3. Short span of her life

~Aliyah’s POV~

The black dress was a perfect fit. It had thin straps and pretty black floral stitching.

I finished my soft makeup look with a brown nude lipstick. I didn't care what doubts I had; I knew I looked great.

“Great, huh? You look as dreamy as your pathetic delusional thoughts,” Ellen mocked.

“At least I’m livelier than being bloody…” I growled.

“Don’t let her affect you… You look stunning. She’ll anyways be gone soon,” Lizzy calmly said, making me smile.

At least one of them was with me.

The morning events started to cloud my head and my back hit the mattress, ruining the curls that I gave to my honey blonde hair. But I care less about them right now.

His eyes... They were still haunting me… And they will keep haunting me till Ellen stays with me.

I hope everything goes well tonight… I vividly remember the last party I attended in my pack… My impression of the party was so bad that people were scared to come up to me.

I know it wasn’t me… It was Ellen… Still, the horrifying faces didn’t go unnoticed by me.

Though she didn't show fangs or her blood red eyes, her paranoid behaviour was enough to scare them away.

I won’t let Ellen take over my body this time… Either I will attend the party in control or I’ll leave the party. I won’t let her create terror for anyone this time.

“What’s troubling you now?” I heard Carter’s voice.

I stood from the bed and smiled, “Nothing…”

I gave him a tight hug and smiled, “Once again… Happy birthday, cousin! I know I wasn’t here last night but…”

“Thank you, little cousin. I know what happened last night… You don’t have to explain yourself… I am glad you came and looked after everything. But, what’s troubling you? And don’t tell me it’s those vampires jumping back in your head,” He asked, holding me by my shoulders.

I was about to say something when Damien entered the room, shaking his head, “Just like usual, she is worried about Ellen.”

I sighed, they both know me well. I don’t think there is any point in lying to them.

“But this time, I’ll handle it,” I confidently smiled.

“That’s my baby sis… How about we go downstairs and enjoy the party that my darling cousin and my precious mate hosted for me?” Carter wriggled his brows.

“And who knows if you find your mate tonight and put an end to this thing at the right time? I just hope he'll not try to touch you in front of me,” Damien said, showing pure disgust on his face.

Carter agreed with him, “I hope that too.”

I laughed; neither did I want him to touch me in front of them.

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~Louis’s POV~

“I would have burned the whole pack along with all those pack wolves who are in the Dark Moon pack tonight… It was a win for us in every way! Why don’t you let me?” Samuel asked me.

I scoffed, “That would be too easy for them… I want them to experience hell on earth.”

I know what I am doing. Abel was my cousin too. I will not let anyone live who would destroy my family.

Abel’s last memory and colourless eyes were still in my memory. Fresh as a daisy.

Damien Knight not only killed him, but he tore him apart like a monster. Ripped his chest open, so deep, so bad, his cold, dead heart was visible. Shredded into pieces.

I'll make these werewolves suffer a hundred times more than my cousin did. Damien Knight will go through the same pain Abel did.

“Don’t leave any traces behind. I don’t want them to know that their precious daughter and sister have been taken away by vampires,” I told my men.

“But why? We are not afraid of anyone…” Samuel hissed.

“We aren’t… But my father has a treaty with the werewolf king. None of them should know that vampires are involved in this. I don’t care about the werewolf king, but, my father… You know him,” I answered.

I don’t give a damn about the werewolf king. Doesn’t matter if the werewolf king was Knight’s cousin, but my father does matter to me. I can’t break the law set by him until he asks me to do so. And right now, he doesn’t know about Abel’s death or what we are up to.

Neither do I want him to know. Abel was nothing to him but to me, he was my best man. My cousin. And no one lives to see another day after hurting my people.

But with werewolves… I’m gonna be different. Not just a killer or bloodsucker but way more evil and invincible.

My phone buzzed with the message for which I had been waiting for the past hour, and I smirked; she was going to be here soon.

“Use the scent suppressants once again and reach the place that I mentioned to you earlier. Aliyah Knight won’t take long to be our guest for the short span of her life.”

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~Samuel’s POV~

I don’t know how Louis was so confident about that bitch coming to us on her own, but two things I was sure about, if he said she would, she would. And another, I will make her scream for mercy till her throat gives up and her family dies at least ten times a day.

Soon, I found a smirk making its way to my face. A girl dressed in a black dress came running in my direction. The same honey skin with honey blonde hair and tall height…

No wonder why Abel chose to go after her. My time with this girl is going to be way more amazing than I expected.

I heard some footsteps approaching her while she ran fast and I quickly took the handkerchief out of my pocket.

Nodding to my men real quick, I approached the girl in a second, covered her mouth, and took her away from the eyes that were following her.

Quickly throwing her over my shoulder, I disappeared into thin air.