My eyes suddenly shot open as I sat up. My lungs were feeling very heavy and my heart was racing like in a marathon. My mind took a little while before adjusting to the surrounding when I finally understood that I was in my room, on my bed. I strained out of the window to find that the horizon was laced with faint sunlight. Was it already, evening? How long had I slept? I pulled my phone out to check the time and to my surprise, found that it was the next day. Very early in the morning. There were parts in my body which still hurt. I tried massaging those spots a little before moving side ways in the bed and then getting down. It was better when Bellow used to sleep with me. Sleeping alone was nice but it didn't feel like that way tonight. I craved company. I pulled out the phone and dialled Sarah's number again. I knew she would answer with a cuss word if she received the call, for waking her up so early in the day. But I couldn't reach her. Her phone was going into voicemail
The moment I entered through the unguarded front gates, I knew something terrible had happened even before knowing what it was. As I walked further inside, there was a crowd concentration, specially towards the central location . Initially I had to shove through them but as soon as they turned back and saw me, they shifted and made way for my passage. Their silent stares were giving me the creeps. It was then that I realised that the crowd was mainly around my father's place. I broke into a run. I didn't stop before my legs automatically braked and then collapsed into a fall. It was my father. He was on the ground. There were bite marks all over his body with a distinct stab wound at his heart. " Father... " I crawled towards him on all fours and picked his dead up on my lap. " Father... Father wake up. Why are you sleeping here like this? "My hands were shaking and my words faltered as my lips trembled. I couldn't bring myself to accept the fact that was laid wide open infro
I was walking back home with that bedsheet wrapped around me, drawing curious gazes from the few early morning walkers on the mostly empty street. " Get in, " A voice followed after two loud honking, suddenly startling me. The car door opened and it was Rose who greeted me from the inside. I hesitated as she kept looking at me. " I can't wait for you forever you know... " She rolled her eyes as she stared. I decided to get in. I sat in silence in the back seat as she drove and occasionally spared a glace at me, but said nothing. " Is there something that you want to tell me Rose? "I finally asked because it was really getting very difficult with that glance. " Nothing. I was just trying to figure out what it was about you that drew men. Your face looks so-so, you figure is okay I mean you are lacking in your curves a bit but it isn't that obvious as for your personality you weigh heavily on the boring scale."The way she was analysing me without any bias and passing on her jud
I woke up feeling like a million bucks, not a care in the world.I rummaged through my closet and spotted the neon dress hanging just like I had kept it last night. Rose gave it to me. No no, don't get it wrong. She did not gift it to me, she just acted as the courier person. She stormed back in yesterday when Sarah was having that weird breakdown of her's.I was just scouting for words to tell her that she was getting it all messed up,I was not on the sunny side while forgetting about her, when Rose entered. "Here, up but on check for fits. I will need to fix it by today. You will need it for tomorrow's party. " Rose said, throwing the bag on my lap as Sarah watched."What's this? " I pulled out the neon dress and looked at it, astonished. " The dress that you will be wearing tomorrow. For the party. That's Boss's order. "Rose repeated herself through gritted teeth and syllables. " Ryan? He wants me to wear this for a party? Where is he ? Why didn't he tell me so? "I was yet to
" And since when did you become friends with a stripper that you didn't even want around? "Ryan asked with his brows arched. Sherry looked away before she replied, " We are not... I mean you don't need to be friends with someone to hang out. Besides, you sent her to pick me up after leaving me naked on the road like that...umm, I...we..we talked a little and bonded after that. "Then she stepped a little closer and tip toed, supporting her weight over Ryan's shoulder and then whispered in his ears, " I might simply want to hang around with some normal human for a change Ryan... Am I prohibited from that? "She pulled away from Ryan and looked at his face. Her words did the trick. He looked hesitant to ask her anything else. Just then there was a honk that came from the front porch. Rose had arrived. Sherry tilted her head as if a little confused, " She didn't sleep with you last night here? "Her voice was a little accusative, a little hurt with a little bit of curious. " Why,
I had no idea where we were headed but it seemed like we were going forever. My mind was too preoccupied with thought of what Ryan told me earlier. Rut? Why on earth did he have to talk about his hormonal issues and then he talked about protection. My senses were hammering my brain, trying to decide whether it was a promise or was it a threat! Then suddenly we stopped in front of a gigantic gate. It's mere size humbled me. I had never seen a gate that looked like the Great Wall of China itself. A knock on our window, brought me back to the scene. My eyes we're busy admiring its intricate detailing with mystics designs that looked more symbolic. " Your ID cards please."A well suited guard came and asked. They let us pass after scanning. As the gates creaked open, I had to rub my eyes. There stretched in front of me was a city. A magestic town inside. There were towering building, wide roads, flyovers and there even was traffic. I could see chopper flying in and out as if they w
His hands went up and down back as he sat me beside himself. It was not a chopper that we sat in. It was an extra large sized drone. It was fully automated with a touch screen dashboard and there was barely room enough for two. I think it was a solo seater but he squeezed in us two or not. He pulled me closer to himself in the pretext of a space crunch. I swear on heavens I could have kicked right at his balls or punctured it with my fist in the least. I would have happily confessed about this 'secret' to Ryan had it not been for Sarah and I had to close my eyes and keep counting my breath once more, just so my whistle didn't blow off and I didn't strangle this mafia shit. " Have you ever been on one of these? " He asked me, spreading one arm towards the dashboard while his other lingered near my butt cheek. Guess he had given a dress so short so he could better access my skin. I looked away, trying to ignore him as the drone hovered over the cityscape but without any noise or so
"Our lady, we looked everywhere, but the princess is nowhere to be found. "Chaos was the name of the situation at the Scarlet Pack. Sherizad had gone missing. It wasn't even hours since her father was buried according to the traditions of their tribe. She had been right at the forefront, leading the entire procession,taking all the responsibilities and performing all his last rights, just like a son, in front of all their eyes. There was a lot of speculations and whispering behind at the quaters for her step mothers. It was clear that everyone thought Sherizad was trying something that no other princess had every tried. But none had the audacity to question her, right on her face. It wasn't like Alpha Shell hadn't left behind any male prodigies. Sherizad had brothers. A couple of them and sisters too, but they were all toddlers and one was a minor child. Only she was about to come of age. She was the eldest child. There was a lot of politics already in active pace, right after