NATHANSomething already convinced us we had all the cards available to bring the witches down. Enough to get them all at once, and put an end to the unrivaled evil they were perpetrating.I watched with unfettered interest as Rhea walked up to the chest by the wall and riffled through, finding a pen and paper. She drew something on the piece of paper for us. She passed it to Carolyn, who passed it around until we'd all seen the triangular prism the witches did the ritual in. I and Lannon already knew what it looked like when they were in the middle of it. "That's what they draw on the floor to stand in and conduct the rituals. One of them leads the others in the chants."I nodded in understanding as she continued."There's a club here, aside from Phantasm, where supernaturals go. It's usually for the younger demographic, and that's who they are interested in.""All those kids get drunk and stoned there and they're not all there sometimes. It's super easy for them to spell them and
FAYE After Erin's impromptu departure with her mate, Nathan disappeared for the rest of the day. I sort of didn't care where he'd disappeared to. I thought that he'd at least rethink his decision of sending me back to my father. I skipped dinner and went to bed early, knowing what I had to do would take meticulous planning. What I knew was that I had to have a reason to leave the property, and it was only Nathan that could grant me permission, so I made that the first thing I needed to do. The next day came by quickly. I'd already decided to put my plans into motion today, and the first step was to get Nathan's permission to leave the premises. Although I'd rather do any other thing than talk to him right now but I didn't have a choice. It was that or do nothing.I went downstairs for breakfast, hoping to see him there. Although I came later than usual, Nathan wasn't there. My gaze kept going to the doorway, but he never walked in. Breakfast was uncomfortable enough with him pre
NATHAN"Did you get all that, Jules?" Lannon asked the boy. "Yeah, got it. Anything else you need me to know?"The boy was just about twenty-one or two. Green-eyed boys eager to do something for their Alpha and become part of the trusted inner circle. We'd practically raised them with Patrice after we'd lost their father.The twins were well trained in combat. But they didn't exactly have all that much experience with any real fighting.But Jules had a little more experience than Louis. He'd trained to get into the army, adamantly refusing to listen when we'd warned him he couldn't enlist, cause they'd find him out. He'd had to listen when he'd hurt himself during training and healed immediately. He had learnt himself that we were right and was discharged before being shipped out on grounds of a medical injury. We'd had to use one of us who was a top seat politician to get him out. Louis and Jules were hard-headed and wild. Seasoned club goers and hard partyers. They fit in with
NATHANRhea rushed at me, and I knew those eyes.She was desperate to say something.Zelda's put her hand up into midair, ready to hex Rhea if she made a sneaky move. I gave her the 'calm the fuck down look' as I took Rhea's hand and moved out of the space with the witches, Zelda quietly creeping behind us. "What's wrong, Rhea?" I muttered in the dark."There's a line of wolfsbane around them. You can't get through. And if you try, you'll get hurt. Badly."She didn't need to tell me twice. If I tried to get through that barrier, I'd burn to a toast faster than I could heal."What do I do now?""I can break the link somewhere and then you do what you gotta do." Zelda mumbled."Okay. Go do that."Rhea's arm flashed to pull me back, dropping it immediately after I'd turned."Once you cut the link, they're going to feel it." Her eyes warned me to be prepared. Warned us. I gave her a curt nod. Pulling her to the corner, out of harm's way. Walking back to the rectangular prism on the fl
FAYEI did it. I'd finally escaped from Nathan and my father. I left through the staff's door of the mall, not looking back. I ran when I was outside the building. I kept looking over my shoulders to know if Jason had found me. Had he told Nathan by now? I wondered. I walked and walked until I found myself in a park. I was tired and exhausted from all the running. I was so unnerved, expecting Nathan to just pop out of nowhere and drag me back to the estate. Or worse, to my father.I sat down next to a pregnant lady. She had a dog with her. The dog came over to my side. I didn't know if it was because of my wolf or if it did that purely on his own. I leaned down and petted the dog behind its ear, which it seemed to enjoy judging by the way he yipped. The lady apologized to me, feeling sorry for the way her dog barked at me. "Oh, I'm so sorry. Please pay him no mind. I don't know what's come over him today." The lady said to me, trying to get the dog to behave."It's okay. Really.
NATHANThere's a party at the pack house. Everywhere was lit up, and the music was so loud it could make your ears bleed. Courtesy of the twins return. Those boys found an excuse to throw a rave party anytime.And I couldn't stop it, no matter how much I wanted to. Cause the boys had reason to celebrate.They'd barely escaped the clutches of the witches. And they'd helped so willingly. Besides, their pack mates knew there had been a disturbance in the area with the new witches no one had actually seen or met. Everyone knew today that they'd been 'run out of town.'I went inside the study, sinking into a chair as I brooded. Faye was missing still. She'd somehow managed to actually give Jason the slip. And I had to make sure they found her unharmed. She always fell into every trouble. Even members of the pack that weren't so useful were my responsibility, too. She was just a vulnerable teenage girl really, and she'd gone out in the world where both humans and non humans could hurt
FAYEI sat down in my room, waiting for Patrice to return. She'd left earlier after telling me what she had in mind. Although I doubted Nathan would listen to her, I hoped he did. Restlessly, I waited in the living room for a couple of hours before I gave up and went to my room. What was taking her so long? Maybe she just hadn't found the right time to talk to him, or maybe he didn't care anymore. I sighed and just walked to the window. I couldn't think straight anymore.Roaming around the, I found a small bookshelf in the room and browsed through the books on it. I picked a book from the small shelf in the room and started reading. I read for a while before I dozed off into a fitful sleep. I slept for a few hours but woke up to a sound from the front door. I sat up in the bed, thinking that it was Patrice at the door. I stood up and walked to the bedroom door. I pulled it open and was met with silence, so I called out her name."Patrice?" I called out. No one answered me. I he
NATHANI paced the floor of the study, hands raking through my hair in a cold, hard manner. This wasn't part of the plan. Everything was shot to hell, because of one little latent girl who wouldn't do as she was told. The deal was simple. She'd get to go out if only she was going with a protective detail. Just keep to our deal and then get back to the house. That was it. But she'd gone and gotten captured by the feral witch who was probably ready to do and undo, cause untold havoc because we'd killed her coven sisters. Lannon was standing by the bookshelves to my left, quietly observing the rest of the room as he leaned against the bookshelf. Carolyn and Zelda sat comfortably, as they waited for us to enlighten them on the new development. Patrice spoke. "Faye ran out on her protective detail when they went to the mall. This was the same day my boys went missing. I didn't know the boys were gone, just as I didn't know what Faye planned. I swear..." she said, throwing me a furtive g