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
The car came to a stop at the edge of the woods and could go no further because of the thick trees closely packed together. From there she and Noah went on foot with Noah in wolf form and the motorbikes from the Council strung together on his back.Maggie was not surprised to find Asher, Cathy, and Chase at the edge of the clearing that was their home waiting for her, the expression on their faces ranging from pleasant welcome to suspicion and open friendliness respectively. Asher’s expression soon change to one of open perplexity when Noah walked into the clearing with the motorbikes.“What…?”Maggie offered a light smile. “A little peace offering for destroying the other one on our way out.”“I bet you can afford those given how much money you have now,” came Cathy’s bitter remark as she uncrossed her arms. “I honestly thought you wouldn’t come back. Imagine my disappointment now that you are here,” she added as she walked away from them.Chase shook his head at her and came forward
They stared at each other with such strong anger and hate for a long time, chest heaving and broken with the hurt of each other’s words. They had both said terrible things to drive their point home and now that it was silent, their heavy words hung in the air like clouds waiting to rain down piercing cold waters on their skin.Maggie was the first to balk as she sagged on the counter in the tiny kitchen. “This wasn’t supposed to go like this.”"Could have fooled me." Asher dropped one hand on the counter, his last words still shivering in the air and leaving a bad taste in his mouth. “I do my work as Alpha to the best of my ability.”“And you are doing a great job at that.” It was she who wasn’t doing a great job at seducing him. What did she know of seduction anyway? Somewhere in the back of her mind, she was still tensed up with how much courage it took her to call the Board members, members of the pack who betrayed her and her father, to come together in the Board room tiny space.
Chase had just opened his door to Maggie when he heard the loud bellow and he immediately released a stream of curses that made Maggie raise her brows. He was the gentler of the triplets and she would never have expected such words from him. But there he was with a massive frown on his face as he pushed past her in the direction of the voice.“What are you doing here, Trevor?!” He demanded in a loud voice that would have made even Asher whimper. Maggie watched as Asher himself stalked out of the other side with Ginny on his heels and at the same time, a large man who had to be 6’5 appeared out of the woods. He had on a black tank top that stretched over his taut muscles and tawny skin and his dark skin was as beautiful and gleaming as his pearly white teeth which were exposed in what was supposed to be a smile but looked more like a snare. Yet it didn’t distract from his beauty.“What do you want Trevor?”Trevor ignored Chase’s question. “Where is Asher?”“What do you want?!” it was A
“Where is my brother?! I want to see my brother.”The harried-looking secretary tried to hold Axel back but he was too strong for her.“Mr. Lycrox does not want to be disturbed at the moment,” she argued as she placed herself between the door and Axel’s looming size.Eventually, she found herself being tossed to the side while Axel nearly kicked the door down. “Bastard. Where are you? What have you done?”Lance looked up calmly from the small suitcase on his desk into which he was folding a pair of shorts, some shirts and some briefs. Axel stopped mid-stride into the office that was over-washed with lights from the decorative fluorescents above and from the open windows.“What the fuck are you doing?” Axel demanded. “You are running away you coward? You are running away like a dog with your tail between your legs?”“When you are done barking like a common fool you will tell me what you want, Axel.” Lance then threw his head back in the direction of the door and saw his poor secretary