As the vampires closed in on Darell and Chris, a sudden howl echoed through the castle. Darell recognized it immediately. "That's Bella," he said, relief flooding through him.Seconds later, the door burst open, and Darell's sister and her mate Sam charged into the room, followed by Sam's three brothers, Thomas, Matthew, and David. The vampires turned to face the new threat, and Darell and Chris took the opportunity to launch their attack.Bella shifted into her wolf form, her powerful jaws closing around the throat of the nearest vampire. Sam and his brothers joined in the fight, their werewolf strength overwhelming the vampires.Darell and Chris focused their attention on Marcelyn, quickly untying her from the table. "Are you okay?" Darell asked her, relief flooding through him as she nodded."I'm fine," Marcelyn said, tears still streaming down her face.Darell took her hand, pulling her towards the door. "Let's get out of here."But just as they reached the doorway, they were conf
When Marcelyn had meant humans, she didn't mean people like the idiots in front of her who were nothing but meals for people like her.The people she had been talking about were the people of the undead world popularly known as vampires.A clan of powerful beings to which Marcelyn belonged and would never want to stop belonging.Her attention returned to the table when one of the men gave her ass a light slap.Marcelyn swallowed the words she wanted to hurl at the man and smiled instead when she remembered that it would be her turn so very soon to shock the man. "Hey, woman. Go get me some good old ale." A man called behind Marcelyn and she turned back.When she saw who had spoken, she nearly groaned. The man was the number one drunk she had ever come across in all the taverns she had worked in, which was a lot if she was being honest.Until he was thrown out of the tavern, Marcelyn knew that the man wouldn't be leaving on his own."Go attend to old Bill." One of the men who were ga
Earl, the vampire leader for the past one thousand years, sat at the dining table along with some elders of the clan who helped him with ruling the clan and making sure everything was in order. He had just received another letter from the head of the human clan of the nearby village about his daughter, Marcelyn, and he felt sad.Why wouldn't he? He was the vampire leader and he had made the rules, but his daughter was the one breaking those rules with no regard for his reputation. If it had been any other person who did it, perhaps, it would not hurt Earl any bit, but for his daughter to break those rules meant that he would lose his authority as the leader if he didn't curb her on time.He fingered the letter again and thought about the letter he had received in the past with the same report about his daughter.He also wondered how many more letters he would get if nothing was done to stop the reason behind the letters.Earl kept fingering the words in the letter that had been writ
Marcelyn sat down immediately and Earl asked the servant to get his daughter a cup. When the servant arrived with the new cup, Earl poured his daughter a cup of vervain.Marcelyn picked up the cup and gulped down its entire content immediately. She dropped the cup with a loud sigh."Now, you are my father." She told her father with a point of her middle finger at him. She watched in horror as the finger lost its motion and dropped."You poisoned me?" She asked as she slumped into the chair she sat on."Come in," Earl commanded. Some vampires trooped in with a coffin. "Put her in." He commanded them."My lord, please reconsider," Van said and rushed over to Marcelyn.He stood protectively over her to prevent the vampires from taking her."Stand down, Van," Earl commanded. When Van didn't move, he spoke again. "That is an order," he told the younger man.Van left Marcelyn's side in regret.He watched as the men took out their extracting weapons and began to pull each of Marcelyn's f
A knock sounded on the door, distracting Darell from his thoughts, and he commanded the person to come in. Darell smiled when he saw his Beta, Chris, walk in."It is time," Chris announced to Darell.The smile that had decorated Darell's face fell instantly.For the past month, he had kept praying that, somehow, his 27th birthday would not come, but then, like a crawling child trying to get to his mother, the day hit him in the face.He was sure that if the goddess was still their leader, she would be laughing down around him."You don't have to look like someone who is being led to slaughter, Darell," Chris told him with a smile."I can't wait until it's your turn in a few months and throw your words back at you," Darell replied with a snort."Easy peasy, Alpha. I'll just keep her somewhere and go on living my life as if nothing has changed.There's no way I should be tied to one woman all my life when I could have variety.Unlike you who have no choice, being the only son and Alpha
As Darell released Chris and the door, he reflected that the time had come.Without being questioned, it was time for his life to take a drastic turn.To calm his racing heart, he let out a loud sigh before opening the door and entering.Once they all noticed him, everyone remained silent.While greeting his mother, Darell nodded in response to the salutations of the other members of his pack.The woman scowled at the exposed buttons on his shirt, but Darell didn't care.He was already experiencing a loose button if that was what he wanted."Alpha, I find it unbelievable that you are already 27 years old and have a significant other."I said, wiping an exaggerated tear from my eyes," his mother said.Before proceeding to his seat, Darell rolled his eyes at his mother's over-the-top behavior.He gave the all-clear to start the ceremony after taking a seat in the golden chair designated for the Alpha.Knowing his fate sooner rather than later was better for him.When the pack's priest e
Jude shouted to his identical twin brother, "Jayden, come and see what I just found." Jayden and his companions hurried over to hear what Jude was saying. When they arrived at the location of the other teen, Jayden hissed at his brother when he realized it was just a squirrel with a black and white striped color that was lined horizontally on the animal's fur, which had his brother squeaking for joy like a three-year-old child. Jayden watched amused as his brother pulled out his phone and started taking pictures of the squirrel, which surprisingly stood still for a while. The others expressed their annoyance by leaving Jude and the squirrel and dispersing across the mountain they were on in search of something that would make the trip to the mountain worthwhile. The brothers of the twins and a few other teenagers had gathered for an action-packed weekend. The Cyprus mountain surfaced as one of the exciting locations they could visit along with a few others when they were rese
Marcelyn noticed how dark it was when she first opened her eyes wide inside the coffin. She gathered her strength and yanked the cover covering the coffin's top that was obstructing the light. She adjusted her vampire eyes so they could see through the darkness and then she took a look around. She became immediately aware that she was in a cave. As Marcelyn rose from the corpse, she groaned in pain throughout her body.She sank back into the coffin and gave her body time to adapt to the new stage it was on. She pulled her body up, climbed out of the coffin, and stood straight once she judged that enough time had passed for her body to readjust. Her body sagged as hunger overcame her. She began to crawl on the floor using her arms and legs to prop her body forward.When she emerged from the cave, she discovered that she was surrounded by rocks and dirt. She grimaced as she considered how she could escape the area by crawling without causing any physical harm. Marcelyn stopped c