chapter four

Nikolas 's POV

“You've gotten your end of the bargain, now keep your own end of the deal!”

“And how are we certain that this is not one of your failed guesses? What do you have as proof that you've delivered the goddess to us!”

I took a deep breath, I was impatient,tej longer I stayed here the more I was prone to changing my mind on this mission.

I knew that my feelings and Intuition alone was not enough to convince them so I had to settle for the next best thing.

“I was not sure, your mercenary was careless.”

“She could tell of your activities even though she was human…”

“But you brought us a werewolf!” The representative of the Shadow interrupted.

“I had to preserve her, The Shadow was inpatient and the Shadow sent a careless fool to do their dirty job even though I told them that I was on the case.”

“Are you calling the shadow a fool!” The representative thundered.

I went on one knee immediately, I knew that I had lost control of myself.

Why was I willing to throw it all away for this one person

“Forgive me for my rash decisions.” I apologized.

“You should have let her die, you shouldn't have preserved her by turning her if you actually knew she was the goddess.”

“I had no idea that she was the one, I was still watching her until the mercenary wolf attacked.”

“It was when I tried turning her that I realised she had the blood of the divine.”

“But you went ahead with it, we had a deal. Bring her dead or alive and we would consider lifting your curse.”

“Hell no…” I thought, this was not our agreement.

What the hell did he mean by consider?.

“We did not settle for this!” I growled, it already hurt me that I had sacrificed a lot for this one cause and it even hurt more when I realized that I might have been doing this all for nothing.

“Well we can't all be winners now can we Nikolas ? You're the reason why we are having this conversation, if you had let her die instead of turning her things might have been different.”

“How would I know that she was, you did not even wait for my feedback.”

“Why are you even supporting her, why did you bother to save her?”

The words in my mouth dried up as he asked that question.

“She was just an ordinary civilian, anyways she was until you turned her!”

Love?

No way that was it.

I felt a connection with her, something deeper, right from the moment I set eyes on her.

I have not felt this way around any other person since my late fiance

“don't tell me you miss your girlfriend so much that you had to make one from scratch?” He taunted.

“No ... .that's not it” I said fuming.

“Then stop stalling, you know what to do,hand her over to us.”

I looked over at Cassandra where she sat shivering.

She had a look of murder on her face, I could only blame myself and no one else.

And now I was going to keep her restrained for the rest of her life.

“What are you going to do to her?” I asked.

The shadow representative smiled, “treat her like the goddess that she is after all”

A waiter walked over to her and handed a glass of champagne.

That's when it hit me.

They might kill her.

“You did say that she would be safe? Only restrained?”

He chuckled.

Cassandra took the glass of champagne from the waiter who had served it to her.

I saw how she looked at the glass thirstily.

“You do know that goddesses are harder to get rid off.”

“I should have known that you would not keep up your words.”

The representative grabbed my hands as I made to stand, “do not do anything Nikolas ,or do I call you Alpha Nikolas !”

“Akira!!! No,don't take that!” I yelled as I rushed to her.

“What the hell Nikolas !” She said, obviously frustrated and enraged.

“Listen to me Akira….” I did as I tried to calm her down.

“What do you want from me Nikolas ?” She yelled.

She was reaching the point where she might hurt herself or others.

This was not what I planned, she was not even ready for this life and I was already putting her life in danger.

“Listen to me, I need you to calm down.”

I looked behind me to see the guys who worked for the Shadow running towards us in full fury.

“WHAT'S HAPPENING!” she yelled..

“I know that you are confused right now Cassandra l,but I would need you to trust me?”

She took one quick look at the goons of the shadow and one glance at me before she nodded.

I did not not need to be told of her decision, I grabbed her hand as we both sprinted to the door.

We were cornered.

“You do not want to do this.” I said to the shadow men.

Two charged at me and I tactically shoved them away, “that's not an advice, it's a warning” I said to them as I drew my claws ready for a fight.

“A serious one at that.”

“You!!!!” I turned at the sound of that roar, it was Akira, red eyed and enraged.

It was not harmful to let her lupine instincts run wild tonight, it was an added advantage to our current situation.

“Go girl!”.

I stood and watched in admiration as I watched her tear them from limb to limb.

It was cut short as I the representative shot her down

“No!!!” I cried

“Silver bullet” he chuckled, “something that I werewolf can stand.”

“You're a monster, how could you do this to her, she's innocent in all of this.”

“You're not a saint in all of this either…” he replied, “you were the one who brought her here aren't you?”

I have never felt as bad as this in all my years of living as I did right now.

“What about those young souls you condemned to search for a cure to your curse?” He asked.

“You're not different than I am.” He said finally.

“We are not the same,” I yelled, “we are not.”

I reached out to grab Akira, she was alive and not dead.

The Shadow was going to do something about that sooner than later.

“Let her go.” I said, “I do not want the curse to be lifted anymore.”

“Too late”

The last thing I saw before everything went dark was the butt of a gun.