Layla felt her hand ripped off from Riven's grip. The room became blindingly bright, making it difficult for her to open her eyes. She heard yells and curses. A loud crash. It was a terrible cacophony. Suddenly everything stilled. She opened her eyes and took in her environment. They were no longer in Riven's room. They were behind the mansion, in the groove of lush trees. How did they get there? Her eyes moved around frantically, searching for Riven amidst the crowd of shifters that were struggling to get up. She spotted him close to the rock in the middle of the trees. There was clear confusion in his eyes as he scanned the area. He was probably wondering how they got behind the mansion when they were just in his room a few moments ago.Layla began to walk towards him when a hand suddenly grabbed her. Her terrified eyes snapped up and she saw him, the vampire lord. Before she could struggle, he pricked her hand with his sharp claw, wanting to taste her blood and know why she smell
"I've been expecting you witch",Brandon said as the woman appeared behind him.Jezebel drew her cloak tightly around her bright hair so it wouldn't be seen. She stared coldly at the vampire, distaste evident in her expression."I came as soon as I got your signal",she said. "What went wrong? I thought I made it clear to you to bring me a drop of her blood. Without it, I can't figure out what she is"."Do you think I didn't try?",Brandon retorted angrily. "I can't touch her blood"."What do you mean?",Jezebel asked with a frown."When I pricked her arm, her blood burned me",Brandon said. His voice still held a trace of unbelief. "It felt like I dipped my skin in a pool of acid. It completely charred my claw".Jezebel began to pace slowly. She was right. The girl wasn't human. Right from when Riven found her at the ocean, she had been thinking a lot. How could a human survive the terrible waves of the ocean for many days? If what Lord Brandon told her was true, and that the girl escaped
Layla opened her eyes and found herself alone on the bed. She looked around sleepily. She was in Riven's room. Where was Riven? After having a private dinner together the previous night, she remembered falling asleep in his arms. "Riven?",she called. And then shock hit her. She could talk? She could finally talk? "Riven?",the name sounded from her lips again. But her voice was strange. It sounded odd even to her ears. She got off the bed and moved towards the windows. The night was cold and she felt goosebumps appear on her skin. She hugged her body with her hands and felt her elbows resting on something soft. She looked down and gasped loudly. She was pregnant. Her stomach shot out in a large bump and she could feel the ache on her lower waist. What was this? Was this a dream? It felt too real to be a dream. She rushed to the mirror to stare at her face and she received yet another shock. When she looked in the mirror, she didn't see her face. She saw Cara's face. Her dark hair w
"Or an Elf",Caleb said gravely."Prepare a dozen of the lycan warriors and ready them to march towards Dave's house",Riven said and walked back towards Layla. "Yes Alpha",Caleb nodded and exited the room."I'm going to leave you for a while my love",Riven told Layla, one hand caressing her hair. Layla's eyes were filled with questions. There was fear also, fear from the dream she had that night. It wasn't merely a coincidence. Why would she have that dream about Cara the same time Cara escaped? She remembered the whisper, and it further confirmed her suspicions. Something was going to happen today, and she didn't know what. She didn't even know how to convince Riven not to leave."Don't be frightened my sweet Layla",Riven said softly. "Caleb and Alex will be here with you until I return".Layla's eyes widened and Riven understood what she was asking."Yes I released Alex",he said and smiled at her. "I told you you only need to ask my love. Anything you want will be done".Layla want
"Cara stop this! The Alpha will be enraged at what you're trying to do",Caleb said as he and Alex stood in front of Layla, shielding her from the furious she-wolf."Riven won't have something to be enraged about when that brat is dead",Cara spat out viciously and made a move towards Layla. She was consumed with so much rage and she just wanted to feel her claws sinking into Layla's form."Stop where you are! I will not hesitate to...",Alex was saying when Zane suddenly slammed into him, tackling him to the ground. They crashed into one of the shelves. Books tumbled and landed around them and in the next second, they shifted into their beast form. Alex was larger in size compared to Zane's smaller werewolf form and they circled each other, snarling and baring their canines.Caleb had turned to watch them and got distracted for a minute. Before he could turn back, Cara had his neck in a death grip and she hurled him out the window. Caleb's body crashed through the glass and dropped down
Layla's eyes opened and they were no longer gray in colour. They were purple. Bright purple that glowed with power. Her body suddenly became illuminated with purple light and she shot upwards, heading towards the roof. Her eyes were alight with purple fire and all the pain she had gone through turned into a ball of rage and she now glared at Cara.Cara moved backwards in shock, eyes amazed and perplexed. A thousand thoughts ran through her head and it didn't make sense to her. Riven's mate wasn't human? Then what was she?Layla stretched her arm towards Cara and the latter felt her body lift up. Cara screamed as her body was lifted. She felt a strong pressure holding her in place and she could do nothing to stop it. She watched with terrified eyes as Layla took absolute control of her body.Layla felt the powers coursing through her and she tightened her fist, watching as Cara let out a painful scream. She jerked her arm backwards and Cara was hurled over the edge of the roof. Her sc
The human worldAnnabelle Hale stood behind her little cottage, hanging the sheets she just finished washing. She worked mechanically, her hands moving on their own accord. Her eyes were distant, looking faraway. A lot was currently running through her mind.It had been twenty three years. Twenty three years since that faithful day she gave her baby to Maria, her sister. Twenty three years since she went into hiding, keeping her true identity a secret from everyone and living like a human. People wondered though. They wondered how a young beautiful woman like her could live alone for so long, without a man to take care of her, or children to tend to. Annabelle indeed looked young, like a woman in her early thirties and she knew everyone would go crazy with fear if they found out she was almost a thousand years old. But she left them to wonder in silence while she lived her life in seclusion. And when the years started going by rapidly and they began to wonder why she didn't age, she
It couldn't be.Different possibilities ran through Annabelle's mind. If Layla escaped from Maria's home, how then did she get to the island? That place that was hidden by the magic of the Fae? Thinking of that island brought back bitter memories. How her kind had been annihilated for joining the witches and trying to overthrow the lycanthropes. She never joined them, so she hadn't bothered trying to save them from the wrath of the lycanthropes and she had been labeled as a backstabber and a betrayer. Now her daughter was back in that island and mated to the only man who would kill her if she showed her face. The Supreme Alpha thought all the Sorcerers, Sorceresses and witches tried to overthrow them and she knew he wouldn't believe her if she defended herself and told him she hadn't been part of it.She had no choice. Layla's existence couldn't be discovered. She would need to take her daughter away from that Alpha, and away from the island. If Layla could grow up in the midst of h