HERMESTHE SMILE plastered on my face from watching couples of the pack dance, most especially Hathor and Michael disappeared when I heard Layla's troubled voice. She was struggling to breathe. I stood from the couch and strained to listen but there was nothing. I called using the mind link, still no response."Turn this music down!" I growled, throwing my cup of beer on the floor. It shattered to pieces and garnered everyone's attention along with my growl. The music was turned off and Gregory ran out of the kitchen."Layla is gone," he said."You were with her just now.""Yes. She said she was going to be back but she's not anywhere around.""No, no, no. Who do you think is behind this?" I was evidently worried. If I had danced with her all of these wouldn't be happening."Let's not jump into conclusions. Maybe she went to get something few blocks away and..""I heard her whispering my name through the mind link, Gregory. From her voice I could tell she is in danger.""Oh crap! What
LAYLA“I’M NOT GOING to be allowed to come along, right?” I asked, amidst throwing a punch at Phillip that was aimed at his face. He was quick to dodge by leaning backwards and raising his elbow. He retaliated with a jab which I shielded with my left hand."You know how it is Lay, you can’t come yet. You are not ready,” he replied, as he threw another jab. I was going to yell in defence, but I swallowed hard, and straightened my back, holding my fists closer to my face.“We’ll see about that,” I mumbled, but loud and clear enough to be heard by Phillip.I threw a jab at him, which he brushed away by slipping to the side, and immediately, countered with an uppercut that bruised my lips open, making my blood splatter out. My wolf growled, but I controlled her quickly, as I felt my bruised lips heal.“Sorry,” he said pitifully, and that angered me more. Why was he feeling bad for me when we were in combat? I am no child! “DON’T APOLOGIZE!” I screamed at him and kicked him in the face. He
HERMESIT WAS A Tuesday evening, and there was no better place for me to be than a tavern, after a long days’ work of repairing faulty vehicles.Today was unusually jampacked with loads of activities. I had not experienced so many cars having breakdowns in one day, all my years of being a mechanic in the county of Westwoods.“I’d have one more shot please,” I called out to the bartender who wasted no time in filling my shot glass with my second round of tequila.As I downed my liquor, my phone beeped. My hands hurriedly fetched out the device from the thigh pocket of the blue faded denim jeans I was putting on and held it out to my face, in order to see the cause of the alarm. My face twitched in disappointment and I shifted uncomfortably in my seat, seeing that the message was from one of my betas, my favourite one at that.`Where are you,’ the message read.I sighed before punching the keyboard of the device with my thumb while the rest of my fingers, held onto the device from behin
LAYLA“GET OUT OF my car, you irritate me,” Francis said coldly.I sat at the front seat without moving an inch. My head was bowed and I kept staring at the black jean I was putting on, that covered my thigh.I didn’t know what to think or say, but I knew I didn’t want to be dumped here like a garbage.“I said, get out of my car dummy,” he said again, peering at me for few seconds, before he got down and, proceeded to open my side of the car.He pulled me by my hair, dragging me down from the vehicle. My scalp was on fire, so I had to reluctantly obey him.The moment he let go of my hair, I landed him a punch as hard as I could on his cheek. The force I applied made his head turn sideways as I delivered the punch. He spat and speedily grabbed me by my neck.“You have a hard punch,” he whispered coldly. “Too bad it won’t be of any benefit to our pack.”“Hey! let her go man. Is that how your father taught you to treat women? Let alone your own sister?” Jacob’s voice rang out from a dist
HERMESI SETTLED ON the couch in my living room with a glass cup of orange juice in my left hand to wash down my throat, and a photographic print of Sarah in my right hand that was placed on my thigh.“Everyone wants me to find a mate Sarah, and honestly, I don’t think I’m ready for one. But this evening, I could feel that the moon goddess has provided me with another mate and she is nearby,” I mumbled after dropping the glass cup on the table before me as I stared at the photo in my hand.The act of speaking to Sarah’s pictures as if she could hear me had fast become a habit. I didn’t care, as far as it brought me relief.After coming back from work, I would pick a picture of her and highlight my day, and events that made my day. At times, if I was feeling infuriated by something or someone, I spoke to the picture and a feeling of calmness would wash over me.The only thing I didn’t say to the photographic print was the business of the pack. I never felt relieved, speaking about it t
LAYLATHE DOOR OPENED, and a woman walked in. The darkness overshadowing the room prevented me from getting a proper view of her face, but from her features, one could tell she was a woman.Her manner of walking, and her stature was somewhat familiar. But I couldn’t decipher who exactly was the silhouette figure approaching.I tried to catch a scent, but my nose failed me. This person was no ordinary human.My arm was thrown across my chest, with the intention of covering my nakedness, before I realized I wasn’t naked, but was dressed in the hoodie and the black jean I wore, before my sexual escapade with my mate. There was no way Jacob could have dressed me without my awareness. I wasn’t even a deep sleeper.I turned my head to the side, and discovered that Jacob was not on the bed with me.Who could the woman be?“Who is that?” I asked, jumping off the bed.Making use of my wolf eyes, I was shocked to see the face before me.“Mother,” I said in shock as I approached her. “How did yo
LAYLAI WAS COMPLETELY frozen where I stood, but Jacob was unmoved.He was incessantly groaning in pleasure, as the brown haired lady continued pleasing him with her mouth and hands.She was totally oblivious of my presence behind her, and Jacob didn't want to bother her with it either.Tears trickled from my eyes down to my cheek, as I watched them engage in their unscrupulous act. It was as if my tears pleased Jacob more, and his lips formed another smirk."Why? Why?" I questioned amidst sniffing and the brown haired lady jolted in shock.From where she knelt, her eyes scanned me in disgust before her gaze shifted to Jacob's face."I'll take care of it," he replied, looking down at her with a soft smile on his lips.She didn't say a thing. Instead, she stood from her position and walked majestically to the wardrobe that was adjacent to where I stood, and pulled out a robe which she threw over her body, covering her nakedness.She gave another spiteful look at me before rolling her e
LAYLAAs I PICKED to my heels, a part of me expected the Alpha to shift into his wolf, and run after me for some unknown reasons. I turned my head backwards, and I could see the rest of the pack thrown into a frenzy, chasing after me while he stood in his human form watching. My mind broke into disappointment that he wasn't bothered about me, and it seemed rather strange I felt this way.The only lighting in the thick forest I was hurtling through, was the silver rays of the moon that shone down on some part of the dried leaves on the ground. The wide branches and leaves of the maple trees that crowded the area prevented the silver rays of the full moon from lighting up the woods properly. It was thick dark, that if I was in my human form, I wouldn't see a thing.My paws were beginning to ache, while my heart throbbed heavily against my chest. I was beginning to reduce the pace at which I ran, when I felt a claw reach for my hind ankle on the right, causing me to sustain a cut from th