The music pounded like a second heartbeat as Anna stumbled out of Abaddon Club, the blood drumming in her ears almost drowning it out. Almost.But not quite.She could still hear it. Xandros’s voice. Smooth. Mocking. The cruel glint in his eyes when he changed the rules. If she won’t kill Dan, then let him try to kill her.And the worst part?He said it with amusement. Like it was a game. A little entertainment for a bored god sitting high on his throne. But that was what he was. A god in his place.Outside the club was filled with shadows and haze, bodies pressed against each other in drunken oblivion. Anna rushed past them, her mind spiraling, panic clawing at her chest as she tried to vanish. Her hand slammed against a wall for balance. She ducked into a side hallway that led toward the employee area, dark, narrow, and blessedly quieter.But the quiet was worse.Because she could hear him now.Dan’s footsteps. Unhurried. Heavy. Each step echoing like a countdown.She darted into a
A shiver went down her spine as she stared into his blue eyes, locked. She couldn't move away. She knew she'd fail even if she tried to.Xandros's lips curved up in a smirk as he ran his eyes over her, definitely enjoying the thrill he got in seeing her like this."Gaia, take her to the car."******"What happened to Dan?" She suddenly asked after excruciating moments of silence and Gaia turned to stare at her."You don't have to concern yourself with that." He replied."Can I...can I just know, please?""Anna.""Is he dead?" She continued, not willing to back off till she got the truth. She would get it."He's not. But would be...soon. He doesn't deserve to live." She went mute."The fvcker used Xandros's money to build Abaddon and sold people in it, using Xandros's money. He's a fool for thinking he would live. You can't live when you're decide to betray Lord Xandros. He made that mistake in the past, he wouldn't make it again. Not again." His fists clenched tightly and Anna knew h
Silence prevailed for so long that Anna's fingers started twisting with each other. Her stomach twisted badly also and she had to gulp numerous times under his scrutinizing gaze.It felt hot on her skin, making her tingle and making her stomach want to churn. Gosh, she couldn't be here too longer. When were they going to get to Khaos? And when could she escape into the covering walls of her room?"So?" He finally spoke, but it was just a single word and then his hand moved, pressing a button beside him and a dark glass partition separated them from the driver's seat.They were alone now, in this small space. The wind from the open window at his side, blew in and made her shiver slightly. She instinctively wrapped her hand around herself to keep her body warm. "What did you think, Anna? I can't even feel your little wolf. It's either you are wolfless or....you are a very low class omega." An insult punched right into her face. It wasn't enough to knock her out, she had heard it a mil
Diane's eyes went up the stairs to see Xandros, staring at them. Anna was still on the floor, her arms wrapped around Diane's thighs crazily as she kept on crying continuously. "Anna!!" Diane shot loudly and the girl went mute for a second in shock, "Sandra is safe." Silence. She spent a moment trying to wrap her head around the information and finally, she blinked through wet lashes, "Is that true?" "Yes, Anna. Get up, please." Diane pulled her upwards by the arm and Anna bent her head in shamefulness. "I'm sorry-I....I.. didn't..." "You don't have to say anything if you don't want to." Diane bent her head slightly to catch her face. It was more like a sentence to make her speak but it turned out Anna took it that Diane wasn't interested. "Alright. Can I see her now? I really have to...meet her urgently." "You can't see her now, Anna. Not until you free yourself of your crime...first." Diane said. She gulped and nodded her head lightly, following the woman downstairs. Dian
Xandros stared at the paper and signed, folding it up. "That's not Athena's handwriting." He said flatly and there was no argument made after that."If you are going to put the blame on her next time, I suggest you do it when she can speak to defend herself and not while she's dead.""She can't speak," Anna said before she could stop herself,. Xandros shot her a glance."Exactly, Anna. It means don't....talk about Athena." He warned.Gaia's eyes flickered between them both."Athena is not the point here. How can Athena write something from many years ago?" Maren shot."I didn't open the rod. I couldn't....open it." Anna stuttered."Then that means there something you must be hiding -""She doesn't knows how to write in code, Maren. Anna, get out of here." Xandros said calmly and she took a deep unsatisfied breath before she walked away, her fingers fiddling with each other."Let me take you to check on Sandra. She might...be in a bad condition and don't be afraid!" Diane rushed to look
"You don't," Anna thinned her eyes in disbelieve, "expect me to actually do that? Fight Willa over something you did wrong.""I'm not sure Willa thinks that way..." Maren dipped her head to the side and instantly, Anna let out a groan as Willa captured her hair swiftly with one hand, dragging her head backwards."Let...."Anna's hand wrapped around Willa's, "me go." She managed to say with pain burning through her scalp.Maren tightened the rope of her night jacket as she turned on loud music in her room and walked off to the bed."B*tch!" Willa groaned, throwing her hands over Anna's face. The hit threw Anna off balance as she staggered backwards, heat rushing through her veins and settling on her face, it painted her cheek a very red colour.She blinked, feeling the red in her eyes, when Willa lunged towards her again,not ready to back off.Anna got the point and she rushed towards her, dipping her head so low, it hit Willa in the stomach the moment."Just so you know, Anna," Maren s
