145 – PARALYZEDSTEPHAN POVClaude was safe and he was going to remain that way.Tonight, I would put an end to this menace and avenge my three fallen comrades.I had no idea how the creature was tracking them but I knew it was doing so somehow, each and everyone of them had been found and brutally murdered and what was worse, it looked as if they didn’t put on a fight.That didn’t make any sense to me, these were all well trained warriors, could it be that the creature was so stealthy that it got the drop on all three of them?That was not possible, could it be that there was more than one creature?The thought of that scared me a little, I had not put that into consideration when I made this half-cocked plan.It didn’t matter, the plan was in motion and there was no backing out of it.I thrust my hands deep into my pocket as I walked the empty cobbled streets.Ever since the murders started, the high-borns were too afraid to come out at night, it was not every day that three high-bo
144 - GODDESSREBEKKA POVI gasped softly and then Damon’s eyes and mine met, there was a flash of understanding in them, he seemed to know exactly what it meant.“Fuck,” he muttered.“What is it?” I asked.The text said, Blood of a goddess, if I was not mistaken, it was referring to someone like me? Right?My eyes searched his, would he finally admit that he knew what this was all about? Maybe he could provide more insight.“Forget it, we will find another way,” he said and flipped the page over.“No, say it, tell me,” I insisted.“Oh, c’mon Rebekka, this is not the time to play coy,” he snapped.The tension in the air was thick and unbearable as we stayed there, eyes locked, mine searching, his refuting.“If the only way to break the curse is with the blood of a goddess, then that’s exactly what we are going to do.”“Why do you have a death wish?” he asked suddenly.“What?” I was taken aback, “I do not have a death wish.”“Oh, you think you are somehow invincible now, is that it? Yo
143 – LATE NIGHT STUDYREBEKKA POVI was darting through streets, moving at a speed so fast that I knew it could not be mine, I had to be dreaming or something like that.I could feel a thick unease, it was almost coursing through my vein as blood, my heart was thumping in my chest but there was something else, anger, almost boiling anger.I trashed around in bed as I continued to dream, back in the dream, I felt myself come to a complete stop.I was not alone, I could feel it, something was hunting me, my hairs were standing on edge as I stood there, breathing hard through my nose.I didn’t feel fear, if anything, there was this sick sense of relief that I was being targeted.There was no way this was me, even as the dream went on, I could tell, it was somehow not mine. This did not feel right, why would I be dreaming a dream that had nothing to do with me?I stood there listening and the more I did, the closer whatever it was that was hunting me came, a shrill high-pitched sound sli
142 - UNDYINGDAMON POVWhat was this thing? The members of Stephan Squad were no slouches; I had worked with them once and that was enough time for a seasoned fighter like myself to tell.The way they moved, their coordination, these were highly trained high-born wolves.Now this thing has killed three of them? Fucking hell. As Stephan walked out, Rebekka followed after him leaving me to my thoughts.What the hell was going on? This was undoubtedly the work of Lady Cecile, but why was she going after Stephan?If anything, I thought that she would be coming after me. That didn’t seem to be the case, I was safe from the attack but once again, she was killing members of my pack.The only people that she was supposed to kill were those that I wanted dead, namely – the alpha and his Luna.What gave her the audacity to have another monster running loose in my pack?I needed to put an end to this, as soon as possible. I took a deep breath as I recalled my encounter with the monster. I had
141 – NO WEAKLINGSTEPHAN POV“Lord Stephan, I’m so sorry,” Rebekka said as she reached out to take my hand.I waved her off, “I just… It’s okay, I just need a minute.”I walked out of the cell and back outside the brig, my head felt like it was going to explode, why the hell was this happening to me?I knew from the start that Damon was innocent but a part of me wanted him to be guilty, that would have made this easier, I would have been able to take out my anger on him, but right now, I had nowhere to put all this rage that was swirling within me.“Lord Stephan, is there anything that I can do?” a soft voice broke out behind me.I spun.Rebekka was right behind me, her hands were in her laps and her eyes were wide and eager, she was watching me, there was a glimmer of red in her pupils.I swallowed, “I just need to be alone right now.”“Okay, okay,” she muttered softly, “But I am here for you, anything that you need, please, I am right here.”I squinted and twitched irritably.Rebek
140 – FUCKING MISTAKEREBEKKA POV The cell was dark and wet and the guard let me down winding passages until finally, I came to the cell where Damon was.It was not really a cell as there were no bars, more like a chamber, with cobbled floors and walls and chains with shackles sticking out of them.“Do not go close to the prisoner, he is dangerous!” the guard instructed and then smirked before turning around to leave.There was a small window high up in the wall where the morning sunlight poured in through.Damon was leaning forward with the hard wall behind him, his wrists bound by shackles which were connected to chains which ran backwards and looped through a metal ring embedded in the wall.His hair was ruffled and he was dangling slowly, side to side.I quickly ran up to him, “Damon, are you okay? What did they do to you?” I cupped his face and turned it from side to side, looking for any signs of injury.“Silly you,” he whispered softly, “I am a high born, I heal pretty quickly