“With that said, can I see the painting?” Blenda requested, her hand stretched out toward Shane, in a beckoning pose.Shane looked at Peter, wondering if he should go ahead to fulfill the woman’s request. Even though his Alpha had agreed to a temporary affiliation with the ancients, he would only answer to his alpha, one he could trust.“Go ahead, Shane. Give it to her. I am curious as to what she could find in the picture. But a heads up, we already searched the picture for bugs, and there were none. So I doubt you will find anything there, ancient.” Peter surmised.Blenda cocked her head to the side, and smirked. “Who said anything about bugs? Are bugs the only spying tools you know of, alpha? Aren’t they human equipment? As a supernatural being, I had expected much more. And for the record, my name is Blenda.”Peter ‘s eyes dilated in shock when he understood what Blenda was talking about.“You don’t mean…?”“Yes man. That’s exactly what my mum meant.” Yodah said, speaking up for t
At first, there was no visible change in the portrait. It was just as normal, until five minutes later.The people in the hall first noticed that the painted family now had a scowl on their faces that had been absent before that time. As a matter of fact, the portraits had been smiling. But now, the smiles were off.“Did you see that? Derek’s face has a frown now. It’s like he is pouting,’‘Yes, I am seeing that. Do you think it is as a result of the magic the ancient is spurting…hey look! Little Eva's mouth. She is angry!”“Yes, I see that. What is happening? Why is the painting getting hostile?”“Could it be that the pregnant ancient was right? Could there be magic spyware in the painting that is reacting with the magic?”“Probably so! Omg! Look! What is that black smoke erupting from the painting?”A black smokey figure emanated from behind the painting, and immediately the painting disintegrated into ashes. The hall erupted in screams. Some people ran back, as the black ghouly c
“Stop that Freya!” Melvina shouted, her voice booming across the hall. “Don’t involve Eva in this. She shouldn't even be here. My daughter is too young to be caught in the middle, or exposed to a spy demon!”Freya chuckled, watching Melvina speak as if she was unhinged. She didn’t want her daughter to be caught? The little girl was already implicated. They just didn’t know it, or rather they were unaware of it. From the moment she had set her eyes on Eva, she had known that the girl wasn’t just an ordinary five year old werewolf. It was like Melvina had done something to please the goddess in her previous lifetime, because the goddess had blessed the woman with two special beings; beings different in many ways from their parents. Her thoughts were confirmed the next minute when little Eva spoke.“Mum, stop shouting at Freya. She is my friend. And if she wants my doll to seal off this evil monster so that other people wouldn’t die, then so be it.” Eva spoke, as she handed over her d
“Another painting before the pack split?”“She saw the painting move? How? Did the painting talk?”“She spent the night at the alpha’s palace at one time? Were they that close?”“She had dreams too? Like little Eva? Were they visions too or mere dreams?”“After all this, they still sent her away? Will she ever come back? I will understand if she doesn’t. There is no higher betrayal than this.”“Do you think our warriors are safe? Did they put these demons inside them? You know, when they exchanged them.”When Sheila heard the last part, she couldn’t help but ask herself the reason why Arnold had suggested a change in warriors. Could it be that they had been used somehow to propagate Arnold’s plan?Maya thought the same too. She was wondering if it had been the reason why Leo had betrayed her. Could it be that he had been possessed by a demon that had taken the reins of his mind at the last moment?Kane sighed. They would have to check the warriors too. He said that too. ”We will check
Anthony dropped the painting on the ground harshly, right at the same spot that the previous one had been before it disintegrated.“Here is the painting.” He said, before strolling back to his former position on the podium, his eyes blazing with anger. As time went on, he felt as if his anger to happiness ratio kept increasing, with the happiness going lower and lower with every ticking second. This was the most unexpected day of his life.Freya looked at the painting gingerly, studying its edges and curves. The painting was beautiful. Too bad it had been an object of spying. She could bet her ass that there was a spy demon in this one, because Melvina had stated that some months after the painting had been collected, that the pack had been divided. She looked at her mother, Sheila, who nodded before stepping forward to recant the spell over the painting. When Sheila was done creating the ball whose forces caused the painting to stand in the middle just like the previous one, she t
When Eva and Maya stepped into the hall a few minutes later, the murmurings in the hall stopped immediately as if put on a pause. The attention of all was drawn to the little Eva still in Maya’s arms clutching a cute baby doll. Freya smiled as she saw the both walk toward her. She nodded empathetically at Eva whom she caught at intervals staring down at her doll with longing eyes. This must be another favourite doll of hers. Freya thought before stretching her hand so that Eva would deposit the doll in there. She made a mental note to get the girl a bunch of dolls during one of these days since she will be staying in the county and attending college. Aiden still needed to be a professor to be on lookout for the cave of baresis. It was important to their people. “Thanks a lot, Eva. I will buy a finer one soon.” She promised, staring at a nodding Eva keenly. She loved the girl so much. God help her. If not for the misbehavior of the girl’s family, she would have loved to visit so
“So is there another painting? Please think hard.” Blenda inquired, immediately Aiden and Julius stepped inside the pack meeting hall after doing away with the second doll.“Not at all. Those were the only stuff he had given us.” Peter mentioned, lines stretched across his forehead as he deliberated on the hundred percent accuracy of his statement.“Good thing he was stingy then.” Kane muttered, and Yodah chuckled, together with the rest, nodding their heads. It was good that Arnold was stingy, if not they would have spent the whole day ousting spy demons, and of course Kane didn’t think Freya might be up for it. There was a limit to the amount of magic a mage can use in a period of time. Magic drains them of strength.Peter shrugged at Kane’s snide statement, actually seeing the trueness of it. It was good that Arnold hadn’t been generous no matter how much he had hoped for it. All the dude had cared about was his mate, Melvina’s pancakes. (Author here: hehehehe)“Okay, then. Since
“Are these all the pack warriors that had been exchanged?” Freya asked, as she took her hands away from Curtis' chest. For a while, she had been checking out the warriors that had all stepped out when Derek had commanded them too. She had found nothing so far. She had a feeling that the people that might have been the spies would likely be the warriors from the other pack. Their aim would probably include gathering snippets of what have been taking place in this pack, and how the pack trained. Yeah, that must be it; to steal their battle schemes, and to know of the boundaries that had not been there in the first place.“Yes.” Derek answered. He had been the one after all that had sent the warriors off. “Well, except one.”Freya furrowed her eyebrows, an action that was replicated in the faces of the other people in the hall. She noticed that Maya was nervous now-the awkward fidgeting had given her friend away. What could be the problem? Who was the last warrior that was missing?