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
NATHAN"We do? I mean, you do?" She asked, brows furrowed, like she couldn't even begin to understand what I'd just said. "I thought the location of the moonstone was unknown to everyone." Ernouf said dumbly. "It is not known to everyone. Only the elders of the packs know the true location of it." Zelda said."You knew where it was this whole time?" Carolyn asked her with disbelief."The moonstone is moved from pack to pack every four years." I explained."For protection and to keep its location secret." Lannon added from his favorite place in the shadows."Oh…" Ernouf nodded slowly as it finally sunk in.Carolyn didn't make a sound. She was probably pissed that everyone but her knew about it."They have charged Black Saint pack with keeping it safe for close to four years now. It'll soon be time to get it to a different pack." Patrice mumbled."Isn't that more reason we shouldn't be doing this?" Carolyn asked, wisely keeping her eyes averted from me."We're going to get Faye back.
RHEAI was sitting outside the house on the porch when a familiar car rolled up and parked in our driveway. I waited to see if it was Nathan that came or any of the others, but I was secretly hoping that it was him. He'd spoken to me on the phone just minutes ago, telling me we had to meet up.I sat straight and put my phone in my jean pocket when the car door opened and climbed down the small stairs, a smile appearing on my face when I saw it really was Nathan. He hard never met with me outside his pack house. My allure had never drawn him that close. What was he doing here? I asked myself."Hi." I chirped at him and came to stand Infront of him."Hey." He said with a curt nod, his voice brisk. Too business like. "What's up?" I asked him."I need you to assist me with something, Rhea." He replied, his eyes hard and serious.I eyed him suspiciously. It wasn't like the Black Saint to seek help from outside. And if he indeed needed me, then something was up. "Okay? What is this urgen