"What? No!" Anna jumped off the bed as quickly as she was startled by Diane's information. It couldn't simply work, not at all. No one expected her to just get into Xandros's room one night because of one impromptu information.But she'd been thinking about it. Knowing pushing it off further was not even appropriate. After she'd heard Maren spout all those nonsense in the dungeon, she'd been more convinced that she was going to die young. *It's just two months left. She thinks she have all the time in the world, she doesn't!*Yes, she didn't and to be sincere, not that she loved the pain, but she wanted to be alive. If only she had a choice. If only....why couldn't be go for surrogacy?Her head almost whipped to the side to look at Diane as the question laid on her tongue."Don't," Diane shook her head, "Please don't ask me anything right now. I'm not in the mood to answers to all of your curious questions.""I don't know how to change his mind, since he was the one who called you in
After a two hour conversation with Sharon, it was time for the dreaded hour. Anna never expected the time to come as fast as this. She didn't even want it. Panic glazed over her face as she got herself bathed by people she didn't even know. Probably just ran into at the kitchen when preparing that day for Maren's arrival."You are pretty," one commented when they started placing makeup on her face. Anna was too deep in thought to even get that as a compliment."Don't worry. Every one has a first time in doing this things. If you were at Apex Pack when Lord Galenira was still alive, you would be used to this things." The girl said again and Anna's curiosity was instantly picked."Apex...Pack?" She muttered. The girl dipped her head with a nod. Anna's mind went back to the day she'd first had dinner with Xandros. Those men who were kneeling, who had one of their other men killed was from Apex Pack. They were the newly joined pack under the Silent Howl Clan."Why was Lord Galenira killed
"Lord... Xandros!" The pilot's eyes bulged out of their sockets as he caught him going downwards and then suddenly disappeared, underneath a canopy of trees."Did you see that?" Sandra gasped from her helicopter, her face pale in shock. Gaia was beside her as he looked and he immediately told sent a message to all the others. They had to go down and look for them.Tree branches cut through Xandros's skin and flesh with force as he passed through the thicket before hitting the ground hardly, with his leg.He heard the scrunch of bones and a sharp groan ripped out from his lips as he went still for a terrible second. The pain was fast, overwhelming as it hit him round his body, but he was a Lycan and Lycans healed as fast as a rocket.The pain soon stopped like it was never there and he immediately got to his feet, walking into the forest deeper. If the pain had been that much for him, how much more for Anna who was weaker and had no wolf."Anna!" Her name ripped out of his lips, hard,
"You are just so gullible." Xandros muttered when the helicopter started and he suddenly grabbed her hand, making her flinch."Open it." Xandros said, his eyes darkening as he stared at her."W-Why?" She muttered."Anna. Don't make me repeat myself." He said, fixing one finger into her clenched hand, she tightened it instinctively."You won't be able to pull my fingers open." She said sincerely, "I've played this game so many times when I was a child that I've gotten so used to it.""Let's see how that works." Xandros smirked."If you pull one finger out, I'll close it back." She said."I'll make sure you don't close them. Breaking your fingers would do the trick." He said blankly, his eyes staring at hers. He looked at her with his brow raised and she got the point, opening her hand slowly."If you don't trust the father, you shouldn't trust the kids. They can be manipulated." He said as he took the chocolate out of her hand."It's poisoned." He scoffed, throwing it down. "What?" An
She had not thought of a reply when he got up from the bed and that was when she realized he was half-naked. She looked away, instantly. He smirked."Really?" A light scoff escaped from his lips. "After oogling at me in the bathroom yesterday. Or are we going to pretend that never happened?" He asked."I-""Meet us downstairs in the next thirty minutes. We shouldn't wait for you." He said and walked out of the room, the light hitting of the door, the thing that signified her that he was gone. Anna blinked, saliva going down her throat as she gulped.He surely didn't come into the room to comfort her when she cried in her sleep. Of course not. No! He did not! She screamed at the little voice in her head trying to convince her otherwise. She...was the one who was rightThe knock on her door startled her and she immediately rushed towards it, pulling it open."Huh!" Anita gasped as she looked around, "I had no idea this was your room." She said with a large smile."Uhmm...yess.." Anna d
