~FrederickThe D-day has finally arrived, the day when my warriors and I would set out for the black knight pack with all our weapons, but we won't be going alone; we would have company too, a very large one at that. I smiled as I stood at the balcony of my room still in my night robe with a drink in one hand and my cellphone in the other, looking down at everyone already dressed up and ready for the journey.The good thing about this war is that we would take Richard and his people unaware.They are probably still waiting for a reply from me, and I bet they would expect it to be a good one…I mean, it is the Lycan pack, filled with very strong people no werewolf pack would want to go up against but in this case, things were different.I had joined forces with two of my alpha friends who were prepared to go to war with me. They each have their personal vendetta against the lycan king's family. It was high time that pack got wiped out. Werewolves have lived in fear of them for too long
~RichardI was still feeling a little bit rattled by the video we had just watched at the secretary's office; it was really gnawing at my skin."You need to calm down, Richard! Getting angry wouldn't solve anything. He did that on purpose to get under your skin, and he just succeeded in doing so," James reasoned.I tilted my head to the side without looking at him and took a ragged breath, "If he wants to go to war, James, we will give him exactly what he wants!" I growled lowly.I heard a soft whimper and turned in its direction. Of course, it was Athena, and I wasn't surprised. I could feel her anxiety within me. In fact, all night she has been anxious, for good reason though. The white unicorn we had run over on our way home, now this reply from Frederick! I gritted my teeth to control my anger at the thought of him.I walked to where Athena, who had crumbled to the floor, was. Her mother, who wasn't in a good shape either, was by her side, giving her a comforting hug. Jessica was
~RichardEvery single person in the room was in a state of shock at what we had just heard before the line went dead.I didn't know how to grapple with the revelation. An explosion on my land? Shooting of firearms sporadically?Just as I was about to make sense of the whole scenario, the same phone buzzed again, causing my heart to race. I immediately answered the call and put it on speaker."Hello?" a voice whispered."Hello, which station are you calling from, and what do you want to report?" I said eagerly. The secretary has five landlines in his office; I had given his number to all the men positioned at different places on my land. They were to call and report anything they noticed to the number."Your Majesty?" the person answered in shock."Yes, it is me."His voice suddenly became a little bit more alive than the whisper he had dealt me seconds ago, "Your Majesty, we are at the Greenville area. There has been an explosion a few miles from where we are just a few seconds after
~AthenaWe all heard that loud explosion from a distance. It could only mean one thing: they were close. I was scared to my bones. Tiny beads of sweat formed on my forehead."They are here, Richard, they are here," I panicked."What are we going to do now?" my mother asked. She was as scared as I was. But the other three, I couldn't really tell. If they were scared, they were doing a pretty good job of hiding it.Turning to James, Richard ordered, "Let's go to the penthouse and see how far away they are from here.""What penthouse? Where are you going to?" I called after him." I know where they are going," Jessica said as James and Richard disappeared up the stairs."Please take us to them at once," I pleaded."Follow me, Luna."I ran up the stairs with Jessica and my mum; she was so fast we were trying to keep up the pace with her."Please, slow down," my mum called out, cowering with a hand on her knee, as she tried to catch her breath.After a few seconds, we continued; Jessica an
~AthenaWe all turned, following the direction the voice had come from, and there stood the sorceress, the one we had just spoken about. She had a long staff in one hand and an orb in the other. She wore a black gown, with her hair tied in a bun behind her. She looked so young I could swear she was almost my age, but the voice that had come out of her was terrifying, almost inhuman. Her eyes were fierce, orange like burning fire. Her strange voice now made sense; those were not the real color of her eyes."How are you here? How did you get here?" my mother asked, her voice a cocktail of fear and confusion.Just then the sorceress gently hit the staff on the floor, and her eyes changed color and went back to their usual ones. "I would have come sooner, but I made a stop at two of the locations of the explosions and helped take out our rivals."My eyes widened in shock. How was she even doing it? How could she have already been to two different locations and then…here? I wondered."She
~RichardI watched Athena leave with her mother and Jessica. A part of me went with her. I had vowed after she survived the incident with Sebastian that I was never going to let her out of my sight ever again, but look where we are now. Fate has dealt us a heavy blow, showing us how cruel it can be. She would be safer there than she would be here.There is definitely going to be a bloodbath here tonight, and I don't want her to experience any of that. She has been through so much already; she doesn't need to be put through any more traumatic experiences.Nuella, James, and I led the members of staff, the elders, and everyone else in the building outside, into the woods, but not too far away from the mansion. They would stay hidden there until we returned from procuring the weapons from the firearms department. Every man was eligible to wield a firearm for this battle; the only people who would be exempted are children, and thankfully, there are none around.I had told Jessica to tell
~RichardOur eyes were fixed on them, waiting to know what exactly was wrong and why they hadn't gone in yet."Do you think they know we are not in there?" James asked, his voice hushed."It is not possible. I created a great force inside the mansion; they would definitely sense the energy and believe that there are people inside," Nuella whispered."If that is the case, why are they not going in for the kill?" James asked."At this point, I think we would just have to wait and see what they intend to do," I replied, and just then the witch smiled and stretched out her hand to Frederick."Look," I tapped James, who was a bit distracted; he was glancing behind him, as though he was making sure everyone was staying put in their positions.He turned just in time to see Frederick put something in the witch's hand. "What could that be?""I don't know, it looks like…""It is a time bomb! I can hear the timer!" Nuella said, her eyes shut as though she was focusing on something. They want t
~AthenaJessica, my mum, and I were running as fast as our legs could carry us when my mother suddenly fell to the cold ground."I can't, I can't go any further," she said, trying to catch her breath. We were all out of breath. We had been running ever since we left the mansion without pausing, so I wasn't surprised she was already exhausted. In fact, I was tired too, but we had to go on; we had to keep running, and I needed to make her understand that."Mum, please, we need to get going," I begged. She shook her head and took in a lungful of air as she tried to steady her breathing.Jessica, who was scouting the area with her gun in hand, backpedaled to us, her eyes not leaving the woods. She lowered herself when she reached us and spoke with a serious tone, "I am afraid we don't have the luxury of resting, Rebecca. We just need to get as far away as possible from the mansion. Right now, we are just about three kilometers away.""I am so tired, I can't…"My mum was still in the midd