로그인~IRIS. I gnawed on what remained of my nails, pacing around the room. Miles watched me as I mumbled stuff to myself. "—but I can't really transport Andrea to her, it's too risky out there lately and—""Iris.""—Will Andrea be stable until we get there and—""Iris!" Miles called out loud. I realized I had been broadcasting my thoughts out loud for the last ten minutes. "What are you thinking about?" Miles demanded. "You have been mumbling for a while." He looked concerned about my well-being. Possibly my mental well-being. I lowered my fingers. "I'm thinking of how we can get Andrea to Davina.""Call her." Miles mentioned. I stared at him and bit my nails again. I really hated being the one calling her, regarding our history. With the same man. Of course, the great Issa Frostwood. I dialed her number and it rang for a bit. I was a little nervous about how it would go but Davina suddenly answered. "Well, well, well." Davina's voice came through. I could almost see her sittin
~ISSAIt was nighttime. The forest was a little quieter than I expected. I stared at the tall huge trees, never swaying in the wind. I relaxed on the car seat, trying to put my mind at ease. It was natural to be a bit nervous. Deucalion had been seen last around here. I could end everything here today if it all turns out right. Somehow, I felt uneasy about this expedition. It was a routine for me to go alone, but today felt different. No matter how hard I tried to calm myself, I was on edge. Everything that had happened recently was taking a toll on me.Maybe I never really worried about what happened to me before, because I was confident I would get out. But now, I have Yulia. Yulia was someone waiting for me at home. I suddenly brought out my phone and stared at the messages. Yulia's message was at the top and I tapped on it without thinking. "Be careful Issa. I love you very much." Her text suddenly made me uncomfortable. Now I wanted to finish this fast and head home. I wa
~JAMAL. I watched Atticus, trying to find clues that he was joking about getting Issa Frostwood's wolf. But the grin had subsided and his face was flat and sinister. This mad man was being real! I slowly got to my feet, numb to the pain in my body. I was still processing what he had said, I was in disbelief that he had mentioned it. "You want me—""Yes.""To seize Issa Frostwood's wolf?" I asked. "That's a hundred percent what I said."I shook my head. "Have you gone mad?"It struck a chord on Atticus' face but he didn't react further. "And you are the man for that job."My heartbeat quickened. "Do you know who Issa's wolf is?""He is Iran, the most powerful wolf we have faced. There are songs of Iran in the scrolls of the olden days. Iran is the definition of a mad beast. He is the most powerful wolf in history, passed down from the greatest alphas. And now, that same wolf resides in Issa's body."I started laughing, because I genuinely thought Atticus had lost it. "Let's even
~JAMAL Atticus scratched his ear and winced at me. "My my, you still have the strength to scream my name? Well, that's all you can do for now," he mocked and leered at me. I tried to force myself to my feet. I only got halfway up when the burning sensation of silver on my back restricted my body from fully functioning, so I slowly fell to the ground. Atticus stood before the cell, watching me and shaking his head. "A great detective, Jamal who I thought was a prodigy...reduced to this." He spat on the floor at the sight of my blood. "So the gracious do fall from grace to soil."I had had enough, of these people looking down at me. I glared at him and forced myself up on one knee. "What—what do you want with me?" My breath was laboured. The intensity of the silver was dulling away, by the minutes. "It's funny, you know? Watching you fight for something you know so little about. In fact, I bet you know nothing about it." Atticus chuckled and shook his head in a mock pity at me. I g
~JAMALMy eyes felt weak, as I blinked twice. I had dozed for a few minutes but the noisy rackets of the guards hitting their batons against the metallic iron bars of my cell kept me awake. "Did I just catch you sleeping?" A guard sneered at me. "You damn traitor, how dare you try to betray your own general?"I ignored him and turned away, which was a bad idea because I nearly passed out from the pain. The silver chain on my neck burned into my skin and made me weaker with every passing hour. My wounds had barely healed up, because they were hitting me at intervals, intentionally trying to break me. "Are you ignoring me? Huh! Look at me you damn traitor!" The guard poked my head with his baton and I hissed, annoyed at him. I could barely raise a hand at him at the moment. I slowly fell to the ground and breathed laboriously. It was a struggle to get a decent amount of oxygen into my lungs. "Look at you, all weak and lying down on the ground." The guard stood right above me, befor
~ISSAI parked the car and tossed the keys in my pocket. The parking lot was empty, except for a few radio vans and ice cream trucks. I knew what was in those vans after all, they were mine. High-Tech surveillance material. I walked up to the florist shop and walked in. The florist saw me and opened the door that led to the elevator. Another assistant in the florist shop flipped the open sign to close at the door. Both of them were watchmen, agents I chose to run the shop in the guise of watching over the entrance to my underground network. I walked into the elevator and pressed the button. The door closed, and I felt gravity shift slightly as it moved down. As the door opened, I saw Spider waiting for me at the entrance. "Spider, give me news." I walked past him and he followed. The lights were bright overhead, as several hackers and agents worked hand in hand in obtaining information. "We have been observing some unusual patterns in the people that got missing. We had to go
~YULIAIt felt awkward, standing there with Issa after our little fight. I was glad to see him, but I just couldn't take my mind off it. I had pushed him away, as usual. I shouldn't have done that.And my visit with Davina, he couldn't know about it. Not now. I nursed Lana to sleep, and placed a
~YULIAI had cut Issa off once again. I had heard him leave the house last night but I never heard him come back. Yara had protested angrily about it but I could not bring myself to be in his presence. I wanted to be alone with my thoughts and plot my next line of action. My thoughts remained pl
~JAMALRage was a powerful emotion. It had the ability to bring its wielder great power. It could make the wielder beyond dangerous. And that was exactly what it did to me.I had never once reacted in anger before. I always controlled my anger, even when Damaris bullied me countless times. I eve
~JAMALThere was only one thing I felt as I drove down the highway. Anger. It was raw. It was strong and it was dangerous. Even my superior knew that when I got angry, I became unstable. It was okay for Damaris to bully me. It was okay for her to hurt me, I was ready to tolerate all of that. B







