Mia's Apartment, in the cellar Ashley watched Mia draw a big circle on the floor with a white chalk. As the woman drew it, Ashley felt a piercing gaze on her and glanced towards its direction only to see Iris. She sighed and folded her arms underneath her breasts. At this point, she had no doubt this girl would kill her if she was given a stake to drive into her heart. "Alright, Ashley." Mia said as soon as she was done. She straightened up and walked towards Ashley. "Just bleed some of your blood over there and go lie in the circle." Ashley walked over to the bowl Mia had pointed at and bit down on her palm. She repeated the process more than three times due to her quick healing. After a considerable amount had dripped into the bowl, she relented. She wiped her palm on her dress and walked into the circle. She laid down in it and closed her eyes. Soon, Mia took hold of Cassie and laid her right beside Ashley. "I need you to hold her hand. I need a connection between you two. A
"Look at that. A perfect union of a mother and her daughter. And is that rage I see in your eyes? Beautiful!" Bardot exclaimed as he clapped his hands slowly. Ashley narrowed her eyes at Bardot's unfamiliar face. "I take it you're the stubborn sibling because I did see one of the Elshers on the floor with a dagger in his heart." "Don't worry, he'll be coming along with you and your mother. He's useless to me alive anyway." Bardot replied and raised the stake in his hand. But before he took a step forward, he felt the earth shake. He thought it was his imagination but the same thing happened again. He glanced behind him to see the people with him were equally shocked as well. Then he turned his attention to Ashley to see a group of people walking towards them in an organized manner. They wore casual clothes but that didn't hide the viciousness in their eyes as they stopped just behind Ashley and gazed at him. "Oh, I think I forgot to say something." Queenie sighed with a smile. P
Silent eery night. The stillness and chilliness didn't deter the woman who held a child tightly in her arms as she ran through the woods. She stops in front of a chariot and peers inside. She sees no one and is scared out of her wits when she feels cold hands on her shoulder. "I found her." She said as she turned around and saw the figure in a black cloak. "She looks like my sister. Unfortunately, I have to kill her also." The cloaked figure which turned out to be a woman said. She reached out and tried to touch the baby but kept getting bounced back. Enraged, she asked the woman who held the child, "What is happening?!" "I did everything you asked me to do but... a foul play was suspected. Her mother had a witch cast a protection spell on her. No matter what, she can't die." "How clever." The cloaked woman tsked. Then she reached into her cloak and produced something from her jacket. "Here, give her this. it'd make her extremely displeasing to the eyes for everyone she comes acr
•Ashley•When my eyes flew open, I felt an excitement in me and awaited the voice other people my age often felt. I stayed in that position for several minutes, but felt or heard nothing. With a sigh, I sat up, pulled the miniature cake I had smuggled into my room last night. I lit the candles on the cake with a lighter before wishing myself a happy birthday. After that, I ate the cake with relish. I wasn't bothered about keeping some for anyone, as I knew no one would remember my birthday anyway. I quickly arranged my room, then moved to my bed. I pulled out a wooden, rectangular box and knocked it open. Currencies of different values were strewn all over the ground. Happily, I reached out to pick them. After counting, I felt even happier seeing the money was now enough for me to go to the city. Feeling someone in the room with me, I tilted my head backwards, but failed to see anything suspicious. With a shrug, I hid the money under my bed and walked out of my room. My mothe
I guess I distracted him as he got hit on the jaw by Maverick. This, of course, didn't stop him from looking at me again. This time, a lot of people looked in my direction. "Come on Kiara. I think we need to go." I muttered underneath my breath. However, Kiara, who was excited about meeting her mate, didn't want to leave without acknowledging him. "Why do we have to leave?" She whined. "His stare is attracting attention. I hate basking in the limelight." This time, I didn't wait for her to respond, as I quickly ran away. Not long after I ran off, I heard the sound of running footsteps behind me. I hid behind a pillar and watched him glance around with a calm expression. Just when he was about to walk towards it, one of the pack warriors, Cage Sandler, Marcellus' best friend, ran up to him. "Bro, you suddenly took off in the middle of the duel. Everyone will think you're scared of Maverick." Cage said. Marcellus didn't look at him, but had his eyes pointed towards my directio
~Marcellus~Father had scolded me right after I left appeared before his eyes. "Do you know what your action today cost me?" I lowered my head and nodded solemnly. "I'm sorry I disrespected you, but I had a pressing need I had to attend to." "What need could be more important than a duel the whole pack has been looking forward too? Or did brother realize he was going to lose and called a truce?" It was no one else than the evil saint in person of my half-brother, Maverick. His voice is a great thorn in my flesh and each time, I wish I can put an end to him. "You should know when to speak and when not to! Or do you not realize you're disrespecting father?!" I yelled, snapping my head to the direction of his voice. The man stood silently beside my father, grinning wickedly at me. "If you two bicker here, you're disrespecting me more!" His words seemed to calm the growing tension between us as Maverick looked away. Although I couldn't meet father's eyes, I roamed my eyes around
~Ashley~Willow took my hand and led me out a little farther from the spot I was attacked, then she let go of me. Now, I laid naked on the sand as I hadn't gotten to where I left my clothes. "I don't know what you're trying to do, but I want you to stop coming around Marcellus. Marcellus is my mate and I will not condone someone like you going close to him." She said with an evil smile. It was cold outside, and because I had used up my strength when I let Kiara be in charge, I nodded weakly. "You answer with your tongue when you talk to me. However, I can tear it out of your mouth and render you mute so you can nod your head whenever you are asked a question." She grinned. I looked down at the sandy ground and supported my weight with my hands. "I've heard you, Willow. I promise you, it won't happen again." I could see Willow was not ready to relent. She glanced around and walked up to me, then she squatted and drew closer to my left ear. "Ashley, I don't care if you're his rea
~Ashley~I woke up because of the chirping of birds. It was a pleasant morning as the golden sun rays suggested, but recalling the last thing that happened before I fell unconscious, I got up immediately. I looked beside me to see the dry bones beside me. His skin had gone thin and clung to his bones so tightly that it was difficult to tell them apart. I felt nauseous remembering I had rendered him in such a condition by draining him of his blood. I staggered to the river bank and instantly drew water up with my hands. I splashed it multiple times on my face before I breathed out in relief. My eyes soon narrowed down to the water which reflected my face. A spotless face. Without any scar on it! Minutes of staring emotionlessly into the water didn't help, my face still remained the same. I was prompted to splash mud on my face when I heard hurried footsteps coming from the forest. I felt a hard hand press down on my shoulder then I was thrown backwards. I landed on my back and w