Katie's POV“Hey, do you want to swim in the lake?” he suddenly suggested with a child-like excitement in his voice.I turned to look at him, just to see if the man was serious. Did he even know what that sounded like to me?The mere thought of Killian and I alone in the cold lake wasn't something I had envisioned would happen on this trip. The idea on its own had to be born from insanity and negligence because the weather was saying otherwise. “You are kidding right?” I sat up. He shook his head. His face was already pale from the cold but he was kind of smiling, a subtle kind that made so much more impact on his well structured face. He wasn't known for smiling at all so the little did more than lift his entire aura, he felt like a completely different person. It was the only reason I slowly nodded.“Is that a yes?” He asked, jumping on his feet so fast it startled me. The excitement was infectious regardless of how cozy the weather wa
Katie's POV I jumped in with my panties and white shirt on.He lied. The water was colder than at night. It creeped up my skin and iced my nerves till my whole body went still. It took a lot of convincing of my feet by my dying lungs as I yearned for the air above the surface. It felt like it would fix my entire life problems right now, which was surviving.My head broke above the surface and it didn't feel any better. A dash of cool breeze hit me across the face and passed through me like the ghost of the lake. It almost gave me a brain freeze. I dragged in a deep breath, my lungs hurt a bit from the freezing air that was everywhere. It felt like hell. My face muscles trembled as my jaw shook from the insane cold.“Awesome huh??” He yelled from a distance. I could make his shirtless top peeking out of the water as he perfectly stabilized his body.“I don't like it!” I deadpanned, slapping the water, completely pissed that I let him talk me into it. The cold brush movement from the l
Killian's POVThe people lined up in front of me were lives that rested in my hands. It started with Stephen and ended with Katie.Just meeting eyes with her threw me out of balance. My face heated up. Thanks to the night air and dull outside light, I was once again saved from the embarrassment of not being able to make eye contact with Katie. I knew spending time with her would trigger all of these new changes, that was why I kept my distance. Now that the choice was between her life or mine, I would do the sacrifice any day.She also switched the direction of her gaze and it left me wondering, maybe I wasn't the only one who was finding it hard to fight the mate bond.“The pep talk can start any moment from now, Killian…we don't exactly have all the time in the world.” Stephen interrupted my thought train. For a second I totally forgot where I was, I won't even reveal the direction of thoughts that filled my head. I doubted I would ever recover from it.“Fuck you, first of all. Alri
Roman's POV I pronounced the spell and activated mine, turning into Katie. The process was discomforting as hell. It felt like I was being folded into a carriage box, while the outside kept flipping itself up until there I felt my height significantly reduce to her height.I made sure to do this in front of everyone according to Killian's instructions. Jessica's eyes widened in fear as she stumbled backwards repeatedly until she was solid against a tree.Katie was struck into silence. Her eyes were latched on me like a hungry leech and they wouldn't move.“Keep staring hard enough and they might just pop off.” I said no one is specific since everyone was ogling me.So yeah, maybe I might have told a lie when I said you couldn't transform into the opposite gender. With the right spells and the mud as an aid, it was pretty much possible to not only look exactly like the person but also talk in their voice.“This is so fucking…I can't even wrap my head around it man…” She came closer,
Katie's POV The drive across the lake was filled with silence and night noise. Everyone listened closely for anything that sounded remotely suspicious majorly because no one knew what was to be expected. Before we got far Killain ordered the boat to be stopped out of the blue.With me seated beside Shedrack and Roman, who was opposite Ryan and Stephen. It was easy to see where comfort was found. Killian all had our attention before he had to command it. “Okay, so I have one more thing out of my heart. Because we all have different faces, I would like to find something uniform we could all wear, to make sure we can identify each other by something else.” He dragged out a black duffle bag from beneath the seat.“Sorry but I do not wear strange clothes.” Jessica said.“You do not wear strange clothes? But you get your clothes from the freaking mall?! Be for real!” Ryan immediately spoke up, the clear disgust in his tone as he drew closer to the edge
Katie's POV The son of the beast tag soon made sense.At first all I saw was the view of a man holding on to the thick bar rods, then the red markings started to glow in the night again. The ground began to vibrate, trembling beneath our feet. If I didn't know better, I would have thought it was a level one earthquake. We witnessed it happen, the cracking of the side walls where the hinges disappeared into the concrete. Killian groaned out, sounding like he was going through intense pain until he finally let go of the bar.He took a step back from it.“You know if this completely falls off, we are not only going to be able to go through but creatures from within would be able to come out too, right?” Roman said to Killian whose head was still faced down and his sleeves rolled up.“Yeah…” He sighed. “That is the least of my worries right now. We have a few hours till they realize the protection is gone. I would let them worry about it. Let's go.” His voice is weak.With one last final
Killian's POV“Go down!!!” I yelled at them. Even though I was the one standing in the middle of the street, a clear challenge presented before those who lurked in the dark. I respected the rules, presenting yourself in the dim light of the night boldly to show that you are without fear. Yet the cowards chose to shoot at them. They could obviously tell from their loose lips and careless walking steps that they have never been in Monaco.The truth is I could have prepared them for everything but that would have been too much pressure on them. Just seeing their reaction to the mission made sure that they weren't ready. They say experience was the best teacher but that didn't take away all the risk that it entailed.“Cowards!” I yelled into the night, angry that they would always stoop so low no matter how much they try to uphold their rules.I could see them all staring at me with wide eyes that begged for their next step.“Be vigilant. Use your sixth sense, there attacks are aimed ran
Katie's POV“Did he just figure me out?” Lucy asked. I shrugged, waiting for him to say his piece first. “I don't understand what you mean…” I said to him, He didn't make any comment afterward. We stopped by the tap site where we were supposed to take the water.“We need a container or something. Something to hold the water.” We both looked around, searching for something that could hold some water. Lucky enough there was an emptied trash bottle laying around. I didn't have the luxury of chasing its sanitary health, Instead I prayed its last content wasn't something I should be worried about.Roman filled it with water then spoke some gibberish words to it beneath his breath. “There you go.” I took it from him, lifting my eyes to meet him for the next instructions.“Just use it for your face, light you are trying to wash off a stain.” He added.“Would it hurt?” I stared at the bottle in doubt.