“Naomi,” Asher called and sighed in relief when she finally looked at him, “are you okay?”“Asher,” she whispered, “who…” she wanted to ask but her question was interrupted when Asher quickly pulled her into arms and she crashed on his chest. She looked up at him in shook but he was looking somewhere and then she heard it from deep within his throat, a growl. She was shocked as she kept staring at his chin —he was that taller than her— and she saw his Adam apple bobble as he growled again, it was like his chest was vibrating and then that fear striking sound was coming out. If she wasn’t held close to him, she would have never believed that he was the one making the sound but the vibration from his chest was all the proof that she needs.She tried to move away but he held her tightly with such a strong grip that she feared he might break her if he exerts more force. She was still wondering what was going on when she saw it, just like in her vision, the shadow figure. It stood on the l
“Naomi,” a voice called and Naomi came to consciousness to see Asher kneeling on the ground with his hands buried deep in the soil. She stared at him, not understanding what had just happened. He had been talking to her, only that now it felt like it was one of her visions but it was not her vision, it was not something that would still happen. She could feel it, even remember what they talked about but now it seems like it was all her imagination? “Naomi,” Asher called again and looked at her, his eyes were glowing a faint blue light and it looked like he was in pain. “Are you okay?” he asked, his voice was close to a whisper and it looked like he was fighting consciousness. Before Naomi could answer, he slumped on the floor and that was when she sprang to action immediately, rushing to him and shaking him. He was breathing shallowly and his body was burning up. “Oh my God, Asher, what happened?” she asked, now clearly worried as she tried to lift him up but he was nearly twice as b
“Did you find anything?” Aliyah asked the two men sitting in her living room. They stood up upon her entering and took turns too hug and kiss her cheek. “Where is Edward?”Sean sighed and shook his head softly, “he excused himself on our way back and urged us to go home. We haven’t seen him since then.”Steven nodded in concur. “What about Asher, is he awake now?”At that, Aliyah smiled, “he woke up early this afternoon but I don’t seem to know where he could be at the moment. I was told he left shortly after Anita arrived. Tell, any lead?”This time, Sean ran his hand through his brown hair and sat down. At forty-four years old, he still looked striking like he was in his late twenties. “Nothing different from the other nights we have checked. The foot prints didn’t really lead anywhere, at some point, it just stopped, like something had intentionally cleaned it. I just don’t understand.”A servant walked in then with a tray of drinks and served them. Steven sipped from his and smoot
Asher opened his eyes. He surprised at where he was. The room was dark but the darkness was not a problem to him. The looked shabby, not even average compared to any room he had ever slept in and he wondered where it could be. He sat up on the bed and pressed his temple to die down the headache he was having. A gentle breeze blew into the room, calming him and he glanced at the window to discover that the window was opened and the moonlight was sipping in through the curtain. He tried to climb out of the bed and froze for that was when he saw it, the girl asleep on the rocking chair at the far end of the room.He blinked as even though the girl was far from the bed and was shrouded in darkness, he saw her face and he knew who she was. At the moment, it seemed like his nose had woken up because the scent filled him up. Everywhere smelt like her, the bed, the air around and it wasn’t hard figuring out that he was in her room. He climbed out of the bed and went to her. He squatted in fro
Larry paused and glanced at the corner of the room, he waited but the sound didn’t come again but he wasn’t a man to let things go easily and so he forgot about Naomi and went to check but nothing was there. However, he felt goosebumps rose on his skin, a clear evidence that something supernatural was on play. He walked back to his daughter that was now sitting on the bed and sobbing, and watching him. A trail of blood ran from the corner of her lips and seeing that, he felt sorry about his attitude immediately. He raised his hand to touch her but she avoided immediately, thinking he was going to hurt and that only made Larry hate himself the more.“Naomi…” he called.“I’m sorry,” she cried. “I slept off forgetting I haven’t made dinner, please don’t hit me again, please.”“I won’t.”“No,” she cried, “I’m begging you.”“I said I won’t,” he said irritated now and she looked at him. Her eyes showed her fear and Larry sighed. He reached for her again and she cowered and that seemed to ha
“Oh my God,” Naomi gasped when they appeared in a dark cave. “How did you do that?” she asked, turning around to search for Asher but the cave was dark that she couldn’t see a thing. “Asher?” she called.“I’m here,” he answered, deriving a gasp from her as she wasn’t expecting to hear his voice. His voice came a little far from her and she tried to go to him. “Stay there, okay?” he replied hoarsely. “There are stones here and I wouldn’t like you hurting yourself. Just give me a minute.” Using teleportation means that he had let go of his Night Howlers ability and that forced him to shift back, and with his demon powers in front, he could feel its healing properties fighting to heal him and the weakness was fading away slowly. He leaned over and pried the teeth of the trap open, flinging it somewhere in the cave. He rested his back on the cold wall, his eyes closed as he decided to give himself time.He was still in his moment when a sweet tantalizing smell filled his nostrils and he c
Asher was forced to remember that day, twenty years ago, him convulsing on the ground while Irene and Hephzibah fought to save his life and how he had watched his father despite the pain he felt fight with the woman. He was panting as he leaned on a tree, feeling the sharp pain in his chest. Ever since that day, he had never seen the woman again except in his dreams and now she has appeared to him twice in one night. He knew she was the one in his room earlier and now she was here again. He may not be a pure blood witch to see visions but he could feel it deep in his bones that something would happen soon and he might be the villain in the story.Scared of what might happened in the night or that the woman might return back to really hurt him, he instantly teleported, arriving in the cave. He had wanted to go back home but the thought of leaving Naomi alone here and at the mercy of the woman or any nightwalker that might seem to run past didn’t let him.Naomi gasped, feeling instantly
Asher glanced at her sharply. The question was never one he had expected from her or even asked himself. Their eyes locked and he tried to see what could have prompted the question from her but all he saw were clear beautiful hazel eyes. Seconds ticked by before he answered in a whisper, “I don’t know. I have never been in love, so…” he licked his lips softly, his eyes traveling to hers. “To reject your mate, you have to be feeling a bond stronger than the mating bond with someone else, otherwise, there is nothing stopping the mating bond from claiming you the first day.”“Never been in love you said,” Naomi whispered.“Never ever.”“Does that make you a virgin?” she asked, her face coloring over with her question as she chided herself in her mind.Asher chuckled, “that word is very far from me.” The look in her eyes made him laugh softly, “it stopped applying to me from my sixteenth birthday.”“So you are like a playboy?” she raised an eyebrow.Asher smiled and shrugged, “that’s one