“Aliyah, where do you think you are going?” A boy asked the younger girl trying to sneak out of the gigantic gates in front of them. He crossed his arms on his chest as he raised an eyebrow, “sneaking out again?”
Aliyah sighed and pouted before walking back to him; she tucked her deep brown hair behind her ear and fixed her beautiful blue eyes on him. “Why do you have to act like this every night?”
“Because I am trying to protect you,” he sighed and ran his fingers through his brown hair. “Aliyah, you do this every night and we both know it’s prohibited. I mean, what is it with you with breaking the rules?”
Aliyah grinned. “It’s who I am, rules are not for me Sean, and you know that.”
Sean shook his head at her, his deep brown eyes glancing around them to make sure that no one was watching or eavesdropping on them. “What makes you think you will find him outside? It’s not common for a wolf to find his mate outside his park, you know that.”
“It’s not common doesn’t mean it’s not possible. Catherine was mated into our park, remember?”
“And that was more than thirty years ago. Besides, where did you hear that the male follows the female home? Even if you mate with him, you will belong to his park, not here anymore.”
“Not when I tell him he can be an alpha, he would rush to follow me, don’t worry,” she grinned.
Sean pinched the bridge of his nose. “Aliyah…”
“You know, you were my first choice,” she interrupted and he rolled his eyes. “I’m serious,” she continued. “When we went through two seasons without finding our mates, I was already thinking about telling you about it, but then you had to find Monica,” she rolled her eyes.
“Even if there was no Monica, we can never be like that, you are like a sister to me.”
“But I’m not.”
“Yes, but you are like one. Besides, we both know you don’t feel that way for me.”
Aliyah sighed, “you are right, but in all the wolves here, you are better choice to me than any of them.”
Sean chuckled, “just hurry and be back and please, be careful.”
“Don’t worry, no Night Walker can handle this much of me,” she winked before running to the gates. “Hey,” she turned back to him, “try to keep dad from noticing my absent will you?”
“I am running out of excuses Ali,” he said with a roll of his eyes.
“Come on, as the future Beta, how can that be such a big deal?” she giggled and snuck out of the gate.
Sean sighed, “the one that is going to get into trouble for covering for you every night,” he blew out a deep breath and glanced around. The dark areas weren’t a big deal to his sight and when he was sure no one heard them, he turned and went back to his room.
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‘Edward…Edward’ a low growl sounded. ‘Edward…Edward’ the voice came again and he opened his eyes. He was shrouded in darkness and he tried to move but he realized he had no strength. He took three heavy breathing and finally pushed away the heavy lid that was covering him. Everywhere became bright immediately as he noticed the strange lightings on the walls that gave the room a golden glow. He glanced at his bony rusty hands and noticed every part of him was like that.
He climbed out of the box he was lying in, his bony legs wobbled a little but after a few seconds, he stood straight. There was a big looking glass and he couldn’t remember having that there before. He walked towards it and when he saw the reflection in the mirror, he was almost scared himself, —almost—. The creature staring back at him was a bony rusted skeleton with glowing red eyes. He took a deep breath and caught the scent, there was someone with him, someone like him but healthier.
He glanced around him, it was his room, obviously, but there were new things he couldn’t remember putting or have seen before and it made him wonder how long he had slept. He could remember he looked so much better when he went to sleep and if he was this rusty then it means a hundred or so years had gone by. He glanced at his bony fingers that looked like they would break off with any little forced movement and sighed. He heard faint footsteps and knew someone was coming but he needed not worry because by how light the person was moving, he knew it was his kind.
The door was pushed open and a ginger color haired man entered, he gasped on seeing the creature standing in the middle of the room and soon, a huge smile spread across his face. “My Prince, finally, you have awakened.”
The creature tried to speak but words failed it, it lasted only for three seconds as he asked in a distorted voice, “who are you?”
The man bowed. “I am Rasmus, my Prince, third generation of Knight Gustav. I have stumbled upon your castle five hundred years ago and have looked after it for you, awaiting for the day you shall awake again.”
“Five hundred years?” the creature asked.
“Aye my Prince,” he nodded.
“How long have I been asleep?”
“Eight hundred years, my Prince.”
“Eight hundred,” he scoffed, “and I thought only a hundred or so had passed.”
“I can understand my Prince. Is there anything I can help you with?” Rasmus asked.
“I am thirsty.”
Rasmus smiled, “then t’s good I have thought ahead my prince. You have started growling in your sleep for seven days now and I knew you shall awake soon so I started gathering food for you. If you can come with me to the cellar my Prince,” he bowed again.
The creature said nothing and just followed him out of the room. As they walked through the long hallway, he noticed how shiny and beautiful everywhere looked. He had expected to wake up in a dusty palace, filled with cobwebs with each step he took. “You have done well, Rasmus, I feel like a king waking up in such a beautified place.”
