Her eyes really disturb me the most. Most importantly, she had a bit of similarity with my mother's features.
"Respect? I had long lost respect towards your mother. Right... what was I thinking? I shouldn't have told you things you shouldn't know." She breathes heavily, trying to calm herself.
"I don't know why fate has let us meet, but I surely don't want to be associated with a traitor's daughter." She seethed, "I'll give you the hideous mask for free, but don't you ever come back to my store again, half-witch."
My eyebrow furrowed in confusion. She was the one who wanted me to stay, so why is she turning t
His hesitation didn't last long. After he checked if there were no people around us, he quickly walked up to me and grabbed my arm. He was frantic. He kept looking at the bodies and the blood that dripped below my mouth, and it was apparent what he was thinking.I'm not really one to care, but for some reason, I did at the moment.I feign a smile. "Are you surprised because I'm naked or because you know that I ate their bodies?"Not minding my question, he took off his big grey shirt and went ahead with putting it onto my body as if he was helping a child. My eyebrow furrowed in confusion."Don't talk. We have to get out of here first." He says, his eyes filled with worry.After that, he quickly picked me up bridal style before we ran off to the woods. I wasn't sure what to do, so I just went along with what he wanted. As soon as we reached a safe distance from the dead bodies, he finally carefully let me down. For some reason, I felt the mask goin
He shrugged my hand off, "Stop playing around. This is serious." Just like he said, the seriousness in his eyes finally gave me in. Our faces were only inches close, and his scent seemed to make me dizzy. How could I be serious when he acts like this? The fact that he constantly changes the subject when I ask something between us, still gets to me. In the end, I couldn't help but drop the subject. "Fine. You want to talk, let's talk." I said before walking a few distances away from him, which he didn't like. "What are you doing there?" "We're too close. Can't you see how both our arousal's ruining our 'talk'?" "This isn't about that!"
{"Do you know a woman named Carmilla?"} {"Ha...Carmilla had an offspring? Then that just means that she had long died, right?"} My eyebrow furrowed in confusion. I wondered why my memory was showing the witch's words. Yet more than what she was saying, I was even more bothered at how her eyes almost displayed anxiety and grief. {"I don't know why fate has let us meet, but I surely don't want to be associated with a traitor's daughter."} That word again, 'Traitor's daughter'. Just what did my mom do for her to be bad-mouthed like this by other witches? Still bewildered, my hand carefully tried to reach the stranger in front of me. I knew it was all just was a memory, so why is the witch suddenly saying things I've never heard before? {"What will you do when you realize the consequences you had to take because of your foolish mother?"} What? Just when I was about to answer, I felt my whole body wake up, and my eyes shot open. I p
"I'll keep that in mind. But what exactly is causing her to be ill?" Derek asks impatiently. He came with food in his hands. He laid it down to the table beside me and sat on the bed."I'm not sick," I said firmly."Alpha," The witch interrupts again, "About your question. It seems that something is causing her to be ill. May I ask what happened for her to be covered in blood?"Was I covered in blood? As I looked down at my clothes, I realized that I was no longer wearing Derek's clothes. Instead, I was suddenly wearing clean and comfortable clothes in bed.Wait. Who changed my clothes?"How did you know that?" Derek growls in a threatening manner. When he tried approaching her, she abruptly stopped him by raising her palm."Alpha, appease your anger. I saw the blood dirtied clothes in the bathroom. I'm only asking since I need to know other factors that may have affected her current state."My eyebrow furrowed. Just why is she so det
SEFF's POV"Life is really cruel, don't you think?" I muttered, almost a whisper to the passing air.It hasn't been that long since I started to connect the dots concerning Venus's intentions in Crescent Moon. When Derek said he knew that the assassin who came to his bedroom was his mate, questions began to fill my mind.Like, for instance...Why didn't Derek know his mate was in front of him all along? It was already strange that Venus knew beforehand yet still tried to kill him. I'm starting to wonder, did Venus really try to hurt Derek? My forehead knitted as I tried to think of other reasons.I gave out a huge sigh of frustration.No matter how much I tried to ponder about i
~*~VENUS's POVAfter the witch finally left us alone. Derek briefly sighed before sitting down next to me. With a worried expression, he placed his hand above mine."How are you feeling?"I frowned. I hate to admit it. But the witch's intentions, as she explained to Derek wasn't that bad for me. She told us that getting other data from other witches just risks my life. So in the end, we had no choice but to believe in her words for now."I'm fine. I told you I'm not that sick.""It's not that I don't believe you. But it's just that something inside me is telling me that you're not." His jaw clenched. "I've decided you should res
~*~< 8 hours later >*EASTON's POV*It was finally the day that the summit would take place. As we all woke up and finished our morning training, we took a quick shower before we were told to report back to Alpha Derek.I scratched the back of my head in frustration as I saw how Noah and Liam were taking too long to get changed."Hey! Hey! Hurry up guys! We'll be scolded again!" I knocked aggressively on the door."I've already mindlinked them, but they're not responding," Jojo sighs beside me, "I forgot, aren't they nemesis or something? Is it really alright for them to be in the same room?"
He growls towards my direction. "What are you laughing at?"I snapped back into my usual expression, "N-Nothing. I just remembered something funny. I'm sorry, alpha."His eyes roam towards everyone."This is my last warning. I don't want anyone to be late later when we meet downstairs. One minute late would be subjected to punishment." He orders, using his alpha tone.As he looked again in my direction, I firmly held his gaze and waited for his words to come. After all, I was taking beta Venus's role at these moments."Easton, get the car ready right now. Check if there's anything that would be of concern. If you're done, tell me right away.""Yes, alpha!"Alpha Derek turns his back, and we all dispersed to do what we were ordered to do. The guys went back to their rooms while I went down to the parking lot to check the vehicle. As I arrived at the parking space, I was surprised to see a female leaning by our car wearing a hoodi