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39|Fair Warning
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The Forsaken 40|Revelations
Cadence's humourless laugh echoed through the sparsely furnished room, bouncing off the ancient stone walls. She waited for Luca's punch line and for him to tell her he was joking, or at least confirm her ears had deceived her, and he never said he would take her to meet her father.But his denials never came. The deadpan look never left his eyes either."You're not kidding, right?" she asked, shaking her head, unable to come to grips with his announcement."Warwick is alive and well. Maybe not so well, but he's hanging in there," Luca replied.Cadence didn't resist when he pulled her close to him and massaged her temples to drive away the start of a migraine. She didn't even question how he knew a raging headache wasn't too far off, the same way she hadn't asked him how she could hear his voice in her head at Pirates Cove."How's that even possible? I don't understand? It's been twenty-one years. He's human. It's impossible he's survived this long. Are you sure he's alive? How do you
The Forsaken 41|Spellbound
For the first time in twenty-one years, the witches, vampires and wolves of Shadowbrooke were fighting on the same side. They had a common enemy now, as they all rallied in Luca's living room, waiting for Cadence to break her spectral trance.She was resting comfortably on a satin pillow in front of the fireplace. Everyone was worried about her, and they kept stealing glances at her. But as soon as one of them tried to approach her to check if she was still okay, Luca immediately went on the defensive. The only people he allowed close to her were Sonja and Rachel, only because they tended to her wound.He couldn't describe his relief when Sonja confirmed Cadence's wound was superficial. The bullet had just grazed her arm. She was lucky she took on her spectral form when she did. A second delay could have had devastating consequences. Consequences Luca didn't dare think about, because the very thought of how close to losing everything in an instant chilled him to his core.From his pla
The Forsaken 42|Spirit Guide
"You have to make a decision soon. If you want the hunters, it has to be now!" Andrew blew out an impatient breath. He was getting increasingly frustrated with Luca. He had no idea how else to get through to him. His cousin wanted to retaliate, but he didn't want to leave Cadence, not when she was still in her spectral form."I know. But I can't leave Cade. Not like this." Luca shook his head and stared at Cadence as Rudolf and Rachel teased her with a foil boil. Judging from her meowing, her patience with them was running thin, the same way Andrew and April were getting impatient with him."Give me a few minutes, please," he turned to Andrew again. April just glared at him and tapped her phone, at the analogue clock on her lock screen blinking at them. They were running out of time. Not just with the hunters. But with Ethan too. He'd called a few minutes ago and threatened her. He wanted the star back. Their two weeks were up. In fact, they were going on the third week now. And if the
The Forsaken 43|A Reasonable Man
Samuel knew they were in trouble when Ava waltzed through the door. And it wasn't the smell of gunpowder clinging to her clothes and hair that alerted him of the muddy waters they'd soon be wading in. It was her elated smile, a stark contrast to the dark, gloomy mood she was in before she set out for her morning errands.Already dreading her response and wishing he could undo her actions, whatever they were, Samuel asked, "what did you do?""What you all didn't have the balls to do. What should have been done from the start. I took care of Cadence."Dumbfounded gasps rolled through the room at her announcement, as the small group sat in numb disbelief. They could all see it now, the beginning of their end, and they knew it was only a matter of time before Luca and the witches came after them."Are you out of your mind? What were you thinking?" Melissa shrieked in a panic-stricken voice as she scrambled out of her seat, the flimsy fold-up metal chair clanking to the floor in a messy hea
The Forsaken 44|Let This Be A Warning
Luca and Andrew were only gone for half an hour when April's phone rang. She pulled it out of her pocket and glanced at the caller ID. She was so tempted to ignore it when she saw it was Ethan. But she knew he wouldn't take kindly to her playing hide and seek. With a weary sigh, she hit 'answer' on the screen."I was starting to think you were avoiding me," Ethan drawled on his end of the line.April ignored him, refusing to engage him, no matter how tempted she was.When Ethan didn't get the riled up response he'd hoped for, he cut to the chase. "Time is up, April. My men will be there in a few minutes. Get the star ready."April panicked, her mind scattering in a million directions as she tried to think of ways to stall him. But she'd run out of excuses and ideas a week ago already. She had nothing to hold him off with now. But his men coming to the manor wasn't an option, more so when she didn't have any backup."Ethan, please. Just a few more days. I'm begging you," April pleaded,
The Forsaken 45|Taken
They argued all the way back to the bayou. Andrew did a lot of the shouting, and Luca just grunted and growled under his breath."You crossed a line tonight, Luca!" Andrew raged at him for the millionth time, and for the millionth time, Luca shrugged his shoulders."What do you want from me? An apology? What?" Luca stopped walking for the moment and clenched his hands at his sides, completely fed up with listening to Andrew nag like a fishwife.Andrew also paused and scowled at him, "I'm just saying you lost your head tonight. She's pregnant. We should have left her alone."Luca was well aware he'd crossed the line and should have left Ava alone when he realised she was expecting. Chances were, he would have. But the conniving look in the hunter's eyes and the self-satisfied smirk on her face was the final straw, and something in him had snapped. Ava's lack of remorse over her actions had pushed him beyond his limits. He didn't regret cutting off her hand. He'd chop off the other, too,
The Forsaken 46|Free Them
After the witches parted ways with the wolves, an impromptu meeting took place at Luann's house, where they made new plans to go after Samuel and his hunters.Someone—it wasn't clear who—had decided to forego the diplomatic route and unleash hell on earth. The hunters had gone too far when they went after one of their own. As much as they hated to admit it, Cadence's situation would have been far worse if it hadn't been for Luca.Sonja half-heartedly listened to the elaborate revenge plans, her mind still inside the Delacroix's manor, thinking about how she'd failed as a mother to protect her only child. Cadence was and should have been her only concern. If she wasn't obsessed with her feud with Luca and his clan, maybe she would have seen how unhinged Ava was.She had to make things right somehow and redeem herself as a mother."I have to go," Sonja whispered as she rose from her seat. It wasn't that much of a whisper, because the others turned their shocked, confused faces to her."
The Forsaken 47|Empty
"We can't."Those two words were the last thing Sonja wanted to hear from Luca. Her eyes wide with hysteria, she frowned at him. "What do you mean we can't? We have to open the door. We have to get them out of there!""I mean, not right now. We have another problem on our hands. Ethan was here." While Luca explained the situation with Ethan and Cadence, and the hunters, he mentally prepared himself for another assault from Sonja. His instincts proved him right again. In a blink of an eye, the whole basement was in utter chaos, and Luca lay in the epicentre of the destruction, panting as he felt his searing wounds slowly close up. Sonja was unforgiving this time around. If it wasn't for Warwick in the cellar, pleading with her to calm down, Luca would have been done for. But he didn't blame her. Not one bit. He deserved every fiery orb she hurled at him, because she was right. He put Cadence in harm's way. The longer Luca listened to Sonja's outrage and blame, the more he believed Ru
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