“Oh but you are the king, my Prince, you are the only Original alive and I wish to serve you like my grandfather did,” Rasmus replied respectfully.
“Mm,” the creature answered as they walked down the stairs that would lead them to the cellar. They were still a few steps from the door but he had already perceived the tantalizing scents. He closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, when he opened them, they glowed redder and his fangs elongated. Before Rasmus could say a word, he had already barged into the cellar, the doors broken out of its hinges. Rasmus smiled and followed slowly and silently as horrifying screams soon filled the once quiet place.
He stood by the door and watched the creature drain the blood from each and every human that was locked in the cellar. In short ten minutes, the room looked like a massacre had happened, with blood coating the walls and floor that was filled with dead bodies. He glanced up at the creature that was now standing in the center of the room, unfazed by the sight he had just witnessed. He watched as flesh started covering the bony body of the creature and soon, it wasn’t a creature anymore but a man with fair and smooth skin. He stood in the center in his naked glory, his face turned up with his eyes closed. “Are you satisfied my Prince?”
“Very much Rasmus,” he answered in the most soothing velvet voice he had ever heard that he was almost drawn to him. “You have done well,” he looked at him then and his eyes were deep blue. His midnight black hair looking so silky and soft on his head and Rasmus wondered how the man didn’t need a haircut after eight hundred years and then he remembered, he was already dead and so were his cells so nothing about him would change from what it was when he was still alive. He studied the man’s body, his broad chest and his defined abs, down to his slim waist, thick thighs and strong legs. When his eyes went back to his face, he took note of his midnight black eyebrows, long lashes, deep blue eyes and pointed nose. His sexy thin lips, his chiseled jaw and his midnight black beards, he needed no one to tell him that he was staring at a god.
“If you have looked your fill, then you can give me a cloak Rasmus,” the man said and Rasmus snapped out of his reverie and quickly rushed to the table where readied clothes were waiting. He had thought about everything beforehand. He handed the clothes to the man and he took them and put them on right in his presence. When done, he frowned at what he was wearing, “what have you given me Rasmus?”
Rasmus smiled, “this is what we were now, my prince.” He had given him black pants with a blue shirt.
The man’s frowned deepened, “I will prefer a top with darker color and a long cloak please.”
“We don’t use cloak anymore, or the humans don’t anymore and we must change with them in order to blend in. But do not worry, I have a long coat you would like, it’s just like a cloak but more beautiful. We can go shopping and you can choose what you would love to be wearing.”
The man nodded and they left the cellar. Getting to his bedroom they had left earlier, Rasmus opened the wardrobe and fetched out a round-neck black T-shirt with a grey long coat and handed them to him.
The prince took them and changed, when he glanced at the looking glass, he smiled, “now this is much better.”
“Indeed,” Rasmus nodded, admiring the man and he wondered how women can be able to resist him if he was also attracted to the man’s beauty. He snapped out of his reverie and did a low bow and then said, “Welcome back, Prince Edward.”
“What time did you get home last night?” Sean asked as he fell into steps with Aliyah on their way to school.Aliyah shrugged, “well, I threw a couple of stones at your window but how could you hear it when Monica was screaming so loud?”Sean blushed and brushed into her with his shoulders, “you came back that late, when did you get to sleep?”“Oh I don’t need much sleeping,” she smacked her lips, “I’m pretty good without much sleep.”“Yeah, because you sleep away in class,” he rolled his eyes but before Aliyah could respond, three girls walked up to them and he hissed.“Hey Ali, what’s up?” a blonde haired girl that was leading the other two asked with a smile.“What do you think, Natasha, don’t I look okay?” Aliyah asked with a raised eyebrow, crossing her arms on her chest.“Oh you know, I just want to know, you know, with the blood moon coming soon and the fact it’s going to be your fourth mating ceremony. I don’t know, do you think you would find him this time or is it going to b
“This is called a car, but this is an S class, it’s model name is ‘Maybach,’ there are a lot of cars but different models and the better the model you choose, the higher the price,” Rasmus explained proudly to the nonchalant Edward that was standing in front of a sleek black Maybach. “I got this one for you because I know you would love it.”Edward ran his slender fingers on the car, a little bit of interest revealed in his midnight blue eyes when he opened the door and saw the car interior and he could say he liked it more because of its dark color. “How is the speed?”“Perfect,” Rasmus bragged.“Can it go faster than me?” Edward asked as he sat behind the wheel.“Well, we can only find out, my Prince.”“How do you move it?” Edward asked, running his fingers on the wheel before turning it left and right. When nothing happened, he glanced at Rasmus with a raised eyebrow.“First of all, you will start it,” Rasmus demonstrated by starting the car, “and you control the tires with this wh
