“He is not back yet?” Aliyah asked Sean and together, they both glanced at Irene who had been pacing in front of the window for the past five hours.
Sean sighed and shook his head. “He said he would be back in the evening and it’s half past ten already. Even if he was afraid of walking under the setting sun —which we know he is not— he should be back by now. I mean, it’s pitch black out there.”
“Something is wrong,” Irene said. “I mean, he has never said he would do something and never do it the exact time he said he would.”
“Do you think he went back home, you know, the High council?” Aliyah asked and both Sean and Irene glared at her.
“Come on Aliyah, cut him some slack,” Sean said.
Aliyah raised her hands up while saying, “just saying. I mean, the last time he snuck out like that, someone died,” she shrugged.
Irene sighed and shook her head. “I’m going out to look for him.”
“Hello, he is a nightwalker, where are you going to look for him?” Aliyah asked.
“I’m coming with you,” Sean stood up from the floor.
“No,” Irene shook her head. “Someone needs to stay with her,” she glanced at Aliyah and sighed before going inside the room their shared together to get her coat.
“What?” Aliyah asked Sean who had been staring at her but he said nothing and just withdrew his gaze when Irene stepped back into the living room.
“I will try to be back soon, hopefully with him,” Irene said.
“Be careful,” Sean said.
“Yeah,” Aliyah nodded.
Irene smiled at them and walked to the front door, leaving the house.
“You are not making it easy for her,” Sean said when they were alone.
“What do you mean by that?” Aliyah frowned.
“Have you been blind then?” he asked.
“Well excuse me if I don’t understand what you are trying to say.” She rolled her eyes.
Sean sighed. “Can’t you see it? The more you thrash Rasmus, the more you affect her.”
“What are you trying to say. Irene is not Rasmus.”
“Yes, but it’s obvious she has taken a liking to him. I mean, I can’t believe you haven’t noticed.”
“What? No, no, no, Irene can’t like a traitor.”
Sean licked his lips and run his fingers through his finger. “Listen, we all agree that Rasmus made a mistake but put yourself in his shoes. His parents wanted him to do something, he had already taken a brave step by cutting all ties with them by doing that and in his favor, Prince Edward is an original, everyone, and I mean everyone thought he would walk out of that fight unscathed. Just because things didn’t go as planned doesn’t mean you should condemn him forever. Come on Aliyah, be honest to yourself, without him we wouldn’t have come this far, even with Irene. The man is trying his best, give him a second chance, please.”
Aliyah sighed and closed her eyes. “Sean, if Edward is lying down in a room and we are just waiting for the day he would wake up, then yes, I would easily forgive Rasmus. But he is dead, gone from this world, never to be seen again. I will never feel his arms around me again, I will never feel his touch again. I will never hold him, never talk to him ever again. And his son?” she placed her hands on her stomach, “he will never see his father, never create bonds and memories with him. So pardon me if I am finding it difficult forgiving a traitor.”
“He forgave him. And if he did then you could too.”
“Well, he forgave him because he is not the one living with only my memories now. Let’s twist this story and say that I am the one that died, do you think Edward would have forgiven him?”
Sean bit his lip. “Should I be honest? He would be killing him right on the spot, based on his personality.”
“Exactly, so he should be thankful that I am only not talking to him and he doesn’t deserve the love of a woman as pure as Irene.”
Sean chuckled at that, “you do know she had a crush on Edward, right? She told me herself.”
“What can I say? Edward is loveable so it’s understandable if he had females crushing on him here and there,” she flicked her hair aside with a smirk, however, the smirk died off soon after. “I meant was. Was lovable,” she corrected.
Sean went to her and pulled her into his arms. “Don’t worry, all it would take is time. And let’s say on a crazy scenario, the demon part of Edward kept him alive and he is just waiting to reclaim his strength before he came thrashing the world with his sassy comeback responds, what would you do?”
“How I wish that is true,” she chuckled in his arms and he smiled, happy that he made her smile. “Let’s go look for Irene, in as much as she thinks she is strong, she shouldn’t be alone.”
“That’s the spirit,” Sean replied. “But are you sure it would be right though?”
“If Rasmus ended up being in trouble, she will need our help.”
Sean shrugged. “It would do you good too, you need a little exercise.”
Aliyah smiled at that and so getting their hoodies, they left the house.
***
Kaiden opened his eyes and realizing that three days’ worth of pain has gone, he felt angry, sad and tired. He wasn’t supposed to lose consciousness, he was supposed to endure the pain for the whole ten days so that his body would know he can handle the demon king’s fire but alas, he has lost his winning streak so he would be starting all over again and he won’t be doing so immediately because his body would need to recover the damages first.
