When Maggie entered the infirmary, Steph was bent over Caleb inspecting the gash in his neck with a pair of dubious looking tweezers. She frowned as she moved toward the flat, bare bed in the cot. Chase, Carl and Jayden stood watch over him and Noah sat on a small chair beside the cot looking at them with distrustful eyes.“Are those tweezers even sterilized?” Maggie expressed her concern.Steph simply smiled at her. “We do with what we have Dark Storm.” Her voice was gentle but there was slight reprimand in her tone.“And your bodyguard wouldn’t be needing our less than stellar treatment if he hadn’t gotten himself injured anyway.”“Of course because I planned to get my ass handed to me while on duty for my master’s daughter.”“What good is a guard dog that can’t protect its master?” Carl asked scornfully.“How dare you you fucking…Fuck!” Caleb ended in a grunt as pain lacerated through his body when he tried to sit up.Steph pushed him gently back down on the squeaky bed while casti
Maggie was waiting for him when he came back and it was around late afternoon when he did. Cathy had stayed back to soak in the water for a bit. Usually, when they rendezvoused like this they would leisurely enjoy the water, letting the cool liquid wash the heat off their bodies. But there was no heat in him just a foreboding feeling.Maggie raised her brows as he approached. He was still naked from the waist up. He offered her a small smile and shrugged helplessly.Maggie raised her hands. “It’s none of my business.”“It isn’t. How is your bodyguard?”“Steph is taking care of him. She thinks he might have been stabbed with something called Mekai? I don’t know what that is.”He frowned. “Hmm, that’s not good for a wolf. Steph will take care of him.”Maggie nodded then she cocked her head toward the woods. “Do you think she has forgiven me for intruding in your home?”Asher smiled at her. “Cathy will come around.”“Hmm I don’t know, she seems to have it out for me. Are you both an item
“I may be wrong,” her voice was low but heavy with suspicion. “But he may have been stabbed with the Mekai.”“Mekai? What’s that?” Noah asked.“Do you Ptakkagaris know anything at all? The Mekai is a dangerous liquid that ends our immortally as descendants of the gods. The one thing that can kill all gods forever is theShe rushed to the cot and touched his hand, “Caleb! Caleb are you okay? Can you hear me?”He cracked an eye open. “Miss Storm…” his teeth nearly chattered as he spoke. “You need to go without me. Take Noah with you.”“Not a chance…”“You have delayed long enough. Three days is enough time for the pack to get over your reborn, if you delay any longer they will regroup and attack and attacking you a second time will be deadly.”“You have to much clarity for someone on death’s door,” Carl suddenly cut in.“Carl can you not?! Not now…”“Let him blab his mouth. It’s what dogs do when they are not barking.”If Chase had not stopped Carl with his steely gaze, Caleb would have
Maggie’s reaction was swift as she flew off the seat, the wind whipping through her hair. Her legs stretched out and came in contact with the bark of a tree. She bent her knee and launched herself off the ground into the air and dropped firmly on the ground on her feet. The brown wolf had run into the woods due to its momentum when it ran into her. Noah had come to a stop beside her and his huge rubbery nose sniffed the air. She did the same but the smell of the wolf was unfamiliar which was not surprising. Even if it was a member of the Dark Storm pack there was no way they would be able to distinguish who it was since she was basically no longer a member of the pack.“Who are you?!” she shouted into the thick woods. Noah suddenly growled as he circled her, his amber eyes searching the woods for movements. “Noah?”His growl grew louder and even more ferocious. Sure enough, a twig snapped from the direction he was growling at and Maggie turned to look. To her surprise, there wasn’t o
A wispy wind blew even though there were no windows. Upstairs where the railings edged the top floor 5 doors appeared and out of those doors came 5 hooded figures too tall to look human but their hands which were exposed and clasped in front of them holistically we're definitely the hands of humans. Because their feet were covered with their cloak their movements were almost like a float about the ground.“There are only five today? Hmm.” The messenger murmured to himself.“What?” Maggie asked.“There’s usually six. She’s not here.”The current in the room became icy. The hooded figures drifted toward the table and the chairs pulled themselves back for them to sit. As soon as they sat a thunder boom resounded.Maggie jumped. “Wouldn’t…”“Humans can’t hear us if that’s what you’re concerned about,” the messenger replied even before she asked.Maggie eyed him warily. She wasn’t sure she liked having an intrusion in her head and her thoughts read.But he shot her an apologetic smile and
“The Council has summoned her. They know she is still alive.”Lance looked back from the window. He was dressed in his suit and tie sans jacket, his chin held in between the thumb and index finger of his right hand which was propped on top of his left hand laying across his midsection. Vivian sat on one plush white leather sofa with her legs crossed, her blonde hair carefully combed over one shoulder leaving her ear exposed to display the huge diamond earring she wore.“Lance, did you hear what I said?” Ezekiel asked again. He was sitting across from Vivian.No, Lance thought to himself, I didn’t hear you. I was thinking about how I got myself entangled with a blonde bitch and how I let her get into my head with her maniac schemes.“I went to find her and found a messenger looking for her. According to him, the Council wants to see her. They know she’s alive. If she tells them her story do you know what that means?”“What does it mean?” Vivian asked with a hint of annoyance in her voi
After an hour of the public announcement of the transfer of control, the papers were signed and questions from the press were answered with very minimal words, Maggie sat back to enjoy the view of pinched faces.Veins stood out on necks, eyes popped and nostrils flared. The media were the first to leave but Maggie knew that nosy as they were they would hang around for juicy bits because, to everyone in the room, it was clear that the transfer of ownership was a hard pill to swallow for some, and the journalists wouldn't want to miss anything. The Board members knew this too that was why they weren’t attacking just yet.“What have you just done?” Axel asked, his voice low and deep, carrying the weight of danger that constantly surrounded him.“I have taken what is rightfully mine and as of this day, you all are fired.”“Fired?!” they exclaimed simultaneously.“You heard me right.” Maggie pushed her chair back, signaling an end to their meeting.“You can’t do that! We serve this pack! W
Vivian threw her arms wide open like a vulture, her face a contortion of worry and concern as she half ran half walked toward Maggie.“Oh my God, Maggie! I didn’t believe it but you are alive!”Noah stood in her path before she could hug her. Vivian fell back a few steps as she stared quizzically with fury in her eyes at Noah. “What is going on here? Maggie, I was worried about you. Imagine my shock when I saw you on TV…”“Oh, you were shocked?” Maggie’s voice was heavy with sarcasm. “When exactly? Was it when you saw me at the club or when you planned to have me killed?” she asked as she moved out from behind Noah with a pat on his back.She feigned shock at Maggie’s words. “What are you talking about? I have been so worried about you…”“Oh really? And was that why you almost tore out my bodyguard’s throat?”Maggie didn’t need to mention Caleb’s name for Vivian to know who she was talking about but her face betrayed nothing.“Didn’t you send those warriors to kill me?“I was trying t