The club wasn’t hard to find, Aliyah could see the humans hanging around and some waiting in line to get into the club. She saw the men that Sean called the bouncers and knew they would want to see her ID before she would be let into the club but she didn’t come with that and then she remembered the trick Sean had used the last time they were there. Being a wolf, she can be very stealth, so creating a little distraction; she slipped into the club without the bouncers noticing. She chuckled at how smart she was and followed the music till she got to the open room where sweaty bodies were dancing against each other.The music was louder than she could remember and it wasn’t helping if her wolf senses made the music louder than necessary. She felt her wolf was distressed with the music but there was nothing she could do; after all, she was the one that made her come to the human realm in the first place. She walked over to the bartender and flashed him a smile, she had forgotten to come
Aliyah kept running in the streets, she wanted to transform but she couldn’t do that with the humans walking around. She glanced behind her a number of times and she couldn’t see him but she knew he was chasing her because his scent was lingering around and her wolf was still reacting in that strange way to him. When she finally saw the woods coming up, she sighed in relieve and increased her pace, she knew the only reason he hasn’t caught up to her was probably because he was trying to avoid the human stares as well. Everyone knows that nightwalkers are pretty fast and there was no where she could outrun him with her human legs.As she ran, she wondered why he was chasing her in the first place, she didn’t cost him any trouble and the treaty clearly states that if there was no problem then there was no reason to attack. She had figured out what he was and had minded her business by leaving the club for him, what does he still want with her now? Immediately she approached the woods, s
Aliyah shut her eyes and raised her hand that had shifted into a paw again, ready to strike him once more in defense at how swiftly he came to her and how tightly he was holding her but he grabbed her paw before she could even lay damage on him this time. He glanced at her paw and then at her, “haven’t you figured out already that your little claws won’t do a damage on me?” he whispered in soft tone that messed with her mind and her body reacted violently to it. His voice was soft compared to the anger held in his words. She opened her eyes and saw that he was staring at her neck but rather than react in fear knowing that a nightwalker only stares at people’s neck when they want to feed on them, she was actually expecting the bite, wanting to feel his fangs on her.She gasped in shock, her eyes revealed her fear as she wondered what the man was doing to her. She has learnt about the compelling spells of the nightwalkers, how their beautiful face and sweet voice attracts their prey. Bu
“So, why didn’t you answer my call earlier?” a red haired girl licked her lips while pushing the boy softly to fall on the bed. She climbed on top of him and licked his face softly, “do you know how much I have been missing you?” her hand slowly went down his chest to his groin.Sean sighed and grabbed her hand to stop her, “Monica, please, I’m really not in the mood for this.”Monica looked up at him with a frown, “what is wrong Sean, first you refused to answer to my mating call, then you didn’t answer your phone. And now I’m here, you still don’t want to look at me.”“I’m sorry okay, I just have a lot in my mind right now,” he tucked a tendril of hair behind her ear and made her sit up on his lap while he sat up as well. “I just don’t know what is taking her so long. She should have been back by now.”“God, don’t tell me that this is about Aliyah again. Sean, I’m your mate, I’m the one you should be worried about not her!”“I know, I know, okay and I worry about you, I love you. Bu
Aliyah curled up on the ground wincing softly in pain. Turned out it was a hunter after her kind that left the trap because now there was poison in her wound. Only wolf hunters poison their traps so that it would stop them from healing fast and running away. She was already drained off strength and knew that if she doesn’t get home soon and have the poison detoxified, she will be too weak to fight off the hunter when he comes or even be dead, judging by how weak she was now.The drug’s effect had worn out a long time ago and she really wished she could go home but if she should shape shift with how weak she was, the poison would spread faster and if she doesn’t get treatment soon enough, she might die. So being in her human form helps to conserve a little energy to endure and wait for help to come. She tried using her mind link to reach home again but like it has been doing since, it bounced back, reason being because she was wounded and far from home. The mind link getting blocked wh
Edward ran home and refused to think of the stupid thing he did. Not only did he kill the human because of her, he also stayed and guarded her till she was claimed by her people. Is he growing soft or what? How could he seek revenge for a howler and also protect her? That was impossible. He hates them to the bones, he hates their ancestors. Although it has been so long and he hardly remembers most of the things that happened when he was human, he has still not forgotten the hatred that burns deep in his bones. So no matter the form they take, he hates them and he will always hate them. So why, why did he do what he did tonight?At first, she had hurt him and rather than kill her, he helped pried open the teeth of the trap for her. And as if that was not enough, he killed an innocent human because of her. No, he shook his head, he didn’t kill the human because of her; he killed the human because he was taking advantage of innocent women, that’s all. He only wanted to rid the humans of