Meera was trapped, and she hated it, loathed it with every fiber of her being. The anger in her body flowed off her in waves as she watched the Elders of the Sacred Court of Hades surround her, and stood upon the podium as if she was on trial.How had things gone so damn wrong in the blink of an eye? How had the one thing that stood between Meera and that she-wolf caused such a commotion, and brought chaos to her plans in such a way?Her mind whirled as she flowers at the faces of the Elders, thinking about what had happened in the past hour.The battle right at the gate had been fierce and had used up more of her magic reserves than she had ever expected. In fact, it had been one of the worst fights that the witch had been in, in her entire life.And that was saying something, given that she always had the upper hand, even with her battles with werewolves, many of whom she had their skulls decorated on a shelf in her coven.She was ingenious, and a bit of a trickster in battle. Her m
Jay frowned, as he felt his muscles shift in the way that he knew to be a tell-tale sign of his shifting.This was the third time in the past hour that he had felt such a thing, and it was getting worse.Why was this happening?“What’s going on?” He asked his wolf, but no quick response came brought, making him more frustrated.More strange things just kept happening as of late, that befuddled the Alpha seriously.And it had nothing much to do with his shifting or Scarlett.Things were just off, for some reason.Jay found that as he kept moving deeper and deeper into the forest, his senses were picking up the scents of another pack nearby. Was that why his wolf kept wanting to come out and making his muscles shift uncontrollably?“What is the problem?” Jay asked his wolf, but no reply came quickly once again.He growled in frustration and kept on moving towards where he sensed the edge of the forest was.He had too many things in his mind for the presence of another pack to be threate
“What about the barrier? Can the guards get through it?” Oliver whispered to Leia, who shrugged.It felt like hours since Oliver woke up in the dungeon of Hades. He had not been able to tell what time of day it was, because he could not see daylight through the walls of the cave where he was imprisoned in.The repetitive sounds dripping of water from somewhere in the cave now left a vague frustration and resignation in the 18-year-old‘s mind. He hated the sound more than anything right then.Currently, he and Leia have been trading ideas on how they could escape from here. Mostly, the ideas had come from Oliver himself, but that seemed to be because how Leia did not believe that she would even be able to escape from here.There was a resignation in her mind about the idea of even getting a chance to escape.“I haven’t seen any guards able to pass through the barrier, but I suspect that they can,” she whispered back. “Why do you ask? Do you think that they can help us escape?”“I think
Back to the cityEleanor frowned at the giggles of the students. Oh, how she wished she could throw them all off a cliff! Or at least, that she could run away, very far away from all this racket that they were making.However, she had to manage to withstand their happy-go-lucky acts for now, because she was currently on a school bus with the rest of them.The previous day, the principal, a sweaty old man named Mr. Payne that made her skin crawl, had come into their class and mentioned that there was a friendly meet-up between students. A sports competition, of course, of which Eleanor knew that she was one of the star students in / track, volleyball, and tennis - and they would be picking some students to go on the impromptu trip the next day.Eleanor watched as other students murmured amongst themselves, querying why the principal had announced this news this late, especially amid all the chaos that was going on and fear being spread in their city like a virus.She had smirked in her
Jay had finally got up from the bed. He had been unable to sleep, despite all the comforts around the bedroom they had given to him - a large bedroom that Jay suspected was the previous Alpha’s.It was comfortable- or as comfortable as he could be. But it was difficult for him to even relax, even though days had passed.The members of the pack had treated him like a king - like their Alpha.It scared him and saddened him at the same time.After all, he knew that he could not be the Alpha for them. They had to find someone else, anyone else who was more suitable. But the last time that he brought that up, he got saddened smiles from everyone, and the Pack Elders fell to their knees begging him to take their pack and become the Alpha.Jay felt conflicted, and as he padded around the bed to find the pitcher of water that was kept there not too long ago, he began to think of his dear daughter. She was the only reason that he was even in this packed house, in this large and comfortable bed
Chapter 44:Oliver and Leia continued to run through the forest, not once looking back.But after a while, Oliver stopped, and the girl did the same.“They should not have spotted us right now, right?”Leo’s nodded, her voice sounding desperate as she replied, “You think so?”Oliver hummed in assent, and the two of them began walking some ways away.Without even noticing, the two linked their hands together. Oliver kept himself alert - after all that had happened to him so far, it only made sense to be this paranoid.He couldn’t allow himself to get complacent.“Is everything alright, Oliver?” Leia asked, having noticed his jumpiness. “Is anyone following us?”Oliver shook his head, but just at that moment, he heard a voice from far away, from the direction they had come in.“Find them! Now!!”The voice sounded furious, in fact, more than furious - murderous.Oliver froze and he felt Leia do the same as she gasped beside him.“Follow me,” Oliver finally said, trying to figure out what
Oliver and Leia continued to run through the forest, not once looking back.But after a while, Oliver stopped, and the girl did the same.“They should not have spotted us right now, right?”Leia nodded, her voice sounding desperate as she replied, “You think so?”Oliver hummed in assent, and the two of them began walking some ways away.Without even noticing, the two linked their hands together. Oliver kept himself alert - after all that had happened to him so far, it only made sense to be this paranoid.He couldn’t allow himself to get complacent.“Is everything alright, Oliver?” Leia asked, having noticed his jumpiness. “Is anyone following us?”Oliver shook his head, but just at that moment, he heard a voice from far away, from the direction they had come in.“Find them! Now!!”The voice sounded furious, in fact, more than furious - murderous.Oliver froze and he felt Leia do the same as she gasped beside him.“Follow me,” Oliver finally said, trying to figure out what to do.Then,
Meera landed in her room in a split second. The witch did not want to waste any sort of time, as she was really in a hurry, and with good reason.It would be taking a long amount of time - longer than she anticipated - to reach the end of the world. That way, she could finally get powers beyond any imagination, as well as subdue the rubbish court of Hades. The so-called Sacred Court was nothing but a place for crybabies and soft-hearted Elders of Hades Court trying to pass judgment on her seeming what was wrong and not wrong. As If anyone Of them really had the room to talk about her. They were nothing but spineless cowards, who were going to be crushed under her heel soon enough. All she needed at this point, was just enough time.Just a little time to get to the end of the world, and find the being that the court of Hades was powered on. She would be unstoppable with that kind of power. She would be the greatest witch that ever lived, even!A dark chuckle emanated from her lips as s