~AthenaWe had only been running for about fifteen minutes when Jessica spoke, glancing at us from the corner of her eyes."They are gaining ground on us. Both of you will have to continue without me. We can't let them see all three of us," she said, short of breath."No, let's all run together and hide," I refuted."No, my queen, that wouldn't be a good idea. I will wait and fight them off while both of you keep running and find somewhere safe to hide.""Richard said you should protect us, not leave us!" I uttered loudly, the wind carrying my words."Trust me, my queen, this is the best protection I can give," she stopped running, and we stopped too.I shook my head at her, "You can't do this Jessica! We are all in this together."She held my hand and that of my mum's, "Please listen to me, both of you. I need you to keep running and not look back. When I am done fighting them off, I will come find you, okay?"I didn't have words, I didn't want to leave her, but I knew her mind was m
~Athena My mum wrapped her arms around me tightly and sobbed silently for a few seconds. We could still hear movements above us. It soon became closer. My heart was pounding so hard against my ribcage. My mum and I were so scared. We were in trouble; they had already said they wouldn't stop looking until they found the person who had been talking. This was all my fault. I was a bit loud over the phone when speaking to my father. If I had just lowered my voice, our presence would not have been sniffed out. My mum held my shoulders squarely as she looked at me in the dark, my sharp wolf vision picking up on her eyes which were filled with fear. "Listen to me, Athena," she whispered. Even through the whisper, the fear in her voice was unmistakable. "They are closing in on us. They will soon find this cave, and I don't want to let that happen." She shut her eyes and bit her lower lip. I knew she was trying to fight back her tears. She was trying to be strong at this point in time,
~RichardThe men were now within close range of where we were. I could see the one in the middle a little more clearly, and he was not Frederick.He had an aura of nobility about him and also had men protecting him. That could only mean one thing: he was an important man. I aimed for him as soon as they got very close."Don't shoot, or I will empty the bullets in this gun into his brain!" I warned the men who had now turned their guns in my direction. James and the rest of our people who were with me were still hidden. I had instructed them to remain hidden as they could all be killed with silver bullets. I didn't want any of them to lose their lives at the hands of these men.The men were looking at me like lions waiting to pounce on their prey, except this prey had an advantage against them. I had them in the palm of my hand. As long as I held on to their master, whoever this man was, they wouldn't dare shoot. All they could do was point their guns at me like dogs that can bark but
~Athena I was still unsure about the victim or victims of the three shots I heard. I was listening carefully for any form of noise. "Thud!" That was the sound of a body being kicked into the cave. From where I was hiding, I couldn't see who it was. My heart was racing so fast, and I hoped and prayed it wasn't what I was thinking. That can't be my mother…but why wasn't I hearing the sound of any more bodies being kicked inside the cave? Had the person who killed them decided to kick one in and leave the other two outside? Was it perhaps Jessica who had come and shot those three men, saving my mum? If she was the one, why hadn't they come for me yet? My heart was racing with several chaotic thoughts, and my body was itching to find out what had just happened. All of a sudden, I heard footsteps retreating and voices in the distance, male voices. That was when it dawned on me. The men were still alive. That means the person that was shot… My mother! I quickly crawled out of the ho
~RichardThey were yet to recover from the shock of my revelation. The man I held at gunpoint stuttered through his words, his eyes wide. "You… you are the Lycan king?""In the flesh," James said mockingly."H… how is that even possible?" Alpha Lance asked in fright as he tried to piece everything together. From the look on his face, he would take back every single thing he had said if he could turn back the hands of time."So you think I am scared of Frederick?" I scoffed and watched him swallow hard. His forehead had broken out in a sweat, and he was slightly shivering in my hands."I didn't really mean it that way, Your Majesty," he lied, gritting his teeth together in fear as I trailed the gun down the side of his face and placed it just underneath his jaw."Oh! You meant every word. You can't just decide to change your mind now that you know who I am. I hate men who are fickle in nature. You should say a word and stand on it until the very end!"I loosened my grip on him, and he
~RichardJames and I darted out of the woods just in time to see them reloading their guns. With two guns each in our hands, we started shooting at them, taking many down. Some of our men, seeing we had the upper hand, came out as well and kept shooting at the men.Under heavy attack, most of them left the pathway and fled into the woods on each side. About 18 of them were already gunned down. Some of those who ran into the bush had wounds on their legs or arms as we had fired heavily at them.We pursued them into the woods, not wanting to give them the chance to fully load their guns and come at us again.As soon as we got to them, we rounded the ones we saw at gunpoint."Drop your guns!" I growled.One of them, who was done loading his, raised it up to shoot, and I immediately caught wind of his action and beat him to it, burying two bullets in his head. The others immediately dropped their guns and put their hands up in surrender."Whose men are you?" I asked.They exchanged glance
~ RichardI knew it was time to reveal myself. It was better to do so and get all these over with. We were still a few meters from where they were.Not wanting to be seen just yet, i told everyone to lower themselves and scatter around the bush surrounding the earthen land where Frederick, Nuella and the witch were. About twenty of Frederick's men were with him. I knew right from time he wouldn't be alone, he would have as much protection as he needed, as many human shield whose lives have been pledged to him. Behind Nuella was the bank of a river while behind the witch and Frederick was the bush.My men and I dispersed ourselves. Wanting to be close to Nuella, James and I trailed down towards the bank of the river from the bush. When we got to the extreme, we squatted, waiting for the right moment to dart out of the bush and move close to Nuella who was just about 15 feet away from us.The witch and Nuella were still warring with fire and water, making incantations, when Frederick
~RichardAll eyes turned to me."Your Majesty... what are you doing here?" Nuella asked nervously."Finally! The man of the hour arrives!" Frederick roared as he cocked his gun, pointing it straight in my direction."You ain't afraid of me, yet you have kept yourself hidden all this while," he barked.I glanced briefly at the witch, who wore a wicked smile on her face, then averted my gaze back to Frederick."Don't flatter yourself, Frederick. I wasn't hiding; you just weren't smart enough to take the hints I left for you," I snarled.He exchanged glances with the witch. He was pointing a gun at me, and I did the same. "What is that supposed to mean?" he asked.I cocked my head to the side. "It means you have wasted my precious time for so long. I intentionally left my cloth at the entrance of the other pathway, not this one, because I wanted my scent to lead you to me." I tilted my head, glanced briefly at Nuella and then at the witch."You should let the women do their thing while