He sighed and sat up on the floor, mourning his failure when he heard a chuckle and glanced around. Right on his throne was seated someone in black with a long black cloak covering them from head to toes. Kaiden frowned and stood up. “Who are you and how dare you sit on my throne?”
“I’m sorry, your throne?” the person asked and Kaiden frowned the more discovering it was a woman. Who would dare to challenge him? “This throne belongs to the demon king and only the next demon king should sit on it.”
“I am the demon king!” he announced.
“A demon king without the eternal fire? Huh, some demon king indeed,” the woman mocked.
“It’s only a matter of time and my fire would naturally come to me,” Kaiden bragged. “And when that day comes, I hope you will still be as brazen as you are now.”
“Let me tell you how the eternal fire works. It naturally takes over the next successor, it doesn’t need to be forced like you are doing now. Trust me young demon when I say that if you continue in this path, you are leading your soul to eternal damnation.”
“And what could you be? Some sort of demon expert?” Kaiden scoffed.
“Oh, I am more than a demon expert,” the woman replied.
“So what then? Are you going to try to get me to work for you? Tell me you know how I can get my fire and be the true Demon king?” He asked. “If so, don’t, I am my own boss and I am never going to answer to anyone ever again.”
“Hmm,” the woman sighed, “your heart is as black as hell. However, it once held love, a true love that blossoms the flowers when you walked past but it was snatched away from you and now, you have lost your soul to darkness and wants to rule the world. Hmm, I like it,” she raised her head and all he could see was her grinning mouth. “My type of demon. But like you said, I am not here to recruit you, you would come running to me on your own. When that time comes, don’t bother to find me, I will find you myself. Ciao, my evil demon,” she chuckled and soon, a black smoke was all that was left where she once was.
Kaiden frowned, he couldn’t understand what just happened. As far as he knew, he and the vampire prince were the strongest creatures on earth and with his death made him the last one and with only the little prince on the way the only one who can dethrone him which is why he wants him dead and to gain his powers instead, living him the strongest creature alive. Where on earth could this woman had come from and why did she choose to reveal herself to him? Is there a part in history that he must have missed? If so then he must hurry up, the woman looked like she was thirsty for power even though he could sense she already has enough of her own. If she has come for the little prince, then she is late because his little heart belongs to him.
Rasmus sighed and opened his eyes, he could still feel the witches spell trying to take over him but he was resisting. The spell wasn’t as strong as it was when they were newly casting it so he knew now that he can go home, hopefully, Irene can save him from it. He had purposely wandered around the human realm, making sure that he wasn’t being followed and he wasn’t being driven home by some power.Getting up from where he lies, he shook his head to shake off the dizziness of the spell and clutching onto his bag, he started walking home. Running now would only make him dizzier and so he refrained from it.Irene hadn’t gone far when she heard Sean and Aliyah calling for her, she was surprised to see them initially but was glad they came out to help, she would love the company a lot. With the street lights on, they didn’t need a touch to see where they were going, not that it would have been a problem for Sean and Aliyah because of their night vision but they all enjoyed the amber glow
A woman walked into a prison and bowed on seeing the man standing there. “I’m sorry for being late,” she bowed.“It’s okay,” Damien shook his head, “the good thing is you are here. Can you take a look at him?”Catherine nodded and walked to one of the cells there. There was a wolf in there, its eyes were white like it has been glazed over with a white paint and spittle drooled from its jaw. One look at it, one would know that it has gone derange but it is not a rogue, after all, everyone knows now that only the rogues look like that. “Another one?”“Sadly yes. And it’s really tiring since nothing has been done about the others. However, I’m surprised that it’s happening here. Yes I have heard the news of the rogues biting and infecting some wolves but it has never happened here, not here.”“It doesn’t matter where it is happening, the most important thing is that we have to find out how to treat them. It’s a surprise since the rogues can shift into their human forms despite being like
“Alpha,” Aton barged into the hall and glanced at the man standing by the window. He quickly walked up to him and reported, “the rogues are here again.”“Then we do what we do best, we fight them,” Alan replied without as much as looking away from the window.“The warriors are already on it and from the looks of it, we are winning, as always,” Aton responded.“Any casualties?”Aton sighed at that and nodded. “Three men has been bitten. We already have them restrained.” Alan didn’t say anything and Aton sighed. “Do you think it will ever end?”“There is no cure for the infected ones, the rogues attack us twice or thrice in a week. So, I don’t think it will ever end, I think that they would keep attacking us and infecting us until we are all like them, slaves to whoever that is controlling them.”Aton licked his lips. “Do you think they are okay?”Alan knew about who he was asking about immediately and only then did he look away from the window to his loyal beta. “I don’t know. I just h
