Under Liam’s light massage, Micheal calmed. He reached up and rubbed Liam’s hair, indicating he felt better. Liam released him, and Micheal went back to drinking his beer. Micheal had insisted on buying his own beer and going to the bar now that he’d reached the lofty human age of twenty-one.Kaden suddenly stood up then, saying that it was time for him to retire for the night. He kissed the top of Micheal’s head, touched Liam’s shoulder as he went past, and told them both good night. He went up to his room, the smallest in the house, but Kaden didn’t need much. A bed, a desk for his computer, a place to stash his clothes, and life was good. After all, the reason why he had chosen this room was because of Storm.The wooden case that held the collar—polished, inlaid, velvet-lined—rested on his dresser, the elegance of the case incongruous with the functional collar inside it. He was surprised that Liam hadn’t noticed it today. He was still contemplating on when to tell the others tha

I remembered tearing up, feeling weak and helpless. He had mentioned cases, weird cases, where he had watched me lustily, yearning to have a thirst of me before any other kid in the block, and that when he had heard about me dating Curtis the rich kid from the next two blocks, he had known that it was the right time to take the gold before someone else touched it. His frenzied words made me sick, and at that moment, I hated him with every fibre in me, I hated my father and I hated my step sister. It was true that when we had moved here, Manuel had always sought me out to touch me in sexual forms, a forced kiss, groping my breasts at the backyard. At one time, he had even dipped a finger in my honeypot during one of the nights when he would sneak into my room and release his pent up emotion. The first time I had told my father about this, he had slapped my mouth shut whilst telling me to stop making up stories about my brother, and that I should stop trying to sabotage his goodluck.

Storm: I ran downstairs like my life depended on it, skipping two stairs at a time, coming to a stand still at the bottom of the staircase when I saw Jess, crying close to someone that had been covered from head to toe. Our family doctor was beside her, his hands on her shoulders, while some other men in uniform were just stepping into the house since the front door was open. I could hear the sirens, there must be an ambulance ready to take my old man to the morgue.I just stood there watching the flurry of activities going on but not moving one bit from my present position, until the family doctor caught sight of me.“Storm, I am sorry about your loss. Come here.” He said gently and I found myself moving toward him, literally walking like a robot. My step mother looked up, her eyes releasing a fresh bout of tears when she saw me walking towards them.She can’t be feeling pity for me. She is not permitted to pretend like that. I thought angrily, wishing I could release a punch on he

KADENI had been talking with Casper over the phone when I had heard the ambulance sirens, but I hadn’t been perturbed by it because it wasn’t in any way my concern. Casper had been aghast when I had told him about the collar that I had managed to get rid of with the help of Jiraq and the others. His reaction had told me that it would be a bad move to tell the others of the collar removal procedures and its consequences, not until we found a solution to the problem.Liam had dropped a knock on the door before walking in. the look on his face had told me that bad news was about to be shared. Quickly I had told casper that I would call him back before ending the almost one hour call.“What is the matter?” I had asked Liam, immediately I dropped the phone on the bedside table.“Storm’s father is dead.” He mentioned. “The ambulance had come for him. I overheard the doctor talking about a heart failure or something. That’s crazy.”“Yeah, it is.” I muttered, my eyes finding their way to Sto

STORM“Stop zoning out on me!!!! What gives you the right?!” I heard the dimwit scream avian, and looked down on my phone. The call was still on. Hmm, so Curtis really wanted to hear more? That’s interesting. Perhaps I should give him what he wanted. He should consider it a favour then. I had helped him see the reality of who he was dating, not that he was any better, but still… he owed me one though.“I’m sorry, her royal highness… it’s just with my father’s death, I am having a lot to think about.” I answered finally, wanting to laugh out loud when I noticed the way she was heaving in and out.“So, back to our new neighbor….” I drawled, chuckling, unable to stop myself, when she scrunched her face. The girl was really a dummy. How could she be this passionate in anger about some guy she didn’t even know his name?? Well, I can understand though, Kaden was hot!! But still…“Stay away from him, Storm. He is mine. Or else, you wouldn’t like what would happen to you next.” She threatened