(32) XXXII: I feel Her Pain Alpha Lachlan rushed to see Nyx who sat leaning herself on the headboard of the hospital bed. He was discussing with Alpha Grego on how to help Maridelle out of the case when they were apprised on the attack done to them. Amari, Lily, and Sebastian are with him; they wanted to get the rest of the news too.“I came here as soon as I heard what happened.” Worries tinged on his voice.“Your mate is a bitch!” Nyx brawled taking into consideration Maridelle's happy face on the escape.“I know you hate her, Nyx, but you don't have to call her that.” Lachlan defended Maridelle.Nyx averted her eyes and landed it on the window situated on the left side of the room. “You don't know what happened. Marco, I'm sure he is not telling you the details. He's definitely tight-lipped because of the trauma.” Tears started to dawn on her eyes. “You aren't here to check if I'm okay, right twin? You want to ask me w

(34) XXXIV: Sneaking Inside the Devil's LairSebastian tilted his neck to and fro, sidewards. He traverse along the long roads just to get here. He is certainly tired. But the efforts are well-compensated as he faced the domain he left many decades ago. It is in this place that he first behold the darkness his race is able to deliver to anyone.The palace is located on a mountaintop; protected in by huge trees whose foliage conceals the entirety of the structure. Light isn't sufficient in some areas; vampires, especially those who weren't able to accept the pact had never adjusted their eyes to excessive lightning; and so they preferred darkness.“Self, I welcome you back here.” The smile on his face is bitter and embossed with pure hatred and vengeance. “I'll reclaim what's mine. In the right time. For now I'll take my lifeline,” he muttered to himself certain that the plans he has designed will meet its realization soon.Viller is

(36) XXXVI: HeartfeltTwinges on his leg was the thing that had awoken Lachlan. All he saw was a small room when he opened his eyes. He rose from the bed and checked his leg. A bandage was secured around the wound. “Finally you are awake, Alpha,” greeted by an old woman on her mid-fifties. She is carrying a bowl with water in it.“Who are you? How did I get here? Why did you call me Alpha?” His continuous queries rendered the old woman a smile on her face.She put the bowl beside him. “Save your questions, Alpha. You're going to exhaust yourself.” She reached for a towel and soaked it in the water-filled bowl. “We found you under a big tree. You are wounded and...” the old woman felt the hot blood rushed onto her cheeks. “...and naked.”Alpha Lachlan diverted his gaze. He felt the hot blood rushing on his cheeks as well. It's not that his body ashames him, it is just someone saw him naked. When he had recovered from the e

(38) XXXVlll: Watching From AfarAlpha Lachlan hid himself behind the shadows of nearby establishments. He is in the dark watching how Maridelle smiled to Sebastian. They are sitting in front of each other eating inside a restaurant just few meters away from him. They conversed as if no one is watching them; as if their worlds seemed to stop spinning and everything in the background fades; as if they are not on the run. Well, with their disguise no one would suspect that one of them is wanted.“That should have been me,” Lachlan whispered to himself. Again, regret creeps into him. He is all to blame.Lachlan enviously waited for them to finish their dinner. He had endured the misery seeing her with another guy. He is now more determined to have his mate back.He saw Sebastian and Maridelle exiting the restaurant. Alpha Lachlan followed them towards the inn they have been staying. It angered him when he behold that they only took a room for themselves.“Is th

(40) XL BA Challenge AcceptedHer jaw dropped. Her eyes dilated. For a short moment she was stupefied by his unusual and ridiculous suggestion.“Are you serious?!” she said, still enwrapped by awe. “I don't know what had gotten into your mind to say that.” Finally she had herself back.“Yes, I am very serious, Mari. Wolf's blood is much tastier and nutritious for vampires.” Lachlan hesitated to say the last word. Is Maridelle a vampire? Could there be no chance she'll become his Alpha female?Maridelle turned her sight sidewards. He called her a vampire. The word that tells her how abominable her blood is. It painfully says that she belongs to the race she couldn't accept. Maridelle doesn't like what is happening to her. She cannot accept being called vampire, but that is what she is turning herself into. She fully gazed at Alpha Lachlan who doesn't get rid of his seriousness. “Sure. I wanted to know how tasty your blood is.”