"Hmm," She ran a hand over her over her hair, "about the kids-""I've talked about that." He cut her off, "They'll stop it." Anna felt stunned for a moment. "But Gaia said..." She trailed off. She should just be grateful right? "I smell blood." He said, his eyes scanning her body. It stopped at her leg where the open scratch remained. She had failed to cover it up in an hurry to run out of the room."What... happened?" He asked, in an eerily calm voice."Nothing. I just fell.""You are lying to me yet again. You don't seem to learn, Anna." His voice came out rough. He seemed.... angry. What happened during the meeting?"Treat your injury. We leave early tomorrow morning." He walked past her."Is everything..." He'd already closed the door drowning out the rest of her words. She stared at him, biting her lips slowly.****"Do you want me to stay in the same room with you tonight?" "No, Sandra. I wouldn't be able to sleep with you here. We'll talk about a lot of things and I'm reall
Anna blinked, anger rushing into her system. "Who wrote the book that way?!" Everyone turned towards her, including the person teaching them. "I-I don't know." "Urgh!" She scoffed lightly, her shoulders shaking as she stood up, "Theses stories are not real. People don't die and reincarnate that way. " "It's her punishment-" "Why should anyone be punished for trying to save her people?" Anna asked, spreading her hands. "Kids, have you heard that before?" "Yes." One of the kids shot up. "Before she started the story, she said it, that the head of the witches do not kill themselves. If they do they get a punishment. But Zaekyr did it anyway." "Za-what? Who's that?" "Zaekyr." He repeated. "The main character of the story. You didn't even listen to the story attentively, so why are you getting mad?" He asked pointedly, his eyes narrowing at her. The kids all looked at her that way and she felt attacked by the little minions. "Huh- I'm not mad." She bit her lips, "Just felt like
He grabbed the cloth suddenly, pulling her closer by the tightness. She had been too slow to take her hands off. His breath fanned over her face lightly as she stared at him, her breath itching."You are so red." He smirked.Anna blinked, all the shock clearing from her face as she stepped backwards, her fingers letting go of the shirt like they burned her hands."I'll -I'll wait for you outside." She said and opened the door, swiftly going outside. The door closed behind her and her back weakly fell on the door, resting on it. Her heart palpitated recklessly in her chest and she had to place her hand on it, in an attempt to calm it down."Think, Anna. Think. Are you crazy? He's Lycan Lord Xandros. He's a Lycan, you are wolfless. He's a Lord, you are just a breeder. He's married and you...are not wife." She whispered to herself, over and over again, till it got into her head and she could go quiet. She ran her tongue over her dry lips as she took a deep breath, waiting patience for hi
She stretched her hands forward. "You can just take-" Her words were cut short when he grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her in, closing the door behind her."If you took the hit for you, then the least you could do is change my shirt." He said. "The closet is too small." Anna muttered underneath her breath, shifting her weight from one foot to another."You have to take off your clothes, it'll smell soon." She added when she realized her former sentence didn't matter to him at all. "Take it off." He said, his eyes locked on hers.Her breath hooked for a second, stopping in her throat as she blinked at him. He raised his brow. She bit her inner lips. Keeping the new shirt on the washing hand basin, she placed her hand on the hem of his shirt, her warm fingers grazing his skin. The hairs on the back of his neck rose slightly. Feelings. A gulp went down Xandros's throat as she came closer to him, the scent of whatever cream she was using on her hair, filled his nostrils. Pleasan
"What pack is this?" Anna asked as they got to the last pack. It was already getting late and she knew they might not make it home tonight."Apex." Gaia replied."It looks....scary." Anna muttered."It is. I remember when Lord Galenira died. Lord Xandros killed him." Sandra said. "It was few days after we got sold." "How did you endure?" Anna asked."It was few days, Anna." She said pointedly and Anna took a deep breath. "Don't feel guilty.""I'm not." Anna said.Gaia smiled lightly. Their relationship was something to be jealous about."Frown hardly, Anna. So they don't get you." Sandra said, grabbing her hand and holding it tightly."Don't worry, Apex is not bad. Nothing would happen -""She's the breeder!" Someone suddenly shouted from the crowd and everyone turned to her. Sandra's grip tightened on her hand. Anna felt the world stop around her, it was something she'd feared. Something she'd waited to happen. The main reason she never wanted to be here. The reason....Her eyes wi
Gaia turned backwards right in time to see daggers flying towards him...from Xandros's eyes."I think the pilots are waiting for us." He said and the girls looked back. The pilot was probably... Xandros.Anna saw his eyes hooked on her and she blinked slightly, gulping almost immediately.She immediately averted her gaze and turned towards the helicopter, rushing in quickly. The five minutes ride was quiet just like it had been in the car and for some reason she hated it. She preferred the air in the car when they first left Khaos. Where he had answered her questions, excluding the gun part. "I didn't mean to correct you or....change you. I was just worried. The people....they seem unfamiliar around you." She glanced at him. He didn't stir from his position when his head was backwards and his hands folded against his chest."I was thinking -""Are you apologizing or you are making excuses?" He asked, his eyes slowly opening and focused on her. She gulped lightly. "I wanted to corre