JISSA’S POVWhat had just happened?I could feel my legs shaking. Scenes from the incident flashed through my mind in quick succession: the peaceful ride, the times I fell in and out of sleep, and the moment the car stopped and our driver announced that Mitchell’s car was gone. Even with these scenes, my mind tried to find a logical reason for the disappearance or how it took place.‘I want to go and find her.’ I declared suddenly, loosening myself from Miranda’s embrace.‘Where do you know you are going to start? I have already called Golden Leaves. They should be here anytime soon.’I didn’t pay any attention to Miranda. Her voice grew faint by the minute.‘Where did you stop seeing the car?’ I directed at one of the drivers, Miranda’s driver, I guess.‘Over there.’ the stout man pointed at a distance not far from where I stood.‘Jissa, you can’t.’ Miranda drew close to me and tried to take my hand.I turned to her and fired.‘Miranda, our friend is missing. My friend of many years
VERUCA’S POV‘Any word from him yet?’The guard shook his head. I have tried to reach Athan since yesterday, to no avail. He was supposed to be back from Golden Leaves yesterday for the meeting. It was supposed to discuss the hunting rights decree by the new mayor who is human and does not know our ways and customs (given my way I would have eaten him up a long time ago), the vampire-werewolf uprising in the north, and Athan’s marriage to Mitchell. The whole tribe depended on the answer.‘Call his phone number again and let me know the outcome.’‘Yes sir.’ The guard responded and disappeared.The phone began to ring again. It was Elan, one of my new boys at the camp. I had recruited him specially to spy on the other boys. Sometimes those boys can make very foolish decisions that could undermine the brotherhood’s effort. I will not allow that.‘What is it?’ I didn’t wear my mask as usual.‘Mitchell is gone, and Damien too.’I hoped I had heard wrong. So I paused and waited for him to
VERUCA’S POVThe meeting was held under the stars in the middle of nowhere. A large fire danced passionately in the middle of their semi-circle when I arrived. Maya was with me, though a few steps away. I stood opposite the three of them.‘Finally he comes.’ Mercedes exclaimed.She has always shown her reservations for me right from the first day. I can’t say that it deterred me. I took her resentment in a positive light and made sure to prove her wrong. With my past successive victories, she never succumbed to liking me. She still held her disdain.‘Let us get straight down to business.’ Vaspa spoke now. He seemed like the leader of the gang. He liked to crouch on the ground and play with termites, a little creepy if you ask me.‘What has happened to our cargo, Veruca?’ Vaspa had stopped playing with the termites and was looking at me.‘I am on top of the situation.’Jacob laughed; he was the third of the trio. He liked to speak little and laugh much but I have seen him do worse thin
I stared back at Damien in shock and disbelief as his words rang through my mind, echoing until it was the only thing I remembered. My body trembled in fear and dread as I averted my gaze from his face to look at the expression on the faces of those who were present at the banquet. I needed reassurance that what I heard wasn't true and that I was the one mishearing things, but the shocked expression on their faces told me all I needed to know. I didn't mishear. Damien has said what I heard. "What do you mean by that? Answer me, Damien! What do you mean by what you said?" I asked tentatively, a foreboding feeling overwhelming my heart as his expression changed from his usual loving gaze to one filled with disgust and indifference."I meant what you heard, Mitchell. We can't be together, you can't be my mate," he repeated with a sneer. I could feel my heart shattered into a million pieces at his words. I felt suffocated, my world turned upside down as I heard the snickers and whisperin
I read through the files on the operation of an organization that called themselves Bloodhood, noting down their time and place of operation, alongside their mode to decide my next line of action. "Five alphas had been kidnapped or killed in the past month without leaving a trace, their packs were untouched surprisingly, not even their Luna was wounded, and there were also no signs of struggle or fighting at the scene" Veruca, my beta reported as he placed more files containing more pictures of the attacked packs on the table. "Their operation happened across the country at almost the same time, making it very difficult for us to locate their base. And after searching several places we were able to capture three members of this organization," He continued"Did you question them about their operations? What did you find? What is their aim?" I asked impatiently, tired of listening to the same story over and over again. It has always been the same story of losing the perpetrators since
Once I was done cleaning the alpha's office, I went back to the dining hall to pack the plates used for breakfast, I bumped into a hard chest and fell on my butt, hissing out in pain from how much it hurt."Watch where you are going, can't you see us coming?" Damien snapped, kicking me to the side as he walked past with his heavily pregnant chosen mate hanging on his arm. "I'm sorry Alpha Damien" I apologized keeping my head bowed in submission. "Are you blind or dumb? Did you not see my pregnant mate coming? Are you trying to remove her baby? you evil witch!" he growled landing a slap on my face in anger "I'm sorry Alpha Damien, it would never happen again." I choked out feeling a pang in my chest as my wolf howled in pain at being treated so badly by our mate. "Look at you, so useless! It was good my mate rejected you and picked me instead, you would have made history as the worst Luna of all time" Caroline snarled her legs hitting my broken ribs "Sweetheart, you don't have t
I walked into the corner of the room with my ripped and bloodied shirt, groaning with every step I took, my body screamed out to me in pain begging me to relax and take a break to heal. But I had so much left to do, that can't be left undone unless I want another hell on earth.' Terra, are you awake? ' I asked my wolf but got no response'Guess you are still out then' I muttered, I couldn't blame her for being exhausted. Healing me always took a toll on her health. She was underfed and had to keep me in peak physical condition, so she was often tired and weak.Dumping the bloodied shirt into the bin, I went into the bathroom to clean up, the wounds stinging as they got exposed to cold water. After doing my business and washing away the blood all over my body, I picked up another oversized shirt that I got from the bin, yes the bin is where I pick up my clothes from, all the ones I brought with me had been taken away since they were too pretty for a slave, their words not mine; and
Mitchell Harris: The merge signing of the two packs was postponed till the day of the Supreme Alpha's visit, which is today. My dad had suggested it should be postponed which was met with Alpha Damien's disapproval at first but being the experienced and persuasive alpha that he is, he was able to convince them until they agreed. I had not been able to spend time with my parents since then despite being in the same pack and living under the same roof, Damien and his father made sure there was someone around us whenever we met. Not that we all had enough time on our hands anyway since we were all preparing for the Supreme Alpha's welcome banquet. 'My things ' were moved into Damien's room for us to keep up the acting a little longer, except my mate never came back to sleep in the room at night, pretending to be busy with the banquet preparation while sleeping with his chosen mate. I've been able to get a few days of rest and my body had healed considerably well, my wolf had been