Chapter 59 Keratin sat on the dock, the necklace he gave Germane was in a tight fist in his hand. At intervals, he would change from man to wolf, and back again, despair taking its toll on him. How could this be? Just when he had just discovered her, he had lost her. The loss of her was physical torture on him. His heart felt like it had shattered into a million pieces, and the tight band around his chest fused to ease. He could not move even if he wanted to. All he did was clutch the necklace in his hand and moan Germaine's name over and over again. He felt the presence of his friends but remained in the same position - head down, knees on the ground, eyes tightly shut. Quiet words sailed all over and around him, words that intermittently permeated his jumbled thoughts. "Why is he still in this position?" "It is the bond. I can not imagine what he's going through now. It must be torture for him." "You mean the bond will make me despair, if. . ." He stopped listening and instead
Chapter 60Germaine's brows pinched together as she peered at the tome. The wordings were illegible and in a language she could not understand. She had a hard time trying to decode what they meant. As a matter of fact, she had a hard time trying to understand what everything she had read and seen, meant.According to the book, the savior, which was supposed to be her, had immense powers that could single-handedly finish off Rage and all his vampires, and even the evil Mages that would eventually side with him. She was so powerful that she was a storehouse of power. She was also a visionary, which meant she could see into the future.She looked up from the tome and realized she had been reading the same sentence for a while now and was not getting anywhere. It was time to call it a night. She rubbed her eyes, wincing because it felt like sand was trapped inside them. She cranked her neck left and right, tryin
Chapter 61Lady Lucia's eyes bulged and she felt faint. This could not be happening to her, she could not be locked up. She turned around wildly, searching for an outlet, a way out, or a loophole from the glass cage but there was none. She turned back to where Mistress Toussard still stood staring at her with a smirk on her face. Hatred churned inside her, and she felt her fangs nudge her mouth open as they grew longer. She could also feel her fingers stretch into talons."Let me out this minute." She growled, her eyes turning red.Mistress Toussard only laughed and turned away. Fear slammed inside Lady Lucia's chest. She could not be locked up, she just could not. She had an inordinate fear of enclosed spaces from when she was just a child. Her mother used to lock her up when she was being naughty and she could not stand it. She would cry and cry until she fell into a fitful slumber.Memories spilled, unbidd
Chapter 62The mage led Germaine deep into the forest, to a section that was completely secluded from prying eyes. It was a place one would not willingly go except one stumbled upon it. Here, silence reigned, but to Germaine, it wasn't an eerie silence but a peaceful one. The air was still and there was no malevolent presence hovering around waiting to pounce at the slightest opportunity.It was just. . . peaceful.She sighed happily and closely watched the mage as he sat on the bare moist earth and folded his legs underneath him close to his body. She tried to copy his pose, but her limbs did not seem to want to fold in. She didn't understand why because she was flexible and had sat in this same posture before back on earth. She had even watched a two-hour film in the same posture without feeling any cramps. Now, she could not even fold one leg on top of the other.It seemed the mage could sense her struggl
Chapter 63Lady Lucia looked at the man that had turned her into a vampire and involuntarily shuddered. Rage stood staring at her with a smirk on his face. His midnight black eyes were so intent and probing, she knew with the flick of his iris, he could cause her infinite pain. On either side of him were his vanquishers, ugly-looking beasts with battle scars covering their bare chests, and hands almost gracing the floor.Behind Rage, someone stood in his shadow. Lady Lucia frowned and squinted her eyes, waiting for the moment he would move. He had to at some point, right? After all, he was not a statue. From the corner of her eyes, she noticed the other Mages's heads were lowered and her gaze moved the man in the shadow back to Rage.She watched as the smile slowly wiped away from his face and one of his brows rose. She read his silent message clearly. Do you have anything against me becoming the leader of
Chapter 64Ever since that first day in the forest, the mage took Germaine back to the forest again, and again. Every day she went, she felt herself become stronger and more aware of her surroundings. She still had not come into any of the powers she was purported to have, and this made her impatient.She blew out some hair tendrils in front of her eyes that had slipped away from the bun on the top of her head. "This isn't working, mage, I'm sick and tired of coming here every day, and yet, nothing is happening."It was the fifth day they were in the forest, almost a week of the mage trying to coerce her powers out of her, but nothing seemed to have worked. Every day, he would surround runes of different sizes all around her as well as give some to her to hold. The mage would tell her to close her eyes and empty her mind of everything except to concentrate on her breathing. She would breathe in deeply throug
Chapter 65"Now, my lady, concentrate on the stone in front of you. Imagine it as an opponent, and no - you are not angry - you just want to incapacitate the opponent in order for you to get him, or her, out of your way."Germaine nodded and looked at the large stone on the ground a short distance from her. She felt the impatience slither upward her spine, like a snake, but she pushed it down. Yes, it had been a week since the last time she cut some of the trees in half, with her powers, but since then, they had become dormant.Nothing she did since then had worked. It was like she was powerless. She sighed as she closed her eyes and removed all forms of distractions from her mind. She concentrated instead on the stone. As she did, she felt something unfurl inside of her. At first, it was sluggish, but she willed it, like a scared dog or cat being coaxed from its hiding place. As she did, she felt a buzzing
Chapter 66Lady Lucia looked in awe and fear at Īlædúñ, her mouth unknowingly opening as she stared at the mythical creature she had read so much about.As if sensing eyes on him, Íłædùñ's eyes snapped to her, and his eyes glowed amber, and then a bright luminescent blue before settling to a dull red. From one heartbeat to the next, he had moved away from the light and back into the shadows behind Rage, away from Lady Lucia's piercing gaze.She blinked, confused at what had just taken place.Was she really seeing him?Was he really here or just a figment of her imagination?When she blinked and looked behind Rage, no one stood there, yet she could feel his malevolent gaze on her as well as the magical energy he still weaved, riding heavy in the atmosphere and over all of them."Lucia!" Her name was called, as if from far away and she blinked, her sluggish brain trying to decipher what was happening. She finally