By the time Xander's car arrived at the pack house, the place was already being crowded by invitees. Clara could see exotic cars. Women in stunning attires and men in classic suits. One could tell how rich they were by just one look at their outfit.
Xander led Clara down from the car and they walked majestically into the ballroom. Xander looked handsome in his black tuxedo suit and red neck tie that matched Clara's outfit, his shoes were well polished and spotless and his short hair was properly combed. Everyone present in the room snapped their heads to the couples direction, watching them as they walked through the marble floor.
Their eyes never left the lady in red that walked next to Xander. Their Luna to be. They watched her eagerly, low whispers spread through the crowd as most of the werewolves present did not expect
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
Clara watched as the place quieted down when a middle aged woman clouded in all black gracefully walked her way through the crowd with a long flowing ball gown that swept the marble floor as she walked. She made her way to the other side of the ballroom that looked like an altar and a pulpit but it was slightly different from it. The woman turned to face the direction where Clara and the rest of them were seated before turning to face the rest of the crowd and she spoke."Ladies and gentlemen, as you all know. We are here today to witness the handing over of the mystic shadow pack and the throne of the Lycans from Alpha Pius legard Ethelwulf to his son Xander Bardulf Ethelwulf as the New Alpha of the mystic shadow pack and king of the werewolves".The crowd began to cheer and Clara became more confused after hearing the lady speak. Alpha? King? Werewolves? What's any of these supposed to mean, she thought to herself. It was only then that Clara realized that things wer
Meanwhile, Skyler had managed to slip away from Xander's grasp and they continued to fight, they punched each other, kicked each other and clawed at each other. Xander's wolf did most of the attacking while Skyler always managed to dodge just in time to launch his own attack on Xander. Both didn't want to back down. Xander's wolf was acting all crazy like the crazy wolf he was, Skyler tried as much to avoid getting bitten by him because that would mean death. A bite from a corrupted werewolf was more fatal than the effect of silver in the bloodstream. Drake stood aside, watching the fight with uneasiness, he prayed to the moon goddess to help Skyler survive the fight. Fighting a corrupted werewolf was even harder than fighting a rogue. Many times he had made an attempt to lend Skyler a hand but Lucas was fast enough to stop him from doing anything stupid. So he continued to watch helplessly at the duo.Skyler's midnight wolf growls impatiently, irritated by the fact that
Moon kept on sighing in Skyler's head. "I can't believe you let them take her away""There was nothing I could do at that moment" Skyler frowned."She's our mate for goodness sake" Moon growled."Fine, we will go and see her tomorrow, but we need to put things in order first," Skyler said. Moon responded with a snort.After making sure that Skyler has had enough time to digest today's happening, Lucas finally walked over to where he was, still seated on the cold marble floor with a frown."Hey, get up, man. you can't sit here forever" Lucas said.Cocking his head to face Lucas, Skyler let out a sigh, he knew Lucas was right. He can't keep sitting here and sighing like an abandoned puppy. Skyler pushed himself away from the ground with the support of Lucas."Thanks man, for everything" Skyler said. He was indeed very thankful to Lucas, from helping him out of the rogues' den to this very moment. Skyler was indeed very grateful to have a frie
Clara's eyes stayed on carving before turning to face the strange looking people who were seated in the living room."You're awake, finally." Nimue smiled.Clara remained on the spot, not moving an inch, while standing she cocked her head to different directions in search of any quick exit, but she found none."Come, take a seat". Nimue beckoned at her, but Clara still did not move from where she stood."Who are you people?" Clara asked.And the man who was seated among the women in the living room smiled at her and said."We are your people, Shayne"Clara frowned, she didn't know these people, yet they acted like they were acquainted with her, they even called themselves her people, and what was that name again?,her frown deepened."I'm sorry, but I don't know you. I don't know any of you. Whatever this is, I don't want to be a part of it. I just want to go back. just let me go please". Clara pleaded. Inwardly, she had
Clara resisted the urge to look back at the man. She shut her eyes and took a deep breath. Various emotions were playing out in her mind, emotions she couldn't quite understand, emotions that felt foreign to her. She let out a tired sigh.As the car moved further away, Clara opened her eyes to see the sign post that had "bye bye to mystic falls" written boldly on it. She tensed. Isn't she supposed to feel some relief? Why then does it feel as if she had left behind something very important?.The drive to the airport was silent, her friends were confused about many things but still decided to wait until she was comfortable to talk about it.When they reached the airport, Clara and her friends didn't have to wait too long before they boarded the flight. The plane finally landed in the Lakewood airport , Clara and her friends highlighted from the plane and silently rolled their suitcases out from the airport.They waited to board an airport cab, because they
Even though Flora had earlier behaved like everything was fine, she knew in her heart that nothing was fine, she sat down on her bed lost in thoughts. Clara looked like Clara but in some way, she wasn't, something had definitely changed but Florida didn't know what it was.Flora got out of bed and searched for her phone. Something must have happened during the vacation that Clara isn't willing to tell her, she had no choice but to put a call through to Clara's friend to inquire about it, so she dialed Raya's number and it started to ring."Hello Mrs Michael"came from the voice from the other end of the phone."Raya darling, how are you doing?". Flora asked."I'm fine, do you need anything?"."No, not at all. I just wanted to know if by any chance something happened while you guys were away, your friend has been acting strangely, since she came back""No ma'am, it was all good until Clara went to a ball party with some guy named Xander an
Clara quietly sat on the sofa and listened to her mother as she recollected the past. Her mind was quick to process every detail and there were so many questions she wanted to ask, but she decided to keep it for later, knowing that she needed to take her time to absorb what she had heard so far."How did that lady sustain those injuries?" Unable to contain her curiosity, Clara asked. Her voice was still as low as it had been."Apparently, the both of you got hit by a truck and she shielded you from possible harm and that was the reason for the severe fractures in her bones""After meeting you in the hospital ward, I asked my colleague to carry out a DNA test on you and the lady. she wasn't related to you in any way, which was somehow very confusing because she had loved and protected you like her own" Flora explained.Clara could understand to some extent because that old lady had said something about being sent away by her biological mother to an unknown
Clara woke up the following day with a throbbing headache, a soft groan left her lips as she slowly raised herself from the sofa. Clara's gaze scanned the entire living room before they landed on her Mother who was still fast asleep on the sofa.Clara's eyes softened at the sight of her mother, slowly she got up from the sofa and walked over to where Flora was sleeping."Mom" Clara called softly while tapping lightly on Flora's shoulders to wake her up from the sleep.Flora slowly rubbed her eyes before opening them to see Clara standing beside her, she smiled"Good morning sweetie" she greeted "Mom" Clara stared at her mom with a slightly frowned face."You really didn't have to watch over me while I was asleep. I'm sure your back hurts right now from sleeping on this single sofa all night" Clara grumbled.Flora's smile widened at seeing the look of concern on Clara's face. She sat up straight on the sofa and yawned."I'm fin