Emma swallowed her spittle as she heard the girl's so confident statement. The little girl could make her go with her, through any means possible. She didn't want to test that, already having a feeling that she wouldn't like it in the long run.She looked at her both sides, the right first, then to the left, to the extent where Clem and Shane laid in heaps.They were balled in a fetal position.Had the girl given them a dose of invisible sleeping pills?From her point, they looked so deep in sleep, so peaceful, without a care in the world.They couldn't help her.Shifting her gaze to the little girl, who seemed to have followed the train of her eyes to her two friends; she asked:"Would they be okay?""Yeah, they will be. You don't have to worry about them." The girl replied."Let's be going." She said, stretching her right hand to Emma, obviously expecting the latter to hold it, while her eyes dared that if she shrunk away from it, she would be plagued by its consequences.Emma, know
Derek breathed in and out to instill calm inside him as he looked at the door that had been hidden behind the wardrobe. He knew he would be going inside the secret place to feed his curiosity. Nothing would stop him from that. He was a bit edgy about it though. Trapdoors and secret places weren't really his favourite places. Taking in a deep breath again, he took steps forward until he got to the door. He tried twisting the knob to open it up, but the metallic orb was stiff, not yielding at all. He tried again, but still got the same result. He almost gave up, until his eyes caught sight of an opening by top of the door as they ran all over the wooden height. What is that? He thought, trying to fix his hand into the opening shaped like a hexagon. A lock! He exclaimed in his mind, them sighed as his elation disappeared at what the answer entailed. The door needed its lock. But where would he find the lock? Ordinarily the Margo would the carrying the lock with her, since it wa
Clem woke first. He stirred, while allowing his eyes and mind to recall his surroundings.He jerked up immediately, sitting up instantly, not minding the sharp pain that assailed his hips and hands, as he took an inventory of his memories.He remembered that he had been flung away so weightlessly by the wind; some kind of controlled wind rather.Where had the force that had thrown him away come from?Who had wielded it?He turned around him sharply as he remembered the redhead, his friend's mate, and their soon to be Luna.He should be protecting her.But his eyes didn't locate her anywhere, rather it stayed on another heap by the other side of the road.Shane.Shane! He called through their mind link, getting up frantically, a bit scared, a bit worried.He hasn't seen the redhead yet.He rushed to Shane, bending down and holding him by the arm as the latter tried to sit up erect, wincing in pain as a sharp pain shot through his thighs. He was feeling disoriented, and a bit sick."Wh
They were sitting on the sofas in the sitting room; Melvina, Anthony and Esther. Esther's head was buried in her palms. After they had managed to translate and interpret the strange writing on the piece of paper, it was like their energy had left them. They seemed tired. Melvina was confused, even as she drew her head back on the sofa, reclining deeply into the lush furniture. The same people that had taken her friend, the same people that had kept the dead animal in the redhead's refrigerator, were the same people that had taken Margo. She had thought that Margo was an enemy, when rather, the latter had been protecting Emma in her own way. Esther had told them about her aunt's travels and secret movements. She had told them about her resilience in protecting the human. And in return she had told the girl about the threats the human had received, in paper and in deeds. Who were these people? She was already suspecting that Leonarya was behind it. That queen was never up to no g
Anthony rubbed his forehead slowly and steadily as he assimilated the situation. His brother's mate has been taken. This was beyond bad. His brother would go bonkers. He looked at the two guys and felt like strangling them. They were supposed to be watching the human for crying out loud! And they failed at that one simple task. "Anthony, let them come in." He heard Melvina say, and sighed. Ever the merciful. He thought. He hoped that his junior brother would be able to draw from that well, although he highly doubted it. "Come in." He said to them distastefully, before leaving the door open, and moving back to the sofa he had been sitting on. Clem and Shane walked into the sitting room with their faces still crestfallen. If Anthony's reaction was this way, how would Derek's be? They were really doomed. They only hoped that their Luna would soften their punishments. "Sit down." Melvina said, gesturing at an empty sofa by the door. They obliged, and sat down, almost robotically.
Melvina shuddered as she felt Anthony tap her on the arm three times, hurriedly, as if in fear.She had been lost while trying to process why her son's essence was cold, and so must have looked still to them all.She looked at him, and then the others, who were staring at her apprehensively.She noticed that Esther was back with a big brown book in her hand which smelt of dust and wood. The witch was looking at her two, her eyebrows raised as if she couldn't understand the display in front of her "I have called you for more two times. You seemed...not present." Anthony said, gazing into her eyes, worry tangible in his eyes and expression."Did anything happen?" He asked."Derek...we need to find Derek." She said rather, shaking off his hand from her shoulder as she turned to walk into the passage way.Anthony followed her immediately, but not without calling unto Shane and Clem through the mind link to follow them too.Esther watching the duo walk after Anthony, kept the book on the
Useless.Worthless.Fake.Esther almost slapped her head to stop it from accusing her.Ever since her war of words with her own version of bully when they had been staying in the witches' community, few years before her Aunt had decided that they should relocate, she had been dealing with a low self esteem.Some kids who had thought that she was nothing because of her timid nature then had trampled on her in every way possible. And when she had moved with her Aunt here, she had vowed that she wouldn't be the same.She had read more spells, had accumulated more knowledge, had dyed her hair to look like a badass, had formed her own clique, and had also successfully built her own feared reputation.But it all came crashing down, as she stared at the library.She couldn't do anything. She was useless. She could feel herself tearing up, as she bent her head down. Not that she cared a tooth about the alpha boy, but she cared a lot about her reputation. She had spent a lot building it. But
Anthony dropped Derek gently on the sofa. His brother was still very pale, and cold.He watched as his Luna stepped in beside him, and caressed the face of her son.He was already sure that Alpha Peter would be on his way here. The latter must have felt the sorrowful state of his mate.He only hoped that his Alpha wouldn't have to face the shadow warriors. He still didn't understand the concept of those beings."Thank you, Anthony." He heard Melvina say, and nodded. He looked away from her too, not wanting to behold the sheen of tears in her eyes. He was struggling to hold down his emotions too. He had almost lost his brother. He didn't want to think what would have happened if he had lost him. He would be crazy. He was sure.He loved his brother as himself.And seeing him so pale was making him so sad, so so sad.He looked away from Derek's body too, and his gaze landed on Esther. The witch was staring at him. He didn't know if it was out of her feelings, or out of what had happened