65LUCIEN’S POVI left with the woods in sight, running as fast as I could because Monica was crazy and would do anything to hurt Adria. Thinking of it, the look on her face on the night we spoke before Adria went missing wasn’t one of hurt.It was an expression that got stronger and stronger with each word. Looking back at it, it seemed she was making the decision in her mind while I did the talking and there I was over the last two days, thinking happily that she had left New Orleans because I had told her to.My guts told me she had done serious preparation to kidnap Adria since I wasn’t sure she’d ever had to kidnap a person before.People I passed by stared at me in surprise as it was quite uncommon to see a grown man like me running all by himself. It wasn’t even the time where people working out were many on the streets, but I didn’t pay them any attention, all that was on my mind was thoughts of Adria.My feet crunched on dry twigs and leaves as I ran through the forest, pushi
66MONICA’S POVThe fear in Adria’s eyes had been delightful as I held up the instrument with which I was going to burn her skin and she had looked up at me, shaking her head and trying to speak but of course, couldn’t because of the sweet tape I had spread over her large, promiscuous mouth.She had continued to shake her head and the sound of her muffling had become louder.“Shut it!” I had snapped, leaving my sweet instrument of torture in the fire. “If you had not been so greedy, you wouldn’t have taken my man! You should at least have a sign to remind you of your wayward ways? He’s a damn professor. He’s not your age. There is a huge age gap and he has a girl he is meant to marry and… what? You think you can just come in to the scene and snatch him away? No way, darl, tough choice because I’m going to make you regret every single thing you’ve done.” I had promised and left the cabin to arrange my things so I could leave.I was very sure she would give in, sign the papers and let m
67ADRIA’S POVAs I watched her horrible transformation into her half-shift form, the scream finally left my lungs, loud and powerful, but they were unable to make it out because my lips were sealed.Monica was a wolf? How on earth could that be possible? How could it be possible? I needed a lot of time to think and assemble my thoughts but Monica didn’t even wait for me to finally accept the huge and shocking revelation she had just revealed to me. She looked horrible, and I didn’t know what I had felt when she was about to burn my leg because I recognized what I felt at the moment as fear.Real fear, strong and powerful and fearful itself.My chest was heaving heavily and I was barely breathing as my eyes stayed fixed to the floor. Knowing that I was dating a werewolf was a little bit unnerving, but with Lucien, it was okay. He made me understand that they weren’t vicious creatures like the novels made them to be, and that was because he was attracted to me but with Monica, it was a
68LUCIEN’S POVI and Zayne made our way to the police station without saying much to each other. We were simply too drowned in our thoughts, and confusions to talk.If we wolves couldn’t find Adria with all our heightened senses, could the police find her with all their men? We got to the police station and walked in to file the report.“Missing person?” The man we asked, repeated. “Since when have you noticed it?” He asked.“She didn’t return home last night and she didn’t any classes today. Her phone is switched off and as of now, no one has been able to reach her. She’s not the type to do this.” I explained and the man looked at me calculatively.“And who are you to her?” He asked, and I hesitated because I and Adria’s relationship wasn’t exactly something that could be understood. Even though I looked young, she was way younger and if they knew I was a professor at the college she attended and was taking her classes, they would report it to school authorities because it was not a
69LUCIEN’S POVThe next day when I walked out of class, in the afternoon, Adria’s friends walked up to meet me.“I’m really sorry, Professor Lucien but we are going to have to report this to the police.” Stacy said apologetically like they would be offending me by informing the Palace. “Adria’s mum went on a day’s business trip thinking Adria had decided to rebel and spend the night out without telling her, but she was really scared when she returned early this morning and couldn’t find Adria. She called us up and when we told her Adria was missing, she nearly went nuts. We had to lie to her that the police were on the case, and I feel we’re betraying Adria by not reporting this to the police. She’s probably so scared, and sad right now.” She explained, looking at her shoes.“I already did that.” I told her and they all looked at me in surprise. “I and Zayne searched the forest and the street she went into but found nothing some decided we had to let the police know about it since it
70LUCIEN’S POVThe door pushed open and Zayne came in looking weary.“Nothing?” I asked even though it was quite obvious. Zayne had decided to search for Adria in other places and he had told me to stay in case anything like her escaping happened or if any other clue came in, and it had been agony waiting.“I searched almost everywhere. I just couldn’t find her. She just… she just seems to have disappeared from New Orleans completely. The unoccupied buildings, warehouses, everything… I checked it all. I asked people if they’d seen her but it was all useless. Some said they knew her but not her whereabouts. I checked out the place I was told she frequented, and it was the same thing.” Zayne informed me as his tired legs made their way to the sofa. He plopped down on it in exhaustion, and heaved a heavy sigh.I hit the dining table at which I was seated and the food items on it jumped up at the force which I had hit it with.“I met her mother. She was also searching with the police. Th
71LUCIEN’S POVI stood there breathing heavily, fingers dipping with Monica’s blood, staring at her lifeless body. There was nothing more I could do. She was gone and nothing I did would bring her back. I had killed her and she had deserved it. Adria’s death was all on her, and so she had to die, and she had.I trudged lifelessly to Adria who was laying on the ground, bleeding uncontrollably. Tears filled my eyes as I knelt and touched her. She was cold, and my heart ached. Killing Monica had not been enough, it had not been enough to quench the burning feeling inside of me. Everything had suddenly seemed like a waste. Why hadn’t I thought of trailing Monica?“Mummy…” A faint voice whispered, and my head whipped all around, wondering if someone had seen what had happened. “Mum.” The voice whispered breathily and in shock I realized it was from Adria. She wasn’t dead!“Adria!” I called as I picked her up into my arms. Her lids fluttered open slowly and weakly and I held her close to m
72ADRIA’S POVI didn’t know if that was what dying felt like but I did know that it was peaceful and at that moment, dying didn’t seem so bad. I had seen everyone. My mum, Lucien, my best friends and Monica was dead and I hated the feeling that made me feel I was going to be weak forever.Just when I let go completely something burning hot was poured through my lips. It was so hot that it spread around my tongue with an intense, burning heat and traveled down my throat spreading the heat there.My eyes flew open and I started to cough hard. I saw my mummy with one of her little herb bottles in her hand, staring at me with the definition of worry on her face. She dropped the bottle hastily and placed both hands on my cheeks.“You are not going anywhere! You will survive this. You weren’t found just so you could die on me! So, listen up Adria. You will go through it all. You will come out victorious, do you hear me? You’re not allowed to die.” She said, holding my cheeks tight and I wa