Chapter 6

Valyne

“That's a new clue, ordinary wolves don't possess red pupils.”

“No.” I shook my head, remembering my mother's stories, “Lycans do.”

“Lycans.” He hummed, “Not all, but they do. The question is….”

“Why will a Lycan visit my dreams?” I cut him off

“He could be in love, stricken by your beauty,” he held his chest dramatically, “oh, how lovely, a crush so obsessed that he has decided to hunt your dreams” he said dreamily.

I hurled a pen at him, “Be serious” I shook my head, “how the hell did I end up stuck an idiot”

“We met at a bar, then you had a one night stand, ended up pregnant and marked, fled to human territory, met me again and now you can't live without me.” He recounted with a smirk.

I groaned, “Do you ever shut up?”

“We both know I don't darling, now chop chop, we have a deal to close.” He clapped excitedly.

“Invite them in, let's hold it here.” I sighed.

“Aye captain, hopefully they sent a hottie this time around.” He left excitedly.

I leaned deeper into the chair, my mind flashing back on the past, Five years huh.

How time flew I smiled. I had knocked out Ophelia and ran before she could alert mum or any other person about the mark.

I wonder how mum was doing or if she found my letter.

After the war of the supernaturals, inter-species mating was strictly forbidden, offenders were killed, family executed, Ophelia had no conclusive evidence, that was good at least.

Sigh.

I ran my hand on my neck, the mark had disappeared as usual, appearing mostly during the full moon with a glow, but with the kids, I couldn't go back. Not yet.

“You'll be 25 soon” a voice whispered deep in my head.

“Go away”

I dug my nails into my palms, the pain forcing some sort of clarity.

Knock. Knock.

The door swung open, pulling me out of my thoughts.

I stood with a large smile, watching them approach.

“Miss Valyne, good to finally meet you, I'm Andrew and this is my partner, Xenos.”

We shook hands, “the pleasure is all mine. Gentlemen, please have a seat.” I gestured.

“Thank you.” they sat, bringing out the documents,

“We understand that your previous assistant has already discussed the terms and you only need to go through before signing? We have a question. Do you have any issues with working at the main branch of the industry?” the one that introduced them, Andrew, asked.

“No, I have no issues with that” I shook my head, “also, Cassy finalized everything, she's currently unavailable. She'll be back soon to handle things here. But for the meantime I'm sure you've already met Rigel, he'll be the one assisting with things for now.”

They nodded, “that is fine, it works for us too. Do send our regards to her.”

With that we began going through the rest of the agreement, revising it thoroughly to ensure I didn't miss anything.

As expected, Alistair industry was as thorough as ever, they didn't miss even a single detail.

The rest of the day blurred by fast, I finally penning down my signature, we shook hands and they left.

Rigel saw them off before leaving to go attend to his own stuff, just as we agreed, he had come to help me out today, like he always did, abandoning everything for me.

Sometimes I couldn't help wondering what I did to deserve such goodness, maybe it was fate, who knows.

Closing my eyes temporarily, I was plunged into darkness and soon the scenery changed. I stood in an empty forest, trees danced to the tune of music, voices cackled in the air.

“What now?” I asked the air, have the same visions for five years and you'll get used to it.

With a flick of my finger, a wisp of fire dangled in my palm, pitiful, way too pitiful for an elemental.

Enough sob story, using the light from the fire I began to navigate through the darkness, letting it lead me, just like mother always said, follow nature.

Soon I was standing before a wall which stood at the center of nothing, no structure, no foundation to hold it, just standing.

I sniffed, inhaling the scent the air carried.

“Magic,” I noted.

Something wet trickled down my nose, at the same time words began forming on the wall.

“It is time,” I read aloud, “Ahhh” a sharp pain rippled through me, my knees wobbling, instantly making contact with the grass beneath us.

But my eyes remained fixed on the wall, unmoving, the more I read, the more the pain intensified.

“She will bring ruin to all if not…”

My eyes shot open before I could finish it,, I was back in my office, I could hear the wind howling.

Raising my hand I touched my nose, bright red blood stared right back at me. The pain I had felt was nothing but a distant ache now, but the blood was a reminder that it was real, all of it was real.

My phone flashed, glancing at it my blood nearly ran cold.

Written in it were words from an unknown number, “It's almost time. Come home, bring them along.”

I could tell who the message was from, but only one question remained.

How did she know?