No matter what I say to Lilly, she continues with what she's saying as if she can't hear me talk. Like I'm not even there in the room with her. 'Help me or leave me the fuck alone! How difficult is that!?' I wonder to myself in annoyance. Even though she's starting to piss me off, I manage to keep my temper in check, watching as she drone on and on to the invincible goddess she's speaking to."I can only help prepare her body for you goddess..." she finished saying while looking straight into my eyes."You're crazy!" I shout and wrench my hands away from hers. "You're an obvious candidate for the loony bin and should be urgently admitted to one! I'm leaving right now!" I say and immediately turn to leave. She has successfully driven me to the point of frustration, I just hope my leaving won't upset Martha."Wait!... Please!" She stops me again with her hand holding firmly to my arm. I try to wrench my arm away from her but her grip is too strong. She's certainly stronger than the fra

An awkward silence followed my words probably because they know I'm right. Who would believe me if I had reported the Gamma chief? Who among them would listen to me? Will I even have the guts to stand before any of them and report a whole council member?"How would you know if anyone would believe you when you never even attempt to report your situation? Or are you deliberately trying to make me look bad right in front of the Alpha?" The Beta ask'Oh, fucking hell!' I swear softly to myself. I already know I'm in trouble the moment I open my mouth to say nobody would believe me. Now he's going to put all the blame on me while guilt-tripping me in the process."You may leave" I hear the Alpha say and I nearly jump up with joy. I immediately turn to leave but the Beta's voice stops me dead in my tracks"But I'm not done with her..." "We're done with her for now, Hank. We'll call her back for further questioning if ever we have any!" The Alpha replies firmly and I hurriedly walk to the

Flame's POV"The Viking warrior who drank beer from the skulls of those he had killed!" I repeated what Martha said with trepidation and excitement. I don't know this Viking warrior but at the mere mention of his name, my heart started beating hard against my ribcage and I began to feel a strange but sweet throbbing sensation that I couldn't explain in between my thighs"But did he really do that? Did he really drink out of dead people's skulls" I ask Martha in awe. I can't hide how terrified I am of this Viking warrior from Martha but I try as much as possible not to let my strange excitement for the warrior that she described as a monster show so she wouldn't think I've gone crazy"Well, I know for a fact that his mother came from a long line of Viking warriors since she told me herself during those days that I worked with the Alpha. As for drinking beer from the skulls of those he had killed?... I wouldn't confirm that information as fact since it wasn't done in my presence."Why

Ash's POVAs soon as the driver that brought us left, Martha immediately started to dish out instructions. When she's done telling me what to do, she goes to the kitchen area to start the cooking while I find my way to the hall closet to get some bedding before taking them upstairs.I'm still cleaning the first room when I hear her shout out my name. My heart sinks out of fear since I thought maybe she fell or something. So I rushed out of the room preparing for the worst. I breathe a sigh of relief when I find her standing at the foot of the stairs looking well but madder than a wet hen with her coat back on and her walking stick in hand."Where are you going?" I ask as I walk down the stairs to meet her"This is the twenty-first century, Ash! You really need a phone! We need to get you one as soon as possible! You made me scream like a banshee when I could have just called your phone!" She says in her sharp southern twang all the while tapping her walking stick on the floor"Yes,

'I'm so sorry, we lost him!' I feel a cold air kind of sensation wash over my body as the doctor's words echo over and over inside my head.'Lost who!?... My dad!?... My dad is dead!?' I continually thought to myself in disbelief. The doctor is still talking and I also hear distant voices talking around me but I can't make sense out of all what they're saying. Nothing else penetrated my mind apart from the bad news the doctor just gave me.He pats me on the arm when he's done talking and walks away. ''I'm so sorry, we lost him! My dad is really dead!" I say out loud this time since it feels as if I'm in a dream"But how can he be dead when we were just talking some minutes ago!?" I ask no one in particular. For someone who is known for his prowess on the battleground, I know I probably look stupid to the people around me because of how I talk about death as if I don't know there's just a step between life and deathSomeone lightly slaps me on the back and I see it's Eric when he c