm liquid was poured in to Charlotte's mo
“That’s how you treat your savior, little one. I am utterly disappointed.”His hot breath fanned across her left ear, when he leaned in to whisper his complaint. His rough fingers were trailing over her pulsating veins. Charlotte was uncomfortable with his advances, she turned her face away to give him full access to rip her neck off.“I don’t have whole day, little one. Speak!”His ferocious growl shook the ground beneath her. She was busy in assessing the gravity of situation that how her major fault was going to end her life when another earth shattering growl brought her back to reality.And just like that, Charlotte started talking like a parrot,“I was attacked by a petrol team. They accused me of trespassing through the pack borders, but it was wrong. I am bullied by warrior wolves daily, but they never tried to kill me like this team.”Alpha was silent, not believing his ears. He was a supporter of weak, how could his own men started victimizing the powerless instead of saving
“You were saved by Alpha Eric? That notorious mass murderer who slaughtered our Royals? Charlotte, you got to be kidding me.”Ava wasn’t ready to believe her story which she had to repeat again and again.“So, you are implying that Alpha played moral police and even sentenced his own warriors for a vampire? Total Rubbish!”Ava was is denial. In their kingdom, Alpha Eric was taught as a subject to spread awareness about his uncontrollable hunger for killing. A merciless ruler who was blinded by the intoxication of power. Currently he was the head of Werewolf Council and next he was aiming for Royal Throne, extending his rule all over the kingdom.How could he have time in his busy schedule to help a worthless vampire? That possibility was hard to believe. But concession money of seven thousand dollars was a proof of Charlotte’s statement.So for the first time in their life, Ava’s family had a hearty meal, thanks to Charlotte. Uncle Tadd was curious about this much money, but she lied t
Crescent Moon Pack:Several wolves were encircling two strong Alpha wolves glaring into each other’s dark red eyes, growling ferociously. This rattled the bones of the surroundings werewolves, who howled and paved the ground nervously. Half of them were sure of the silver wolf’s success, while the other half was praying that the black wolf wouldn’t lose his life in this adventure.Without wasting a second, Silver wolf launched at the Black one, claws spread and ready to kill. With his growl resonating from the deep in his throat, they both collided, targeting each other’s neck.While avoiding the sharpness of the claws, Silver wolf swiped at the Black one, cutting a piece of the his ear. During this, his razor-edged teeth sunk in Silver one’s unguarded shoulder. The enormous wolf howled and shook him even he was trying to hold off desperately, throwing him back to the crowd.Immediately, everyone jumped back. Annoyed by the Black wolf’s puny claws, he snagged his tail. The Black wolf y
Charlotte was tired of walking through that narrow path for an hour, which Alpha covered in minutes that night. Pleasant sun was suddenly covered by the uninvited black clouds, threatening to pour down in minutes.Unexpectedly, there started a storm pushing her here and there. In five minutes, it started raining, making her wonder that whether she should go or not. Her clothes were wet, sticking over her body making her look like a homeless. But who was there to impress? Even in the outstanding clothes, she could not expect a glance of admiration from anyone. So, she moved forward this time with unwavering determination.The continuous struggle of fifteen minutes finally resulted in the signs of the werewolf pack’s border. Mostly area was silent without any guard there.“Isn’t it strange? Our border is heavily guarded and have three check posts. How they can be so careless?”Then, she thought about Alpha Eric, it dawned to her that who would dare to attack his pack. Anyone who had a de
“Why an intruder was allowed inside?”Alpha roared, lashing out his anger.“Luna has permitted Charlotte to work here, Alpha.”Alpha’s eyes narrowed at the name of “Charlotte” like running through it in his memory. With a “Hunhh!” he turned back without even sparing a glance for that so called “intruder”.Charlotte laughed at herself, braiding her knee length hair to show that she was busy, unfazed by Alpha’s fury.Her shift went smoothly as Roslie was very kind to her. Despite of her zero knowledge of cooking, Roslie taught her basics and gave her simple tasks of washing and sweeping.Charlotte noticed that Luna ate dinner with pack members in the Pack house. Whereas Alpha didn’t leave his office even for meals.“How hard working he is!”After midnight, she was scrubbing the floor for the tough oil stains when she heard intense enraged growls. She bowed her head more, like this feeble trick would make her invisible. Roslie came to her quite distressed, her face like a broken fuse,“Ou
“Come in!”Alpha’s grumpy voice resonated the room, followed by the muffled cries of Charlotte who was struggling to break free. In her feeble attempts, blanket slipped from Alpha’s shoulder, revealing his bare back.The person on the door was a beautiful She-wolf, who directly came inside as the door was not locked. She was dumbstruck at this ambiguous scene, specially orchestrated for her.“Alpha! I,I, I was here…”She was so stunned that she was unable to voice her thoughts, failing in forming a single sentence. Alpha raised slightly, content with her reaction as his glacial cold eyes shined, enhancing the level of satisfaction by a mean smirk.“Are you blind? Can’t you see that I am busy right now? Get out!”Alpha scolded her with an earth shaking growl, which forced that She-wolf out (who was wearing a revealing night gown) to escape for her life.That warning completely silenced Charlotte too. She was too dense to perceive Alpha’s trickery, frightening that she was going to lose