My eyes were riveted on the filthy surface of this platter that seemed to inculcate a feeling of dread in me. Something about it was not right and as much as I tried to pull my eyes away, the stygian potency that hovered about would not let me. ͞ WAYNE’S POV I had made a decision. There was no going back. “Repeat after me, I swear by the Alpha’s cold-blooded body before me…” was Deveron’s shady voice, jolting me back to reality, “…that I will not betray the fire-pall werewolves pack.” “I swear by the Alpha’s cold-blooded body before me, that I will not betray the fire-pall werewolves pack,” my dull response came. I looked up at the crowd when I heard the low murmuring coming from them. I felt the urge to sigh. Were these creatures going to resent me for eternity? This was an initiation for Moon goddess’ sake! “Drink. Now.” I hurriedly brought the rim of the cup to my mouth and guzzled down its content. My face scrunched up a
The stinging persisted and I found myself jerking under her touch. Brazing myself up, I struggled to get my limb off Fiona’s hold, but it was obvious that her powers were far greater than mine was. ͞ WAYNE’S POV “These are the only books I could collect,” Phyllis breathed out as she dropped the pile of heavy books on the floor. I peered down from the bed where I sat crossing my legs and then my eyes wandered to squint at the witch, who clapped away the dust from her hands. “Where did you get these?” I asked as I leapt down to the floor. I shuffled through the volumes to find out that they were just what I loved to read― History, fantasy, mystery and um… oh well, “Trilogy of an Alpha’s demeanor?” I laughed out as I thumbed the wordings on the navy blue cover, which had golden engraving at the corners. I opened the book to its first page to find the preface inscribed with tiny times new roman font. Fortunately, the whole of the
“I bet she failed to mention that any thoughts from one's memory can be replicated to the ball and shown to any eyes that choose to believe…And yet when you confront her, she will say… ‘It is the lesser evil’.” ͞ WAYNE’S POV I looked up at Fiona the moment she mentioned ‘spell’, “How did you know she cast a spell on me?” “That is easy, I sensed it when I tried to measure up your powers, it restricted your strength a little, but you would have been unable to move if you were at the peak of your powers.” Fiona sipped comfortably from her drink. I felt she told too much, unlike Phyllis, yet she did not seem to bother. She took my mug and fixed it into my hand, then placed the tray on the bed before drawing the stool to sit before me. “The triple spell of relativity; it blocks one's thoughts from another’s access and weakens the body; anyone who touches you gets a share of it. Though its stickiness to your skin had been absor
I could count the number of times lightning shook the ground as I ambled along the hallway. The day was beginning to darken but gratefully, the Tower servants were already lighting the candelabras that remained fixed on the walls.When I turned to the stairs, I felt a warm hand slide across my shoulders and I shuddered, aware that no one I knew was capable of doing such. However, I was beyond surprised when I turned and saw the green-eyed wolf. He was not smiling, yet his eyes carried a great amount of enthusiasm that I had never seen in them, not as if I saw him so much though.I watched him nod at a few maidservants, who just walked past us, before his gaze returned to me. It was as it had always been― clouded with diverse emotions that I still failed to discern.“You do not also hear this uncertain voice trying to speak through the Pack link, do you?” He asked, his voice sounding calm and steely at the same time.I shrugged, made uncomfortable by the arm across my back. My orbs wan
ELSPETHThose scared, little featherings perching around on the barrier and tapping their elegant beaks on the surface all flew away the moment I walked into the verandah. There were flights of them finding their way to the air, each bird grabbing a suitable partner with which to tour the spacious, beautiful morning sky.I smiled as I watched these unflustered beings, having the urge to stand by and gaze at them for eternity, but having the fact that the head Lady had sent for me in mind, I could not properly relish the moment.I hurried along the stairs, ending up at the top floor and heading for the head Lady’s Laboratory. I breathed in confidence and attempted to place a knock on the door but thankfully, it opened before my knuckles even made contact with it.The head Lady was right in front of me, her stare focused across my figure. “I sent for you a long time ago, why are you arri
Rhyder was a Verdi-bearded Vampire with high-arched brows over his monolid brown eyes, which were the same color of his short spiky hair. He stood just as tall as Colt when he came forward and stooped to peer at the dour face of Damien. The latter could not help but feel irritated now at the other man’s attitude towards him. He could not understand why he seemed to despise him so much when they were just barely meeting.Rhyder’s orbs lashed between Damien’s cobalt, determined ones. The younger vamp had made his resolve not to let Rhyder intimidate him despite knowing that the other could be quite older than he was. He looked deeply into Rhyder’s eyes, having the urge to spit out the good amount of blood, which was kept hanging in his mouth, on the other’s frowning face.Rhyder’s gaze dimmed. “Ah, I can see it now,” he drawled, still accessing Damien’s eyes.Colt whipp
ELSPETHThere were daring voices ringing from my side as I stood on the verandah, reflecting on the task that the head Lady had just assigned to me. It was first a chain of murmurs from the Pack’s current Alpha, trailed by a subtle reprimand from Ace, the head Lady’s daughter. I turned to my left and made an obeisance even before they reached me.“How did I not realize your sword was swinging from my right?” the Alpha grumbled Ace acknowledged my gesture with a nod. I expected the Alpha to do the same too since he was so engrossed in his complaint to Ace but on the contrary, he actually paused abruptly before me, ignoring the fact that the head Lady’s daughter was leaving him behind.I st
Colt stared at Damien through his lashes and a warning flash stroke across those cobalt eyes of his. “Do not dare to pile questions on me for I have no capacity to carry them,” he cautioned with a calm voice, which Damien never seemed to heed when he stared down at the older vampire and gave out an unwilling chuckle.“I do… have some questions,” Damien muttered and Colt sighed with a smile before facing the spring while Damien guzzled down all the blood in the glass. The latter recalled the unpleasant scene with Rhyder; the spiteful things the other had said to him, how he drove him to the core that he almost even fought with him. All those things had made his wrath plead to elevate again, but as he thought of it, he still felt the peacefulness that flooded all over him, relaxing his jaws like the reaction of a crazy patient injected with drugs.Even now, the smile that spread across his lips erupted willingly.