Sean paced around the window and constantly stopped to peek through the blind blades. He would sigh and continue pacing again and then he would repeat staring out the window once more. A knocked on the door made him jump and he glanced at Rasmus who was lying on the floor to see the man’s red eyes on him. Rasmus shook his head at him and he nodded, they could already tell who was at the door by their scent and so Sean cleared his throat and went to open the door. He wasn’t surprised to see Milly there and she was carrying the bunny he had given her four days ago. “Milly, what are you doing here?”“I came to say thank you properly and also,” she glanced behind her and it was then that Sean saw her mother. He cleared his throat and stood erect, “mom wanted to thank you too.”“Where is your mother?” the woman asked.Sean cleared his throat once more and glanced at Irene and Aliyah’s bedroom. Ever since that night with the mysterious woman, Irene has hardly climbed out of the bed. She had
Edward kept pacing around, waiting for the voice to come to him again. Now that his memory was back, he couldn’t stop his worry of how Aliyah is doing. He had been weak when he carried them away with the tornado but he doesn’t know if he succeeded in taking them to safety. Did the rogues catch up with them? And the demon king and the witches, did they find them? He thought of the High chiefs and the High Howlers, he had purposely left Malachi alive with only inflicting a wound he knew he would never heal as a second generation because he wouldn’t want him chasing after Aliyah but Damien had escaped him with just pure luck.Now as he thought about everything, he just wished he could burn this whole place down and go back to her. He thought of the look she gave him that day, the pain and fear in her eyes when he was falling. He failed his promise, he knows that now and the pain of not knowing how she is was deriving him insane. “Where the hell are you?” He yelled at the smoky clouds. Sh
Edward glanced at the three strange doors and gulped. “Why only one shot?”“Because, you will enter the one you chose and only when the door closes behind you can you know where you are. When any of these doors closes, none of them will ever open for the same soul again.” Selene explained.Edward gulped once more, there was nothing to even give him a clue or something like that. “Can’t you give me a hint, I mean, how can I know which is which?”“Edward, how many people are given back the chance to come back to life?” Selene asked and when he couldn’t answer, she continued. “This is already a hint as it is because you are given a second chance to cheat death. If you really want to be alive, your conscience would guide you. Anywhere you find yourself, is where you are supposed to be and there is nothing I or any other god can do about it. I really want you to be alive Edward, because only you can save my creation. But it doesn’t matter if I want you to if you don’t yourself. What is tha
Aliyah frowned on seeing the black hair and black eyes before her eyes took in the form of the boy in front of them. ‘Steven?’“There is no time. The rogues will be here soon and so will the High Howlers warriors. I have seen them, just the two of you will never win. Come on,” Steven said, turning his back then to walk away.Aliyah glanced at Sean who in turn turned to her as well, ‘Should we trust him?’ she asked.Sean shrugged his big head, ‘he spared my life, I guess so.’“Sean,” Rasmus called as he wanted to know the boy’s decision having not met the other wolf boy before. Sean nodded at him and he nodded back, reaching down to pick Irene up again.“Come on Sean,” Steven called, having realized that there weren’t following him. Sean moved first and the rest followed.‘You think this is a good idea Sean, remember you said High Alpha told him to make sure you didn’t leave the pack. What if he found out that he had spared you and so told him to find us if he wants to redeem himself?’
“If we raise the barriers here, I am sure that it would stop the nightwalkers from jumping inside, at least for enough time for us to show up,” an Elder said, pointing on a draft book he had made some drawings on. “That would give us an advantage over them for some time.”The other elders nodded and Alan stared at the plan book, thinking. He was still wondering how they would be able to get that ready before the next attack when he heard in his mind, ‘oh my God’ his eyes widened immediately as he recognized the voice as his daughter’s. He has never heard her again since she left the hall that day with Prince Edward and now he could suddenly hear her? He concentrated his energy and realized that he could feel her. What is she doing? Could she be coming home?“Alpha?” Aton asked seeing that the man hasn’t said anything since the elder finished his presentation.Glancing at Aton, Alan remembered Sean and he quickly searched for his presence with his daughter’s only to discover that he wa